Search Results: NATURE from Chilton Books

Privately published, 2006.. 1st edition. A monograph on the genus Saintpaulia byReinhild Raistrick, a botanical artist who was born in Tanzania and lives in Suffolk. "Because it is so well-known to the general public, the African violet has become an important flag-ship for plant consevation in East Africa....Reinhild's beautiful watercolour illustrations show clearly what might be lost if habitats are not protected in the region." (foreword. Phillip Cribb, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew). 26.5cms x 21cms x 2.5cms. Pp.140, frontispiece map + colour illustrations by the author throughout, occasional colour and black & white photos, inscribed by the author to front free endpaper. Unused greetings card with watercolour design by Reinhild Raistrick + illustrated business card (creased) loosely enclosed. Green cloth, dustwrapper. VG/VG.

London: Lindsay Drummond, nd. (c. 1940).. nd. "It is a book which will strongly appeal not only to the grower of Alpines, but also to the lover of flowers." 25cms. x 19cms. Pp. 63, 54 wood engravings. Green cloth, illustrated d/w has edge tears and small losses. G+/G.

London:Seeley and Co.,1896.. 1st ed. Pp.12/323/16,b/w frontis. + 11 further b/w illustrations, relevant newspaper cuttings loosely inserted. Green gilt decorated cloth(3 ducks taking flight), gilt title to spine, edges rubbed. G+.

London: HMSO, 1994.. ITE Research Publication No.6. "Over 115,000 sightings records of British mammals have been collected between 1959 and 1991. ...Each mammal species is described individually, a table provides basic record details, and a clear map illustrates the mammal's distribution in Great Britain and the Channel Islands up to 1959 and from 1960." 29.5cms x 21cms. Pp.145, black & white maps and graphs throughout. Paperback. VG.

London: Rupert Hart-Davis, 1954.. 1st edition. "The Bafut Beagles was the name which Gerald Durrell gave to the pack of Africans and mongrel dogs with which he hunted and captured many of the oddest and most elusive creatures of the Cameroons." Pp.232, 40 illustrations by Ralph Thompson. Blue cloth, dustwrapper has edge tears with losses to top front and top and tail of spine. VG/G-.

Woodbridge: Full Circle Editions, 2010.. 1st edition. "In this enchanting and intensely personal exploration of the nightingales links with the Suffolk landscape and with its local culture, Richard Mabey also traces the bird's course through myth, lore, tradition and literature....Together with fresh and vibrant new images by Derrick Greaves, this is a captivating celebration of the UK's most evocative spring visitor." Pp.78, colour abstract plates, inscribed by the author to half-title page, typewritten account by the previous owner loosely enclosed. Green illustrated boards with matching dustwrapper. VG/VG.

Plymouth: Macdonald & Evans. 1979.. Provides an introduction to the study of plants, with an emphasis being placed on the importance of applied aspects of botany including crop botany, problems of world food supplies and applied plant ecology". Pp 192, toning to pages, some b/w illustrations. P/b, illustrated cover. G+.

London: Christopher Helm. 2003.. Over 60 of Bill Oddie's tales of the ups, downs, highs, lows and thrills and spills of birding, from nefarious childhood 'egging' to fully fledged twitching - and much more besides". Pp 203, some b/w illustrations. P/b, slight creasing to covers, illustrated cover. G+.

Loughborough: Ladybird Books, 1966.. 1st ed. Study of birds. Pp. 50, colour illustns. throughout, illustd. endpapers. Illustrated laminated boards. VG.

Poole, Dorset: Blandford Press, 1982.. 1st ed. "The book deals not only with the more familiar garden species but also with the occasional visitors to the garden ...". 25cms. x 19.5cms. Pp. 160, 97 colour & 3 b/w photos. Dark green cloth, gilt title to spine, illustrated d/w. VG/G+.

London: Frederick Warne & Co. Ltd, 1943.. 6th edition, rep. A Handy Pocket Guide with Descriptive Text. Comprising Families Corvidae to Sulidae with 242 Accurately Coloured Illustrations by Archibald Thorburn and Others Reproduced from Lord Lilford's Work "Coloured Figures of the Birds of the British Islands" and 65 Photographic Illustrations by Richard Kearton and Others. Pp.viii/412, 242 coloured illustrations +78 black & white photos, sepia photo endpapers. Brown cloth with gilt title and illustration to front, gilt title to spine. VG.

North Walsham: Poppyland Publishing. 1987.. 1st ed. For over a hundred years, the north Norfolk coast has been recognised as an important area for recording bird migration.....The observations of past and present birders into a valuable and fascinating work of reference". Pp 88. Signed by author and illustrator to title page. Some b/w illustrations. P/b. Slight crease to front cover. Illustrated cover. G+.

Oxford: Oxford University Press, 1977.. 1st ed. Introduced by Robert Dougall. "... this compact volume describes and illustrates well over 80 of the bird species most likely to be seen along that vast and varied coastline." Pp. 151, 74 plates, 27 line drawings. Pale blue cloth, illustrated d/w. VG/G+.

Feltham: The Hamlyn Publishing Group, 1982.. 1st.ed. "Collection of amazing and little-known facts about animals, birds and insects. Not only the rarest species on earth, but also some astonishing details about the most familiar." Pp, 191, many col. and b/w illustrations. P/b, crease to rear cover, illustrated cover. G+.

Norwich: Jarrold Colour Publications. 1981.. A fully illustrated description of those species which are rare in Great Britain". Unpaginated, full of colour illustrations. P/b, illustrated cover. VG.

London: H.F.& G.Witherby, 1936.. Contents includes: Young Rooks, their Survival and Habits by J.P.Burkitt; The "British Birds" Marking Scheme. Progress for 1935 by H.F.Witherby; Birds of Inner London by A.Holte Macpherson; Notes from Reservoirs and Sewage Farms:- Altrincham Sewage Farm, Cheshire, and Staffordshire Reservoirs. by A.W.Boyd; Bittell Reservoirs, Worcestershire. by H.G.Alexander; Barrow Gurney Reservoir, Somerset. by H.Tetley. Notes:- Mallophaga on Sickly Birds; Bullfinches in a Flock; Bramblings in Inner London; Common Buzzard in Surrey; Southern Cormorants in Dorset, Suffolk, Sussex and Kent; Status of Land-Rail in Kent. Short Notes:- Crossbills Breeding in Surrey. Food of Snow-Bunting.Woodchat Shrike recorded as seen in Caithness. Sexual Display by Hedge-Sparrow. Hen-Harrier in Anglesey. Fulmers Breeding on the Farne Islands. Black-necked Grebes in June in North-east Scotland. Letters:- Greenfinch's repeated return to Trap. Sounds produced by Little Owl. Redshanks displaying in… Read More

London: H.F.& G.Witherby, 1936.. Contents includes: Report of an Investigation of the Food of Captive Little Owls by Miss A.Hibbert-Ware; Habits of the Rook by James W.Campbell; Recovery of Marked Birds; Starlings Fighting for Nesting Sites by George Marples. Notes:- Continental Jay in Essex; Notes from Hampshire and Dorset; Roller in Yorkshire; The Courting Habits of the Kingfisher; Numbers of Velvet-Scoter on Sussex-Kent Coast; Red-necked Grebe in Kent; Shag in Fresh Water infested with Parasites; Redshank Displaying in December; Spotted Redshanks in Kent in December; Short Notes:- Scarce Birds at the Isle of May. Hooded Crows in Surrey. Waxwings in Hampshire, Northumberland and Durham. Late Stay of Spotted Flycatcher in Essex. Blackcaps in Winter in Herefordshire and Sussex. Scaup-Duck in Surrey. Shag in Surrey. Black-necked Grebe in Sussex. Black-tailed Godwits in Devon and Cornwall. Review:- A Pocket-Book of British Birds. Edited by A.Hall. Letters:- Movements of Sea-Birds; Sounds produced by… Read More

Ilkley, Yorkshire: The Orange Partridge Press, 1980 .. This is a limited edition of 1000 copies of which this is copy number 710". A very good book in the original slip-case. [8pp.]/pp.106 + 18 plates (including 10 coloured on various flies). 8.75" x6.5" x 1.25". Clean brown buckram with bright gilt titles to front board and spine. Limited edition label to verso of the front board. Clean throughout. VG. The slip-case is in very good condition, with just light bumps to the edges. Bound in the same brown buckram, with a coloured plate (various flies) laid-down to the front cover. 9.25" x 6.5" x 1.5". VG .

Ipswich: The Suffolk Naturalists Society, 1986.. 1st edition. Contents includes: The County of Suffolk; Climate; Geology and Soils; Suffolk Butterfly Habitats - Woodland - Grassland - Heathland; History of Recording; Conservation; The Suffolk Butterfly Survey; The Catalogue. Pp.128, colour photographs + black & white distribution maps, signed by both authors to title page. Illustrated laminated boards. VG.

London: George Routledge and Sons Ltd, nd. (c.1928).. Third edition. With a Systematic Arrangement of Families and Genera, Indexes of Scientific and Popular Names, and 70 Coloured Plates. Pp.lii/468, 70 coloured plates, occasional minor spotting mainly affecting closed page edges, owner's name to front free endpaper. Green ckloth, gilt butterflies illustration to front board, gilt title to spine, wear to top and tail of spine. G+.