New Naturalist No. 138 THE BURREN [Signed to the Title Page By the author] by David Cabot, Roger Goodwillie - 2018

Harper Collins, 2018. 496, col photos, col illus. . HB. NEW. . First edition, first printing. The Burren is one of those rare and magical places where geology, glacial history, botany, zoology and millennia of cultural history have converged to create a unique landscape of extraordinary natural history interest. It is without equal to any other area in Ireland or Britain.To the unsuspecting tourist, much of the landscape of the Burren looks bleak, rocky, and inhospitable for any sort of farming. Yet the Burren is an agricultural landscape that has been continuously farmed since the first settlers began clearing the forest cover in the Neolithic period. Today there are several hundred farms within the Burren area. Most of these families live and work there and the farmers are crucial for the Burren’s future as an area of unique landscape and ecological interest.The area attracts any naturalist with an eye for beauty, but it is the intricacies of the species’ ecology, their links to the soil… Read More

Collins New Naturalist series no. 138, 2018. 1st edition. Hard covers, dust jacket. New/New. New in shrink-wrapper.

Harper Collins, 2018. 496, col photos, col illus. . HB. Fine in d/w (in removable protective sleeve). Signed by both authors.. First edition, first printing. The Burren is one of those rare and magical places where geology, glacial history, botany, zoology and millennia of cultural history have converged to create a unique landscape of extraordinary natural history interest. It is without equal to any other area in Ireland or Britain.To the unsuspecting tourist, much of the landscape of the Burren looks bleak, rocky, and inhospitable for any sort of farming. Yet the Burren is an agricultural landscape that has been continuously farmed since the first settlers began clearing the forest cover in the Neolithic period. Today there are several hundred farms within the Burren area. Most of these families live and work there and the farmers are crucial for the Burren’s future as an area of unique landscape and ecological interest.The area attracts any naturalist with an eye for beauty, but it is the… Read More

London: Collins, 2018. Book. New. Leather. Signed by Author(s). First Edition. 8vo. A fine limited edition copy signed by the author to a plate tipped in to the front free end paper, this is one of limited edition.Full leather binding, gilt stamped lettering to the spine, blind stamped NN monogram to the front board; all edges gilt. Brown cloth covered slipcase..