New Naturalist No. 20 THE BRITISH AMPHIBIANS AND REPTILES by Smith, Malcolm - 1951

London , Collins ,1973 Hardcover , Reprint with Dustjacket. A detailed study of all aspects of the structure and behaviour of these creatures. their life cycle, and conservation. Illustrated in colour and B&W. Fine in Very Good dustjacket with lightly sunned spine, price clipped . No inscriptions. Jacket fitted with publisher's protective overlay. Nice copy.

London: Collins, 1951. Book. Near Fine. Hardcover. First Edition. 8vo. pp. 322, 33b/w photographs, 18 colour photographs 93 b/w diagrams & maps. Dust jacket near fine, bright and fresh, no fading, not price clipped, a couple of fine acid free paper strips to the reverse of the top and bottom of the spine to strengthen, protected in a removable archival sleeve. Green hardcover boards fine. Contents very clean and tight, no foxing, no inscriptions. A near fine copy in a near fine jacket..

London: Collins, 1951. Book. Fine. Hardcover. First Edition. 8vo. JOHN KARSLAKE THOMAS BUCHAN-HEPBURN'S copy of The British Amphibians and Reptiles with his engraved bookplate to the front paste-down. A review copy with loosely inserted "The Field" headed paper dated 13 September 1951. "Would you care to write a short review of the enclosed book - With the Editor's Compliments and thanks. Sir J. Buchan-Hepburn Bt." pp. 322, 33b/w photographs, 18 colour photographs 93 b/w diagrams & maps. Dust jacket fine, not price clipped, a little, protected in a removable archival sleeve. Green hardcover boards fine. Contents clean and tight, engraved bookplate to the front paste-down as described previously. A fine bright first edition in a near fine jacket. [John Karslake was a sportsman, reviewer and author who wrote "The Time of Life: Papers on Sport & Country Life", Robert Hale 1945, illus. Nigel Lovett.].