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Botany Illustrated . 1st. Ed. Pub. Mainstream Publishing. 2000. pp.176 with 1236 col. plates and b/w. text illus. 4to. Fine hardback in vg. dw. A thoroughly well illustrated biography of one of the most brilliant and complex Scottish colourists of the early 20th Century.

BBNO., 1986. 1st. Ed. Rep.. pp.308 with b/w. photos and illus. 8vo. Nr. fine hardback in fine dw. Not concerned with practical beekeeping, this book focuses on the sacredness of the bee. It considers beekeeping through the ages and from around the world. We are told of the myths and superstitions connected with the Bee which are found in the folk-lore of many nations.

BBNO., 1986. 1st. Ed. Rep.. pp.308 with b/w. photos and illus. 8vo. Fine hardback in fine dw. Not concerned with practical beekeeping, this book focuses on the sacredness of the bee. It considers beekeeping through the ages and from around the world. We are told of the myths and superstitions connected with the Bee which are found in the folk-lore of many nations.

Sacristy Press. , 2016. 1st. Ed.. pp.xx, 322 with colour photos and b/w. illus. 8vo. New hdbk. in new dw. Explorer, ornithologist and priest, Henry Baker Tristram was a remarkable man who amassed extensive natural history collections. Importantly, he was the first scientist to support Charles Darwin in print. Furthermore, Tristram and Darwin corresponded with Darwin using (and attributing) Tristram’s observations of the larks and chats of North Africa in ‘The Descent of Man’.

Collins., 1959. 1st. Ed.. 8vo. Nr. fine hardback in thor. vg. / nr. fine dw. Not price clipped. With the signature of James Fisher to ffep., one of the four founders of the New Naturalist series. Billy Collins took over the running of Collins in 1936. He had a keen interest in natural history and had ‘am ambition to publish a quality series of natural history books’. Billy Collins and Wolfgang Foges first approached Julian Huxley about the concept. Then, in 1942, the three men met with James Fisher and from there, the New Naturalist series was conceived. Huxley and Fisher formed the nucleus of the editorial board, matching subjects to authors and seeing books to publication. Fisher went on to write ‘The Fulmar’ (1952) and was co-author of ‘Sea-Birds’ with Ronald Lockley.

Natural History New Naturalist Monographs . 1st. Ed. 3rd. Imp. Pub. Collins. 1968. 8vo. Nr. fine hardback in thor. vg. dw., which has been laminted. No inscriptions. Not price clipped.

Collins., 1972. 1st. Ed. 4th Imp.. 8vo. Fine hardback in fine dw. Price clipped.

Bloomsbury., 2017. 1st. Ed.. pp.384 with colour photos. and illus. 4to. New hardback in new dw. RRP £35.00. In this, the fifth volume of the British Wildlife Collection, Clive Chatters celebrates the natural history and diversity of Saltmarshes; from the highly distinctive marshes in the Scottish Highlands to the urban remnants of the Thames estuary, now engulfed within the capital.

Natural history Ecology . 1st. Ed. Pub. Cambridge Uni. Press. 1990. pp.xii, 461 with b/w. figs. and illus. 8vo. Signature. Fine hardback in fine dw., gently sunned on spine. This broad introduction to the ecology of the saltmarsh devotes particular attention to the diversity of saltmarsh vegetation worldwide, its ecophysiological characteristics, and its importance in functioning ecosystems.

T.F.H., 1987. 3rd. Ed.. pp.384 with very many illus. A vg, copy in illus. boards.

W.Junk., 1984. pp.xii, 370 with tables. Vg. in original cloth boards.

RHS., 1988. pp.ciii, 802. Large 8vo. Nr. fine hardback.

RHS., 1980. pp.lxviii, 460. VG. in blue cloth boards.

RHS., 1976. pp.lxiv, 632. VG. in blue cloth boards.

Sanders., 1927. Rev. Ed.. pp.451 with illus. frontis. 4to. Hardback. A small hole to page 451 with loss to text of two words (a facsimile of a complete page loosely inserted), o/w. contents in fine condition. A nr. fine hardback. Species are listed alphabetically and descriptions include country of origin, flowering season and best methods of cultivation. Still an invaluable guide.

pp.24 with b/w. photographs and other text figs. A vg. copy in card covers.

Smithsonian., 1991. pp.xv, 361 with many b/w. photographs. A nr. fine copy in similar. dw. In this book the author, and naturalist, Allen Young brings vividly close the cloud-swept rainforests of northeastern Costa Rica. Combining autobiography and natural science, travel and discovery.

Entomology Butterflies and moths . 1st. Ed. Pub. Automeris / Hill House. 1995. pp.177 with colour plates throughout. Folio. Fine hardback in fine dw. Covers mainly Asian and Australian genera (including Copaxa, Saturnia, Loepa, Graellsia, Actias, Samia, Rothschildia, Attacus, Coscinocera).

Ornithology Monographs . 1st. Ed. Pub. Univ. of Texas Press. 2002. pp.225 with b/w. figs. 8vo. New softback. In-print at £21.99. An evaluation of the state of songbird populations in the Americas, the effectiveness of conservation programs such as the Neotropical Migratory Bird Conservation Program, and the reliability and completeness of scientific research on migrant birds. Faaborg shows that many factors besides habitat loss affect bird populations and that Neotropical migrants as a group are not declining dramatically, though some species adapt to habitat alteration more successfully than others.

Jacana Media., 2008. 1st. Ed.. pp.176 with colour and b/w. illus. throughout. 4to. Ownership insc. Fine hardback in fine dw. This work charts both the onslaught on the wild game, game birds and indigenous forests of the Zululand and Maputaland wilderness and the efforts made to preserve them from the destruction. Traces the foundation in the 1890s of the first Zululand game reserves and their struggle for survival against all the odds.