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Design & landscape gardening . 1st. Ed. 8th. Imp. Pub. Michael Joseph. 1981. pp.250 with b/w. and colour photographs. 8vo. Fine hardback in fine dw.

Special Offers Ornithology . 1st. Ed. Pub. Helm. 2021. pp.400 with 360 colour photos. and illus. Large 8vo. New hardback. RRP £40.00. Avian vagrancy, the appearance of birds outside their normal home range, is a phenomenon that has fascinated natural historians for centuries. The first comprehensive coverage of this subject.

Plant Lore Monographs . Pub. Raphael Tuck & Sons. [n.d. c.1890]. [pp.8] with colour illus. and silk fringe. Small 8vo. Softback. No inscriptions. Charming Victorian Valentine�s Day card illustrated with lillies, outlined with silk fringe, containing concealed pages with appropriate poetry by Samuel K. Cowan, Eden Mooper, and M.Y.W. Fine condition.

Faber and Faber. , 1969. pp.170. A vg. copy in a dustwrapper illustrated by C.F. Tunnicliffe.

Cadogan., 1985. Rep.. pp. 322. Spine of the card covers lightly and evenly sunned. Otherwise a vg. copy. Not a book purely on Plant Hunting, Mountaineering or Exploration, rather a happy combination of all three.

Collins., 1979. 1st. Ed.. pp.128 with colour and b/w. photos. 8vo. Ownership insc. Fine hardback in nr. fine dw. Norman Carr was a British conservationist working in Central and Southern Africa. A man ahead of his time, he created the concept of conservation-based tourism during the era when safari was a track-and-hunt tradition, and was influential in setting up National Parks in Malawi, Zambia and Zimbabwe and in promoting local employment and empowerment.

Recent Acquisitions Gardening . 1st. Ed. Pub. Crowood. 2017. pp.128 with colour photographs throughout. Small 4to. New softback. Last copy. A fascinating book. Easily dipped in and out of. Explores the virtues of good weeds considering how they can protect soil and add to fertility, act as companion plants, support wildlife, provide herbal remedies for minor ailments and yield vegetable dyes. Their incorporation into nutritious and attractive food and drinks is delightfully included.

Shire. 1st. Ed.. pp.48 with b/w. photos., and illus. 8vo. Fine softback. Remembered today as one of the most original of English architects, Vanbrugh was also a soldier and the author of a series of comedies.

Holt, Rinehart and Winston., 1978. 1st. Ed.. pp.296 with b/w. illus. Royal 8vo. A nr. fine hdbk.

Natur och Tradgard., 1996. pp.304. A vg. copy in plastic covers. All text is in Finnish.

NBB, 2019. 1st. Ed.. pp.201 with colour photographs throughout. Small 4to. New softback. "Trish Nelson is to be commended on compiling this brilliant book. Whether you are happy with the type of hive and style of management you use, if you are trying to decide which is best suited to your particular situation and needs, or if you are just plain curious, this book will answer all of your questions and satisfy your inquisitiveness." Clare Densley, Buckfast Abbey.

John Murray. , 1888. 2nd. Rev. Ed. 6th. Thou.. pp.x, 495. Some pages uncut. Contents in thoroughly vg. condition. Spine-ends lightly pulled. Overall a near fine copy. Volume 2 [of 2].

Fine illustrated and antiquarian Natural history . 2nd. Ed. 4th. Thou. Pub. John Murray. 1875. Two volume set with 32-pages of publisher’s adverts to rear of Vol. II (dated January 1882). 8vo. Hardback. With signature ‘M. George, 1882’ to ffep. of both vols. Contents exceptionally clean and nr. fine. Original green cloth boards with gilt lettering in nr. fine condition, ever so lightly rubbed on tips. A most pleasing copy. Freeman 880. This is the first issue of the second edition for which the text was extensively altered. It constitutes the final form of the text for this work and in it, Darwin presents his theory of pangenesis for the first time.

Ward, Lock & Co., 1938. 1st. Ed. 1st. Iss.. pp.200 with 48 colour plates by the author. Small 4to. Hardback. Neat name stamp to front pastedown. Contents fine. Original beige boards lightly marked and showing some speckling , o/w. fine. Scarce first edition, first issue.

Entomology Butterflies and moths . 1st. Ed. Rep. Pub. Ward, Lock & Co. 1938. pp.200 with 48 colour plates by the author. 4to. Hardback. Spotting largely confined to ends o/w. contents fine. Original beige boards, lightly marked and extremities lightly bumped o/w. thor. vg.

Entomology Butterflies and moths . 1st. Ed. Rep. Pub. Ward, Lock & Co. 1938. pp.200 with 48 colour plates by the author. 4to. Hardback. Signature to front paste down. Some spotting and marking to text block edges, occ. spotting to contents. Original beige boards. Overall a vg. plus hardback in vg. dw, a little chipped at extremities.

Fine illustrated and antiquarian Natural history . 2nd. Ed. [1st. Thou.] Pub. John Murray. 1877. pp.xvi, 300 with 38 text woodcuts, plus 32-page John Murray catalogue dated January 1876. 8vo. Short closed tear to two pages, o/w. contents very clean and in fine condition. Original green cloth in nr. fine condition. A very pleasing copy. Freeman 801. This book is �the first of the volumes of supporting evidence [for natural selection]�, (Freeman). The first edition (Freeman 800) was published on May 15th 1862, selling up to 2,000 copies.

John Murray., 1890. 2nd. Ed. 5th. Thou.. pp.xvi, 300, with b/w. woodcut illus. in text plus 32 page publisher�s catalogue. 8vo. Hardback. Bookplate to front pastedown. Occasional neat pencil annotation in margins, some notes to rfep. Several leaves a little clumsily opened, minor splash marks to end-papers, o/w. contents fine. Front internal hinge showing a little wear. Original green cloth boards, gently rubbed and rolled, o/w. in thor. vg. condition. Freeman 810.

Bees New & Recently Published (Since 2000) . 1st. Ed. Pub. NBB. 2022. pp.138 with colour photos. and illus. throughout. 4to. Softback. New. Provides everything you need to know for practical management of Varroa mites. It is the essential user-guide to Varroa treatments.

Apimondia. 1st. Ed.. pp.91 with b/w. photos. Royal 8vo. A vg. softback in gently sunned and lightly shelf-rubbed covers.