NAT HIST Countryside from Daisyroots Books Ltd

Carts and Candlesticks. Magic Memories of a Country Childhood UTTLEY, Alison George Mann, 1973, hardback with dust wrapper, VG/gd, boards blue/silver gilt, illustrated throughout by drawings by C. F. Tunnicliffe, 156 pp. Boards clean and firm, gentle rubs to head and tail of spine, no inscription or annotations, sound tight binding, pages clean, lightly tanned, foxing to edges of text block, Moderate shef… Read more about this item

The Moths of the British Isles. Series 1 and 2 Two Volume Set. Wayside & Woodland Series SOUTH, Richard Frederick Warne & Co. Ltd, London, 1946-1948, hardbacks with dust wrappers, VG/vg, blue and green/gilt embossed boards, decorative end papers, blue sprinkled edges, colour frontispieces in addition to colour and b/w figures throughout texts, Vol 1. 360 pp, Vol 2. 399 pp. Boards clean… Read more about this item

Plants of Upper Teesdale LOWE, Christopher ISBN: 9780951695401 C J Lowe, Yarm, 1997, softback with stiff card wraps, near fine, illustrated from one double page map and line drawings by Jane Fielding throughout, 74 pp. No inscription or annotations, sound tight binding, pages clean and bright. Wraps clean and crisp, bump to back fore-edge corner with creasing (see scan). Lovely tidy copy. NATURAL HISTORY, FLORA,… Read more about this item

The Dog Who Wouldn't Be (signed copy) MOWAT, Farley Little, Brown and Company in association with Atlantic-Little, Brown Books, Boston, 1957, SIGNED, 4th Impression, red cloth with ivory linen spine, hardback, red lettering to spine, GD+, chapter headings illustrated from line drawings by Paul Galdone, 238 pp. Boards firm, spine strip tanned, bumps to fore-edge corners, rubs to head and tail of… Read more about this item

Birds of the Maltese Archipelago BANNERMAN, D. A. & VELLA-GAFFIERO, J. A. Museums Department, Valletta, Malta, 1976, hardback with dust wrapper, VG/vg, boards maroon/gilt, maroon end papers, red and white end bands, one appendix, illustrated from one fold-out map and a colour frontispiece in addition to b/w line drawings and colour plates throughout, 550 pp. Boards clean and firm, no inscription, neat annotation… Read more about this item

Flies of the British Isles COLYER, Charles N & HAMMOND, Cyril O Frederick Warne & Co. Ltd, London, 1951, 1st Edition, hardback with dust wrapper, VG/vg, boards bound with maroon faux leather covers, gilt title to spine, gilt vignette to front, decorated end papers, text block with rounded corners and red/blue mottled edges, colour frontispiece in addition to 48 colour plates, 55… Read more about this item

Wild Flower Key: British Isles and North West Europe ROSE, Francis ISBN: 9780723224181 Frederick Warne Publishers Ltd, London, 1981, hardback with laminated pictorial boards, VG+, colour illustrations throughout in addition to numerous line drawings, 480 pp. A guide to plant identification in the field, with and without flowers. No inscription or annotations, binding sound, pages clean and bright. Boards clean and firm, gentle… Read more about this item

The Shepherd's Guide Anon. Robert Young & Company Limited, Glasgow, 1985, softback with stiff card wraps, VG, 156 pp. No inscription or annotations, binding sound, pages clean and bright. Wraps a little grubby around the edges but overall clean and crisp. A Guide to the diseases of sheep and the care and training of sheepdogs. NATURAL HISTORY, AGRICULTURE, SHEEP HEALTH, DISEASES, ECTOPARASITES,… Read more about this item

Still Water : The Deep Life of the Pond LEWIS-STEMPEL, John ISBN: 9780857524577 Doubleday, London, 2019, hardback with dust wrapper, VG/vg, boards maroon/gilt, decorative endpapers, chapter headings with illustrations, one appendix, 291 pp. Boards clean and firm, one small dent to front board, sound square binding, pages clean and bright. Wrapper clean and crisp, a few light marks to both front and… Read more about this item

A Guide to the Flowering Plants and Ferns of Iceland KRISTINSSON, Hordur ISBN: 9789979550556 Orn Orlygur Publishing, Rekjavik, 1987, hardback with illustrative laminated boards, Fine, illustrated from botanical illustrations, colour photographs and maps, 311 pp. No inscription or annotations, sound square binding, pages clean and bright. Boards clean and firm. Excellent copy. NATURAL HISTORY, BOTANY, NATIVE PLANTS & FERNS, ICELAND, IDENTIFICATION KEY,… Read more about this item

The Secret Life of the Flowers (The Odyssey Library) DOWDEN, Anne Ophelia Paul Hamlyn Limited, London, 1964, 1st Edition, hardback with laminated pictorial boards, VG, A5 landscape compact form, illustrated endpapers in addition to colour drawings by the author throughout the book, 45 pp. No inscription, one neat annotation at the top of page 19, sound square binding, pages clean and bright.… Read more about this item

Some Common Australian Birds BELL, Alan Oxford University Press, London/Melbourne, 1956, 1st Edition, hardback with dust wrapper, VG/gd, boards dark grey/gilt, illustrated throughout from colour paintings that highlight key features (plumage, beak, size and shape) of each bird, 210 pp. Boards show gentle shelf wear, no inscription or annotations, sound square binding, pages clean and bright, . Wrapper has chips to edges… Read more about this item

The Lakeland Eagles WALKER, D. G. 0951737805 Penrith, 1990, softback with stiff card wraps, VG, illustrated from eight b/w photographs and 16 tables and charts, 52 pp. No inscription or annotations, sound tight binding, pages clean and bright. Wraps clean and crisp, slight discolouration of wraps. LAKE DISTRICT, NATURAL HISTORY, BIRDS, ORNITHOLOGY, GOLDEN EAGLES, HISTORY, GEOGRAPHICAL STATUS, MATING, BREEDING RECORDS AND DATA 44324 hb lakes LAKES/NATURAL… Read more about this item

Norman Nicholson's Nature BRODIE, Ian, O. Norman Nicholson's Nature ISBN: 9789040986007 Wildtrack Publishing, Sheffield, 2015, softback with illustrated stiff card wraps, as new, illustrated throughout from b/w photographs, two appendices, 115 pp. NATURAL HISTORY, NATURE WRITER, CUMBRIA, NORMAN NICHOLSON, AUTHOR, POET, RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN MAN, LANDSCAPE, NATURAL HERITAGE, INDUSTRY, CONSERVATION 44237 hb 26 NATURAL HIST/NATURE WRITING £11.50

The Life of the Ant MAETERLINCK, Maurice Cassell and Company, Ltd, London, 1930, 1st Edition hardback with dustwrapper, GD/gd, cloth boards light green/gilt, 192 pp. No inscription or annotations, presentation book plate on front free endpaper, sound square binding, pages tanned throughout, dust accumulation on edges of text block. Boards have watermarks to front and rear. Wrapper generally worn and tanned. … Read more about this item

The Working Border Collie QUARTON, Marjorie & PRESBERG Carole L. ISBN: 9780793804962 TFH Publications, New Jersey, U.S.A., 1998, hardback, VG, laminated pictorial boards, illustrated throughout from colour photographs including title page, 216 pp. No inscription or annotations, sound square binding, pages printed on gloss art paper, some pages abraided where they have stuck together, endpapers very lightly foxed. Boards clean and firm,… Read more about this item

Familiar Flowering Trees in India COLTHURST, Ida Thacker, Spink & Co (1933) Ltd., Calcutta, 1937, hardback with cloth boards, VG-, Boards green/gilt, decorated end papers, 148 pp, illustrated from sixty one half-tone and colour photographs. No inscription or annotations, front gutter cracked, binding still secure, pages clean, several small marks on front and back covers (see scans), spine lightly cocked, rubs… Read more about this item

Wandering Voice: Diary of Birdsong WATERHOUSE, Michael ISBN: 1857251180 Bellew Publishing Co Ltd., London, 1996, 1st Edition hardback with dustwrapper, 240 pp, fine, illustrated throughout from beautiful b/w drawings by Philip Snow. Boards blue/gilt, no inscription or annotations, sound square binding, pages clean and bright. Wrapper clean and crisp, illustrated with colour drawings. Excellent condition. NATURAL HISTORY, BIRDS, BIRD WATCHING,… Read more about this item

Australian Eucalypts Millett. Mervyn Lansdowne Press, Melbourne, 1969, paperback VG, 112 pp, illustrated with 14 colour plates and 44 b/w photographs and line drawings including frontispiece, part of the Periwinkle colour Series, illustrated front cover, rubbed on edges, no inscription, creased on spine, sound binding, pages slightly tanned but clean, all varieties of eucalyptus with details of leaves, bark, buds and distribution. Natural… Read more about this item

Small Birds of the New Zealand Bush Power. Elaine Collins Bros. & Co. Auckland, 1970, 1st edition, hardback with wrapper VG/vg, unpaginated, beautifully illustrated with 23 detailed colour paintings and 17 b/w sketches by the author covering 21 native bird species, illustrated boards, inscription and bookplate on front leaf and notes on contents page, also contains previous owner's greetings card illustrating… Read more about this item