Nature from JimsOldBooks

London: Michael Joseph, 1963. Some creasing and a couple of small tears to edges of unclipped dustwraper, also a bit of scuffing at spine ends of same. Some old water-marking to outer edges of green boards, some shelf-wear to edges and minor bumping to spine ends and corners of same, original owner's embossed stamp on f/ep, but otherwise a good… Read more about this item

Harmonsworth, Middlesex: Penguin Books, 1945. No dustwrapper (as issued: King Penguin books were, with a couple of exeptions, issued with dustwrappers after 1949). Minor scuffing to spine ends and corners of cover, a small (5mm) tear to top left-hand side of spine, original owner's name on f/ep, otherwise a good clean tight copy of this slim hard-cover book. … Read more about this item

London: G Bell & Sons, 1947. Creasing and small tears to edges of unclipped dustwrapper, with some small pieces missing along top edge. Minor bumping to spine ends of green boards, otherwise a good clean tight copy of this hard-cover book. Written for children, the book deals with the migration of animals and birds, via a story about… Read more about this item

London: B T Batsford, 1947. Minor creasing and a few small tears to edges of unclipped dustwrapper, slight bumping to spine ends and corners of blue boards, also a bit of old damp-marking to bottom edge of back cover, original owner's school prize label dated 1952 on f/ep, frontispiece starting to come loose at bottom end, but otherwise a good… Read more about this item

Edinburgh: Gordon Wright Publishing, 1983. No dustwrapper (as issued), minor bumping to spine ends and corners of illustrated boards, but otherwise a good clean tight copy of this hard-cover book. A collection of short pieces by the author, originally published between 1960 and 1982 in local newspapers where she wrote as "Countrywoman". Many of the pieces deal with… Read more about this item

London: J M Dent & Sons Ltd, 1957. Some creasing ans a couple of small tears to edges of unclipped dustwrapper, minor bumping to spine ends and corners of green boards, otherwise a good clean tight copy of this hard-cover book. The author's final book, published a few months before his death in January 1948, looking at life and… Read more about this item

London: University of London Press, 1947. Quite a lot of creasing and tears to edges of unclipped dustwrapper, some bumping to spine ends and corners of green boards, but otherwise a good clean tight copy of this slim hard-cover book. The story deals with a man and his nephew making a canoe trip along an English river. The… Read more about this item

Edinburgh: The Royal Society of Edinburgh, 1985. Minor creasing to the corners of cover, otherwise a good clean tight copy of this soft-cover book, being Proceedings of the Royal Society of Edinburgh. (Section B). Volume 87 1985 Parts 1/2. Contains eight articles by different authors, all originally given at a symposium at the University of Dundee in 1984. … Read more about this item

Dunbeath, Caithness: Whittles Publishing, 2021. A tiny bit of scuffing to outer corners of cover, a small crease to the middle of front cover, but otherwise a good clean tight copy, with no creasing to the spine, of this soft-cover book. Originally published in 2020, this is a reprint from the next year. Deals with the Ring Ouzel… Read more about this item

Lerwick, Shetland: The Shetland Times Ltd, 2012. A cut to the top edge of pages 69 to 84, possibly caused by careless opening of the box the books were in originally (?) but with no damage to the text or pictures. Otherwise a very good clean tight copy, with no creasing to the spine or covers, of this slim… Read more about this item

London: The Travel Book Club, 1955. Travel Book Club edition. Creasing and tears to edges of dustwrapper, also some fading to spine of same, minor bumping to spine ends and corners of light brown boards, two previous owners' names (one scribbled out) on f/ep and inside front board, but otherwise a good tight copy of this hard-cover book. … Read more about this item

London: J M Dent & Sons Ltd, 1923. No dustwrapper, some wear to spine ends and to a lesser extent the corners of blue boards, spine is a little but discoloured, gilt titles on spine are faded but still readable, a previous (original?) owner's gift message dated 1928 on f/ep, some foxing to outer pages, but otherwise a good clean… Read more about this item

Edinburgh: Birlinn, 2012. Some creasing to top edge of unclipped dustwrapper, otherwise a very good clean tight copy of this hard-cover book. Looks at animals and birds in Scotland, not just from a natural history point-of-view, but also at the animals in history, folklore, interaction with people, and more. A heavy book, packaged weight is about 1700g, so… Read more about this item

St Peter Port, Guernsey: Guernsey Press Company, 1967. Scuffing to spine ends and to edges of same, some old water-spillage to front cover resulting in marking to top corner of same and corrugation to frontispiece, a previous owner's name on first page, some yellowing to the b&w plates, but otherwise a not too bad, tight copy of this soft-cover book.… Read more about this item

London: National Magazine Company Ltd, 1944. Creasing and tears to edges of price-clipped dustwrapper, with the top inch at the spine badly crumpled; minor bumping to spine ends and corners of red boards and top inch of spine faded where dustwrapper is torn. Original owner's gift message dated November 1944 on f/ep, otherwise a good tight copy of this… Read more about this item

London: Collins, 1948. Some wear and scuffing to corners and edges of illustrated boards, a child's pencil scribble at top edge of front board, but otherwise a good clean copy of this hard-cover nature book for children. No publication date shown, but school (kindergarten) prize label inside front board dated 1949. A spiral-bound book with two sets of… Read more about this item

London: Frederick Warne & Co Ltd, 1941. Quite a lot of creasing and small tears to the edges of price-clipped dustwrapper, some bumping to spine ends and corners of brown leatherette-type boards but gilt titles on spine and front board are all still bright, as is the gilt bird on front board. Otherwise a good clean tight copy of… Read more about this item

Barnsley: Wharncliffe Publishing Ltd, 1993. Very slight creasing to edges of unclipped dustwrapper, minor bumping to corners of black boards, both the two sections of b&w plates have some spotted markings from where the pages have become stuck together and eased apart again, more so the first section, but with no real damage to the pictures. But otherwise a… Read more about this item

London: Collins, 1948. Some creasing and some small tears to the edges of price-clipped dustwrapper, some bumping to spine ends and corners of brown boards, also some old damp-marking to back cover. Tales from the author's shooting trips in the Pyrenees, Scandinavia, Turkey and the Caucasus before WW1; and of shooting and fishing nearer Home in Norfolk, Hampshire, Essex… Read more about this item

New York: Scribner, 2000. Slight creasing to edges of unclipped dustwrapper, minor bumping to ends of blue cloth spine and to corners of green paper-covered boards, otherwise a good clean tight copy of this hard-cover book. A selection of twenty-six pieces by the author, originally published in "Outside" magazine in the 1980s and 90s, all on natural-history related topics.… Read more about this item