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Why Can't A Woman Be More Like A Man - the Evolution of Sex and Gender

Faber & Faber, London
8vo in black faux cloth, silver lettering to spine. 206pp, bibliog, index etc
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The Aurelian Legacy - British Butterflies and Their Collectors

Harley Books, Colchester
Very Heavy 4to. in blue faux cloth, gilt lettering to spine., 432pp, colour plates, illustrations in text, bibliog, index etc
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Ferdinand Bauer - the Australian Natural History Drawings

British Museum of Natural History, London
Large 4to. in colour printed stiff glossy card covers, 120pp, colour plates, illustrations in text, bibliog, index etc
NEW unread copy
1st editionSoftcover
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Flora Photographica - Masterpieces of Flower Photography From 1835 to the Present

Thames & Hudson, London
Large heavy 4to. in blue cloth, gilt lettering to spine, 224pp, plates in colour and b/w, index etc
An extremely well preserved AS NEW copy in an AS NEW Dust Jacket
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A Slow Passion - Snails, My Garden and me

Bloomsbury, London
8vo, 242pp
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On Evolution

Edinburgh University Press, Edinburgh
8vo in grey marble paper covered boards, black lettering to spine, 125pp, diagrams etc in text
A well preserved FINE copy (faint bow to front cover from poor storage) in a dusty and very slightly edge-rubbed but otherwise FINE Dust Jacket (looks very presentable in its protector)
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The Human Face

Constable, London
Tall 8vo. in black faux leather covered boards, silver lettering to spine, 287pp, numerous illustrations in text, index etc
A well preserved FINE very clean and tight (barely noticeable scuff to cover top edges, page-block edges slightly tanned) in a FINE Dust Jacket
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Wild Flowers - How to See and How to Gather Them - with Remarks on the Economical & Medicinal Uses of Our Native Plants

Routledge, Warnes and Routledge, London
Small 8vo. in bright blue cloth, gilt lettering and ornate decoration to spine and front cover, 309pp, frontispiece and 7 other full page steel engraved plates, all very nicely hand coloured and each with tissue guard, numerous illustrations in text, 32pp publishers ads at rear.
VERY GOOD (thin sliver of loss to cloth at spine ends, covers a little rubbed, page-block edges tanned)
Hardcover
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Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London (Volume 139 Part 1 July 1962) Includes R F Chapman 'Ecology and Distribution of Grasshoppers in Ghana', David Allbrook 'Morphology of the Subdermal Glands of Hipppotamus Amphibius' and other papers

Zoological Society of London
4to in printed wrappers, 180pp, plates etc.
VERY GOOD+, a clean and tight copy (small chip to paper at bottom edge of spine, small and mild crease from bumping to page-block fore-edge corner tips)
1st editionSoftcover
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Mites of the Subfamily Parasitinae (Mesostigmata - Parasitidae) in the British Isles (Bulletin of the British Museum, Natural History, Zoology Series Vol 38 No 5 30 October 1980)

British Museum, London
4to in stiff card covers, approx 140pp, illustrations in text, bibliography, index etc
An extremely well preserved almost AS NEW copy (minute speck of shelf rub to cover corner tips)
1st editionSoftcover
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Pigeons and People

Dennis Dobson, London
8vo in lilac faux cloth, gilt lettering to spine. 117pp
Both free end-papers clipped out else a FINE very clean and tight copy in a slightly dusty and very slightly edge-nicked but otherwise VERY GOOD+ Dust Jacket ((looks very presentable in its protector)
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The Wild Rabbit in a New Aspect - Or Rabbit-Warrens That Pay - A Record of Recent Experiments on the Estate of the Right Hon. Earl of Wharncliffe at Wortley Hall

William Blackwood and Sons, Edinburgh & London
8vo in bevel edged green cloth, gilt lettering to spine, black lettering and gilt embossed rabbit to front cover, 135pp, plus 23pp publishers catalogue of 'Books on Rural Affairs' at rear
An extremely well preserved almost FINE copy (minute specks of shelf rub to cover corner tips and spine tips, ink name on 2nd blank fly-leaf dated 1893, top edge of page block dusty)
1st editionHardcover
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The Human Body - A Three-Dimensional Study

Jonathan Cape, London
4to in colour printed laminated boards, pop-up book of the human body
VERY GOOD+, a clean and tight copy, all the pop-ups are complete and work correctly
1st editionHardcover
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The Oxford Handbook of Philosophy of Biology

Oxford University Press, Oxford
Thick, heavy 8vo. in black boards, gilt lettering to spine, 642pp, index etc
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Queen Rearing (3rd hardcover edition 1966)

I Snelgrove, Bleadon
8vo in black cloth, gilt lettering and bee motif to spine and front cover, 344pp, plates, bibliography, index etc
VERY GOOD+, a well preserved clean and tight copy (5 leaves with flat crease to top corner tips, page-block edges slightly tanned and faintly dusty)
Hardcover
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Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society Volume 57 Number 1 August 1975

Academic Press, London
4to in glossy card covers
A well preserved almost AS NEW unread or barely read copy (covers faintly tanned)
1st editionSoftcover
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Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society Volume 123 Number 2 June 1998

Academic Press, London
4to in glossy card covers
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1st editionSoftcover
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Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society Volume 128 Number 4 April 2000

Academic Press, London
4to in glossy card covers
A well preserved almost AS NEW unread or barely read copy (slight bump to bottom corner tip of front cover)
1st editionSoftcover
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Infant Chimpanzee and Human Child - A Classic 1935 Comparative Study of Ape Emotions and Intelligence

Oxford University Press, Oxford & New York
Heavy 8vo. in red boards, silver lettering to spine, 452pp, plates, bibliography, index etc
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Thornton's Temple of Flora (Signed by George Rainbird)

Collins, London
Large 4to. in bright red cloth, gilt lettering to spine, 66pp, plates in colour and b/w, etc. Published to mark the 21st anniversary of the first book produced by the Rainbird company - The edition of Temple of Flora designed by Rainbird and Ruari Mclean in 1951. Rainbird has signed this copy below his foreword and inscribed it to the historian A J P Taylor from whose collection it came
An extremely well preserved almost AS NEW copy (end-papers and page-block edges a little tanned) in a slightly edge-nicked VERY GOOD Dust Jacket (looks very presentable in its protector)
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The Country Life Book of Orchids

Country Life, London
Large Folio in red cloth, gilt lettering to spine, 128pp, 30 full page colour plates by Grierson plus colour repros of antique flower prints, illustrations in text, index etc
An extremely well preserved AS NEW copy in an almost AS NEW slip-case (slightly tanned)
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Illustrations of the British Flora

L Reeve & Co, Ashford
8vo in blind embossed green cloth, gilt lettering to spine, 338pp, mainly plates, index etc
A well preserved FINE clean and tight copy (name on fly-leaf and front paste-down end-paper, page-block edges slightly tanned) in a very slightly edge-nicked and slightly tanned VERY GOOD+ Dust Jacket (looks fine in its protector)
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The Naturalist's Guide to the British Coastline

David & Charles, Newton Abbot
Large 8vo in blue faux cloth, gilt lettering to spine. 208pp, numerous illustrations in text, index etc
An extremely well preserved almost AS NEW copy (thin sliver of very slight creasing to bottom edge of spine, page-block edges faintly tanned) in a faintly tanned but otherwise AS NEW Dust Jacket. An excellent copy
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Heron Lake - A Norfolk Year (SIGNED COPY)

Batchworth Press, London
8vo in glazed green cloth, gilt lettering to spine, 216pp, signed by author on the half title leaf (no other inscription), tiny typed 'file copy' label to front cover (easily removeable)
A well preserved very clean and tight FINE unread or barely read copy pages slightly tanned) in a tanned, foxed and very lightly edge-worn but otherwise VERY GOOD Dust Jacket (looks very presentable in its protector)
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Old Garden Roses Part One - Painted by Charles Raymond

George Rainbird / Collins, London
Elephant Folio in green boards, gilt embossed pink label to front cover (as issued), 52pp, 8 full page colour plates by Charles Raymond. One of 2000 copies on Gelderland white cartridge paper
A very clean and tight FINE copy but for a small mild water stain to the top edge of front cover also slightly affecting the page-block edges, apart from a thin sliver to the top edge of the front and rear fly-leaves there is no bleed whatsoever to any of the page leaves and they all remain very clean. In an edge-worn soiled and dusty GOOD only Dust Jacket
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British Fungi - How to Identify Them

Epworth Press, London
Small 8vo. in green cloth, black lettering to spine and front cover with photo pasted to front cover (as issued), 62pp, illustrated
VERY GOOD+, a well preserved and very clean and tight copy in a dusty and torn GOOD only Dust Jacket but which looks very presentable in its protector
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The Practical Bee Guide

The Talbot Press, Dublin and Cork
8vo in stiff card covers, 305pp, numerous illustrations in text, index, ads at rear etc
VERY GOOD+, a well preserved clean and tight copy (covers and page-block edges slightly tanned, top corner of front blank fly-leaf clipped). A nice copy
Softcover
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Unity in Variety - As Deduced From the Vegetable Kingdom - Being an attempt at developing that oneness which is discoverable in the habits, mode of growth, and principle of construction of all plants

James S Virtue, London
8vo in red and gilt paper covered boards, red leather spine, gilt lettering to spine, decoratively printed end-papers, xv plus 162pp, 300 illustrations in text all by Dresser
Spine edge-worn and rubbed, slight wear to cover corner tips, few small bumps to cover edges, tiny closed tear to top edge of half title leaf, contents are FINE and still very clean and bright
1st editionHardcover
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Hurricane Force - The Story of the Storm of October 1987 (SIGNED COPY)

Collins, London
8vo in dark red faux cloth, silver lettering to spine. 224pp. This copy inscribed and signed by the author (as George) on the title-page
An extremely well preserved almost AS NEW unread copy (pages slightly tanned) in an AS NEW Dust Jacket
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London's Natural History

Collins, London, 1946
8vo in green cloth, gilt lettering to spine, 282pp, plates in colour and b/w, index etc
A well preserved near FINE clean and tight copy (spine slightly sunned, scored out name on fly-leaf,)
1st editionHardcover
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