THE BABY BIRD AND ITS PROBLEMS
£12.00VERY GOOD HARDBACK IN GREEN CLOTH – RUBBED ALL ROUND. FOXING. 96 ILLUSTRATIONS
| Author: | BICKERTON W. |
| Place, Publisher, Date: | METHUEN. LONDON. 1927 |
| Binding: | VERY GOOD |
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THE BADGER
£20.00FIFTH EDITION. NEW NATURALIST SERIES. MONOGRAPH. NEAR FINE COPY IN FINE PROTECTED DUSTWRAP. ONE COLOUR PHOTOGRAPH TAKEN BY THE AUTHOR. 29 BLACK AND WHITE PHOTOGRAPHS & 12 MAPS AND DIAGRAMS.PREVIOUS OWNER`S NAME AND DATE NEATLY ON F.E.P.
| Author: | NEAL ERNEST |
| ISBN: | 000219399X |
| Place, Publisher, Date: | 1976 COLLINS LONDON |
| Binding: | HARDBACK |
| Condition: | VERY GOOD |
THE BADGER
£25.00FOURTH EDITION. NEW NATURALIST SERIES. MONOGRAPH. FINE COPY IN FINE PROTECTED DUSTWRAP. AN EXCEPTIONAL COPY. PRICED CLIPPED BUT WITH ORIGINAL PRICE STICKER. ONE COLOUR PHOTOGRAPH TAKEN BY THE AUTHOR. 29 BLACK AND WHITE PHOTOGRAPHS & 12 MAPS AND DIAGRAMS.
| Author: | NEAL ERNEST |
| ISBN: | 000219399X |
| Place, Publisher, Date: | LONDON, COLLINS, 1975 |
| Binding: | HARDBACK |
| Condition: | FINE |
THE BAILIFF’S MINUTE BOOK OF DUNWICH 1404-1430
£15.00FIRST EDITION NEAR FINE COPY IN DW. VOLUME 34 IN SRS. 154 PAGES.
| Author: | BAILEY MARK |
| Place, Publisher, Date: | SUFFOLK RECORDS SOCIETY, 1992 |
| Binding: | HARDBACK |
| Condition: | NEAR FINE |
THE BALANCE OF NATURE
£20.00FIRST EDITION VERY GOOD IN RED BLIND-STAMPED BOARDS. NO DUSTWRAPPER. WITH 150 DRAWINGS. A PRACTICAL MANUAL OF ANIMAL FRIENDS AND FOES FOR THE COUNTRY GENTLEMAN…
| Author: | ABBEY GEORGE |
| Place, Publisher, Date: | LONDON, ROUTLEDGE, 1909 |
| Binding: | HARDBACK |
| Condition: | VERY GOOD |
THE BALLAD OF BEAU BROCADE
£45.00FIRST EDITION VERY NICE COPY IN ORIGINAL BURGUNDY CLOTH BEVELLED BOARDS ELABORATE GILT DESIGN TO FRONT BOARD TOP EDGES GILT. PROTECTIVE SLEEVE. ILLUS. BY HUGH THOMSON.
| Author: | DOBSON AUSTIN |
| Place, Publisher, Date: | LONDON, KEGAN, 1892 |
| Binding: | HARDBACK |
| Condition: | VERY GOOD |
THE BANG-UP DICTIONARY
£200.00SCARCE. THE LOUNGER AND SPORTMAN’S VADE-MECUM. LACKS FRONTIS. REBOUND IN GREEN CLOTH NEW ENDPAPERS. VERY GOOD. A DICTIONARY OF THE VULGAR TONGUE NOT FOR THE POLITICALLY CORRECT.
| Author: | A MEMBER OF THE WHIPS |
| Place, Publisher, Date: | LONDON, M JONES, 1812 |
| Binding: | HARDBACK |
| Condition: | VERY GOOD |
THE BARBARIAN INVASIONS OF THE ROMAN EMPIRE: VOLUME 11 THE HUNS AND THE VANDALS
£27.50SECOND PRINTING. FINE COPY IN FINE SLIPCASE. INTRODUCED BY PETER HEATHER.
| Author: | HODGKIN THOMAS |
| Place, Publisher, Date: | LONDON, THE FOLIO SOCIETY, 2001 |
| Binding: | HARDBACK |
| Condition: | FINE |
THE BARBARIAN INVASIONS OF THE ROMAN EMPIRE: VOLUME 111 THE OSTROGOTHS: 476-535
£27.50SECOND PRINTING. FINE COPY IN FINE SLIPCASE. INTRODUCED BY PETER HEATHER.
| Author: | HODGKIN THOMAS |
| Place, Publisher, Date: | LONDON, THE FOLIO SOCIETY, 2002 |
| Binding: | HARDBACK |
| Condition: | FINE |
THE BARN OWL
£20.00FIRST EDITION. NEAR FINE IN DW. SLIGHTLY FADED SPINE. INSCRIPTION TO FEP. THE CLASSIC MONOGRAPH MOULD THIS STUDY OF TYTO ALBA IS THE PRODUCT OF ALMOST 40 YEARS FIELD WORK BY ITS AUTHORS AND COMPLEMENTARY OBSERVATIONS BY OTHER DEDICATED ORNITHOLOGISTS IN BRITAIN THE USA AND EUROPE. THE RESULT IS A DETAILED BALANCED ACCOUNT BASED ON INTIMATE KNOWLEDGE OF THE BARN OWL IN VARYING HABITATS IN BRITAIN COMPARING AS APPROPRIATE THIS RACE`S BEHAVIOUR WITH THAT OF SUB-SPECIES IN OTHER AREAS OF THE WORLD. THERE ARE MAJOR CHAPTERS ON BREEDING AND GENERAL BEHAVIOUR FEEDING DISTRIBUTION ETC BUT VOICE IS RIGHTLY GIVEN A FULL TREATMENT. THE TEXT IS GRACED BY IAN WILLIS`S FINE DRAWINGS AND THERE ARE 31 PHOTOGRAPHS PLUS A COLOUR FRONISPIECE.
| Author: | BUNN D.S., WARBURTON A.B. AND R.D.S. WILSON |
| Place, Publisher, Date: | HERTS. POYSER, 1982 |
| Binding: | HARDBACK |
| Condition: | NEAR FINE |
THE BARN OWL
£20.00FIRST EDITION. VERY GOOD IN DW. FADED SPINE. THE CLASSIC MONOGRAPH MOULD THIS STUDY OF TYTO ALBA IS THE PRODUCT OF ALMOST 40 YEARS FIELD WORK BY ITS AUTHORS AND COMPLEMENTARY OBSERVATIONS BY OTHER DEDICATED ORNITHOLOGISTS IN BRITAIN THE USA AND EUROPE. THE RESULT IS A DETAILED BALANCED ACCOUNT BASED ON INTIMATE KNOWLEDGE OF THE BARN OWL IN VARYING HABITATS IN BRITAIN COMPARING AS APPROPRIATE THIS RACE`S BEHAVIOUR WITH THAT OF SUB-SPECIES IN OTHER AREAS OF THE WORLD. THERE ARE MAJOR CHAPTERS ON BREEDING AND GENERAL BEHAVIOUR FEEDING DISTRIBUTION ETC BUT VOICE IS RIGHTLY GIVEN A FULL TREATMENT. THE TEXT IS GRACED BY IAN WILLIS`S FINE DRAWINGS AND THERE ARE 31 PHOTOGRAPHS PLUS A COLOUR FRONISPIECE.
| Author: | BUNN D.S., A.B. WARBURTON AND R.D.S. WILSON |
| Place, Publisher, Date: | HERTS. POYSER, 1982 |
| Binding: | HARDBACK |
| Condition: | VERY GOOD |
THE BARONAGE OF SCOTLAND OR AN ACCOUNT OF THE GENTRY….
£600.00THE TITLE PAGE OF THIS BOOK IS MISSING SO I CANNOT VOUCH FOR THE PUBLISHER OR THE DATE BUT THE FIRST EDITION WAS PRODUCED IN EDINBURGH BY BELL AND BRADFUTE IN 1798. LARGE FOLIO (28 BY 42 CM) LATER REBINDING IN HALF LEATHER RAISED BAND GILT DECORATION TO THE SPINE RED TITLE LABLE MARBLED ENDPAPERS. BOUND INTO THE FRONT IS A FOUR PAGE HAND-WRITTEN INDEX IN 19TH CENTURY COPPERLATE. THE BINDING IS ATTRACTIVE TIGHT THE PAGES VERY CLEAN. BOOKPLATE OF WILLIAM HENRY MASON TO THE FRONT PASTEDOWN. SOME COPIES REFER TO ARMORIAL PLATES IN THE TEXT BUT NOT IN THIS COPY. 562 pp. EXTRA POSTAGE FOR OVERSEAS.
| Author: | DOUGLAS SIR ROBERT |
| Place, Publisher, Date: | EDINBURGH, BELL AND BRADFUTE, 1798 (?) |
| Binding: | HALF LEATHER |
| Condition: | VERY GOOD |
THE BARSETSHIRE CHRONICLES (3 VOLUMES)
£50.003 VOLUMES IN FINE CONDITION IN A FINE SLIPCASE ALL ILLUSTRATED BY ALEXY PENDL. THE LAST CHRONICLE OF BARSET:- INTRODUCED BY A.N. WILSON. THE SMALL HOUSE AT ALLINGTON INTRODUCED BY MARGARET MARKWICK. FRAMLEY PARSONAGE INTRODUCED BY ANTONIA FRASER.THIRD PRINTING.
| Author: | TROLLOPE ANTHONY |
| Place, Publisher, Date: | LONDON, THE FOLIO SOCIETY, 2002 |
| Binding: | HARDBACK |
| Condition: | FINE |
THE BATTLE OF BOSWORTH-FIELD, BETWEEN RICHARD THE THIRD AND HENRY EARL OF RICHMOND, AUGUST 22 1485.
£287.00WHEREIN IS DESCRIBED THE APPROACH OF BOTH ARMIES WITH A PLAN OF THE BATTLE ITS CONSEQUENCES THE FALL TREATMENT AND CHARACTER OF RICHARD. TO WHICH IS PREFIXED BY WAY OF AN INTRODUCTION A HISTORY OF HIS LIFE TILL HE ASSUMED THE REGAL POWER. FIRST EDITION OCTAVO HALF LEATHER SLIGHTLY RUBBED MARBLED BOARDS AND END PAPERS RAISED BANDS INTRODUCTION lxxxiv FOLDING MAP 180pp. WITH THE BOOKPLATE OF SIR GEORGE STRICKLAND MP AND LAWYER OF BOYNTON HALL YORKSHIRE. A VERY NICE COPY.
| Author: | HUTTON W. |
| Place, Publisher, Date: | BIRMINGHAM, PRINTED BY PEARSON AND ROLLASON, 1788 |
| Binding: | HARDBACK |
| Condition: | VERY GOOD |
THE BAYEUX TAPEXTRY AND ITS CONTENTS: A REASSESSMENT
£100.001ST EDITION. A FINE COPY IN DECORATED LAMINATED BOARDS – NO DUSTWRAP. VERY SCARCE.
| Author: | PASTON ELIZABETH CARSON AND WHITE STEPHEN D, WITH GILBERT KATE |
| ISBN: | 9.78184E+12 |
| Place, Publisher, Date: | WOODBRIDGE, THE BOYDELL PRESS, 2014 |
| Binding: | HARDBACK |
| Condition: | FINE |
THE BEAUTIES OF DERBYSHIRE
£80.00THIS IS THE DERBYSHIRE SECTION OF VOLUME 3 OF THE BEAUTIES OF ENGLAND AND WALES. BOUND IN HALF LEATHER OVER MARBLED BOARDS. PAGES 291-552. WITH 5 PLATES. VERY GOOD.
| Author: | BRITTON JOHN |
| Place, Publisher, Date: | VERNOR AND HOOD, 1803 |
| Binding: | HALF LEATHER |
| Condition: | VERY GOOD |