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CLAUDE PERRAULT: MEMOIRS FOR A NATURAL HISTORY OF ANIMALS CONTAINING THE ANATOMICAL DESCRIPTIONS OF SEVERAL CREATURES DISSECTED BY THE ROYAL ACADE...

HENRY JOHN ELWES & AUGUSTINE HENRY: THE TREES OF GREAT BRITAIN AND IRELAND, Edinburgh 1906 - 13, 1st edn, 7 vols, priv ptd, orig loose parts in or...

CAPTAIN THOMAS WILLIAMSON & SAMUEL HOWITT: ORIENTAL FIELD SPORTS..., L, William Bulmer for Edward Orme, 1807, 1st edn, added hand col'd aquatint t...

THOMAS MILLER: THE POETICAL LANGUAGE OF FLOWERS, OR THE PILGRIMAGE OF LOVE, L, Charles Griffin, [ND], 12th thou, hand col'd litho plts as list, or...

E B FORD: BUTTERFLIES, 1946 reprint, New Naturalist No 1 + BRIAN VESEY-FITZGERALD: BRITISH GAME, 1946 1st edn, New Naturalist No 2, + R S R FITTER...

W S BRISTOWE: THE WORLD OF SPIDERS, 1958 1st edn, New Naturalist No 38, orig cl gt d/w

K MELLANBY: FARMING AND WILDLIFE, 1981, 1st edn, New Naturalist No 67, orig cl gt d/w

PHILIP MILLER: THE GARDENERS KALENDAR; ..., L, John & James Rivington, 1757, 11th edn, engrd frontis, old full cf gt rebkd, new EPs

CHARLES DARWIN: THE DESCENT OF MAN AND SELECTION IN RELATION TO SEX, L, John Murray, 1898, 2nd edn, 3rd impression, 2 vols, orig publishers cl gt,...

CHARLES DARWIN: A NATURALIST'S VOYAGE - JOURNAL OF RESEARCHES INTO THE NATURAL HISTORY AND GEOLOGY OF THE COUNTRIES VISITED DURING THE VOYAGE OF H...

E M NICHOLSON: BIRDS AND MEN, 1951 1st edn, New Naturalist No 17 + H J FLEURE: A NATURAL HISTORY OF MAN IN BRITAIN, 1951 1st edn, New Naturalist N...

RICHARD LYDEKKER: LLOYDS NATURAL HISTORY - A HAND-BOOK TO THE MARSUPIALIA AND MONOTREMATA, L, Edward Lloyd, 1896, 38 col'd plts, old cl gt + R BOW...

W F KIRBY: LLOYDS NATURAL HISTORY - A HAND-BOOK TO THE ORDER LEPIDOPTERA, L, Edward Lloyd 1896-97, 5 vols, 158 col'd plts, unif cl gt (5)

WILLIAM COBBETT: THE WOODLANDS OR, A TREATISE ON THE PREPARING OF GROUND FOR PLANTING..., L, William Cobbett 1825 [1828], 2 woodcut figures comple...

OLIVIA FITZROY: THE ISLAND OF BIRDS, L, Jonathan Cape 1960 reprint, orig cl d/w + WILLIAM J LONG: FOWLS OF THE AIR, Boston and L, Ginn & Co, 1902,...

W H DAVENPORT ADAMS: THE BIRD WORLD DESCRIBED WITH PEN AND PENCIL, ill H Giacomelli 1880, 145 ills complete, orig dec cl gt worn, + JULES MICHELET...

WILLIAM YARRELL: A HISTORY OF BRITISH BIRDS, L, John van Voorst, 1871 - 1885, 4th edn, revised and enlarged, 4 vols, old hf cf gt, ex Rugby School...

WILLIAM YARRELL: A HISTORY OF BRITISH BIRDS, L, John van Voorst, 1843, 1st edn, 3 vols, old cl gt (3)

ALICIA AMHERST: A HISTORY OF GARDENING IN ENGLAND, L, Bernard Quaritch, 1895 1st edn, clipped autograph of Amherst pasted down verso of ffep toget...

PETER LACK: THE ATLAS OF WINTERING BIRDS IN BRITAIN AND IRELAND, T & A D Poyser, 1986, orig cl, d/w + DAVID WINGFIELD GIBBONS, JAMES B REID AND RO...

NIGEL THORNEYCROFT: FOWLER'S MOON, 1955 1st edn, orig cl gt d/w + A G STREET: SWEETACRES, 1956 1st edn, orig cl gt d/w + S ROGERSON & CHARLES TUNN...

ARCHIBALD THORBURN: BRITISH BIRDS, L, Longmans, Green & Co, 1917-1918, 4 vols, vols 1 and 2 1917, 3rd edn, vols 3 and 4, 1918 2nd edn, 82 col'd pl...

THE REV J G WOOD: NATURE'S TEACHINGS, HUMAN INVENTION ANTICIPATED BY NATURE, L, [1883], rebnd hf cf, spine gt in compartments, marb bds, aem, by M...

T G BROWNE: BAILLIERE'S ATLAS OF THE OX, ITS ANATOMY AND PHYSIOLOGY WITH AN APPENDIX ON MEAT INSPECTION, ill Georges Dupuy, L 1927, 11 plts comple...

M C COOKE: VEGETABLE WASPS AND PLANT WORMS..., L, 1892, 4 black and white plts complete, orig dec cl gt + JOHN ELIOT HOWARD: EXAMINATION OF PAVON'...

E T BENNETT: 2 ttls: THE TOWER MENAGERIE COMPRISING THE NATURAL HISTORY OF THE ANIMALS CONTAINED IN THAT ESTABLISHMENT..., L, Jennings 1829: THE G...

WILLIAM DOUGLAS: HORSE SHOEING, AS IT IS AND AS IT SHOULD BE, L, John Murray 1873, col'd frontis + 1 col'd plt, orig cl gt worn, ROYAL ARTILLERY I...

BENJAMIN STILLINGFLEET: MISCELLANEOUS TRACTS RELATING TO NATURAL HISTORY, HUSBANDRY, AND PHYSICK TO WHICH IS ADDED THE CALENDAR OF FLORA, L, J Dod...

CHARLES F BLUNT: THE BEAUTY OF THE HEAVENS, A PICTORIAL DISPLAY OF THE ASTRONOMICAL PHENOMENA OF THE UNIVERSE..., L, 1842, new edn, 104 col'd plts...

ROBERT MOODIE: THE FEATHERED TRIBES OF THE BRITISH ISLANDS, L, 1854, 4th edn, revised 2 vols, 27 plts (of 28, vol 2 lacks frontis), orig blind stp...

THE SOCIETY FOR PROMOTING CHRISTIAN KNOWLEDGE (pub): 2 ttls: TABULAR VIEW OF CHARACTERISTIC BRITISH FOSSILS STRATIGRAPHICALLY ARRANGED: A TABULAR ...

JOHN J VIDELER: AVIAN FLIGHT, 2005 1st edn, 2nd impress, orig pict bds + NIGEL WHEATLEY: WHERE TO WATCH BIRDS IN AFRICA, 1995, orig pict bds + C W...

PIERCE EGAN: BOXIANA, OR, SKETCHES OF ANTIENT AND MODERN PUGILISM, FROM THE DAYS OF THE RENOWNED BROUGHTON AND SLACK, THE CHAMPIONSHIP OF CRIB, L,...

C G SCHILLINGS: IN WILDEST AFRICA, Trans Frederic Whyte, L, Hutchinson & Co 1907, 2 vols, orig pict cl gt + "THE OLD SHEKARRY" [HENRY ASTBURY LEVE...

SHIRLEY HIBBERD: THE FERN GARDEN HOW TO MAKE KEEP AND ENJOY IT OR FERN CULTURE MADE EASY, l, 1870, 2nd edn, 8 col'd plts compl, orig decor cl gt, ...

FREDERIC M HALFORD: HALFORD DRY-FLY SERIES VOLUME IV - AN ANGLER'S AUTOBIOGRAPHY, L, Vinton & Co 1903, frontis + 43 plts compl as per list, rebnd ...

DAPHNE MOORE: THE BOOK OF THE FOXHOUND, 1974 rev edn, orig cl, d/w + NOEL FAIRFAX-BLAKEBOROUGH (ED): MEMOIRS OF JACK FAIRFAX-BLAKEBOROUGH OBE, MC ...

GEORGE SKEAVINGTON: THE MODERN SYSTEM OF FARRIERY ... L and NY, J & F Tallis [1850], engrd frontis, added engrd ttl + 18 engrd plts compl, old hf ...

YACHTING MONTHLY AND MARINE BOATER MAGAZINE, May-October 1911, vol 11 Nos 61-66, 5 monthly numbers bnd together in 1 vol, 5 black and white port f...

"SNAFFLES" PSEUDONYM [CHARLIE JOHNSON PAYNE]: 'OSSES AND OBSTACLES, 1935 2nd impress, orig cl worn, d/w (tatty with part loss)

BRITISH HOLSTEIN HERD BOOK - BRITISH HOLSTEIN-FRIESIAN HERD BOOK - BRITISH FRIESIAN HERD BOOK, 1913-17, 1919-1922, 1924-1927, vols 3,-7, 9-12, 14-...

JAMES MACDONALD: STEPHENS' BOOK OF THE FARM DEALING EXHAUSTIVELY WITH EVERY BRANCH OF AGRICULTURE - LAND AND ITS EQUIPMENT - FARM CROPS - FARM LIV...

WILLIAM AND HUGH RAYNBIRD: THE AGRICULTURE OF SUFFOLK ... INCLUDING THE REPORT TO WHICH THE PRIZE WAS AWARDED BY THE ROYAL AGRICULTURE SOCIETY OF ...

JAMES ADAM: PRACTICAL ESSAYS ON AGRICULTURE…, L, T Cadell, 1789 1st edn, 2 vols, 2 engrd plts compl, old tree cf worn

WALTER YOUNG: THE FARMERS POCKET GUIDE; OR, IMPERIAL STANDARD MEASURER... ON SUBJECTS OF RURAL ECONOMY, HUSBANDRY AND AGRICULTURAL COMMENCE, Kelso...

THE DUKE OF BEAUFORT: HUNTING, 1888 4th edn + ARTHUR COVENTRY AND ALFRED E T WATSON: RACING AND STEEPLE-CHASING, 1887, 2nd edn, both "The Badminto...

MAJOR WALTER CAMPBELL: THE OLD FOREST RANGER OR WILD SPORTS OF INDIA ..., L, Routledge, circa 1860, new edn, engrd frontis, added engrd ttl pge + ...

JAMES DUNCAN: BRITISH BUTTERFLIES, L, [1876], 34 mainly hand col'd engrd plts, orig cl gt + VERNON S MORWOOD: WONDERFUL ANIMALS WORKING, DOMESTIC ...

RALPH THOMAS: SWIMMING ..., L, Sampson Lowe et al, 1904, 1st edn, orig cl gt

A G LAMMAS: DUMB-BELLS, CLUBS, AND BAR-BELLS FOR SCHOOLS AND GYMNASIUMS OR INDIVIDUALS, L, 1905, orig pict cl + THE MUSCLES OF THE BODY AND HOW TO...

GUY M CAMPBELL: THE VAULTING HORSE AND HOW TO USE IT..., circa 1906, orig ptd wraps + OLIVE M NEWMARCH: SKIPPING MANUAL, 1942, 3rd edn, orig cl + ...

TEIZO KAWAMURA: JUDO COMBINATION TECHNIQUES, Trans and Ed G Hamilton, L [1958], orig cl gt + M KAWAISHI: THE COMPLETE SEVEN KATAS OF JUDO, Trans a...

H C CUTCLIFFE: THE ART OF TROUT FISHING ON RAPID STREAMS..., L, 1883, 2nd edn, old cl gt + A T JOHNSON: IN THE LAND OF THE BEAUTIFUL TROUT, 1907, ...

A ALEXANDER: HEALTHFUL EXERCISES FOR GIRLS, 1887, orig cl gt + GEORGE CRUDEN: MANUAL OF MUSICAL DRILL AND SYSTEM OF PHYSICAL TRAINING FOR THE USE ...

THE AMATEUR SWIMMING ASSOCIATION: MANUAL ON DIVING ..., circa 1945 reprint, orig cl + L DE B HANDLEY AND W J HOWCROFT: CRAWL-SWIMMING, [1929], ori...

BRITISH SPORTS AND SPORTSMEN - MODERN FLAT RACING, STEEPLECHASING, POINT TO POINT RACING, COURSING AND GREYHOUND RACING, L, Sports and Sportsmen L...

BRITISH SPORTS AND SPORTSMEN - YACHTING AND ROWING, L, British Sports and Sportsmen 1916, limited edn (1000) numbered, frontis + 58 full pge plts ...

BRITISH SPORTS AND SPORTSMEN - CRICKET AND FOOTBALL, L, British Sports and Sportsmen 1917, limited edn (1000) numbered, photogravure frontis + 13 ...

BRITISH SPORTS AND SPORTSMEN - THE STORY OF SHIPPING, circa 1920, limited edn (1000) numbered, cont full cf gt, inner dentelles gt, aeg + BRITISH ...

S H LEWER: WRIGHT'S BOOK OF POULTRY REVISED AND EDITED IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE LATEST POULTRY CLUB STANDARDS, L, [1910], col'd frontis + 29 col'd p...