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SAMUEL SMILES: ROBERT DICK BAKER OF THURSO GEOLOGIST AND BOTANIST, 1878, 10th thou, orig cl £20-30

H F WITHERBY AND OTHERS: THE HANDBOOK OF BRITISH BIRDS, 1948-47, 5th impress, 5 vols, cl, vols 1,3-5, d/ws (tatty), (5) £25- 35

JOHN EDWARD SOWERBY AND CHARLES PIERPOINT JOHNSON: THE FERNS OF GREAT BRITAIN, 1855, 1st edn, cf gt worn £30- 40

R L ALLEN: NEW AMERICAN FARM BOOK, Ed L F Allen, N Y 1869, orig cl soiled + F L OLMSTED: WALKS AND TALKS OF AN AMERICAN FARMER IN ENGLAND, 1857, orig

W J MILES: MODERN PRACTICAL FARRIERY…, c1895, 4to, cl, v worn £30-40

FERGUS MENTEITH OGILVIE: FIELD OBSERVATIONS ON BRITISH BIRDS, ed H Balfour, 1920 (400) numbered, orig cl bkd bds soiled £30-40

WILLIAM FORSELL KIRBY: EUROPEAN BUTTERFLIES AND MOTHS, 1889, 61 hand col'd plts, 1 uncol'd, 4to, hf cf v worn £150- 180

WILLIAM FORSELL KIRBY: THE BUTTERFLIES AND MOTHS OF EUROPE, 1903, 54 chromolitho plts, 4to, orig pict cl gt, v worn £100- 120

REV FRANCIS ORPEN MORRIS: A HISTORY OF BRITISH BUTTERFLIES, 1895, 8th edn, 79 hand col'd plts, 4to, cf gt, prize bdg £150- 180

WILLIAM FORSELL KIRBY: FAMILIAR BUTTERFLIES AND MOTHS, 1901, 1st edn, 18 chromolitho plts, orig pict cl £30-40