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WILFRID BLUNT AND JAMES RUSSELL: OLD GARDEN ROSES PART TWO, ill Charles Raymond, 1957, (160) numbered & sigd, fo, hf vellum by Zaehnsdorf, slipc...

PIERRE-JOSEPH REDOUTE: ROSES, n d, reprint, 8 col'd plts only, fo, wraps

T A COWARD: THE BIRDS OF THE BRITISH ISLES, 1934-36, 3 vols, orig limp cl gt + RICHARD SOUTH: THE MOTHS OF THE BRITISH ISLES, 1948, 2 vols, orig limp

EDWARD STEP: WAYSIDE AND WOODLAND BLOSSOMS, 1941-48, vols 2 & 3, orig limp cl gt, d/ws, (Qty 2)

T A COWARD: THE BIRDS OF THE BRITISH ISLES, 1958, 1936, 1941, 3 vols, orig limp cl gt, vol 3 d/w, (Qty 3) £20-30

T A COWARD: BIRDS OF THE WAYSIDE AND WOODLAND, 1936, 1st edn, orig cl, d/w (tatty) £20-30

TAPLIN IMPROVED OR A COMPENDIUM OF FARRIERY…, by an experienced farrier, L Crosby, 1807, engrd frontis, 9 plts, 12 mo, orig printed bds v worn, crudel

A J ROBERTSON: THE A B C OF GOLF, 1904, orig pict cl £30-40

D W TAYLOR, D L DAVENPORT AND J J M FLEGG: THE BIRDS OF KENT, 1981, 1st edn, orig cl d/w £20-30

PATRICK CLOVER (ED): BOWMAN'S HANDBOOK, 1957, 4th edn, orig cl £20-30

PETER J NEVILLE HAVINS: THE OTTER IN BRITAIN, 1981, 1st edn, orig cl d/w + L LAIDLER: OTTERS IN BRITAIN, 1982, 1st edn, orig cl d/w + EILEEN A SOPER:

WILLIAM GREENER: GUNNERY IN 1858…, 1858, 1st edn, 5 litho plts, water staining, contents loose, orig cl v worn & soiled £20- 30

PHILIP ASTLEY: ASTLEY'S SYSTEM OF EQUESTRIAN EDUCATION…, L c1801, 4th edn, engrd frontis, 9 plts, old tree cf gt worn £50- 60

ISAAC WALTON AND CHARLES COTTON: THE COMPLETE ANGLER…, Ed J Hawkins, L S Bagster, 1808, engrd frontis, 16 plts, old cf worn, top bd detchd £50-60

F E HULME: FAMILIAR WILD FLOWERS, n d, 6 vols in 2, hf cf v worn, (Qty 2) £20-30

H CHOLMONDELEY-PENNELL: FISHING, 1903, 1906, 9th edn, 10th impress, 2 vols, Badminton Library, orig pict cl, (Qty 2) £30- 40

H E VANDERVELL AND T MAXWELL WITHAM: A SYSTEM OF FIGURE-SKATING, 1869, orig cl + VIVIAN CAULFEILD: SKI-ING TURNS, 1926, 3rd impress, set of 8 instruct

BURROUGHES AND WATTS: BILLIARDS SIMPLIFIED…, c1890, 11th thou, orig cl £25-35

SYDNEY GALVAYNE: THE HORSE…, Glasgow 1888, 1st edn, orig cl gt, worn & soiled + GEORGE FLEMING: THE PRACTICAL HORSE KEEPER, 1886, orig cl, (Qty ...

W ROBINSON: THE GARDEN BEAUTIFUL, 1906, 1st edn, orig cl bkd bds £30-40

R S P BATES AND E H N LOWTHER: BREEDING BIRDS OF KASHMIR, 1952, 1st edn, orig cl worn £20-30

EDGAR P CHANCE: THE TRUTH ABOUT THE CUCKOO, 1940, 1st edn, orig cl + OLIVER G PIKE: THE NIGHTINGALE, 1932, 1st edn, orig cl, (Qty 2) £25-35

JOHN WALPOLE-BOND, 2 ttls: BIRD LIFE IN WILD WALES, [1903], 2nd impression, orig pict cl worn; FIELD-STUDIES OF SOME RARER BRITISH BIRDS, 1914, 1st ed

[JOHN HENRY WALSH] 'STONEHENGE': THE DOG IN HEALTH AND DISEASE…, 1887, 4th edn, orig two tone cl £20-30

K S RANJITSINHJI: THE JUBILEE BOOK OF CRICKET, 1897, 4th edn, orig cl + TREVOR BAILEY: PLAYING TO WIN, 1954, 1st edn, orig cl, d/w (tatty), (Qty 2) ...

THOMAS MILLER: MY FATHERS GARDEN, 1867, orig cl gt, worn & soiled + DAVID THOMSON: HANDY BOOK OF THE FLOWER- GARDEN, 1868, 1st edn, orig bld stp...

A E KNOX: ORNITHOLOGICAL RAMBLES IN SUSSEX…, 1855, 3rd edn, 4 tinted litho plts, orig pict cl gt £25-35

THOMAS BEST: THE ART OF ANGLING…, L 1814, 10th edn, engrd frontis trimmed and laid down, 12 mo, old hf cf worn £25- 35

RICHARD BROOKES: THE ART OF ANGLING, L 1801, new edn, engrd frontis, 12 mo, old cf worn £30-40

C F TUNNICLIFFE: BIRD PORTRAITURE, 1945, 1st edn, orig cl d/w £20-30

EDWARD HEARLE RODD: THE BIRDS OF CORNWALL AND THE SCILLY ISLANDS, Ed James Edmund Harting, 1880, port frontis, fdg map, orig cl gt £30-40

FRED J TAYLOR: REFLECTIONS OF A COUNTRYMAN, 1982, 1st edn, orig cl d/w £20-30

T WESTWOOD AND T SATCHELL: BIBLIOTHECA PISCATORIA, n y 1991, facsimile edn, orig cl + R J W COLEBY: REGIONAL ANGLING LITERATURE, 1979, (500), orig cl

FRED J TAYLOR: MY FISHING YEARS, 1981, 1st edn, orig cl d/w + ALEC WELLAND: THE FIFTH BRITISH CARP STUDY GROUP BOOK, 1991, 1st edn, orig pict laminate

GILBERT WHITE: THE NATURAL HISTORY AND ANTIQUITIES OF SELBORNE, 1833, new edn, old cf rebkd £30-40

BRIAN VESEY-FITZGERALD: BRITISH GAME, 1946, 1st edn, New Naturalist series No. 2, orig cl, d/w (tatty) +E M NICHOLSON: BIRDS AND MEN, 1951, 1st edn, N

LAWRENCE G GREEN: GREAT AFRICAN MYSTERIES, c1935, 2nd impress, orig cl + MARTIN STEPHENS: FAIR GAME, 1936, 1st edn, orig cl + J H PATTERSON: THE MAN-E

HENRY SEEBOHM: SIBERIA IN EUROPE…, 1880, 1st edn, fdg map at end, orig pict cl gt £120-150

ZANE GREY: TALES OF SOUTHERN RIVERS, L 1924, 1st edn, orig cl gt, pict ppr label £20-30

REV GILBERT WHITE: THE NATURAL HISTORY AND ANTIQUITIES OF SELBORNE, Ed Sir William Jardine, 1895, orig pict cl gt £30- 40

HARRY F WITHERBY: BIRD HUNTING ON THE WHITE NILE, 1902, 1st edn, orig pict cl £30-40

HENRY EELES DRESSER: EGGS OF THE BIRDS OF EUROPE INCLUDING ALL THE SPECIES INHABITING THE WESTERN PALAEARTIC AREA, L 1910, 2 vols, als loosely inserte

LESLIE H BROWN, EMIL K URBAN AND KENNETH NEWMAN: THE BIRDS OF AFRICA, 1982-2000, 1st edn, 6 vols, 4to, orig cl d/ws, (Qty 6) £120-150

W KEITH NEAL AND D L H BACK: THE MANTONS GUN MAKERS – A SUPPLEMENT, 1967, 1978, 1st edns, orig cl, d/ws, (Qty 2) £30- 40

REV CANON THEODORE WOOD: BIRDS ONE SHOULD KNOW, ill Roland Green, 1925, 4to, orig pict cl + E M NICHOLSON: BIRDS IN ENGLAND…, ill E Fitch Daglish, 192

PACKET: ARCHIBALD THORBURN, 23 unsigned pencil sketches, some dbl sided, various sizes £100-120

JOHN WISDEN: CRICKETERS' ALMANACK, 1950-51, orig cl gt worn, (Qty 2) £30-40

JOHN WISDEN: CRICKETERS' ALMANACK, 1980, 1984, 1994, orig cl gt, (1st and 3rd work), orig limp cl (2nd work), d/w, 1st work, (Qty 3) £20-30

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

SIR JOSEPH PAXTON: MAGAZINE OF BOTANY, 1849, vol 16 only, 24 hand col'd plts, hf cf £200-250

EDWARD STEP: WILD FLOWERS MONTH BY MONTH, 1906, 2 vols, orig décor cl gt, (Qty 2) £20-30

W CARTER PLATTS: BETWIXT THE LING AND THE LOWLAND, 1901, 1st edn, orig pict cl gt + JAMES WENTWORTH DAY: BROADLAND ADVENTURE, 1951, 1st edn, orig cl +

C W MACKWORTH-PRAED AND C H B GRANT: BIRDS OF EASTERN AND NORTH EASTERN AFRICA, 1980, 2nd edn, reprint, 2 vols, orig cl + C A W GUGGISBERG: BIRDS OF E

F E HULME: FAMILIAR WILD FLOWERS, c1900, 5 vols, orig cl worn, (Qty 5) £30-40

MAJOR H T GOSNELL: THE SCIENCE OF BIRD NESTING, [1947], orig wraps, d/w (tatty) + J G BLACK: BIRDSNESTING, Newcastle [1920], orig cl worn, (Qty 2) &...

SALIM ALI AND S DILLON RIPLEY: HANDBOOK OF THE BIRDS OF INDIA AND PAKISTAN…, 1978-74, 2nd edn, (vols 1-2), 1st edn, vols 3- 10, orig cl, d/ws, (Qty 10

ARCHIBALD THORBURN: BRITISH BIRDS, 1925-26, new edn, 4 vols, 192 col'd plts, orig cl, (Qty 4) £100-120

B B RIVIERE: A HISTORY OF BIRDS OF NORFOLK, 1930, 1st edn, orig cl £30-40

H J FLEURE: A NATURAL HISTORY OF MAN IN BRITAIN, 1951, 1st edn, New Naturalist series No. 18, orig cl, d/w (tatty) + L DUDLEY STAMP: THE EARTH'S...

JOHN EDWARD SOWERBY AND CHARLES PIERPOINT JOHNSON: BRITISH WILD FLOWERS, 1860, hand col'd frontis, 80 hand col'd plts, old hf cf worn £...

D T FISH (ED): CASSELL'S POPULAR GARDENING, n d, 4 vols in 2, 4 chromo litho plts, old hf cf worn, (Qty 2) £40-50

WILLIAM FORSYTH: A TREATISE ON THE CULTURE AND MANAGEMENT OF FRUIT-TREES…, L 1803, 2nd edn, 13 engrd plts, mainly fdg, old cf gt worn, top bd detchd...

OLEG POLUNIN: FLOWERS OF EUROPE, 1969, 1st edn, cl d/w + O POLUNIN AND B E SMYTHIES: FLOWERS OF SOUTH-WEST EUROPE, 1973, 1st edn, cl d/w + 2 others si

F FRASER DARLING: NATURAL HISTORY IN THE HIGHLANDS AND ISLANDS, 1947, 1st edn, New Naturalist series No. 6, orig cl d/w £25-35

S W WOOLDRIDGE AND FREDERICK GOLDRING: THE WEALD, 1966, 4th impress, New Naturalist series No 26, cl d/w, ex-lib + L A HARVEY AND D ST. LEGER-GORDON:

JOHN MITCHELL: LOCH LOMONSIDE, 2001 New Naturalist series No. 88, orig cl d/w £25-35

JOHN BUXTON: THE REDSTART, 1950, 1st edn, New Naturalist monograph No. 2, orig cl d/w + STUART SMITH: THE YELLOW WAGTAIL, 1950, 1st edn, New Naturalis

FRANCIS GEORGE HEATH: THE FERN PORTFOLIO, 1885, 3rd edn, fo, orig pict cl gt £40-50

C B FRY: THE BOOK OF CRICKET, [1899], fo, hf cf v worn £40-50

DAVID ARMITAGE BANNERMAN AND GEORGE E LODGE: THE BIRDS OF THE BRITISH ISLES, 1953-63, 1st edn, 12 vols, orig cl, d/ws, (Qty 12) £150-180

ART IN NATURE OVER 500 PLANTS ILLUSTRATED FROM CURTIS'S BOTANICAL MAGAZINE, 1991, 4to, orig bds, d/w £20-30

ROBERT PLOT: THE NATURAL HISTORY OF STAFFORDSHIRE, Oxford 1686, 1st edn, engrd fdg frontis map, reinforced with lge part loss, Arms sheet, 37 plts, so

JOSEP DEL HOYO AND OTHERS: HANDBOOK OF THE BIRDS OF THE WORLD, 1992, vol 1 only, 4to, orig cl d/w £20-30

AMATEUR GARDENING, 1899 (Dec) – 1901 (Nov), 51 col'd plts, 4to, old cl worn £60-80

GILBERT WHITE: THE NATURAL HISTORY AND ANTIQUITIES OF SELBORNE…, 1813, new edn, engrd fdg frontis, 2 vig ttls, tailpiece, 8 plts inc 1 hand col'...

BRIAN VESEY-FITZGERALD (ED): THE BOOK OF THE DOG, 1948, 1st edn, orig cl gt

W J MILES: MODERN PRACTICAL FARRIERY, c1898, 4to, old hf cf, v worn £25-35

JOHN SHERER: RURAL LIFE…, n d, old hf cf v worn, top bd detchd £30-40

JULES MICHELET: THE BIRD, 1874, new edn, orig décor cl gt, v worn, inner joints split £20-30

KENNETH MANSFIELD (ED): THE ART OF ANGLING, 1957, 1st edn, orig cl gt, (Qty 3) £30-40

ARCHIBALD THORBURN: BRITISH BIRDS, 1915-18, 1st edn, 4 vols and supplement, 82 col'd plts, 4to, orig cl gt, supplement, orig card wraps, (Qty 5)...

JOHN ROBSON: CANARIES HYBRIDS AND BRITISH BIRDS IN CAGES AND AVIARY, Ed S H Lewer, n d, 4to, hf cf worn £40-50

ROLAND GREEN: HOW I DRAW BIRDS, 1951, 1st edn, sigd with additional sigd ink sketch, orig cl worn & soiled + ADRIAN HILL: ON DRAWING AND PAINTIN...

ANTHONY BUXTON: SPORTING INTERLUDES AT GENEVA, 1932, 1st edn, orig cl £20-30

R B RALBOT KELLY: THE WAY OF BIRDS, 1937, 1st edn, 4to, orig cl worn & soiled + J C HARRISON: BIRD PORTRAITS, 1949, 1st edn, 4to, orig cl gt, (Q...

CHARLES JOHNSON PAYNE 'SNAFFLES': FOUR-LEGGED FRIENDS AND ACQUAINTANCES, 1951, 1st edn, 4to, orig cl soiled + ANNA SEWELL: BLACK BEAUTY, ill...

DR G H M FRANKLIN: THE JOURNAL OF, Leeds 2001 (100) privately printed, orig cl d/w + WILLOUGHBY VERNER: THE NATURAL HISTORY DIARIES, Leeds 2002, 1st e

ROBIN MARSHALL-BALL: THE SPORTING SHOT GUN, 1981, 1st edn, orig cl d/w + 5 others, (Qty 6) £20-30

ROBERT THOMPSON: THE GARDENERS ASSISTANT, Ed W Watson, 1903, 6 vols, 4to, orig décor cl worn, (Qty 6) £30-40

ERIC PARKER: SHOOTING BY MOOR FIELD AND SHORE, 1929, Lonsdale Library, Vol 3, orig cl gt d/w, (tatty) + 2 others, (Qty 3) £25- 35

R KEARTON: BIRDS NEST, EGGS AND EGG-COLLECTING, 1893, 16 chromo litho plts, orig pict cl gt + 1 other, (Qty 2) £20-30

J WORTLEY AXE: THE HORSE, 1906, vols 1-7, 9 (of 9), 4to, orig décor cl gt, (Qty 8)

ROBERT THOMPSON: THE GARDENERS ASSISTANT…, [1859], 12 hand col'd plts, some water staining, old hf cf v worn £25- 35

WILLIAM ROBINSON: THE GARDEN, 1876-78, 1885, vols 9-13, 14, 27-28, 183 col'd plts, 4to, orig cl v worn & soiled, (Qty 7) £80- 100

GEORGE NICHOLSON: THE ILLUSTRATED DICTIONARY OF GARDENING…, n d, 8 vols, orig décor cl gt, (Qty 8) £50-60

UZI PAZ: THE BIRDS OF ISRAEL, 1987, 1st edn, orig cl d/w + B A D HOLLOM AND OTHERS: BIRDS OF THE MIDDLE EAST AND NORTH AFRICA, 1988, 1st edn, orig pic

GEORGE AND ANNE MARPLES: SEA TERNS OR SEA SWALLOWS…, 1934, 1st edn, orig cl £20-30

ANNE PRATT: FLOWERING PLANTS, GRASSES, SEDGES AND FERNS OF GREAT BRITAIN, 1899, parts 1-6, 20-25, 101 col'd plts, orig wraps, (Qty 12) £50-60

SUFFOLK SHEEP SOCIETY: FLOCK BOOK, 1947-54, vols 61-68, orig cl gt, (Qty 8) £20-30

ABEL CHAPMAN AND WALTER J BUCK: UNEXPLORED SPAIN, 1910, 1st edn, rebnd cl + WILLOUGHBY VERNER: MY LIFE AMONG THE WILD BIRDS IN SPAIN, 1909, 1st edn, o