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SIR JOHN HILL: THE FAMILY HERBAL, Bungay c1822, 54 hand coloured plts, old cf v worn £60-80

REV GILBERT WHITE: THE NATURAL HISTORY OF SELBORNE, 1813, new edn, 2 vols in 1, engraved frontises, old hf cf worn + another edn, ed J E Harting, 1884

CHARLES DARWIN: JOURNAL OF RESEARCHES INTO THE NATURAL HISTORY AND GEOLOGY, 1889, Minerva Library, orig cl £20- 30

PHILIP MILLER: THE GARDENERS DICTIONARY, 1735, abridged edn, 2 vols, engraved frontis, 2 plts, old blind stamped cf worn, (2) £30-40

W H DAVENPORT ADAMS: ANIMAL LIFE IN THE PRIMEVAL WORLD, 1878, 1st edn, orig pict cl gt £20-30

W J HOLLAND: THE BUTTERFLY BOOK, ny, 1903, 2nd edn, hf cf £25-35

CHARLES DARWIN: JOURNAL OF RESEARCHES INTO THE GEOLOGY AND NATURAL HISTORY OF THE VARIOUS COUNTRIES VISITED BY HMS BEAGLE, 1839, 1st edn, 1st issue, 2

HENRY NOEL HUMPHREYS AND JOHN OBADIAH WESTWOOD: THE BUTTERFLIES OF GREAT BRITAIN WITH THEIR TRANSFORMATIONS, 1887, 21 plts inc 19 coloured, orig cl ex

BUROUGHS & WATTS LTD (PUB): THE BURWAT BILLIARDS VIEW, 1931, 1933, vols 2 & 4, cf gt worn, orig wraps bound in, (2) £20- 30

BENJAMIN MAUND: THE BOTANIC GARDEN, nd, 1827-36, vols 1-6, large ppr, 144 hand coloured plts, some plts and letterpress normal paper, small 4to quarte

THOMAS BELT: THE NATURALIST IN NICARAGUA, 1988, 2nd edn, orig cl rebkd pres old spine + E BLYTH: CATALOGUE OF MAMMALS AND BIRDS OF BURMA, Hertford 187

ARCHIBALD THORBURN: BRITISH BIRDS, 1925-26, new edn, 4 vols, orig cl, spines faded, (4) £50-60

R INGHAM CLARK: A FEW NOTES ON VARNISHES AND FOSSIL RESINS, c1892, 4to orig décor cl worn £60-80

C F TUNNICLIFFE: MERESIDE CHRONICLE, 1948, 1st edn, 4to orig cl d/w (tatty) £30-40

JAMES PARKINSON: ORGANIC REMAINS OF A FORMER WORLD AN EXAMINATION OF THE MINERALIZED REMAINS OF THE VEGETABLES AND ANIMALS OF THE ANTEDILUVIAN WORLD,

H BEAUCHAMP YERBURGH: LEAVES FROM A HUNTING DIARY IN ESSEX, 1900, 1st edn, 2 vols, orig cl gt v soiled, (2) £30-40

OLIVER GOLDSMITH: A HISTORY OF THE EARTH AND ANIMATED NATURE, 1856-55, 2 vols, old hf cf worn, (2) £30-40

C M HARNETT: IN PRAISE OF DOGS, ill G Vernon Stokes, 1936, 1st edn, 4to orig cl + J Z RINE: THE DOG OWNERS MANUAL, ny, 1944, orig cl + BRIAN VESEY-FIT

E C KEITH: A COUNTRYMAN'S CREED, ill Archibald Thorburn, 1938 1st edn, orig cl £20-30

DAVID ARMITAGE BANNERMAN AND GEORGE E LODGE: THE BIRDS OF THE BRITISH ISLES, 1953-61, 1st edn, vols 2-4, 6-7, 9-10, (of 12), orig cl vol 6 d/w, ex lib

J R AINSWORTH DAVIS: A NATURAL HISTORY OF ANIMALS, 1903-04, 8 vols, orig décor cl gt, (8) £20-30

GEORGE WINTER: A NEW AND COMPENDIOUS SYSTEM OF HUSBANDRY, 1787, 1 engraved plt, some leaves water stained/browned, rebnd (not recent) bds, new eps &...

WILLIAM YARRELL: A HISTORY OF BRITISH BIRDS, 1856, 3rd edn, 3 vols, orig cl, (3) £60-80

G W BACON: GUIDE TO SUCCESS IN POULTRY KEEPING, nd, orig cl bkd pict bds v worn & soiled + 5 others similar, (6) £20- 30

C F TUNNICLIFFE: 4 TTLS: MY COUNTRY BOOK, 1942, 1st edn, orig cl; BIRD PORTRAITURE, 1945, 1st edn, orig cl; OUR BIRD BOOK, 1947, 1st edn, 4to orig cl;

PHILIP RICKMAN: SKETCHES AND NOTES FROM A BIRD PAINTERS JOURNAL, 1949, 1st edn, 4to cl d/w + GAVIN MAXWELL: THE ROCKS REMAIN, 1963, 1st edn, orig cl d

CHARLES DIXON: THE GAME BIRDS AND WILD FOWL OF THE BRITISH ISLANDS, 1895, frontis reinforced with tape, orig cl gt + HOWARD SAUNDERS: AN ILLUSTRATED M

DAVID ARMITAGE BANNERMAN AND GEORGE E LODGE: THE BIRDS OF THE BRITISH ISLES, 1953-63, 1st edn, 12 vols, orig cl d/ws, (12) £180-220

STANLEY CRAMP AND OTHERS: HANDBOOK OF THE BIRDS OF EUROPE, MIDDLE EAST AND NORTH AFRICA, 1986-94, mixed edns, 9 vols, 4to orig cl d/ws , (9) £1...

CHARLES JAMES APPERLEY 'NIMROD': MEMOIRS OF THE LIFE OF THE LATE JOHN MYTTON, ill H Alken and T J Rawlins, nd, inscription dated 1918, orig ...

W F KIRBY: THE BUTTERFLIES AND MOTHS OF EUROPE, 1903, 54 coloured plts and 1 uncoloured plt, 4to hf cf rebkd £50-60

PETER SCOTT: WILD CHORUS, 1949, reprint, 4to orig cl gt

AUGUSTUS GRIMBLE: HIGHLAND SPORT, ill A Thorburn, 1894, 1st edn, frontis loose, 4to orig vellum bkd bds, worn & soiled £40- 50

C B SHEPHERD: BEAGLING, c1938, orig cl d/w + J IVERSTER LLOYD: BEAGLING, 1954, 1st edn, orig cl d/w + W LOVELL HEWITT: BEAGLING, 1960, 1st edn, orig c

WILLIAM HARLEY: THE HARLEIAN DAIRY SYSTEM, 1829, 1st edn, 8 engraved plts, rebnd, modern quarter leather + H S RANDALL: THE PRACTICAL SHEPHERD, Roches

JOHN BERKENHOUT: SYNOPSIS OF THE NATURAL HISTORY OF GREAT BRITAIN AND IRELAND, 1795, 2 vols, old bds v worn + GEORGES LOUIS LECLERC COMTE DE BUFFON: T

OSCAR SCHMIDT: THE DOCTRINE OF DESCENT AND DARWINISM, 1883, 5th edn, orig cl + G J ROMANES: AN EXAMINATION OF WEISMANNISM, 1893, 1st edn, orig cl + 5

GERTRUDE JEKYLL: LILIES FOR ENGLISH GARDENS, 1901, 1st edn, orig cl gt soiled £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)

LESLIE H BROWN AND OTHERS: THE BIRDS OF AFRICA, 1982-2003, 7 vols, 4to cl d/ws, (7) £200-250

WILLIAM RICHARDSON AND EDWARD CHURTON: THE MONASTIC RUINS OF YORKSHIRE, York 1844-56, 12 orig parts in 7, large ppr edn, 2 hand coloured litho ttls, h

COACHING DAYS OF ENGLAND, Historal Commentary by Anthony Burgess, 1966, obl fo, orig cl gt d/w £40-50

COACHING DAYS OF ENGLAND, Historal Commentary by Anthony Burgess, 1966, obl fo, orig cl gt d/w £40-50

JOHN SCARLETT DAVIS: TWELVE VIEWS IN LITHOGRAPHY OF BOLTON ABBEY, 1829, 12 litho plts, obl fo orig cl bkd tinted wraps £50- 60

ROBERT E PEARY: THE NORTH POLE, 1910, 1st edn, orig cl gt £25-35

NAVAL INTELLIGENCE DIVISION: PALESTINE AND TRANSJORDAN, 1943, Geographical Handbook Series, orig cl gt soiled + BERNARD BLASER: KILTS ACROSS THE JORDA

DONALD SMITH: PIGEON COTES AND DOVE HOUSES OF ESSEX, 1931, 1st edn, orig cl printed ppr labels £30-40

J H B PEEL, 8 TTLS: ALONG THE ROMAN ROADS OF BRITAIN, 1971, 1st edn, orig cl d/w; AN ENGLISHMANS HOME, 1972, 1st edn, orig cl d/w; MORE COUNTRY TALK,

FREDERICK HASSELQUIST: VOYAGES AND TRAVELS IN THE LEVANT, L 1766, 1st English edn, engraved fdg map, hf ttl, disbnd £50- 60

JOHN HARTLEY, 4 TTLS: YORKSHIRE PUDDIN, c1896, orig cl gt + 3 others + R BLAKEBOROUGH: WIT CHARACTER FOLKLORE AND CUSTOMS OF THE NORTH RIDING OF YORKS