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HENRY WILLIAMSON, 6 ttls: THE LINHAY ON THE DOWNS, 1934, 1st edn, orig cl worn; THE SUN IN THE SANDS, 1945, 1st edn, orig cl; THE PHASIAN BIRD, 1948,

DESMOND NETHERSOLE-THOMPSON: THE GREENSHANK, 1951, 1st edn, New Naturalist monograph No 3, cl d/w + NIKO TINBERGEN: THE HERRING GULL'S WORLD, 19...

R D PECK: SPINNING FOR DUFFERS AND SALMON, ill H M Bateman, 1939, 1st edn, orig cl gt, d/w + R C SIMPSON: FISH AND FIND OUT, ill G D Armour, 1937, 1st

NICHOLAS EVERITT: TOLD AT TWILIGHT, ill Sir Alfred Munnings, 1904, 1st edn, sigd pres copy, orig pict cl £30-40

REV FRANCIS ORPEN MORRIS: A HISTORY OF BRITISH BUTTERFLIES, 1870, 5th edn, 72 hand col'd plts, orig bl stpd cl gt, v worn, top bd detchd £1...

GILBERT WHITE: THE NATURAL HISTORY AND ANTIQUITIES OF SELBORNE, ill G E Collins, 1911, 1st edn, orig cl gt worn £25-35

D J WATKINS-PITCHFORD 'BB': DARK ESTUARY, 1953, 1st edn, orig cl £25-35

JAMES WENTWORTH DAY: BROADLAND ADVENTURE, 1951, 1st edn, cl d/w + H A GILBERT AND ARTHUR BROOK: SECRETS OF BIRD LIFE, 1924, 1st edn, orig cl + BILLY B

F E ZEUNER: A HISTORY OF DOMESTICATED ANIMALS, 1963, 1st edn, cl d/w + RICHARD AND ALICE FIENNES: THE NATURAL HISTORY OF THE DOG, 1968, 1st edn, cl d/

JEAN DELACOUR: BIRDS OF MALAYSIA, n y 1947, 1st edn, orig cl d/w £20-30

J B PRIESTLEY (INTRO): THE BEAUTY OF BRITAIN, Batsford 1935, 1st edn, cl d/w + H J MASSINGHAM, (INTRO): THE ENGLISH COUNTRYSIDE, Batsford 1939, 1st ed

HARDY BROS: ANGLERS' GUIDE AND CATALOGUE, 1954, orig wraps, price list loosely inserted + ALEX MARTIN LTD: FISHING TACKLE OF QUALITY, 1954, orig...

[ERASMUS DARWIN]: THE BOTANIC GARDEN, 1795, 3rd edn, 2 vols in 1, engrd frontis trimmed & laid down, vol 2 lacks frontis, 17 (of 19) plts, 4to, ...

REV FRANCIS ORPEN MORRIS: A NATURAL HISTORY OF BRITISH MOTHS, 1872, vols 1-3 (of 4), orig bl stpd cl gt, (Qty 3) £60-80

THOMAS D BURLEIGH: BIRDS OF IDAHO, Idaho 1972, 1st edn, cl d/w £20-30

LORD LILFORD: NOTES ON THE BIRDS OF NORTHAMPTONSHIRE AND NEIGHBOURHOOD, ill A Thorburn & G E Lodge, 1895, 2 vols, orig cl gt + JOHN WALPOLE-BOND...

R S P BATES AND E H N LOWTHER: BREEDING BIRDS OF KASHMIR, 1952, 1st edn, orig cl worn £25-35

GEORGE ARMATAGE: THE HORSE…, 1893, orig cl gt + RICHARD COPE: NATURAL HISTORY…, n d, orig cl, (Qty 2)

FOREIGN FIELD SPORTS, FISHERIES, SPORTING ANECDOTES…, with a supplement of New South Wales, ill Howitt, Atkinson, Clark and others, L E Orme [1823], l

ARCHIBALD THORBURN: A NATURALIST'S SKETCH BOOK, 1919, 1st edn, 4to, orig cl gt, worn £100-120

WILLIAM SOMVERVILLE: HOBBINOL FIELD SPORTS AND THE BOWLING GREEN, ill C Nesbit, 1813, lg ppr, woodcut vignettes, hf ttl, 4to, later hf mor gt £...

HUGH B C POLLARD: THE GUN ROOM GUIDE, ill P Rickman & H F Wallace, 1930, 1st edn, 4to, orig cl + COL PETER HAWKER: INSTRUCTIONS TO YOUNG SPORTSM...

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

HUGH B C POLLARD: WILDFOWL AND WADERS, ill Frank Southgate, 1940, 4to, orig cl gt + KEITH SHACKLETON: TIDELINES, 1951, 1st edn, 4to, orig cl gt + IAN

WILLIAM FORSELL KIRBY: EUROPEAN BUTTERFLIES AND MOTHS, 1898, 61 hand col'd plts, one uncol'd, 4to, décor hand painted vellum £250-...

PHILIP RICKMAN: SKETCHES AND NOTES FROM A BIRD PAINTERS JOURNAL, 1949, 1st edn, 4to cl d/w £20-30

EDOUARD FOA: MES GRANDES CHASSES DANS L'AFRIQUE CENTRALE, Paris 1895, 1st edn, hf ttl, port frontis, 4to, orig pict cl gt £80-100

[THOMAS WHATELY]: OBSERVATIONS ON MODERN GARDENING AND LAYING OUT PLEASURE-GROUNDS, PARKS, FARMS, RIDINGS ETC…, Ed Horace Walpole, L1801, new edn, 6 h

WILLIAM BEEBE: PHEASANTS, THEIR LIVES AND HOMES, n y 1931, 1st edn, 2 vols, 4to, cl gt soiled + JEAN DELACOUR: THE PHEASANTS OF THE WORLD, ill J C Har

JOHN GOULD: THE BIRDS OF GREAT BRITAIN, 1980, 5 vols, cl, slipcase £40-50

JOHN BUTLER: THE HORSE AND HOW TO RIDE HIM…, 1861, orig bl stpd cl gt £20-30

JAMES SHIRLEY HIBBERD: FAMILIAR GARDEN FLOWERS, ill F E Hulme, c1900, 5 vols, orig décor cl gt, (Qty 5) £40-50

T A COWARD: THE BIRDS OF THE BRITISH ISLES AND THEIR EGGS, F Warne, 1945, 3 vols, orig cl gt, d/ws + EDWARD STEP: BEES, WASPS, ANTS AND ALLIED INSECTS

CHARLES JOHNSON PAYNE 'SNAFFLES': THE ROEDEER, intro C L McKelvie, 1987, orig cl gt £20-30

DONALD AND LOUISE PEATTIE: DOWN WIND, 1929, 1st edn, cl d/w + RICHARD JEFFERIES: FIELD AND HEDGEROW, Ed S J Looker, ill Agnes Miller Parker, 1948, 1st

W H POLLOCK, E B MICHELL, W ARMSTRONG AND OTHERS: FENCING-BOXING-WRESTLING, 1890, 2nd edn, Badminton Library, rebnd hf leather + J M HEATHCOTE, C G TU

WALTER SWAYSLAND: FAMILIAR WILD BIRDS, 1901, 4 vols, hf cf, spines gt in compartments, (Qty 4) £20-30

A E T WATSON (ED): THE PARTRIDGE – THE PHEASANT – THE GROUSE – THE RED DEER – THE HARE – THE SALMON, 1894, 1895, 1895, 1896, 1896, 1898, 2nd edn, 1st

JAMES BROWN: THE FORESTER…, 1882, 5th edn £25-35

DAVID ARMITAGE BANNERMAN: THE BIRDS OF WEST AND EQUATORIAL AFRICA, 1953, 1st edn, 2 vols, cl d/ws, (Qty 2) £30-40

H M WITHERBY AND OTHERS: THE HANDBOOK OF BRITISH BIRDS, 1948-47, 5th impress, 5 vols, orig cl gt, (Qty 5) £30-40

W H MULLENS, H KIRKE SWANN AND REV F C R JOURDAIN: A GEOGRAPHICAL BIBLIOGRAPHY OF BRITISH ORNITHOLOGY…, 1920, 1st edn in book form, cl £100-120

CHARLES DIXON: LOST AND VANISHING BIRDS…, ill C Whymper, 1898, 1st edn, orig cl gt £25-35

JAMES SHIRLEY HIBBERD: THE IVY…, 1893, 2nd edn, added engrd col'd ttl, frontis, 2 col'd plts, sm 4to, orig pict cl gt £25-35

[JOHN HENRY WALSH] 'STONEHENGE': THE DOG IN HEALTH AND DISEASE…, 1887, 4th edn, orig two tone cl £25-35

[RICHARD JEFFERIES]: THE GAMEKEEPER AT HOME…, ill C Whymper, 1880, orig pict cl gt worn £20-30

H SAMPLE: THE HORSE AND DOG NOT AS THEY ARE BUT AS THEY SHOULD BE…, AND A FULL EXPLANATION AS TO HOW HORSES AND DOGS ARE TAUGHT NUMEROUS TRICKS, Washi

EDWARD J BOOSEY: FOREIGN BIRD KEEPING, n d, orig cl £20-30

BERTRAM E SMYTHIES: THE BIRDS OF BORNEO, 1981, 3rd edn, orig pict bds £20-30

RODOLPHE MEYER DE SCHAUNSEE, 3 ttls: THE BIRDS OF COLUMBIA, 1964, 2nd edn, cl gt d/w; A GUIDE TO THE BIRDS OF SOUTH AMERICA, 1971, 1st edn, cl d/w; A

OLIVIER LANGRAND: GUIDE TO THE BIRDS OF MADAGASCAR, 1990, 1st edn, cl d/w £20-30

DAVID LOW: ELEMENTS OF PRACTICAL AGRICULTURE, 1843, 4th edn, orig bl stpd cl, soiled £20-30

'BLAGDON': SHOOTING WITH GAME AND GUN- ROOM NOTES, ill A Thorburn, H Stannard & others, 1900, orig pict cl worn + J K STANFORD: THE TWEL...

WILLIAM BLANE: CYNEGETICA OR ESSAYS ON SPORTING, CONSISTING OF OBSERVATIONS ON HARE HUNTING… TO WHICH IS ADDED THE CHACE, A POEM BY WILLIAM SOMERVILE…

J D CARTHY: ANIMAL NAVIGATION, 1956, 1st edn, cl d/w + MAURICE BURTON: ANIMAL COURTSHIP, 1953, 1st edn, cl d/w + J L CLOUDSLEY-THOMPSON: ANIMAL BEHAVI

RICHARD KEARTON: OUR BIRD FRIENDS, ill C Kearton, 1900, 1st edn, sigd by author and illustrator, lacks ffep, orig cl gt worn & soiled £20-30

JOHN JAMES AUDUBON: THE BIRDS OF AMERICA, n y 1946, 4to cl, + GARDNER D STOUT (ED): THE SHOREBIRDS OF NORTH AMERICA, ill Robert Verity Clem, n y 1967,

PATRICK R CHALMERS: BIRDS ASHORE AND AFORESHORE, 1935, 1st edn, 4to, cl gt soiled £25-35

JAMES M HARRISON: THE BIRDS OF KENT, 1953, 1st edn, 2 vols, 4to cl, (Qty 2) £40-50

H ROWLAND-BROWN: BUTTERFLIES AND MOTHS AT HOME AND ABROAD, 1912, 1st edn, 20 tipped-in col'd plts, 4to, orig cl gt, pict ppr label, worn & s...

WILLIAM WATSON: THE GARDENERS ASSISTANT, 1935, 6 vols, 4to, orig cl, (Qty 6) £20-30

REV THOMAS MILNER: THE GALLERY OF NATURE, c1906, new edn, orig décor cl gt £20-30

GUSTAV HEGGI: ALPINE FLOWERS…, 1930, 30 col'd litho plts, orig cl gt + J WEISZ: BLUMEN DER ALPEN, 1954, orig pict wraps + C SCHROETER: ALPINE FL...

PHOTOGRAPHS AND FLOWERS OF HOLY LAND, Jerusalem c1919, in English, French and German, 10 photo plts and mounted pressed flowers, obl 4to, cf bkd olive

EARLY 20TH CENTURY SCRAP BOOK, mainly 1909 County Cricket interest, sm 4to, cl worn, lacks back strip

LENG'S FOOTBALL HANDBOOK (4), 1906-7, wraps worn with loss, reinforced with tape, 1907- 8 wraps detachd and worn with loss, 1913-14 lacks wraps,...

JOHN WISDEN: CRICKETERS ALMANACK, 1904, 1 photo plt, later plain ppr wraps preserving lg part top wrap £25-35

REV GILBERT WHITE: THE NATURAL HISTORY OF SELBORNE…, Eds Sir William Jardine & Edward Jesse, 1870, hf mor worn, spine gt in compartments + P H G...

[JOHN HENRY WALSH] 'STONEHENGE': MANUAL OF BRITISH RURAL SPORTS…, 1856, 2nd edn, orig qtr cf v worn & soiled, contents loose £20-30

RICHARD SOUTH: THE MOTHS OF THE BRITISH ISLES, F Warne, 1948, 2 vols, orig cl gt, (Qty 2) £20-30

AGNES CATLOW: POPULAR GARDEN BOTANY…, 1855, 20 hand col'd plts, orig cl gt worn & soiled £25-35

EDWARD STEP: WAYSIDE AND WOODLAND BLOSSOMS, 1905, new edn, 1st & 2nd series, orig cl gt + 1 other, (Qty 3)

JOHANN CARL WEBER: DIE ALPEN-PFLANZEN DEUTSCHLANDS UND DER SCHWEIZ…, Munich 1879, 4 vols, 400 hand col'd plts, 12 mo, orig cl gt, (Qty 4) £...

F E HULME: FAMILIAR WILD FLOWERS, n d, 6 vols in 2, hf cf v worn, (Qty 2) £30-40

HORACE G HUTCHINSON (ED): SHOOTING, 1903, 1st edn, 2 vols, 'Countrylife' Library of Sport, orig cl gt, (Qty 2) £25-35

EDWARD JOSEPH LOWE: A NATURAL HISTORY OF BRITISH GRASSES, 1858, 74 hand col'd plts, modern cl £40-50

GENERAL GEORGE HANGER LORD COLERAINE: TO ALL SPORTSMEN, FARMERS AND GAMEKEEPERS ABOVE THIRTY YEARS PRACTICE IN HORSES AND DOGS TO FEED AND CURE THEM O

R C BRIDGETT: BY LOCH AND STREAM – DRY FLY FISHING, 1922, 1929, 1st edn, 2nd edn, uniform orig cl gt + H E TOWNER COSTON AND OTHERS: RIVER MANAGEMENT,

WILLIAM ELLIS: ELLIS'S HUSBANDRY ABRIDGED AND METHODIZED…, 1772, 2 vols, some worm at front vol 2, old cf worn, vol 2 top bd detchd, (Qty 2)
...

A G STEEL AND R H LYTTELTON: CRICKET, 1889, Badminton Library, orig pict cl + E V LUCAS (ED): A HUNDRED YEARS OF TRENT BRIDGE, 1938, orig cl soiled, (

R BOWDLER SHARPE: A HAND-BOOK TO THE BIRDS OF GREAT BRITAIN, 1896-97, 4 vols, LLOYD'S NATURAL HISTORY SERIES, qtr cf worn, (Qty 4) £25-35

GEORGE SHIRAS: HUNTING WILDLIFE WITH CAMERA AND FLASHLIGHT, 1936, 2 vols, orig cl gt, (Qty 2) £20-30

C W MACKWORTH-PRAED AND C H B GRANT: AFRICAN HANDBOOK OF BIRDS, 1952-73, series 1-3, 6 vols, series 1, series 2 vol 2, series 3 1st edns, series 2 vol

E B FORD: MOTHS, 1976 reprint, New Naturalist Series No 30, cl d/w + H R HEWER: BRITISH SEALS, n y 1974, 1st edn, New Naturalist Series No. 57, cl d/w

LORD TOLLYEMACHE: CROQUET, 1914, 1st edn, orig cl gt £25-35

J C LOUDON (ED): AN ENCYCLOPAEDIA OF PLANTS…, L 1836, old qtr vellum worn £30-40

WILLIAM SOMERVILLE: THE CHASE, ill T Bewick, L1802, lacks blanks, later cl £25-35

ANNE PRATT: THE FLOWERING PLANTS, GRASSES, SEDGES & FERNS OF GREAT BRITAIN…, c1890, vols 1-5 (of 6), orig décor cl gt, (Qty 5) £120-150

GERTRUDE JEKYLL, 4 ttls: WOOD AND GARDEN, 1899, 7th impress, orig cl gt; ROSES FOR ENGLISH GARDENS, 1902, 1st edn, orig cl gt soiled; COLOUR IN THE FL

W H HUDSON: BRITISH BIRDS, ill A Thorburn, 1930, new impress, cl gt + REV C A JOHNS: BRITISH BIRDS IN THEIR HAUNTS, 1911, 12th edn, orig cl gt soiled

FRANCIS O CAVE AND JAMES D MACDONALD: BIRDS OF THE SUDAN…, 1955, 1st edn, some water staining, orig cl worn £50-60

CHARLES DARWIN: THE DESCENT OF MAN AND SELECTION IN RELATION TO SEX, 1871, 1st edn, 2 vols, hf ttls, errata, hf mor gt, spines gt in compartments, by

JOHN A LIVINGSTON: BIRDS OF THE EASTERN FOREST – BIRDS OF THE NORTHERN FOREST, ill J Fenwick Lansdowne, Toronto & Montreal 1968- 70, 1971, 1st e...

ROBIN HILL: AUSTRALIAN BIRDS, 1970, 4to cl, d/w + O L AUSTIN: BIRDS OF THE WORLD, 1961, 4to cl, d/w + MYRFYN OWEN: WILDFOWL OF EUROPE, 1977, 1st edn,

W J MILES: MODERN PRACTICAL FARRIERY…, c1896, 4to, old cf worn £40-50

E T COOK: THE CENTURY BOOK OF GARDENING, 'Countrylife' c1900, 4to, orig décor cl soiled £20-30

A B AUSTIN: AN ANGLER'S ANTHOLOGY, ill Norman Wilkinson 1930, 1st edn, 4to, orig cl soiled

PETER SCOTT: WILD CHORUS, 1939, 1st trade edn, lacks ffep, 4to, orig cl gt worn £25-35

THE YACHTSMAN, 1896-98, vols 12-15, 4to, cl, (Qty 4) £40-50

MARIUS MAXWELL: STALKING BIG GAME WITH A CAMERA IN EQUATORIAL AFRICA…, [1924], 1st edn, orig pict cl £30-40