Witherby, H.F (editor) et al.

The Handbook of British Birds.

Fourth Impression. Five Volumes. London, Witherby, 1946. 21 x 16 cm. Original dark blue cloth. Hard covers. Very good condition. Minor shelf wear. Edges dust dulled. Internally clean.

Ellison, Norman F.

The Mammals of Hilbre Islands.

Arbroath, T. Buncle & Co., [1955]. 21 x 14 cm. Eight page reprint of an article published in The North Western Naturalist Sep./Dec. 1955. Small pamphlet with brown paper covers with title on front cover. Very good condition. Slightly dust dulled. Staples corroded and rusty, causing stains around them. With inscription to Lord Alanbrook on front cover.

Himmelfarb, Gertrude.

Darwin and the Darwinian Revolution.

First Edition. London, Chatto & Windus, 1959. 21 x 13 cm. ix, 422 pages. With a frontispiece and a fold out map. Original red cloth with gilt title on spine. In original decorated dust jacket. Very good condition. Minor shelf wear, rubbing and bumping. Edges and end papers age darkened. Front hinge starting to open, but sound binding. Some edge wear to dust jacket, now in protective plastic jacket.

Von Michaelis, H. (Heinrich) / Allan Bird.

Our Birds. 8 Colour Plates.

Second Series. First Printing. Cape Town, ABC Press, Not dated (ca. 1960). 35 x 25 cm. A set of eight colour plates, mounted on stiff grey paper sheets. Together with a four page Introduction and Explanation. Plates and Introduction inside decorated cardboard presentation folder. Folder in plastic cover, as published. Very good condition. Some rubbing, dusting and age darkening to outer presentation folder. Colour plates are as new.

Morris, Desmond.

The Naked Ape. A Zoologist’s Study of the Human Animal.

First Edition. London. Jonathan Cape, 1967. 21.5 x 14.5 cm. 252 pages. Original two-tone cloth. Hard cover. Inside original dust jacket, now inside clear archival jacket. Very good in very good dust jacket. A bright and clean copy. Dust jacket with some edge wear and a closed tear in the front. Now in archival jacket. See images.

McNally, Kenneth.

Achill [Signed]. The Island Series.

First Edition. Newton Abbot, David & Charles, 1973. 21 x 13 cm. 239 pages. Illustrated. Original cloth. Hard cover. Inside original price-clipped dust jacket, now inside clear archival jacket. Very good in very good dust jacket. Edges and end papers dust dulled. Inscribed and signed by the author on front free end paper. Internally bright and clean.

Henrey, Blanche.

British Botanical and Horticultural Literature before 1800. Comprising a History and Bibliography of Botanical and Horticultural Books Printed in England, Scotland, and Ireland from the earliest Times until 1800.

First Edition. Three Volumes. Oxford, University Press, 1975. 27 x 18 cm. Vol.1: xxvi, 290, (2) / Vol.2: xvi, 748, (2) / Vol.3: xvii, 142, (2). Illustrated. Original black cloth. Gilt titles. In original dust jackets. Very good condition. Minor shelf wear. A bright, clean and complete set.

O’Cathain, Seamas / O’Flanagan, Patrick.

The Living Landscape. Kilgalligan, Erris, County Mayo.

First Edition. Dublin, Comhairle Bhealoideas Eireann An Colaiste Ollscoile, 1975. 21 x 13 cm. x, 312 pages. With B&W maps and photographs. Original cloth with gilt title on spine. In original decorated dust jacket, now inside archival jacket. Hard cover. Very good in good dust jacket. Some minor shelf wear, rubbing and bumping. Dust jacket with edgewear, small close tears and tiny losses. Edges dust dulled. Internally bright and clean. Scarce.

Lazell, James D. Jr.

This Broken Archipelago. Cape Cod and the Islands, Amphibians and Reptiles. Photographs by Martin C. Michener.

New York, New York Times Book Co., 1976. 16 x 24 cm. 260 pages. Hardcover / Original cloth with dustjacket. Good condition with minor signs of usage and slight foxing on the dustjacket. Some small tears and discolourings on the spine. Inside very clean.

Bernard O’Hara (Ed.).

Mayo. Maigh Eo. Aspects of its Heritage.

First Edition. Galway, The Archeological, Historical and Folklore Society, Regional Technical College, 1982. 16 x 23 cm, 313 pages with numerous B&W photos, illustrations, tables etc. Original hardcover with dustjacket, now inside archival jacket. Very good in good dust jacket. Internally a bright and clean copy.