Ing, Bruce. Biodiversity in the North West: The Slime Moulds of Cheshire.
1st. Ed. Pub. Uni. of Chester Press. 2011 pp.x,76 with colour photos. and dist maps. 8vo. New softback.
A detailed catalogue of all the species ever recorded in the district. The records date back into the 19th century but are mostly concentrated in the last 40 years.
£11.99 [ref: 59370]
Ing, Bruce. Biodiversity in the North West: The Slime Moulds of Lancashire and Cumbria.
1st. Ed. Pub. Uni. of Chester Press. 2020 pp.viii, 76 with colour photos. 8vo. New softback.
A companion volume to ‘The Slime Moulds of Cheshire’, this is a detailed catalogue of all the species ever recorded in the region. The records date back to the nineteenth century but are mostly concentrated in the last sixty years, up to the present.
£10.99 [ref: 59369]
Ing, Bruce. The Fungi of North East Wales: A Mycota for Vice-Counties 50 (Denbighshire) and 51 (Flintshire).
1st. Ed. Pub. Uni. of Chester Press. 2020 pp.ix, 301 with colour photos. 4to. New softback.
A detailed account of all the groups of organisms that now and in the past have been considered to be fungi, which have been recorded in North East Wales. The records began in the late eighteenth century but the systematic recording started in 1969, when the author first came to the area.
£19.99 [ref: 68142]
Ing, Bruce. The Myxomycetes of Britain and Ireland. An Identification Handbook.
Enl. Ed. Rep. Pub. Uni. of Chester Press. 2024 pp.xxiv, 374 with colour photos. and line drawings. 8vo. New softback.
‘A reprint of the enlarged 2020 edition with a 20-page supplement including new species, together with 54 colour photos. It is a guide to the British and Irish species, including keys, descriptions, and illustrations showing the diagnostic features along with introductory chapters on life history, structure, ecology and distribution, collecting, techniques and preservation.’
£27.99 [ref: 68141]
Jackson, Christine E. A Newsworthy Naturalist. The Life of William Yarrell.
1st. Ed. Pub. John Beaufoy. 2021 pp.xx, 228 with 12 plates and 60 b/w. illus. 8vo. New hardback in new dw. RRP. £24.99.
A facsinating insight into William Yarrell (1784-1856), the influential naturalist and author. He was known to, and greatly admired by, the leading naturalists - Charles Darwin sought Yarrell's advice on several occasions.
£20.00 [ref: 67638]
Jarvis, Peter J. The Pelagic Dictionary of Natural History of the British Isles.
1st. Ed. Pub. Pelagic Publishing. 2020 pp.xii, 537. Large 8vo. New hardback in beautifully illustrated boards.
A unique collection of concise but detailed information on 10,000 animals, plants, fungi and algae of the British Isles. In his Sunday Times review, scientist, naturalist and author Mark Avery said ‘The great thing about such books is one thing leads to another and following a word chain means you learn all sorts of stuff you didn’t even know you wanted to know.’
£35.00 [ref: 57908]
Jekyll, Gertrude. Colour Schemes for the Flower Garden.
1st. Ed. Pub. Frances Lincoln. 2001 pp.186 with colour photographs, plans and illus. 4to. A new softback. RRP. £16.99.
£15.00 [ref: 51628]
Jenkinson, Martin N. Wild Orchids of Dorset.
1st. Ed. Pub. Orchid Sundries Ltd. 1991 pp.120 with colour photos. and dist. maps. Small 4to. Hardback. New.
Dorset is well endowed with orchid species and this is a thorough treatment of the county’s orchid flora. Complete with flowering period charts, distribution maps and colour photographs.
£12.50 [ref: 72294]
Jenkinson, Martin N. Wild Orchids of Hampshire and the Isle of Wight.
1st. Ed. Pub. Orchid Sundries Ltd. 1995 pp.198 with 155 colour photos. and dist. maps. Small 4to. Hardback. New.
This book followed the success of Jenkinson’s prior work ‘Wild Orchids of Dorset’. A detailed insight into the orchid flora of this area complete with flowering period charts, distribution maps and colour photographs.
£20.00 [ref: 72293]
Jenni, L. and Winkler, R. Moult and Ageing of European Passerines.
2nd. Ed. Pub. Helm. 2020 pp.xii, 322 with colour photos., and illus. 4to. New hardback. RRP £94.99
The new, completely revised second edition of Jenni and Winkler's classic guide, updated and improved for ringers and ornithologists.
£90.00 [ref: 57360]