McCracken, Donal P. Napoleon’s Garden Island. Lost and old gardens of St. Helena, South Atlantic Ocean.
1st. Ed. Pub. Kew. 2022 pp.xxxix, 370 drawings, maps and archival manuscript material. 8vo. New hardback. RRP £35.00.
‘Napoleon's Garden Island’ looks both to St Helena's future and to its past, taking the reader on a botanical exploration of the island's native and introduced flora, and its place in the botanical world today. ‘Napoleon’s Garden Island’ ultimately appeals for a botanic garden to be re-established but to showcase the island's endemic plants.
£32.50 [ref: 65650]
McKeever, W. Emperors of the Deep. The Ocean’s Most Mysterious, Misunderstood and Important Guardians.
1st. Ed. Pub. William Collins. 2019 pp.vi, 311 with colour photos. Large 8vo. New hardback in new dw. RRP £20.00
Draws upon the latest scientific research to examine four shark species in detail – mako, tiger, hammerhead and great white. An eye-opening tour of shark habitats ranges from the coral reefs of the Central Pacific where great whites congregate every autumn, to the frigid waters of the North Atlantic, home to 400-year-old Greenland sharks, the world's longest-lived vertebrates.
£18.00 [ref: 58981]
Miles, Archie. The British Oak.
1st. Ed. Rep. Pub. Constable. 2016 pp.304 profusely illustrated with colour and b/w. photographs & illus. New hardback in new dw. RRP £30.00.
Comprehensively explores the history, culture, topography and biology of the oak tree in Britain. Highly acclaimed.
£22.50 [ref: 50950]
Morgan, J. and Richards, A. A Paradise Out of a Common Field. The Pleasures and Plenty of the Victorian Garden.
1st. Ed. Pub. Century. 1990 pp.256, with colour and b/w. reproductions of Victorian paintings & engravings. 8vo. Fine hardback in fine dw. RRP. £16.95. Last 2 copies.
Detailed insight into the function of Victorian county houses and their gardens.
£10.00 [ref: 54492]
Nason, Rebecca. Birds of Greece.
1st. Ed. Pub. Helm. 2020 pp.160 with colour photos. throughout. 8vo. Softback. New.
Covers more than 250 species regularly seen in Greece.
£9.99 [ref: 61092]
Newton, Ian. Bird Migration.
1st. Pbk. Ed. Pub. William Collins. 2020 pp.vii, 646 with b/w. maps and figs. 8vo. New softback. RRP £12.99
First published as the title ‘Bird Migration’ in the New Naturalist series, this superb work provides an in-depth study of the different types of bird movements along with their main migration patterns. Explores evolution and change in migratory behaviours as well as geographical and ecological patterns.
£11.69 [ref: 58973]
Niall, Ian. The Way of a Countryman.
New Ed. Rep. Pub. White Lion. 2000 pp.[xvi], 142 with illus. by C.F. Tunnicliffe. Large 8vo. A new hdbk. in new dw. RPP. £15.95.
£12.50 [ref: 51626]
Niall, Ian. The Way of a Countryman.
Pub. Merlin Unwin. 2012 pp.ix, 165 with illustrations by C.F. Tunnicliffe. 8vo. A new hardback in new dw. RPP. £16.99
Ian Niall draws on a lifetimes experience of observing nature, studying wildlife, shooting and fishing. His fascinating essays cover corncrakes and partridges, snipe and woodcock, foxes, hares and pigeons, ducks and gees, trout and pike.
£12.50 [ref: 57092]
Nishida, Toshisada. Chimpanzees of the Lakeshore. Natural History and Culture at Mahale.
1st. Ed. Pub. Cambridge. 2012 pp.xix, 320 with colour photos. 8vo. New hardback RRP £84.99.
A rich and easily accessible study of the natural history of chimps living on the eastern shore of Lake Tanganyika.
£60.00 [ref: 50912]
North, Marianne and Mills, Christopher. Marianne North. The Kew Collection.
1st. Ed. Rep. Pub. RBG Kew. 2019 pp.304 with more than 800 colour illus. Large 4to. New hardback. A superb work.
For the first time, this unique and stunning book brings together all of Marianne North's Kew collection. The paintings are arranged geographically as they appear in the Gallery, and Marianne's original titles are included alongside each painting.
£40.00 [ref: 56734]