Townsend, M. & Waring, P. Concise Guide to the Moths of Great Britain and Ireland.
2nd. Ed. Pub. Bloomsbury. 2019 pp.175 with colour illus., by Richard Lewington throughout. 8vo. New softback. RRP £18.99.
Newly revised. Featuring more than 1,700 superbly detailed colour illustrations and covering nearly 900 species, this portable guide is an essential addition to every moth-lover's field kit.
£17.50 [ref: 57351]

Turner, Roger. Capability Brown. and the Eighteenth-Century English Landscape.
2nd. Ed. Pub. Phillimore. 1999 pp.204 with many illus. 4to. New hardback in new dw. RRP £19.99.
This is is the revised, re-set and updated edition of a book first published in 1985.
£15.00 [ref: 49996]

Uglow, Jenny. Mr Lear. A Life of Art and Nonsense.
1st. Ed. Pub. Faber & Faber. 2017 pp.x, 598 with colour and b/w. illus. 8vo. New hardback. RRP £25.00.
In this critically acclaimed biography, Jenny Uglow describes Lear the artist, traveller, writer of nonsense verse and his colourful, often restless life.
£20.00 [ref: 62821]

Unwin, M. RSPB Spotlight: Eagles.
1st. Ed. Pub. Bloomsbury. 2016 pp.128 profusely illus. with colour photos. 8vo. New softback.
Recommended. A vibrant introduction to the life and behaviour of Eagles.
£9.99 [ref: 54416]

Unwin, M. RSPB Spotlight: Swifts and Swallows.
1st. Ed. Pub. Bloomsbury. 2018 pp.128 profusely illus. with colour photos. 8vo. A new softback.
Recommended. A vibrant introduction to the lives and behaviours of these, surprisingly, completely unrelated birds.
£9.99 [ref: 54857]

Veitch, J.H. Hortus Veitchii. A History of the Rise and Progress of the Nurseries of Messrs. James Veitch and Sons, Together with an Account of The Botanical Collectors and Hybridists Employed by Them and a List of the Most Remarkable of Their Introductions.
1st. Ed. Rep. Pub. Caradoc Doy. 2006 pp.648 with 50 b/w. plates. 8vo. New hardback in new dw. A numbered copy from the limited edition of 1,000 copies. RRP £95.00. Comes with a copy of the (98-page) ‘Plant Hunters’ Guide to the Devon Veitch Legacy’ (Pub. 2020) which allows the reader to find where plants collected by the Veitch family are growing in the gardens and countryside of Devon today.
A most fascinating work. Hortus Veitchii begins with a biographical introduction to the Veitch family and their interests. Around a fifth of the work is dedicated to accounts of 27 of the leading plant collectors and hybridists whom the Veitch’s employed, including William Lobb, Thomas Lobb and E.H. Wilson. The book then focusses on the vast number of plants these men brought back and worked on; not just by listing them, but through an enticing mixture of detailed background text and photographs.
£40.00 [ref: 58970]

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Venables, W.A. et al. The Birds of Gwent.
1st. Ed. Pub. Helm. 2008 pp.416 with coloured photos. and with dist. maps and tables. Royal 8vo. New hdbk. in new dw. RRP £50.00.
The county of Gwent is bounded to the east by the heavily wooded Wye Valley and to the west by the Rivers Rhymney, Sirhowy and Usk. This area provides a very wide range of habitats and this is reflected in the range of breeding bird species.
£40.00 [ref: 47945]

Venables, W.A. et al. The Birds of Gwent.
1st. Ed. Pub. Helm. 2008 pp.416 with colour photos. and b/w. illus., dist. maps and tables. Royal 8vo. New hardback in new dw. RRP £50.00.
The county of Gwent is bounded to the east by the Wye Valley and to the west by the Rivers Rhymney, Sirhowy and Usk. The area provides a very wide range of habitats and this is reflected in the range of breeding bird species.
£25.00 [ref: 55064]

Verey, Rosemary. The American Man’s Garden.
1st. Ed. Pub. Bulfinch. 1990 pp.ix, 165 with colour photographs throughout. 4to. New hardback (few dust marks to top-edge of text block) in new dw. RRP £25.00.
In her introduction, Mrs. Verey surveys four centuries of American gardening, noting the contributions of great gardeners including George Washington and Fletcher Steele. She then provides a showcase of 27 of the most beautiful and interesting gardens created and maintained by men in the United States and Canada.
£18.00 [ref: 40657]

Vigne, Randolph. Thomas Pringle. South African Pioneer, Poet and Abolitionist.
1st. Ed. Pub. James Currey. 2012 pp.xvii, 270. Large 8vo. New hardback in new dw. RRP £45.00.
This lively, authoritative biography tells how, in 1820, Pringle led a party of settlers to South Africa, where he co-edited the Cape’s first independent newspaper and became a staunch champion of the rights of both settlers and dispossessed indigenous people, before returning to Britain to become Secretary of the Anti-Slavery Society.
£20.00 [ref: 56143]