Bonney, R.E. Hive Management. A Seasonal Guide for Beekeepers.
Pub. Storey. 1990 pp.viii, 152 with b/w. photographs and other text figs. A very good softback.
£5.00 [ref: 45490]

Bookbinder, D.J. Paths to Wholeness. Fifty-Two Flower Mandalas.
1st. Ed. Pub. Transformations Press. 2016 pp.221 with col. illus. throughout. 8vo. Fine softback.
£15.00 [ref: 68570]

Boon, C.R. & Outen, A.R. Flora of Bedfordshire.
1st. Ed. Pub. Bedfordshire Natural History Society. 2011 pp.vi, 718 with colour photos. and dist. maps. 4to. Fine hardback. Out-of-print.
The authors, Chris Boon for the flowering plants, and Alan Outen for the mosses, have each spent many years studying their fields of natural history, and are not only recorders for the county, but are also involved with their respective national societies. The flora is the culmination of more than 20 years of a comprehensive programme of recording in the county by the BNHS. A superb work.
£50.00 [ref: 64857]

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Boot, K. West Country Wildlife. A Naturalist’s Year in Devon and Cornwall.
1st. Ed. Pub. George Philip. 1992 pp.176 with many colour and b/w. illus. Crown 4to. A nr. fine hardback in nr. fine dw.
With illustrations by Elaine Franks. This is the product of a year-long collaborative fieldwatch, a celebration of nature in Devon and Cornwall throughout the changing seasons.
£12.00 [ref: 54522]

Borg, Joseph. Street Trees in Malta.
1st. Ed. Pub. Men of the Trees (Malta). 1976 pp.69 with line drawings. Small 8vo. Softback. Nr. fine. Scarce.
A fascinating insight into the Street Trees of Malta. Readers can follow the fascinating routes that Borg discusses - he talks about the history of the trees and he gives great detail on how trees behave in different soils, methods of propagation, resistance to wind, salt spray etc.
£19.50 [ref: 63027]

Borrer, W. The Birds of Sussex.
1st. Ed. Pub. R.H. Porter. 1891 pp.xviii, 385 with 6 colour plates by Keulemans and a fold-out colour map. 8vo. Hardback. Rear internal hinge a little tender and cords a little stretched. Plates and text very clean and in fine condition. Original blue cloth boards showing some discolouration to fore-edges, light wear to extremities o/w. fine.
£40.00 [ref: 46757]

Borrer, W. The Birds of Sussex.
1st. Ed. Pub. R.H. Porter. 1891 pp.xviii, 385 with 6 colour plates by Keulemans and a fold-out colour map plus 8 page publisher’s catalogue. 8vo. Ex. lib. Contents fine. Thor. vg. hardback in original blue cloth boards with gilt lettering. Spine professionally relaid and end papers renewed.
£50.00 [ref: 58799]

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Borror, D.J. and White, R.E. A Field guide to the Insects of America North of Mexico.
Pub. Houghton Mifflin. 1970 pp.xi, 404 with col. & b/w. illus. 8vo. Fine softback.
The most comprehensive, authoritative guide to North American insects available at the date of publication, covering 579 families of insects.
£9.00 [ref: 69642]

Borrow, N. and Demey, R. Birds of Western Africa.
Rep.with corrections. Pub. Helm. 2010 pp.512 with 148 colour plates. 8vo. New softback, a little off-mint.
The first comprehensive field guide to the 23 western African countries - from Mauritania east to Chad and south to Congo, including all the island groups.
£25.00 [ref: 43730]

Bosanquet, S. (et al). The Mosses and Liverworts of Carmarthenshire.
1st. Ed. Pub. The Authors. 2005 pp.245 with col. photos. & dist. maps. Large 8vo. Fine softback. Errata slip loosely inserted.
Over 600 species, sub-species and varieties of mosses, liverworts and hornworts have been recorded from the county in habitats ranging from coastal dunes to montane crags. The distribution of each species is described, with distribution maps presented for those occurring in five or more tetrads. Accompanying notes include information on habitat, ecology, fertility and significance in a local, Welsh or British context.
£26.00 [ref: 67570]