Brand, A.W. European Agaricus Species. [with the] Second Edition Supplement.
2nd. Ed. Pub. A.W. Brand. 1987-1988 Two volumes, pp.185, 29. 4to. Dedication by author to ffep. Nr. fine softbacks. From the library of Drs. Patrick & Joyce Andrews with a letter from the author to Patrick discussing the difficulties of identifying specimens loosely inserted. With some annotations by Patrick. Scarce.
A privately printed manuscript described by A.W. Brand as a ‘compilation’. He discusses the difficulties of identifying individual species and he goes on to say “This is not an attempt to revise Agaricus......The purpose of this paper is to draw together and attempt to co-relate the available information from the very scattered sources and present it in a useable form.” The Supplement contains a translation of an article by Henri Mesplede entitled ‘Le Genre Psalliota - Revision’, published in the Bulletin de la Societe Mycologique du Bearn in 1981/82.
£80.00 [ref: 58741]

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Brand, B. et al. Guide to the Literature for the Identification of British Basidiomycetes.
1st. Ed. Pub. British Mycological Soc. [2001] pp.51. 8vo. Fine softback.
£12.00 [ref: 59706]

Brandt (Ret.), Capt. J.H. Asian Hunter.
1st. Ed. Pub. Wild Sheep and Goat International. 1989 pp.xxvi, 388 with b/w. photos. & maps. Large 4to. Spotting to top-edge of text block o/w. contents fine. Silver cloth boards bumped to bottom fore-corner and very gently rubbed o/w. fine. From the Limited edition of 1,250 copies, this being copy No. 334.
Twenty-three countries are covered in the text, including all of continental Asia east of the Soviet Ural Mountains, the Arabian Peninsula, the island nations of east and south-eastern Asia. All of the Asian big-game animals and their current status in every Asian country are described
£85.00 [ref: 73674]

Bratby, M. and Scott, P. Through the Air. Avdentures with Wild Fowl, and Small-boat Sailing.
1st. Ed. Pub. Country Life. 1941 pp.127 with b/w. photos. & illus. Large 8vo. Scattered spotting to contents o/w. a fine hardback in good dw., with some loss to spine.
A collection of what were originally broadcast talks on the radio, here augmented with black and white photographs and some of Peter Scott’s sketches who took part in some of the broadcasts.
£5.00 [ref: 69798]

Bratby, Michael. and Scott, Peter. Through the Air. Avdentures with Wild Fowl, and Small-boat Sailing.
1st. Ed. Pub. Country Life. 1941 pp.127 with b/w. photos. & illus. Large 8vo. Neat ownership signature dated 1942 to ffep. Spotting to fore-edge of text block, to ends and to blank margins o/w. contents fine. Original blue cloth boards showing some sunning, o/w. thor. vg. in thor. vg. dw. Signed by Sir Peter Scott to title-page (dated 1980). Furthermore, an original b/w. photograph (8in x 6in) of Sir Peter Scott kneeling with three Hawaiian Geese is loosely inserted.
A collection of what were originally broadcast talks on the radio, here augmented with black and white photographs and some of Peter Scott’s sketches - he took part in some of the broadcasts. Sir Peter Scott (1909-1989) was fundamental in bringing the Hawaiian Goose back from the brink of extinction through the breeding program at WWT Slimbridge. From there, the Hawaiian Goose was later reintroduced into the wild in Hawaii.
£60.00 [ref: 69939]

Brawley Hill, M. Grandmother’s Garden. The Old-Fashioned American Garden 1865-1915.
1st. Ed. Pub. Harry N. Abrams. 1995 pp.240 with col. & b/w. illus. and photos. 4to. Fine hardback in fine dw. Author’s charming handwritten dedication to Robin (Robin Whalley) to half-title. With an 8-page very well illustrated article (from the journal Antiques) by May Brawley Hill entitled ‘Making virtue of necessity : Decorative American Privies’.
This book traces the development of the indigenous American garden style through more than 150 period paintings and photographs.
£25.00 [ref: 72048]

Bray, Lys de The Art of Botanical Illustration. The Classic Illustrators and their Achievements from 1550 to 1900.
Pub. Grange Books. 1997 pp.191 with col. & b/w. illus. thruoghout. Large 4to. Fine hardback in nr. fine dw.
A well illustrated history of botanical illustration , centered on the period from around 1500 to 1900, ending with coverage of the leading artists of recent times.
£7.50 [ref: 70843]

Brazil, M. Field Guide to the Birds of East Asia. Eastern China, Taiwan, Korea, Japan and Eastern Russia.
1st. Ed. Pub. Christopher Helm. 2009 pp.528 with 236 colour plates and dist. maps. 8vo. Softback. Light mark to fore-edge of text block o/w. contents fine. Pictorial card covers nr. fine showing just light shelf wear.
This essential guide to the region, covering 985 regularly occurring species. With 236 superb plates plus detailed identification text and accurate colour distribution maps.
£22.00 [ref: 72501]

Brazil, Mark. The Whooper Swan.
1st. Ed. Pub. Poyser. 2003 pp.512 with colour and b/w. photos., illus., maps, and figs. 8vo. Fine hardback in nr. fine dw., with small closed tear to top edge. Out-of-print.
Most comprehensive account of the Whooper Swan published, covering all aspects of its life including its taxonomy, population, diet, and breeding behaviour.
£35.00 [ref: 70951]

Bregulla, H.L. Birds of Vanuatu.
1st. Ed. Pub. Anthony Nelson. 1992 pp.294 with 24 colour plates plus b/w. photos. 8vo. Fine hardback in fine dw. Out-of-print.
The first guide to the avifauna of this group of volcanic Melanesian islands (formerly called the New Hebrides). The islands are important as a faunal crossroads where three streams of colonisation of Southwest Pacific birds meet, and this guide illustrates the 121 species known to have occurred here.
£20.00 [ref: 60323]