Chilvers, H.A. The Seven Lost Trails of Africa. Being a Record of Sundry Expeditions, New and Old, in Search of Buried Treasure.
1st. Ed. Pub. Cassell. 1930 pp.xiii, 242 with illus. and maps. 8vo. Hardback. Signature to front paste down. Some foxing to fore-edges of text block, o/w., contents fine. Some spine lean. VG. plus hardback.
£20.00 [ref: 55835]

Chivers, K. The Shire Horse. A History of the Breed, the Society and the Men.
1st. Ed. Rep. Pub. J.A. Allen 1979 pp.xxviii, 834 with colour and b/w. photos. 8vo. Hardback. Faint scattered dust marks to fore-edges of text block, o/w. a fine hardback in fine dw.
Some three years in the writing, this is a comprehensive account of the history of the Shire Horse from medieval to modern times.
£15.00 [ref: 55001]

Clapham, A.R. (Ed.). Upper Teesdale. The Area and its Natural History.
1st. Ed. Pub. Collins. 1978 pp.238 with colour, b/w. photographs and figs. 8vo. Minor spotting to fore-edges of text block and endpapers o/w. a fine hardback in fine dw.
A detailed survey of the area written by group of eminent biologists, a volume of considerable value to the naturalist.
£18.00 [ref: 42888]

Clark, A. Beasts and Bawdy.
1st. Ed. Pub. J.M. Dent. 1975 pp.159 with b/w. illus. 4to. Some spotting to fore-edges of text block o/w. a fine hardback in vg. dw.
The author’s research into medieval lore to explain humanity’s efforts to understand the animal world and when necessary, the reliance on hearsay and invention rather than scientific observation.
£17.50 [ref: 67682]

Clark, M. Mammals, Amphibians and Reptiles of Hertfordshire.
1st. Ed. Pub. Training Publications / Hertfordshire Nat. Hist. Soc. 2001 pp.311 with colour and b/w. photos., dist. maps. 8vo. A little spotting to top edge of text block o/w. a fine softback.
Containing over 600 illustrations, this book describes what members of the Hertfordshire Natural History Society have discovered about the distribution and lives of these animals over the last 30 years. Most of the distribution maps cover the 1970-2001 period, but there are additional maps in some places where the status of the species described (such as the water vole) has changed significantly.
£7.50 [ref: 69151]

Clarke, E. The Valley.
Pub. Faber and Faber. 1969 pp.170. A vg. copy in a dustwrapper illustrated by C.F. Tunnicliffe.
£20.00 [ref: 45851]

Clay, R.S. & Court, T.H. The History of the Microscope. Compiled from Original Instruments and Documents, up to the Introduction of the Achromatic Microscope.
1st. Ed. Rep. Pub. The Holland Press. 1975 pp.xiv, 266 with b/w. photos. Small 4to. Signature. Nr. fine hardback in fine dw. Article on ‘Chemical microscopy 1800-1850’ by R.H. Nuttall loosely inserted.
Originally published in 1932, this account is based in nearly every case on actual examination of the instruments described.
£75.00 [ref: 59222]

Collingridge, G. The Discovery of Australia. A Critical, Documentary and Historic Investigation Concerning the Priority of Discovery in Australasia by Europeans before the arrival of Lieut. James Cook, in the “Endeavour”, in the year 1770.
Facs. Rep. Pub. Golden Press. 1989 pp.xv, 376 with b/w. illus., maps and tables. 4to. Some sunning to spine o/w. a fine hardback.
A facsimile edition of Collingridge’s work (published in 1895) which set out to investigate the uncertainties surrounding the early Australasian maritime expeditions.
£15.00 [ref: 66860]

Collins, T. et al. (Eds.). Brampton Wood. A Natural History.
1st. Ed. Pub. Huntingdon Fauna & Flora Soc. 2005 pp.xiii, 182 with colour photos., b/w., dist. maps, figs., and tables. 4to. Small address label. Fine hardback in fine dw.
A substantial survey of the trees, wildlife and management history of an important 132 hectare parcel of ancient woodland in the old county of Huntingdonshire.
£30.00 [ref: 56446]

Collins, T. et al. (Eds.). Brampton Wood. A Natural History.
1st. Ed. Pub. Huntingdon Fauna & Flora Soc. 2005 pp.xiii, 182 with colour photos. & dist. 4to. Fine hardback in fine dw.
A substantial survey of the trees, wildlife and management history of an important 132 hectare parcel of ancient woodland in the old county of Huntingdonshire.
£30.00 [ref: 64654]