07. Rothschild, M. and Clay, T. Fleas, Flukes and Cuckoos. The New Naturalist Monograph.
1st. Ed. Rep. Pub. Readers Union and Collins. 1953 8vo. With a bold and personal inscription by Miriam Rothschild, “Margaret Beer with admiration of the author, Miriam Rothschild” to verso of ffep. Nr. fine hardback in fine facsimile, of the first edition, dw. Not price clipped.
Margaret Beer (1913-1997) was a British philanthopist and animal lover who left her home and garden (valued at £1 million), at Marlow Bottom, to the St Tiggywinkles animal charity on her death (Bucks Free Press 1998).
£100.00 [ref: 61749]
08. Wragge Morley, Derek. Ants. The New Naturalist Monographs.
1st. Ed. Pub. Collins. 1953 8vo. Some spotting to top-edge of text block, light spotting to endpapers, o/w. a fine hardback in thor. vg. dw. with some scattered spotting. No inscriptions. Price clipped.
£40.00 [ref: 65948]
08. Wragge Morley, Derek. Ants. The New Naturalist Monographs.
1st. Ed. Pub. Collins. 1953 8vo. Spotting to fore-edges of text block, boards gently bumped on corners, o/w. a fine hardback in vg. dw. With period gift label to front pastedown and neat signature to ffep. Not price clipped. With newspaper article ‘Ant wars’ (1988) loosely inserted.
£40.00 [ref: 65925]
10. Smith, Kenneth M. & Markham, Roy. Mumps, Measles & Mosaics. The New Naturalist Monograph.
1st. Ed. Pub. Collins. 1954 8vo. Nr. fine hardback in nr. fine dw. with a little light spotting. No inscriptions. Not price clipped.
£225.00 [ref: 67387]
10. Smith, Kenneth M. & Markham, Roy. Mumps, Measles & Mosaics. The New Naturalist Monograph.
1st. Ed. Pub. Collins. 1954 8vo. Some spotting to fore-edges of text block and a little at the ends o/w. a fine hardback in nr. fine dw. with some spotting. No inscriptions. Not price clipped.
£225.00 [ref: 65710]
11. Lowe, F.A. The Heron. The New Naturalist Monograph.
1st. Ed. Pub. Collins. 1954 8vo. Signature to ffep., dated 1954. Some foxing, mainly to fore-edges of text block and at ends, a little spine lean o/w. a thor. vg. hardback in thor. vg. dw. Not price clipped. With typed, signed, letter from Frank A. Lowe (on his headed note-paper) to Major Congreve (aka H. Mark Darlow, dated June 1955) thanking him for his thoughts on ‘The Heron’. Lowe also said ‘I shall look forward to seeing what J. Walpole-Bond has to say about it.’ The letter then goes on to thank Major Congreve for information about heronries at Tan-y-gaer.
£325.00 [ref: 61346]
11. Lowe, F.A. The Heron. The New Naturalist Monographs.
1st. Ed. Pub. Collins. 1954 8vo. Light spotting to top-edge of text block o/w. a fine hardback in vg. dw. No inscriptions. Not price clipped.
£95.00 [ref: 65913]
12. Shorten, M. Squirrels. The New Naturalist.
1st. Ed. Pub. Collins. 1954 VG. copy in dw. lightly marked in places with a minor amount of loss.
£150.00 [ref: 40618]
15. Mountfort, G. The Hawfinch. The New Naturalist Monographs.
1st. Ed. Pub. Collins. 1957 8vo. Fine hardback in the very scarce, green dw. which is in nr. fine condition. Price clipped.
Only 300 copies of this variant were published.
£495.00 [ref: 60564]