Angel, Heather. Planting for Pollinators. Creating a Garden Haven.
1st. Ed. Pub. Bloomsbury 2023 pp.240 with col. illus. throughout. 4to. New softback. RRP £16.99.
Without bees, flies, hoverflies, butterflies, moths and beetles, some of our favourite foods, flowers and plants would cease to exist. Organised by season and featuring more than 100 plant species – including bulbs, annuals, perennials, shrubs and climbers – this practical guide will help you to discover the short- and long-term benefits of having a variety of pollinators visit your garden.
£15.50 [ref: 65652]

Aptroot, A. Lichens of St Helena.
1st. Ed. Pub. Pisces Publications. 2012 pp.116 with over 220 species illustrated in colour photographs. Covers all known species, including at least 9 endemics. New softback.
The remote tropical island of St Helena lies in the South Atlantic Ocean, 1,800 km from Africa, is home to a rich flora and fauna of global importance. This identification guide is the first full treatment since the 19th century, and brings together a wealth of new information based on extensive studies by the author.
£11.95 [ref: 47947]

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Attenborough, David. Living Planet. The Web of Life on Earth.
1st. Ed. 1st. Printing. Pub. William Collins. 2021 pp.xviii, 302 with colour photographs. 8vo. New hardback in new dustwrapper. Signed by David Attenborough.
The new, fully updated narrative edition of David Attenborough’s seminal biography of our world, The Living Planet.
£60.00 [ref: 62318]

Attlee, Helena. & Latham, Charles. Italian Gardens. Romantic Splendor in the Edwardian Age.
1st. Ed. Pub. Monacelli. 2009 pp192 with b/w., photos., throughout. 4to. New hardback in new dw. RRP £55.00.
Reveals the vanished magnificence of the Italian aristocracy’s landscapes in superb images by Charles Latham (dating from the early 1900s), obtained from the archives of Country Life magazine. Helena Attlee presents the history and design of each garden.
£35.00 [ref: 56319]

Babey, G. New Forest Painters. A Celebration of the New Forest National Park. Wildlife Art Series.
1st. Ed. Pub. Langford Press. 2011 pp.132 with illustrations throughout. Royal 4to. New hardback in new dw. Title Number 23 in the series. RRP £38.00. Last two copies.
Featuring works by Barry Peckham, Barry Miles, Janet Langford, Richard Tratt, Peter Frost and Hilary Tratt. This collection of superb paintings has been chosen to convey the wonderful diversity of wildlife and habitat within the New Forest boundaries.
£29.50 [ref: 54586]

Baker, K. et al. (Eds.). Deer and People.
1st. Ed. Pub. Windgather Press. 2015 pp.x, 286 with colour photos., figs., and tables. Large 8vo. New softback. RRP £44.99
Covering Europe, North America and Asia, this is the first multi-disciplinary volume dedicated to research into human–cervid relationships. Topics covered include the archaezoology of deer, dispersal patterns, exploitation, and effects on landscape and land management.
£22.50 [ref: 57286]

Ball, Caroline. Heritage Apples.
1st. Ed. Pub. Bodleian. 2019 pp.250 with colour illus. throughout. Small 4to. New hardback. RRP £25.00.
This book features apples from Robert Hogg and Henry Graves Bull’s ‘Herefordshire Pomona’ (Pub. 1876-85) that are still cultivated today. After an overview of the fruit’s cultivation Caroline Ball profiles 90 examples. Accompanying her selection with Victorian watercolours, she details each apple’s flavour, texture and use, and offers horticultural notes.
£22.50 [ref: 71340]

Barnett, R. (et al). Moths of the Bristol Region. Wildlife of the Bristol Region: 3.
1st. Ed. Pub. B.R.E.R.C. 2008 pp.526 with some colour photos and dist. maps. 4to. New hardback in new dw. RRP £30.00.
Illustrated with many high quality photographs, flight graphs and drawings, this volume summarises the current and historic status of the 1,700+ species of moth that are known to have been found in the region around Bristol and Bath.
£27.00 [ref: 52658]

Bartlett, J. The Pollen Landscape.
1st. Ed. Pub. NBB. 2020 pp.170 with colour photos. Large 8vo. New softback.
This book follows a colony of bees for a year through their pollen landscape, explaining what they do and why, and showing how the microscope reveals the beauty and variety of the different kinds of pollen they collect.
£16.50 [ref: 61018]

Bates, Henry Walter. The Naturalist on the River Amazons.
Pub. John Beaufoy Publishing 2016 pp.xiii, 409. 8vo. New softback. RRP 12.99.
Henry Walter Bates and his co-naturalist Alfred Russel Wallace embarked together, in 1848, on an expedition to the forests of the Amazon in search of plants and animals that would help solve the problems of the origin of species. Originally published in 1863, this book catalogues a wondrous range of natural life in vivid description and detail.
£10.00 [ref: 56524]