05. Gilmour, John & Walters, Max. Wild Flowers. The New Naturalist.
1st. Ed. Pub. Collins. 1954 pp.xiv, 242 with colour and b/w. photos. 8vo. With dedication to ffep. and list of signatures to rfep. Some scattered foxing o/w. a vg. hdbk. in bright dw., neatly repaired on underside. Not price clipped.
£35.00 [ref: 53370]
05. Gilmour, John & Walters, Max. Wild Flowers. The New Naturalist.
1st. Ed. Pub. Collins. 1954 8vo. Nr. fine hardback in vg. dw. No inscriptions. Not price clipped.
£28.00 [ref: 69863]
05. Nethersole-Thompson, D. The Greenshank. The New Naturalist Monograph.
1st. Ed. Pub. Collins. 1951 8vo. Some spotting to fore-edges of text block, some sellotape residue to endpapers o/w. a fine hardback in bright vg. dw., with patch of loss to front panel. No inscriptions. Price clipped.
This book was the first intensive study of the greenshank, investigated with thoroughness and scientific accuracy.
£40.00 [ref: 69300]
05. Nethersole-Thompson, D. The Greenshank. The New Naturalist Monograph.
1st. Ed. Pub. Collins. 1951 8vo. Minor spotting to top edge of text block, o/w. a fine hardback in nr. fine dw. with small chip to top of spine and lower fore-corner. No inscriptions. Not price clipped.
£100.00 [ref: 63647]
06. Fisher, J. The Fulmar. The New Naturalist Monograph.
1st. Ed. Pub. Collins. 1952 8vo. Signature. Some foxing to fore-edges of text block and at ends. Thor. vg. hardback in thor. vg. dw. Not price clipped.
£125.00 [ref: 61364]
06b. Darling, F. Fraser. & Morton Boyd, J. The Highlands and Islands. The New Naturalist.
1st. Ed. Pub. Collins. 1964 8vo. Fine hardback in nr. fine dw. No inscriptions. Not price clipped. A very pleasing copy indeed.
The Highlands and Islands of Scotland are rugged moorland, alpine mountains and jagged coast with remarkable natural features, including relict and specialised animals and plants. Dr. Darling was well-qualified to illuminate the natural history of this region.
£60.00 [ref: 72983]
06b. Fraser Darling, F. and Morton Boyd, J. The Highlands and Islands. The New Naturalist.
1st. Ed. Pub. Collins. 1964 8vo. A fine hardback in very clean thor. vg. dw., neatly strengthened on underside. Price clipped.
This is a first edition of the revised book 'New Naturalist 6, The Highlands and Islands' by Fraser Darling, which was first published in 1947.
£30.00 [ref: 56615]
07. Ramsbottom, J. Mushrooms and Toadstools. The New Naturalist.
1st. Ed. Pub. Collins. 1953 VG. in similar dw. which is lightly chipped and marked.
£45.00 [ref: 36100]
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]
07. Rothschild, M. and Clay, T. Fleas, Flukes and Cuckoos. The New Naturalist Monograph.
1st. Ed. Pub. Collins. 1952 8vo. Signature to front paste down. Nr. fine hardback in vg. dw., with a faint, small and neat, signature to front top-right. Price clipped.
A decent copy of the scarce, true first edition, distinguishable from the reprint by the fact the text on the back of the dustwrapper is printed in black, not a grey-green colour as on the reprint’s dustwrapper.
£85.00 [ref: 69305]