August, Ian. The Making of Alnwick Garden. with foreword by The Duchess of Northumberland.
1st. Ed. Pub. Pavilion. 2006 pp.320 with colour photographs throughout. Small 4to. Fine hardback in fine dw. In-print at £25.00.
‘The Making of the Alnwick Garden’ is the story, as told by Ian August, the man who has been at the Duchess's side since the beginning, of one woman's stubborn battle to create her dream. Told in a mixture of letters, anecdotes and memoirs, August captures the dramas, the dilemmas and the victories of the long battle.
£15.00 [ref: 59008]

Austin, A.D. & Heather, N.W. (Eds.). Australian Arachnology.
1st. Ed. Pub. The Australian Entomological Soc. 1988 pp.[vi], 137 with b/w. photos., illus., and figs. 8vo. Nr. fine softback. Scarce.
Comprises the Proceedings of a symposium on Australian Arachnology organised by the Australian Entomological Society as part of its 17th Scientific Conference and Annual General Meeting.
£30.00 [ref: 69985]

Avebury, Lord. Ants, Bees, and Wasps. A Record of Observations on the Habits of the Social Hymenoptera.
17th. Rev. Ed. 2nd. Imp. Pub. Kegan Paul. 1906 pp.xvii, 436 with 5 colour plates, b/w. illus. and 2 fold-out plates. 8vo. Contents fine. Original red cloth boards gently sunned to spine and nr. fine.
£10.00 [ref: 71186]

Avebury, Lord. Ants, Bees, and Wasps. A Record of Observations on the Habits of the Social Hymenoptera.
16th. Rev. Ed. 2nd. Imp. Pub. Kegan Paul. 1904 pp.xvii, 436 with 5 colour plates, b/w. illus. and 2 fold-out plates. 8vo. A little spotting to fore-edges of text block and to ends o/w. contents fine. Original decorated red cloth binding in thor. vg. condition.
Lord Aveburywas a banker, Liberal politician, philanthropist, scientist and polymath. He coined the terms "Paleolithic" and "Neolithic" to denote the Old and New Stone Ages, respectively. He helped establish archaeology as a scientific discipline, and was influential in debates concerning evolutionary theory. He wrote numerous publications on subjects as varied as archaeology, coins, trade and natural history.
£15.00 [ref: 67875]

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Avebury, Lord. Ants, Bees, and Wasps. A Record of Observations on the Habits of the Social Hymenoptera.
15th. Rev. Ed. Pub. Kegan Paul. 1902 pp.xvii, 436 with 5 colour plates, b/w. illus. and 2 fold-out plates. 8vo. Hardback. Leonard Harrison Matthews (1901-86) copy with his signature, the leading academic, zoologist and prolific author who wrote British Mammals and Mammals in the British Isles in Collins’ New Naturalist series. Thor. vg. hardback with gently sunned spine.
£50.00 [ref: 61918]

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Avebury, The Rt. Hon. Lord On the Origin and Metamorphoses of Insects.
1st. Ed. Rep. Pub. Macmillan & Co. 1902 pp.xvi, 108 with b/w. plates & text figs. 8vo. Minor spotting to ends and title pages o/w. a fine hardback.
This book explores the evolutionary origins of insects and their life cycle transformations. The book provides an accessible approach to detailed scientific observation with a focus on metamorphosis and evolutionary biology.
£15.00 [ref: 71784]

Avery, M. &. Leslie, R. Birds and Forestry.
1st. Ed. Pub. Poyser. 1990 pp.xii, 299 with b/w. photos. and illus. 8vo. Fine hardback in nr. fine dw.
Written following the conflict between forestry and nature conservation in the 1980s, this book studies which birds are threatened, which species benefit from afforestation, the value placed on these species, and the ways in which forestry can fit in with the needs and demands of conservationists.
£20.00 [ref: 62752]

Avery, M. &. Leslie, R. Birds and Forestry.
1st. Ed. Pub. Poyser. 1990 pp.xii, 299 with some photos. 8vo. Fine hardback in nr. fine dw.
£30.00 [ref: 55608]

Avery, M. &. Leslie, R. Birds and Forestry.
1st. Ed. Pub. Poyser. 1990 pp.xii, 299 with b/w. photos. and illus. 8vo. Fine hardback in nr. fine dw.
Written following the conflict between forestry and nature conservation in the 1980s, this book studies which birds are threatened, which species benefit from afforestation, the value placed on these species, and the ways in which forestry can fit in with the needs and demands of conservationists.
£25.00 [ref: 59775]

Avicultural Society. Aviculture. A Treatise on the Management of Foreign and British Birds in Captivity. Vols. I to III.
1st. Ed. Pub. Avicultural Society. 1925-31 Three volumes with col. plates &. b/w. photos. 8vo. Hardbacks. Light spotting to fore-edges text block, to ends and only very occ. internally o/w. contents fine. A little spine lean to Vol. I. Original decorated cloth bindings vg. plus.
A practical and well illustrated manual on the keeping and rearing of birds. From Parrots to Hoopoe and from Finches to Birds of Prey and Owls.
£100.00 [ref: 39365]

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