Beeton, [Samuel Orchart]. The Book of Garden Management: Comprising information on laying-out and planting gardens. Fruit, flower, and kitchen garden management. Building, arranging, and management of greenhouses, and other garden structures. Window gardening. Spade husbandry and allotment cultivation. Monthly operations in each department. Orchard cultivation, and management of orchard-houses. Mixed flower and kitchen gardens.
Pub. Ward Lock. [1871] pp.viii, 759 with 32 double-page plates of b/w. engravings plus numerous text illus. 8vo. Hardback. Internal hinges tender. Contents nr. fine. Original cloth boards with gilt motif and decoration to spine in thor. vg. condition.
A thorough guide to all aspects of establishing and maintaining a productive garden.
£50.00 [ref: 71622]

Beirne, B. British Pyralid and Plume Moths. Wayside and Woodland Series.
2nd. Ed. Pub. Warne. 1954 pp.207 with 16 plates. Small 8vo. Neat calligraphic ink inscription to verso of ffep. Minor tape residue to endpapers o/w. a fine hardback in thor. vg. dw.
This is the best and preferred edition with sharper, more defined plates.
£35.00 [ref: 47237]

Beirne, B. British Pyralid and Plume Moths. Wayside and Woodland Series.
New Ed. Pub. Frederick Warne. 1954 pp.208 with 16 plates and b/w. illus. Small 8vo. Ex-lib. with stamps, o/w. contents fine. Boards in nr. fine condition with ink inscription to front board and minor tape residue.
This is the preferred edition with sharper, more defined plates.
£12.50 [ref: 69324]

Beletsky, L. Costa Rica. The Ecotraveller’s Wildlife Guide.
Pub. Natural World Academic Press. 1998 pp.xii, 426 with 80 colour illus. plates and colour photographs. A vg. copy in card covers lightly used in places.
In this book there is all the information you will need to find, identify and learn about Costa Rica’s magnificent wildlife.
£20.00 [ref: 38043]

Bell, M. The Gardener’s Guide to Growing Temperate Bamboos.
1st. Pbk. Ed. Pub. David & Charles / Timber Press. 2003 pp.159 with colour photos. throughout. 4to. Fine softback.
A complete practical guide to growing and collecting Bamboos. Includes colour photographs for identification purposes.
£5.00 [ref: 64158]

Bell, Thomas, A History of the British Stalk-Eyed Crustacea.
1st. Ed. Pub. Van Voorst. 1853 pp.lxv, 386 with 174 fine wood engravings. 8vo. Signature. Very minor amount of spotting indeed, o/w. contents fine. Original cloth boards thor. vg. with two small closed tears to top of spine.
£20.00 [ref: 65623]

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Bellairs, A. and Carrington, R. The World of Reptiles.
Pub. Chatto. 1966 pp.153 with b/w. photographs. A vg. copy in same dw.
£12.50 [ref: 41488]

Bellairs, A. d’A. and Cox, C.B. (Eds.). Morphology and Biology of Reptiles.
1st. Ed. Pub. Academic Press/Linnean Society. 1976 pp.xi, 290 with b/w. plates & figs. 4to. Hardback. Some spotting to fore-edges of text block and to ends o/w. contents fine. Cloth boards thor. vg.
A collection of papers given at the symposium on the morphology and biology of living and fossil reptiles given at the Linnean Society in September 1975.
£35.00 [ref: 67822]

Bellamy, David. The Queen’s Hidden Gardens. Buckingham Palace’s Treasury of Wild Plants.
1st. Ed. Pub. David & Charles. 1984 pp.224 with colour and b/w. illus. throughout. Botanical paintings by Marjorie Lyon. 4to. A fine hardback in good dw.
£10.00 [ref: 56089]

Bellamy, J.C. The Natural History of South Devon.
1st. Ed. Pub. Jenkin Thomas. 1839 pp.xxvi, [ii], viii, 455 with line engravings, lithographs and five folding maps. 8vo. Hardback. Previous owner’s small label to ffep. Some spotting, minor marking and darkening, o/w. contents fine. Several subscribers’ names added to list at rear in period hand. More recently rebound in quarter cloth with printed label to spine, all in fine condition.
A detailed study written by one of the curators of The Devon and Cornwall Natural History Society concerning the geology, topography, flora and fauna of the region.
£225.00 [ref: 63551]

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