Animals & Wildlife

PUBLISHERJohn Murray, London.
BINDINGRed cloth boards with embossed design.
BOOK CONDITIONBoards are in generally worn condition commensurate with age. Spine faded. Hinges a little weak but binding feels secure. Uneven opened page edges. Browning and some foxing mainly affecting outer leaves. Printed pages and images are mostly clear...

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PUBLISHERRoutledge, Warne, and Routledge, London.
BINDINGPictorial boards.
BOOK CONDITIONIntact, but in worn condition commensurate with age. The front hinge is partially detached and weak. Otherwise...

One of a series of nature study books for young readers, written and illustrated by experts. By the author of the Zoo Man series.

A Victorian scholarly guide to many common insects and their stages of life. 

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PUBLISHERFrederick Warne & Co. Ltd.
BINDINGBrown cloth boards with gilt and black lettering and decoration.
BOOK CONDITIONTo all three volumes, boards have some wear and...

A story of the impact of European hunting on the wildlife of Africa. Until James Stevenson-Hamilton founded the Kruger National Park and began to change attitudes from killing to conservation.

The memoires of Dr Skaife from his life in South Africa as a scientist, teacher and broadcaster.

A beautifully illustrated scientific guide to British birds.

Subtitled, "Their Management, Habits, Food, Diseases, Treatment, Breeding, and the Methods of Catching Them."

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PUBLISHERCollins, London.
BINDINGGreen cloth boards.
BOOK CONDITIONBoards worn and faded at edges. Binding secure. Some foxing throughout, but illustrations still vivid.
DUST JACKETWorn, with...

Subtitled Practical instructions on the formation, stocking, and management in all seasons, of collections of river animals and plants.

A scholarly and interesting guide to a previously neglected part of British natural history.

Attractively bound practical guide to bee-keeping which was clearly very popular on publication and sold in large numbers, this being the 16th revised edition.

A fascinating look at "The oldest craft under the sun," the long human history of bee-keeping from ancient times and the mythology and lore surrounding it.

A detailed practical guide written by the then president of the British Bee-keepers' association

Attractive historical work on the practice and science of bee-keeping.

A fascinating account of the language and behaviour of bees, written in a charmingly simple style by the German scientist.

A comprehensive scientific account on all the common pathogens and diseases of the bee.