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E.L. Grant Watson
£30.00

Walking With Fancy

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Charming sketches of country life in Sussex and Devonshire from before and during WWII.

S.H. Skaife
£18.00

A Naturalist Remembers (Signed Copy)

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

Malcolm Smith
£15.00

The British Amphibians and Reptiles

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

Shirley Hibberd
£25.00

The Fresh-Water Aquarium

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

T.H. Gillespie
£18.00

Our Friends the Spiders

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

John Lubbock
£55.00

Origin and Metamorphosis of Insects

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

J.M. Bechstein
£30.00

The Natural History of Cage Birds

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

R. Lydekker
£38.00

The Sportsman's British Bird Book

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Detailed descriptions of approx. 200 birds which were once popular to be caught and mounted as trophies by contemporary sportsmen.

E.B. Wedmore
£25.00

A Manual of Beekeeping: For English-Speaking Bee-Keepers

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This encyclopaedic work provides a comprehensive survey of bee-keeping methods. 

A.I. and E.R. Root
£40.00

The ABC and XYZ of Bee Culture

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"A cyclopedia of everything pertaining to the care of the Honeybee."

Leslie Bailey
£50.00

Honey Bee Pathology

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

T.W. Cowan
£40.00

British Bee-Keepers Guide Book: To the Management of Bees in Movable-Comb Hives, and the use of the Extractor

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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.

Stanley Morison
£38.00

Letter Forms

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Two essays on Typographic and Scriptorial letter forms, their classification, history and bibliography.

Brooke Crutchely
£95.00

Two Men: Walter Lewis and Stanley Morison at Cambridge

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The memoires of a former assistant of the notable printing partnership of Lewis and Morison at the Cambridge University Press.

Tony Appleton (Compiler)
£25.00

The Writings of Stanley Morison: A Handlist

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A comprehensive annotated list of the published writings of Typographer Stanley Morison.

Stanley Morison
£22.00

A Tally of Types

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A collection of essays on typescripts first published as a Christmas keepsake.

John Carter
£40.00

A Handlist of the Writings of Stanley Morison

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Produced as a tribute to the typographer and calligrapher Stanley Morison on his sixtieth birthday

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