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Seller - Pete Lowman
For Sale: Nikon 8 x 42 HG Binoculars. VG condition. Leather case, Orig Box etc. £375 ono. Contact: Pete Lowman : email david.lowman2@btinternet.com or phone 0208 368 5403. ALSO Vol 1,2,3 of Handbook of the Birds of the World. 1st Eds. Excellent condition. OFFERS? Plus: Bird Observatories.( Poyser) 1st Ed. VG condition. OFFERS?

Seller - London Natural History Society
SPRING BOOK SALE!

Owing to the need to relocate its stock, the LNHS is making a few of its London Natural History titles available at special discounts.

A detailed study of the distribution and changing status of London’s birds in the closing years of the 20th century. Features maps of all breeding species from the 1988-94 atlas survey with accompanying text up to date to 2000. Foreword by the late Richard Fitter. Editor Jan Hewlett. 294 pp., fully illustrated.
 * The Breeding Birds of the London Area, 2002.     £10.00 incl. P & P

An atlas of London’s butterflies with detailed information on status of each species.
 * The Butterflies of the London Area. 1987. £3.00 incl. P & P. Colin Plant.

This fascinating little book evokes the atmosphere of London’s royal parks in the 1920s, featuring many of this well-known author’s personal observations in Kensington Gardens, with special chapters on his studies of fly lines across the capital. A review of more recent studies in Kensington Gardens by Roy Sanderson brings the story up to date.
 * Bird watching in London – an historical perspective. 1995. By the late Max Nicholson. £3.00 incl P & P.

To take advantage of this offer, please send your order with cheque payable to London Natural History Society to: Mrs Catherine Schmitt, 4 Falkland Avenue, London N3 1QR.

Seller - Jill Bracey
'''I’m not a professional book collector – so the descriptions are as accurate as possible! P&P on single volumes £4.00, unless stated – please contact me if you want more than one book to discuss postage costs.'''

Also, if you’d like pix, please contact me Jill Bracey 0780 22 11 767 jill.bb@virgin.net

Brian Vesey-FitzGerald 1946 Edition
 * New Naturalist Series 2: British Game

Fine copy – slight fading at upper edge of binding Dust jacket with dust jacket! Not clipped for price Inscription reads “On the 21st anniversary of Tony’s birth and the beginning of the CU Loch Ness Expedition 1962 Best wishes from Mike” £35

Macan and Worthington 1962 edition
 * New Naturalist Series 15: Life in Lakes and Rivers

Fine copy – slight fading at upper edge of binding Dust jacket with dust jacket! Not clipped for price Inscription: Neat name and date £12

Alister Hardy 1964 edition
 * New Naturalist Series 34: The Open Sea – Plankton

Good condition – book itself is fine Dust jacket shows wear on edges and top – but excellent considering its age. Clipped for price £30

Christopher Perrins 1980 edition
 * New Naturalist Series 62: British Tits

Fine condition – slight fading to binding at bottom Dust jacket in plastic cover – clipped for price £15

W G Hale 1980 edition
 * New Naturalist Series 65: Waders

Fine condition – slight damage to top corners of binding and first few pages show slight creasing Dust jacket in plastic cover – clipped for price £15

Boyd and Boyd Softback Book in excellent condition - unread £5
 * New Naturalist Library - The Hebrides 1990

Leslie Brown 1989 edition
 * New Naturalist Series Bloomsbury: British Birds of Prey

V fine Dustcover clipped for price £10

Fisher & Lockley 1989 edition
 * New Naturalist Series Bloomsbury: Seabirds

V fine Dustcover clipped for price £10

E B Ford 1990 edition
 * New Naturalist Series Bloomsbury: Butterflies

Good condition, but slight damage to spine at base £8

Nicholas Hammond an Mike Everett Beautiful Photographs and descriptions Very Good Condition £3
 * Birds of Britain and Europe

Some of Fanny Smith’s unique and lovely paintings of British birds preserved in the library of Tresco Abbey. Each painting has it’s own commentary and notes. Beautiful early bird art of late 19th and early 20th century. Hardback – Fine Condition Very suitable for a present for your favourite aunt! £4 1st class Postage £5.00
 * British Birds from Nature – from the Tresco Collection of Fanny Smith

Worth every penny for his marvellous paintings! Hardback – Fine Condition £5
 * Birds of Mountain regions – Lars Jonsson

1984 update of this classic identification book Hardback – Very Fine Condition £7 Parcel Postage £5.50
 * Robert’s Birds of Southern Africa – Fifth edition

First edition of this classic bird guide Hardback – Very Fine Condition £4.99 Parcel Postage £5.50
 * Newman’s Birds of Southern Africa 1983

Series I: Eastern and North Eastern Africa Volumes I & II Mackworth Praed and Grant Second Edition reprint 1980 Hardback – Very Fine Condition London Longmans 1960 Colour plates, black and white illustrations, maps and photos, pp: 845; 1113 extensive indexes. £15 Parcel Postage £8.50 Sorry it’s so high, but these books are seriously heavy
 * Mackworth Praed and Grant: African Handbook of Birds

Lovely paintings to go with the diary entries Hardback – Fine Condition Very suitable for a present for your favourite aunt! £2.50
 * A season of birds – a Norfolk diary 1911 - hardback

Gilbert White 1981 Webb & Bower. 1981, First Edition. (ISBN: 0906671477) Published in collaboration with the Gilbert White Museum, compiled by Robert Davidson-Houston and introduced by June E. Chatfield. Numerous colour illustrations, original cloth. Very Good. £10
 * The Illustrated Natural history of Selborne

Tunnicliffe, C. F.. 1984 Victor Gollancz First edition. Hardcover. Very good copy in very good robust dust sleeve/container – slight fading around one edge. Intro, memoir and commentary of the artist by Noel Cusa. £30 Postage £6
 * Tunnicliffe's birds: measured drawings by C. F. Tunnicliffe, RA

Fitter & Richardson – 1952 Introduction by Peter Scott Used – light fading on cloth cover, last 30 pages are creased £5
 * The pocket guide to British Birds

Oxford Scientific Films - Miranda MacQuitty 1990 Hardback Book in excellent condition £2
 * Sea Birds

London Natural History Society – 1964 - Hardback Binding has water stain near spine on front – otherwise good condition Dustcover worn on all sides and some creases – not clipped for price £6
 * Birds of the London Area

Kent Ornithological Society 1984 Softback Book in excellent condition – bookplate on front £4
 * Birds of Kent

Peter Oliver – Hardback - 1991 Book in fine condition - unread £5
 * Birdwatching on the North Kent Marshes

Howard and Moore   1984 Softback Revised edition with complete list of English names Used – each spp with unique number inked in neatly in purple! £5
 * Complete checklist of the Birds of the World

National Geographic 1983 - Softback Lightly used – some plates have a few small adhesive dots attached £5
 * Birds of North America

James Ferguson-Lees et al – 1975 Comprehensive coverage of over 25 countries – 22 maps – 36 pages of status tables Fine – book in excellent condition Dust jacket has some light creasing on back -  clipped for price Fine £8
 * A Guide to Bird-watching in Europe

Herts & Middx Wildlife Trust Softback Book in good condition £2
 * Wild Places in Herts & Middlesex

Lewington – 2003 New – excellent condition £5
 * The pocket guide to Butterflies

T T Macan 1964 Hardback Fine – book in good condition – creases on 4 pages at the back Dust jacket excellent – has protector – not clipped for price Fine £8
 * Freshwater Ecology

1982 Book unread - in excellent condition £2
 * Berlitz Travel Guide - Kenya

Geoffrey Young 1998 Book unread - in excellent condition with plastic dust cover £4
 * Walking London’s Parks and Gardens – 24 original walks

Slimline maps and guide to London Book unused £1
 * Nicholson’s London Guide

Andrew Rowell 1996 Softback Global subversion of the environment movement Fine £8
 * Green Backlash