CHILTON BOOKS

Every Man his own Gardener ... By Thomas Mawe ... John Abercrombie ... and other gardeners. The fourteenth edition, corrected, and greatly enlarged...

ABERCROMBIE, John 1726-1806. · 1794

£70.00 (€83.91 | $92.48 | ¥14,763)

London : Printed for T. Longman, B. Law and Son, J. Johnson, G. G. and J. Robinson, T. Cadell, W. Goldsmith, R. Baldwin, F. and C. Rivington, E. Newbery, W. Lowndes, and H. Murray, 1794 . 0 A very good half leather binding. 6.7" x 4.2" x 1.5". Thick 8vo. [4pp.]/pp.616/[18pp. -...

Beautiful Leaved Plants: Being A Description Of The Most Beautiful Leaved Plants In Cultivation In This Country : To Which Is Added An Extended Catalogue By E. J. Lowe, Esq.,... Assisted By W. Howard, With Sixty Coloured Illustrations.

LOWE, E. J. (EDWARD JOSEPH) 1825-1900 . · 1872

£160.00 (€191.78 | $211.38 | ¥33,744)

London : Bell and Daldy, York Street, Covent Garden, M. DCCC LXXII. [1872] . 0. A very good full leather binding. 8vo. pp.viii/pp.144 + 60 coloured plates (all with tissue guards). Green calf with elaborate gilt border. Front board with gilt initials "W F H". Edges rubbed and ...

A Guide to the Photographic Identification of Individual Whales. Based on t heir Natural & Acquired Markings.

LIEN, JON AND KATONA, STEVEN. · 1990

£15.00 (€17.98 | $19.82 | ¥3,164)

St Johns: Breakwater, 1990. 0920911897. A quick reference guide which summarizes instructions on the photo-identification of cetaceans. 23.5cms x 14cms. Pp.77, black & white photos and illustrations throughout. Laminated stiff card covers. VG.

The Naturalist on the River Amazons... With A Memoir Of The Author By Edward Clodd . Reprint of The Unabridged Edition. With Map And Numerous Illustrations.

BATES, HENRY WALTER. · 1892

£100.00 (€119.86 | $132.11 | ¥21,090)

London: John Murray, Albemarle Street, 1892. A Record of Adventures, Habits of Animals, Sketches of Brazilian and Indian Life, and Aspects of Nature under the Equator, During Eleven Years of Travel. Widely regarded as one of the finest reports of natural history travels. pp.lx...

The Naturalist on the River Amazons.

BATES, HENRY WALTER. · 1895

£100.00 (€119.86 | $132.11 | ¥21,090)

London: John Murray, 1895. 7th edition, with numerous illustrations. A Record of Adventures, Habits of Animals, Sketches of Brazilian and Indian Life, and Aspects of Nature under the Equator, During Eleven Years of Travel. Widely regarded as one of the finest reports of natura...

Birds as Individuals.

HOWARD, LEN. · 1952

£15.00 (€17.98 | $19.82 | ¥3,164)

London: Collins, 1952. 4th impression. It is only when birds have come to lose their fear that a human observer really begins to be let into the secrets of their lives and discovers the degree of their intelligence. Pp.223, 32 black & white photo illustrations by Eric Hosking,...

A Plank Bridge by a Pool.

THELWELL, NORMAN. · 1978

£15.00 (€17.98 | $19.82 | ¥3,164)

New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1978. 0684159244. 1st edition. "A portrait, in words and pictures, of a garden in rural Englan that has become a wildlife sanctuary. It is also a story of how one man realised a boyhood dream." 25cms x 19cms. Pp.160, beauftifully illustrated ...

Love Life Of The Birds. Carlos Selva Andrade ; Translated From The Spanish By Herbert M. Clark. Illustrations By Axel Amuchastegui .

SELVA ANDRADE, CARLOS / CLARK, HERBERT M. (TRANSLATOR) / AMUCHASTEGUI, AXEL (ILLUSTRATOR) . · 1952

£50.00 (€59.93 | $66.06 | ¥10,545)

Buenos Aires : Codex Editors, Sarandi 328, [1952] . 0. First edition with dustwrapper. [12pp.]/pp.9 - 194/[4pp. Bibliography]. + 24 plates. Illustrated dustwrapper with rubbed and torn edges and small loss to lower spine. Now carefully preserved in a removable clear plastc cov...

A Breath of the Wilds.

FORAN, W. ROBERT. · 1958

£20.00 (€23.97 | $26.42 | ¥4,218)

London: Robert Hale, 1958. 1st edition. Th author was one of the first four European police officers in Kenya, an extensive traveller and big game hunter in Africa, India, Burma, Ceylon, US, Canada and Mexico; and a journalist, special correspondent and editor. For the first f...

Wolf Country. A Wilderness Pilgrimage.

CLARKSON, EWAN. · 1976

£25.00 (€29.97 | $33.03 | ¥5,273)

London: Hutchinson, 1976. 0091259002. 1st edition. "Fascinated by the prospect of seeing wolves in the wild, Ewan Clarkson went to Isle Royale in Lake Superior and the wilderness country of northern Minnesota - the only place in the United States where te timber wolf is known ...

More Birds and Their Eggs. (Illustrated by Len Fullerton).

STEPHEN, DAVID. · 1962

£20.00 (€23.97 | $26.42 | ¥4,218)

London: Collins, nd. (c.1962). Companion volume to "Birds and Their Eggs", written for children. 20.5cms x 16cms. Unpaginated. colour illustrations by Len Fullerton throughout, colour illustrations of birds eggs (drawn actual size), pages tanned. Colour illustrated boards, dis...

Cuckoo Problems.

BAKER, E.C. STUART. · 1942

£15.00 (€17.98 | $19.82 | ¥3,164)

London: H.F. & G.Witherby Ltd, 1942. 1st edition. "To enable him to deal with so vast a mass of material the owner has had the advantage of some 70 years personal study of Cuckoos and their life-histories, the present volume containing the result of that study, intimately comb...

The Botanical Garden By Roger Phillips & Martyn Rix. Designed by Jill Bryan. 2 volume set in slip-case : Volume 1 - Trees and Shrubs, Volume 2 - Perennials and Annuals .

PHILLIPS, ROGER (1932-2021) / RIX, MARTYN . · 2002

£40.00 (€47.95 | $52.85 | ¥8,436)

Published by Macmillan, 2002 . 0333730038. A very good two volume set in the original slip-case. Vol 1 - Trees and Shrubs, 491pp. Vol 2 - Perennials and Annuals, 539pp. Both volumes with colour illustrations to every page. Hardback in dust jackets. In slipcase with gilt title....

In the Wilderness with Uncle Mac.

MCCULLOCH, DEREK. (UNCLE MAC). · 1948

£20.00 (€23.97 | $26.42 | ¥4,218)

Loughborough: Wills & Hepworth Ltd, nd. (c.1948). A Ladybird Book. Series 455. (Second volume published in this series, following "In Green Pastures"). Wild animals from around the world, by Derek McCulloch - Uncle Mac of the B.B.C. Unpaginated, illustrated in colour by Sep. E...

The Joys of Bee-Keeping.

KENNEDY-BELL, M.G. · 1932

£20.00 (€23.97 | $26.42 | ¥4,218)

London: Herbert Jenkins Limited, 1932. 1st edition. Contents: I.How to Start Bee-Keeping; II.The Awakening of the Bees; III.The Work of the Summer; IV.The Queen Mother; V.Forage for the Bees; VI.The Honey Harvest; VII.The Massacre of the Drones; VIII.The Work of Autumn and Win...

Haunts of British Divers.

RANKIN, NIALL. · 1947

£15.00 (€17.98 | $19.82 | ¥3,164)

London: Collins, 1947. 1st edition. "The author has taken the unusual course of selecting three birds from two orders, the Podicipitiformes and Colymbiformes or diving-birds, and following them to their various breeding places in Britain. He draws an interesting comparison bet...

Essex Parks.

HANSON, M.W. AND RECORDERS AND MEMBERS OF THE ESSEX FIELD CLUB. · 2004

£25.00 (€29.97 | $33.03 | ¥5,273)

London: Essex Field Club, 2004. 0905637178. 1st edition. "The first section gives a brief outline history of parks in Essex and the second takes a look at the history and wildlife of one particular park - Hylands Park near Chelmsford. This book seeks to put Hylands into some s...

Nature Cure.

MABEY, RICHARD. · 2005

£12.00 (€14.38 | $15.85 | ¥2,531)

London: Chatto & Windus, 2005. 0701176016. 2nd edition. Richard Mabey's experiemce of overcoming depression through a love of nature and a reawakening of the imagination. Pp.232. Brown cloth, dustwrapper has small hole next to rear fore-edge. VG/G+.

A Manual of the Sea-Anemones Commonly Found on the English Coast.

TUGWELL, REV. GEORGE. · 1856

£70.00 (€83.91 | $92.48 | ¥14,763)

London: John Van Voorst, 1856. 1st edition. Contents: I.What is a Sea-Anemone? II.Where is it to be found? III.What is its name? IV.How can I keep it alive? V.What will it do when I have got it? VI.Supplementary and Critical. On the Distinctions of Genera and Species. Appendix...

Insects and Their World.

OLDROYD, HAROLD. · 1966

£6.00 (€7.19 | $7.93 | ¥1,265)

London: Trustees of the British Museum (Natural History), 1966. Second Edition. Pp.viii/144, colour frontispiece + 60 black & white plates, owner's name to half-title page. Paperback, minor creasing to spine. VG.