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Lyrics and prose of Edward Lear: a book of bosh

By: Alderson, B.

Price: £1.00

Publisher: Puffin: 1975

Seller ID: 19044

ISBN: 0 14 030665 X

Binding: Paper covers

Condition: Good

Cover creased, pages tanned.
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Naturalists and society: the culture of natural history in Britain, 1700-1900

By: Allen, David Elliston

Price: £72.00

Publisher: Ashgate Publishing: 2001

Seller ID: 16200

ISBN: 0 86078 863 6

Binding: Hard covers

Condition: Fine

Scarcely used.
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The botanists: a history of the Botanical Society of the British Isls through 150 years

By: Allen, David Elliston

Price: £20.00

Publisher: St. Paul's bibliographies: 1986

Seller ID: 16202

ISBN: 0 906795 36 2

Binding: Hard covers, dust jacket

Condition: V.g.

David Allen has a series of excellent books on the history of natural history to his name; this is one of his best. As a former President of the Botanical Society of the British Isles he writes with authority on the recent history, upsetting a few people with his frankness in the process; but in unravelling the history of the society and its fore-runners, the Botanical Society of London and the Botanical Exchange Club, he unearths a cast of fascinating characters (Hewett Cottrell Watson, G. Claridge Druce to name but two) and shows how religious non-conformity shaped the early progress of bota...
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The naturalist in Britain: a social history

By: Allen, David Elliston

Price: £10.00

Publisher: Pelican Books: 1978

Seller ID: 22581

ISBN: 0 14 021951 X

Binding: Paper covers

Condition: V.g.

V.g., usual browning of paper but showing few signs of wear. xi + 292 pp., 8 pages of monochrome plates. Paperback reissue of book first published in 1976 by Allen Lane. Eric Korn, quoted on the back cover, wrote in TLS: David Elliston Allen's original and scholarly book ... is dense with picturesque detail, rich in correlation with social, artistic and technical trends ... he has taken the idea of natural history and produced the natural history of an idea.
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Stephen Jay Gould: Reflections on his view of life

By: Allmon, W.D., Kelley, P.H. & Ross, R.M.

Price: £16.00

Publisher: Oxford University Press: 2009

Seller ID: 24968

ISBN: 0195373200

Binding: Pictorial hard covers

Condition: Fine

Scarcely used.
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La fabuleuse odyssŽe des plantes

By: Allorge, L., Ikor, O.

Price: £16.00

Publisher: J.C. Lattes: 2003

Seller ID: 24869

ISBN: 2 7096 2327 7

Binding: Paper covers, wrap-around flaps

Condition: Fine

Scarcely used.
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The third and fourth generation (2 vols.)

By: Allwood, M.C.

Price: £16.00

Publisher: The author, Wivelsfield Green: 1940

Seller ID: 17613

Binding: Publisher's cloth

Condition: V.g.

No inscriptions. Corners bumped, otherwise little used.
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A life beyond boundaries

By: Anderson, B.

Price: £12.00

Publisher: Verso: 2016

Seller ID: 25200

ISBN: 1784784567

Binding: Hard covers, dust jacket

Condition: Fine

Scarcely used.
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Eugne Emmanuel Viollet-le-Duc 1814-1879

By: anon.

Price: £16.00

Publisher: Academy Editions: 1980

Seller ID: 13552

Binding: Library binding

Condition: Good

Ex-library copy with usual stamps etc. A scarce centennial memoir with several scholarly articles, including some by the subject of the memoir.
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Poacher's pie

By: Archer, F.

Price: £6.00

Publisher: Isis Large Print: 1976

Seller ID: 17614

ISBN: 1 85089 485 X

Binding: Paper covers

Condition: Fine

Scarcely used.
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The world of Copernicus

By: Armitage, A.

Price: £6.00

Publisher: Signet: 1963

Seller ID: 22732

Binding: Paper covers

Condition: V.g.

Little used.
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Regards, Rodeo: the mariner dog of Cassis

By: Armstrong, Alan (text); Armstrong, Martha (illustrations)

Price: £10.00

Publisher: J.N. Townsend, Exeter, N.H.: 1999

Seller ID: 1382

ISBN: 1 880158 25 6

Binding: Paper covers, landscape format

Condition: As new

Nearly new; reviewed by Robert Herbert on rear cover: In the guise of letters exchanged between two very observant dogs, Alan Armstrong has written a delightful dialogue between Cassis on the Mediterranean coast and Hatfield, a village by the Connecticut river in Massachusetts. Having accompanied his artist wife to Cassis for several months, Armstrong, surely one of the most talented animal lovers ever to put paw to paper, charmed his way into the company of local residents, most notably the memorable Jean-Michel Beaujon, a delinquent turned sailing instructor, and his dog Rodeo. Letters excha...
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Fifty years of my life in the world of sport at home and abroad (2 vols.)

By: Astley, Sir J.D.

Price: £32.00

Publisher: Hurst & Blackett: 1894

Seller ID: 16791

Binding: Publisher's red cloth, gilt motif on front cover

Condition: V.g.

2 vols. Some pages uncut. Corners bumped, spines lightly sunned, but overall a nice set. (SamCam is one of his descendents, for those who care about such things).
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