Portland Bird Observatory
and Field Centre

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Natural History Bookshop                     

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The bookshop carries a very large stock of natural history titles in all subjects  ranging from the very new – i.e. just published last week – to rare and collectable volumes from the late 18th and early 19th  centuries, plus  very collectable  Victorian, Edwardian  and  later twentieth century titles.  We always have thousands in stock.  For members we offer an ordering service for new publications with the benefit of a discount of around 20% and we can get most European,  American  Australian and South African titles. The shop is managed on a voluntary basis by the Hon Sec who has a team of three volunteers enabling us to open every Wednesday, Saturday & Sunday from 10.00 am to 4.00 pm, and at other times by appointment. Some of our second-hand stock belongs to members or associates and we are always pleased to receive quality items to  sell on their behalf – for this service we charge a minimum of 10% commission (20% for non-members).  We are of course always delighted to receive donated books but we do have to be particular about quality and condition.  We also buy good second-hand natural history  books.  The shop accepts cash, cheques (payable to PBO Bookshop) and all cards except American Express, and for orders or enquiries during opening hours the shop’s landline is 01305 826625.  At other times, including evenings, the Secretary is always pleased to take orders or enquiries on his home number  - 01305 777991 or by email at  nickpat15@talktalk.net  The lists below give a  small selection of our current stock;  we update these lists regularly.  Antiquarian Thomas Bewick -  History of British Birds –  Rare 2nd Edn set  -  Vols 1 & 2 – 1805 – in original full leather (brown) bindings.  Very Good condition -                                    £375 William Yarrell – History of British Birds - 1st Edn  1843 – 3-Vol set in original dark green gilt-decorated leather bindings – some expert repair but in excellent condition   £175. William Yarrell -  History of British Birds – 1st Issue of the 4-volume  major revision 4th Edn  1871-1885.  Modern rebind in half-leather with contemporary Victorian marbling.  Extremely high quality bindings                                                                           £250 the set. Gilbert White’s  Natural History of Selborne – James Harting’s 2nd Edition 1876 with the “Norfolk” letters.   Publisher’s bindings -  Very Good condition            .             £40 Gilbert White’s N H of Selborne  as above but 4th Edn of Harting’s revision c1878.  In fine contemporary  half-leather  binding  with gilt lettering and decoration.    £75 Charles Darwin – John Murray Editions 1880s-1890s.  Matching series in dark green shiny cloth bindings:      Naturalist’s Voyage Round  the World      1897 Edn                                             £120      Descent of Man    2nd Edn 1888   -   21st Thousand                                             £100      Descent of Man    2nd Edn  1890   -   27th  Thousand                                             £100      Fmtn of Veg Mould thro’ Earthworms  - 1882  6th Thousand                               £100          “          “           “      “            “            -  1897  13th Thousand                            £100   Charles Darwin  -  Different Forms of Flowers in Plants of Same Species 1st American Edn 1877 (Appleton NY) published at same time as 1st British Edn   £120 Rev F O Morris – A History of British Birds – 2nd Edn 1870 -  Six-vol set in  original publisher’s bindings – fine condition                                                                            £525 Rev F O Morris – A History of British Birds -  4th Edn 1895 – Six Vol set in splendid contemporary dark-blue half leather bindings with matching  marbled boards – an exceptional set in fine condition.                                                                                 £600                                                                                Abel Chapman -   Unexplored Spain – 1st Edn 1910  VGC                                           £350   Henry Seebohm – A History of British Birds  4-vol set 1st Edn 1883-85    Original half-leather bindings with red cloth boards.   Fine condition                                                £300   J G Millais     Nat Hist of British Surface Feeding Ducks  1902.  No 87 in limited edition                           of 600.   Fine condition                                                                        £1000                                                                                              British Diving Ducks  - 1913 – Vol 1  No 306 of 450 & Vol 2  No 304 of 450    Fine condition                                                              £1250 the pair   W H Hudson  Birds in a Village  1st Edn 1893   Fine copy                                              £40   Howard Saunders  Manual of British Birds                              2nd Edn £20   3rd Edn  £35   Prof Elliot Coues  Field & General Ornithology 1st Edn 1890  Fine leather binding    £65   Walter Swaysland   Familiar Wild Birds  2nd Edn 1901  4-Vol set in fine blue cloth art nouveau bindings        VGC                                                                                  £60 the set   F S Mitchell  -  Birds of Lancashire  2nd Edn 1892 in fine green leather binding          £75   J E Harting  -  The Birds of Middlesex 1st Edn 1866  Cloth binding                           £60                                    Miller Christy  - The Birds of Essex – 1st Edn 1890  Modern half-leather binding – some damp staining to some pages                                                                   £60   J C Mansel-Pleydell -  Flora of Dorset  1st Edn 1874  2 copies                            each £75                                        Flora of Dorset 2nd Edn 1895  2 copies                           each £65                                       Birds of Dorset 1st Edn 1888  3 copies                      each £75   Claude Ticehurst  - The Birds of Suffolk 1st Edn 1932 Green cloth binding Two copies                                                                                                              each £40   Eric Hardy  - Birds of the Liverpool Area  1st Edn 1941 cloth binding                         £30   Charles Tunnicliffe  -  Shorelands Summer Diary  1st Edn 1952                              Fine copy in fine dustwrapper                                                            £80   Bannerman & Lodge -  The Birds of the British Isles  - 1953-1963 – 12-Vol set in dustwrappers  - good to VG condition – mainly VG & some fine.               £220 the set      Odd copies of  various volumes   @ £18 each  – all vgc in d/ws     Warne Wayside & Woodland Series First Editions (without dustwrappers) Trees         1904        VGC          £12 Ferns         1908         VGC         £12 Fishes        1925         VGC         £25 Dragonflies 1937        Exceptional    £40 Caterpillars of Moths  2 Vols 1948   VGC   £50 the pair Flies 1957 – slight damage to top of spine - £50   Other Wayside & Woodland Titles – All in dustwrappers Birds  3-vol set 1938-41  Fine condition  £75 the set Birds  3-vol set  1936-40   Fine condition  £60 the set Birds  3-vol set  1950  Fine condition  £65 the set Trees   1947  £20     1964 (in blue wrapper) £15 Ferns    1947  £15 Bees, Wasps & Ants  1946  VGC  £50 Blossoms 3-vol set 1963 crimson  wrappers – condition ‘as new’     £35 the set The Seas  1958  - blue wrapper  £20 Shell Life  1951  - blue wrapper - £20 Animal Life 1946 - £20 Life of the W&W  1945-£20,   1946-£18,    1946-£15 Flies 2nd Edn in large format  VGC    £40   We also have many odd volumes in this series without wrappers at prices from £5 each.   The New Naturalist Series We always carry a comprehensive stock of 1st editions and reprints, and for members of the Observatory  we offer a standing order service for new titles at  20% discount   Current stock of 1st Edns, all in fine/VG condition with  fine/VG d/ws  unless otherwise stated;    includes: 1            Butterflies  Sound copy with good + dw                                                    £40     2          British Game  V clean in VG+ dw                                                       £30                                                                                    3            London’s Natural History VG - slight chip top of dw                           £20 4           Britain’s  Structure & Scenery  Good in good dw                               £20 5          Wild Flowers            VG with slight chips top of dw                                             £30 6a        Nat Hist of Highlands & Islands 1947                                                   £40                              6b            Highlands & Islands 1964                                                                            £40 8          Insect Natural History                                                                        `````      £30 9           A Country Parish  No wrapper – Good -   Signed by Author                    £85 11            Mountains & Moorlands   VG+                                                                £35 12        The Sea Shore  dw chipped                                                                                    £20 13            Snowdonia  1 x 1st printing (without authors’ names on spine)              £50 13             Snowdonia  1 x 2nd printing (with authors’  names on spine)              £50 15        Life in Lakes & Rivers                                                                                     £30 16        Wild Flowers of Chalk & Limestone                                                       £35 17        Birds & Men                                                                                                            £40 18        Nat Hist of Man in Britain                                                                                 £45 19        Wild Orchids of Britain                                                                         £40 22            Climate & The British Scene                                                              £65  23            Angler’s Entomology   slightly foxed                                                     £50 26        The Weald  Slight chips top of dw spine                                                    £55 31        Man & The Land   slight chips top of dw spine                                           £60 33            Mountain Flowers    very fine copy                                                               £65 36        Insect Migration   small chip top left of dw front                                     £80     37        The Open Sea II  Fish & Fisheries           VG+                                                    £85 39            Folklore of Birds     F/F except for small repair to top of dw                         £260 40            Bumblebees  VG+                                                                                             £300       42        Fossils    VG+                                                                                                         £50 43        Weeds & Aliens     VG+                                                                                   £100 44        The Peak District            VG+                                                                                  £45 45        The Common Lands of England & Wales   Ex Lib but v clean                          £80 46        The Broads  some small creases to d/w                                                          £100 47        The Snowdonia National Park                                                                   £40 48        Grass & Grasslands    VG+                                                                                 £90 50            Pesticides & Pollution                                                                                       £75 52            Woodland Birds                                                                                                  £60 53        The Lake District     F/F                                                                                     £70 54        The Pollination of Flowers    VG+                                                                    £170 55            Finches   VG+ but small tear to top of flysheet                                             £75 56            Pedigree – Words from Nature  VG+                                                        £130 57        British Seals  F/F                                                                                                  £90 60        British Birds of Prey                                                                                            £60 61            Inheritance & Natural History     F/F                                                       £90 62        British Tits  2 copies – real 1st Edns with buckram boards                       £40 each 63        British Thrushes   - real 1st Edn with buckram boards                                      £40 65            Waders  -  real 1st Edn with buckram boards                                                       £60 67            Farming & Wildlife               F/F                                                                        £75 68            Mammals in the British Isles   F/F                                                                       £120 72            Heathlands d/w lacks Collins imprint at base of spine and has no                                                                          printed price on front flap                                                                                  £200 73        The New Forest   dw same as Heathlands above                                          £200 75            Freshwater Fishes  -  slight fading to dw spine                                                  £650 77        The Soil  F/F                                                                                                             £500 82        The New Naturalists   2 copies – 1996 reprints of 1st Edn                         £100 each 83            Natural History of Pollination  spine to d/w faded                                           £200 84        Ireland                                                                                                                  £110 85        Plant Disease                                                                                                              £100 86            Lichens                                                                                                              £130 87            Amphibians & Reptiles                                                                                     £130 90        Moths                                                                                                                 £180 94            Seashore                                                                                                             £80 96        Fungi                                                                                                                   £70 97            Mosses & Liverworts                                                                                  £60 99        Gower                                                                                                                 £65 101            Galloway & The Borders                                                                                       £60 New Naturalists serials 103 onwards still available at our usual retail prices (cover price less 10%    (less 20% for Observatory members)). We also carry a number of New Nat. paperback titles in stock.   New Naturalist Monographs   1          The Badger                                                                                    £30 2          The Redstart                                                                                 £65 3          The Wren   some chips to spine of d/w                        £190 4          The Yellow Wagtail                                                                       £30 6          The Fulmar                                                                         £190 9          The Herring Gull’s World                                                  £35 11        The Heron                                                                        £175 12             Squirrels                                                                               £70 13        The Rabbit                                                                        £120 16        The Salmon                                                                        ``          £50 17        Lords & Ladies 1981 Memorial Edn                              £22 19            Oysters                                                                                 £180 20        The Wood Pigeon                                                               £60 21        The Trout                                                                           £60   Poyser Monographs   The Whooper Swan   (new stock)                           £41 The Bewick’s Swan  (new stock)                           £36 The Greater Flamingo  (new stock)                              £36 Wild Geese                                                                 £30 The Gannet                                                                £22.50 The Ancient Murrelet                                             £20 The Bee Eaters                                                 £26 The Raven                                                                  £22 The Magpies                                                              £30 Gulls – Guide to Identification                          £18 The Skuas                                                                  £40 Penguins                                                                     £31 The Nuthatches                                                     £30 The Sparrows                                                 £40 The Skylark                                                               £31 Pine Crossbills                                                        £75 The Pinyon Jay                                                      £18 The Spanish Imperial Eagle                                       £20 Tundra Plovers                                                            £31 Greenshanks                                                              £30 The Lapwing                                                  £36 Ducks of Britain & Europe                                                £26 Estuary Birds of Britain & Ireland                                    £15 Sea Birds – A Natural history                         £31 Cuckoos, Cowbirds & Other Cheats                      £22 The Barn Owl                                                 £30 Owls in Europe                                                            £26 The Sparrowhawk                                                  £80 The Kestrel                                                                £40 The Peregrine Falcon                                     £40 The Golden Eagle                                                   £30 Flight Identification of European Raptors                       £12   Poyser Population & General Studies Nat Hist of Cape Clear Island                          £200 Birds New to Britain & Ireland                                    £12 Birds New to Britain (Pitcher/Cleeves)                   £35   (Signed copy) Rare Birds in Britain & Ireland (Sharrock)            £10        “      “              “          “(Dymond/Fraser)        £20 Rare Birds Day by Day                                        £28 Red Data Birds in Britain                                     £15 Sea Bird Populations of Britain & Ireland                        £31 Man & Wildfowl                                                          £22 Status of Seabirds in Britain & Ireland                        £16 Breeding Birds in Britain & Ireland                          £8 Naturalised Birds of The World                          £36 Enjoying Ornithology                                                 £8 Birdwatcher’s Year                                                    £10 Weather & Bird Behaviour                                            £10 Bird Habitats in Britain                                            £14 Scotland Nature in Trust                                          £14 A Naturalist’s Shetland                                             £28 Birds in Scotland                                                          £32 Birds in Ireland                                                            £15 Birds in England                                                           £36 Atlas of Breeding Birds in Britain & Ireland                           1st Edn with overlays                       £10                     Later impressions                        from  £12 Atlas of Wintering Birds Brit & Ireland                  £15 The Migration Atlas                                                     £50   Plus other titles – some without d/ws   County & Regional Avifaunas   Most current and recent titles in stock – e.g. Birds of Dorset, Birds of Essex,  Birds of Wiltshire, Birds of Gwent, Birds of Suffolk, Birds of Lundy, Birds of the Scilly Isles etc @ 10 to 20% discount on RRP   Where to Watch Birds & Site Guides.   We stock most titles in the series plus many others in associated series @ Discount of between 10 and 20%   Helm & Pica Press Monographs   We stock a wide range of titles at between 10 and 20% discount – e.g   (Helms) Thrushes, New World Warblers, Wildfowl, Stonechates, Sunbirds, Finches & Sparrows, Nuthatches & Treecreepers, Shrikes, Crows & Jays, etc  and (Pica) Rails, Swifts, Nightjars, Skuas & Jaegers, Munias & Mannikins etc etc   Field Guides   We carry a very wide range of field guides for most countries and regions of the world, including most of the Helm and New Holland titles – all at discount of between 10 & 20%   Other Specialisations   We always have a wide range of titles in various specialisations, including  Flora & other plants,  Trees,  Mammals & Marine Mammals,   Moths,  Butterflies,  Beetles,  Bugs,  Spiders,  Ecology & Conservation issues, Geology, Wildlife Gardens  etc etc.   Natural History Art   We have a large stock of  titles by well known natural history artists – both current & out-of-print.     Remember  -   we are open on Wednesdays, Saturdays & Sundays From 10.00 am till 4.00 pm.   Come and browse!   Landline during shop hours 01305 826625. At other times the Hon Sec is pleased to take enquiries or orders at home on 01305 777991 or email nickpat15@talktalk.net