Portland
Bird Observatory
and Field Centre
Natural History Book Shop - secondhand books
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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 decorated leather bindings – some expert repair but in excellent condition £175
Gilbert White’s Natural History of Selborne – James Harting’s 2nd Edition 1876 with the “Norfolk” letters. Very Good condition £40
Charles Darwin – Descent of Man - 2nd Edn 1887 John Murray, London. Dark-green cloth binding – excellent condition £100
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 - Wild Norway - 1st Edn 1897 VGC £250
Wild Spain - 1st Edn 1893 VGC £350
Unexplored Spain – 1st Edn 1910 VGC £350
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 Vols 4, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10 & 11 @ £18 each – all vgc in d/ws
Warne Wayside & Woodland Series
Wayside & Woodland Trees - 1st Edn 1904 VGC two copies each £15
Wayside & Woodland Ferns - 1st Edn 1908 VGC £12
Wayside & Woodland Butterflies 1st Edn 1906 VGC two copies each £20
Caterpillars of British Butterflies - 1st Edn 1944 fine in fine d/w £20
Birds of British Isles & Their Nests & Eggs 3-Vol set 1941 printing; fine condition in fine dustwrappers - an exceptional set £75
1969 (1st Edn) Revision three-vols-in –one VGC £20
Plus many other W & W titles including a number of two-vol and three-vol sets, some with d/ws, some without, at prices, for single vols, from £5
The New Naturalist Series
We always carry a comprehensive stock of 1st editions and reprints, and for members we offer a standing order service for new titles at around 20% discount
Current stock of 1st Edns, all in fine condition with fine d/ws unless otherwise stated, includes:
1 Butterflies VGC £50
3 London’s Natural History £20
5 Wild Flowers £30
6a Nat Hist of Highlands & Islands 1947 two copies each £50
6b Highlands & Islands 1964 £22
8 Insect Natural History £35
11 Mountains & Moorlands £30
14 Art of Botanical Illustration VGC £80
16
Wild Flowers of Chalk & Limestone
named
bookplate £40
18 Natural History of Man in Britain £45
19
Wild Orchids in Britain £40
21
British Mammals small
repair to d/w £45
22
Climate & the British Scene
small repair to d/w £65
26
The Weald £60
27 Dartmoor
£60
31
Man & The Land repair
to d/w £60
33 Mountain Flowers very
fine copy
£75
35
The World of the Soil
d/w has some small chips £60
36
Insect Migration
3
copies 1
@ £80 & 2 @ £100
37
The Open Sea II Fish &
Fisheries £85
38
The World of Spiders Spine
to d/w faded £60
39
Folklore of Birds 3
copies 1
@ £235 & 2 @ £250
40
Bumblebees 3 copies 1
@ £250 & 2 @ £300
42
Fossils £60
43
Weeds & Aliens £100
44
The Peak District £45
45
The Common Lands of England & Wales
Ex Lib but v clean £80
46
The Broads some small creases to d/w £135
47
The Snowdonia National Park £40
52
Woodland Birds £60
53
The Lake District 3
copies 1 @ £60
& 2 @ £70
54
The Pollination of Flowers very
fine copy £225
56
Pedigree – Words from Nature £225
58
Hedges bookplate £100
59
Ants £175
60
British Birds of Prey £60
61
Inheritance & Natural History
bookplate £110
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
66
Natural History of Wales
£80
67
Farming & Wildlife
£80
70
Natural History of Orkney -
Full-size rebind – superb quality Indistinguishable from 1st Edn boards, laser d/w. £400
71
British Warblers 3
copies – Full size rebinds – superb quality Indistinguishable from 1st Edn boards – laser d/ws
£120 each
72
Heathlands d/w lacks Collins imprint at
base of spine and has no printed price on front flap £250
75
Freshwater Fish - rebind
with laser d/w (as 70 & 71) £375
78
British Larks, Pipits & Wagtails
rebind with laser d/w (as 70 & 71) £160
80 Wild & Garden Plants rebind with laser d/w (as 70 & 71) £120
82
The New Naturalists 2nd
Edn 1996 2 copies £150
each
83 Natural History of Pollination spine
to d/w faded £130
84
Ireland £95
85
Plant Disease £120
86
Lichens £130
87 Amphibians & Reptiles £150
88
Loch Lomonside £90
89
The Broads £90
91
Nature Conservation some biro markings within text
£45
94 Seashore £80
96
Fungi
£70
97 Mosses & Liverworts £80
98 Bumblebees £75
100 Woodlands
£45
New
Naturalists serials 103 onwards still available at our usual retail prices
(cover price less 10% for
non-members and 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 £175
16
The Salmon £50
17
Lords & Ladies 1981 Memorial Edn £22
19 Oysters £200
20
The Wood Pigeon £75
21
The Trout £75
(We are a bit short of NN monograph titles at present)
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 £22.50
The
Skuas £40
Penguins
(new stock) £31
The
Nuthatches £30
The
Sparrows £40
The
Skylark £31
Pine
Crossbills £75
The
Pinyon Jay £18
Tundra
Plovers £31
Greenshanks £30
The
Lapwing (new
stock) £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
The
Sparrowhawk £80
The
Kestrel £40
The
Peregrine Falcon £40
The
Goshawk £60
Flight
Identification of European Raptors £12
Poyser
Population & General Studies
Birds
New to Britain & Ireland £12
Birds New to Britain (Pitcher/Cleeves) £35 (Signed copy)
Scarce
Migrant Birds in Britain & Ireland £40
Rare
Birds in Britain & Ireland (Sharrock) £10
“ “
“
“(Dymond/Fraser) £20
Rare
Birds Day by Day £28
Birds
& Berries £18
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 Scotland £28
Birds
in Scotland £32
Birds
in Ireland £15
Birds
in England £36
Birds
of the Strait of Gibraltar £32
Birds
of the Middle East & Nth Africa £12
EBCC
Atlas of European Breeding Birds £35
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
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