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A Charm of Goldfinches and Other Collective Nouns
- £12.00
- A charm of goldfinches, an ascension of larks, a school of dolphins, a cloud of bats, a murder of crows. All these and more are portrayed in this enchanting new book by much loved artist Matt Sewell, playing on the theme of collective nouns for animals. Illustrated with MattÕs inimitable…
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A Fox Under My Cloak (A Chronicle of Ancient Sunlight: 5)
- £120.00
- A Fox under My Cloak (1954) was the fifth entry in Henry Williamson's fifteen-volume A Chronicle of Ancient Sunlight spanning the years from the late Victorian period to the Second World War. It follows Phillip Maddison into the Great War, surviving in the face of terror, from the famous Christmas…
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A Fox Under My Cloak (A Chronicle of Ancient Sunlight: 5)
- £70.00
- A Fox under My Cloak (1954) was the fifth entry in Henry Williamson's fifteen-volume A Chronicle of Ancient Sunlight spanning the years from the late Victorian period to the Second World War. It follows Phillip Maddison into the Great War, surviving in the face of terror, from the famous Christmas…
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A Thousand Geese
- £35.00
- The account of two well-known ornithologists and others on an expedition to the Hofsjkull in 1951,not onlyl discovered as the principal breeding-ground of the pinkfoot in Iceland, but succeeded in catching and marking 1151 geese and goslings.
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Cairn (SIGNED)
- £35.00
- This marvel of a book is a profound meditation on the precariousness of the planet ... these pieces kept bringing tears to my eyes, catching me offguard ... it is what art or, in this case, wonderful writing can do' Kate Kellaway, Observer. Cairn: A marker on open land, a…
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Dwell (SIGNED)
- £50.00
- This gorgeously illustrated collection of poems illuminates and reimagines the ingenious, fragile dwellings of the living creatures around us. Poet Laureate Simon Armitage was inspired to write these poems by the Lost Gardens of Heligan in Cornwall, an ambitious restoration project where history and mystery coexist. The reawakened landscape with…
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Man and Nature on the Broads
- £60.00
- A portrait of the nature in the late-Victorian-era Norfolk Broads. Many beautiful drawings by the author who was also known by his pseudonym 'John Knowlittle' and is widely regarded as the foremost naturalist of his time in Norfolk and the Broads. Man and Nature on the Broads
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Morning Flight: a book of Wildfowl
- £35.00
- Peter Scott made most of his wildfowl studies in the marshes of East Anglia, and this book (his first of many) first came out in 1936. The Times: It is safe to say that no one else could bring off the right and left, write the text and paint these…
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Peter Scott: Painter & Naturalist
- £18.00
- Son of the Antarctic explorer Captain Scott, Peter Scott fulfilled his father's dying wish that he should become "a strenuous man". A championship-class skater and dinghy-racer as well as an accomplished painter, Scott's abiding passion was for wildlife. He travelled the world hunting and painting rare birds, then gave up…
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The Beauties of Wiltshire interspersed with Anecdotes of the Arts (vols I&II)
- £120.00
- The Beauties Of Wiltshire, Displayed In Statistical, Historical, And Descriptive Sketches: Interspersed With Anecdotes Of The Arts. Vol. I & II - each site accompanied by engravings, covering Stonehenge, Bowood, Longleat, Wilton, Longford etc
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The Power of the Dead (A Chronicle of Ancient Sunlight: 11)
- £30.00
- Volume eleven of The Chronicle of Ancient Sunlight. Twelve hundred acres of downland valley with a trout stream await an heir and Sir Hilary Maddison wants his only nephew Phillip to learn farming the hard way, beginning as a labourer and rising to a tenancy-for-life. But Phillip has other ideas.…
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The Scandaroon
- £20.00
- After completing the 15-volume saga of The Chronicle of Ancient Sunlight, Williamson returned to the story he had previously put aside about a pigeon. This was his last novel to be published in his lifetime.
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Travel Diaries of a Naturalist: vol 1
- £15.00
- First of 3 volumes of the renowned naturalist's diaries. Vol 1 covers Australia, New Zealand, New Guinea, Africa, Galapagos Islands, Antarctica, Falkland Islands.
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Travel Diaries of a Naturalist: vol 2 (SIGNED)
- £50.00
- Second of 3 volumes of the renowned naturalist's diaries. Vol 2 covers Hawaii, California, Alaska, Florida, Bahamas, Iceland, Norway, Spitzbergen, Greenland, Israel, Romania, Siberia.
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Travel Diaries of a Naturalist: vol 3
- £20.00
- Third of 3 volumes of the renowned naturalist's diaries. Vol 3 covers Japan, Indonesia, Hong Kong, China, Mongolia, Philippines, Malaysia, Australia, New Zealand.
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A Charm of Goldfinches and Other Collective Nouns
- £12.00
- A charm of goldfinches, an ascension of larks, a school of dolphins, a cloud of bats, a murder of crows. All these and more are portrayed in this enchanting new book by much loved artist Matt Sewell, playing on the theme of collective nouns for animals. Illustrated with MattÕs inimitable…
- Add to basket
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A Fox Under My Cloak (A Chronicle of Ancient Sunlight: 5)
- £120.00
- A Fox under My Cloak (1954) was the fifth entry in Henry Williamson's fifteen-volume A Chronicle of Ancient Sunlight spanning the years from the late Victorian period to the Second World War. It follows Phillip Maddison into the Great War, surviving in the face of terror, from the famous Christmas…
- Add to basket
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A Fox Under My Cloak (A Chronicle of Ancient Sunlight: 5)
- £70.00
- A Fox under My Cloak (1954) was the fifth entry in Henry Williamson's fifteen-volume A Chronicle of Ancient Sunlight spanning the years from the late Victorian period to the Second World War. It follows Phillip Maddison into the Great War, surviving in the face of terror, from the famous Christmas…
- Add to basket
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A Thousand Geese
- £35.00
- The account of two well-known ornithologists and others on an expedition to the Hofsjkull in 1951,not onlyl discovered as the principal breeding-ground of the pinkfoot in Iceland, but succeeded in catching and marking 1151 geese and goslings.
- Add to basket
-
Cairn (SIGNED)
- £35.00
- This marvel of a book is a profound meditation on the precariousness of the planet ... these pieces kept bringing tears to my eyes, catching me offguard ... it is what art or, in this case, wonderful writing can do' Kate Kellaway, Observer. Cairn: A marker on open land, a…
- Add to basket
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Dwell (SIGNED)
- £50.00
- This gorgeously illustrated collection of poems illuminates and reimagines the ingenious, fragile dwellings of the living creatures around us. Poet Laureate Simon Armitage was inspired to write these poems by the Lost Gardens of Heligan in Cornwall, an ambitious restoration project where history and mystery coexist. The reawakened landscape with…
- Add to basket
-
Man and Nature on the Broads
- £60.00
- A portrait of the nature in the late-Victorian-era Norfolk Broads. Many beautiful drawings by the author who was also known by his pseudonym 'John Knowlittle' and is widely regarded as the foremost naturalist of his time in Norfolk and the Broads. Man and Nature on the Broads
- Add to basket
-
Morning Flight: a book of Wildfowl
- £35.00
- Peter Scott made most of his wildfowl studies in the marshes of East Anglia, and this book (his first of many) first came out in 1936. The Times: It is safe to say that no one else could bring off the right and left, write the text and paint these…
- Add to basket
-
Peter Scott: Painter & Naturalist
- £18.00
- Son of the Antarctic explorer Captain Scott, Peter Scott fulfilled his father's dying wish that he should become "a strenuous man". A championship-class skater and dinghy-racer as well as an accomplished painter, Scott's abiding passion was for wildlife. He travelled the world hunting and painting rare birds, then gave up…
- Add to basket
-
The Beauties of Wiltshire interspersed with Anecdotes of the Arts (vols I&II)
- £120.00
- The Beauties Of Wiltshire, Displayed In Statistical, Historical, And Descriptive Sketches: Interspersed With Anecdotes Of The Arts. Vol. I & II - each site accompanied by engravings, covering Stonehenge, Bowood, Longleat, Wilton, Longford etc
- Add to basket
-
The Power of the Dead (A Chronicle of Ancient Sunlight: 11)
- £30.00
- Volume eleven of The Chronicle of Ancient Sunlight. Twelve hundred acres of downland valley with a trout stream await an heir and Sir Hilary Maddison wants his only nephew Phillip to learn farming the hard way, beginning as a labourer and rising to a tenancy-for-life. But Phillip has other ideas.…
- Add to basket
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The Scandaroon
- £20.00
- After completing the 15-volume saga of The Chronicle of Ancient Sunlight, Williamson returned to the story he had previously put aside about a pigeon. This was his last novel to be published in his lifetime.
- Add to basket
-
Travel Diaries of a Naturalist: vol 1
- £15.00
- First of 3 volumes of the renowned naturalist's diaries. Vol 1 covers Australia, New Zealand, New Guinea, Africa, Galapagos Islands, Antarctica, Falkland Islands.
- Add to basket
-
Travel Diaries of a Naturalist: vol 2 (SIGNED)
- £50.00
- Second of 3 volumes of the renowned naturalist's diaries. Vol 2 covers Hawaii, California, Alaska, Florida, Bahamas, Iceland, Norway, Spitzbergen, Greenland, Israel, Romania, Siberia.
- Add to basket
-
Travel Diaries of a Naturalist: vol 3
- £20.00
- Third of 3 volumes of the renowned naturalist's diaries. Vol 3 covers Japan, Indonesia, Hong Kong, China, Mongolia, Philippines, Malaysia, Australia, New Zealand.
- Add to basket