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1947. First Edition. 303 pages. No dust jacket. Green cloth boards with gilt lettering. Contains black and white and colour illustrations. Clean pages and illustrations with noticeable tanning and foxing throughout. More pronounced to free endpapers and pastedowns. Pencil and pen markings to front free endpaper. Bookseller sticker stuck to front pastedown. Minor water staining to bottom edges textblock. Binding remains firm. Boards have moderate edge-wear with bumping to corners and rubbing to surfaces. Gilt lettering is darkened. Moderate sunning to spine and edges with crushing to spine ends. Book has a forward lean. Visible wear marks to boards.

WITH 303 PAGES ,46 COLOURED ILLUSTRATIONS, 55 BLACK AND WHITE ILLUSTRATIONS, 24 MAPS AND DIAGRAMS, , GREEN CLOTH , HARD COVER , NO DUST JACKET , VERY GOOD CONDITION

Collins., 1947-01-01. 1st Thus, 1st. Imp. VG+/GD/ND. Box X42 HARDBACK "NEW NATURALIST VOL. 6," SHIPPED FROM THE UK* Edition: 1st. Thus.* Impression: 1st.* Date of Publication: 1947 * Publisher: Collins.* Binding and cover condition: Mid green cloth, gilt title to spine only. No bumps or rubs, considerable marks to both boards. GOOD.* Jacket condition: No dust wrapper. ND * Contents condition: PRIVATE COPY NOT EX-LIBRARY. Clean, crisp, tight and bright with no reading wear, no marks to text, a few slight marks, otherwise no visible faults. VG+.* Illustrations: 46 Colour & 55 b/w photos, with 24 maps and line drawn diagrams within text throughout. * Pages: 264 pp. text. xl pp. bibliography, maps, index and blank pages at rear.* Description: The aim of this series is to interest the general reader in the wild life of Britain by recapturing the inquiring spirit of the old naturalists. There are chapters in this volume on the Geology and Climate, the Relief and Scenery, The Human Factor and the Deer Forest, The Pine Forest, Birch Wood and Oak Wood, The Hills, The Shore, The Sub Oceanic Island and the Fresh Water Lochs and Rivers.* A VG+ text copy of the 1st./1st. with some age and wear reducing it to GD. No dust jacket.* 0 304 pp. 1947-01-01