Colston Perring Editors (2 results)

ALL UK PARCELS SENT TRACKED! ALL OVERSEAS PARCELS SENT AIRMAIL, TRACKED! (S/hand, Hardcover, 1989). 1989 1st edition. 4to (206 x 266mm). Pp176. Colour and b/w illustrations by D.J. Watkins-Pitchford and others, map end-papers. Maroon boards, gilt hedgehog motif to upper board, spine titled in gilt. Ex library, usual faults but clean copy in dust-wrapper. "A major Midlands county, Northamptonshire is in the grip of development - roads proliferate, arable overtakes traditional farming, and housing spreads ever more rapidly. The county's wildlife faces a massive challenge. Chapters include; The geology, by Alan Dawn; Our naturalists, by Ioan Thomas; Ashton Wold, by Miriam Rothschild; The changing vegetation, by Jeffrey A. Best; Woodlands, by Jonathon Spencer; The birds of Short Wood, by Nick Owens; Grassland, by Susan Page; Freshwater, by David Harper; The Welland Valley, by Oliver Maxim; A parish in the Western Uplands, by Ruth Moffat; Wild flowers, by Gill Gent; Lichens, by Tom Chester; Mammals, reptiles & amphibians, by Phil Richardson; Birds, by Robert Bullock and Cliff Christie; Butterflies and dragonflies, by Peter Gent and Richard Eden; . …

ALL UK PARCELS SENT TRACKED! ALL OVERSEAS PARCELS SENT AIRMAIL, TRACKED! (S/hand, Hardcover, 1989). 1989 1st edition. 4to (206 x 266mm). Pp176. Colour and b/w illustrations by D.J. Watkins-Pitchford and others, map end-papers. Maroon boards, gilt hedgehog motif to upper board, spine titled in gilt. Good-plus in dust-wrapper. "A major Midlands county, Northamptonshire is in the grip of development - roads proliferate, arable overtakes traditional farming, and housing spreads ever more rapidly. The county's wildlife faces a massive challenge. Chapters include; The geology, by Alan Dawn; Our naturalists, by Ioan Thomas; Ashton Wold, by Miriam Rothschild; The changing vegetation, by Jeffrey A. Best; Woodlands, by Jonathon Spencer; The birds of Short Wood, by Nick Owens; Grassland, by Susan Page; Freshwater, by David Harper; The Welland Valley, by Oliver Maxim; A parish in the Western Uplands, by Ruth Moffat; Wild flowers, by Gill Gent; Lichens, by Tom Chester; Mammals, reptiles & amphibians, by Phil Richardson; Birds, by Robert Bullock and Cliff Christie; Butterflies and dragonflies, by Peter Gent and Richard Eden; . …