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Published by Collins. New Naturalist Series. 1972., 1972
ISBN 10: 0002132508ISBN 13: 9780002132503
Seller: Coch-y-Bonddu Books Ltd, MACHYNLLETH, United Kingdom
Association Member: PBFA
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(Hardcover, 1972). (1953) 1972 reprint. 8vo (151 x 223mm). Ppx,276. Colour & b/w photograph plates, b/w illustrations, maps, bibliography. Green buckram, spine titled in gilt. Slight use else very good in slightly used, price-clipped dust-wrapper. "The results of a lifetime's research and exploration". Comprehensive physical geography of the Weald of Kent, Sussex and Surrey with a detailed examination of all its constituent parts including flora, fauna and human settlement. Comprehensively illustrated with photographs and diagrams, as well as many colour plates of the landscape. Chapters include; the rocks of the Weald and their succession; the growth and geological structure of the Weald; the earlier stages of land sculpture; the later stages of land sculpture; the physique of the Weald; the Wealden coast; the soils of the Weald; the hydrology of the Weald; the chief vegetation communities of the Weald; some aspects of animal life in the Weald; archaeology and the earlier stage of human settlement; the Anglo-Saxon settlement and the village geography of the Weald; towns, roads and industries; agriculture and forestry in the Weald. Appendices show, base exchange and soil reaction, and, observations and notes on some of the animals of the Weald, by J.H.Sankey. .
Published by Collins. New Naturalist Series. 1972., 1968
ISBN 10: 0002130211ISBN 13: 9780002130219
Seller: Coch-y-Bonddu Books Ltd, MACHYNLLETH, United Kingdom
Association Member: PBFA
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(Hardcover, 1968). (1952) 1970s reprint. 8vo (150 x 223mm). Ppxii,410. Colour & b/w plates, illustrations, bibliography. Green buckram, spine titled in gilt. Possible ex library, lacks fep but clean and free of stamps, good reading copy. Adhesive plastic crudely applied to slightly soiled, non price-clipped dust-wrapper. This is a detailed study of the mammals of the British Isles, of which "we have only about fifty species of land mammals .if the whales, and the northern seals that rarely visit our shores are added, the list extends to about eighty at most." Chapters include: Mammal natural history; Mammal structure and function; Moles, shrews, and their allies; Bat biology; British bats; Rabbits, hares and rodents; More about rodents; Beasts of prey; Seals; Deer; Whales in general; Whales of British seas; The origin of the British mammal fauna. An appendix gives a list of living British mammals. .