Mushrooms and Toadstools, New Naturalist, collins (73 results)

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Reprint. Dustwrapper slightly rubbed, especially to edges and top and bottom of spine. No fading or tears, not price clipped. No inscriptions, illustrated. Very good condition copy with very little internal wear. Heavy book, will require additional postage outside the UK.

Green Cloth. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: No Dust Jacket. Paul L De Laszlo (illustrator). New Edition. THE NEW NATURALIST 7 First edition October 1953, new edition October 1954, xiv, 306pp, illustrated with colour and black & white photographic plates, frontispiece starting to come loose, pages clean and crisp, green cloth with gilt spine lettering - a very good copy without dust jacket. Size: 8.75 x 6 Inches. Natural History.

Hardcover. Condition: Good. Light wear to boards. Content is clean with slight toning and some spotting. DJ has some edge wear, light toning and some spotting.

Hardcover. Condition: Poor. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. Collins New Naturalist 7. generally very good first edition in a very good but price clipped dust wrapper, protected in plastic cover. Name on fly leaf, but main issue is that 3 inch tears at the top of pages 2-10 have been repaired with sellotape, which has stained as sellotape does - a great reading copy therefore but not one for the collector as such. Excellent dust wrapper.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Included. 1954 edition, very good hardback in very good dustwrapper which has spine darkened and reinforced with clear sellotape at each end,

3rd impression 1959. A little light foxing on end papers otherwise a very nice bright, tidy copy Used - Very Good. VG hardback (no dust jacket).

Condition: VG. 84 color photos 58 b/w photo (illustrator). 4th imp. Amazing photos, esp a 4 part series showing a toadstool with toad at its base and then climbing up it to sit on top. Index and bibliography, Dedicated to former colleagues British Museum (Natural History) 1910-1950 in friendship. Owner name front endpaper.

Unknown Binding. Condition: Very Good. Collins. Unknown Binding. Very Good.

Condition: Good. Light wear to boards. Content is clean with slight toning. DJ has some edge wear, light toning and spotting. Price clipped.

7th impression, 1977. A bright, tidy copy in tight binding. Dust jacket a little faded on spine; neatly protected in adhesive clear film, attached to pastedowns. Used - Very Good. VG hardback in Good dust jacket.

Hardcover. Condition: ACCEPTABLE. 1977. Collins. Hardcover. ACCEPTABLE DJ; Acceptable, edgewear. Protective covered. 9x6.

hard cover with dust jacket. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. New Naturalist No. 7. Illustrated with photographs in colour and black and white. 22 cm. XIV, 306 pages VG/VG. Very good book in very good price-clipped dust jacket with light shelf wear, name crossed out on front endpaper. Dust jacket protected by plastic cover taped to inside of jacket.

Cloth. Condition: VG+. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. Paul L. De Laszlo (illustrator). Second Edition. Important study of British mushrooms and toadstools. 'The New Naturalist Library No. 7'. 306pp, illustrated with 84 colour photographs & 58 b&w photographs. Bright, clean interior. Unmarked, inside or outside, except for a relevant note in ink to page x. Tight, square binding. No wear to bright, spotless, green cloth. A little creasing to first three leaves where cover closed on folded pages. Colorful and attractive dustjacket, with artwork by Clifford and Rosemary Ellis, is clean and unclipped. It shows only minor wear to some edges and has a couple of tiny edge tears closed with acid-free tape and nearly invisible. An attractive copy. Scan available. Weight, 686g.

The New Naturalist Series, No. 7. xiv+306pp., with 84 colour photographs by Paul L.de Lazlo and others and 58 black and white photographs. G++ , clean copy; some spotting to edges, which are also slightly yellowed. G+, intact dw.; slight spotting to dw.; rubbing and minor tearing to perimeter.

Green cloth with gilt title in very good, clipped dustwrapper. No.7 in The New Naturalist Series. With 84 colour photographs and 58 in black and white. A little thumbed to fore-edge, otherwise a very good copy of the sixth impression. pp. xiv, 306.

84 colour & 58 b&w photos (illustrator). New Edition. 8 3/4 x 6 1/4", xiv, 306 pp., Part of The New Naturalist series. A comprehensive general work on British fungi. The final chapters treat topics like bird's, nest fungi and other Gasteromycetes, truffles, and penicillin. VG. Green cloth. Bright, crisp copy. No writing. Stain to p. 130, without DJ.

fourth impression, 8vo. 222mm by 160mm. (pp. 306), original green buckram, spine lettered in gilt, with dust jacket designed by Clifford and Rosemary Ellis, price unclipped, A very good copy with very good dust jacket, covers bright and binding firm, pictorial bookplate on front endpaper of the late N. A. Whinfrey of Punch Magazine and Fellow of the Royal Geographical Society, bookplate partly browned, slight wear to edges of head and foot of spine of dust jacket and small mark on back of dust jacket otherwise very good.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Includes dust jacket. Collins, London, 1963 4th Impression. 8vo. 306pp. Colour and Bl & Wh illus. Hardcover in age toned, unclipped dj held in protective sleeve. Binding firm, text and images bright. ALL ITEMS ARE SENT BY ROYAL MAIL. DISPATCHED FROM THE UK WITHIN 24 HOURS ( BOOKS ORDERED OVER THE WEEKEND DISPATCHED ON MONDAY) BY ROYAL MAIL. ALL OVERSEAS ORDERS SENT BY AIR MAIL. WE ALSO ACCEPT PAYMENT IN US DOLLARS OR EURO BY BANK TRANSFER. IF YOU ARE LOCATED OUTSIDE THE UK PLEASE ASK US FOR A POSTAGE QUOTE FOR MULTI VOLUME SETS BEFORE ORDERING.

Green Buckram. Condition: Fine. No Jacket. 1st Edition. 306p original 1st edition in remarkably fine state - no signatures, buckram and gilt titling as new. Only fault is part of a ? booksellers stamp at bottom right of fep - 3cms x 0.5cm. No d/w.

Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Near Fine. Sixth Impression. A sixth impression copy, pp. 306, b/w photographs, b/w diagrams & maps. Dust jacket near fine, no foxing, price-clipped, clear sleeve a little wrinkled. Green buckram boards bright, no fading. Contents clean and tight, presentation plate from Collins to Churchtown Farm field studies centre on the pastedown and stamp to front free endpaper, no inscriptions. Near fine copy. [Collecting the New Naturalists NN7F] Size: 8vo. Book.

Hardcover. Condition: Used: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. First edition. Very good hardcover in dust jacket. Corners bumped, minimal insect chewing to bottom edge of cloth. First edition of Number 7 in the New Naturalist Library.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. 2nd Edition. Second British edition, first printing, 1954. With original unclipped jacket (30s). The New Naturalist number seven. Index. Profusely illustrated. Jacket has patchy edge/shelf wear, a few small (approx. 1cm) tears, little patchy loss (mainly to tail of spine and to corners), mild foxing/odd small mark, little patchy browning (including to spine), little creasing/rubbing to edges and a little pushing/bumping to corners. Boards are near fine with a hint of pushing to corners and minor pushing to tail of spine. Minor spine lean. Pages are generally clean and the binding is tight. Top of pages slightly dusty with mild foxing. Odd spot of foxing to page edges and bottoms. One small mark to lower corner of a few pages. Pages little tanned. Occasional small mark/spot of foxing to pages. No other faults. All books described honestly and accurately. Paypal accepted.

Hardback. Condition: GOOD. 1954. Collins. Hard Cover. Book- Good, gilt titles on spine, green boards, boards marked. 8.5x5.5. 306pp. Colour frontis, 83 colour photos, 58 b/w photos.

hardback, 8vo, xiv,306pp, 84 colour photos, 58 b/w, a small date-stamp on endpaper, edges browned, text clean and sound, green cloth, Very Good condition in browned and frayed dustwrapper.

A study of the activities of fungi. Coloured & b&w photos throughout. VG in dustwrapper which has had approx 1cm trimmed from the top edge otherwise VG.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. Fifth Edition. NEW NATURALIST SERIES [number 7] 5th impression 1969, xiv + 306pp, 84col illus and 58 b+ w , green cloth , with dustwrapper; New Naturalist; Octavo.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. Book - covers faded but contents very good, dust jacket (minor nicks and a little rubbed, spine tanned). Gift inscription written on front board.

Hardcover. Condition: good. . 1953 New naturalist, with very slight foxing and minor wear to dustjacket & end paers, owners name, col illus clean copy, Professional bookseller since 1981.

(S/hand / used, Hardcover, 1953). 1953 1st edition. 8vo (152 x 222mm). Ppxiv,306. Colour photographs of fungi, b/w photographs, bibliography. Green buckram, spine titled in gilt. Slight use, gift inscription, slight soiling to end-papers and edges. Good-plus in spotted and slightly soiled dust-wrapper. Britain's "neglect of fungi as table delicacies has perhaps been responsible for our surprising ignorance of the natural history of such fascinating plants." John Ramsbottom, erstwhile Keeper of Botany at the Natural History Museum and fungi specialist, sets out to rectify our collective ignorance. Chapters include: Names; History; Habitats; Poisonous and edible fungi (two chapters); Mushroom growing; Growth; Spore production and spore characters; Sex; Fairy rings; Rhizomorphs and sclerotia; Ergot and cordyceps; Luminosity; Puff-balls and earth-stars; Stink-horns and other Phalloids; Grasslands, marshes and sand-dunes; Mycorrhiza and other fungal associations; Woodlands, dry rot; Bird's nest fungi and other gasteromycetes; Truffles; Penicillin. A splendid book, essential reading for any mushroom enthusiast. .

First edition, super octavo hardcover (VG) in d/w (VG-); all our specials have minimal description to keep listing them viable. They are at least reading copies, complete and in reasonable condition, but usually secondhand; frequently they are superior examples.Ordering more than one book will reduce your overall postage cost.