THE GREENSHANK New Naturalist Monograph No. 5 by NETHERSOLE-THOMPSON Desmond

London: Collins, 1951. First Edition. Hardcover. Near Fine/Good. Near fine hardcover in price-clipped dust jacket of the First Edition Small piece missing from top of dust jacket spine. Previous owner's name stamp on top and bottom edges. No. 5 in the New Naturalist Monograph series.

London: Collins, 1951. Book. Very Good. Hardcover. First Edition. 8vo. pp. xii, 244, with 4 colour and 42 b/w photographs & 12 text figures. No 5 in the New Naturalist monograph series. Dust jacket bright, no fading, chip to top corner carefully repaired, and a little wear to the top of the spine only, now protected in a removable clear archival sleeve, not price-clipped. Green buckram boards, clean, fine. Contents clean and tight, usual toning to the front free endpaper, fore-edges a little spotted, no inscriptions. A very good copy in a very good jacket.[Collecting the New Naturalists M5A].

London: Collins, 1951. Book. Fine. Hardcover. First Edition. 8vo. pp. xii, 244, with 4 colour and 42 b/w photographs & 12 text figures. No 5 in the New Naturalist monograph series. Dust jacket bright, no fading, small strip of re-enforcement to the reverse of the top of the spine, now protected in a removable clear archival sleeve, not price-clipped. Green buckram boards, clean, fine. Contents clean and tight, a little toning to endpapers, no inscriptions or marks. A fine copy in a near fine jacket.[Collecting the New Naturalists M5A].

London: Collins, 1951. First edition, 1951. Hardback.xii, 244pp. Dust jacket in a protective sleeve. The greenshank, whose thrilling spring song can be heard as it flies above the pines of the ancient "Caledonian" Forest of Speyside, is certainly one of the most romantic and beautiful waders of the Highlands. It is here, within sight of the great central mountains of the Cairngorms, that most greenshanks nest in Britain. The author had always been a field worker and lived in the heart of this primeval Scottish forest. Denis Nethersole-Thompson has investigated this bird with thoroughness and scientific accuracy. 4 colour photographs, 42 black & white photographs, 12 maps & diagrams. Dust jacket design by Clifford and Rosemary Ellis. Book in very good condition. Very slight spotting to text block edges. Light toning to endpapers. Dust jacket very good and unclipped. Some discolouration to spine, also to rear and edges of flaps.