Natural History from Mark Fraser's Books

First edition, first printing of this sequel to "Ring of Bright Water". (I also have the third part of the trilogy for sale separately, "Raven, Seek Thy Brother") This book is in great condition, considering it's 60 years old now. The book itself has grey boards with gilt text to the spine, and is practically faultless. No markings or inscriptions. The wrapper is unclipped,… Read more about this item

An interesting first edition of Durrell's first book. The green boards with blue text to the spine are in surprisingly good condition. The front board is slightly bowed, there is some dustiness to one side of the base of the spine where the wrapper is worn, and one corner has a slight bump. Otherwise the boards are in really good clean… Read more about this item

Beautiful first edition copy from Black's 7/6 series dated 1911. Lovely colourful decorated boards with only slight edge-wear. Gift inscription to frontispiece. Benger's tipped-in tissue-covered illustrations throughout. Priced corner torn off.

A lovely copy of "the true sequel to Ring of Bright Water". First edition. With brown cloth and gilt text to the spine, the book is in excellent condition, filled with Robin McEwen's delightful drawings along with black-and-white photos taken mainly by the author - but also some with credits to Time/Life. Small previous owners name has been tippexed. The dust-wrapper is also in… Read more about this item

Nice bright first edition of "the first comprehensive survey of the larger introduced animals of the British Isles". Book is in close to fine condition, with no markings or inscriptions, and some minor foxing only to the front and rear inside covers and to the tops of the pages. The dustjacket is unclipped, showing the 18s price, and beautifully designed… Read more about this item

First edition from 1946 of No. 2 in the Collins New Naturalist series, British Game by Vesey-Fitzgerald. The book has green buckram boards with gilt lettering to the spine and some spotting to the front and rear inner boards and facing pages. There are 81 black-and-white photos and 28 beautiful colour reproductions of paintings by John Gould, Landseer, Peter Scott… Read more about this item