1955-1981 1955 Man and the Land 1956 The Open Sea: The World of Plankton 1957 The World of Soil 1962 The Peak District 1963 The Common Lands of England and Wales 1971 The Open Sea II: Fish and Fisheries 1971 Insect Migration 1971 Woodland Birds 1971 Mountain Flowers 1974 British Seals 1976 Moths 1976 British Birds of Prey 1978 British Thrushes 1978 Trees, Woods and Man 1981 The Natural History of Wales

Description

Colour Plates, Early Edition, First Edition, Illustrated, Original Binding, With Dustwrapper

An impressive collection of fifteen works that were published for The New Naturalist series by Collins publishers.

Each in the original dust wrappers and original cloth bindings. 

Each work is adorned with colour and monochrome plates, as well as maps, diagrams and in-text illustrations. 

This set covers a broad range of natural history subjects relevant to the British Isles. 

The aim of the series was "To interest the general reader in the wildlife of Britain by recapturing the inquiring spirit of the old naturalists".

This set holds various editions of volumes: 30, 31, 32, 33, 34, 35, 37, 36, 44, 45, 52, 57, 60, 63 and 66. Those without edition remarks can be assumed to be first editions. 


Man and the Land by L. Dudley Stamp (1955) - Twenty-four plates of colour photographs and thirty-two plates of monochrome photographs.

The Open Sea: The World of Plankton by Alister Hardy (1956) – Twenty of twenty-two plates of colour plates. Lacking plates 1, 2, 3 & 4. With twenty-four monochrome plates.

The World of the Soil by Sir E. John Russell (1957) - Publishers advertisement to the rear. With two plates of colour photographs, twenty-four plates of monochrome photographs.

The Peak District by K. C. Edwards (1962) - Four colour plates and twenty-four monochrome plates.

The Common Lands of England and Wales by W. G. Hoskins and L. Dudley Stamp (1963) - Four plates of colour photographs and twenty-four monochrome plates.

The Open Sea II: Fish and Fisheries by Sir Alister Hardy (1971) - Fourth impression. With sixteen colour plates and thirty-two plates of monochrome photographs.

Insect Migration by C. B. Williams (1971) - Later printing of the 1958 first edition. With eight plates of colour photographs and sixteen monochrome plates. With four pages of publisher’s advertisements to the rear.

Woodland Birds by Eric Simms (1971) [£45] - Four colour plates and twenty-four plates of monochrome photographs.

Mountain Flowers by John Raven and Max Walters (1971) - Later printing of the 1956 first edition. Sixteen plates of colour photographs and twenty-four monochrome plates.

British Seals by H. R. Hewer (1974) - With twenty four monochrome plates.

Moths by E. B. Ford (1976) - Later printing of the third edition. Thirty-two plates of colour photographs and twenty-four plates of monochrome photographs.

British Birds of Prey by Leslie Brown (1976) - With sixteen plates of monochrome photographs.

British Thrushes by Eric Simms (1978) - With twenty-four plates of monochrome photographs and illustrations throughout the text.

Trees, Woods and Man by H. L. Edlin (1978) - Later printing of third (revised) edition. With twelve plates of colour photographs and twenty-four plates of monochrome photographs.

The Natural History of Wales by William M. Condry (1981) Twenty-four plates of monochrome photographs and maps throughout the text.


Collated complete.