£270
(New Naturalists), a collection of 26 assorted Collins New Naturalist series titles, of which 22 1st editions, all original green cloth gilt, all in dust wrappers, comprising B. Vesey-Fitzgerald: 'British Game', No.2, 1946, 1st edition; L. Dudley Stamp: 'Britain's Structure & Scenery', No.4, 1946, 1st edition, Autograph Letter Signed by Sir Laurence Dudley Stamp (1898-1966), geographer and naturalist, dated February 1959 on his headed paper loosely inserted, ownership signature of the geologist and glaciologist Geoffrey Hattersley-Smith (1923-2012) on FFEP; F. Fraser Darling & J. Morton Boyd: 'The Highlands & Islands', No.6, 1964, 1st edition; J. Ramsbottom: 'Mushrooms & Toadstools', No.7, 1953, 1st edition; A.D. Imms: 'Insect Natural History', No.8, 1947, 1st edition; W.B. Turrill: 'British Plant Life', No.10, 1971 reprint; C.M. Yonge: 'The Sea Shore', No.12, 1961 reprint; 'Snowdonie', No.13, 1949, 1st edition (2 copies); W. Blunt: 'The Art of Botanical Illustration', No.14, 1950, 1st edition; J.E. Lousley: 'Wild Flowers', No.16, 1971 reprint; H.J. Fleure: 'A Natural History of Man in Britain', No.18, 1951, 1st edition; V.S. Summerhayes: 'Wild Orchids of Britain', No.19, 1951, 1st edition; L.A. Harvey & D. St Leger-Gordon: 'Dartmoor', No.27, 1953, 1st edition; H.L. Edlin: 'Trees, Woods and Man', No.32, 1956, 1st edition; C.B. Williams: 'Insect Migration', No.36, 1958, 1st edition; E.A. Armstrong: 'The Folklore of Birds', No.39, 1958, 1st edition; J.B. Free & C.G. Butler: 'Bumblebees', No.40, 1959, 1st edition; K.C. Edwards: 'The Peak District', No.44, 1962, 1st edition (2 copies); L. Dudley Stamp & W.G. Hoskins: 'The Common Lands of England & Wales', No.45, 1963, 1st edition (2 copies); L. Dudley Stamp: 'Nature Conservation in Britain', No.49, 1969, 1st edition; M. Proctor & P. Yeo: 'The Pollination of Flowers', No.54, 1975 reprint; S. Potter & L. Sargent: 'Pedigree: Words from Nature', No.56, 1973, 1st edition; Christopher Perrins: 'British Tits', No.62, 1979, 1st edition (26)