Soil by Davis, New Naturalist, collins (21 results)

Soft Cover. Condition: Very Good ++. First Edition. Trade paperback, 192 pages, "With 14 colour photographs and 100 black and white photographs and drawings"; very light creases to covers, one very pale red ink smudge to fore edge, but very clean and unmarked, unread condition, otherwise almost as new. See also our listings for Ronald Gaddie`s Earthworms for Ecology and Profit, Volume II (Vol Two, 2): Earthworms and the Ecology, and for William Logan`s Dirt: The Ecstatic Skin of the Earth.

Soft cover. Condition: Very Good++. 8vo. pp, 192. New Naturalist series. First edition thus. Original pictorial wraps. Some signs of use but an acceptable copy.

Hardcover. Condition: Brand New. 192 pages. In Stock.

First Edition. Dust jacket spine very slightly faded, otherwise a very nice bright copy, almost as-new Used - Very Good. VG hardback in VG dust jacket.

Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Near Fine. First Edition. A near fine copy of the first and only hardback edition, pp. 192, 14 colour photographs and 150 b/w photographs and drawings. Dust jacket near fine, but for fading to the spine, not price-clipped, now protected in a clear removable archival sleeve. Green Buckram boards fine. Contents clean and tight, no inscriptions, appears unread. A fine copy in a near fine dust jacket. [Collecting the New Naturalists NN77A] Size: 8vo (16 x 22cm). Book.

Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Near Fine. First Edition. A near fine copy of the first and only hardback edition, pp. 192, 14 colour photographs and 150 b/w photographs and drawings. Dust jacket near fine, but for fading to the spine, not price-clipped, now protected in a clear removable archival sleeve. Green Buckram boards fine. Contents clean and tight, no inscriptions, appears unread. A fine copy in a near fine dust jacket. [Collecting the New Naturalists NN77A] Size: 8vo (16 x 22cm). Book.

Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Near Fine. First Edition. A near fine copy of the first and only hardback edition, pp. 192, 14 colour photographs and 150 b/w photographs and drawings. Dust jacket near fine, but for some fading to the spine, not price-clipped, now protected in a clear removable archival sleeve. Green Buckram boards fine. Contents clean and tight, no inscriptions, appears unread. A fine copy in a near fine dust jacket. [Collecting the New Naturalists NN77A] Size: 8vo (16 x 22cm). book.

pp.192. 8vo. Nr. fine hardback in fine dw., with just a hint of sunning to spine. Not price clipped.

Condition: Very Good. 192, 14 col photos, over 100 b/w photos + drawings. . HB. Vg in d/w (not price-clipped; spine faded as usual). First edition. Rare. Bernhard & Loe NN77A. [9780002199032].

8vo. Light foxing to fore-edges of text-block, o/w. a fine hardback. Spine of dustwrapper showing gentle fading, o/w. fine. Not price clipped.

Hardcover. Dust Jacket Included. pp.192. 8vo. Fine hardback in fine dw., showing some very gentle fading on spine.

Hardcover. Dust Jacket Included. pp.192. 8vo. Fine hardback in fine dw., showing some very gentle fading on spine.

Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. 192pp. Illustrated in colour and black and white. Nominal fade to dustjacket spine.

First edition, 1992. The book has the bookplate of Eric Hosking to the front pastedown (bird photographer and photographic editor of the New Naturalist library 1943 - 91). The bookplate was posthumously imposed by David Hosking, son and professional collaborator of Eric Hosking. Hardback. 192pp. Dust jacket in a protective sleeve. The soil is the place of work of farmers and gardeners, but it is also a fascinating environment inhabited by insects that can leap into the air to a record height, multilegged scavengers that are vital to the decomposition of plant matter and the long, thin, entwining strands of thousands of species of fungi. It is also one of the great unsung disappearing natural resources, with hundreds of millions of tonnes being destroyed every year. Although it plays a vital role in the functioning of the world, it has often been overlooked, mainly because it contains a huge range of different fields, all of which have become specialities in their own right. This book brings together specialists in these fields to give a broad overview of the staggering advances that have been made since Sir John Russel's "The World of Soil" was published in 1947. The first two chapters introduce the physical structure of soil. The next four chapters deal with the specific animals and plants and how they exploit this environment. The final four chapters describe how these animals interact and how man has used and abused the soil in striving to gain more and more from this resource. Jacket design by Robert Gillmor. Book in fine condition. Dust jacket near fine and unclipped. Some colour fade to the spine. Book.

Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Fine. First Edition. A fine unfaded copy of the first and only hardback edition, pp. 192, 14 colour photographs and 150 b/w photographs and drawings. Dust jacket fine, not price-clipped, now protected in a clear removable archival sleeve. Green Buckram boards fine. Contents clean and tight, no inscriptions, unread. A superb copy in a fine dust jacket. [Collecting the New Naturalists NN77A] Size: 8vo (16 x 22cm). book.

Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Fine. First Edition. A fine unfaded copy of the first and only hardback edition, pp. 192, 14 colour photographs and 150 b/w photographs and drawings. Dust jacket fine, not price-clipped, now protected in a clear removable archival sleeve. Green Buckram boards fine. Contents clean and tight, no inscriptions, unread. A superb copy in a fine dust jacket. [Collecting the New Naturalists NN77A] Size: 8vo (16 x 22cm). book.

Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Fine. First Edition. A fine unfaded copy of the first and only hardback edition, pp. 192, 14 colour photographs and 150 b/w photographs and drawings. Dust jacket fine, not price-clipped, now protected in a clear removable archival sleeve. Green Buckram boards fine. Contents clean and tight, no inscriptions, unread. A superb copy in a fine dust jacket. [Collecting the New Naturalists NN77A] Size: 8vo (16 x 22cm). Book.

Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Fine. First Edition. A fine unfaded copy of the first and only hardback edition, pp. 192, 14 colour photographs and 150 b/w photographs and drawings. Dust jacket fine, not price-clipped, now protected in a clear removable archival sleeve. Green Buckram boards fine. Contents clean and tight, no inscriptions, unread. A superb copy in a fine dust jacket. [Collecting the New Naturalists NN77A] Size: 8vo (16 x 22cm). book.

Condition: Very Good. , col+b/w illus. . HB. 14 vols, 8vo, orig. publisher's green buckram. Minor spotting to top edges. The final index page of No. 81: Ladybirds, is pasted to the rear endpaper (there is no final blank endpaper), but all text is visible (presumably a production error). Very good set in orig. d/w's (not price-clipped; all spines with some fading). A set of the New Naturalist 'Golden 14' - All first editions, published in short print runs - the rarest titles in the series. 70: The Natural History of Orkney (1985) by R.J. Berry, and 71: British Warblers (1985) by E. Simms, both the scarce first issues; 72: Heathland (1986) by N. Webb, with "Collins" printed at foot of d/w spine. ' the genuine first edition [ ] with "Collins" printed to the spine is a rare thing: the print-order was for just one thousand copies, but in the event only 880 copies were delivered, making the first edition of Heathlands the third rarest New Naturalist'; 73: The New Forest (1986) by C.R. Tubbs, ('Collins' to spine, priced £22.50) - only 650 copies printed; 74: Ferns (1988) by C.N. Page; 75: Freshwater Fishes of the British Isles (1992) by P.S. Maitland & R.N. Campbell.; 76: The Hebrides (1990) by J.M. Boyd & I.L. Boyd; 77: The Soil (1992) by B. Davis; N. Walker; D. Ball; A. Fitter; 78: British Larks, Pipits & Wagtails (1992) by E. Simms; 79: Caves and Cave Life (1993) by P. Chapman; 80: Wild and Garden Plants (1993) by M. Walters; 81: Ladybirds (1994) by M.E.N. Majerus; 82: The New Naturalist (1995) by P. Marren, complete with the '50 years' sticker to front panel; 83: The Natural History of Pollination (1996) by M. Proctor, P. Yeo & A. Lack, first issue (with £30 price to d/w flap).Bernhard & Loe, NN70A-NN83A.