A Collection of Natural History Studies from T & A D Poyser

A smart collection of five first edition natural history studies from T & A D Poyser, with illustrations throughout. Five volumes. First edition. Newts and Salamanders of Europe is signed by the illustrator Bas Teunis to the title page. Illustrated throughout with numerous photographs, figures, and tables, many of which are in colour. Published by T. & A. D. Poyser, a British publishing house founded by Trevor and Anna Poyser in 1973 to specialise in ornithology and natural history books. They often worked in conjunction with the British Trust for Ornithology to print important and informative studies. The publishing house quickly gained a reputation for issuing definitive, often ground-breaking monographs, focused on a single species, such as the volumes below. This set contains: The Mink, 1993. Written by Nigel Dunstone, an English lecturer of Zoology at the University of Durham and scientific advisor for television. Illustrated by John Davies, a British photographer and artist. Hedgehogs, 1994. Written by Nigel Reeve, an English ecologist who acted as the Head of Ecology for The Royal Parks, and aspiring artist. Illustrated by Ruth Lindsay, a British artist and illustrator. Badgers, 1996. Written by Ernest Neal, a British naturalist, and Chris Cheeseman, a British scientist noted for his studies in linking TB in badgers and cattle. Illustrated by John Davies, a British photographer and artist, and Michael Clark, a contemporary British artist. Newts and Salamanders of Europe, 1996. Signed by the illustrator. Written by Richard A. Griffiths, an English zoology professor specialising in areas of population biology, threatened species recovery, conflict mitigation. Illustrated by Bas Teunis, Paul Benson, and Samantha Elmhurst. The Natural History of Moths, 1997. Written by Mark Young, a British author noted for his books about nature and the environment. Illustrated by Lyn Wells, a British wildlife artist and illustrator, and Roy Leverton, an English photographer. In the original full cloth binding. Externally, excellent. Original unclipped dust wrappers are also excellent. Internally, firmly bound. Pages are very bright and clean throughout. Fine. …