The New Naturalists by Peter Marren
A history of the most successful, significant and long-running natural history series in the world In 1995 Collins published the 82nd volume in the New Naturalist series to coincide with its 50th anniversary. Ten years on, Peter Marren has revised this fascinating account of the series. He covers the illustrious careers of its authors, how each title was conceived and received, and includes plates of the sketches and roughs of the jackets. It also gives behind-the-scenes details of the also-rans and the books-that-never-were. This will appeal to the collector's market - it has a lengthy appendix dedicated to collecting the series with advice on how to spot a good edition, and a star rating according to scarcity - and will mark the 60th anniversary of the publication of the first new naturalist title. Peter Marren is a trained ecologist who worked as a woodland scientist, conservation officer and author-editor with the Natural Conservancy Council between 1977 and 1992. He has written numerous book and articles and contributes regularly to British Wildlife.
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Bugs Britannica
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Chasing the Ghost
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The Wild Woods
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Rainbow Dust
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Britain's Rare Flowers
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After They're Gone
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The Devil's Garden
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Emperors, Admirals and Chimney Sweepers
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Mushrooms
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England's National Nature Reserves
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Rare Plants
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Postcards from the Country
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Battles of the Dark Ages
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Grampian Battlefields
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Art of the New Naturalists
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Twitching Through the Swamp
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Nature Conservation
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Where the Wild Thyme Blew
Peter Marren is a naturalist and former government and freelance conservationist who specializes in natural history. He is a wildlife polymath whose work includes newspaper journalism, obituaries, book reviews, and opinion pieces, as well as humour and news summaries for publications such as Whitaker's Almanack. A quarter-million-word cultural survey of invertebrates (Bugs Britannica), a bibliographic biography (The New Naturalists), a study of rarity (Britain's Rare Flowers), art critique (Art of the New Naturalists), urban wildlife (A Natural History of Aberdeen), and humour (Twitching in the Swamp) are only a few of his twenty publications. Since 1990, he has contributed to every issue of British Wildlife, including numerous articles and news stories about fungi. He leads fungal treks into the wilds of Wiltshire and Berkshire on a regular basis.
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| ISBN 13 | 9780007197163 |
| ISBN 10 | 0007197160 |
| Title | The New Naturalists |
| Author | Peter Marren |
| Series | New Naturalist |
| Condition | Unavailable |
| Binding Type | Hardback |
| Publisher | HarperCollins Publishers |
| Year published | 2005-04-04 |
| Number of pages | 608 |
| Cover note | Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary. |
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