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| Book Number | B0015315 |
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| Title | London's Natural History |
| Author(s) | Author: Fitter, R. S. R. [Richard] R. S. R. [Richard] Fitter (1913 to 2005)—British author of books on British, European and world natural history, best known for his Collins pocket and field guides |
| Edition and Format | Facsimile Edition Book edition identified by: Publishers imprint information. Dust jacket edition identified by: 1) priced 16s on the front flap and 2) last book listed on the rear flap is 'Britain's Structure and Scenery'. [References: The New Naturalists: Half a Century of British Natural History [New Naturalist Series] by Peter Marren, reference 3] Hardcover Octavo 222 mm (8 3/4 inches) by 160 mm (6 1/4 inches). Xii and 282 printed pages in publisher's green buckram with gilt lettering on the spine, in dust jacket. Contains 52 coloured plates and 41 black & white plates and 12 maps and diagrams |
| Publisher(s) | William Collins and Sons Limited, London, 1946 stated [2009 actual] William Collins and Sons Limited—(Founded in 1819) A Glasgow-based publisher published a range of bibles, atlases and dictionaries, but equally well known for high profile fiction authors such as H. G.Wells, Agatha Christie, J. R. R. Tolkien and C.S. Lewis and non-fiction series such as the New Naturalists Series. Collins merged with Harper and Row to form HarperCollins, of which it is now an imprint. [McBride page 33] [Zempel and Verkler page 99] . |
| Series | New Naturalist Series Number Three New Naturalist Series—A series of books on natural history topics relevant to the British Isles published by Collins and the longest-running a natural history series in the world. A parallel series of 'New Naturalist Monographs' was also published. The first book was originally published in 1945 |
| Content | content A detailed account of the natural history of London: the animals and plants it has displaced, changed, moved and removed, introduced, conserved, lost or forgotten. . |
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