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Immediate dispatch from Somerset. Book in excellent unread/unused condition. See images. Fantastic book.

About the book >.>.> Little did I know the importance of walking into George’s (as it then was) on Park Street in Bristol and buying one of only 650 of the first-edition first state British Warblers for the cover price. Just over 12 months later I was employed by Collins to help Crispin Fisher run the series at what was its nadir. In the 28 years and 56 volumes since the series has gone from strength to strength. The rebuilding of the series depended on the support of a core of enthusiasts and collectors – notably by the redoubtable Bob Burrow who started the New Naturalist Collectors’ Club and then by his even more notable successor Tim Bernhard. They both taught me of the passion that the enthusiasts had for the series and their huge desire for every last tiny piece of information that was available. It is thus with huge pleasure that we bring together the combined knowledge of Tim Bernhard and ‘Timothy Loe who seem to know more about the idiosyncrasies of the books than anyone. It is a joy to read their encyclopaedic knowledge in one place and I can think of no better book to celebrate the 70th Anniversary of the publication of the first New Naturalist volume. In the meantime the Editorial Board and I will continue to make plans for further titles in the series – only another 870 volumes to go! (MP)