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Cover of the first book in the series, E.B. Ford's famous Butterflies
The New Naturalist Library books are a series published by Collins in the United Kingdom, on a variety of natural history topics relevant to the British Isles. The aim of the series at the start was: "To interest the general reader in the wild life of Britain by recapturing the inquiring spirit of the old naturalists." In the editors' preface to a 1952 monograph they write "An object of the New Naturalist series is the recognition of the many-sidedness of British natural history, and the encouragement of unusual and original developments of its forgotten or neglected facets."
The first to appear was E.B. Ford's Butterflies in 1945. The authors of this series are usually eminent experts, often professional scientists. This gives the series authority, and many are or have been authoritative introductory textbooks on a subject for some years. The books are written in scientific style, but are intended to be readable by the non-specialist, and are an early example of popular science in the media.
The books of the series have had considerable influence on many students who later became professional biologists, such as W.D. Hamilton and Mike Majerus. The latter was inspired by Ford's Butterflies and Moths and later added two of his own volumes to the series.
A parallel series of Monographs was also published, but there have been no additions since 1971. Volume 82 of the main series, The New Naturalists,[1] described the series to date, with author biographies and a guide to collecting the books.
The original Editorial Board consisted of Julian Huxley, James Fisher, Dudley Stamp, John Gilmour and Eric Hosking. Until 1985, the highly characteristic dust jacket illustrations were by Clifford and Rosemary Ellis; since then they are by Robert Gillmor.
Being a numbered series, with a very low print run for some volumes, they are highly collectable. Second-hand copies of the rarer volumes, in very good condition, can command high prices. The 100th volume, Woodlands by Oliver Rackham was published in 2006. Woodlands was also published in 2006 as a leatherbound edition, limited to 100 copies. The second leatherbound New Naturalist - Dragonflies by Philip Corbet and Stephen Brooks was published in 2008. A third leatherbound book - Grouse by Adam Watson and Robert Moss has been announced for publication in September, and a fourth leatherbound volume - Southern England by Peter Friend, will be published in November. The leather edition of Dragonflies was initially limited to 400 copies, which was subsequently limited to 303, and finally to 250. According to the New Naturalist website only 217 were actually sold and the remaining unsold stock is being kept secure at HarperCollins's offices.
The series won the 2007 British Book Design & Production Award for "brand or series identity",[2] and in 2008 the official website was launched, with features including the latest news, a members only area with access to exclusive content and downloads, and a forum.
In around 1990, Bloomsbury produced a series of facsimile editions, as hardbacks with new dustjacket designs, and with all plates in black and white, including those which were originally in colour.
HarperCollins have also reprinted the first ten volumes of the series in collectible facsimile editions and in the summer of 2009 launch the full New Naturalists Library as Print on Demand, available only through the official New Naturalist website.
Contents
Main series
Number Title Author Editions Bloomsbury Edition 1 Butterflies E. B. Ford 1945, 1946, 1957, 1977 1990 2 British Game Vesey-Fitzgerald, B. 1946 3 London's Natural History R. S. R. Fitter 1945 x 4 Britain's Structure and Scenery Stamp, L. Dudley 1946 5 Wild Flowers Gilmour, J. & Walters, M. 1954 6a Natural History in the Highlands and Islands Darling, F.F. 1947 6b The Highlands and Islands Darling, F.F. & Boyd, J.M. 1964 x 7 Mushrooms and Toadstools Ramsbottom, J. 1953 8 Insect Natural History Imms, A.D. 1947 x 9 A Country Parish Boyd, A.W. 1951 10 British Plant Life Turrill, W.B. 1948 x 11 Mountains and Moorlands Pearsall, W.H. 1950 x 12 The Sea Shore Yonge, C.M. 1949 x 13 Snowdonia North, F.J., Campbell, B. & Scott, R. 1949 14 The Art of Botanical Illustration Blunt, W. 1950 15 Life in Lakes and Rivers[3] Macan, T.T. & Worthington, E.B. 1951 x 16 Wild Flowers of Chalk and Limestone Lousley, J.E. 1950 x 17 Birds and Men Max Nicholson 1951 x 18a A Nat. Hist. of Man in Britain Fleure, H.J. 1951 18b A Nat. Hist. of Man in Britain Fleure, H.J & Davies, M. 1951 (1970) x 19 Wild Orchids of Britain Summerhayes, V.S. 1951 20 The British Amphibians and Reptiles Malcolm Arthur Smith 1951 21 British Mammals Matthews, L.H. 1952 x 22 Climate and the British Scene Gordon Manley 1952 23 An Angler's Entomology Harris, J.R. 1952 x 24 Flowers of the Coast Hepburn, I. 1952 25 The Sea Coast Steers, J.A. 1953 26 The Weald Wooldridge, S.W. & Goldring, F. 1953 27 Dartmoor Harvey, L.A. & St Leger Gordon, D. 1953 28 Sea-Birds Fisher, James & Lockley, R.M. 1954 x 29 The World of the Honeybee Butler, C.G. 1954 30 Moths E.B. Ford 1954, 1967, 1972 31 Man and the Land Stamp, L. Dudley 1955 32 Trees, Woods and Man Edlin, H.L. 1956 33 Mountain Flowers Raven J. and Walters, M. 1956 34 The Open Sea: The World of Plankton Hardy, A. 1956 35 The World of the Soil Russell, E.J. 1957 36 Insect Migration Williams, C.B. 1958 37 The Open Sea: Fish & Fisheries Hardy, A. 1959 38 The World of Spiders W. S. Bristowe 1958 39 The Folklore of Birds Armstrong, E.A. 1958 40 Bumblebees Free, J.B. & Butler, C.G. 1959 41 Dragonflies Corbet, P.S., Longfield, C. & Moore, N.W. 1960 42 Fossils Swinnerton, H.H. 1960 x 43 Weeds and Aliens Salisbury, E.J. 1961 44 The Peak District Edwards, K.C. 1962, 1974 1990 45 The Common Lands of England and Wales Hoskins, W.G. & Stamp, L. Dudley 1963 46 The Broads Ellis, A.E. 1965 47 The Snowdonia National Park Condry, W.M. 1966 48 Grass and Grassland Moore, I. 1966 49 Nature Conservation in Britain Stamp, L. Dudley 1969 50 Pesticides and Pollution Mellanby, K. 1967 51 Man and Birds Murton, R.K. 1971 52 Woodland Birds Simms, E. 1971 1990 53 The Lake District Pearsall, W.H. & Pennington, W. 1973 x 54 The Pollination of Flowers Proctor, M. & Yeo, P. 1973 55 Finches Newton, I. 1972 56 Pedigree: Words from Nature Potter, S. & Sargent, L. 1973 57 British Seals Hewer, H.R. 1974 58 Hedges Pollard, E., Hooper, M.D. & Moore, N.W. 1974 59 Ants Brian, M.V. 1977 60 British Birds of Prey Brown, L.H. 1976 x 61 Inheritance and Natural History R. J. Berry 1977 x 62 British Tits Chris Perrins 1979 63 British Thrushes Simms, E. 1978 64 The Natural History of Shetland R. J. Berry 1980 65 Waders Hale, W.G. 1980 66 The Natural History of Wales Condry, W.M. 1982 x 67 Farming and Wildlife Mellanby, K. 1981 68 Mammals in the British Isles Harrison Matthews, L. 1982 69 Reptiles and Amphibians in Britain Frazer, D. 1983 x 70 The Natural History of Orkney R. J. Berry 1985 71 British Warblers Simms, E. 1985 72 Heathlands Webb, N. 1986 73 The New Forest Tubbs, C.R. 1986 74 Ferns Page, C.N. 1988 75 Freshwater Fishes of the British Isles Maitland, P.S. & Campbell, R.N. 1992 76 The Hebrides Boyd, J.M. & Boyd I.L. 1990 77 The Soil Davis, B.N.K., Walker, N., Ball, D.F. & Alastair Fitter 1992 78 British Larks, Pipits and Wagtails Simms, E. 1992 79 Caves and Cave Life Chapman, P. 1993 80 Wild and Garden Plants Walters, M. 1993 81 Ladybirds Mike Majerus 1994 82 The New Naturalists Marren, P. 1995 (2nd ed. 2005) 83 The Natural History of Pollination Proctor, M., Yeo, P. & Lack, A. 1996 84 Ireland: A Natural History Cabot, D. 1999 85 Plant Disease Ingram, D. & Robertson, N. 1999 86 Lichens Gilbert, Oliver 2000 87 Amphibians & Reptiles Beebee, T. & Griffiths, R. 2000 88 Loch Lomondside John Mitchell 2001 89 The Broads Brian Moss 2001 90 Moths Mike Majerus 04/02/2002 ISBN 0-00-220141-4 (HB)
91 Nature Conservation Peter Marren 07-05-2002 ISBN 0-00-711305-6 (HB)
92 Lakeland Derek Ratcliffe 07/10/2002 ISBN 978-0-00-711303-3 (HB)
93 British Bats John Altringham 03/03/2003 ISBN 978-0-00-220140-7 (HB)
94 A Natural History of the Seashore Peter Hayward 05/03/2004 ISBN 978-0-00-220030-1 (HB)
95 Northumberland Angus Lunn 04/10/2004 ISBN 978-0-00-718484-2 (HB)
96 Fungi Spooner, B. & Roberts, P. 06/06/2005 ISBN 978-0-00-220152-6 (HB)
97 Mosses and Liverworts Porley, R. & Hodgetts, N. 05/09/2005 ISBN 978-0-00-220212-3 (HB)
98 Bumblebees Ted Benton 06/03/2006 ISBN 978-0-00-717450-0 (HB)
99 Gower Jonathan Mullard 02/05/2006 ISBN 978-0-00-716067-4 (HB)
100 Woodlands Oliver Rackham 04/09/2006 ISBN 0-00-720243-1 (HB)
101 Galloway and the Borders Derek Ratcliffe 03/01/2007 ISBN 0-00-717401-2 (HB)
102 Garden Natural History Stefan Buczacki 01/05/2007 ISBN 0-00-713993-4 (HB)
103 The Isles of Scilly Rosemary Parslow 06/08/2007 ISBN 978-0-00-220150-6(HB)
104 A History of Ornithology Peter Bircham 04/10/2007 ISBN 978-0-00-719969-3 (HB)
105 Wye Valley George Peterken 04/02/08 ISBN 978-0-00-716069-3 (HB)
106 Dragonflies Philip Steven Corbet and Stephen Brooks 02/06/08 ISBN 978-0-00-715168-3 (HB)
107 Grouse Adam Watson and Robert Moss 01/09/08 ISBN 978-0-00-715097-3 (HB)
108 Southern England Peter Friend 03/11/08 ISBN 978-0-00-724742-4 (HB)
109 Islands R. J. Berry 02/02/09 ISBN 978-0-00-726737-8 (HB)
110 Wildfowl David Cabot 28/05/09 ISBN 978-0-00-714658-1 (HB)
111 Dartmoor Ian Mercer 17/09/09 ISBN 978-0-00-718499-6 (HB)
112 Books and Naturalists David Elliston Allen 04/02/10 ISBN 978-0-00-724084-5 (HB)
113 Bird Migration Ian Newton 01/04/10 ISBN 978-0-00-730731-9 (HB)
114 Badger Timothy J. Roper 27/05/10 ISBN 978-0-00-732041-7(HB)
115 Climate and Weather John Kington 02/09/10 ISBN 978-0-00-718501-6(HB)
116 Plant Pests David V. Alford 06/01/11 ISBN 978-0-00-733849-8(HB)
117 Plant Galls Margaret Redfern 28/04/11 ISBN 978-0-00-220143-8(HB)
118 Marches Andrew Allott 01/09/11 ISBN 978-0-00-724816-2(HB)
Monographs
Number Title Author Editions M01 The Badger Neal, E. 1948 M02 The Redstart Buxton, J. 1950 M03 The Wren Armstrong, E.A. 1955 M04 The Yellow Wagtail Smith, S. 1950 M05 The Greenshank Nethersole-Thompson, D. 1951 M06 The Fulmar Fisher, J. 1952 M07 Fleas, Flukes and Cuckoos Rothschild, M. & Clay, T. 1952 M08 Ants Morley, D.W. 1953 M09 The Herring Gull's World Tinbergen, N. 1953 M10 Mumps, Measles and Mosaics Smith, K.M. & Markham, R. 1954 M11 The Heron Lowe, F.A. 1954 M12 Squirrels Shorten, M. 1954 M13 The Rabbit Thompson, H.V. & Worden, A.N. 1956 M14 The Birds of the London Area London N.H.S. 1957 M15 The Hawfinch Mountfort, G. 1957 M16 The Salmon Jones, J.W. 1959 M17 Lords and Ladies Prime, C.T. 1960 M18 Oysters Yonge, C.M. 1960 M19 The House Sparrow Summers-Smith, J. Denis 1963, 1967 M20 The Wood Pigeon Murton, R.K. 1965 M21 The Trout Frost, W.E. & Brown, M.E. 1967 M22 The Mole Mellanby, Kenneth 1971 Notes and references
- ^ Peter Marren, The New Naturalists. Collins, 1995. 2nd edition 2005.
- ^ "British Book Design and Production Awards 2007: Winners". http://www.britishbookawards.org/shortlist.html. Retrieved 2008-04-22.
- ^ An edition of Life in Lakes and Rivers was published by Readers Union in 1959.
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