One of the harder titles in the New Naturalist series to find today is RJ Berry’s Natural History of Orkney. When published in 1985 it cost £20, as the unclipped dust jacket on this example still reveals, but this copy made £620 in an August 30-31 sale held by Keys (20% buyer’s premium) of Aylsham. Another first state rarity of that same year, Eric Simms’ British Warblers (No 71) made £600.