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$28.50
2g14/21

The Time of the Buffalo


MCHUGH, TOM

First edition, super octavo, orange cloth boards with brown cloth spine, gilt lettering & black buffalo motif to spine, gilt lettering & blind-stamped buffalo motif to front board, illus eps, xxiv, 339pp + xi pp index, VG+ (owner's name & address in ink to fep) in d/w, VG+ (some creasing to flaps)

PUBLISHER: Alfred A Knopf 1972

KEYWORDS: Tom McHugh Victoria Hudson buffalo North America natural history Bison latifrons natural history evolution behaviour Indians Europeans extermination

$25.00
xxpgi175917

The Anthropology of St. Catherines Island: 1. Natural and Cultural History


Volume 55 : Part 2, Anthropological Papers of the American Museum of Natural History

THOMAS, DAVID HURST & JONES, GRANT D. & DURHAM, ROGER S. & LARSEN, CLARK SPENCER

Super octavo staped wrappers (VG) ; all our specials have minimal description to keep listing them viable. They are at least reading copies, complete and in reasonable condition, but usually secondhand; frequently they are superior examples. Ordering more than one book may reduce your overall postage costs

PUBLISHER:

KEYWORDS: anthropological papers of the american museum of natural history st catherines island colonisation colonialism natural history flora fauna

$25.00
2b28/24

Wild Flowers


GILMOUR, JOHN & WALTERS, MAX

octavo, green cloth boards, gilt lettering, xiv + 242pp, VG (minor markings to fep & eps), in VG+ d/w

PUBLISHER: Collins 1954 London

KEYWORDS: natural history agriculture wild flowers john gilmour max walters botany natural histry

$24.50
xxpjj157746

Glimpses of the World: The Life of Philip Henry Gosse 1810-1888


THWAITE, ANN

Imperial octavo hardcover (VG+) in d/w (VG+); all our specials have minimal description tokeep listing them viable. They are at least reading copies, complete and in reasonable condition, but usually secondhand; frequently they are superior examples. Ordering more than one book will reduce your overall postage cost.

PUBLISHER: Faber and Faber 2002

KEYWORDS: biography science religion animals natural natural history ,

$60.00
1y79/25

Voyages of Discovery


RICE, DR. TONY & BELLAMY, DR. DAVID

Imperial octavo, brown heavy card boards, black lettering to spine, yellow eps, illus prelims, 336pp, illus, VG+ (light foxing to page edges, slight soiling pages edges + eps) in d/w VG (moderate chafing, moderate soiling, 2cm closed tear to spine - closed with cellotape)

PUBLISHER: Allen & Unwin 2008

KEYWORDS: natural history museum expeditions natural science james cook darwin hms beagle sir hans sloane

$25.00
ak3/21/3948

The Living Stream: Evolution and Man


HARDY, SIR ALISTER

Tidy ex-library, octavo hardcover (VG), lacks d/w; all our specials have minimal description to keep listing them viable. They are at least reading copies, complete and in reasonable condition, but usually secondhand; frequently, they are superior examples. Ordering more than one book may reduce your overall postage costs.

PUBLISHER: Harper & Row 1965

KEYWORDS: evolution history of science theory gene natural selection biology telepath natural theology religion

$18.50
xxpcc193983

Awesome Forces: The Natural Hazards That Threaten New Zealand


HICKS, GEOFF (Ed) & CAMPBELL, HAMISH (Ed)

Quarto softcover (VG+); all our specials have minimal description to keep listing them viable. They are at least reading copies, complete and in reasonable condition, but usually secondhand; frequently they are superior examples. Ordering more than one book may reduce your overall postage costs.

PUBLISHER: Te Papa Press 2003

KEYWORDS: New Zealand natural history nature natural hazards disasters earthquakes volcanoes landslides tsunamis weather events

$45.00
1i50a/15

The Selfish Gene


DAWKINS, RICHARD

Super octavo, black buckram boards, gilt lettering to spine, gilt illus to front board, xxxi + 367pp, illus/photos, Near FINE (light foxing to page edges) in slipcase, VG (moderate chafing/soiling & bruising, possibly mis-matched as seems over-sized for book)

PUBLISHER: The Folio Society 2011

KEYWORDS: folio society Richard Dawkins natural history nature animals young natural selection popular science

$16.73
1j3/34

Explorers of the Sea


famous oceanographic expeditions

GUBERLET,MURIEL L.

ex-lib first edition 226pp VG+ (d/w in plastic taped to boards,usual stamps and pockets) in VG+ d/w (in libr.plastic,sl.sunned)

PUBLISHER: ronald press new york 1964

KEYWORDS: history oceanography travel science natural history muriel guberlet

$33.46
1j7/2

The British Bird Book


WOOD,THEODORE;PYCRAFT,W.P.

first edition 269pp ills.[tipped-in col.plates by roland green] VG (blue cloth,mod.rubbed and stained w.sunned spine,mod.bumps and wear to extrems.,boards sl.shaky,owner's stamp to ffep,paper separation at half-title gutter,prelims.and edges mod.soiled,some plates loose but present,cocked w.shaky spine)

PUBLISHER: a.&c.black london 1921

KEYWORDS: history birds ornithology britain natural history theodore wood w.p.pycraft

$16.73
1j9/19

Drawings of British Plants


part xx

ROSS-CRAIG,STELLA

first edition 42pp [recto only] ills. [b/w] NF (in wrappers,sl.bumps and chipping to spine)

PUBLISHER: bell london 1964

KEYWORDS: history science botany natural history stella ross-craig

$16.73
1j9/20

Drawings of British Plants


part xvii

ROSS-CRAIG,STELLA

first edition 36pp [recto only] ills. [b/w] NF (in wrappers,minor chipping to spine)

PUBLISHER: bell london 1962

KEYWORDS: natural history science botany history stella ross-craig

$61.34
man1j12/9

Nature in Eastern Norfolk


PATTERSON,ARTHUR H.

first edition 352pp+ads.ills.[col.] VG+ (red cloth,mod.soiled w.spine sunned,sl.bumps and wear to extrems.,paper separation at frontis.gutter,edges sl.foxed/soiled,sl.shaky spine)

PUBLISHER: methuen london 1905

KEYWORDS: history geography britain regions norfolk natural history arthur h.patterson

$55.77
man1j12/11

The Common Objects of the Sea Shore


WOOD,J.G.

first edition 204pp ills.[12 col.plates] VG- (green cloth,rubbed and stained w.some surface losses,bumps and chipping to extrems.,sl.loss to foot of spine,owner's sign.to half-title verso,some pencil annotations,contents sl.foxed/browned,some minor foxing towards edges of plates,cocked w.shaky spine)

PUBLISHER: routledge,warne london 1859

KEYWORDS: history natural history oceanography botany j.g.wood

$41.83
man1j12/3

How to Enjoy Birds


people's library

WOODWARD,MARCUS

256pp ills.[col.plates] VG+ (blue cloth,minor bumps to extrems.,owner's bookplate to front pastedown,eps and edges sl.foxed,one plate sl.loose) in VG d/w (col.plate to cover,sl.rubbed and soiled,sunned,mod.bumps and wear to extrems.w.some minor closed tears)

PUBLISHER: hodder and stoughton london [nd]

KEYWORDS: history natural history british birds ornithology marcus woodward

$340.00
2d3/8

Thoroughbred Racing Stock


and its ancestors

WENTWORTH,LADY

second edition 556pp ills [some col.w.fold-out map at rear] VG (red cloth,sl.rubbed and mod.soiled,minor bumps and wear to extrems.,boards sl.shaky,tape stains to pastedowns,prelims.and edges sl.soiled o/w contents clean,te red,sl.shaky spine) lacks d/w

PUBLISHER: allen & unwin london 1960

KEYWORDS: history thoroughbred racing sport horses equestrian breeding sport natural history lady wentworth

$16.73
2d11/8

British Plant Life


new naturalist series

TURRILL,W.B.

first edition 315pp ills.[some col.] VG+ (green cloth,sl.rubbed and mod.stained,unevenly sunned,sl.bumps and wear to extrems.,stamp to ffep,prelims.and edges sl.soiled,sl.cocked) lacks d/w

PUBLISHER: collins london 1948

KEYWORDS: history natural history botany w.b.turrill new naturalist series

$41.31
2d17/31

Hardwicke's Science-Gossip 1872-73


an illustrated medium of interchange and gossip for students and lovers of nature

TAYLOR, J. E.; SCIENCE-GOSSIP

first edition 288pp illus, (b/w, artwork, drawings and diagrams) VG (half black leather w. marbled boards and gilt dec. titling and bands to spine, sl wear to head and foot of spine and along hinges area w. minor surface loss, sl chipping to foot of spine w. splitting to upper and lower edges of front hinge and bottom of lower hinge w. minor detaching, boards v. sl rubbed w. sl wear along edges, mainly to bottom edges and corners w. some surface loss exposing interior texture of boards, that said the original boards and spine are in very nice condition, sl foxing in places to prelims and eps w. inconspicious owners signature to ffep, internal paper seperation to ffep gutter w. binding holding firm and only sl detachment at head and foot, sl crease to rear fep, edges of content red, v. sl foxing to some sections of contents, one leaf of contents detached and sl crumpled but no loss and inserted in correct location)

PUBLISHER: robert hardwicke london 1873

KEYWORDS: science anthropology natural history history geology biography scientists research

$30.98
2d1/41

The Land of the Hills and the Glens


wild life in iona and the inner hebrides

GORDON,SETON

reprint 223pp ills.[b/w] VG+ (green cloth,sl.soiled w.sl.wear to extrems.,prelims.and edges sl.foxed w.some v.minor foxing to contents,sl.shaky spine)

PUBLISHER: cassell london 1920

KEYWORDS: history geography scotland iona inner hebrides natural history seton gordon

$30.98
2d17/36

Rubber:Natural and Synthetic


STERN,H.J.

ex-lib first edition 491pp ills.[b/w] VG+ (green cloth,tape stains to boards and eps,sl.bumps to extrems.,paste action to eps,usual stamps and labels,spine cracked and sl.cocked) in VG d/w (mod.rubbed and foxed,sunned spine,chipping to extrems.w.sl.loss to foot of front cover,8cm split to foot of upper hinge)

PUBLISHER: maclaren london 1954

KEYWORDS: history rubber natural history h.j.stern

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