Books - "natural history"
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The Time of the Buffalo
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
The Anthropology of St. Catherines Island: 1. Natural and Cultural History
Volume 55 : Part 2, Anthropological Papers of the American Museum of Natural History
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
Wild Flowers
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
Glimpses of the World: The Life of Philip Henry Gosse 1810-1888
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 ,
Voyages of Discovery
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
The Living Stream: Evolution and Man
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
Awesome Forces: The Natural Hazards That Threaten New Zealand
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
The Selfish Gene
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
Explorers of the Sea
famous oceanographic expeditions
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
The British Bird Book
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
Drawings of British Plants
part xx
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
Drawings of British Plants
part xvii
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
Nature in Eastern Norfolk
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
The Common Objects of the Sea Shore
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
How to Enjoy Birds
people's library
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
Thoroughbred Racing Stock
and its ancestors
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
British Plant Life
new naturalist series
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
Hardwicke's Science-Gossip 1872-73
an illustrated medium of interchange and gossip for students and lovers of nature
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
The Land of the Hills and the Glens
wild life in iona and the inner hebrides
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
Rubber:Natural and Synthetic
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