Books - "natural history"
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Forest Vines to Snow Tussocks The Story of New Zealand Plants
reprint 264pp ills.[b/w] VERY GOOD+ (in glossy wrappers,sl.rubbed and soiled,owner's sign.to half-title) scarce
PUBLISHER: victoria university press wellington 1993
KEYWORDS: natural history forest vines tussock natural history john dawson
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
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
Earth; our crowded spaceship
Softcover octavo (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 will reduce your overall postage costs.
PUBLISHER: The John Day Company 1974
KEYWORDS: science natural history natural science earth children's Isaac Asimov specials
The Living Air
memoirs of an ornithologist
first edition 173pp ills. VG (sl.rubbed w.sl.stains to spine,sl.bumps to extrems.,some sl.foxing to eps and contents,te red,sl.cocked) in VG d/w (sl.stained and sunned,sl.internal foxing,sl.bumps and wear to extrems.,price-clipped)
PUBLISHER: country life london 1966
KEYWORDS: ornithology history natural history biography
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
The Treasury of Botany:
a popular dictionary of the vegetable kingdom vol.1 only a-k
ex-lib new edition vol.1 only 652pp ills. VG- (full-calf w.raised bands,rubbed and stained,mod.sunned,mod.bumps and wear to extrems.w.some sl.surface loss,binding only barely attached at front hinge,usual stamps,eps soiled,prelims.loose,prelims.mod.foxed w.some sl.foxing to contents and speckled edges,sl.cocked)
PUBLISHER: longmans,green london 1874
KEYWORDS: history botany natural history science john lindley thomas moore
Drawings of British Plants
part xxxi
first edition 46pp [recto only] ills.[b/w] NF (in wrappers,sl.soiled w.minor bumps to extrems.)
PUBLISHER: beel london 1973
KEYWORDS: history natural history science botany stella ross-craig
Drawings of British Plants
part xxv
first edition 36pp [recto only] ills [b/w] NF (in wrappers,sl.soiled)
PUBLISHER: bell london 1968
KEYWORDS: history science natural history botany stella ross-craig
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
The Life and Letters of Sir Edmund Gosse
first edition 525pp ills. VG (blue cloth,sl.rubbed and soiled w.minor scratch to cover,mod.bumps and wear to extrems.,eps and edges sl.foxed,sl.shaky spine) lacks d/w
PUBLISHER: heinemann london 1931
KEYWORDS: history biography sir edmund gosse evan charteris natural history
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