Books - "natural history"
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Going Native: Living in the Australian Environment
softcover super octavo (VG); all 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: Hodder 2004
KEYWORDS: australian outdoors sport natural history mike archer bob beale specials
Rhino Country
first edition, hardcover octavo (VG) d/w (VG); all 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: Robert Hale 1964
KEYWORDS: first edition travel exploration indonesia rhino natural history hakon skafte specials
Memories of an African Hunter
with a chapter on Eastern India
US edition, presumed first, octavo, orange buckram boards with black lettering to front board and spine, blind rule to front board, illus eps, 268pp, illus, VG+ (light wear to extremities, v light foxing throughout, small ink owner's name to front pastedown), lacks d/w
PUBLISHER: Small Maynard and Company 1923 (?)
KEYWORDS: first edition natural history geography africa denis d. lyell hunting outdoors sport
Godwits; Long-haul champions
imperial octavo, illus light card covers, illus eps, frontispiece, 240pp, illus, VG
PUBLISHER: Raupo 2009
KEYWORDS: natural history ornithology godwits new zealand birds keith woodley
The Southern Ark: Zoological Discovery in New Zealand 1769-1900
quarto, maroon boards with gilt lettering and rule to front board and spine, illus eps, xii + 237pp, illus, VG+ in VG+ d/w (v light soiling)
PUBLISHER: Century Hutchinson 1986
KEYWORDS: natural history zoology new zealand j.r.h. andrews
Late Cretaceous Marine Reptiles of New Zealand
imperial octavo, illus light card covers, 111pp, illus, VG+ (light wear, soiling to covers, ink owner's name to cover, twink markings to cover)
PUBLISHER: Canterbury Museum Trust Board 1971
KEYWORDS: new zealand natural history cretaceous marine reptiles s.p. welles d.r. gregg
The Cambridge Natural History volume VII: Hemichordata, Ascidians and Amphioxus, Fishes
this volume only, octavo, green buckram boards with gilt lettering and rule to spine, gilt rule to front board, xvii + 760pp + 4pp adverts, illus, VG+ (light wear, discolouration to prelims and page edges, owner's stamp to fep, pencil annotations throughout)
PUBLISHER: Macmillan and Co. 1910
KEYWORDS: cambridge natural history s.f. harmer a.e. shipley hemichordata ascidians amphioxus fishes
The Cambridge Natural History volume I: Protozoa, Porifera (sponges), Coelenterata & Ctenophora, Echinodermata
this volume only, octavo, green buckram boards with gilt lettering and rule to spine, gilt rule to front board, xvii + 671pp, illus, VG+ (light wear, discolouration to prelims and page edges, owner's stamp to fep)
PUBLISHER: Macmillan and Co. 1909
KEYWORDS: cambridge natural history s.f. harmer a.e. shipley protozoa porifera coelenterata ctenophora echinodermata
The Cambridge Natural History volume II: Flatworms and Mesozoa, Nemertines, Thread-worms and Sagitta, Rotifers, Polychaet Worms, Earthworms and Leeches, Gephyrea and Phoronis, Polyzoa
this volume only, octavo, green buckram boards with gilt lettering and rule to spine, gilt rule to front board, xii + 560pp + 4pp adverts, illus, VG+ (light wear, discolouration to prelims and page edges, owner's stamp to fep, light foxing throughout)
PUBLISHER: Macmillan and Co. 1896
KEYWORDS: cambridge natural history s.f. harmer a.e. shipley Flatworms and Mesozoa, Nemertines, Thread-worms and Sagitta, Rotifers, Polychaet Worms, Earthworms and Leeches, Gephyrea and Phoronis, Polyzoa
The Cambridge Natural History volume IV: Crustacea, Trilobites, Introduction to Arachnida, and King-Crabs, Eurypterida, Scorpions, Spiders, Mites, Ticks, etc, Tardigrada (Water-Bears), Pentastomida, P
this volume only, octavo, green buckram boards with gilt lettering and rule to spine, gilt rule to front board, xviii + 566pp + 2pp adverts, illus, VG+ (light wear, discolouration to prelims and page edges, owner's stamp to fep, light foxing throughout)
PUBLISHER: Macmillan and Co. 1909
KEYWORDS: cambridge natural history s.f. harmer a.e. shipley Crustacea, Trilobites, Introduction to Arachnida, and King-Crabs, Eurypterida, Scorpions, Spiders, Mites, Ticks, etc, Tardigrada (Water-Bears), Pentastomida, Pycnogonida
Eagle's Trees and Shrubs of New Zealand in Colour; two hundred and twenty-eight botanical paintings by Audrey Eagle
first edition, invitation to the book launch enclosed, along with a two page letter (single sheet) handwritten and signed by the author relating to publication, super octavo, tan cloth boards with gilt lettering to spine and gilt illustration to front board, 311pp, illus, near fine (small ink owner's name to fep) in VG+ d/w (v light foxing to interior)
PUBLISHER: Collins 1975
KEYWORDS: new zealand natural history arts trees and shrubs audrey eagle first edition
Rare Wilfdlife of New Zealand
super octavo, thick cards, illus front and rear eps, 224pp, illus, VG+
PUBLISHER: Random House 2008
KEYWORDS: New Zealand wildlife flora & fauna birds skink plants natural history ecology photography Rod Morris Alison Balance
Experimental Approaches to Conservation Biology
octavo, red cloth boards with gilt lettering to spine, xv + 343pp, illus, near fine in near fine d/w
PUBLISHER: University of California Press 2004
KEYWORDS: science ecology natural history biology conservation malcolm s. gordon soraya m. bartol
Forest Vines to Snow Tussocks: The Story of New Zealand Plants
super octavo 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 will reduce your overall postage costs.
PUBLISHER: victoria university press 1988
KEYWORDS: specials new zealand flora nature plants natural history native environment john dawson vup
Subantarctic Campbell Island
imperial octavo, maroon cloth boards with gilt lettering to front board and spine, iv + 305pp, illus, VG- (light soiling to prelims and page edges, light soiling to boards)
PUBLISHER: Denver Museum of Natural History 1962
KEYWORDS: geography natural history campbell island alfred m. bailey j.h. sorenson
Le Grand Livre de La Nature en Europe
text in French, quarto, green faux leather boards with white lettering to front board and spine, 320pp, illus, near fine in near fine d/w
PUBLISHER: France Loisirs 1991
KEYWORDS: french languages natural history europe patrick blandin
Bleau: La Foret de Fontainebleau et ses rochers
text in French, quarto, green cloth boards, illus prelims, 180pp, illus, VG+ (v light discolouration to page edges, light wear) in VG d/w (wear to edges including small chips and closed tears, fading to spine)
PUBLISHER: Editions ACLA 1982
KEYWORDS: french languages natural history sylvain jouty forest of fontainebleau
Birds of a Salt-Field
Thin card boards, 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: Imperial Chemical Industries of Australia and New Zealand 1967
KEYWORDS: specials ornithology birds New Zealannd Australia natural history Roy P Cooper
The Sweet Potato and Oceania: An Essay in Enthnobotany
mperial octavo, light card covers, frontispiece, xvi + 389pp, illus, VG (light wear and soiling, v light foxing to prelims)
PUBLISHER: Bishop Museum Press 1974
KEYWORDS: natural history sweet potato oceania anthropology botany ethnobotany d.e. yen
Taphonomy: The Analysis of Processes from Phytoliths of Megafauna
quarto, illus light card covers, viii + 115pp, illus, VG+ (v light wear)
PUBLISHER: Australian National University 1999
KEYWORDS: science taphonomy archaeology natural history mary-jane mountain doreen bowdery