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$17.50
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Going Native: Living in the Australian Environment


ARCHER, MICHAEL & BEALE, BOB

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

$12.00
xxdke35744

Rhino Country


SKAFTE, HAKON

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

$500.00
2e19/25

Memories of an African Hunter


with a chapter on Eastern India

LYELL, DENIS D.

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

$38.50
2e19/30

Godwits; Long-haul champions


WOODLEY, KEITH

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

$30.00
2e20/41

The Southern Ark: Zoological Discovery in New Zealand 1769-1900


ANDREWS, J.R.H.

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

$100.00
2e22/47

Late Cretaceous Marine Reptiles of New Zealand


WELLES, S.P. & GREGG, D.R.

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

$45.00
2e22/27

The Cambridge Natural History volume VII: Hemichordata, Ascidians and Amphioxus, Fishes


HARMER, S.F. & SHIPLEY, A.E. (eds)

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

$45.00
2e22/28

The Cambridge Natural History volume I: Protozoa, Porifera (sponges), Coelenterata & Ctenophora, Echinodermata


HARMER, S.F. & SHIPLEY, A.E. (eds)

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

$100.00
2e22/29

The Cambridge Natural History volume II: Flatworms and Mesozoa, Nemertines, Thread-worms and Sagitta, Rotifers, Polychaet Worms, Earthworms and Leeches, Gephyrea and Phoronis, Polyzoa


HARMER, S.F. & SHIPLEY, A.E. (eds)

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

$45.00
2e22/30

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


HARMER, S.F. & SHIPLEY, A.E. (eds)

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

$475.00
2e24/5

Eagle's Trees and Shrubs of New Zealand in Colour; two hundred and twenty-eight botanical paintings by Audrey Eagle


EAGLE, AUDREY

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

$30.00
2e23/21

Rare Wilfdlife of New Zealand


MORRIS, ROD & BALANCE, ALISON

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

$62.50
2e23/33

Experimental Approaches to Conservation Biology


GORDON, MALCOLM S. & BARTOL, SORAYA M. (eds)

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

$25.00
xxdpe37582

Forest Vines to Snow Tussocks: The Story of New Zealand Plants


DAWSON, JOHN

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

$20.00
2e24/27

Subantarctic Campbell Island


BAILEY, ALFRED M. & SORENSEN, J.H.

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

$50.00
2e24/33

Le Grand Livre de La Nature en Europe


BLANDIN, PATRICK (ed)

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

$75.00
2e24/34

Bleau: La Foret de Fontainebleau et ses rochers


JOUTY, SYLVAIN

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

$14.00
xxdqa37736

Birds of a Salt-Field


COOPER, ROY P

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

$65.00
2e24/46

The Sweet Potato and Oceania: An Essay in Enthnobotany


YEN, D.E.

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

$75.00
2e24/47

Taphonomy: The Analysis of Processes from Phytoliths of Megafauna


MOUNTAIN, MARY-JANE & BOWDERY, DOREEN (eds)

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

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