Books - "natural history"
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Biogeography and Ecology of New Guinea
volume one, part one: general and physical background, part two: man and his impact on the environment, part three: vegetation and flora
first edition, octavo, rust cloth boards with gilt illus to front board, black label and gilt lettering to spine, vii + 533pp, illus, VG+ (v light discolouration to eps, light rubbing to spine)
PUBLISHER: Dr W. Junk Publishers 1982
KEYWORDS: geology ecology natural history biogeography new guinea geography j.l. gressit
An Extraordinary Land: Disoveries and Mysteries from Wild New Zealand
incribed & signed by author and photographer, super octavo, square, black cloth boards with silver lettering to spine, 200 pp, nr fine in d/w, nr fine (v small soil spot on internal upper edge)
PUBLISHER: Harper Collins 2013
KEYWORDS: Peter Hayden Rod Morris natural history new Zealand flora fauna wildlife science reference reptiles invertebrates kiwis tui
Ulendo: Travels of a Naturalist in and out of Africa
Octavo, blue boards in plastic covered d/w (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: William Heinemann 1966
KEYWORDS: specials Archie Carr travel Africa adventure natural history flora fauna Nyasaland Malawi
Carnivorous Plants
Paperback (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: Carnivor & Insectivor Plants 1983
KEYWORDS: specials Gordon Cheers plants natural history botany reference
The Reed Fields Guide to New Zealand Native Trees
octavo, illus heavy card boards (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: Reed Books 2004
KEYWORDS: specials J T Salmon New Zealand natural history trees native trees nature plants reference guide
The Reed Field Guide to New Zealand Wildlife
octavo, illus heavy card boards (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: Reed Books 1994
KEYWORDS: specials Geoff Moon New Zealand natural history trees native wildlife animals reference guide flora fauna marine creatures
Butterflies of New Zealand
Association Copy, copy of Graeme Ramsay, with handwritten letter to him from the author loosely enclosed, Imperial octavo, illus heavy white card covers with black lettering to spine & front cover, 48pp, illus, VG+ (owner's name in ink to fep, slight fading to card extrems, slight foxing to front card, slight soiling to rear board) in VG+ d/w (some fading & soiling)
PUBLISHER: Collins 1970
KEYWORDS: W B R Laidlaw New Zealand butterflies entomology insects natural history lepidoptera reference
New Zealand Mollusca: Marine Land and Freshwater Shells
First edition, quarto, red cloth boards with gilt lettering to spine, illus eps, xiv + 500pp, illus, VG+ (v slight foxing to lower page edges, previous owner's catalogue number in pen to front) in VG+ d/w (soiling & folding to lower rear flap edge, v slight spotting to front)
PUBLISHER: Collins 1979
KEYWORDS: Arthur William Baden Powell mollusc land marine freshwater shells New Zealand reference flora fauna science natural history
Man Against Nature: A Survival Special on New Zealand Wildlife
First edition, Octavo, dark blue cloth boards with gilt lettering in d/w (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: AH & AW Reed 1970
KEYWORDS: specials RM Lockley New Zealand natural history flora fauna widlife endangered species erosion ecology pests
The Life of Insects
paperback (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 cost.
PUBLISHER: New American Library 1968
KEYWORDS: natural history insects v.b. wigglesworth specials
The Best American Science and Nature Writing 2008
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 cost.
PUBLISHER: Houghton Mifflin Company 2008
KEYWORDS: literature science natural history short stories jerome groopman tim folger the best american specials
Seabirds; A Natural History
hardcover imperial octavo (near fine) d/w (near fine)
PUBLISHER: Yale University Press 2004
KEYWORDS: natural history ornithology sea birds anthony j. gaston specials
In Wildest Africa
First edition, two volume set, super octavo, orange cloth boards with gilt lettering to spine and gilt design with black & white illus to front board, vol 1 - frontispiece with protective tissue, xiv + 318pp, illus - over 300 photographs, VG (gutter cracked, one section loose, 5cm tear without loss to upper rear spine, bruising to board edges, some soiling to boards, fading & soiling to some pages, particularly prelims, foxing to page edges); volume 2 - viii + 716pp + 2pp adverts, illus, VG (soiling to boards, tear to rear spine/back board edge, bruising & rubbing to board edges, 6cm tear without loss to front pastedown, browning to eps, foxing to page edges)
PUBLISHER: Hutchinson & Co 1907
KEYWORDS: C G Schillings Africa wildlife natural history first edition hunting conservation travel memoir
Animal Days
hardcover octavo (VG) d/w (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: Jonathan Cape 1979
KEYWORDS: biology natural history animal days desmond morris autobiography specials
Native Use of Fish in Hawaii
first edition, octavo, red cloth boards with gilt lettering to spine, ii + 162pp, illus, VG (wear to extremities, foxing esp. to eps and page edges) in VG d/w (light wear and fading, small chips and closed tears to head and tail of spine)
PUBLISHER: Avery Press Limited 1952
KEYWORDS: natural history anthropology fish hawaii margaret titcomb mary kawena pukui
The Secrets of Natural New Zealand
first edition, brown boards with gilt lettering to spine, 176pp, illus, near fine in VG+ d/w (v light wear and rubbing)
PUBLISHER: Viking 1987
KEYWORDS: new zealand natural history betty brownlie ronald lockley
The Hoihi: New Zealand's Yellow-Eyed Penguin
square imperial octavo, illus heavy card boards, frontispiece, v + 44pp, illus, near fine in VG+ d/w (light wear and rubbing)
PUBLISHER: Hodder & Stoughton 1991
KEYWORDS: new zealand natural history yellow-eyed penguin hoiho ornithology adele vernon dean schneider
United States Geological Survey: Cambrian Brachiopoda
Part II - Plates
This volume only, quarto, dark brown cloth boards with gilt lettering to spine and blind rule to boards, 363pp, 104 full-page black & white plates, illus, VG (rubbing & bruising to spine extrems, 1cm x 3cm rubbed-through patch to lower spine, fading to spine, rubbing to board & spine edges, soil spots to rear board, front & rear gutter loose but still attached, owner's name in ink to fep, Universities of Canterbury & Heidelberg library stamps to prelims, fading to page edges)
PUBLISHER: Washington Government Printing Office 1912
KEYWORDS: Charles D Walcott George Otis Smith geology brachiopoda natural history science reference shells fossils
The New Zealand Sea Shore
Imperial octavo hardcover (VG-) in tatty 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 will reduce your overall postage cost.
PUBLISHER: Collins
KEYWORDS: specials John Morton Michael Miller New Zealand illustrated guide marine life plants animals flora fauna natural history
The Life Histories of New Zealand Birds
First edition, imperial octavo hardcover (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 cost.
PUBLISHER: The Search Publishing Co 1932
KEYWORDS: specials first edition Edgar F Stead New Zealand birds ornithology natural history