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$52.50
2f36/38

A Bibliography of the Land Mammals of Southeast Asia 1699-1969


JONES, GWILYM & JONES, DIANA

Imperial octavo, blue paper covers with black lettering, printed eps, 238pp, VG (foxing & tanning to covers, browning, bruising & tearing to printed spine strip, foxing to page edges)

PUBLISHER: Department of Entomology, Bernice Bishop Museum & US Naval Medical Research Unit 1976

KEYWORDS: Gwilym Jones Diana B Jones Southeast Asia bibliography land mammals literature reference natural history zoology Burma Thailand Laos Cambodia North South Vietnam Philippines Indonesia Malaysia Hainan

$22.50
2f46/39

Wild Fiordland: Discovering the Natural History of a World Heritage Area


PEAT, NEVILLE & PATRICK, BRIAN

Signed by both authors, imperial octavo, illus heavy card boards, illus prelims, 143pp, illus, VG (bruising & fraying to spine extrems, v light bruising to board edges, some pencil underling & circling, rubbing to rear board) in VG- d/w (2cm open tear to upper spine, 3cm closed tear to lower spine, untidy tears to all corners, creasing & bruising to all edges)

PUBLISHER: University of Otago Press 1996

KEYWORDS: Neville Peat Brian Patrick natural history New Zealand Fiordland flora fauna geography geology conservation

$9.50
xxknc54275

Voyage Through the Antarctic


ADAMS, RICHARD & LOCKLEY, RONALD & HIRST-SMITH, PE

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 cost.

PUBLISHER: Penguin Books 1985

KEYWORDS: specials Richard Adams Ronald Lockley Peter Hirst-Smith Antarctic Ushuaia King George Enderby Snares Macquarie Campbell Ross Deception Island natural history wildlife adventure

$90.00
2f48/47

American Ginseng; Green Gold


PERSONS, W. SCOTT

ex-library, octavo, illus light card covers, xii + 172pp, illus, VG (half-title loose, usual library treatments, ink owner's name to fep, light soiling and creasing to covers)

PUBLISHER: Bright Mountain Books 1986

KEYWORDS: herbology plants agriculture ginseng gardening natural history

$14.00
xxhqc55364

I Have Landed: Splashes and Reflections in Natural History


GOULD, STEPHEN JAY

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: Vintage 2003

KEYWORDS: specials Stephen Jay Gould natural history popular science evolution essays archaeology zoology geology

$10.00
xxhvb55493

The Big Year; A Tale of Man, Nature and Fowl Obsession


OBMASCIK, MARK

softcover super 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: Doubleday 2004

KEYWORDS: bird-watching ornithology natural history the big year journalism biography mark obmascik specials

$22.50
xxhve55550

Introduced Mammals of New Zealand; An Ecological and Economic Survey


WODZICKI, K.A.

hardcover imperial octavo (VG) d/w (VG-, chipping/small tears); 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: Department of Scientific and Industrial Research 1950

KEYWORDS: new zealand natural history introduced mammals ecology economics k.a. wodzicki specials

$22.50
xxhve55551

Birdwatching in Australia and New Zealand


principal photography Peter Rogers

SIMPSON, KEN & WILSON, ZOE

softcover super 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: Reed New Holland 1998

KEYWORDS: ken simpson zoe wilson peter rogers new zealand australia natural history birdwatching ornithology specials

$85.00
2f50/21

The Genera of British Moths: Volume 1


Popularly Described and Arranged According to the System now Adopted in the British Museum illustrated by a Series of Picturesque Plates exhibiting the insects in their Different Stages, with the cate

HUMPHREYS, H. NOEL

Tall super octavo, textured black cloth boards with gilt lettering to spine & front board and gilt-embossed design of moths & caterpillers on foliage to front board, aeg, 76pp, illus with colour photochromatic plates, G- (completely disbound, first 28 pages missing, only 18 of 62 plates present, staining & damp-staining to boards, inscription in ink to fep, tanning & bruising to page edges, nicks & bruising to page edges)

PUBLISHER: Paul Jerrard & Son (1861 or earlier - inscription)

KEYWORDS: H Noel Humphreys natural history entomology insects moths Britain British

$18.50
xxdeb55879

The Changing Vegetation of Molesworth Station, New Zealand, 1944 to 1971


with appendices by B.P.J. Molloy and R.E. Irvine

MOORE, LUCY B.

softcover imperial 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: New Zealand Department of Scientific and Industrial Research 1976

KEYWORDS: new zealand natural history vegetation flora molesworth station agriculture malborough lucy b. moore b.p.j. molloy r.e. irvine specials

$26.50
2g1/20

Dartmoor


HARVEY, L. A. & ST LEGER-GORDON, D.

First edition, super octavo, green buckram boards with gilt lettering to spine, xiv + 273pp, illus, VG+ (v slight bruising to spine extrems, light tanning to upper page edges) in VG d/w (top half-centimetre upper spine damaged, 1cm closed tear & crease to rear lower edge, browning to edges & interior)

PUBLISHER: Collins 1953

KEYWORDS: first edition LA Harvey D St Leger-Gordon Dartmoor England moorland natural history scenery flora fauna New Naturalist series

$16.50
xxded55892

Field Guide to the Birds of Australia; A Book of Identification


SIMPSON & DAY

softcover super 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: Viking O'Neil 1986

KEYWORDS: simpson day ornithology natural history australian birds avian identification specials

$36.50
2g1/15

The Seas Around New Zealand


WESTERSKOV, KIM & PROBERT, KEITH

Quarto, orangey-brown boards with gilt lettering to spine, illus eps, illus prelims, 181pp, illus, VG+ (slight rubbing to board lower edges & corners, owner's name in ink to half-title page, in VG+ d/w (fading to spine)

PUBLISHER: AH & AW Reed 1981

KEYWORDS: Kim Westerskov Keith Probert New Zealand oceans seas marine environment biology geology topography flora fauna natural history fish seals whales sharks dolphins shoreline

$15.00
xxdga55936

The Garden Pest Book; An Illustrated New Zealand Guide


drawings by Karen Mason

CHAPMAN, BRUCE & PENMAN, DAVID

softcover imperial 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: Reed 1982

KEYWORDS: new zealand natural history gardening bugs insects entomology bruce chapman david penman karen mason specials

$19.50
2g11/42

Discovering the Birds of New Zealand


HAYMAN, PIERS

Quarto, blue card boards with silver lettering to spine, red eps, 134pp, illus, VG (rubbing to spine extrems & board edges) in VG d/w (slight marking)

PUBLISHER: William Collins Ltd 1984

KEYWORDS: Piers Hayman New Zealand birds natural history ornithology art sketches drawings illustrations

$50.00
2g12/8

Tropical Pacific Marine Shells


CERNOHORSKY,WALTER O.

Signed by author, super octavo, royal blue boards with silver lettering to spine, 352pp, illus, VG+ (v light bruising to lower spine extrem, owner's name in ink to fep, sellotape residue stains to front pastedown, foxing to upper page edges) in d/w, VG+ (sellotape to spine extrems, sellotape residue stain to flaps)

PUBLISHER: Pacific Publications 1978

KEYWORDS: Walter O Cernohorsky reference pacific shells conchology zoology natural history

$12.00
xxkqh56368

Handbook to the Arthur's Pass National Park


BURROWS, C. J. (ed.)

saddle-stappled 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: Arthur's Pass National Park Board 1978

KEYWORDS: specials arthur's pass new zealand national parks geology nature climate science natural history walks climate animals plants south island

$55.00
2g16/12

P.J. Redoute: Lilies and Related Flowers


with contributions by William T. Stearn and William Patrick Watson

MATHEW, BRIAN & REDOUTE, PIERRE-JOSEPH

quarto, green cloth boards with gilt lettering to spine, patterned eps, frontispiece, 240pp, illus, VG+ (v light wear and fading to boards, v light foxing to eps) in VG+ d/w (v light wear and rubbing, small closed tears to head and tail of spine)

PUBLISHER: Michael Joseph 1982

KEYWORDS: brian mathew pierre-joseph redoute arts natural history botany flowers lilies

$37.50
2g18/34

The New Naturalist; The Herring Gull's World; A Study of the Social Behaviour of Birds


illustrated with 51 photographs taken by the author 58 drawings and diagrams

TINBERGEN, NIKO

first edition, octavo, green cloth boards with gilt lettering to spine, xvi + 255pp, illus, VG (light wear and fading to boards, ink owner's name to fep, light foxing to page edges) in VG- d/w (torn: small segment missing to corner/front of jacket, moderate segments missing also to top of rear and top of spine, moderate chipping scuffing and closed tears also)

PUBLISHER: Collins 1953

KEYWORDS: niko tinbergen natural history naturalist herring gull birds ornithology

$12.50
xxaql56600

Bits; Their History, Use & Misuse plus Practical Advice on the Most Effective Bits for Every Need


TAYLOR, LOUIS

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: Wilshire Book Company 1974

KEYWORDS: bits horse riding natural history equestrian louis taylor riding equipment harness specials

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