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$75.00
2i21/25

Information for the People: or, Treasury of Useful Knowledge: Comprising a Large Amount of Interesting and Instructive Reading, Designed for Popular Use


SEARS, ROBERT

Super octavo, brown cloth boards with gilt lettering to spine & front board, gilt illustrations to spine & boards, frontispiece, 530pp + 16pp adverts, illus, VG (moderate bruising to spine extrems & board corners, moderate tanning to spine, moderate tanning to page edges, light rubbing & light soiling to boards, light sporadic foxing to pages, dampstaining to advert pages)

PUBLISHER: Robert Sears 1850

KEYWORDS: natural history Geography agriculture economics biography arts science

$45.00
2i21/30

Ghosts in Gondwana: The History of Life in New Zealand


GIBBS, GEORGE

First edition, Super octavo, grey cloth boards with gilt lettering to spine, illus eps, 232pp, illus, Nr Fine in d/w FINE

PUBLISHER: Craig Potton 2006

KEYWORDS: New Zealand Natural History science evolution Gondwa

$55.00
2i26/17

Faulkland Islands Freshwater Fishes: A Natural History


MCDOWALL, R. M. & ALLIBONE, R. M. & CHADDERTON, W. L.

Octavo, illus light card covers, black lettering to spine, 102pp, illus, nr fine (v. slight soiling to covers)

PUBLISHER: Faulklands Conservation 2005

KEYWORDS: natural history freshwater fishes Faulklands ecology biology zoology ichthyology

$40.00
2i31/4

Underwater Wonders of New Zealand


TORCKLER, GILLIAN & TORCKLER, DARRYL

Large quarto, illus glossy heavy card boards, black lettering to orange spine & white lettering to front board, illus eps, illus title page, 112pp, illus, nr fine, in d/w, nr fine

PUBLISHER: New Holland 1999

KEYWORDS: New Zealand marine biology natural history oceans underwater flora fauna

$120.00
2i35/41

The Book of the Huia


PHILLIPPS, W. J.

Super octavo, blue/grey cloth boards with white lettering to spine, 159pp, illus, VG+ (light supping to upper spine extrem, prev owners name in ink to pastedown) in d/w, VG- (moderate chipping and small closed tears to edges, moderate rubbing and soiling to covers)

PUBLISHER: Whitcombe and Tombs Limited 1963

KEYWORDS: NEw Zealand huia ornithology birds natural history

$15.50
xxscp127794

Hawaii, A Natural History: Geology, Climate, Native Flora and Fauna Above the Shoreline


CARLQUIST, SHERWIN & JANISH, JEANNE R. (Illus)

Imperial 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: Pacific Tropical Botanical Garden 1985

KEYWORDS: Hawaii natural history geology climate biology zoology botany

$10.00
xxpag128273

Tortoise


YOUNG, PETER

Ex-library, 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: Reaktion Books 2003

KEYWORDS: tortoises animals history evolution biology natural

$18.50
xxpak128467

The New Naturalist, A Survey of British Natural History 1: Butterlies


FORD, E.B. & BEAUFOY, S. (Photog)

Super octavo hardcover (VG) in d/w (tatty); 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 1946

KEYWORDS: British butterflies entomology UK science zoology natural history

$38.50
xxpak128476

The New Naturalist, A Survey of British Natural History 35: The World of the Soil


RUSSEL, Sir JOHN E.

First edition, super octavo hardcover (VG) 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 cost

PUBLISHER: Collins 1957

KEYWORDS: British natural history UK soil science agriculture gardening water circulation geology microbiology

$25.00
xxpak128477

The New Naturalist, A Survey of British Natural History 61: Inheritance and Nautral History


BERRY, R.J.

First edition, super octavo hardcover (VG) in d/w (small hole, 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: Collins 1977

KEYWORDS: British natural history UK science genetics inheritance hereditary biology zoology

$20.00
xxpak128478

The New Naturalist, A Survey of British Natural History 16: Wild Flower of Chalk and Limestone


LOUSLEY, J.E.

Super octavo hardcover (VG+) 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 cost

PUBLISHER: Collins 1971

KEYWORDS: British natural history UK science wild flowers flora chalk limestone botany

$40.00
2s20b/1

Ifaluk: Portrait of a Coral Island


BATES, MARSTON & ABBOTT, DONALD P.

Octavo, green cloth boards, sliver lettering to spine, frontispice, 287pp, Illus plates, VG+ ( light brusing to spine extrems, light foxing to upper page edges) in d/w VG- ( 3cm closed tear to lower spine extrem, heavy chipping to edges, slight creasing to front, light soiling & rubbing)

PUBLISHER: Museum Press Ltd. 1959

KEYWORDS: Ifaluk Caroline islands south pacific anthropology natural history biology zoology

$60.00
2s20b/4

The Letters of F. W. Ludwig Leichhardt


Hakluyt Society Second Series No. CXXXIII

LEICHHARDT, F.W. LUDWIG & AUROUSSEAU, M. (ed/trans)

Three volume set, octavo blue cloth boards, gilt lettering to spine, blind rule & gilt ship motif to front board, frontispiece, xvi + 1175pp accross three volumes, illus, folding maps, VG ( light fading to spine, light brusing to board corners, Light soiling to upper page edges) in d/w VG ( moderate fading to spines, light soiling, light brusing & chipping to upper edges)

PUBLISHER: Hakluty Society / The Syndics of the Cambridge University Press 1968

KEYWORDS: Letters German exploration northern central Australia natural history

$40.00
2s20b/8

The Proteas of Southern Africa


ROURKE, J.P.

Quarto, green boards with gilt lettering to spine, frontispiece, xii + 243pp, VG+ (bookseller stamp to fep) in d/w VG (moderate bruising to spine extrems & cover corners, light foxing, light rubbing)

PUBLISHER: Purnell 1980

KEYWORDS: proteas South Africa botany plants flowers natural history

$50.00
2s20b/12

Flora of Central Australia


JESSOP, JOHN

Imperial octavo, brown cloth boards with silver lettering to spine, illus eps, xxxiv + 537pp, illus, VG+ (light bruising to spine extrems, light soiling to page edges) in d/w VG (light fading, light bruising to spine extrems)

PUBLISHER: Reed 1981

KEYWORDS: flora Australia natural history plants botany

$60.00
2s20b/17

Index Faunae Novae Zealandiae


HUTTON, F.W. (ed)

Octavo, brown cloth boards with gilt lettering to spine, viii + 372pp, VG+ (light bruising to spine extrems & board corners, light tanning & light soiling to page edges)

PUBLISHER: Dulau & Co, 1904

KEYWORDS: Zoology New Zealand Indexes natural history

$40.00
2s20b/19

Manual of the Botany of the Northern United States


GRAY, ASA

Octavo, brown cloth boards with gilt lettering to spine & front board, marbled edges, 747pp + 15 plate, illus, VG (light bruising to spine extrems, light rubbing to board)

PUBLISHER: Ivision, Blakeman, & Co. 1890

KEYWORDS: botany natural history fauna

$22.50
xxses129933

Natural History of Rangitoto Island, Hauraki Gulf, Auckland New Zealand


WILCOX, MIKE D. (Ed)

Imperial 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: Auckland Botanical Society 2007

KEYWORDS: New Zealand natural history flora fauna botany nature wildlife geology

$40.00
2i42/35

Afroalpine Vascular Plants: A Taxonomic Revision


HEDBERG, OLOV

Text in english, Super octavo, black boards, 423pp, illus, Nr Fine

PUBLISHER: Uppsala 1957

KEYWORDS: text in english botany vascular plants science natural history

$85.00
2i43/47

The Puffin


HILMARSSON, JOHANN OLI

Super octavo, illus boards, illus eps, 125pp, illus, VG+ (light foxing to page edges, small nick to lower front board edge)

PUBLISHER: Mal og Menning 2008

KEYWORDS: Puffin natural history birds ornithology

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