Books - "natural history"
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Science in History, Volumes 1-3: The Emergence of Science, The Scientific and Industrial Revolutions, The Natural Sciences in Our Time.
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 1965
KEYWORDS: science in history natural ancient industrial revolution
Where to Watch Birds in New Zealand: More Than 30 of the Country's Best Birding Locations
Octavo, illus light card covers, illus title page, 272pp, illus, VG+ (light rubbing to cover)
PUBLISHER: New Holland 2010
KEYWORDS: New Zealand birds ornithology natural history
State Museum: Memoir 15: Wild Flowers of New York: 2 Volumes
2 vol set, Quarto, green cloth boards with gilt lettering to spine, 185pp (vol1), 177(vol2), illus, VG (light rubbing to boards, light bruising to spine extrems & board corners, light tanning & light foxing to page edges)
PUBLISHER: University of the State of New York 1923
KEYWORDS: botany New York natural history plants wild flowers biology
The Aloes of South Africa
Super octavo, green cloth boards with gilt lettering to spine & front board, xviii + 534pp, illus, VG+ (light tanning to page edges) in d/w VG (moderate bruising to spine extrems, light rubbing, light fading to spine)
PUBLISHER: A.A. Balkema 1974
KEYWORDS: botany natural history plants Aloe South Africa biology
Coastal Ecosystem Processes
Super octavo, illus boards, 419pp, illus, Nr Fine
PUBLISHER: CRC 1998
KEYWORDS: natural history environment coastal ecosystems marine science
New Zealand Birds: An Artist's Field Studies
Folio, green cloth boards with gilt lettering to spine, grey eps, 232pp, illus, VG+ (very light bruising to spine extrems) in d/w VG+ (light fading to spine, scuffing to edges)
PUBLISHER: Reed Methuen 1986
KEYWORDS: birds ornithology New Zealand natural history fauna arts painting
Sagarmatha Mother of the Universe: The Story of Mt Everest National Park
Copy of mountaineer Mavis Davidson, 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: Cobb Horwood 1985
KEYWORDS: Geography natural history Mount Everest Nepal Himalaya
Classical and Middle Armenian Bird Names:a Linguistic, Taxonomic, and Mythological Study
Super octavo, creme cloth boards with blue lettering to spine & front boards, xxi + 290pp, illus, VG (light soiling to boards, light foxing to page edges)
PUBLISHER: Caravan Books 1978
KEYWORDS: birds ornithology natural history Armenia mythology reference
Zoo Quest to Guiana
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: The Reprint Society 1958
KEYWORDS: Biography natural history Guiana
New Zealand Birds
First edition, imperial octavo, green cloth boards, gilt lettering to spine, illus eps, frontispiece, viii + 541pp, illus, VG (very light foxing to eps & page edges, bookshop ink stamp on front pastedown, slight crack to gutter around p515, minor bruising to extrems) in d/w VG- (moderate browning, creasing to extrems, light rubbing)
PUBLISHER: Fine Arts (NZ) Ltd 1930
KEYWORDS: Birds ornithology New Zealand natural history
Hongos: Especies Alucinogenas
Text in Spanish, super octavo, illus light card covers, 120pp, illus, VG (light rubbing to covers, light foxing to page edges)
PUBLISHER: Diana 1995
KEYWORDS: text in Spanish mushrooms natural history culture
The Kea: A New Zealand Problem
Ex-library, Super octavo, green cloth boards with green lettering to spine & front board, frontispiece, 151pp, illus, VG (light library markings, moderate tanning to boards, moderate bruising to spine extrems, light rubbing to boards, light foxing to page edges)
PUBLISHER: Marriner Bros & Co. 1908
KEYWORDS: ornithology Kea New Zealand natural history birds
The Mentality of Apes
Very Early primatology, super octavo, green cloth boards with gilt lettering to spine, frontipiece, viii + 336pp, illus, VG (light soiling & light rubbing to boards, light bruising to spine extrems, light foxing to page edges, bookseller's label to front pastedown)
PUBLISHER: Kegan Paul, Trench, Trubner & co. 1931
KEYWORDS: apes primatology natural history primates animals
Arthur's Pass and the Otira Gorge
Octavo, purple light card covers with yapp edges, green & red lettering and lovely colour bird illus to front cover, frontispiece, 68pp, illus, VG
PUBLISHER: Whitcombe & Tombs Limited 1925 (?)
KEYWORDS: New Zealand Arthur's Pass Otira Gorge souvenir guide tourism natural history
A Living New Zealand Forest
Imperial octavo, green heavy card boards, gilt lettering to spine, frontispiece, 172pp, illus, VG+ (light scuffing to board edges, light bruising to board corners, foxing & staining to page edges, v sl staining to eps) in d/w, VG+ (light sunning to spine, light creasing & soiling to edges)
PUBLISHER: David Bateman 1992
KEYWORDS: New Zealand botany illustrated plants biology animals ecosystems forests science vegetation natural history
Pacific Sea Shells: A Handbook fo Common Marine Molluscs of Hawaii and the South Seas
super 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: Charles E Tuttle 1970
KEYWORDS: sea shells moluscs Pacific marine natural history Hawaii South Seas
Kapiti Bird Sanctuary: A Natural History of the Island
octavo, light-blue heavy card board covers, dark blue lettering to spine and front cover, bird/landscape illus to front cover, illus title page, frontispiece, illus, 190pp, VG ( v.slight tanning & foxing to spine, covers, page edges & eps, v. few pencil notes/underlinings, rep is water-marked) in d/w shabby (moderately bruised; faded, particularly spine; moderate rubbing & slight soiling - has been put in protective plastic cover- 1.5x3cm hole in spine) a very pretty book
PUBLISHER: R. H. D. Stidolph 1952
KEYWORDS: Kapiti bird ornithology nature natural history New Zealand birds
The Oxford Handbook of Zooarchaeology
Ownership signature of NZ author & archaeologist Ian Smith, imperial octavo, black cloth boards with gilt lettering to spine, xxii + 839pp, NR FINE in NR FINE d/w
PUBLISHER: Oxford University Press 2017
KEYWORDS: zooarchaeology archaeology zoology animals natural history
Oceans of Kansas: A Natural History of the Western Interior Sea
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: Indiana University Press 2005
KEYWORDS: natural history western ocean sea marine animals illustrated fossil
Smoky Mountain Folks and Their Lore
Super octavo, stapled light card covers (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 Cataloochee Press 1978
KEYWORDS: Great Smoky Mountains natural history illustrated US America culture hunting