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$14.50
xxewe159468

The Naked Woman


MORRIS, DESMOND

Ex library 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: Jonathan Cape 2004

KEYWORDS: Natural history human behaviour human body animal anecdote female

$30.00
xxexv159579

The Great Naturalists: With 198 Illustrations


HUXLEY, ROBERT ( ed)

imperial octavo hardcover ( Near Fine) in d/w (Near Fine); 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: Thames & Hudson 2007

KEYWORDS: science natural history illustrations drawings colour color educational

$30.00
xxewv159733

Great Barrier Island


ARMITAGE, DON (ed)

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: Canterbury University Press 2004 Revised Edition

KEYWORDS: Great Barrier Island natural history environment illustrated

$26.50
ak2/10/1084

Lords of the Fly: Drosophila Genetics and the Experimental Life


KOHLER, ROBERT E.

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 may reduce your overall postage costs

PUBLISHER: University of Chicago Press 1994

KEYWORDS: social science biology philosophy natural history genetics fly flies evolution

$22.50
ak1/11/1418

Vegetation Map of Tongariro National Park North Island New Zealand


ATKINSON, I. A. E.

Oblong octavo softcover stapled wrappers, map in pocket at rear, 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 may reduce your overall postage costs.

PUBLISHER: New Zealand Department of Scientific and Industrial Research 1981

KEYWORDS: New Zealand botany plants flora natural history science biology map maps Tongariro National Park Central North Island vegetation soils Taupo

$25.00
ak1/12/1426

Rocky Shore Ecology of the Leigh Area North Auckland


MORTON, JOHN & CHAPMAN, V. J.

Oblong octavo stapled 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 may reduce your overall postage costs.

PUBLISHER: University of Auckland 1968

KEYWORDS: rocky shore ecology maritime marine biology science natural history Leigh North Auckland New Zealand

$32.50
ak1/12/1445

The Weald


WOOLDRIDGE, S. W. & GOLDRING, FREDERICK

FIRST EDITION, 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 may reduce your overall postage costs.

PUBLISHER: Collins 1953

KEYWORDS: New Naturalist series British natural history biology ecology weald modern first edition geology soil

$25.00
ak1/12/1449

Life in Lakes and Rivers


MACAN, T. T. & WORTHINGTON, E. B.

FIRST EDITION, 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 may reduce your overall postage costs.

PUBLISHER: Collins 1951

KEYWORDS: New Naturalist series British natural history biology science marine lakes rivers hydrology water fresh freshwater ecology

$25.00
ak1/12/1454

The Broads


ELLIS, E. A.

FIRST EDITION; Octavo hardcover (VG) in d/w (G, very tatty: large segements missing, photograph of boat on front of jacket); 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 may reduce your overall postage costs.

PUBLISHER: Collins 1965

KEYWORDS: The New Naturalist series British natural history biology science Norfolk Broads wetlands maritime ecology

$40.00
ak2/11/1465

Man and Birds


MURTON, R. K.

FIRST EDITION, green cloth boards gilt lettering to spine, xx+364pp, illus., VG+ (light fading and soiling to boards, light tanning to pages) in d/w VG (front bright and vibrant, hint of fading to spine, light scuffing, small (less 1cm) closed tears to corner/top of spine, light tanning and soiling to rear & reverse)

PUBLISHER: Collins 1971

KEYWORDS: New Naturalist series British natural history biology ornithology science birds avian modern first edition

$50.00
1y67/41

Richard Spruce (1817 - 1893): Botanist and Explorer


SEAWARD, M. R. D. & FITZGERALD, S. M. D. (ed.'s) [SPRUCE, RICHARD]

Octavo illus. yellow light card covers, 359pp, illus., VG+ (light scuffing and creasing to covers, occassional soiling to edges and within (unobtrusive), prev. owner's name in flowing script, pen, to reverse of front cover)

PUBLISHER: Royal Botanic Gardens 1996

KEYWORDS: richard spruce biography biology science botany exploration victorian natural history

$100.00
1y74/27

Butterflies of the Australian Region


D'ABRERA, BERNARD

Folio green cloth boards, gilt lettering to spine, 415pp, VG- (unfortunate damp stain to upper inner corner - unsightly, but majority of plates minimally affected; front hinge/gutters sloppy; light scuffing and soiling to boards; light tanning and occasional foxing within) in d/w VG- (moderate scuffing rubbing and chipping, moderate fading)

PUBLISHER: Lansdowne 1971

KEYWORDS: australian lepidoptery lepidopterology buttflies insects biology ecology australia natural history

$35.00
1y74/43

Lamarck's Evolution: Two Centuries of Genius and Jealousy


HONEYWILL, ROSS

Octavo illus. light card covers with French flaps, 205pp, nr. FINE (sl. fading to spine, touch of soiling to bottom edge)

PUBLISHER: Pier 9 2008

KEYWORDS: jean-baptiste de lamarck lamarckian evolution science history theory biology natural selection

$120.00
1y75/8

Iceland; or the Journal of a Residence in that Island, during the Years 1814 and 1815 (volume 2 only)


HENDERSON, EBENEZER

THIS VOLUME ONLY (volume 2); super octavo half bound marbelled heavy card boards, vii+412pp, illus., VG- (front board attached but shakey, binding sound but leather surface of spine almost completelty absent; light tanning and foxing within)

PUBLISHER: Oliphant, Waugh and Innes / T. Hamilton, J. Hatchard, and L. B. Seeley 1818

KEYWORDS: iceland travel icelandic ebenezer henderson exploration history sociology culture natural

$150.00
1y73/1

New Zealand Inventory of Biodiversity (3 volume set)


GORDON, DENNIS P. (ed.) ET AL.

3x VOLUME SET (HEAVY) in slipcase; quarto illus. heavy card boards, illus. endpapers, i. kingdom animalia: radiata, lophotrochoza, deuterostomia, 566pp / ii. kingdom animalia: chaetognatha, ecdysozoa, ichnofossils, 528pp / iii. kingdom bacteria, protozoa, chromista, plantae, fungi, 616pp, nr. FINE (v. sl. soiling to edges of vol. iii, with prev. owner's signature to prelims. (eminent lychenologist David Galloway) in slipcase VG (light scuffing to edges)

PUBLISHER: Canterbury Universtiy Press 2012

KEYWORDS: new zealand natural history biology zoology animals science reference kingdom animalia radiata lophotrochoza deuterostomia chaetognatha ecdysozoa ichnofossils bacteria protozoa chromista plantae plants plant botany fungi

$40.00
1y73/5

A Geology of Ireland


HOLLAND, C. H. (ed.)

Oblong super octavo green cloth boards, gilt lettering to spine, x+335pp, illus, VG (light tanning and soiling within, light scuffing to boards) in d/w VG+ (light scuffing)

PUBLISHER: Scottish Academic Press 1981

KEYWORDS: geology ireland irish natural history earth science land landscape

$65.00
1y73/6

The Discovery of Evolution


YOUNG, DAVID

Quarto blue cloth boards, gilt lettering to spine, 256pp, illus., VG+ (light tanning within) in d/w VG+ (light fading)

PUBLISHER: Natural History Museum Publications / Cambridge University Press 1992

KEYWORDS: evolution natural selection lamarck charles darwin wallace science history biology life zoology

$25.00
ak4/8/1821

Which Coastal Plant?


CROWE, ANDREW

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 may reduce your overall postage costs.

PUBLISHER: Penguin Books 1995

KEYWORDS: new zealand natural history flora plant plants identification coastal botany andrew crowe

$130.00
1y80/37

Travels in New Zealand: With Contributions to the Geography, Geology, Botany, and Natural History of that Country


DIEFFENBACH, ERNST

2 vol set, super octavo, red heavy card boards, gilt lettering to spine, frontispiece, illus title page, vol 1 vii + 431pp, vol 2 iv + 396pp + 4pp ads, illus, VG+ in d/w's (VG+)

PUBLISHER: Capper Press 1974

KEYWORDS: New Zealand geography geology botany natural history districts natives flora fauna

$50.00
1y80/39

New Zealand Birds


OLIVER, W.R.B.

FIRST EDITION, super octavo, green heavy card boards, gilt lettering to spine, illus eps, frontispiece, viii + 541pp, illus, 6 colour plates (frontispiece + 5), VG (moderate rubbing to board extrems, light bruising to spine extrems, minor to moderate foxing to pages and page edges) in d/w VG- (archival repair tape to spine, substantial rubbing, moderate staining, moderate fraying, 5mm closed tears to folds)

PUBLISHER: Fine Arts (NZ) 1930

KEYWORDS: Birds ornithology New Zealand natural history description habits distribution

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