Books - "natural history"
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Great Barrier Island
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
Eight Little Piggies: Reflections in Natural History
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: Jonathan Cape 1993
KEYWORDS: Natural history evolution anatomy extinction
Lords of the Fly: Drosophila Genetics and the Experimental Life
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
Pictures of Time Beneath: Science, Heritage and the Uses of the Deep Past
Super octavo white illus. light card covers, viii+214pp, VG+ (light creasing to covers)
PUBLISHER: CSIRO Publishing 2010
KEYWORDS: philosophy Australia Australian natural history science land landscapes antiquity sociology geology heritage Hallett Cove Lake Callabonna Willandra Lakes Region
Rocky Shore Ecology of the Leigh Area North Auckland
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
The Weald
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
Life in Lakes and Rivers
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
The Broads
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
Man and Birds
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
Richard Spruce (1817 - 1893): Botanist and Explorer
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
Butterflies of the Australian Region
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
Lamarck's Evolution: Two Centuries of Genius and Jealousy
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
Iceland; or the Journal of a Residence in that Island, during the Years 1814 and 1815 (volume 2 only)
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
New Zealand Inventory of Biodiversity (3 volume set)
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
The Forest Flora of New Zealand
Boards and spine detached but present; small folio green cloth, black border and pohutakawa motif to front with gilt lettering, to spine also, xv+345pp, G (as above, boards and spine detached: heavy scuffing and moderate chipping & rubbing to the same; moderate to heavy tanning within, with moderate foxing throughout)
PUBLISHER: George Didsbury, Government Printer 1889
KEYWORDS: new zealand forest flora trees plants ferns botany natural history biology science
A Geology of Ireland
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
The Discovery of Evolution
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
The World of Bats
Quarto green cloth boards, gilt lettering to front and spine, illus., 171pp, VG+ (moderate soiling to endpapers, light foxing to edges and within, prev. owner's stamp to title & half title) in d/w VG (price clipped, plastic covered with adhesive strips, light soiling)
PUBLISHER: Edita Lausanne 1969
KEYWORDS: buy this book it is so cool you won't regret it bat bats animals animal photography mammals zoology biology natural history
Travels in New Zealand: With Contributions to the Geography, Geology, Botany, and Natural History of that Country
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
New Zealand Birds
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