Books - "natural history"
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Minerals and Their Uses
in a series of letters to a lady
first edition rebound in 1998 464pp (col.frontis.) VG- (red cloth rebind w.original cloth cover/rear and title from spine laid down,sl.rubbed and stained w.sl.bumps to extrems.,modern eps,sl.stains to prelims.incl.frontis.,blind stamp and owner's sign.to title-page,sl.stains and foxing to contents,edges soiled,tight)
PUBLISHER: john w.parker london 1849
KEYWORDS: minerals geology science natural history
Birds of South America
first edition 321pp ills.(col.plates by john gould) VG+ (orange cloth,sl.foxing to edges,plates clean and bright,sl.cocked) in VG d/w (sl.rubbed and stained,spine sl.sunned,sl.bumps and wear to extrems.)
PUBLISHER: eyre methuen london 1972
KEYWORDS: birds ornithology natural history
Polar Animals
first edition 188pp ills. VG+ (sl.bumps to extrems.,sl.stains to eps,edges sl.foxed,sl.bowed) in VG- d/w (sl.rubbed and stained,sl.bumps and wear to extrems.incl.hinges,some minor closed tears,price-clipped)
PUBLISHER: george g.harrap london 1962
KEYWORDS: modern first edition natural history
The Call of the Bushveld
second edition 271pp ills. VG (sl.stained w.spine sl.sunned,mod.water stain to head of rear,sl.bumps to extrems.,sl.water stains to upper and fore edges of contents,pp71/72 untrimmed at lower corner w.sl.stain,edges sl.browned) lacks d/w
PUBLISHER: a.c.white bloemfontein [nd]
KEYWORDS: natural history africa travel
Britain's Birds and Their Nests
reprint 340pp ills.(col.) VG- (orange cloth,sl.rubbed and mod.stained,sl.sunned,sl.bumps and wear to extrems.,contents sl.browned and foxed,sl.cocked w.sl.shaky spine)
PUBLISHER: w.&r.chambers london 1942
KEYWORDS: natural history
The English Rock-Garden
vol.ii only
vol.ii only 524pp ills. VG (sl.rubbed and soiled w.mod.wear to extrems.,owner's inscr.to ffep,eps and edges sl.foxed)
PUBLISHER: thomas nelson london 1948
KEYWORDS: natural history reginald farrer rock-gardens
Coloured Vade-Mecum to the Alpine Flora
twenty-first edition [unpaginated] text in engl./french/germ. ills.[col.plates] VG (dec.binding,sl.bumps to extrems.,ffep sl.creased,sl.foxing to prelims.,some offsetting to text pp,plates clean and bright,bookmark loosely inserted) in VG d/w (sl.rubbed and soiled,spine sl.sunned,mod.chipping and wear to extrems.)
PUBLISHER: albert raustein zurich [nd]
KEYWORDS: alpine plants natural history schroter
The Garden at Home
first edition 276pp ills.[some col.] VG+ (dec.cloth binding,sl.rubbed and soiled,spine sl.sunned,minor wear to extrems.,2x owner's inscr.to ffep,prelims.and edges sl.foxed o/w contents clean,sl.shaky spine)
PUBLISHER: cassell london 1912
KEYWORDS: modern first edition h.h.thomas gardening natural history
Fisherman Naturalist
first edition 190pp ills. VG+ (sl.soiled w.sunned spine,minor bumps to extrems.,edges sl.foxed o/w clean)
PUBLISHER: collins london 1946
KEYWORDS: modern first edition natural history fishing anthony buxton
Insect Natural History
new naturalist series
first edition 317pp ills.[many col.] VG+ (sl.sunned spine and towards sl.bumped extrems.,prelims.and edges v.sl.foxed o/w contents clean,sl.shaky spine) in VG d/w (sl.rubbed and soiled w.spine mod.sunned,sl.bumps and chipping to extrems.)
PUBLISHER: collins london 1947
KEYWORDS: modern first edition new naturalist series a.d.imms insects entymology natural history
The Birds of the British Isles and their Eggs
wayside and woodland series
second impression 376pp ills.[many col.] VG+ (brown cloth w.gilt dec.,mod.rubbed and soiled,sl.wear to extrems.,owner's label to half-title,some minor foxing to contents and speckled edges o/w clean,sl.cocked)
PUBLISHER: warne london 1920
KEYWORDS: natural history birds ornithology t.a.coward british isles
Drawings of British Plants
part x
first edition 33pp [recto only] ills. [b/w] NF (in wrappers,sl.soiled)
PUBLISHER: bell london 1972
KEYWORDS: natural history science botany stella ross-craig
Drawings of British Plants
part iv
first edition 26pp [recto only] ills. [b/w] VG+ (in wrappers,mod.soiled,minor wear to extrems.)
PUBLISHER: bell london 1950
KEYWORDS: natural history science botany stella ross-craig
Birds and Men
new naturalist series
first edition 256pp ills.[some col.] VG+ (green cloth,boards unevenly sunned,paste action to eps,edges sl.soiled,sl.shaky spine) in VG+ d/w (sl.rubbed and soiled,spine sl.browned,minor wear to extrems.)
PUBLISHER: collins london 1951
KEYWORDS: natural history birds ornithology e.m.nicholson collins new naturalist series
British Fresh-Water Fishes
first edition thus [one-volume w.additions] 256pp ills.[many col.plates] NF (cream cloth,sl.sunned towards upper/lower edges,edges sl.soiled) in VG+ d/w (sl.rubbed,spine sunned w.mod.sunning towards upper/lower edges,sl.bumps and curling to edges)
PUBLISHER: peerage books 1981
KEYWORDS: natural history fish britain w.houghton
Nature Day and Night
first edition 108pp ills.[col.by david goddard] NF (col.ill.laminated boards,minor bumps to extrems.,3 lines of ink crossing-out to p.43 o/w contents clean and bright) in VG+ d/w (sl.rubbed and sunned,sl.bumps and wear to extrems.)
PUBLISHER: kestrel books harmondsworth 1978
KEYWORDS: modern first edition natural history science richard adams david goddard
Water-Fowl and Game-Birds in Captivity
the sports and pastimes library
first edition 240pp ills.[b/w] VG+ (green cloth,sl.soiled w.sl.bumps and wear to extrems.,eps and edges sl.foxed,edges soiled) in G+ d/w (mod.rubbed and soiled,sl.sunned w.spine browned,mod.internal foxing,bumps and chipping to extrems.w.some losses and several closed tears,sl.tatty)
PUBLISHER: witherby london 1932
KEYWORDS: natural history ornithology birds sport and pastimes library arthur f.moody
Sea Elephant
the life and death of the elephant seal
first edition 185pp ills.[b/w] VG+ (green cloth,sl.wear to extrems.,paste action to eps,prelims.and edges sl.foxed) in VG d/w (sl.rubbed and soiled,sl.foxed,mod.bumps and wear to extrems.,internal tape reinforcements to head/foot of spine)
PUBLISHER: macgibbon & kee 1952
KEYWORDS: natural history sea elephant l.harrison matthews
Vegetable Organography;
or,an analytical description of the organs of plants,vol.2 only
second edition vol.2 only 334pp ills.[plates 16-23 only] G (green cloth,lower board detached w.spine missing,rubbed and soiled and sunned,mod.wear to extrems.,eps soiled,prelims.and edges sl.foxed w.some minor soiling to contents,spine cracked and shaky)
PUBLISHER: houlston & stoneman london 1841
KEYWORDS: natural history vegetable organography m.aug.p.de candolle
The Herons of the World
with paintings by robert gillmor and peter hayman and drawings by robert gillmor
304pp, ills (col) NF (folio, green cloth, v minor wear to extrems.) in NF d/w (minor bumps and wear to extrems.)
PUBLISHER: london editions, london 1978
KEYWORDS: james hancock hugh elliott robert gillmor peter hayman roger peterson natural history science