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$275.00
1c76a/37

The Malay Archipelago: The Land of the Orang-utan and the Bird of Paradise: A Narrative of Travel with Studies of Man and Nature


WALLACE, ALFRED RUSSEL

OWNERSHIP OF JOHN HARRE- NZ ETHNOLOGIST/HISTORIAN, octavo, green buckram boards, gilt lettering to spine, blind rule to boards, frontispiece with tissue guard, xvii + 515pp, illus, VG- (heavy scuffing & fraying to spine & extrems, moderate scuffing & soiling to boards & extrems, light tanning & foxing/soiling to page edges, v heavy cracking to gutters- boards sl shaky, light foxing & tanning to prelims, inscription in ink to half title page)

PUBLISHER: Macmillan & Co 1898

KEYWORDS: Malay archipelago nature natural history

$30.00
xxa3ab190560

The New Naturalist Butterflies


FORD, E. B.

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 may reduce your overall postage costs. All online listings are held in Dunedin

PUBLISHER: Collins 1946

KEYWORDS: natural history bugs insects entomology butterflies

$15.00
xxa3ac190607

The Voice of the Desert: A Naturalist's Interpretation


KRUTCH, JOSEPH WOOD

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. All online listings are held in Dunedin

PUBLISHER: Morrow Quill 1980

KEYWORDS: desert life Joseph Wood Krutch natural history

$22.50
xxa3cb171102

Continent of Curiosities: A Journey Through Australian Natural History


CLODE, DANIELLE

Imperial 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. All online listings are held in Dunedin

PUBLISHER: Cambridge University Press 2006

KEYWORDS: Australia Australian natural history nature animals

$45.00
1h16a/1

Possessing Nature: Museums, Collecting, and Scientific Culture in Early Modern Italy


FINDLEN, PAULA

Super octavo, illus glossy light card covers, black & red lettering to spine, xvi + 449pp, illus, VG (light creasing & bruising/wrinkling tospine & covers, light fading to lettering on spine, light foxing & soiling to page edges, prev. bookseller's sm label to inside front cover, prev. owner's name in ink to ffep, occasional light cracking to gutters)

PUBLISHER: University of California Press 1996

KEYWORDS: science museums Italy Italian natural history

$40.00
1i33a/36

The Life-History of the Salmon


HUTTON, J ARTHUR & THOMSON, Prof J ARTHUR (Intro)

Imperial octavo, brown heavy boards, gilt lettering to brown buckram spine, xvi + 56pp + plates to rear- uncounted presumed all present, VG- (spine heavily cocked, heavy scuffing & soiling to spine & boards, moderate tanning to page edges, light tanning to half title page)

PUBLISHER: University of Aberdeen Press 1924

KEYWORDS: salmon fish natural history

$20.00
xxzck172204

The Curious World of Frank Buckland


BURGESS, G H O

LACKS D/W, 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 may reduce your overall postage costs.

PUBLISHER: John Baker 1967

KEYWORDS: Frank Buckland natural history fisheries biographies memoir

$17.50
xxzdc172209

The Running of the Salmon


TAVERNER, ERIC & BROWNE, W BARRINGTON

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: Geoffrey Bles 1954

KEYWORDS: salmon fishing natural history

$16.50
xxzdc172210

The Ever-Rolling Stream


ALDRICH, BERNARD & SMITH, MANUELA (Illus)

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: George Allen & Unwin 1984

KEYWORDS: natural history waterways streams Broadlands royal estates conservation nature

$100.00
1i41a/34

The Natural History of the Salmon / The Stormontfield Experiment on the Salmon


BROWN, WILLIAM

Duodecimo, blue textured buckram boards, gilt lettering to front board only, blind stamp decoration to spine & boards, frontispiece, 136pp, VG (moderate scuffing & bruising to spine & extrems, light discolouration to spine, moderate chafing & dsicolouration to boards, light tanning & foxing/soiling to page edges & eps, light smatterings of foxing throughout, moderate cracking to some gutters)

PUBLISHER: Thomas Murray and Son 1862

KEYWORDS: fish salmon natural history zoology Stormontfield spawning hatching rearing

$40.00
1i41a/35

The Salmon


RUSSEL, ALEX

Octavo, half leather bound patterned heavy boards, gilt lettering & rule to spine, red speckling to page edges, viii + 248pp, VG- (heavy scuffing & surface loss to leatherwork on spine & boards, moderate chipping to top spine extrem- sl loss, light tanning to boards, moderate tanning to page edges, ffep attached to front pastedown, heavy cracking to front gutters- half title page loose but still attached)

PUBLISHER: Edmonston and Douglas 1864

KEYWORDS: fish zoology natural history salmon legislation agriculture

$16.50
xxe3aa172349

A guidebook to the Awaruku Bush Reserve


WILLIS, HUGH (compiled by)

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: Awaruku Bush Society 1980

KEYWORDS: hugh willis awakuru bush reserve society guides guidebooks north shore auckland north island new zealand natural history flora native trees plants illustrated

$30.00
xxe3ag172578

Saving the Ranges: The First 40 Years of the Waitakere Ranges Protection Society


HARVEY, TRIXIE & HARVEY, BRUCE

SIGNED BY BOTH AUTHORS; 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 costs.

PUBLISHER: Waitakere Ranges Protection Society 2013

KEYWORDS: signed waitakere ranges protection society auckland new zealand nature conservation preservation natural history trixie bruce harvey

$65.00
1j48/35

Natural History in America 1609-1860


TUCHER, ANDREA J (Compiled by)

Tidy ex-library, quarto, blue buckram boards, gilt lettering to spine, xix + 287pp, VG+ (minimal library markings, light bruising to extrems, sl staining to boards, light tanning & soiling to page edges & eps)

PUBLISHER: Garland Publishing 1985

KEYWORDS: bibliography bibliographies catalogues American Philosophical Society Historical Society of Pennsylvania Library Company of Philadelphia natural history

$22.50
xxrgb193541

Index to Illustrations of the Natural World


THOMPSON, JOHN W. (compiled by) & SLAUSON, NEDRA (ed)

Very tidy ex-library - unread; Sm. quarto 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 may reduce your overall postage costs.

PUBLISHER: Gaylord Bros., Inc. 1977

KEYWORDS: ex-library index indices illustrations natural world history zoology pictorial botany north america reference guides

$15.00
xxrfL193597

A Life of Science; A Tribute to Charles Alexander Fleming


N/A

Super octavo stapled illus. 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 may reduce your overall postage costs.

PUBLISHER: Royal Society of New Zealand 1988

KEYWORDS: royal society of new zealand tribute to charles alexander fleming science scientists natural history biographies biography

$15.00
xxana195019

The Natural History of Selborne and The Naturalist's Calendar


WHITE, GILBERT

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 may reduce your overall postage costs.

PUBLISHER: Blackie & Son 1895

KEYWORDS: natural history nature English towns villages Selborne Hampshire

$60.00
1u26a/8

Life and Letters of Thomas Henry Huxley


HUXLEY, THOMAS HENRY & HUXLEY, LEONARD

2 VOL. SET; Super octavo, brown cloth boards, gilt lettering to spines & front boards, teg, deckled page edges, frontispieces, xi + 539pp / vii + 541pp, illus, VG/VG- (moderate chipping to spine extrems of Vol. II, boards slightly cocked & soiled, light cracking to gutters on both volumes, a few pages coming loose & one or two small open tears not impacting text, light tanning to page edges, prev. owner's name in ink to Vol. I fep)

PUBLISHER: D. Appleton and Company 1901

KEYWORDS: england english history letters writings autobiography autobiographies memoirs biography biographies thomas henry h huxley biology biologists anthropology anthropologists science scientists theory of evolution natural selection darwin

$450.00
1u27a/24

A Naturalist's Voyage; Journal of Researches into the Natural History and Geology of the Countries Visited During the Voyage of H.M.S. 'Beagle' Round The World.; Under the Command of Capt. FitzRoy, R.N.


DARWIN, CHARLES

EARLY EDITION; Sm. octavo, half bound in brown leather with marbled heavy card boards; gilt lettering, decorative tooling & raised bands to spine, marbled page edges, marbled eps, x + 519pp, illus figures & tables, VG- (heavy cracking to hinges & gutters, with attempted tape repairs - but spine still almost entirely detached & moderately chipped, front board also slightly shaky, light scuffing & soiling to boards, fep partially detached, light foxing & tanning to pages)

PUBLISHER: John Murray 1888

KEYWORDS: early editions science natural history evolution geology zoology naturalists nature naturalism exploration travel writing charles darwin voyage of hms beagle

$150.00
1w13b/44

A Treatise of Human Nature; being an Attempt to Introduce the Experimental Method of Reasoning into Moral Subjects; and Dailogues Concerning Natural Religion (New Edition; In Two Volumes)


HUME, DAVID & GREEN, T. H. & GROSE, T. H. (ed. & prelim. dissertations & notes)

2 VOL. SET; ARCHIVAL TAPE REPAIRS TO SPINE HINGES; Super octavo, maroon cloth boards, gilt lettering to spines, blind-stamped decorative rule to boards, xxii + 565pp / xxi + 472pp + 24pp publisher's catalogue at rear, G+ (heavy cracking to hinges with archival tape repairs, heavy cracking to gutters - boards slightly shaky and a few pages loose but still present, moderate soiling, bruising & sun-fading to board, some surface loss to spine extrems, light foxing & tanning to pages, slight pencil notes/markings to prelims/terminals, prev. owners & bookseller's labels to feps)

PUBLISHER: Longmans, Green, and Co. 1890

KEYWORDS: philosophy philosophical empiricism scepticism naturalism natural religion humanity human nature morality reason reasoning david hume history historical

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