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$15.00
xxcme187705

Mr Jefferson and the Giant Moose: Natural History in Early America


DUGATKIN, LEE ALAN

EX-LIBRARY, 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: University of Chicago Press 2009

KEYWORDS: historiography environment natural history environment philosophy US America

$80.00
1a39a/35

Systema Naturae: A Photographic Facsimile of the First Volume of the Tenth Edition (1758) Regnum Animale


LINNAEI, CAROLI [LINNAEUS, CARL]

THIS VOL ONLY, octavo, blue heavy boards, gilt lettering to spine, v + 824pp, VG (light to moderate bruising to extrems, moderate to heavy tanning/discolouration to spine, light foxing & soiling to page edges, sl tanning & foxing to eps, prev. owner's name in ink to ffep)

PUBLISHER: British Museum (Natural History) / The Gresham Press 1956

KEYWORDS: nature natural history Charles Linnae animal kingdom zoology classification species

$40.00
1a39a/37

Grasshoppers and Crickets of Great Britain and the Channel Islands


PICKARD, BERNARD C. & RAGGE, Dr DAVID R. (Fore)

Octavo, green buckram boards, gilt lettering to spine, 131pp, illus, VG (light scuffing & bruising to extrems, heavy discolouration to boards, moderate tanning & foxing to page edges & eps, prev. owner's name in ink to ffep)

PUBLISHER: Hemsley & Sons, The Ilkley Press 1954

KEYWORDS: nature wildlife insects Great Britain British Channel Islands isles grasshoppers crickets natural history identification orthoptera entomology bugs

$26.50
xxcsg188183

The Earth: An Intimate History


FORTEY, RICHARD

IN SLIPCASE, imperial octavo hardcover (Near FINE) in slipcase (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: The Folio Society 2011

KEYWORDS: natural history folio society earth geology landscapes oceans continents fault lines geography

$30.00
xxcub188292

Reconstruction: Ten Months After New Zealand's Greatest Disaster: Hawke's Bay Earthquakes and Fires


N/A

Oblong 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 may reduce your overall postage costs

PUBLISHER: Wilson & Horton (Printer) c.1931

KEYWORDS: New Zealand history natural disasters Hawke's Bay earthquakes fires

$24.50
xxcug188350

Natural History of Marine Animals (Second Edition)


MacGINITIE, G. E. and NETTIE

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 may reduce your overall postage costs

PUBLISHER: McGraw-Hill Book Company 1968

KEYWORDS: marine biology wildlife animals natural history

$25.00
xxcuh188374

The Great American Wolf


HAMPTON, BRUCE

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 may reduce your overall postage costs

PUBLISHER: John MacRae / Henry Holt 1997

KEYWORDS: wolves American nature animals natural history culture predators

$15.00
xxsjr188656

Norfolk Island - South Pacific; Island of history and many delights


EDGECOMBE, JEAN

Revised second edition, 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: J.M.Edgecombe 1999

KEYWORDS: norfolk island jean edgecombe travel guide natural history

$25.00
xxezn188817

The Natural History of Antelopes


SPINAGE, C. A.

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 may reduce your overall postage costs

PUBLISHER: Facts on File Publications 1986

KEYWORDS: natural history deer antelope animals nature environment

$35.00
xxksb189812

Pyramid Valley


DUFF, ROGER

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

PUBLISHER: The Pegasus Press 1952

KEYWORDS: New Zealand natural history Pyramid Valley moa swamp Canterbury

$20.00
xxkmc189885

Things Worth While


CHEESMAN, EVELYN

FIRST EDITION, octavo hardcover (VG) in d/w (VG-) light annotation & underlining in pencil; 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: Hutchinson & Co 1957

KEYWORDS: autobiography memoir Evelyn Cheesman natural history first editions

$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

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