Books - "natural history"
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Mr Jefferson and the Giant Moose: Natural History in Early America
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
Systema Naturae: A Photographic Facsimile of the First Volume of the Tenth Edition (1758) Regnum Animale
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
Grasshoppers and Crickets of Great Britain and the Channel Islands
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
The Earth: An Intimate History
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
Reconstruction: Ten Months After New Zealand's Greatest Disaster: Hawke's Bay Earthquakes and Fires
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
Natural History of Marine Animals (Second 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 may reduce your overall postage costs
PUBLISHER: McGraw-Hill Book Company 1968
KEYWORDS: marine biology wildlife animals natural history
The Great American Wolf
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
Norfolk Island - South Pacific; Island of history and many delights
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
The Natural History of Antelopes
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
Pyramid Valley
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
Things Worth While
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
The Malay Archipelago: The Land of the Orang-utan and the Bird of Paradise: A Narrative of Travel with Studies of Man and Nature
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
The New Naturalist Butterflies
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
The Voice of the Desert: A Naturalist's Interpretation
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
Continent of Curiosities: A Journey Through Australian Natural History
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
Possessing Nature: Museums, Collecting, and Scientific Culture in Early Modern Italy
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
The Life-History of the Salmon
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
The Curious World of Frank Buckland
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
The Running of the Salmon
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
The Ever-Rolling Stream
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