Books - "natural history"
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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
Vestiges of the Natural History of Creation and Other Evolutionary Writings
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: University of Chicago Press 1994
KEYWORDS: creation evolution biology natural history science
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
Anglers' Fishes & Their Natural History
Octavo, peach buckram boards, copper gilt lettering to beige buckram spine, top page edges stained brown, frontispiece, 284pp, illus, VG+ (moderate staining to board edges, light to moderate tanning & soiling to page edges, sl foxing to eps, ex-libris plate tipped in to prelims) in d/w, VG (light creasing & chipping to edges, heavy tanning to spine & edges, light tanning to covers)
PUBLISHER: Seeley, Service & Co C.1957
KEYWORDS: fish natural history angling
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
The Natural History of the Salmon / The Stormontfield Experiment on the Salmon
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
The Salmon
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
A guidebook to the Awaruku Bush Reserve
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
Saving the Ranges: The First 40 Years of the Waitakere Ranges Protection Society
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
The Tectonic Plates are Moving!
EX-LIBRARY, 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 will reduce your overall postage costs.
PUBLISHER: Oxford University Press 2018
KEYWORDS: roy livermore plate tectonics earth science geology earthquakes natural history tsunamis ocean oceans
Natural History in America 1609-1860
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
Index to Illustrations of the Natural World
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
A Life of Science; A Tribute to Charles Alexander Fleming
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
Ghosts of Gondwana: The History of Life in New Zealand (Fully Revised Edition)
FULLY REVISED ENLARGED 2016 EDITION, quarto, illus heavy boards, green lettering to spine, illus eps, 367pp, illus/photos, VG+ (light bruising to spine & extrems) in d/w, VG+ (light creasing to edges, light soiling & fading)
PUBLISHER: Potton & Burton 2016
KEYWORDS: New Zealand natural history nature geography evolution