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$100.00
2g30b/16

Days and Nights of Salmon Fishing in the Tweed with a Short Account of the Natural History and Habits of the Salmon, Instructions to Sportsmen, Anecdotes, Etc.


SCROPE, WILLIAM

Super royal 8vo, pp. xvi + 268; green buckram bds, spine lettered in gilt; edges deckled, frontis., plates, illus.; VG- (light to moderate scuffing & soiling to bds; light to moderate bruising to spine & board edges & extrems; light to moderate tanning & soiling to pg edges; light to moderate tanning, soiling & foxing to eps, prelims & terminals; heavy cracking to front & central gutters; pp. ix-xxiv & plate opposite p. 49 loose).

PUBLISHER: Edward Arnold 1898

KEYWORDS: William Scrope fish fishing angler angling salmon sport game natural history 19th century

$300.00
ak2/13a/33

The Banks Letters: A Calendar of the Manuscript Correspondence of Sir Joseph Banks


BANKS, Sir JOSEPH & DAWSON, WARREN R (Ed)

Imperial octavo, green buckram boards, gilt lettering to spine, xlii + 965pp, VG+ (sl rubbing to extrems, light tanning & soiling to page edges) in d/w, VG (moderate creasing & chipping/tearing to top edges, light tanning to spine, light scuffing to spine & rear)

PUBLISHER: British Museum (Natural History) 1958

KEYWORDS: Sir Joseph Banks British Museum Natural History manuscripts

$25.00
xx147pol208887

The Butterfly and Common Moths of New Zealand


GASKIN, D E

8vo hardcover (VG) in d/w (G); 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: Whitcombe and Tombs 1966

KEYWORDS: D E Gaskin zoology butterfly butterflies moth moths natural history

$15.00
xxkwe209930

Darwin: A Life in Science


WHITE, MICHAEL & GRIBBIN, JOHN

Super 8vo 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 will reduce your overall postage costs

PUBLISHER: Simon & Schuster 1995

KEYWORDS: Chalres Darwin 19th century life lives biography biology biologist natural history

$15.00
xxrbb210079

The Natural History of an English Forest


HICKIN, NORMAN E

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 may reduce your overall postage costs.

PUBLISHER: Arrow Books 1972

KEYWORDS: natural history trees forests nature England English

$15.00
xxrfh210166

The Great Drought of 1976


COX, EVELYN

Ex-library. 8vo 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 will reduce your overall postage costs

PUBLISHER: Hutchinson & Co. 1978

KEYWORDS: Evelyn Cox 20th century history natural disaster drought

$22.50
xxria210211

NZ Wildlife: Introducing the Weird and Wonderful Character of Natural New Zealand


TREWICK, STEVE & MORGAN-RICHARDS, MARY

8vo 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: Penguin Books 2014

KEYWORDS: New Zealand wildlife environment animals natural history plantlife

$34.50
xxpag210281

Manual of Cultivated Conifers: Hardy in the Cold- and Warm-Temperate Zone


OUDEN, P DEN & BOOM, B K

Imp. 8vo 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: Martinus Nijhoff 1965

KEYWORDS: P Den Ouden B K Boom conifers botanical plants plantlife natural history

$20.00
xxpbd210329

Popular Ecology of the Cooperatively Breeding Acorn Woodpecker


KOENIG, WALTER D & MUMME, RONALD L

8vo 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 will reduce your overall postage costs

PUBLISHER: Princeton University Press 1987

KEYWORDS: acorn woodpecker ornithology breeding natural history zoology ecology birds

$20.00
xxpbl210434

The Living Pythons


WALLS, JERRY G

Super 8vo 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: T. F. H. Publications 1998

KEYWORDS: Jerry G Walls snakes natural history pythons

$24.50
xxpgj210665

Pyramid Valley: Waikari, North Canterbury


DUFF, ROGER

Imperial octavo softcover (VG-) water staining to bottom corners; 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: Association of Friends of the Canterbury Museum Christchurch 1949

KEYWORDS: New Zealand Moa swamps Waikari North Canterbury natural history

$25.00
xxpgj210667

The Island of Penguins (Second Impression)


KEARTON, CHERRY

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: Longmans, Green and Co 1930

KEYWORDS: nature wildlife penguins natural history biology

$28.50
xxpgi210686

The Bald Eagle: The Improbable Journey of America's Bird


DAVIS, JACK E

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: Liveright Publishing 2022

KEYWORDS: natural history bald eagles birds conservation ornithology

$26.50
xxpjb210775

Animal Speak: The Spiritual & Magical Powers of Creatures Great & Small


ANDREWS, TED

Imperial 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: Llewellyn Publications 2012

KEYWORDS: natural history animals nature wildlife communication species spirituality

$32.50
xxpkh210848

The Atlantic Alcidae


NETTLESHIP, DAVID N (Ed) & BIRKHEAD, TIM R (Ed)

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 may reduce your overall postage costs.

PUBLISHER: Academic Press 1988

KEYWORDS: birds ornithology nature wildlife Atlantic Ocean evolution natural history Auks biology

$35.00
xxpmf210918

An Empire of Plants


MUSGRAVE, TOBY and WILL

Imperial 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: Cassell 2002

KEYWORDS: natural history plants nature plants botany trade industry tobacco cotton tea poppies quinine rubber

$50.00
ak5/1/20

On the Origin and Metamorphoses of Insects (Second Edition)


LUBBOCK, Sir JOHN

Sm octavo, brown buckram boards, gilt lettering to spine, black lettering to front board, frontispiece, xvi + 108pp, illus, VG (light scuffing to extrems, light soiling to boards, moderate tanning & soiling to page edges, light foxing & soiling to eps, light foxing to pages throughout, moderate cracking to some gutters)

PUBLISHER: Macmillan & Co 1874

KEYWORDS: entomology insects bugs studies Sir John Lubbock natural history biology zoology

$85.00
ak5/1/22

Havet Med dets Plante- og Dyreverden


HARTWIG, Dr G

TEXT IN DANISH, octavo, half leatherbound black heavy boards, gilt lettering & decoration with raised bands to spine, marbled page edges, patterned eps, viii + 455pp, illus/plates- not counted presumed all present, VG+ (light fading to spine, minor rubbing/chafing to leatherwork, light tanning to page edges, light occasional cracking to gutters, light tanning & foxing to prelims & terminals & plates)

PUBLISHER: P G Philipjens Forlag 1866

KEYWORDS: TEXT IN DANISH natural history flora fauna plants botany animals nature Dr G Hartwig

$40.00
ak5/3/13

A Mongraph of the British Lichens: A Descriptive Catalogue of the Species in the Department of Botany, British Museum Part II (Second Edition Revised)


SMITH, ANNIE LORRAIN

THIS VOL ONLY, SECOND EDITION REVISED, octavo, green buckram boards, gilt lettering to spine, blind rule to spine & board edges, ix + 447pp + plates to rear- not counted presumed all present, VG+ (light fading to spine, light bruising to extrems, light tanning & foxing to page edgesprev. owner's (David Galloway) ink stamp to prelims)

PUBLISHER: British Museum (Natural History) 1926

KEYWORDS: British lichen lichens lichenology British Museum Natural History botany species catalogues

$24.50
xx81pol212537

New Zealand Fishes


PAUL, LARRY

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.

PUBLISHER: Reed Books 2000

KEYWORDS: New Zealand marine biology zoology fish fishes identification natural history fisheries

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