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$27.50
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Evolution: The First Four Billion Years


RUSE, MICHAEL & TRAVIS, JOSEPH & WILSON, EDWARD O (Fore)

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: Belknap Press / Harvard University Press 2009

KEYWORDS: natural history evolution biology paleontology

$78.50
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Totara: A Natural and Cultural History


SIMPSON, PHILIP

Imperial octavo, black heavy boards, blind stamp lettering to front board only, frontispiece, xii + 288pp, illus/photos, VG+ (sl bruising to spine extrems) in d/w, VG+ (sl creasing to edges, light soiling to spine)

PUBLISHER: Auckland University Press 2017

KEYWORDS: New Zealand indigenous trees native Totara culture natural history nature

$10.00
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New Zealand Disasters


GRAYLAND, EUGENE C

Super octavo hardcover (VG) lacks d/w; 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: A H & A W Reed 1963

KEYWORDS: new zealand history disaster natural earthquake

$27.50
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The Road to Gondwana: In Search of the Lost Supercontinent


MORRIS, BILL

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 will reduce your overall postage costs

PUBLISHER: Exisle 2022

KEYWORDS: gondwana prehistory tectonic drift supercontinent natural history

$60.00
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The Great Tide: The Story of the 1953 Flood Disaster in Essex


GRIEVE, HILDA & SPARKE, P A (Maps Drawn by)

FOLDING MAP AT REAR POCKET, tidy ex-libray, imperial octavo, green buckram boards, gilt lettering to spine, frontispiece, unpaginated prelims + 883pp, illus/photos, VG (usual library markings, moderate rubbing & bruising to spine & board edges/extrems, minor tape staining to board edges & eps, light to moderate tanning & soiling to page edges & eps, moderate cracking to rear gutter, light foxing to rear eps) in d/w, VG (moderate creasing & chipping/closed tearing to edges, light to moderate wrinkling & chafing/soiling)

PUBLISHER: County Council of Essex 1959

KEYWORDS: Great Britain England British English history flooding disaster floods Essex 20th twentieth century natural disasters

$80.00
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The Ivory King: A Popular History of the Elephant and its Allies


HOLDER, CHARLES FREDERICK

Crown 8vo, pp. xiv + 330; brown buckram bds, black label to spine lettered in gilt, spine & front board lettered in black & decorated in red; frontis., plates; VG (light scuffing & soiling to bds; light to moderate bruising to spine & board edges & extrems with light chipping; light tanning & soiling to pg edges; light tanning & foxing to eps, prelims & terminals; prev ownership inscription in pencil to ffep; light cracking to front & central gutters).

PUBLISHER: Charles Scribner's Sons 1891

KEYWORDS: Charles Frederick Holder 19th century elephant wildlife animals natural history zoology

$35.00
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The Gamekeeper at Homes: Sketches of Natural History and Rural Life


JEFFERIES, RICHARD; WHYMPER, CHARLES (illus.)

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: Smith, Elder, & Co. 1906

KEYWORDS: 20th century game sport rural life natural history

$245.00
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New Zealand: Its Physical Geography, Geology and Natural History with Special Reference to the Results of Government Expeditions in the Provinces of Auckland and Nelson


VON HOCHSTETTER, Dr FERDINAND & SAUTER, EDWARD (Trans)

ALL PLATES & BOTH MAPS PRESENT, imperial octavo, teal/blue textured buckram boards, gilt lettering & blind decoration to spine, gilt illus & blind decoration to front board, marbled page edges, illus/patterned eps, frontispiece with tissue guard, xvi + 515pp, folding maps to rear, G+ (spine completely detached but present- with minor chipping also, moderate scuffing to board extrems, light chafing to boards, moderate tanning & soiling to page edges, ex-libris plate to front pastedown, 5cm tear to front gutter, gift inscription in ink to ffep, moderate foxing to prelims & terminals, lettering to rear eps in pencil, minor closed tearing & foxing to folding maps)

PUBLISHER: J G Cotta 1867

KEYWORDS: New Zealand geography natural history geology Auckland Nelson

$22.50
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New Guinea: An Island Apart


NIGHTINGALE, NEIL

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: BBC Books 1992

KEYWORDS: nature wildlife New Guinea natural history

$25.00
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A Handbook of New Guinea Marsupials & Monotremes


MENZIES, JAMES

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: Kristen Pres Inc 1991

KEYWORDS: PNG Papua New Guinea animals wildlife marsupials monotremes nature natural history

$27.50
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The Natural History of Wales


CONDRY, WILLIAM

FIRST 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: Williams Collins Sons & Co 1981

KEYWORDS: first editions natural history Wales Welsh geography landscape

$27.50
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Bones of Contention: The Archaeopteryx Scandals


CHAMBERS, PAUL

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: John Murray 2002

KEYWORDS: Archaeopteryx Charles Darwin fossil fossils 19th century natural history

$24.50
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Subantarctic Campbell Island


BAILEY, ALFRED M & SORENSEN, J H

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: Denver Museum of Natural History 1962

KEYWORDS: Campbell Island natural history subantarctic New Zealand

$100.00
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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

$25.00
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No Surrender: Greymouth's battle to Beat the Floods


CARSON, KIT (ed)

4to 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 will reduce your overall postage costs

PUBLISHER: the Greymouth Evening Star 1990

KEYWORDS: Kit Carson New Zealand history natural disaster flood floods flooding Greymouth

$15.00
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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

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