Books - "natural history"
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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
Ghosts of Gondwana: The History of Life in New Zealand (Fully Revised Edition)
FULLY REVISED EDITION, imperial octavo, illus heavy boards, blue lettering to spine, illus eps, 367pp, illus/photos, VG+ (light bruising to spine & extrems) in d/w, VG+ (light creasing to edges, light fading to spine, light chafing & soiling)
PUBLISHER: Potton & Burton 2016
KEYWORDS: New Zealand ancient natural history geology environment nature
The Natural History of Selborne and The Naturalist's Calendar
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: Blackie & Son 1895
KEYWORDS: natural history nature English towns villages Selborne Hampshire
Life and Letters of Thomas Henry Huxley
2 VOL. SET; Super octavo, brown cloth boards, gilt lettering to spines & front boards, teg, deckled page edges, frontispieces, xi + 539pp / vii + 541pp, illus, VG/VG- (moderate chipping to spine extrems of Vol. II, boards slightly cocked & soiled, light cracking to gutters on both volumes, a few pages coming loose & one or two small open tears not impacting text, light tanning to page edges, prev. owner's name in ink to Vol. I fep)
PUBLISHER: D. Appleton and Company 1901
KEYWORDS: england english history letters writings autobiography autobiographies memoirs biography biographies thomas henry h huxley biology biologists anthropology anthropologists science scientists theory of evolution natural selection darwin
A Naturalist's Voyage; Journal of Researches into the Natural History and Geology of the Countries Visited During the Voyage of H.M.S. 'Beagle' Round The World.; Under the Command of Capt. FitzRoy, R.N.
EARLY EDITION; Sm. octavo, half bound in brown leather with marbled heavy card boards; gilt lettering, decorative tooling & raised bands to spine, marbled page edges, marbled eps, x + 519pp, illus figures & tables, VG- (heavy cracking to hinges & gutters, with attempted tape repairs - but spine still almost entirely detached & moderately chipped, front board also slightly shaky, light scuffing & soiling to boards, fep partially detached, light foxing & tanning to pages)
PUBLISHER: John Murray 1888
KEYWORDS: early editions science natural history evolution geology zoology naturalists nature naturalism exploration travel writing charles darwin voyage of hms beagle
Guide to Identification of Shearwaters and Petrels in New Zealand Waters
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.
PUBLISHER: Auckland War Memorial Museum 1971
KEYWORDS: new zealand natural history zoology ornithology sea birds seabirds shearwaters petrels native field guides identification
Elaine Power's Living Garden; An Illustrated Nature Diary
PRINT LOOSELY ENCLOSED; 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: Hodder and Stoughton Ltd 1984
KEYWORDS: new zealand natural history illustrated art collections artists painting sketches gardens gardening botany flora fauna plants animals birds insects native diaries memoirs elaine power
Poissons de Polynesie
TEXT IN FRENCH; Quarto hardcover (VG, occasional light adhesion/adhesion damage throughout); 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: Times Media Private Limited 2000
KEYWORDS: text in french natural sciences history polynesian pacific islands fish poissons ocean sea marine animals zoology fauna wildlife guides photography
A Treatise of Human Nature; being an Attempt to Introduce the Experimental Method of Reasoning into Moral Subjects; and Dailogues Concerning Natural Religion (New Edition; In Two Volumes)
2 VOL. SET; ARCHIVAL TAPE REPAIRS TO SPINE HINGES; Super octavo, maroon cloth boards, gilt lettering to spines, blind-stamped decorative rule to boards, xxii + 565pp / xxi + 472pp + 24pp publisher's catalogue at rear, G+ (heavy cracking to hinges with archival tape repairs, heavy cracking to gutters - boards slightly shaky and a few pages loose but still present, moderate soiling, bruising & sun-fading to board, some surface loss to spine extrems, light foxing & tanning to pages, slight pencil notes/markings to prelims/terminals, prev. owners & bookseller's labels to feps)
PUBLISHER: Longmans, Green, and Co. 1890
KEYWORDS: philosophy philosophical empiricism scepticism naturalism natural religion humanity human nature morality reason reasoning david hume history historical
The Natural History of Selbourne; with Observations on Various Parts of Nature, and the Naturalist's Calendar; Illustrated with Engravings (Tenth Edition)
Sm. octavo, blue cloth boards, gilt lettering & decorative tooling to spine, blind-stamped lettering & decorative rule to boards, frontispiece, illus half-title page, xii + 348pp, illus plates, VG- (moderate rubbing & soiling to boards, boards sl. cocked, light cracking to gutters, light soiling to pages, moderate discolouration to page edges)
PUBLISHER: Richard Griffin and Company 1853
KEYWORDS: england english selborne hampshire natural history science nature naturalists animals zoology fauna
A Tour to the Royal Spa at Cheltenham; or, Gloucestershire Displayed. Containing An Account of Cheltenham, In Its Improved State; Its Mineral Waters, Publick Walks, Amusements, Environs, &c.; the Natural History of the County and City of Gloucester,
Sm. octavo, half-bound in maroon/tan leather with marbled heavy card boards, gilt lettering & raised bands to spine, frontispiece, vii + 208pp, illus plates, VG- (heavy scuffing to boards, leather binding almost entirely worn away at corners, moderate surface loss to spine extrems., light cracking to gutters, p.32 plate missing, moderately heavy soiling to front section of pages, otherwise light soiling/tanning throughout, small closed tear to table of contents, prev. owner's name in ink to front pastedown
PUBLISHER: R. Cruttwell 1797
KEYWORDS: england english gloucestershire cheltenham guides guidebooks handbooks tours royal spa natural health resorts towns cities city history
I Have Landed: The End of a Beginning in Natural History
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: Jonathan Cape 2002
KEYWORDS: first editions natural history science Stephen Jay Gould evolution
Iceland Imagined
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: University of Washington Press 2013
KEYWORDS: human ecology Iceland natural history ethnology folklore lore customs anthropology
Southern Land, Southern People
SIGNED, INSCRIBED & DATED, 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: University of Otago Press 2002
KEYWORDS: signed Neville Peat New Zealand Otago Museum exhibitions natural history guides