Books - "natural history"
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The Monkey and the Inkpot: Natural History and its Transformations in Early Modern China
Super octavo, dark green buckram boards, gilt lettering to spine, xii + (4) + 234pp, VG+ (light bruising to extrems, light soiling to rear board, prev owner's name in ink to ffep, minor underlining in ink)
PUBLISHER: Harvard University Press 2009
KEYWORDS: natural history China Chinese naturalists scholars
Ferdinand Bauer: The Australian Natural History Drawings
Quarto 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: British Museum of Natural History 1989
KEYWORDS: Australia natural history animals nature art Ferdinand Bauer
Trail of the Money Bird
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: Longmans, Green and Co 1947
KEYWORDS: birds nature ornithology Dillon Ripley natural science history money bird
A Handlist of the Birds of Southern Mocambique
Super octavo, black & white marbled boards, gilt lettering to brown spine, pgs 145-302, illus, VG+ (sl tanning & rubbing to boards/edges, sl soiling to page edges, sl foxing to eps & prelims/terminals, prev. owner's name in ink to ffep)
PUBLISHER: Not Stated
KEYWORDS: birds exotic southern Mocambique ornithology natural history
Kapiti Bird Sanctuary: A Natural History of the Island
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: Masterton Printing Company 1952
KEYWORDS: New Zealand birds ornithology natural history Kapiti Coast
Abyssinian Birds and Mammals
FIRST EDITION, COMPLETE IN 30 COLOUR PLATES, quarto, grey stiff card boards, black lettering to title plate to front board, illus, VG- (heavy battering & archival tape repair to spine & gutters, light foxing & soiling to boards, museum ink stamps/pockets to inside front cover & text pamphlet inside, light foxing to pamphlet, museum ink stamps to rear of each plate, plates themselves are in great condition with no marks detected) in slipcase, G+ (heavy bruising & scuffing/chipping with loss & archival tape repairs, moderate soiling, moderate scuffing & soiling to spine)
PUBLISHER: Field Museum of Natural History 1930
KEYWORDS: ornithological art paintings natural history Louis Agassiz Fuertes birds mammals first editions
Wilderness Essays
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: Gibbs Smith 2015
KEYWORDS: natural history essays literature John Muir
Kakadu: Natural and Cultural Heritage and Management
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: Australian Nature Conservation Agency & North Australia Research Unit 1995
KEYWORDS: Australia natural history culture heritage Kakadu NT Northern Territory conservation
My Life With the Eskimos (New Edition, Revised and Abridged)
Octavo, blue buckram boards, gilt lettering to spine, blind stamp lettering to front board, deckled page edges, frontispiece, xii + 308pp, illus/photos, VG (minor rubbing & bruising to extrems, minor tanning to spine, moderate tanning & foxing to page edges, light tanning to eps & prelims , prev. bookseller's sm label to front pastedown, occasional minor cracking to gutters)
PUBLISHER: George G Harrap & Co 1924
KEYWORDS: Vilhjalmur Stefansson anthropology eskimos natural history exploration
New Zealand Seabirds: A 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 will reduce your overall postage costs.
PUBLISHER: Potton & Burton 2021
KEYWORDS: New Zealand seabirds ornithology natural history
Big Pacific
Oblong quarto hardcover (VG+) in d/w (VG+) 1cm closed tear to base of rear cover; 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: David Bateman 2017
KEYWORDS: Pacific ocean natural history marine wildlife geography geology maritime
Wild Dunedin: Enjoying the Natural History of New Zealand's Wildlife Capital
Imperial 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: University of Otago Press 1995
KEYWORDS: New Zealand Dunedin wildlife nature natural history Neville Peat
Upriver: From the Sea to the Southern Alps
Imperial octavo stiff 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: Quentin Wilson Publishing 2020
KEYWORDS: New Zealand rivers natural history south island southern alps landscapes
The Ecological Thought
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: Harvard University Press 2012
KEYWORDS: Ecology Timothy Morton nature natural history environment
The Wrath of the Waters: The 1983 Takaka Valley Flood
Quarto 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: Arnold Clark 1983
KEYWORDS: New Zealand modern history floods natural disasters flooding Takaka Valley 1983 civil defence
The Fellowship: The Story of a Revolution
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: Allen Lane / Penguin 2005
KEYWORDS: Royal Society natural philosophy historical biography 17th Century British history Renaissance Francis Bacon William Harvey Christopher Wren Isaac Newton Robert Moray Robert Hooke
The Illustrated Encyclopaedia of Shells
INSCRIBED, DATED, AND SIGNED BY AUTHOR, quarto 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: Headline 1991
KEYWORDS: shell marine natural history kenneth r wye
The Monkey and the Inkpot: Natural History and its Transformations in Early Modern China
Super octavo, green heavy boards, gilt lettering to spine, xii + (4) + 234pp, illus, Near FINE, in d/w, VG+ (light creasing to edges, sl tanning & soiling to spine, label residue to rear, light general soiling)
PUBLISHER: Harvard University Press 2009
KEYWORDS: China Chinese natural history bencao gangmu systematic materia medica herbal medicine
Songs of the Gorilla Nation: My Journey Through Autism
Octavo hardcover (near FINE) 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: Souvenir Press 2004
KEYWORDS: autism memoir gorillas natural history
African Birds of Prey
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: Collins 1970
KEYWORDS: African birds of prey raptors owls ornithology natural history