Books - "natural history"
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NZ Wildlife: Introducing the Weird and Wonderful Character of Natural New Zealand
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
Manual of Cultivated Conifers: Hardy in the Cold- and Warm-Temperate Zone
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
Popular Ecology of the Cooperatively Breeding Acorn Woodpecker
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
The Living Pythons
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PUBLISHER: T. F. H. Publications 1998
KEYWORDS: Jerry G Walls snakes natural history pythons
Pyramid Valley: Waikari, North Canterbury
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
The Island of Penguins (Second Impression)
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
The Bald Eagle: The Improbable Journey of America's Bird
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
Animal Speak: The Spiritual & Magical Powers of Creatures Great & Small
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
The Atlantic Alcidae
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
An Empire of Plants
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
On the Origin and Metamorphoses of Insects (Second Edition)
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
Havet Med dets Plante- og Dyreverden
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
A Mongraph of the British Lichens: A Descriptive Catalogue of the Species in the Department of Botany, British Museum Part II (Second Edition Revised)
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
New Zealand Fishes
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
Tane: The Journal of the Auckland University Field Club: Volume 29, 1983
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: TANE 1983
KEYWORDS: New Zealand Auckland tane natural history zoology
The Chatham Islands: Their Plants, Birds and People
FIRST EDITION, octavo, grey cloth boards, black lettering to spine, ix + 177pp, illus/photos, VG+ (light fading to board edges, sl fading to spine, light tanning & foxing to page edges & eps, ex-libris plate to ffep, sl foxing to prelims & terminals) in d/w, VG (light to moderate creasing & chipping to edges- minor archival tape repairs, light soiling & foxing)
PUBLISHER: Simpson and Williams 1952
KEYWORDS: first editions New Zealand Chatham Islands rural nature natural history people nature plants wildlife botany anthropology
The British Species of Angiocarpous Lichens, Elucidated by Their Sporida
8vo, pp. [6] + 102 + xxx plates +18 + 3; green cl boards, spine lettered in gilt, arabesques in blind to boards bordering lettered wreath centrepiece in gilt (in blind to rear board); teg, publisher's tp vignette, plates; VG- (moderate scuffing & soiling to boards; moderate to heavy bruising to spine & board edges & extrems with moderate chipping; moderate tanning, foxing & soiling to pg edges; moderate tanning & soiling to eps, prelims & terminals; prev ownership inscription in blue ink to ffep; binder's stamp to rear pastedown (Westleys & Co.); lg segment of cl to spine torn at rear joint, attatched only at front joint, some loss to lettering).
PUBLISHER: The Ray Society 1851
KEYWORDS: W A Leighton lichen botany botanical science biology plants plantlife 19th century natural history
A Monograph of Lichens Found in Britain: Being a Descriptive Catalogue of the Species in the Herbarium of the British Museum Part I
This volume only. 8vo, pp. viii + 520 + 18; green buckram boards, spine lettered in gilt; top edge stained dark; illus.; G+ (moderate scuffing & soiling to boards; heavy bruising to spine & board edges & extrems with heavy chipping; lg segment of cl to upper half of spine torn at rear joint with heavy loss, cl remaining attached only to front joint; moderate tanning & soiling to pg edges; light to moderate tanning & soiling to eps, prelims & terminals; presentation plate to ffep; prev bookseller's sticker to front pastedown; prev ownership inscription in black ink to ht; moderate cracking to front & rear hinges; moderate cracking to central gutters).
PUBLISHER: British Museum (Natural History) 1894
KEYWORDS: James M Crombie lichen botany botanical science biology plants plantlife 19th century British Museum natural history reference catalogue catalog
Where There's a Will, There's a Way! or, Science in the Cottage; An Account of the Labours of Naturalists in Humble Life
Octavo softcover (VG+) minor pencil markings to margins; 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: Cambridge University Press 2011
KEYWORDS: British science scientists naturalists natural history James Cash
Natural Science Books in English 1600-1900
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: Portman Books 1989
KEYWORDS: history historical natural science academic books