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$75.00
2w6/14

The Monkey and the Inkpot: Natural History and its Transformations in Early Modern China


NAPPI, CARLA

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

$15.00
xxyge219495

Songs of the Gorilla Nation: My Journey Through Autism


PRINCE-HUGHES, DAWN

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

$16.50
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African Birds of Prey


BROWN, LESLIE

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

$20.00
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Pyramids of Life: An Investigation of Nature's Fearful Symmetry


READER, JOHN & CROZE, HARVEY

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: Collins 1977

KEYWORDS: natural history African ecosystem wildlife ecology b&w photos

$26.50
xxhcg219940

Native New Zealand Flowering Plants


SALMON, J T

FIRST EDITION 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 will reduce your overall postage costs

PUBLISHER: Reed 1991

KEYWORDS: first edition New Zealand flowering plants native flora natural history guide colour photos

$60.00
3a5/24

The Universe, or, The Infinitely Great and the Infinitely Little


POUCHET, F A & DAVIS, J R AINSWORTH (Revised & Ed)

Super octavo, red buckram boards, gilt lettering & gilt/coloured illus to spine & front board, aeg, frontispiece with tissue guard, xvi + 576pp, illus/plates- not counted presumed all present, VG (light to moderate fading to spine, light bruising ot extrems, light chafing & soiling/discolouration to boards, prize presentation plate to front pastedown, light tanning to eps, light to moderate foxing to prelims & terminals, moderate cracking to rear gutter, sporadic minor foxing throughout)

PUBLISHER: Blackie & Son 1902

KEYWORDS: natural history nature biology geology environment

$16.50
xxacf220248

Ecological Imperialism: The Biological Expansion of Eurpoe, 900-1900 [Second Edition]


CROSBY, ALFRED W

SECOND EDITION 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 will reduce your overall postage costs

PUBLISHER: Cambridge University Press 2004

KEYWORDS: global colonial history European expansionism ecological biopolitics invasive species disease displacement of natural ecosystems colonialism

$10.00
xxama220360

The Life of the Bee


MAETERLINCK, MAURICE & SUTRO, ALFRED (trans.) & TEALE, EDWIN WAY (intro.)

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 will reduce your overall postage costs

PUBLISHER: Dover 2015

KEYWORDS: natural history philosophy bees

$60.00
3b4/39

Catching Nature in the Act: Reaumur and the Practice of Natural History in the Eighteenth Century


TERRALL, MARY

Super octavo, grey buckram boards, green gilt lettering to spine, unpaginated prelims + 275pp, illus, Near FINE (sl soiling to page edges) in d/w, VG+ (light creasing to edges, light chafing & soiling)

PUBLISHER: The University of Chicago Press 2014

KEYWORDS: natural history 18th eighteenth century Reaumur naturalists

$70.00
3b2/10

Spectacle de la Nature: or, Nature Display'd; Being Discourses on Such Particulars of Natural History: Volume III


PLUCHE, NOEL ANTOINE & HUMPHREYS, Mr SAMUEL (Trans)

THIS VOL ONLY, sm octavo, brown leather boards, gilt lettering to spine (rubbed off) with raised bands also, frontispiece, 400pp, illus, G+ (heavy cracking to front & rear hinges/gutters- front board shaky, leather peeling from front board, other moderate rubbing & soiling/chafing to boards & spine, heavy tannin & soiling to page edges, ex-libris plate to front pastedown, prev. owner's details in ink to ffep, moderate foxing & soiling throughout, illus opp. pg61 has heavy creasing & chipping to edges)

PUBLISHER: Printed by A Reilly, for Edw. Exshaw, at the Bible on Cork Hill, M,DCC,XLII (1742)

KEYWORDS: antiquarian books leather bindings natural history Noel Antoine Pluche historical

$25.00
xxzbh220487

Wild Flowers: Botanising in Britain [The New Naturalist]


GILMOUR, JOHN & WALTERS, MAX

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: Collins 1955

KEYWORDS: British wildflowers natural history New Naturalist series

$25.00
xxzbh220488

Trees, Woods and Man [The New Naturalist]


EDLIN, H. L.

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: Collins 1978

KEYWORDS: trees woodlands replanting natural history New Naturalist series

$30.00
xxzbh220489

Man and the Land [The New Naturalist]


STAMP, L. DUDLEY

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: Collins 1969

KEYWORDS: British natural history New Naturalist series

$40.00
xxzbh220490

Wild Orchids of Britain: With a Key to the Species [The New Naturalist]


SUMMERHAYES, V. S.

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 will reduce your overall postage costs

PUBLISHER: Collins 1951

KEYWORDS: first edition British orchids natural history New Naturalist series

$35.00
xxzbh220491

Flowers of the Coast [The New Naturalist]


HEPBURN, IAN

FIRST EDITION super octavo hardcover (VG) in d/w (VG-) tear to 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: Collins 1952

KEYWORDS: first edition British coastal wildflowers natural history New Naturalist series

$20.00
xxzbh220492

The Sea Shore [The New Naturalist]


YONGE, C. M.

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 will reduce your overall postage costs

PUBLISHER: Collins 1949

KEYWORDS: first edition British coastal wildlife seashore natural history New Naturalist series

$10.00
xxfbd220523

Queenstown: The Stories Behind the Scenery


HOLLMAN, MIKE & HALL, SUE (photos)

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 will reduce your overall postage costs

PUBLISHER: Hodder Moa 2009

KEYWORDS: Queenstown New Zealand photography scenery natural history colour photographs

$25.00
xxfbd220526

Attitude & Heart: The Horse in New Zealand


MINCHAM, CAROLYN

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: David Bateman 2011

KEYWORDS: New Zealand horses natural history domestic racing military transport Maori Pakeha

$18.50
xxfbk220540

Dodo: A Brief History


FULLER, ERROL

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: Universe 2002

KEYWORDS: dodos natural history colour illutrations dodo

$95.00
3c2/6

The Malay Archipelago: The Land of the Orang-utan and the Bird of Paradise: A Narrative of Travel With Studies of Man and Nature


WALLACE, ALFRED RUSSEL

TENTH EDITION (COMPLETE IN ONE VOLUME), WITH FOLDING MAP, octavo, green buckram boards, gilt lettering & rule to spine & front board, frontispiece with tissue guard, illus title page, folding map to prelims, xvii + 515pp, illus, VG (moderate bruising & light rubbing to extrems, light chafing & soiling to boards, sl fading/discolouration to spine, moderate tanning & light foxing/soiling to page edges &eps, prev. owner's name in ink & stamp to ffep, moderate foxing to folding map, minor foxing to prelims & terminals, light cracking to gutters sporadically throughout)

PUBLISHER: Macmillan & Co 1906

KEYWORDS: Malay archipelago nature natural history travel exploration Alfred Russel Wallace

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