Books - "natural history"
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Pyramids of Life: An Investigation of Nature's Fearful Symmetry
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
Native New Zealand Flowering Plants
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
The Universe, or, The Infinitely Great and the Infinitely Little
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
Ecological Imperialism: The Biological Expansion of Eurpoe, 900-1900 [Second Edition]
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
The Life of the Bee
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
Catching Nature in the Act: Reaumur and the Practice of Natural History in the Eighteenth Century
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
Spectacle de la Nature: or, Nature Display'd; Being Discourses on Such Particulars of Natural History: Volume III
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
Wild Flowers: Botanising in Britain [The New Naturalist]
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
Trees, Woods and Man [The New Naturalist]
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
Man and the Land [The New Naturalist]
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
Wild Orchids of Britain: With a Key to the Species [The New Naturalist]
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
Flowers of the Coast [The New Naturalist]
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
The Sea Shore [The New Naturalist]
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
Queenstown: The Stories Behind the Scenery
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
Attitude & Heart: The Horse in New Zealand
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
Dodo: A Brief History
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
The Malay Archipelago: The Land of the Orang-utan and the Bird of Paradise: A Narrative of Travel With Studies of Man and Nature
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
Wild Life in New Zealand: Part I- Mammalia, Part II- Introduced Birds and Fish (in single volume)
Octavo, pink light card wrappers, black lettering to front cover, part 1- 112pp, part 2- 110pp [222pp total], illus, VG- (heavy creasing & cracking to spine, moderate tanning to spine & cover edges, minor soiling to covers, prev. owner's name in ink to front cover & title page, botton half of front cover torn at spine hinge, minor foxing & tanning/soiling to title page, 2cm closed tear & prev. bookseller's ink stamp to base of page, heavy crack to rear gutter, staples rusted, light to moderate foxing to pages throughout)
PUBLISHER: Marcus F Marks, Government Printer 1921
KEYWORDS: New Zealand natural history animals mammals fish birds marine biology ornithology mammalia nature
Legends of the Earth: Their Geologic Origins
Super octavo, blue cloth boards, blue gilt lettering & illus to spine, frontispiece, xiii + 305pp, illus, VG+ (light foxing to boards & spine, light tanning & foxing to page edges, prev. owner's name in ink to ffep) in d/w, VG (moderate scuffing/rubbing to spine, light creasing & chipping to edges, light creasing to front flap, minro soiling & foxing)
PUBLISHER: Indiana University Press 1973
KEYWORDS: geology natural history geomythology myths folklore Dorothy B Vitaliano
Pyramid Valley: Waikari, North Canterbury
Super octavo stapled wrappers (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: Association of Friends of the Canterbury Museum 1949
KEYWORDS: New Zealand natural history moa Pyramid Valley archaeology moas b&w photos