Books - "natural history"
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Swedenborg: Life and Teaching
Paperback (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: Pillar Books / Swedenborg Foundation Inc. 1976
KEYWORDS: Emanuel Swedenborg natural science history philosophy biography biographies
The Natural History of Cage Birds, Their Management, Habits, Food, Diseases, Treatment, Breeding, and the Methods of Catching Them
Sm octavo, half leatherbound blue buckram boards, raised bands & gilt lettering to red leather title plate to spine, red speckling to page edges, frontispiece, vi + 311pp, illus, VG (light bruising & rubbing to leatherwork, light to moderate fading to board edges, light tanning & foxing/soiling to page edges & eps, heavy crack at gutter of title page- tidyish glue repairs, occasional ight cracking to other gutters, light foxing throughout)
PUBLISHER: Groombridge and Sons 1885
KEYWORDS: birds captivity natural history ornithology care breeding food
British Mammals, in Two Volumes
2 VOL SET, HEAVY SET- EXTRA SHIPPING REQ'D, quarto, red buckram boards, gilt lettering to spines, gilt border to front board of vol 1, blind rule border to front board of vol 2, teg, frontipsieces with tissue guards, Vol 1- vii + 84pp, vol 2- unpaginated prelims + 108pp, 50x beautiful plates throughout- all counted and deemed present with tissue guards in place, VG (light to moderate chipping & scuffing to spine extrems, light to moderate fading & tanning to spines, sl scuffing to board corners, light tanning to page edges, moderate foxing to eps & prelims/terminals, sl water staining to top of page block of vol 1, occasional minor foxing throughout- plates still very well presented with only v minor creasing and/or closed tearing to tissue guards)
PUBLISHER: Longmans, Green and Co 1920-21
KEYWORDS: British mammals illustrated animals forest creatures art natural history wildlife zoology
The Homer Area: A Natural History Guide
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: Fiordland National Park 1984
KEYWORDS: New Zealand natural history landscape geology Homer
The Boilerplate Rhino
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: Scribner 2004
KEYWORDS: nature essays literature prose natural history science
The Flight of the Iguana
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: Scribner 2004
KEYWORDS: nature essays literature prose natural history science
Bats: An Illustrated Guide to All Species
Imperial octavo, illus heavy boards, white lettering to spine, frontispiece, 400pp, illus/photos, VG+ (heavy bruising to base of spine- sl cracked at impact point, otherwise a near fine copy) in d/w, VG+ (light creasing to edges, light chafing)
PUBLISHER: Ivy Press 2019
KEYWORDS: animals bats nocturnal species mammals natural history
The Arctic World: Its Plants, Animals and Natural Phenomena
SPINE MISSING, lg quarto, red buckram boards, gilt lettering & illus to front board, aeg, frontispiece, 339pp, illus, G+ (spine missing, moderate scuffing & surface loss to board edges & extrems, moderate chafing & soiling to boards, ex-libris plate to front pastedown, moderate chafing to eps, moderate cracking to front gutter- board shaky, moderate foxing throughout)
PUBLISHER: T Nelson and Sons 1876
KEYWORDS: North Pole Arctic nature natural history zoology botany exploration expeditions British polar expedition 19th nineteenth century
The Song of the Dodo: Island Biogeography in an Age of Extinctions
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: Pimlico 1997
KEYWORDS: natural history literature David Quammen
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