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$100.00
1a4a/38

Theories of the Earth and Universe: A History of Dogma in the Earth Sciences


CAREY, S WARREN

Super octavo, black buckram boards, gilt lettering to spine, xviii + 413pp, illus, VG+ (sl bruising to extrems, light foxing & soiling to page edges, prev. owner's name (David Galloway) in ink to ffep) in d/w, VG+ (light creasing to edges, light chafing & soiling)

PUBLISHER: Stanford University Press 1988

KEYWORDS: science theory natural history geology planet earth

$35.00
xx33pol212901

Geology of the Kaitaia Area


ISAAC, M J

Quarto stapled light card covers (VG+) large folding geological map to rear pocket; 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: Institute of Geological & Nuclear Sciences 1996

KEYWORDS: geology New Zealand science Kaitaia landscapes natural history seismic activity offshore seismology

$30.00
xxa3ba212955

A Weird Region: New Zealand Lakes, Terraces, Geysers and Volcanoes Illustrated (Print on Demand Facsimile Reprint)


LEYS, THOMSON W

PRINT ON DEMAND FACSIMILE REPRINT, 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: BLN (Print on Demand reprint)

KEYWORDS: New Zealand geology landscapes natural history lakes terraces geysers volcanoes historical

$10.00
xxa3cc213031

Swedenborg: Life and Teaching


TROBRIDGE, GEORGE

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

$40.00
1h15a/6

The Natural History of Cage Birds, Their Management, Habits, Food, Diseases, Treatment, Breeding, and the Methods of Catching Them


BECHSTEIN, J M

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

$485.00
1p36/20

British Mammals, in Two Volumes


THORBURN, A

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

$10.00
xxbbb213908

The Homer Area: A Natural History Guide


JOHNSON, P N (Text) & GASKIN, C (Illus)

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

$35.00
xxqba214121

The Ecology of Sulawesi


WHITTEN, ANTHONY J & MUSTAFA, MUSLIMIN & HENDERSON, GREGORY S

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: Gadjah Mada University Press 1988

KEYWORDS: ecology nature environment tropical forest Sulawesi natural history

$15.00
xxqba214127

The Boilerplate Rhino


QUAMMEN, DAVID

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

$15.00
xxqba214128

The Flight of the Iguana


QUAMMEN, DAVID

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

$50.00
1a27a/8

Bats: An Illustrated Guide to All Species


TAYLOR, MARIANNE & TUTTLE, MERLIN D (Science Ed & Photos)

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

$85.00
1h81a/26

The Arctic World: Its Plants, Animals and Natural Phenomena


N/A

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

$20.00
xxgse214554

The Song of the Dodo: Island Biogeography in an Age of Extinctions


QUAMMEN, DAVID & ELLINGSEN, KRIS (Maps)

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

$30.00
xxscc214773

Earth in Upheaval


VELIKOVSKY, IMMANUEL

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: Doubleday & Company 1955

KEYWORDS: Immanuel Velikovsky theory history natural science sciences philosophy

$50.00
1t18c/20

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


NAPPI, CARLA

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

$20.00
xxsiw215312

Ferdinand Bauer: The Australian Natural History Drawings


NORST, MARLENE J

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

$22.50
xxsjo215334

Trail of the Money Bird


RIPLEY, DILLON

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

$10.00
xxspd215589

How to Watch a Bird


BRAUNIAS, STEVE

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: Awa Press 2014

KEYWORDS: birds ornithology natural history bird watching

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