Books - "natural history"
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VANISHING BIRDS
The Natural History and Conservation
ex lib, minimal markings, 296pp illus, VG+(v sl gum stains to pastedowns & boards, v sl bruised corners, v sl edgewear) d/w VG+(in plastic, v sl sunned & soiled)
PUBLISHER: Hutchinson New Zealand 1978
KEYWORDS: natural history birds extinction
FURRED ANIMALS OF AUSTRALIA (revised abridged edition)
revised and abridged edition, ex lib, minimal markings, 314pp illus, VG+(sl gum stains to ep's & boards, v sl edgewear) d/w VG+ in plastic
PUBLISHER: Angus & Robertson Sydney 1973
KEYWORDS: natural history australia animals
Brutes and Beasts
first edition 325pp VG+ (blue cloth,sl.stained,prelims.and content edges sl.foxed,spine cracked) in VG d/w (mod.rubbed and soiled,browned spine,chipping and wear to extrems.,price-clipped)
PUBLISHER: noel douglas london 1933
KEYWORDS: natural history john swain sociology
Breaking and Riding
sixth edition 160pp ills.[b/w] VG (tan cloth,sl.rubbed and mod.soiled,sl.wear to extrems.,dealer's label to front pastedown,prelims.and content edges sl.foxed) lacks d/w
PUBLISHER: hurst & blackett london [nd]
KEYWORDS: horses equestrian james fillis sport natural history
Leonardo's Mountain of Clams and the Diet of Worms
first edition proof copy 405pp ills.[b/w] VG+ (in wrappers,sl.rubbed and soiled w.sl.creasing to extrems.)
PUBLISHER: jonathan cape london 1998
KEYWORDS: modern first edition literature proof copies stephen jay gould science natural history
Peru History of Coca
the divine plant of the incas
first edition rebacked 576pp ills.[b/w] VG (burgundy cloth tidily rebacked w.original spine cloth laid down,blind borders w.gilt stamps to top board and spine,mod.rubbed and soiled,spine sl.sunned w.repaired central split,sl.wear to extrems.,new eps,prelims.sl.foxed,minor red pencil marks to some pp,teg,tight)
PUBLISHER: vail new york 1901
KEYWORDS: coca natural history peru drugs w.golden mortimer
Mind and Body
the theories of their relation
third edition [international scientific series] 196pp VG (burgundy cloth w.black stamped borders,mod.rubbed and soiled,sl.wear to extrems.w.upper corner of top board chipped,black eps,prelims.and content edges mod.foxed,spine cracked)
PUBLISHER: king london 1874
KEYWORDS: science natural history alexander bain
The Poisonous Plants in New Zealand
first edition inscribed by author 141pp ills.[b/w diagrams] VG (in paper wrappers,sl.rubbed and mod.soiled,sl.stain to front cover,owner's sign.to front cover,sl.wear to extrems.w.2cm chip to head of spine,author's dated inscr.to title page)
PUBLISHER: department of scientific and industrial research wellington 1951
KEYWORDS: new zealand natural history science poisonous plants connor signed
Text-Book of Geology
second edition 992pp ills.[b/w w.fold-out diagrams] VG (in green cloth,mod.rubbed and sl.soiled,rebacked w.original spine laid down,sl.wear to extrems.,new eps w.binder's label to front pastedown,prelims.and content edges sl.foxed w.some sl.foxing to contents,tight)
PUBLISHER: macmillan london 1885
KEYWORDS: science natural history geology archibald geikie
Seaweeds of New Zealand
first edition 360pp ills.[b/w and col.] quarto VG+ (black cloth boards,sl foxing to upper page edges sl wear to board extrems) in VG+ d/w (sl.rubbed and soiled,sl.wear to extrems)
PUBLISHER: canterbury university press christchurch 1994
KEYWORDS: new zealand natural history seaweed nancy adams
Sorrows and Joys of a New Zealand Naturalist
first edition numbered/limited [418/1000] signed by author 252pp ills.[b/w] VG (green cloth,sl.soiled w.sl.wear to extrems.,dec.eps,owner's inscr.and label to half-title,author's sign.to signed colophon in prelims.,errata slip intact,spine cracked and sl.shaky) in G d/w (rough,rubbed and stained,browned spine,chipping and wear to extrems.w.losses)
PUBLISHER: reed dunedin 1936
KEYWORDS: new zealand natural history biography guthrie-smith
Animal Tracks and Hunter Signs
160pp, ills (b/w) VG (black cloth with silver paw print to top board, sl fading to spine, minor surface soils and bumps to extrems, eps browned, minor soils to foredges.)
PUBLISHER: edmund ward, london, 1959
KEYWORDS: ernest thompson seton natural history science
Wrecks & Reefs: Port Moresby, Papua New Guinea
Ex library, first edition 264pp ills.[b/w and col.] VG in VG d/w
PUBLISHER: robert brown coorparoo [1994]
KEYWORDS: natural history shipwrecks nautical neil whiting papua new guinea
The Natural History of Plants
2 vols.
2 vols.rebound 777/983pp ills.[b/w and col.] VG+ (simple rebind in green cloth,sl.rubbed and soiled,titling to spines barely visible,eps sl.foxed,content edges v.sl.soiled,contents clean and tight)
PUBLISHER: blackie london 1894/1895
KEYWORDS: natural history oliver
The Book of Garden Management
half leather 760pp ills.[b/w] VG (marbled paper boards w.green half leather,gilt band w.gilt-on-red title label to spine,mod.rubbed and soiled w.some paper surface losses to boards,spine browned,sl.wear to extrems.,prelims.sl.soiled w.owner's bookplate [dated 1915] to ffep verso,speckled edges)
PUBLISHER: beeton london [nd]
KEYWORDS: natural history gardening beeton horticulture
My Wild Friends
first edition ex-lib 128pp ills.[b/w] VG- [red cloth sl.rubbed and soiled, wear to extrems, usual lib.marks and stamps, binding shaky, content margins sl.soiled] lacks d/w
PUBLISHER: faber and faber london 1954
KEYWORDS: zoology animals science natural history autobiography memoir james walton
The Child's Conception of Physical Casuality
first edition 309pp VG+ [dark green cloth,sl.rubbed,sl.wear to extrems,sl.foxing to prelims] lacks d/w
PUBLISHER: kegan paul, trench, trubner & co london 1930
KEYWORDS: science natural history logic
Man Past and Present
first edition rebind 584pp ills.[b/w] VG- (rebound in green cloth,sl.rubbed and soiled,new eps,many blank pp bound in to rear,cambridge university press stamp dated 24 feb 99 throughout,ink annotations to prelims.w.some pencil and ink notes and underlining to contents,spine cracked)
PUBLISHER: cambridge university press london 1899
KEYWORDS: natural history science keane
The Living Races of Man
first edition 344pp ills.[b/w] VG+ (grey paper boards w.green cloth spine,sl.sunned spine w.content edges v.sl.soiled) lacks d/w
PUBLISHER: jonathan cape london 1966
KEYWORDS: natural history anthropology carleton coon
The Forest Trees of Britain
[first edition] 431pp ills.[b/w] VG (blue textured cloth w.gilt dec.stamps to top board,sl.rubbed and soiled,browned spine,owner's inscr.to ffep,content edges sl.foxed,spine cracked)
PUBLISHER: society for promoting christian knowledge london 1912
KEYWORDS: natural history britain boulger