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$17.00
1o12/25

VANISHING BIRDS


The Natural History and Conservation

HALLIDAY, TIM:

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

$17.00
1o12/26

FURRED ANIMALS OF AUSTRALIA (revised abridged edition)


TROUGHTON, ELLIS:

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

$42.50
1p4/14

Brutes and Beasts


SWAIN,JOHN

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

$42.50
2d12/15

Breaking and Riding


FILLIS,JAMES

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

$34.00
1p5/13

Leonardo's Mountain of Clams and the Diet of Worms


GOULD,STEPHEN JAY

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

$255.00
1p6/11

Peru History of Coca


the divine plant of the incas

MORTIMER,W.GOLDEN

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

$42.50
p8/25

Mind and Body


the theories of their relation

BAIN,ALEXANDER

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

$42.50
p9/13

The Poisonous Plants in New Zealand


CONNOR,H.E.

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

$34.00
p9/15

Text-Book of Geology


GEIKIE,ARCHIBALD

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

$170.00
p14/13

Seaweeds of New Zealand


ADAMS,NANCY M.

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

$65.00
2g8/33

Sorrows and Joys of a New Zealand Naturalist


GUTHRIE-SMITH,H.

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

$12.75
q2/3

Animal Tracks and Hunter Signs


SETON, ERNEST THOMPSON

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

$30.00
p21/19

Wrecks & Reefs: Port Moresby, Papua New Guinea


WHITING, NEIL

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

$85.00
p22/2

The Natural History of Plants


2 vols.

OLIVER,F.W.

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

$127.50
p23/2

The Book of Garden Management


N/A

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

$17.00
q3/14

My Wild Friends


WALTON,JAMES

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

$25.50
q3/29

The Child's Conception of Physical Casuality


PIAGET,JEAN

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

$85.00
p26/27

Man Past and Present


KEANE,A.H.

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

$63.75
p26/28

The Living Races of Man


COON,CARLETON S.

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

$17.00
q5/19

The Forest Trees of Britain


BOULGER,G.S.

[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

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