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$14.00
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The Mentality of Apes


KOHLER, WOLFGANG

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 will reduce your overall postage cost.

PUBLISHER: Penguin 1947

KEYWORDS: specials Wolfgang Kohler champanzees natural history animal behaviour behavioural psychology science

$15.00
xxbba39206

The Whistling Hunters; Field Studies of the Asiatic Wild Dog (Cuon Alpinus)


FOX, MICHAEL W.

softcover octavo (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: State University of New York 1984

KEYWORDS: michael w. fox asiatic wild dog cuon alpinus natural history archaeology specials

$45.00
2f9/7

An Extraordinary Land: Disoveries and Mysteries from Wild New Zealand


HAYDEN, PETER & MORRIS, ROD (photos)

incribed & signed by author and photographer, super octavo, square, black cloth boards with silver lettering to spine, 200 pp, nr fine in d/w, nr fine (v small soil spot on internal upper edge)

PUBLISHER: Harper Collins 2013

KEYWORDS: Peter Hayden Rod Morris natural history new Zealand flora fauna wildlife science reference reptiles invertebrates kiwis tui

$10.00
xxhai39444

A Walk in the Woods


illustrated by David Cook

BRYSON, BILL

softcover octavo (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: Black Swan 1998

KEYWORDS: bill bryson travel adventure natural history autobiography specials

$12.50
xxhuh39686

Ulendo: Travels of a Naturalist in and out of Africa


CARR, ARCHIE

Octavo, blue boards in plastic covered 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: William Heinemann 1966

KEYWORDS: specials Archie Carr travel Africa adventure natural history flora fauna Nyasaland Malawi

$12.00
xxcfa39778

Carnivorous Plants


CHEERS, GORDON

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 will reduce your overall postage costs.

PUBLISHER: Carnivor & Insectivor Plants 1983

KEYWORDS: specials Gordon Cheers plants natural history botany reference

$35.00
xxcfa39782

The Reed Fields Guide to New Zealand Native Trees


SALMON, J. T

octavo, illus heavy card boards (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 Books 2004

KEYWORDS: specials J T Salmon New Zealand natural history trees native trees nature plants reference guide

$22.50
xxcfa39783

The Reed Field Guide to New Zealand Wildlife


MOON, GEOFF

octavo, illus heavy card boards (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 Books 1994

KEYWORDS: specials Geoff Moon New Zealand natural history trees native wildlife animals reference guide flora fauna marine creatures

$50.00
2f9/40

Butterflies of New Zealand


LAIDLAW, W. B. R

Association Copy, copy of Graeme Ramsay, with handwritten letter to him from the author loosely enclosed, Imperial octavo, illus heavy white card covers with black lettering to spine & front cover, 48pp, illus, VG+ (owner's name in ink to fep, slight fading to card extrems, slight foxing to front card, slight soiling to rear board) in VG+ d/w (some fading & soiling)

PUBLISHER: Collins 1970

KEYWORDS: W B R Laidlaw New Zealand butterflies entomology insects natural history lepidoptera reference

$200.00
2f9/43

New Zealand Mollusca: Marine Land and Freshwater Shells


POWELL, ARTHUR WILLIAM BADEN

First edition, quarto, red cloth boards with gilt lettering to spine, illus eps, xiv + 500pp, illus, VG+ (v slight foxing to lower page edges, previous owner's catalogue number in pen to front) in VG+ d/w (soiling & folding to lower rear flap edge, v slight spotting to front)

PUBLISHER: Collins 1979

KEYWORDS: Arthur William Baden Powell mollusc land marine freshwater shells New Zealand reference flora fauna science natural history

$27.50
xxhxf40333

Man Against Nature: A Survival Special on New Zealand Wildlife


LOCKLEY, R. M

First edition, Octavo, dark blue cloth boards with gilt lettering 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: AH & AW Reed 1970

KEYWORDS: specials RM Lockley New Zealand natural history flora fauna widlife endangered species erosion ecology pests

$10.00
xxajaa41021

The Life of Insects


WIGGLESWORTH, V.B.

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 will reduce your overall postage cost.

PUBLISHER: New American Library 1968

KEYWORDS: natural history insects v.b. wigglesworth specials

$12.00
xxawaa41460

The Best American Science and Nature Writing 2008


GROOPMAN, JEROME & FOLGER, TIM (eds)

softcover octavo (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 cost.

PUBLISHER: Houghton Mifflin Company 2008

KEYWORDS: literature science natural history short stories jerome groopman tim folger the best american specials

$17.50
xxeba43085

The Gumdiggers; The Story of Kauri Gum


REED, A.H.

hardcover octavo (VG) 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: A.H. & A.W. Reed 1978

KEYWORDS: new zealand natural history kauri gum kauri trees a.h. reed specials

$35.00
xxebc43193

Seabirds; A Natural History


GASTON, ANTHONY J.

hardcover imperial octavo (near fine) d/w (near fine)

PUBLISHER: Yale University Press 2004

KEYWORDS: natural history ornithology sea birds anthony j. gaston specials

$75.00
1h13a/45

In Wildest Africa


SCHILLINGS, C. G

First edition, two volume set, super octavo, orange cloth boards with gilt lettering to spine and gilt design with black & white illus to front board, vol 1 - frontispiece with protective tissue, xiv + 318pp, illus - over 300 photographs, VG (gutter cracked, one section loose, 5cm tear without loss to upper rear spine, bruising to board edges, some soiling to boards, fading & soiling to some pages, particularly prelims, foxing to page edges); volume 2 - viii + 716pp + 2pp adverts, illus, VG (soiling to boards, tear to rear spine/back board edge, bruising & rubbing to board edges, 6cm tear without loss to front pastedown, browning to eps, foxing to page edges)

PUBLISHER: Hutchinson & Co 1907

KEYWORDS: C G Schillings Africa wildlife natural history first edition hunting conservation travel memoir

$10.00
xxece43876

Animal Days


MORRIS, DESMOND

hardcover octavo (VG) 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: Jonathan Cape 1979

KEYWORDS: biology natural history animal days desmond morris autobiography specials

$50.00
1h13a/60

Native Use of Fish in Hawaii


TITCOMB, MARGARET & PUKUI, MARY KAWENA

first edition, octavo, red cloth boards with gilt lettering to spine, ii + 162pp, illus, VG (wear to extremities, foxing esp. to eps and page edges) in VG d/w (light wear and fading, small chips and closed tears to head and tail of spine)

PUBLISHER: Avery Press Limited 1952

KEYWORDS: natural history anthropology fish hawaii margaret titcomb mary kawena pukui

$30.00
1i48/2

The Secrets of Natural New Zealand


BROWNLIE, BETTY & LOCKLEY, RONALD

first edition, brown boards with gilt lettering to spine, 176pp, illus, near fine in VG+ d/w (v light wear and rubbing)

PUBLISHER: Viking 1987

KEYWORDS: new zealand natural history betty brownlie ronald lockley

$14.00
1i48/9

The Hoihi: New Zealand's Yellow-Eyed Penguin


VERNON, ADELE & SCHNEIDER, DEAN (photos)

square imperial octavo, illus heavy card boards, frontispiece, v + 44pp, illus, near fine in VG+ d/w (light wear and rubbing)

PUBLISHER: Hodder & Stoughton 1991

KEYWORDS: new zealand natural history yellow-eyed penguin hoiho ornithology adele vernon dean schneider

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