Books - "natural history"
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The Spotted Hyena: A Study of Predation and Social Behaviour
Imperial octavo, illus light card covers with black lettering, xvi + 335pp, illus, VG+ (slight soiling to rear cover, bruising to front cover upper edge, foxing to page edges, owner's name in ink to fep)
PUBLISHER: University of Chicago Press 1974
KEYWORDS: Hans Kruuk spotted hyena hyaena natural history predators animal behaviour wildlife ecology zoology
Operation White Lion
First edition Hardcover imperial octavo (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: Collins and Harvill Press 1981
KEYWORDS: first edition specials Chris McBride natural history white lions African wildlife animals conservation
The Cats of Shambala
The extraordinary story of an actress's life with the big cats
Hardcover imperial octavo (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: Century Hutchinson Ltd 1986
KEYWORDS: specials Tippi Hedren natural history African wildlife conservation lions tigers cheetahs elephants
Cry for the Lions
A story of the lions of Mashatu epitomising the need for the conservation of the lions of all Africa
Hardcover super octavo (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: Aftex Trading Company 1989
KEYWORDS: specials Gareth Patterson natural history wildlife conservation African lion
Discoveries of a Crocodile Man
Hardcover super octavo (VG) in d/w (G+) ; 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 Collins Sons & Co Ltd 1982
KEYWORDS: specials Tony Pooley natural history African wildlife crocodiles conservation
Elephant Memories
Thirteen Years in the Life of an Elephant Family
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: Fontana Paperbacks 1989
KEYWORDS: specials Cynthia Moss biography African elephant wildlife park conservation natural history
Starlings Laughing
A Memoir of Africa
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: Corgi Books 1991
KEYWORDS: specials June Vendall Clark biography memoir Africa wildlife conservation natural history
The Cheetahs of De Wildt
Ann Van Dyk's Story of the Struggle to Save the Cheetah from the Verge of Extinction
Hardcover imperial octavo (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: Struik Publishers 1991
KEYWORDS: specials Ann Van Dyk natural history cheetahs African wildlife animals conservation
The Flora of Mt. Cook: A Handbook
With photographic Illustrations by Miss Dora de Beer, Prof RN Algie, Charles Beken, G Orras
Super octavo, illus stapled paper wrapper, errata slip, frontispiece, 55pp, illus, G+ (sellotape repairs to spine to hold wrapper on, tears with loss to spine extrems & cover corners, annotation in ink to front wrapper upper edge, staining to covers, tanning & foxing)
PUBLISHER: Lyttelton Times Company 1925
KEYWORDS: Arnold Wall Miss Dora de Beer Prof RN Algie Charles Beken G Arras Edith Wall New Zealand Mount Cook flora fauna natural history
Native Plants of Dunedin and Surrounding District
Octavo, brown/grey stapled paper wrapper with black lettering to front cover, 37pp, illus, VG- (soiling & staining to covers, rubbing to spine & edges, vertical crease/fold to book, browning & tanning, some annotation in pencil, owner's name & address in ink to title page, creasing to page corners)
PUBLISHER: Otago Daily Times & Witness Newspapers Co 1924
KEYWORDS: William Martin New Zealand Dunedin Otago native plants horticulture botany natural history flora plants
The Weather in the Imagination
Octavo softcover (fine); 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: Reaktion Books 2005
KEYWORDS: specials Lucian Boia weather meteorology anthropology psychology social cultural history climate forecasting global warming catastrophes natural disasters
A Manual of Botanic Terms
hardcover 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: W. H. Allen 1873
KEYWORDS: specials M C Cooke botany reference guide manual dictionary natural history
Mountains & Moorlands
hardcover octavo (nr fine) 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: Collins 1960
KEYWORDS: specials W H Pearsall natural history botany geography flora wild life ecology
Australian Wild Life
hardcover super octavo (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: Australiana Society 1946
KEYWORDS: specials Charles Barrett natural history ecology australia flora fauna botany
Newts and Salamanders
Everything about Selection, Care, Nutrition, Diseases, Breeding, and Behavior
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: Barron's Educational Series, Inc. 1997
KEYWORDS: specials Frank Indiviglio natural history newts salamanders pets care breeding
The Natural History of New Zealand
An Ecological Survey
Hardcover imperial octavo (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: A.H. & A.W. Reed Ltd 1973
KEYWORDS: specials Gordon R Williams New Zealand natural history flora fauna wildlife
The Reed Field Guide to New Zealand Birds
Revised Edition
Octavo, illus dark blue heavy card boards, green eps, illus title page, 256pp, illus, VG+ (light rubbing to spine extrems, staining & nicks to boards, creasing to fep)
PUBLISHER: Reed Books 1998 reprint
KEYWORDS: Geoff Moon Reed field guide New Zealand birds ornithology photographic guide photographs natural history
Journey Through a Landscape: Paintings of New Zealand
First edition, square quarto, beige cloth boards with green lettering to spine, illus eps, illus half-title & title pages, 80pp, illus throughout plus 15 full-page colour plates tipped-in, nr fine, in d/w, VG (rubbing to spine extrems, corners & edges)
PUBLISHER: AH & AW Reed 1975
KEYWORDS: first edition Don Neilson Ian F Grant New Zealand art painting drawings sketches landscape scenery buildings natural history
Egmont and the Children of the Mountain Mist
Imperial octavo, illus beige light card covers with brown lettering & Mount Egmont/Taranaki picture mounted to front cover, printed fep, illus rear ep, 32pp, ill) with b&w photos, VG (tanning & foxing to covers, bruising, nicks & creasing to cover edges & corners,
PUBLISHER: Thomas Avery & Sons (undated)
KEYWORDS: Herbert Mace JW Chapman-Taylor New Zealand Mount Egmont Taranaki photography photographs natural history scenery Maori myths legends hisgtory
Act of God
Tutankhamen, Moses & the Myth of Atlantis
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: Pan Books 1998
KEYWORDS: specials Graham Phillips ancient history natural disasters and biblical miracles Pharoah Tutankhamun Egyptian religion