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$10.00
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The Panda's Thumb: More Reflections in Natural History


GOULD, STEPHEN JAY

Octavo softcover (VG, segment cut out of fep.); 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: Pelican / Penguin

KEYWORDS: specials Stephen Jay Gould natural history essays

$22.50
xxfcj77145

A Natural History of Man in Britain: Conceived as a Study of Changing Relations Between Men and Environments


FLEURE, H. J.

First revised edition, 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 will reduce your overall postage costs.

PUBLISHER: Collins 1970

KEYWORDS: specials H J Fleure Britain British natural history anthropology first edition

$45.00
1i39a/12

Journeys in the South Island, New Zealand, Autumn 1950


GREENFIELD, H. J. & MAGEE, BERNARD ET AL

octavo, illus black & brown light card stapled wrappers, illus eps, 65pp, illus, VG (some light tanning to prelims & terminals)

PUBLISHER: The South Island Publicity Assoc of New Zealand 1950

KEYWORDS: New Zealand travel Waipori Waitaki Port Underwood Te Anau natural history essays WJ Elvy LE Richdale WA Speight D Martin Douglas Cresswell VC Browne H Walders Matt Grant

$17.50
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Gatherings of a Naturalist in Australasia 1860


BENNETT, GEORGE

facsimile edition, hardcover imperial 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 cost.

PUBLISHER: Currawong Press 1982

KEYWORDS: specials George Bennett naturalist natural history new zealand australia illus plants science

$12.00
xxffl79128

Plant and Animal Geography


With 39 Illustrations and Maps. Second Edition

NEWBIGIN, MARION I.

Octavo hardcover (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: Methuen & Co. 1948

KEYWORDS: specials Marion I Newbigin plants animals natural history science biology ecology geography

$245.00
2b29a/21

Francois Le Vaillant, Traveller in South Africa 1781-1784


and his collection of 165 water-colour paintings

LE VAILLANT, FRANCOIS & QUINTON, J. C. & ROBINSON, A. M. LEWIN (Eds)

Two-volume set, limited numbered edition, large quarto, blue cloth boards with gilt lettering to spine & front board, illus eps, Vaillant family coat of arms to half-title, frontispiece, xx + 172pp, illus plus folding maps + 70 plates to rear + 10 bird plates to rear (vol.1), xiv + 181pp,illus + 165plates to rear (vol.2), VG+ (several small soil spots to boards) VERY HEAVY ITEMS

PUBLISHER: Library of Parliament 1973

KEYWORDS: Francois le Vaillant South Africa travel natural history botanical illustration art paintings birds animals mammals

$14.00
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Life in Fresh Water


BROWN, E. S.

First edition, super 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 will reduce your overall postage costs.

PUBLISHER: Oxford University Press 1955

KEYWORDS: specials E S Brown fresh water biology ecology flora fauna plants animals natural history first edition

$22.50
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Brids of the South Western Cape


FRANDSEN, JOY

Super 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 will reduce your overall postage costs.

PUBLISHER: Sable Publishers 1982

KEYWORDS: specials Joy Frandsen South Africa Africam South Western Cape birds ornithology natural history

$12.50
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Furred Animals of Australia


TROUGHTON, ELLIS

Super octavo hardcover (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: Angus and Robertson 1954

KEYWORDS: specials Ellis Troughton Australia Australian animals natural history

$45.00
2b31a/7

Flora of New Zealand: Freshwater Algae, Chlorophyta, Desmids with ecological comments on thieir habitats Volume I


CROASDALE, HANNAH & FLINT, ELIZABETH

This volume only, small quarto, navy blue cloth boards with gilt lettering to spine, illus eps, frontispiece, x + 218pp, illus + 146 plates, VG+ in d/w, VG+

PUBLISHER: Government Printer 1986

KEYWORDS: Hannah Croasdale Elizabeth Flint New Zealand biology botany natural history flora desmids algae science

$85.00
1o18/24

Bornean Mammals


BANKS, E.

First edition, octavo, heavy card boards with blue lettering, dark blue cloth spine with handwritten silver lettering, brown paper eps, frontispiece, 83pp, illus with 40 plates & map, VG (some staining to boards, some tanning to page edges)

PUBLISHER: The Kuching Press 1949

KEYWORDS: first edition Borneo Bornean Sarawak mammals natural history animals lemur bats apes monkeys tree shrews ant-eaters sambar barking mouse-deer slow loris tarsier

$9.50
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The Bafut Beagles


DURRELL, GERALD & THOMPSON, RALPH (Illus)

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 will reduce your overall postage cost.

PUBLISHER: The Reprint Society 1955

KEYWORDS: specials Gerald Durrell natural history autobiography memoir

$32.50
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Kauri: Witness to a Nation's History


ORWIN, JOANNA

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 will reduce your overall postage costs.

PUBLISHER: New Holland Pubishers 2004

KEYWORDS: specials Joanna Orwin New Zealand Maori Pakeha Kauri forests natural history

$8.50
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Orieton: The Human and Natural History of a Welsh Manor


LOCKLEY, RONALD

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: Penguin 1980

KEYWORDS: specials Ronald Lockley autobiography memoir Welsh natural history

$38.50
1w9a/27

The Wild Pig in New Zealand


HOLDEN, PHILIP

First edition, imperial octavo, brown cloth boards with white lettering to spine, illus brown eps, 257pp, illus, VG (light bruising to spine extrems, light fading to board edges, light rubbing to board edges & corners, small dents to front board edges)

PUBLISHER: Hodder and Stoughton 1982

KEYWORDS: Philip Holden New Zealand wild pigs pig hunting natural history first edition

$29.50
xxsch88317

National Resources Survey Part V: Otago Region


COX, J. W. ET AL (Compiled)

Folding maps in rear pocket, quarto 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 will reduce your overall postage cost

PUBLISHER: R. E. Owen, Government Printer 1967

KEYWORDS: specials Otago New Zealand national natural resources survey geography geology soil climate weather water irrigation agriculture forestry population employment industry transport tourism politics history

$15.00
xxsch88322

The Hoiho: New Zealand's Yellow-Eyed Penguin


VERNON, ADELE & SCHNEIDER, DEAN (Photo)

Imperial 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 will reduce your overall postage cost

PUBLISHER: G. P. Putnam's Sons 1991

KEYWORDS: specials Adele Vernon Dean Schneider New Zealand natural history yellow-eyed penguin hoiho conservation environment

$80.00
1w9b/38

Charles Fleming's Cape Expedition Diary, Auckland Islands 1942-43


FLEMING, CHARLES & MCEWEN, MARY (Ed)

Inscribed & signed by editor, first edition, super octavo, illus light card covers, 256pp, illus, VG+ (tiny stain to front cover)

PUBLISHER: McEwen Assoc 2006

KEYWORDS: first edition Charles Alexander Fleming Mary McEwen New Zealand biography Auckland Islands geology ornithology entomology science natural history

$10.00
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Journey into Dolphin Dreamtime


DOBBS, HORACE

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 keeps postage costs down.

PUBLISHER: Jonathan Cape 1992

KEYWORDS: specials Horace Dobbs dolphins natural history health healing medicine mental wellbeing

$25.00
xxaqy88866

Wild Life on an Island Outpost: Expedition to the Snares Islands (1947-48)


(Wild Life Series No. 8)

RICHDALE, L. E.

Octavo, stapled paper wrappers (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 keeps postage costs down.

PUBLISHER: Otago Daily Times and Witness Newspapers (nd)

KEYWORDS: specials LE Richdale Snares Islands expedition natural history flora fauna

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