Books - "natural history"
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The Panda's Thumb: More Reflections in Natural History
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
A Natural History of Man in Britain: Conceived as a Study of Changing Relations Between Men and Environments
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
Journeys in the South Island, New Zealand, Autumn 1950
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
Gatherings of a Naturalist in Australasia 1860
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
Plant and Animal Geography
With 39 Illustrations and Maps. Second Edition
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
Francois Le Vaillant, Traveller in South Africa 1781-1784
and his collection of 165 water-colour paintings
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
Life in Fresh Water
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
Brids of the South Western Cape
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
Furred Animals of Australia
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
Flora of New Zealand: Freshwater Algae, Chlorophyta, Desmids with ecological comments on thieir habitats Volume I
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
Bornean Mammals
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
The Bafut Beagles
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
Kauri: Witness to a Nation's History
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
Orieton: The Human and Natural History of a Welsh Manor
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
The Wild Pig in New Zealand
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
National Resources Survey Part V: Otago Region
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
The Hoiho: New Zealand's Yellow-Eyed Penguin
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
Charles Fleming's Cape Expedition Diary, Auckland Islands 1942-43
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
Journey into Dolphin Dreamtime
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
Wild Life on an Island Outpost: Expedition to the Snares Islands (1947-48)
(Wild Life Series No. 8)
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