Books - "natural history"
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Orcas, Eagles & Kings: Georgia Strait & Puget Sound
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 costs.
PUBLISHER: Primavera Press 1993
KEYWORDS: whales birds fish natural history Puget Sound Georgia Strait
The Hauraki Gulf: From Bream Head to Cape Colville
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: Shoal Bay Press 1999
KEYWORDS: New Zealand Hauraki Gulf travel tourism hiking walking natural history flora fauna guide
Our Woodlands, Heaths and Hedges: A Popular Description Of Trees, Shrubs, Wild Fruit With Notice Of Their Insect Inhabitants
All pages present but several sections completely loose, some damp staining, small octavo with maroon leather covers (tatty); 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: Routledge, Warne and Routledge 1860
KEYWORDS: natural history botany plants trees shrubs
Handbook of the New Zealand Flora: A Systematic Description of the Native Plants of New Zealand and the Chatham, Kermadecs, Lord Auckland, Campbell & Macquarrie Islands
Super octavo, dark grey cloth boards with gilt lettering to spine & gilt publisher's motif to front board, 15pp + lxviii + 798pp + 24pp Reeve & Co's publications in botany, conchology & entomology, VG (light bruising to spine extrems, light fraying to board corners, some tanning & foxing to page edges& eps, owner's name in ink to fep)
PUBLISHER: Reeve & Co 1867
KEYWORDS: New Zealand flora reference native plants natural history
The Students' Flora of New Zealand and the Outlying Islands
Imperial 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: John Mackay 1899
KEYWORDS: natural history New Zealand
The Truth Behind the Whaling Dispute
Octavo, blue cloth boards with gilt lettering to spine, 176pp, illus, Nr Fine in d/w VG+ (light rubbing to covers & spine, light creasing to spine edges)
PUBLISHER: ICR 2001
KEYWORDS: International Whaling Commission Japan, Politics environment whales natural history
Pohutukawa and Rata: New Zealand's Iron-Hearted Trees
Folio, green cloth boards with lettering to spine & front board, red eps, xii + 346pp, illus, Nr Fine in d/w VG+ (light rubbing, light creasing to edges)
PUBLISHER: Te Papa Press 2005
KEYWORDS: Pohutukawa myrtaceae Rata New Zealand trees botany natural history
National Parks of Sarawak
Super octavo, illus boards with lettering to spine & fron board, illus eps, frontispiece, xii + 502pp, illus, Nr Fine in d/w Nr Fine
PUBLISHER: Natural History Publications (Borneo) 2001
KEYWORDS: National parks reserves Malaysia Sarawak Natural history environment forests
Chilean Flora Through the Eyes of Marianne North 1884
Quarto, Green boards with white lettering to front board, patterned eps, 133pp, illus, Nr Fine in d/w Nr Fine
PUBLISHER: Pehuen Editors 1999
KEYWORDS: natural history Chile flora arts painting biography Marianne North
Blossoms of Bangalore
Quarto, illus boards, illus eps, 195pp, illus, VG+ (previous owner's name to label on title page) in d/w VG+ (light rubbing)
PUBLISHER: Mytec Process 1994
KEYWORDS: Flowers India Bangalore travel natural history
Australian Grass Parrakeets (The Neophema): Experiences in the Field and Aviary
Super octavo, brown cloth boards with filt lettering to spine & front board, 192pp, illus, Nr Fine in d/w VG+ (light fading to spine & upper front cover)
PUBLISHER: Singil Press (n/d)
KEYWORDS: Australia Parrots natural history Parrakeets
Quest for the Kakapo: The Full Story of New Zealand's Most Remarkable Bird
Imperial octavo, black cloth boards with gilt lettering to spine, green eps, illus title page, 136pp, illus, VG+ in d/w VG+
PUBLISHER: Heinemann Reed 1989
KEYWORDS: New Zealand natural history Kakapo birds ornithology
Plant Life on Banks Peninsula
Imperial octavo, illus boards, illus eps, frontispiece, 412pp, illus, VG+ (light fading to boards, light soiling to page edges)
PUBLISHER: Manuka Press 2013
KEYWORDS: New Zealand natural history botany plants flora Banks Peninsula
Adventures in Geyserland: Life in New Zealand's Thermal Regions, Including the Story of the Tarawera Eruption and the Destruction of the Famous Terraces of Rotomahana,
LACKS D/W, Octavo, red cloth boards with black lettering to spine & front board, frontispiece, 157pp, illus, VG (light tanning to boards, light fading to spine, sl bruising to board corners and spine extrems, sl cocked spine, slight foxing to page edges)
PUBLISHER: Reed 1934
KEYWORDS: New Zealand natural disaster history Tarawera eruption
A Monograph of The Ramphastidae or Family of Toucans.
Facsimile reprint (1854), limited edition numbered, elephant folio, blue cloth boards, gilt lettering to spine, gilt emblem to front board, blind rule to front board, patterned eps, 26pp + 52 plates with accompanying text, illus, nr fine (small stain to front board, light brusing to lower board corners)
PUBLISHER: Hill House 1998
KEYWORDS: ornithology birds identification toucans ramphastidae natural history biology zoology
The Birds of New Guinea and the Adjacent Papuan Islands, including Many Recently Discovered in Australia. Volume 1
Facsimile reprint (1888), limited edition numbered, elephant folio, red cloth boards, gilt lettering to spine, gilt emblem & blind rule to front board, patterned eps, 7pp + 56 plates with accompanying text, illus, nr fine (v.light staining & rubbing to boards, light brusing to lower board corners)
PUBLISHER: Hill House 1988
KEYWORDS: ornithology birds identification birds of paradise natural history biology zoology
Information for the People: or, Treasury of Useful Knowledge: Comprising a Large Amount of Interesting and Instructive Reading, Designed for Popular Use
Super octavo, brown cloth boards with gilt lettering to spine & front board, gilt illustrations to spine & boards, frontispiece, 530pp + 16pp adverts, illus, VG (moderate bruising to spine extrems & board corners, moderate tanning to spine, moderate tanning to page edges, light rubbing & light soiling to boards, light sporadic foxing to pages, dampstaining to advert pages)
PUBLISHER: Robert Sears 1850
KEYWORDS: natural history Geography agriculture economics biography arts science
Ghosts in Gondwana: The History of Life in New Zealand
First edition, Super octavo, grey cloth boards with gilt lettering to spine, illus eps, 232pp, illus, Nr Fine in d/w FINE
PUBLISHER: Craig Potton 2006
KEYWORDS: New Zealand Natural History science evolution Gondwa
Faulkland Islands Freshwater Fishes: A Natural History
Octavo, illus light card covers, black lettering to spine, 102pp, illus, nr fine (v. slight soiling to covers)
PUBLISHER: Faulklands Conservation 2005
KEYWORDS: natural history freshwater fishes Faulklands ecology biology zoology ichthyology
Underwater Wonders of New Zealand
Large quarto, illus glossy heavy card boards, black lettering to orange spine & white lettering to front board, illus eps, illus title page, 112pp, illus, nr fine, in d/w, nr fine
PUBLISHER: New Holland 1999
KEYWORDS: New Zealand marine biology natural history oceans underwater flora fauna