DARWIN, CHARLES

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: The Great Writers/Marshall Cavendish Partworks 1992

KEYWORDS: journal research evolution Charles Darwin beagle nature botany natural history anthropology notes exploration geology

RYAN, PADDY

Quarto, black heavu card boards, gilt lettering to spine, illus eps & prelims, 288pp, illus, nr fine, in d/w, VG+ (light creasing to edges, v light scuffing to covers)

PUBLISHER: Exisle Publishing 2000

KEYWORDS: Fiji nature illustrated coral reefs botany wildlife animals plants tropical species natural history

BERNAL, J.D

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 cost

PUBLISHER: Penguin Books 1965

KEYWORDS: science in history natural ancient industrial revolution

OMBLER, KATHY

Octavo, illus light card covers, illus title page, 272pp, illus, VG+ (light rubbing to cover)

PUBLISHER: New Holland 2010

KEYWORDS: New Zealand birds ornithology natural history

HOUSE, HOMER D.

2 vol set, Quarto, green cloth boards with gilt lettering to spine, 185pp (vol1), 177(vol2), illus, VG (light rubbing to boards, light bruising to spine extrems & board corners, light tanning & light foxing to page edges)

PUBLISHER: University of the State of New York 1923

KEYWORDS: botany New York natural history plants wild flowers biology

REYNOLDS, GILBERT WESTACOTT

Super octavo, green cloth boards with gilt lettering to spine & front board, xviii + 534pp, illus, VG+ (light tanning to page edges) in d/w VG (moderate bruising to spine extrems, light rubbing, light fading to spine)

PUBLISHER: A.A. Balkema 1974

KEYWORDS: botany natural history plants Aloe South Africa biology

ALONGI, DANIEL M.

Super octavo, illus boards, 419pp, illus, Nr Fine

PUBLISHER: CRC 1998

KEYWORDS: natural history environment coastal ecosystems marine science

CHING, RAYMOND

Folio, green cloth boards with gilt lettering to spine, grey eps, 232pp, illus, VG+ (very light bruising to spine extrems) in d/w VG+ (light fading to spine, scuffing to edges)

PUBLISHER: Reed Methuen 1986

KEYWORDS: birds ornithology New Zealand natural history fauna arts painting

HILLARY, SIR EDMUND (fore)

Copy of mountaineer Mavis Davidson, 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: Cobb Horwood 1985

KEYWORDS: Geography natural history Mount Everest Nepal Himalaya

GREPPIN, JOHN A.C.

Super octavo, creme cloth boards with blue lettering to spine & front boards, xxi + 290pp, illus, VG (light soiling to boards, light foxing to page edges)

PUBLISHER: Caravan Books 1978

KEYWORDS: birds ornithology natural history Armenia mythology reference

ATTENBOROUGH, DAVID

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 1958

KEYWORDS: Biography natural history Guiana

OLIVER, W.R.B.

First edition, imperial octavo, green cloth boards, gilt lettering to spine, illus eps, frontispiece, viii + 541pp, illus, VG (very light foxing to eps & page edges, bookshop ink stamp on front pastedown, slight crack to gutter around p515, minor bruising to extrems) in d/w VG- (moderate browning, creasing to extrems, light rubbing)

PUBLISHER: Fine Arts (NZ) Ltd 1930

KEYWORDS: Birds ornithology New Zealand natural history

FURST, PETER

Text in Spanish, super octavo, illus light card covers, 120pp, illus, VG (light rubbing to covers, light foxing to page edges)

PUBLISHER: Diana 1995

KEYWORDS: text in Spanish mushrooms natural history culture

MARRINER, GEORGE R.

Ex-library, Super octavo, green cloth boards with green lettering to spine & front board, frontispiece, 151pp, illus, VG (light library markings, moderate tanning to boards, moderate bruising to spine extrems, light rubbing to boards, light foxing to page edges)

PUBLISHER: Marriner Bros & Co. 1908

KEYWORDS: ornithology Kea New Zealand natural history birds

KOHLER, WOLFGANG

Very Early primatology, super octavo, green cloth boards with gilt lettering to spine, frontipiece, viii + 336pp, illus, VG (light soiling & light rubbing to boards, light bruising to spine extrems, light foxing to page edges, bookseller's label to front pastedown)

PUBLISHER: Kegan Paul, Trench, Trubner & co. 1931

KEYWORDS: apes primatology natural history primates animals

BAUGHNAN, B. E.

Octavo, purple light card covers with yapp edges, green & red lettering and lovely colour bird illus to front cover, frontispiece, 68pp, illus, VG

PUBLISHER: Whitcombe & Tombs Limited 1925 (?)

KEYWORDS: New Zealand Arthur's Pass Otira Gorge souvenir guide tourism natural history

BROCKIE, ROBERT

Imperial octavo, green heavy card boards, gilt lettering to spine, frontispiece, 172pp, illus, VG+ (light scuffing to board edges, light bruising to board corners, foxing & staining to page edges, v sl staining to eps) in d/w, VG+ (light sunning to spine, light creasing & soiling to edges)

PUBLISHER: David Bateman 1992

KEYWORDS: New Zealand botany illustrated plants biology animals ecosystems forests science vegetation natural history

TINKER, SPENCER WILKIE

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: Charles E Tuttle 1970

KEYWORDS: sea shells moluscs Pacific marine natural history Hawaii South Seas

WILKINSON, A. H. & WILKINSON, AMY

octavo, light-blue heavy card board covers, dark blue lettering to spine and front cover, bird/landscape illus to front cover, illus title page, frontispiece, illus, 190pp, VG ( v.slight tanning & foxing to spine, covers, page edges & eps, v. few pencil notes/underlinings, rep is water-marked) in d/w shabby (moderately bruised; faded, particularly spine; moderate rubbing & slight soiling - has been put in protective plastic cover- 1.5x3cm hole in spine) a very pretty book

PUBLISHER: R. H. D. Stidolph 1952

KEYWORDS: Kapiti bird ornithology nature natural history New Zealand birds

ALBARELLA, UMBERTO (Ed) & RIZETTO, MAURO & RUSS, HANNAH et al

Ownership signature of NZ author & archaeologist Ian Smith, imperial octavo, black cloth boards with gilt lettering to spine, xxii + 839pp, NR FINE in NR FINE d/w

PUBLISHER: Oxford University Press 2017

KEYWORDS: zooarchaeology archaeology zoology animals natural history