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$150.00
ak5/3/7

Catalogue of the Natural History Drawings Commissioned by Joseph Banks on the Endeavour Voyage 1768-1771 (Held in the British Museum (Natural History)) Part 1: Botany: Australia


DIMENT, JUDITH A & HUMPHRIES, CHRISTOPHER J & NEWINGTON, LINDA & SHAUGHNESSY, ELAINE

THIS VOL ONLY, super octavo, blue cloth boards, gilt lettering to spine, 183pp, illus, VG+ (sl fading to spine & boards, sl tanning & foxing/soiling to page edges, light tanning to top edge of title page, prev. bookseller's sm label to rear ep, minor creasing to bottom corner of page block)

PUBLISHER: Meckler Publishing / British Museum (Natural History) 1984

KEYWORDS: Joseph Banks nature naturalists Endeavour voyages history historical catalogues British Museum Natural History botany Australia 18th eighteenth century art drawings

$40.00
ak5/3/11

The History of Zoology in Western Australia; Discoveries in the 17th Century


ALEXANDER, W B

Octavo, beige stapled light card covers, black lettering to front cover, 20pp, VG (light to moderate soiling & foxing to covers/edges, minor soiling & tanning to page edges, light rusting of stapled to central gutter)

PUBLISHER: V K Jones & Co 1914

KEYWORDS: zoology Australia history historical discoveries 17th seventeenth century natural history

$40.00
ak5/3/20

The Identity of Captain Cook's Kangaroo (pgs 43-50, pls 3-5)


MORRISON-SCOTT, T C S & SAWYER, F C

Imperial octavo, beige light card covers, black lettering to covers, pgs 43-50, illus/plates, VG+ (prev. owner's name in ink to front cover, light wrinkling & soiling to covers, light tanning & soiling to page edges)

PUBLISHER: Bulletin of the British Museum (Natural History) 1950

KEYWORDS: British Museum bulletins zoology natural history Captain Cook kangaroos Australia Australian animals history exploration discoveries

$145.00
1a4a/30

Extinct Birds of New Zealand


TENNYSON, ALAN & MARTINSON, PAUL

Quarto, green heavy boards, gilt lettering to spine & front board, (8) + vi + 180pp, illus, VG (light bruising & paint staining to spine extrems, light paint staining & soiling to page edges, prev. owner's name in black paint & pencil annotation to ffep) in d/w, VG (moderate creasing & chipping/tearing to edges, moderate fading to spine & cover edges, light chafing & paint staining to covers)

PUBLISHER: Te Papa Press 2007

KEYWORDS: New Zealand birds ornithology extinction extinct history natural history

$40.00
1j19a/12

British Antarctic (Terra Nova) Expedition, 1910. Natural History Report ; Botany. Part III, Pp 29-76: Lichens


DARBISHIRE, O V

Quarto, grey light card covers, black lettering to spine & front cover, Pps 29-76 + plates to rear, VG (moderate cracking/tearing to spine, light tanning to spine & cover edges, light tanning & foxing to page edges, some minor closed tearing to top edges of some pages)

PUBLISHER: British Museum (Natural History) 1923

KEYWORDS: British Antarctic expeditions exploration botany natural history south pole Antarctica history historical lichen lichens Terra Nova reports

$15.00
1b27/62

A HISTORY OF RICHMOND PARK


WITH AN ACCOUNT OF ITS BIRDS AND ANIMALS

COLLENETTE, C. L:

reprint ex libris (usual cancellation stamps pkts etc)164pp folding map rear VG+(v sl gum stains to fep's and boards,bumped spine head & foot,rubbed) d/w VG(in plastic,minor tears lower edge)

PUBLISHER: sr publishers yorkshire 1971

KEYWORDS: natural history richmond park

$50.19
1a31/27

Nature in Downland


HUDSON, W. H.

Second edition 307pp incl 9pp index with 26 illus (B & W plates & drawings throughout text) green cloth boards with gilt embossed lettering & emblem on front & spine, VG+ (sl cocked, mod shelf wear, mod bruised cnrs, sl rubbing to boards & spine, mod wear to spine head & foot, mod browning to edges & ep's, sl foxing throughout, sl sunned spine)

PUBLISHER: Longmans, Green & Co. London 1900

KEYWORDS: English natural history

$47.40
2g8/42

The Ferns and Fern Allies of New Zealand


THOMSON GEORGE M.

first edition 132pp ills.VG (sl.rubbed and stained,sl.bumpsand wear to extrems.,owner's name to title-page,some sl.foxing to contents,edges sl.soiled)

PUBLISHER: george robertson melbourne 1882

KEYWORDS: new zealand natural history

$16.73
1m38/47

Toilers in the Sea


COOKE M.C.

373pp ills. VG- (sl.rubbed and stained,sl.sunned,sl.bumps and wear to extrems.,ep sl.creased,some sl.foxing to contents,edges sl.soiled,sl.cocked w.sl.shaky spine)

PUBLISHER: soc.for promoting christian knowledge london 1889

KEYWORDS: natural history

$111.54
2d14/29

Minerals and Their Uses


in a series of letters to a lady

JACKSON J.R.

first edition rebound in 1998 464pp (col.frontis.) VG- (red cloth rebind w.original cloth cover/rear and title from spine laid down,sl.rubbed and stained w.sl.bumps to extrems.,modern eps,sl.stains to prelims.incl.frontis.,blind stamp and owner's sign.to title-page,sl.stains and foxing to contents,edges soiled,tight)

PUBLISHER: john w.parker london 1849

KEYWORDS: minerals geology science natural history

$27.89
1a28/4

Birds of South America


RUTGERS A.

first edition 321pp ills.(col.plates by john gould) VG+ (orange cloth,sl.foxing to edges,plates clean and bright,sl.cocked) in VG d/w (sl.rubbed and stained,spine sl.sunned,sl.bumps and wear to extrems.)

PUBLISHER: eyre methuen london 1972

KEYWORDS: birds ornithology natural history

$13.94
60301ap28

Polar Animals


PEDERSEN ALWIN

first edition 188pp ills. VG+ (sl.bumps to extrems.,sl.stains to eps,edges sl.foxed,sl.bowed) in VG- d/w (sl.rubbed and stained,sl.bumps and wear to extrems.incl.hinges,some minor closed tears,price-clipped)

PUBLISHER: george g.harrap london 1962

KEYWORDS: modern first edition natural history

$27.89
2g5/20

The Call of the Bushveld


WHITE A.C.

second edition 271pp ills. VG (sl.stained w.spine sl.sunned,mod.water stain to head of rear,sl.bumps to extrems.,sl.water stains to upper and fore edges of contents,pp71/72 untrimmed at lower corner w.sl.stain,edges sl.browned) lacks d/w

PUBLISHER: a.c.white bloemfontein [nd]

KEYWORDS: natural history africa travel

$32.81
1a31/13

Britain's Birds and Their Nests


THOMSON A.LANDSBOROUGH

reprint 340pp ills.(col.) VG- (orange cloth,sl.rubbed and mod.stained,sl.sunned,sl.bumps and wear to extrems.,contents sl.browned and foxed,sl.cocked w.sl.shaky spine)

PUBLISHER: w.&r.chambers london 1942

KEYWORDS: natural history

$22.30
2d1/40

The English Rock-Garden


vol.ii only

FARRER,REGINALD

vol.ii only 524pp ills. VG (sl.rubbed and soiled w.mod.wear to extrems.,owner's inscr.to ffep,eps and edges sl.foxed)

PUBLISHER: thomas nelson london 1948

KEYWORDS: natural history reginald farrer rock-gardens

$22.30
2d22/8

Coloured Vade-Mecum to the Alpine Flora


SCHROTER, L. ;SCHROTER, C.

twenty-first edition [unpaginated] text in engl./french/germ. ills.[col.plates] VG (dec.binding,sl.bumps to extrems.,ffep sl.creased,sl.foxing to prelims.,some offsetting to text pp,plates clean and bright,bookmark loosely inserted) in VG d/w (sl.rubbed and soiled,spine sl.sunned,mod.chipping and wear to extrems.)

PUBLISHER: albert raustein zurich [nd]

KEYWORDS: alpine plants natural history schroter

$13.94
1m37/21

Fisherman Naturalist


BUXTON,ANTHONY

first edition 190pp ills. VG+ (sl.soiled w.sunned spine,minor bumps to extrems.,edges sl.foxed o/w clean)

PUBLISHER: collins london 1946

KEYWORDS: modern first edition natural history fishing anthony buxton

$22.50
2d12/26

Insect Natural History


new naturalist series

IMMS,A.D.

first edition 317pp ills.[many col.] VG+ (sl.sunned spine and towards sl.bumped extrems.,prelims.and edges v.sl.foxed o/w contents clean,sl.shaky spine) in VG d/w (sl.rubbed and soiled w.spine mod.sunned,sl.bumps and chipping to extrems.)

PUBLISHER: collins london 1947

KEYWORDS: modern first edition new naturalist series a.d.imms insects entymology natural history

$25.09
1m38/41

The Birds of the British Isles and their Eggs


wayside and woodland series

COWARD,T.A.

second impression 376pp ills.[many col.] VG+ (brown cloth w.gilt dec.,mod.rubbed and soiled,sl.wear to extrems.,owner's label to half-title,some minor foxing to contents and speckled edges o/w clean,sl.cocked)

PUBLISHER: warne london 1920

KEYWORDS: natural history birds ornithology t.a.coward british isles

$44.62
2d7/49

Birds and Men


new naturalist series

NICHOLSON,E.M.

first edition 256pp ills.[some col.] VG+ (green cloth,boards unevenly sunned,paste action to eps,edges sl.soiled,sl.shaky spine) in VG+ d/w (sl.rubbed and soiled,spine sl.browned,minor wear to extrems.)

PUBLISHER: collins london 1951

KEYWORDS: natural history birds ornithology e.m.nicholson collins new naturalist series

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