Books - "natural history"
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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
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
The History of Zoology in Western Australia; Discoveries in the 17th Century
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
The Identity of Captain Cook's Kangaroo (pgs 43-50, pls 3-5)
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
Extinct Birds of New Zealand
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
British Antarctic (Terra Nova) Expedition, 1910. Natural History Report ; Botany. Part III, Pp 29-76: Lichens
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
A HISTORY OF RICHMOND PARK
WITH AN ACCOUNT OF ITS BIRDS AND ANIMALS
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
Nature in Downland
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
The Ferns and Fern Allies of New Zealand
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
Toilers in the Sea
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
Minerals and Their Uses
in a series of letters to a lady
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
Birds of South America
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
Polar Animals
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
The Call of the Bushveld
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
Britain's Birds and Their Nests
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
The English Rock-Garden
vol.ii only
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
Coloured Vade-Mecum to the Alpine Flora
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
Fisherman Naturalist
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
Insect Natural History
new naturalist series
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
The Birds of the British Isles and their Eggs
wayside and woodland series
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
Birds and Men
new naturalist series
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