Books - "natural history"
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New Zealand: Its Physical Geography, Geology and Natural History with Special Reference to the Results of Government Expeditions in the Provinces of Auckland and Nelson
ALL PLATES & BOTH MAPS PRESENT, imperial octavo, teal/blue textured buckram boards, gilt lettering & blind decoration to spine, gilt illus & blind decoration to front board, marbled page edges, illus/patterned eps, frontispiece with tissue guard, xvi + 515pp, folding maps to rear, G+ (spine completely detached but present- with minor chipping also, moderate scuffing to board extrems, light chafing to boards, moderate tanning & soiling to page edges, ex-libris plate to front pastedown, 5cm tear to front gutter, gift inscription in ink to ffep, moderate foxing to prelims & terminals, lettering to rear eps in pencil, minor closed tearing & foxing to folding maps)
PUBLISHER: J G Cotta 1867
KEYWORDS: New Zealand geography natural history geology Auckland Nelson
Tree Kangaroos: A Curious Natural History
SLIPCASED FIRST EDITION, DATED & SIGNED BY AUTHOR, Lg quarto, green heavy boards, gilt lettering to spine, gilt bordered glossy illus plates to boards, illus title page, xiii + 202pp, illus, VG+ (light rubbing to board & spine edges, light soiling to page edges) in slipcase, VG+ (light scuffing & rubbing to edges/corners, sl chafing & soiling)
PUBLISHER: Reed Books 1996
KEYWORDS: natural history animals species tree kangaroos art biology zoology signed Timothy Fridtjof Flannery
New Guinea: An Island Apart
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 may reduce your overall postage costs.
PUBLISHER: BBC Books 1992
KEYWORDS: nature wildlife New Guinea natural history
A Handbook of New Guinea Marsupials & Monotremes
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 may reduce your overall postage costs.
PUBLISHER: Kristen Pres Inc 1991
KEYWORDS: PNG Papua New Guinea animals wildlife marsupials monotremes nature natural history
The Natural History of Wales
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 may reduce your overall postage costs.
PUBLISHER: Williams Collins Sons & Co 1981
KEYWORDS: first editions natural history Wales Welsh geography landscape
Bones of Contention: The Archaeopteryx Scandals
8vo 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: John Murray 2002
KEYWORDS: Archaeopteryx Charles Darwin fossil fossils 19th century natural history
Subantarctic Campbell Island
Super 8vo 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: Denver Museum of Natural History 1962
KEYWORDS: Campbell Island natural history subantarctic New Zealand
Days and Nights of Salmon Fishing in the Tweed with a Short Account of the Natural History and Habits of the Salmon, Instructions to Sportsmen, Anecdotes, Etc.
Super royal 8vo, pp. xvi + 268; green buckram bds, spine lettered in gilt; edges deckled, frontis., plates, illus.; VG- (light to moderate scuffing & soiling to bds; light to moderate bruising to spine & board edges & extrems; light to moderate tanning & soiling to pg edges; light to moderate tanning, soiling & foxing to eps, prelims & terminals; heavy cracking to front & central gutters; pp. ix-xxiv & plate opposite p. 49 loose).
PUBLISHER: Edward Arnold 1898
KEYWORDS: William Scrope fish fishing angler angling salmon sport game natural history 19th century
The Banks Letters: A Calendar of the Manuscript Correspondence of Sir Joseph Banks
Imperial octavo, green buckram boards, gilt lettering to spine, xlii + 965pp, VG+ (sl rubbing to extrems, light tanning & soiling to page edges) in d/w, VG (moderate creasing & chipping/tearing to top edges, light tanning to spine, light scuffing to spine & rear)
PUBLISHER: British Museum (Natural History) 1958
KEYWORDS: Sir Joseph Banks British Museum Natural History manuscripts
The Butterfly and Common Moths of New Zealand
8vo hardcover (VG) in d/w (G); 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: Whitcombe and Tombs 1966
KEYWORDS: D E Gaskin zoology butterfly butterflies moth moths natural history
Darwin: A Life in Science
Super 8vo 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: Simon & Schuster 1995
KEYWORDS: Chalres Darwin 19th century life lives biography biology biologist natural history
The Natural History of an English Forest
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 may reduce your overall postage costs.
PUBLISHER: Arrow Books 1972
KEYWORDS: natural history trees forests nature England English
No Surrender: Greymouth's battle to Beat the Floods
4to stapled light card covers (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: the Greymouth Evening Star 1990
KEYWORDS: Kit Carson New Zealand history natural disaster flood floods flooding Greymouth
The Great Drought of 1976
Ex-library. 8vo 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: Hutchinson & Co. 1978
KEYWORDS: Evelyn Cox 20th century history natural disaster drought
NZ Wildlife: Introducing the Weird and Wonderful Character of Natural New Zealand
8vo 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: Penguin Books 2014
KEYWORDS: New Zealand wildlife environment animals natural history plantlife
Manual of Cultivated Conifers: Hardy in the Cold- and Warm-Temperate Zone
Imp. 8vo 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: Martinus Nijhoff 1965
KEYWORDS: P Den Ouden B K Boom conifers botanical plants plantlife natural history
Popular Ecology of the Cooperatively Breeding Acorn Woodpecker
8vo 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: Princeton University Press 1987
KEYWORDS: acorn woodpecker ornithology breeding natural history zoology ecology birds
The Living Pythons
Super 8vo 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: T. F. H. Publications 1998
KEYWORDS: Jerry G Walls snakes natural history pythons
Pyramid Valley: Waikari, North Canterbury
Imperial octavo softcover (VG-) water staining to bottom corners; 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 may reduce your overall postage costs.
PUBLISHER: Association of Friends of the Canterbury Museum Christchurch 1949
KEYWORDS: New Zealand Moa swamps Waikari North Canterbury natural history
The Island of Penguins (Second Impression)
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 may reduce your overall postage costs.
PUBLISHER: Longmans, Green and Co 1930
KEYWORDS: nature wildlife penguins natural history biology