Books - "natural history"
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The Bald Eagle: The Improbable Journey of America's Bird
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: Liveright Publishing 2022
KEYWORDS: natural history bald eagles birds conservation ornithology
Animal Speak: The Spiritual & Magical Powers of Creatures Great & Small
Imperial 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: Llewellyn Publications 2012
KEYWORDS: natural history animals nature wildlife communication species spirituality
The Atlantic Alcidae
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: Academic Press 1988
KEYWORDS: birds ornithology nature wildlife Atlantic Ocean evolution natural history Auks biology
An Empire of Plants
Imperial 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: Cassell 2002
KEYWORDS: natural history plants nature plants botany trade industry tobacco cotton tea poppies quinine rubber
On the Origin and Metamorphoses of Insects (Second Edition)
Sm octavo, brown buckram boards, gilt lettering to spine, black lettering to front board, frontispiece, xvi + 108pp, illus, VG (light scuffing to extrems, light soiling to boards, moderate tanning & soiling to page edges, light foxing & soiling to eps, light foxing to pages throughout, moderate cracking to some gutters)
PUBLISHER: Macmillan & Co 1874
KEYWORDS: entomology insects bugs studies Sir John Lubbock natural history biology zoology
Havet Med dets Plante- og Dyreverden
TEXT IN DANISH, octavo, half leatherbound black heavy boards, gilt lettering & decoration with raised bands to spine, marbled page edges, patterned eps, viii + 455pp, illus/plates- not counted presumed all present, VG+ (light fading to spine, minor rubbing/chafing to leatherwork, light tanning to page edges, light occasional cracking to gutters, light tanning & foxing to prelims & terminals & plates)
PUBLISHER: P G Philipjens Forlag 1866
KEYWORDS: TEXT IN DANISH natural history flora fauna plants botany animals nature Dr G Hartwig
Zealandia: The Valley That Changed a Nation
Quarto 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: Kotare Publications 2019
KEYWORDS: New Zealand Zealandia conservation natural history Jim Lynch
A Mongraph of the British Lichens: A Descriptive Catalogue of the Species in the Department of Botany, British Museum Part II (Second Edition Revised)
THIS VOL ONLY, SECOND EDITION REVISED, octavo, green buckram boards, gilt lettering to spine, blind rule to spine & board edges, ix + 447pp + plates to rear- not counted presumed all present, VG+ (light fading to spine, light bruising to extrems, light tanning & foxing to page edgesprev. owner's (David Galloway) ink stamp to prelims)
PUBLISHER: British Museum (Natural History) 1926
KEYWORDS: British lichen lichens lichenology British Museum Natural History botany species catalogues
The Natural History of Canterbury (Third Edition)
THIRD EDITION, IN SLIPCASE, imperial octavo, illus glossy heavy boards, blue & balck lettering to spine, illus eps & prelims, 923pp, illus/photos, Near FINE, in slipcase, VG+ (light bruising & chafing/scuffing)
PUBLISHER: Canterbury University Press 2008
KEYWORDS: New Zealand natural history nature Canterbury environment botany climate vegetation animals coast
The World of Life: A Manifestation of Creative Power, Directive Mind and Ultimate Purpose (Third Edition)
THIRD EDITION, super octavo, red buckram boards, gilt lettering to spine & front board, teg, xvi + 408pp, illus, VG (light to moderate rubbing & bruising to extrems, light fading & soiling to spine, light chafing & moderate soiling to boards, moderate tanning & foxing/soiling to page edges, light tanning & soiling to eps, prev. owner's initials in ink to front pastedown, occasional light cracking to gutters)
PUBLISHER: Chapman and Hall 1911
KEYWORDS: Alfred Russel Wallace natural history nature animals anthropology
New Zealand Fishes
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: Reed Books 2000
KEYWORDS: New Zealand marine biology zoology fish fishes identification natural history fisheries
Tane: The Journal of the Auckland University Field Club: Volume 29, 1983
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: TANE 1983
KEYWORDS: New Zealand Auckland tane natural history zoology
The Chatham Islands: Their Plants, Birds and People
FIRST EDITION, octavo, grey cloth boards, black lettering to spine, ix + 177pp, illus/photos, VG+ (light fading to board edges, sl fading to spine, light tanning & foxing to page edges & eps, ex-libris plate to ffep, sl foxing to prelims & terminals) in d/w, VG (light to moderate creasing & chipping to edges- minor archival tape repairs, light soiling & foxing)
PUBLISHER: Simpson and Williams 1952
KEYWORDS: first editions New Zealand Chatham Islands rural nature natural history people nature plants wildlife botany anthropology
Biology Aotearoa: Unique Flora, Fauna and Fungi
Quarto, illus glossy light card covers, green lettering to spine & covers, 126pp, illus/photos, VG+ (light tanning/soiling & chafing to spine & covers, sl tanning & soiling to page edges)
PUBLISHER: Pearson 2006
KEYWORDS: New Zealand Aotearoa biology natural history flora fauna native botany plants fungi ecology
The British Species of Angiocarpous Lichens, Elucidated by Their Sporida
8vo, pp. [6] + 102 + xxx plates +18 + 3; green cl boards, spine lettered in gilt, arabesques in blind to boards bordering lettered wreath centrepiece in gilt (in blind to rear board); teg, publisher's tp vignette, plates; VG- (moderate scuffing & soiling to boards; moderate to heavy bruising to spine & board edges & extrems with moderate chipping; moderate tanning, foxing & soiling to pg edges; moderate tanning & soiling to eps, prelims & terminals; prev ownership inscription in blue ink to ffep; binder's stamp to rear pastedown (Westleys & Co.); lg segment of cl to spine torn at rear joint, attatched only at front joint, some loss to lettering).
PUBLISHER: The Ray Society 1851
KEYWORDS: W A Leighton lichen botany botanical science biology plants plantlife 19th century natural history
A Monograph of Lichens Found in Britain: Being a Descriptive Catalogue of the Species in the Herbarium of the British Museum Part I
This volume only. 8vo, pp. viii + 520 + 18; green buckram boards, spine lettered in gilt; top edge stained dark; illus.; G+ (moderate scuffing & soiling to boards; heavy bruising to spine & board edges & extrems with heavy chipping; lg segment of cl to upper half of spine torn at rear joint with heavy loss, cl remaining attached only to front joint; moderate tanning & soiling to pg edges; light to moderate tanning & soiling to eps, prelims & terminals; presentation plate to ffep; prev bookseller's sticker to front pastedown; prev ownership inscription in black ink to ht; moderate cracking to front & rear hinges; moderate cracking to central gutters).
PUBLISHER: British Museum (Natural History) 1894
KEYWORDS: James M Crombie lichen botany botanical science biology plants plantlife 19th century British Museum natural history reference catalogue catalog
Where There's a Will, There's a Way! or, Science in the Cottage; An Account of the Labours of Naturalists in Humble Life
Octavo softcover (VG+) minor pencil markings to margins; 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: Cambridge University Press 2011
KEYWORDS: British science scientists naturalists natural history James Cash
Natural Science Books in English 1600-1900
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: Portman Books 1989
KEYWORDS: history historical natural science academic books
The Compleat Naturalist: A Life of Linnaeus
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: William Collins Sons & Co 1971
KEYWORDS: natural history nature compleat naturalist Linnaeus
A Catalogue and Historical Account of the Sloane Shell Collection
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: The British Museum (Natural History) 1953
KEYWORDS: catalogues Hans Sloane shells shell collection natural history zoology marine biology