Books - "natural history"
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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
British Fresh-Water Fishes
first edition thus [one-volume w.additions] 256pp ills.[many col.plates] NF (cream cloth,sl.sunned towards upper/lower edges,edges sl.soiled) in VG+ d/w (sl.rubbed,spine sunned w.mod.sunning towards upper/lower edges,sl.bumps and curling to edges)
PUBLISHER: peerage books 1981
KEYWORDS: natural history fish britain w.houghton
Nature Day and Night
first edition 108pp ills.[col.by david goddard] NF (col.ill.laminated boards,minor bumps to extrems.,3 lines of ink crossing-out to p.43 o/w contents clean and bright) in VG+ d/w (sl.rubbed and sunned,sl.bumps and wear to extrems.)
PUBLISHER: kestrel books harmondsworth 1978
KEYWORDS: modern first edition natural history science richard adams david goddard
Water-Fowl and Game-Birds in Captivity
the sports and pastimes library
first edition 240pp ills.[b/w] VG+ (green cloth,sl.soiled w.sl.bumps and wear to extrems.,eps and edges sl.foxed,edges soiled) in G+ d/w (mod.rubbed and soiled,sl.sunned w.spine browned,mod.internal foxing,bumps and chipping to extrems.w.some losses and several closed tears,sl.tatty)
PUBLISHER: witherby london 1932
KEYWORDS: natural history ornithology birds sport and pastimes library arthur f.moody
Sea Elephant
the life and death of the elephant seal
first edition 185pp ills.[b/w] VG+ (green cloth,sl.wear to extrems.,paste action to eps,prelims.and edges sl.foxed) in VG d/w (sl.rubbed and soiled,sl.foxed,mod.bumps and wear to extrems.,internal tape reinforcements to head/foot of spine)
PUBLISHER: macgibbon & kee 1952
KEYWORDS: natural history sea elephant l.harrison matthews
Vegetable Organography;
or,an analytical description of the organs of plants,vol.2 only
second edition vol.2 only 334pp ills.[plates 16-23 only] G (green cloth,lower board detached w.spine missing,rubbed and soiled and sunned,mod.wear to extrems.,eps soiled,prelims.and edges sl.foxed w.some minor soiling to contents,spine cracked and shaky)
PUBLISHER: houlston & stoneman london 1841
KEYWORDS: natural history vegetable organography m.aug.p.de candolle
The Herons of the World
with paintings by robert gillmor and peter hayman and drawings by robert gillmor
304pp, ills (col) NF (folio, green cloth, v minor wear to extrems.) in NF d/w (minor bumps and wear to extrems.)
PUBLISHER: london editions, london 1978
KEYWORDS: james hancock hugh elliott robert gillmor peter hayman roger peterson natural history science
Trout Stream Insects of New Zealand
how to imitate and use them
Anniversary edition, quarto hardcover (Nr. FINE) in d/w (Nr. FINE)
PUBLISHER: millwood press 2004
KEYWORDS: natural history fishing insects new zealand trout norman marsh
Whales Dolphins and Seals
with a special reference to the new zealand region
200pp, ills (b/w) VG+ (blue cloth boards, v sl soiling, v sl foxing to prelims and content extrems, sl cocked.) in VG d/w (minor bumps, wear and creasing to extrems.)
PUBLISHER: heinemann,new zealand, 1972
KEYWORDS: d e gaskin whales dolphins seals new zealand natural history science
The Farne Islands
their history and wild life
first edition 236pp ills.[b/w] VG+ (pale green cloth,mod.stained w.sl.browned spine,sl.bumps to extrems.,content edges sl.foxed,spine cracked)
PUBLISHER: country life london 1951
KEYWORDS: natural history travel geography farne islands britain grace watt
Le Cheval
son organisation son entretien son utilisation
full-leather rebind 411pp [text in french] ills.[b/w] VG+ (rebound in black full-leather w.gilt titling to spine,sl.rubbed and mod.soiled,sl.bumps to extrems.,new eps,owner's inscr.and ink blot to half-title,paper separation at half-title gutter,prelims.and speckled edges sl.foxed,contents sl.browned,tape repair to final p.of text,tight)
PUBLISHER: bailliere paris [nd,c.1930]
KEYWORDS: natural history equestrian horse cheval h.j.gobert
THIS WILD COMPANY
colonial edition, blue cloth, 135pp illus, VG(lower corners sl bruised, lower edges sl sunned & foxed, upper edges v sl foxed & sunned, notes & newspaper clippings loose in front) d/w VG(v sl wear to extrems with sl tears & chipped spine headsunned & soiled)
PUBLISHER: Edmund Ward Leicester (nd)
KEYWORDS: natural history birds
The Present-Day Rock Garden
first edition 681pp ills.[b/w] VG (green cloth,mod.rubbed and soiled,mod.bumps and wear to extrems.,boards sl.shaky,owner's stamp to ffep,prelims.and edges sl.foxed,spine cracked and sl.shaky)
PUBLISHER: jack london 1937
KEYWORDS: natural history gardening rock garden sampson clay
Storia Naturale Di Buffon
(first edition) 167pp.[text in italian] illus.(col.lithographs) G+(quarter bd.heavy wear to bds.spine and edges,binding weak,feps.possibly missing,contents v.water-damaged and soiled,lge.tear to one illus.pge.,owner's notes covering paste-downs)
PUBLISHER: silvestri milano 1822
KEYWORDS: natural history
Wild Life in a Southern County
387pp, G+ (green cloth with black & gold decortaive stamps, wear and scuffing with minor losses to some extrems, soil to spine, owners inscription to front paste down & half tp, binding beginning to separate at front and rear fep gutters, sl foxing to prelims, foredges and some contents, binding cocked and shaky.)
PUBLISHER: smith, elder, & co, london, 1881
KEYWORDS: richard jefferies natural history biography
Gladiolus
a revision of the south african species
first edition 316pp ills.[col.plates] F (blue cloth) in VG+ d/w (sl.rubbed and soiled,sl.wear to extrems.)
PUBLISHER: purnell cape town 1972
KEYWORDS: natural history gladiolus botany g.joyce lewis a.a
Stratigraphy and Palaeontology
essays in honour of dorothy hill
first edition 390pp ills.[b/w] VG+ (green cloth,v.sl.soiled,spine cracked and sl.cocked) in VG+ d/w (sl.rubbed and soiled w.sl.surface scuffs to covers,sl.wear to extrems.)
PUBLISHER: australian national university press canberra 1969
KEYWORDS: natural history archaeology palaeontology stratigr
The Anatomy The Horse
embracing the structure of the foot
454pp+ads, G (brown cloth, faded, bumped, soiled, minor losses to extrems, binding split at ffep gutter and beginning at other sections, contents browned sl foxed and spot soiling.)
PUBLISHER: longmans and co, london, [1832]
KEYWORDS: william percivall natural history horses
Notes and Jottings from Animal Life
414pp, ills (b/w) G+ (beige cloth with decorative stamps including school stamps to front and rear, soils, bumps and creases, book plate to front paste down, binding beginning to split at front and rear fep gutter, minor soils and foxing to contents, binding shaky.)
PUBLISHER: smith, elder & co, london, 1882
KEYWORDS: frank buckland natural history
Falconry and Hawking
ex-lib.first edition 312pp ills.[some col.] VG (blue cloth,sl.rubbed and soiled w.tape stains to boards and eps,mod.bumps and wear to extrems.,usual stamps and labels,content edges sl.soiled,spine cracked and sl.shaky) in VG+ d/w (sl.rubbed and soiled w.tape stains to upper/lower edges,sl.bumps and creasing to extrems.)
PUBLISHER: batsford london 1978
KEYWORDS: natural history falconry hawking birds science phillip glasier