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$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

$36.25
1a31/31

British Fresh-Water Fishes


HOUGHTON,W.

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

$22.30
1j21/1

Nature Day and Night


ADAMS,RICHARD

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

$41.83
man1j21/2

Water-Fowl and Game-Birds in Captivity


the sports and pastimes library

MOODY,ARTHUR F.

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

$30.98
1j24/6

Sea Elephant


the life and death of the elephant seal

MATTHEWS,L.HARRISON

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

$24.79
manon751

Vegetable Organography;


or,an analytical description of the organs of plants,vol.2 only

DE CANDOLLE,M.AUG.P.

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

$68.16
2d18/47

The Herons of the World


with paintings by robert gillmor and peter hayman and drawings by robert gillmor

HANCOCK, JAMES; ELLIOT, HUGH

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

$80.00
xxkri244

Trout Stream Insects of New Zealand


how to imitate and use them

MARSH, NORMAN

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

$30.98
2d4/36

Whales Dolphins and Seals


with a special reference to the new zealand region

GASKIN, D. E

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

$30.98
1l11/6

The Farne Islands


their history and wild life

WATT,GRACE

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

$43.38
man1l14/16

Le Cheval


son organisation son entretien son utilisation

GOBERT,H.-J.

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

$15.50
1m4/28

THIS WILD COMPANY


STACEY, JOHN:

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

$22.50
1m38/32

The Present-Day Rock Garden


CLAY,SAMPSON

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

$61.97
1m38/20

Storia Naturale Di Buffon


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

$30.98
1m40/37

Wild Life in a Southern County


JEFFERIES, RICHARD

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

$46.48
1m40/5

Gladiolus


a revision of the south african species

LEWIS,G.JOYCE;OBERMEYER,A.AMELIA

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

$37.18
1m37/41

Stratigraphy and Palaeontology


essays in honour of dorothy hill

CAMPBELL,K.S.W.[ED.]

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

$185.90
2d15/2

The Anatomy The Horse


embracing the structure of the foot

PERCIVALL, WILLIAM

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

$24.79
1m36/32

Notes and Jottings from Animal Life


BUCKLAND, FRANK

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

$34.43
man926

Falconry and Hawking


GLASIER,PHILLIP

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

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