Books - "natural history"
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Land and Sea Birds of the South-West Cape
first edition 239pp.illus.(col.) VG(brown cloth,black title to spine and front board,mod.soiled and scuffed,mod.wear to hinges and extrems.,edges and contents browned,paste-action to eps.)
PUBLISHER: specialty press south africa 1931
KEYWORDS: major bolster birds south africa natural history
Hedges
new naturalist
reprint 256pp ills.[b/w] NF (green cloth,minor wear to extrems.w.minor crease to spine,spine cracked but tight) in VG+ d/w (covered in clear adhesive plastic,spine sl.sunned,sl.bumps to extrems.)
PUBLISHER: collins london 1979
KEYWORDS: natural history new naturalist hedges science e.pollard m.d.hooper n.w.moore
Bulbs and Bulb Culture
[first edition] 465pp+index+ads.[dated 1887] ills.[b/w] VG (grey cloth w.purple/brown/gilt dec.stamps to top board and spine,mod.rubbed and soiled w.spine browned,mod.wear and chipping to extrems.,boards sl.shaky w.paper separation starting at ep gutters,owner's bookplate to front pastedown and inscr.to ffep,prelims.and edges sl.soiled,spine cracked and sl.shaky)
PUBLISHER: upcott gill london [nd,c.1887]
KEYWORDS: natural history bulbs gardening hoerticulture d.t.fish
POT-POURRI MIXED BY TWO
First edition, green boards and green cloth spine, gilt titles to spine & front board, 256pp, VG- (sl sunned soiled & rubbed, sl edge wear, sl foxed eps & edges, contents excellent)
PUBLISHER: Smith, Elder & Co., London, 1914
KEYWORDS: maria theresa earle ethel case pot pourri writings journal natural history recipes poetry gardening
The SCI Record Book of Trophy Animals
edition iii
edition iii limited/numbered [2124/2500] 462pp ills.[b/w and col.] NF (brown cloth,sl.soiled w.sl.bumps to extrems.)
PUBLISHER: safari club international tucson 1982
KEYWORDS: sport hunting safari club c.j.mcelroy natural history
The SCI Record Book of Trophy Animals
edition iv
edition iv limited/numbered [1140/2000] 640pp ills.[b/w and col.] F
PUBLISHER: safari club international tucson 1984
KEYWORDS: sport hunting safari natural history c.j.mcelroy
Catalogue of the Neotropical Squamata
reprint 293pp ills.[b/w diagrams] VG+ (in wrappers,sl.rubbed and soiled,sl.bumps and wear to extrems.,spine cracked)
PUBLISHER: smithsonian institution press washington 1986
KEYWORDS: natural history james a.peters roberto donoso-barros squamata
Fish Flies
2 vols.
first edition 2 vols.358/406pp ills.[b/w and col.by jim schollmeyer] F in NF d/ws (minor sunning to flap hinges)
PUBLISHER: amato portland 1995
KEYWORDS: fishing science fly tying crafts natural history terry hellekson sport
VANISHING BIRDS
The Natural History and Conservation
ex lib, minimal markings, 296pp illus, VG+(v sl gum stains to pastedowns & boards, v sl bruised corners, v sl edgewear) d/w VG+(in plastic, v sl sunned & soiled)
PUBLISHER: Hutchinson New Zealand 1978
KEYWORDS: natural history birds extinction
FURRED ANIMALS OF AUSTRALIA (revised abridged edition)
revised and abridged edition, ex lib, minimal markings, 314pp illus, VG+(sl gum stains to ep's & boards, v sl edgewear) d/w VG+ in plastic
PUBLISHER: Angus & Robertson Sydney 1973
KEYWORDS: natural history australia animals
Brutes and Beasts
first edition 325pp VG+ (blue cloth,sl.stained,prelims.and content edges sl.foxed,spine cracked) in VG d/w (mod.rubbed and soiled,browned spine,chipping and wear to extrems.,price-clipped)
PUBLISHER: noel douglas london 1933
KEYWORDS: natural history john swain sociology
Breaking and Riding
sixth edition 160pp ills.[b/w] VG (tan cloth,sl.rubbed and mod.soiled,sl.wear to extrems.,dealer's label to front pastedown,prelims.and content edges sl.foxed) lacks d/w
PUBLISHER: hurst & blackett london [nd]
KEYWORDS: horses equestrian james fillis sport natural history
Leonardo's Mountain of Clams and the Diet of Worms
first edition proof copy 405pp ills.[b/w] VG+ (in wrappers,sl.rubbed and soiled w.sl.creasing to extrems.)
PUBLISHER: jonathan cape london 1998
KEYWORDS: modern first edition literature proof copies stephen jay gould science natural history
Peru History of Coca
the divine plant of the incas
first edition rebacked 576pp ills.[b/w] VG (burgundy cloth tidily rebacked w.original spine cloth laid down,blind borders w.gilt stamps to top board and spine,mod.rubbed and soiled,spine sl.sunned w.repaired central split,sl.wear to extrems.,new eps,prelims.sl.foxed,minor red pencil marks to some pp,teg,tight)
PUBLISHER: vail new york 1901
KEYWORDS: coca natural history peru drugs w.golden mortimer
The Poisonous Plants in New Zealand
first edition inscribed by author 141pp ills.[b/w diagrams] VG (in paper wrappers,sl.rubbed and mod.soiled,sl.stain to front cover,owner's sign.to front cover,sl.wear to extrems.w.2cm chip to head of spine,author's dated inscr.to title page)
PUBLISHER: department of scientific and industrial research wellington 1951
KEYWORDS: new zealand natural history science poisonous plants connor signed
Text-Book of Geology
second edition 992pp ills.[b/w w.fold-out diagrams] VG (in green cloth,mod.rubbed and sl.soiled,rebacked w.original spine laid down,sl.wear to extrems.,new eps w.binder's label to front pastedown,prelims.and content edges sl.foxed w.some sl.foxing to contents,tight)
PUBLISHER: macmillan london 1885
KEYWORDS: science natural history geology archibald geikie
Seaweeds of New Zealand
first edition 360pp ills.[b/w and col.] quarto VG+ (black cloth boards,sl foxing to upper page edges sl wear to board extrems) in VG+ d/w (sl.rubbed and soiled,sl.wear to extrems)
PUBLISHER: canterbury university press christchurch 1994
KEYWORDS: new zealand natural history seaweed nancy adams
Sorrows and Joys of a New Zealand Naturalist
first edition numbered/limited [418/1000] signed by author 252pp ills.[b/w] VG (green cloth,sl.soiled w.sl.wear to extrems.,dec.eps,owner's inscr.and label to half-title,author's sign.to signed colophon in prelims.,errata slip intact,spine cracked and sl.shaky) in G d/w (rough,rubbed and stained,browned spine,chipping and wear to extrems.w.losses)
PUBLISHER: reed dunedin 1936
KEYWORDS: new zealand natural history biography guthrie-smith
Animal Tracks and Hunter Signs
160pp, ills (b/w) VG (black cloth with silver paw print to top board, sl fading to spine, minor surface soils and bumps to extrems, eps browned, minor soils to foredges.)
PUBLISHER: edmund ward, london, 1959
KEYWORDS: ernest thompson seton natural history science
Wrecks & Reefs: Port Moresby, Papua New Guinea
Ex library, first edition 264pp ills.[b/w and col.] VG in VG d/w
PUBLISHER: robert brown coorparoo [1994]
KEYWORDS: natural history shipwrecks nautical neil whiting papua new guinea