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$30.98
1m37/37

Land and Sea Birds of the South-West Cape


BOLSTER,MAJOR R.C.

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

$45.00
xxkrd1184

Hedges


new naturalist

POLLARD,E.;HOOPER,M.D.;MOORE,N.W.

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

$76.50
2g5/4

Bulbs and Bulb Culture


FISH,D.T.

[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

$22.95
1h83/3

POT-POURRI MIXED BY TWO


EARLE, C. W. & CASE, ETHEL:

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

$76.50
2d17/17

The SCI Record Book of Trophy Animals


edition iii

MCELROY,C.J.[ED.]

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

$38.25
2d17/16

The SCI Record Book of Trophy Animals


edition iv

MCELROY,C.J.[ED.]

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

$133.88
2d16/31

Catalogue of the Neotropical Squamata


PETERS,JAMES A.;DONOSO-BARROS,ROBERTO

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

$85.00
2g9/27

Fish Flies


2 vols.

HELLEKSON,TERRY

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

$10.00
1o12/25

VANISHING BIRDS


The Natural History and Conservation

HALLIDAY, TIM

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

$17.00
1o12/26

FURRED ANIMALS OF AUSTRALIA (revised abridged edition)


TROUGHTON, ELLIS:

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

$42.50
1p4/14

Brutes and Beasts


SWAIN,JOHN

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

$42.50
2d12/15

Breaking and Riding


FILLIS,JAMES

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

$34.00
1p5/13

Leonardo's Mountain of Clams and the Diet of Worms


GOULD,STEPHEN JAY

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

$255.00
1p6/11

Peru History of Coca


the divine plant of the incas

MORTIMER,W.GOLDEN

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

$42.50
p9/13

The Poisonous Plants in New Zealand


CONNOR,H.E.

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

$34.00
p9/15

Text-Book of Geology


GEIKIE,ARCHIBALD

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

$170.00
p14/13

Seaweeds of New Zealand


ADAMS,NANCY M.

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

$65.00
2g8/33

Sorrows and Joys of a New Zealand Naturalist


GUTHRIE-SMITH,H.

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

$12.75
q2/3

Animal Tracks and Hunter Signs


SETON, ERNEST THOMPSON

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

$30.00
p21/19

Wrecks & Reefs: Port Moresby, Papua New Guinea


WHITING, NEIL

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

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