Birds of Japan in natural colours.
Osaka: Hoikusha, (1966. revised edition). Octavo, colour plates, illustrations. Publisher’s slipcase and dustwrapper, inscribed by the author. Text in Japanese. More
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Birds of Japan in natural colours.
Osaka: Hoikusha, 1956. Octavo, colour plates, illustrations, slipcase. English common names, latin nanes and text in Japanese. A classic field guide with exccellent plates for its day. More
Birds of Japan in natural colours.
Osaka: Hoikusha, (1967. revised edition). Octavo, colour plates, illustrations. Publisher’s slipcase and dustwrapper. Text in Japanese. More
Birds of the Pacific northwest. Washington, Oregon, Idaho and British Columbia.
Moscow: University Press of Idaho, 1981. Octavo, photographs, illustrations, paperback, spine weak. More
A field guide to the familiar: learning to observe the natural world.
Hanover: University Press of New England, 2002. Octavo, text illustrations, softcover. Designed both to encourage beginning naturalists and to challenge more experienced observers to look at the familiar in new ways, A Field Guide to the Familiar offers an introduction to common plants, animals, and natural phenomena. Beautiful drawings add..... More
The birdwatcher's companion to North American birdlife.
Princeton: Princeton University Press, 2004. Large octavo, dustwrapper. An A-Z guide to the continent's birds. First published more than twenty years ago, this highly respected reference volume has been fully revised and updated. It captures the fundamental details as well as the immense fascination of North American bird life. Also..... More
The birdwatcher's companion to North American birdlife.
Princeton: Princeton University Press, 2004. Large octavo, small texta mark on bottom edge otherwise very good copy in dustwrapper. An A-Z guide to the continent's birds. First published more than twenty years ago, this highly respected reference volume has been fully revised and updated. It captures the fundamental details as..... More
The birdwatcher's companion to North American birdlife.
Princeton: Princeton University Press, 2006. Large octavo, black and white line illustrations, softcover. An A-Z guide to the continent's birds. First published more than twenty years ago, this highly respected reference volume has been fully revised and updated. It captures the fundamental details as well as the immense fascination of..... More
Collins field guide to New Zealand wildlife.
Auckland: Harper Collins, 2000. Octavo, colour photographs, maps, softcover. A very attractive photographic guide to vertebrates and invertebrates of New Zealand. Includes indigenous and exotic species. More
Green guide to mammals of Australia.
Sydney: New Holland, (2000. reprint). Small octavo, paperback, colour photographs. Fact panels throughout cover a wide range of topics. The pages are alive with entertaining and informative text accompanied by exciting action photography. Other green guides in the series are frogs; parrots; spiders; birds; snakes and other reptiles; and sharks..... More
Beetles in colour.
London: Blandford Press, 1971. Small octavo, colour plates, fine copy in dustwrapper. More
A field guide to the birds of China.
Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2000. Octavo, 128 colour plates mostly by Karen Phillips, colour maps, softcover. Gives a full description of the plumage, voice, range, distribution, status, and behavioural characteristics for every bird, with additional descriptions provided for hundreds of subspecies. A new guide for this important area, describing more..... More
Roberts' Birds of southern Africa.
London: New Holland, (1984. fifth edition), Octavo, colour plates, signed by the author, fine copy in dustwrapper. More
Roberts' birds of southern Africa.
Cape Town: John Voelcker Bird Book Fund, (1993. sixth edition), Octavo, 77 colour plates by Kenneth Newman and Geoff Lockwood, maps, fine copy in dustwrapper. More
The Birds of Northern Melanesia: speciation, dispersal and ecology.
New York: Oxford University Press, 2001. Octavo, nine colour plates by H. Douglas Pratt, fine copy in dustwrapper, scarce. Despite the biological importance of speciation many questions about it remain controversial. This book provides by far the most comprehensive study yet available of speciation in a rich fauna, composed of..... More
Field guide to freshwater fishes of California.
Berkeley: University of California Press, (2006. revised edition). Small octavo, colour photographs, softcover. This popular book is the only field guide to all of California's 130 freshwater fish species, both native and introduced. Revised and updated throughout, the guide now features the only complete collection of color illustrations of California..... More
ABG. The Australian Bird Guide.
Melbourne: CSIRO Publishing, 2017. Octavo, paperback, flexibound, colour illustrations by Jeff Davies, Peter Marsack and Kim Franklin, maps. The new CSIRO Publishing Australian Bird Guide (ABG) has been ten years in the making. With all Australian endemics and non-endemics, described and illustrated in all plumage states, this guide will be..... More
ABG. The Australian Bird Guide.
Melbourne: CSIRO Publishing, 2017. Octavo, paperback, flexibound, colour illustrations by Jeff Davies, Peter Marsack and Kim Franklin, maps. The new CSIRO Publishing Australian Bird Guide (ABG) has been ten years in the making. With all Australian endemics and non-endemics, described and illustrated in all plumage states, this guide will be..... More
Field guide to Indian mammals.
London: A & C Black, 2009. Octavo, colour photographs, softcover. India has a rich mammal fauna including elephants, rhinos, Tiger, but there are many other species to be found there, many of them more conspicuous than the elusive Tiger. This book is the first comprehensive field guide to all the..... More
Field guide to the butterflies of southern Africa.
London: Struik Publishers, (1997. reprint). Octavo, colour photographs, softcover. More
Field guide to the butterflies of southern Africa.
London: New Holland, (1988. first edition). Octavo, colour plates, fine copy in dustwrapper. More
Owls of the world: a photographic guide.
London: A & C Black, 2012. Octavo, laminated boards, colour photographs, maps. The ultimate photographic resource dedicated to the identification of these largely nocturnal birds of prey. This book contains lavish and spectacular photography from dozens of the world's finest natural history photographers, covering all of the world's 250 species..... More
Nature's everyday mysteries: a field guide to the world in your backyard
Shelburne: Chapters Publishing, 1993. Octavo, 152 pp., text illustrations, softcover. More
The Reed field guide to New Zealand wildlife.
Auckland: Reed, (1994. reprint). Octavo, colour photos, bookplate, laminated boards. More
A field guide to the warblers of Britain and Europe.
Oxford: Oxford University Press, 1983. Octavo, colour plates, very good copy in dustwrapper. More