Beyond the bars: the zoo dilemma.
Wellingborough: Thorsons Publishing Group, 1987. Octavo, Black and white photographs, signature, paperback. More
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Wellingborough: Thorsons Publishing Group, 1987. Octavo, Black and white photographs, signature, paperback. More
[New York]: National Academies Press, (2010. eighth edition). Octavo, paperback, BRAND NEW. This respected guide has been revised by a committee of experts, based on input from scientists and the public. The guide incorporates recent research on commonly used species, including farm animals, and includes extensive references. The committee discusses..... More
Toronto: Key Porter Books, 1990. Quarto, colour photographs, signature, dustwrapper. More
Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press, 2002. Octavo, illustrations, fine copy in dustwrapper. Robbins considers nearly every aspect of France's obsession with exotic fauna, from the vast literature on exotic animals and the inner workings of the oiseleurs' (birdsellers') guild to how the animals were transported, housed and cared for... More
Napier, New Zealand;: Hawks Bay Art Gallery & Museum, (1950. third edition). Octavo, photographs, wrappers. with a photograph of Kiwis by Russell Orr. Some observations on the famous flightless birds of New Zealand as told to Robert Giddings by the author at the Acclimatization Farm near Napier. Nesting records have..... More
New York: New York Zoological Society, 1912. Oblong format, colour photographs, publisher's coloutred wrappers. More
London: Oxford University Press, (1963. third edition). Octavo, text illustrations, signature, minor annotations. Originally published in 1931. More
New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1980. Octavo, photographs, dustwrapper. This highly acclaimed author looks back on his fifty years as a wildlife researcher specializing in marine mammals: seals, sea otters, whales, dolphins, walruses, manatees and dugongs. More
Boston: Houghton Mifflin, 2002. Octavo, photographs, softcover. Describes the historical relationship between elephants and humans, discussing their ecological significance, prospects for their extinction, efforts to preserve the species, and the use of elephants in warfare and industry. More
London: Herbert Jenkins, 1949. Octavo, photographs, very good copy in chipped dustwrapper. David Seth-Smith (1875–1963) was the curator of mammals and birds for the Zoological Society of London, long term editors the Bulletin of the British Ornithologists' Club, the Avicultural Magazine and a regular BBC broadcaster. He visited Australia twice..... More
London: Thomas Nelson and Sons, (1937. first edition). Octavo, photographs, text illustations, bookplate, very good copy in chipped dustwrapper. David Seth-smith was curator of birds at London Zoo at the turn of the twentieth century. He was also the foundation editor of the Avicultural Society Journal. He visited Australia twice..... More
London: George Kearsley, 1809. Octavo, Publisher's boards, uncut, paper spine label, a fine copy. Without the engraved plates. Shaw delivered twelve lectures to the Royal Society and this is how the book is arranged. Various Australian animals are discussed including Echidna, Platypus (Lecture three, pp. 75-81); Kangaroo, Greater Glider, Pygmy..... More
Adelaide: Friends of the State Library of South Australia, (1998. facsimile). Quarto, twelve colour plates. Publisher's half morocco and blind-stamped cloth, one of ninety numbered and signed copies (in a total edition of 600 copies). With a satchel of loose plates in publisher's cloth. Zoology of New Holland by George..... More
New York: Delacorte Press, 2008. Octavo, colour photographs, illustrations, fine copy in dustwrapper. From a root canal on a three-thousand pound hippo to one doctor's heartbreaking effort to save a critically ill lemur, here are acts of rescue, kindness, and cross-disciplinary cooperation between zoo vets and other top scientists. We..... More
Canberra: Australian Government Publishing Service, 1985. Octavo, publisher's cloth, bookplate. More
Wellington: New Zealand Oceanographic Institute, 1977. Octavo, map, softcover. Miscellaneous publication New Zealand Oceanographic Institute 80. More
London: Taylor and Francis, (1902. fifth edition). Octavo, publisher's cloth. More
East Melbourne: CSIRO, 1996. Octavo, text illustrations, publisher's cloth. More
Sydney: Australian Geographic, 1997. Octavo, colour photographs, text illustrations, softcover. Simple, concise manual packed with detailed illustrations and photographs, plus vital information on the care and management of native animals. More