Biology
Diversity of insect faunas.
London: Blackwell Scientific Publications, 1978. Octavo, photographs, graphs, fine copy in dustwrapper. Symposia of the Royal Entomological Society of London: number nine. More
The problems of birds as pests (Proceedings of a Symposium held at the Royal Geographical Society, London, on 28 and 29 September 1967).
London: Institute of Biology, 1968. Octavo, text illustrations, a good copy in sunned and slightly chipped dustwrapper. More
Tropical forest insect pests: ecology, impact and management.
Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2007. Octavo, laminated boards, photographs, text illustations, remainder mark on bottom edge. This book promotes a better theoretical understanding of pest population dynamics, and causes of forest insect outbreaks in the tropics. Covering pests of both natural forests and plantations, it examines the diversity of tropical..... More
Insect ultrastructure.
London: Blackwell Scientific Publications, 1968. Octavo, photographs, fine copy in dustwrapper. Symposia of the Royal Entomological Society of London: number five. More
Lifetime reproduction in birds.
London: Academic Press, 1989. Octavo, text illustrations, fine copy in laminated boards. More
Zoological notes on the structure, affinities, habits, and mental faculties of wild and domestic animals: with anecdotes concerning, and adventures among them; and some account of their fossil representatives.
London: L. Upcott Gill, 1883. Octavo, chromolithographic frontispiece. Publisher's handsome gilt boards and cloth spine, ex-library with bookplate and two stamps. More
Planet Earth: the making of an epic series.
London: Bell and Daldy, 2006. Octavo, paperback, colour photographs. The best stories are the true ones, and there can be few BBC series that have generated as many gripping tales as "Planet Earth". With producers and camera people travelling to every continent and almost every corner of the world, from..... More
Evolution of animal behaviour: paleontological and field approaches.
New York: Oxford University Press, 1986. Octavo, text illustrations, signature. More
The biology of the amphibia.
New York: Dover Publications, (1954. facsimile). Octavo, paperback, text figures. Some shelf wear, otherwise a good copy. Reprint of the standard work on the natural history and biology of frogs, toads and salamanders. More
Acta [Seventeenth] Congressus Internationalis Ornithologici.
Berlin: Verlag der Deutschen Ornithologen-Gesellschaft, 1980. Octavo, text illustrations. Most of the articles are in English. More
Adaptive management: from theory to practice.
Gland: IUCN, 2002. Quarto, paperback, illustrations. Examines the importance of adaptive management in promoting sustainable use. A wide variety of papers selected from two major conferences on adaptive management are presented. Includes examples from real-life situations as well as scholarly contributions. More
The evolutionary biology of colonizing species.
United States: Cambridge University Press, 1983. Octavo, graphs, dustwrapper. More
The makings of a biologist.
Denmark: Pate's Patch Press, 2005. Quarto, paperback, colour photographs. More
Venoms and victims.
Brisbane: Queensland Museum, 1988. Octavo, photographs, bookplate, inscribed by John Pearn, softcover. More
Larvae of insects: an introduction to nearctic species.
Ann Arbor: Edwards Brothers, Inc., 1948. Quarto, text illustrations, publisher's cloth, some wear. Volume one: lepidoptera and plant infesting hymenoptera. Volume two: coleoptera, diptera, neuroptera, siohonaptera, mecoptera, trichoptera. More
Ornithology in laboratory and field.
Minneapolis: Burgess Publishing Company, (1967. fourth edition). Octavo, text illustrations, checklists in pocket at back, laminated boards. More
Ecological energetics.
London: Edward Arnold, [1971. reprint). Octavo, text illustrations, softcover. Studies in Biology, number 1. More
The songs of insects: with related material on the production, propagation, detection, and measurement of sonic and supersonic vibrations.
1948. Octavo, text illustrations, photographs, a very good copy. More
Aglow in the dark: the revolutionary science of biofluorescence.
Cambridge MA: The Belknap Press, 2005. Small octavo, colour photographs, fine copy in dustwrapper. The book reveals a hidden world where light is manipulated by animals and humans and put to remarkable uses - unlocking the secrets of the human brain, conquering dreaded diseases and perhaps someday linking minds and..... More
Aglow in the dark: the revolutionary science of biofluorescence.
Cambridge MA: The Belknap Press, 2005. Small octavo, colour photographs, paperback. The book reveals a hidden world where light is manipulated by animals and humans and put to remarkable uses - unlocking the secrets of the human brain, conquering dreaded diseases and perhaps someday linking minds and machines. The authors..... More
Industrial microbiology.
New York: McGraw-Hill Book Company, 1940. Octavo, text illustrations, publisher's cloth. More
Biology in pest and disease control.
Oxford: Blackwell Scientific Publications, 1974. Octavo, fine copy in dustwrapper. More
Insect flight.
London: Blackwell Scientific Publications, 1976. Octavo, photographs, graphs, fine copy in dustwrapper. Symposia of the Royal Entomological Society of London: number seven. More