Fish of Britain and Europe.
London: Harper Collins, 1997. Octavo, paperback, colour illustrations, maps. Collins Pocket Guide. Describes 753 species, illustrated with over 2,000 colour paintings. More
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A birdwatchers' guide to Portugal and Madeira.
Cley: Prion, 1998. Octavo, paperback, black and white photographs, other illustrations. Comprehensive guide to 32 of the best birdwatching sites, giving details of location, access, best times to visit, bird species expected, and other interesting wildlife present. Also includes a selective bird list giving brief details on the distribution and..... More
Portrait of a river: the wildlife of the Danube, from the Black Sea to Budapest.
London: Hutchinson, 1962. Octavo, colour frontispiece, photographs, fine copy in dustwrapper. More
Collins guide to the sea fishes of Britain and north-western Europe.
London: Collins, 1974. Octavo, colour illustrations, laminated boards. More
Scopoli's ornithological papers from the delicae florae et faunae insubricae (Ticini: 1786-1788).
London: The Willughby Society, (1882. facsimile). Small quarto, publisher's printed red wrappers, some wear, partly unopened. Originally published in 1786. More
Våra fjärilar och hur man känner igen dem.
Stockholm: Albert Bonniers Forlag, (1950-1952). Small octavo, colour plates, three volumes bound into one, wrappers retained, binder's cloth, spine sunned, signature, fine copy. In Swedish. Volume one: Dagfjärilar, svärmare och spinnare. Volume two: Nattflyn. Volume three: Mätare, oäkta spinnare m. fl. More
Birdwatching on inland fresh waters.
London: Severn House, 1981. Octavo, photographs, inscription, very good copy in dustwrapper. More
Wildfowl of Europe.
London: Macmillan, 1977. Quarto, colour plates, dustwrapper. More
Farming and birds in Europe: The Common Agricultural Policy and its implications for bird conservation.
London: Academic Press, 1997. Octavo, laminated boards, text illustrations. This book highlights all aspects of the problems faced by farmland birds as a result of agricultural intensification encouraged by the Common Agricultural Policy and other related national policies. The authors consider how the much needed changed in the CAP have..... More
A catalogue of the Nearctic Chalcidoidea of Czechoslovakia (Insecta: Hymenoptera).
Ottawa: Entomological Society of Canada, 1963. Octavo, Binder's cloth, inscribed by the author to Edgar Riek. The Canadian Entomologist, Supplement Number 30. More
Collins photoguide to wild flowers of Britain and northern Europe.
London: Collins, 1988. Octavo, paperback, colour photographs. More
Flight identification of European raptors.
Calton: T & A D Poyser, (2001. third edition). Octavo, dustwrapper, 96 black and white photographs. The identification of the diurnal birds of prey is especially difficult. There is wide variation in plumage among some species, especially the eagles and buzzards, and in all species general outlines and wing positions..... More
Flight identification of European raptors.
Calton: T & A D Poyser, (2001. third edition). Octavo, dustwrapper, 96 black and white photographs, some minor tape marks, inscription. The identification of the diurnal birds of prey is especially difficult. There is wide variation in plumage among some species, especially the eagles and buzzards, and in all species..... More
European Bison.
Gland: IUCN, 2004. Quarto, paperback, black and white photographs, maps. Status Survey And Conservation Action Plan. More
Elephant slaves and pampered parrots: exotic animals in Eighteenth Century Paris.
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
Songbirds of Turkey: an atlas of biodiversity of Turkish passerine birds.
London: Pica Press, 1995. Octavo, 144 maps, softcover. More
RSPB Birds of Britain and Ireland: interactive PC and PDA Edition.
London: Christopher Helm/A & C Black, 2005. CD-ROM, colour photographs, maps. The RSPB Birds of Britain and Ireland is the most advanced multimedia reference tool available to UK birders. The program contains comprehensive illustrations and photographs of all the species of Britain and Ireland including all major plumage variations, while..... More
Viellot's analyse d'une nouvelle ornithologie elementaire.
London: The Willughby Society, (1883. facsimile). Octavo, publisher's printed red wrappers, some wear, partly unopened. Originally published in 1816, text in French. More
Wagler's six ornithological memoirs from the 'Isis'.
London: The Willughby Society, (1884. facsimile). Octavo, publisher's printed red wrappers, some wear, partly unopened. Original published circa 1829, text in German. More
An Australian miocene Brachipposideros (mammalia, Chiroptera) related to miocene representatives from France.
Montpellier: Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique, 1982. Octavo, wrappers, two plates, text figures. Palæovertebrata, volume twelve, fasc five. More
Mumps, measles and mosaics: a study of plant and animal viruses.
London: Collins, 1954. Octavo, photographs, very good copy in dustwrapper, scarce. New Naturalist Monograph 10. More
Oceans of birds.
Newton Abbot: David and Charles, 1989. Small quarto, colour photographs, text illustrations. Minor wear to dustwrapper, otherwise a fine copy. More
Salamanders and newts of Europe, North Africa and Western Asia.
Frankfurt: Edition Chimaira, 2011. Quarto, laminated boards, colour photographs, maps. The first volume from the TERRALOG series to be dedicated to a group of amphibians. This volume provides photographs of eggs, larvae and juveniles as well as illustrations of natural habitats. Each account is complemented by a symbol-based descriptive summary..... More
Die reptilien und amphibien Mittleleuropas.
Leipzig: Quelle and Meyer, 1912. Octavo, 30 coloured plates. Publisher's decorated cloth, signed by the author, a very good copy. More