A handbook of the birds of Iceland.
London: Taylor and Francis, 1927. Quarto, photographs. Publisher's blue cloth, a fine copy. More
London: Taylor and Francis, 1927. Quarto, photographs. Publisher's blue cloth, a fine copy. More
Seattle: Pacific Search Press, 1978. Octavo, oblong format, photographs, fine copy in dustwrapper. More
Seattle: Pacific Search Press, 1984. Quarto, colour plates, distribution maps, dustwrapper. More
Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1934. Quarto, one plate, bookplate, printed wrappers. Discovery Reports, volume nine. More
London: Collins, 1982. Octavo, maps, illustrations, fine copy in worn dustwrapper. More
Berlin: Verlag von R. Friedlander und Sohn, 1910-38. Quarto, text illustrations.The first three volumes in contemporary half morocco and marbled boards, the supplement in a binders cloth, all volumes with some wear, the bookplate of Dom Serventy. More
South Melbourne: Oxford University Press, 1993-2006. Quarto, colour plates, text illustrations, maps, very slightly sunned dustwrappers, otherwise a fine set in dustwrappers. The Handbook of Australian, New Zealand and Antarctic Birds (HANZAB) provides a comprehensive summary of the biology, together with detailed illustrations, of all 952 species of birds which..... More
Melbourne: Oxford University Press, 2006. Quarto, 54 colour plates, text illustrations, maps, mint set in publisher's mailing carton. POSTAGE AN EXTRA $20 WITHIN AUSTRALIA. Each species account includes sections on field identification, habitat, distribution and population, movements and migration, food, social organisation, social behaviour, voice, breeding, plumage and morphology, and..... More
Melbourne: Oxford University Press, (2007. reprint). Quarto, colour plates, text illustrations, maps, fine copy in slightly spine-sunned dustwrapper. Each species account includes sections on field identification, habitat, distribution and population, movements and migration, food, social organisation, social behaviour, voice, breeding, plumage and morphology, and references. This volume covers Hawks, Eagles..... More
Melbourne: Oxford University Press, (2007. reprint). Quarto, colour plates, text illustrations, maps, small bookplate, very good copy in dustwrapper. Each species account includes sections on field identification, habitat, distribution and population, movements and migration, food, social organisation, social behaviour, voice, breeding, plumage and morphology, and references. This volume covers Hawks..... More
Melbourne: Oxford University Press, (1990. first edition). Quarto, colour plates, text illustrations, maps, fine set in sunned dustwrappers (NOT AS PICTURED). More
Melbourne: Oxford University Press, 1996. Quarto, colour plates, text illustrations, maps, fine copy in slightly spine-sunned dustwrapper. Each species account includes sections on field identification, habitat, distribution and population, movements and migration, food, social organisation, social behaviour, voice, breeding, plumage and morphology, and references. This volume covers Snipe, Godwits, Curlews..... More
London: Profile, 2007. Octavo, colour photographs, dustwrapper. WAS $60. The Antarctic Peninsula is for all of us an early warning system. This brilliant book tells the story of Antarctic warming and of how scientists are piecing together the jigsaw of causes and impacts, here in particular through a study of..... More
London: Profile, 2007. Octavo, colour illustrations, softcover. The Antarctic Peninsula is for all of us an early warning system. This brilliant book tells the story of Antarctic warming and of how scientists are piecing together the jigsaw of causes and impacts, here in particular through a study of the changing..... More
Princeton: Princeton University Press, 2013. Octavo, dustwrapper, black and white photographs, illustrations, maps, graphs. From the Arctic Ocean and ice sheets of Greenland, to the glaciers of the Andes and Himalayas, to the great frozen desert of Antarctica, "The White Planet" takes readers on a spellbinding scientific journey through the..... More
London: Academic Press, 1984. Octavo, text illustrations, bookplate, a very good set never published with dustwrappers). More
Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1993. Octavo, text illustrations, softcover. An authoritative manual compiled by an international team of experts with a wealth of experience of studying large mammal species. The techniques described will be of interest to researchers studying other large mammal species in the field. More
Washington DC: US Department of Commerce, 1982. Quarto, photographs, softcover. NOAA Technical Report NMFS Circular 444. More
Washington: American Geophysical Union, 1965. Quarto, photographs, text illustrations, maps, fine copy. More
Iqaluit: Inhabit Media, 2013. Octavo, paperback, colour photographs, maps. Readers will discover the vibrant natural life of Nunavut with this richly visual guide to the diverse bird populations of the Arctic. This book pairs beautiful photographs with detailed information on more than 50 species, providing information on the appearances, traditional..... More
Lebanon, NH: University Press of New England, (2013. fourth edition). Octavo, paperback, black and white photographs, illustrations, graphs. Peter J. Marchand offers a comprehensive picture of the interactions of plants and animals, including humans, with their cold-weather environment. Focusing on the problems of "winter-active" organisms, Marchand illuminates the many challenges..... More
Bristol: John Wright and Sons, 1931. Octavo, photographs. Publisher's cloth, bookplate, a very good copy, very scarce. Leonard Harrison Matthews (1901-1986) was for much of his life the world expert on marine mammals and a major authority on British mammals. He wrote many books including four volumes for the New..... More
Washington DC: National Geographic Society, 2003. Octavo, colour photographs. Fine copy in dustwrapper. "Peter Matthiessen is, of course, our greatest living prose-poet of landscape, wild creatures, and the fraught relations between humans and the rest of nature. With his expert eye and graceful voice, Matthiessen is the ultimate field trip..... More
Perth: Author, 2002. Quarto, colour photographs, maps, fine copy in dustwrapper. An account of the author's voyage to Antarctica complemented by beautiful photographs of penguin and seal colonies, albatross, magnificent seascapes and landscapes. More
New York: Columbia University Press, 1988. Octavo, text illustrations, signature, contacted softcover. More