Plants of the world: the lower plants.
London: Thames and Hudson, 1965. Quarto, text illustrations, fine copy in dustwrapper. More
London: Thames and Hudson, 1965. Quarto, text illustrations, fine copy in dustwrapper. More
Weston: M & S Press, (1982. revised edition). Octavo, photographs, review copy, publisher's cloth. More
Chez Samuel Fauche, 1779. Octavo, four uncoloured engraved plates. Original papered boards with handwritten labels, all edges uncut. Complete in twelve volumes. Charles Bonnet 1720-1793), naturalist and philosopher, discovered parthenogenetic reproduction in aphids and observed insects respiration through their spiracles. More
New York: Oxford University Press, 1956. Octavo, lacks dustwrapper. More
Kew: Kew Publishing, 2023. Octavo, paperback, colour photographs, text illustrations, distribution maps. The Kew Temperate Plant Families Identification Handbook brings together the combined knowledge of Kew experts in a guide to the commonly encountered plants of temperate regions. The Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew is a centre of expertise for cultivating..... More
Kuranda: Steven Nowakowski Publishing, 2022. Octavo, paperback, colour photographs. If humanity survives, Stan Breeden's memoir is destined to be a natural classic. For eight decades he has been a peerless observer and chronicler of Earth’s wilds and wildlife. In this book are some of the most poignant accounts of the..... More
Hartford: The Stinehour Press, 1983. Octavo, , fine copy in dustwrapper. Numbered limited edition. Includes the 1991 supplement. More
Utrecht: Chez B. Wild et J. Altherr, 1791. Octavo, Contemporary half calf and marbled boards, red label, early strengthening of inner hinge, a very good copy. More
London: The Batchworth Press, 1948. Octavo, line drawings, bookplate, fine copy in publisher's cloth. More
Stockholm: Almqvist and Wiksells, 1980. Octavo, publisher's printed cloth. More
Octavo, dustwrapper, Carl Linnaeus (1707–1778), known as the father of modern biological taxonomy, formalised and popularised the system of binomial nomenclature used to classify plants and animals. Linnaeus himself classified thousands of species; the simple and immediately recognisable abbreviation 'L' is used to mark classifications originally made by Linnaeus. This..... More
Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1991. Quarto, colour photographs, other illustrations, very good copy in dustwrapper. More
London: J. Newbery, 1763. Small octavo, uncoloured plates. Contemporary full calf (worn), all volumes rebacked with red label, owner's signature ("Isaac Hitchcock 1763") in each volume. Volume one: The natural history of quadrapedes, including amphibious animals, frogs, and lizards, with their properties and uses in medicine. Volume two: The natural..... More
London: Thames and Hudson, 2014. Quarto, publisher's boards, colour photographs. This accessible and thought-provoking book is the first in-depth exploration of the ways in which contemporary artists are confronting nature, the environment, climate change and ecology. Organized into six chapters, the book moves through the various levels of artists engagement..... More
Oxford: Oxford University Press, 1979. Octavo, illustrations, fine copy in dustwrapper. More
Cambridge MA: Bulletin of the Museum of Comparative Zoology at Harvard College, Volume 108, 1954. Octavo, text illustrations. Publisher's cloth, 'withdrawn' stamp. otherwise a very good copy. More
Kew: Royal Botanic Gardens, (2001. reprint). Octavo, dustwrapper, An up-to-date check-list of accepted genera of Pteridophytes, Gymnosperms and flowering plants. More
Lawrence: University of Kansas Libraries, 1996. Octavo, illustrations, softcover. More
Canberra: Australian Biological Resources Study, 1978. Quarto, very good copy in slightly chipped dustwrapper. More
Sydney: Pan Macmillan, 2006. Quarto, colour photographs, maps, dustwrapper. This comprehensive guide to the world of birds traces their evolution and explains avian biology and behaviour. More
Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, (1998. reprint). Octavo, softcover. More
London: Dorling Kindersley, 2010. Quarto, dustwrapper, colour photographs. This is a monumental and extraordinarily beautiful guide to the Earth's natural wonders. Five years in the making, covering over 5,000 species, this reference is one-of-a-kind; the only book to offer a complete survey of the Earth's natural history. Each geological and..... More
New York: Dover Publications, 2017. Octavo, paperback, BRAND NEW. At the turn of the 20th century, John Burroughs ranked among America's most popular authors. The distinguished naturalist possessed a special gift for sharing his close observations in an engaging style that combines scientific accuracy with a grand poetic expression. This..... More
Cambridge MA: Harvard University Press, 2013. Octavo, colour illustrations, fine copy in dustwrapper. In the first full-length study to reproduce all of Wilson's unpublished drawings for the nine-volume American Ornithology, Edward Burtt and William Davis illustrate Wilson's pioneering and often underappreciated achievement as the first ornithologist to describe the birds..... More
London: Charles Skilton, 1958. Quarto, seven tipped-in colour plates, other plates. Publisher's cloth with gilt title andcolour cover plate inset, glassine wrapper, a fine copy. More