The natural history of animals. (Class Mammalia - animals which suckle their young) in word and picture, two volumes
London: Blackie & Son, [1887]. Small folio, lithographs, publisher's decorated cloth, some wear. More
London: Blackie & Son, [1887]. Small folio, lithographs, publisher's decorated cloth, some wear. More
New York: American Museum of Natural History, 2003. Octavo, photographs, softcover. Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History, number 276. More
Washington: Smithsonian Institution Press, 1995. Octavo, text illustrations, softcover, fine copy. More
Cambridge MA: Harvard University Press, 1998. Octavo, paperback, illustrations. Gilbert Waldbaur is an entomologist and a birdwatcher. In this book he describes the interaction between birds and insects and the way they exploit each other. More
Berkeley: University of California Press, 2012. Octavo, dustwrapper, black and white illustrations. Waldbauer explores the relationship between predatory insects and their food. By explaining the many ways in which insects avoid becoming a meal for a predator, and the ways in which predators evade their defensive strategies, Gilbert Waldbauer conveys..... More
London: Weidenfeld and Nicolson, 1996. Octavo, photographs, text llustrations, fine copy in dustwrapper. More
Sydney: Reed, 1980. Octavo, very good copy in dustwrapper. A useful checklist with precised text for distribution and habits. More
London: Academic Press, 1978. Octavo, photographs, line drawing, fine copy in dustwrapper. More
Oxon: Routledge, 2013. Octavo, laminated boards, black and white photographs, line drawings. DNA Barcoding has been promoted since 2003 as a new, fast, digital genomics-based means of identifying natural species based on the idea that a small standard fragment of any organism's genome (a so-called 'micro-genome') can faithfully identify and..... More
London: Faber & Faber, 1941. Octavo, text illustrations by C. F. Tunnicliffe, torn and blemished dustwrapper, More
Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2015. Octavo, laminated boards, photographs, line drawings. In an age when biodiversity is being lost at an unprecedented rate, it is vital that floristic and faunistic information is up to date, reliable and easily accessible for the formulation of effective conservation strategies. Electronic data management and..... More
London: Macmillan Press, 1978. Octavo, text illustrations, map, paperback. More
New York: American Museum of Natural History, 2006. Octavo, photographs, softcover. Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History, number 296. More
New York: American Museum of Natural History, 2000. Octavo, photographs, softcover. Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History, number 248. More
London: John Wiley, 2012. Octavo, paperback, black and white photographs, other illustrations. Designed for use in an advanced undergraduate or introductory graduate level course in systematics and is meant to present core systematic concepts and literature. The book covers topics such as the history of systematic thinking and fundamental concepts..... More
London: John Wiley, 2012. Octavo, laminated boards, black and white illustrations. Designed for use in an advanced undergraduate or introductory graduate level course in systematics and is meant to present core systematic concepts and literature. The book covers topics such as the history of systematic thinking and fundamental concepts in..... More
Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press, 2022. Octavo, dustwrapper and CD, text illustrations. The untold story of a stunning discovery: not only can birds smell, but their scents may be the secret to understanding their world. The puzzling lack of evidence for the peculiar but widespread belief that birds have no..... More
Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2009. Octavo, laminated boards, black and white photographs, graphs. This book describes one of our closest relatives, the Orangutan, and the only extant great ape in Asia. It is increasingly clear that Orangutan populations show extensive variation in behavioural ecology, morphology, life history, and genes. Indeed..... More
New York: 1981. Octavo, owner's stamp, very good copy in chipped dustwrapper. More
Princeton: Princeton University Press, 2012. Octavo, dustwrapper, graphs. This book provides the most current and comprehensive account of research on avian reproduction. It considers the female avian reproductive physiology and ecology, and explores the emphasis on individual variation in life-history traits. Williams investigates the physiological, metabolic, energetic, and hormonal mechanisms..... More
Princeton: Princeton University Press, 2021. Quarto, dustwrapper, colour photographs, text illustrations. There are some 10,000 bird species in existence today, occupying every continent and virtually every habitat on Earth. The variety of bird species is truly astounding, from the tiny bee hummingbird to the large flightless ostrich, making birds one..... More
Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1940. Octavo, Publisher's cloth, labelled 'Author's copy' and author's inscription. John Christopher Willis (1868-1958) was an English botanist known for his Age and Area hypothesis (now very much out of favour) and criticism of natural selection; he was posthumously awarded the Darwin–Wallace Medal by the Linnean..... More
Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2002. Octavo, paperback, black and white photographs, text illustrations, maps. This is a broad but provocative examination of the evolution of plants from the earliest forms of life to the development of our present flora. Taking a fresh, modern approach to a subject often treated very..... More
Reading: Perseus Books, 1998. Octavo, photographs, fine copy in dustwrapper. More
San Francisco: W. H. Freeman, 1980. Quarto, photographs, paperback. Twenty-five of the best articles from Scientific American since 1948. More