Owls of the world: their evolution, structure and ecology.
Sydney: Hodder and Stoughton, (1973. reprint). Quarto, photographs, signature, softcover. More
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Just like an animal.
Surrey: Book Club Associates, Octavo, a fine copy in dustwrapper. More
Systematic dictionary of mammals of the world.
London: Museum Press, 1962. Octavo, text illustrations, fine copy in dustwrapper. More
Zebra stripes.
Chicago: University of Chicago Press, 2016. Octavo, dustwrapper, colour photographs, other illustrations. From eminent biologists like Alfred Russel Wallace and Charles Darwin to famous authors such as Rudyard Kipling in his Just So Stories, many people have asked, "Why do zebras have stripes?" There are many explanations, but until now..... More
Horns and beaks: Ceratopsian and Ornithopod dinosaurs.
Bloomington: Indiana University Press, 2007. Large octavo, black and white illustrations, fine copy in dustwrapper. Part of a series on the major dinosaur types, this book on armoured, carnivorous, and sauropodomorph dinosaurs collects information reflecting the discoveries and research on these two groups of animals. The Ornithopods include Iguanodon and..... More
Amniote paleobiology: perspectives on the evolution of mammals, birds, and reptiles.
Chicago: University of Chicago Press, 2006. Octavo, paperback, black and white photographs, text illustrations. Living amniotes - including all mammals, birds, crocodilians, snakes, and turtles - comprise an extraordinarily varied array of more than 21,000 species. Found in every major habitat on earth, they possess a truly remarkable range of..... More
Early evolution of the dissorophid amphibians.
Cambridge MA: Bulletin of the Museum of Comparative Zoology, 1964. Octavo, wrappers, signature, a fine copy. More
The rise of amphibians: 365 million years of evolution.
Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press, 2009. Quarto, dustwrapper, black and white photographs, colour illustrations, line drawings. Explores a pivotal moment of vertebrate evolution, the rise of amphibians. This title traces their origin back 365 million years, when particular species of fish travelled down an evolutionary pathway of fin modification that..... More
The making of the fittest: DNA and the ultimate forensic record of evolution.
London: Quercus, 2008. Octavo, paperback, illustrations. DNA evidence not only solves crimes - if you know how to read it, it can also reveal the history of life on earth. This fast-paced book guides the general reader on a tour of the DNA record left by three billion years of..... More
Bird song: biological themes and variations.
Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1995. Octavo, illustrations, very good copy in dustwrapper. Explores the study of bird song from the biological viewpoint and reviews the extensive literature on the subject. More
Bird song: biological themes and variations.
Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, (2008. second edition). Small quarto, laminated boards, text illustrations. Extensively updated from the first edition, the main thrust of the book is to suggest that the two main functions of song are attracting a mate and defending territory. It shows how this evolutionary pressure has led..... More
Charles Darwin.
London: West Brothers, 1973. Octavo, illustrations, dustwrapper. More
Baboon metaphysics: the evolution of a social mind.
Chicago: University of Chicago Press, 2008. Octavo, paperback, illustrations. In 1838 Charles Darwin jotted in a notebook, 'He who understands baboon would do more towards metaphysics than Locke.' "Baboon metaphysics" is Dorothy L. Cheney and Robert M. Seyfarth's fascinating response to Darwin's challenge. Cheney and Seyfarth set up camp in..... More
Festschrift for Ned K. Johnson: geographic variation and evolution in birds.
Washington D C: American Ornithologists' Union, 2007. Octavo, paperback, colour photographs, maps, other illustrations. American Ornithologists' Union Monograph number 63. A series of papers in honour of Ned K. Johnson on geographic variation and evolution of birds. More
Synopsis of animal classification.
London: Chapman and Hall, 1971. Octavo, text illustrations, paperback. More
Birds of the world: a checklist. English name index and Supplement No. 1.
Vista. Ibis, 1992. Octavo, paperback. Supplement No. 2 (10 loose pages) is available free with Supplement No. 1. More
Dispersal ecology and evolution.
Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2012. Hardback. black and white illustrations. Now that so many ecosystems face rapid and major environmental change, the ability of species to respond to these changes by dispersing or moving between different patches of habitat can be crucial to ensuring their survival. Understanding dispersal has become..... More
Dispersal ecology and evolution.
Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2012. Octavo, paperback, black and white photographs and illustrations. Now that so many ecosystems face rapid and major environmental change, the ability of species to respond to these changes by dispersing or moving between different patches of habitat can be crucial to ensuring their survival. Understanding..... More
Monocots comparative biology and evolution: Volume two, Poales.
Claremont: Rancho Santa Ana Botanic Garden, 2007. Quarto, laminated boards, black and white illustrations. This volume and its companion, Monocots, Comparative Biology and Evolution, excluding Poales 2006, contain papers presented at the Third International Conference on the Comparative Biology of the Monocotyledons, Monocots III, and the Fourth International Symposium on..... More
A list of the names proposed for genera and subgenera of recent mammals from the publication of T. S. Palmer's 'Index Generum Mammalium' 1904 to the end of 1951.
London: British Museum, 1953. Octavo, binder's cloth, signature. More
The lopsided ape.
Oxford: Oxford University Press, 1991. Octavo, graphs, owner's signature, text illustrations, dustwrapper. More
A world list of mammalian species.
Oxford: Oxford University Press, (1991. third edition). Octavo, illustrations, fine copy in dustwrapper. More
Sea lion, elephant seal, walrus.
London: Cassell, 1974. Octavo, colour photographs, very good copy in dustwrapper. More
Why evolution is true.
Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2010. Octavo, paperback, line drawings. Focuses on the hard evidence that proves evolution by natural selection to be a fact. Weaving together and explaining the latest discoveries and ideas from many disparate areas of modern science, this succinct and important book will leave no one with..... More
Cave life: evoloution and ecology.
Cambridge MA: Harvard University Press, 1982. Octavo, text illustrations, very good copy in dustwrapper. More