Inheritance and natural history.
London: Collins, 1977. Octavo, colour photographs, signature, fine copy in dustwrapper. New Naturalist number 61. More
London: Collins, 1977. Octavo, colour photographs, signature, fine copy in dustwrapper. New Naturalist number 61. More
London: Collins, (1980. first edition). Octavo, photographs, bookplate, fine copy in unclipped dustwrapper, scarce. New Naturalist 64. More
Princeton: Princeton University Press, 2023. Octavo, laminated boards, colour photographs and illustrations. From the gregarious sea otter and playful dolphins to the sociable narwhal and iconic polar bear, sea mammals are a large, diverse, and increasingly precious group. In this book, Annalisa Berta, a leading expert on sea mammals and..... More
Bologna: Dall' Olmo et Tio, 1839. Quarto, 14 handcoloured (five folding) engraved plates. Modern binder's cloth, contents fine and crisp. Four papers by Bertoloni. 1. Continuatio historiae horti botanici et scholae botanicae Archigymnasii Bononiensis adjectis descriptionibus trium novarum plantarum, [1834]. Pp. 1-18, two handcoloured engraved plates (one folding). 2. Commentarius..... More
Princeton: Princeton University Press, 1992. Octavo, illustrations, fine copy in dustwrapper. More
London: Petaurus Press, 1963. Octavo, illustrations, very good copy in dustwrapper. More
Woodslane Press, 2021. Octavo, paperback, colour photographs. First published in 1980, this latest edition is a thorough reference guide to nest and egg identification, with all colour plates and much additional material. Shape, size, colour, number of eggs in a clutch - all help identify the bird to which the..... More
Australia: Rigby, 1972. Duodecimo, colour photographs, softcover. More
Adelaide: Rigby, 1971. Duodecimo, colour photographs, softcover. More
London: Transactions of the Zoological Society of London, 1902. Quarto, five lithographed plates three chromolithographs. Modern binder's cloth. Transactions of the Zoological Society of London, More
London: British Museum (Natural History), 1940. Quarto, text illustrations, fine copy in publisher's cloth. More
Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2013. Octavo, paperback, colour and black and white illustrations. Increasing pressure from economic development and population growth has resulted in the degradation of ecosystems around the world and the loss of the essential services that they provide. Understanding the linkages between ecosystem service provisioning and human..... More
Chicago: University of Chicago Press, 2009. Octavo, publisher's cloth, line drawings. Showcases the author's engraving techniques that allowed text and images to be published on the same page. This book features engravings of over four hundred animals alongside descriptions of their characteristics as scientifically understood at the time. Also available..... More
London: Ward Lock Reprints, (1970. facsimile). Octavo, text illustrations, fine copy in dustwrapper. First published in 1790. "Such animals as I knew, I drew from memory on the wood; others which I did not know were copied from 'Dr Smellie's Abridgement of Buffon,' and other naturalists, and also from the..... More
Newcastle: R. E. Bewick, (1805. second edition). Octavo, wood engravings. Contemporary diced calf, rebacked with modern spine and two coloured labels, new endpapers, a very good clean copy. Volume one: History and description of land birds. Volume two: History and description of water birds. Anderson and Gibson 81; Freeman 306;..... More
Newcastle: R. E. Bewick, 1847. Octavo, woodcuts, the bookplate of Walter Froggatt, worn publisher's cloth. Volume one: History and description of land birds. Volume two: History and description of water birds. More
London: The Fine Art Society, 1881. Quarto, 32 illustrations from original wood blocks. Publisher's leather-grained cloth, all edges coloured, a few spots throughout, otherwise a very good copy. More
Princeton: Princeton University Press, 2011. Octavo, laminated boards, black and white photographs, line drawings. This textbook provides a unique and thorough look at the application of chemical biomarkers to aquatic ecosystems. Defining a chemical biomarker as a compound that can be linked to particular sources of organic matter identified in..... More
London: Academic Press, (1992. first edition). Octavo, text illustrations, fine copy in laminated boards. More
Lincoln: Manaaki Whenua Press, 1991. Octavo, paperback, illustrations. More
New Haven: Yale University Press, 2001. Large octavo, dustwrapper, colour photographs, other illustrations. WAS $180. A joint project of Brazil's National Institute for Research in Amazonia and the U.S. Smithsonian Institution, the Biological Dynamics of Forest Fragments Project (BDFFP) has investigated the many effects that habitat fragmentation has on plants..... More
Christchurch: University of Canterbury, 1967. Octavo, text illustrations, fine copy in dustwrapper. More
Grantown-on-Spey: Colin Baxter, 2000. Quarto, colour photographs, a fine copy in dustwrapper. More
Washington D C: American Ornithologists' Union, 1989. Octavo, paperback, black and white photographs. American Ornithologists' Union Monograph number 43. More
London: Richard Phillips, (1804. first edition). Octavo, folding plate, Contemporary half morocco and marbled boards, expertly rebacked, all edges coloured, a sound set. Animal Biography; Or, Authentic Anecdotes of the Lives, Manners, and Economy of the Animal Creation, Arranged according to the System of Linnaeus. Second Edition, With considerable Additions..... More