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London: British Entomological & Natural History Society, 1978. Octavo, colour plates, publisher's cloth. More
Kamagawa: International Marine Biological Research Institute, 1991. Octavo, illustrations, tables, fine copy. In English and Japanese. More
London: Bombay Natural History Society, 1886-1892. Octavo, volumes one to seven (bound in four), numerous coloured and uncoloured lithographic plates, very scarce. contemporary half calf, some wear but a very good set. The Bombay Natural History Society was established in 1883 and is now India's largest and longest running natural..... More
London: British Museum (Natural History), 1972-1975. Octavo, softcover. A collection of miscellaneous articles, primarily on invertebrates. More
London: Christopher Helm/A & C Black, 2005. CD-ROM, colour photographs, maps. The RSPB Birds of Britain and Ireland is the most advanced multimedia reference tool available to UK birders. The program contains comprehensive illustrations and photographs of all the species of Britain and Ireland including all major plumage variations, while..... More
[Adelaide]: The South Australian Ornithological Association, 1963-1987. Octavo, Originally roneoed foolscap sheets then changing to a multi-page A4 format. This Newsletter was originally published "so that country members can keep in closer touch with the activities of the Association and become informed of all matters affecting them" More
Melbourne: J. Wing, 1880-1886. Octavo, 39 (of 42) parts in the publisher's printed wrappers, boxed. A very important journal with much insight into early colonial scientific life. Contributors include Ferdinand von Mueller, Charles French and A. J. Campbell. This rare journal was the forerunner to The Victorian Naturalist: the journal..... More
London: Zoological Society of London, 1895. Quarto, 62 handcoloured and uncoloured lithographic plates, some double page. Restored green half morocco, new endpapers, some plates spotted otherwise a very good copy. The papers are: 1. Stebbing, Thomas R. R. On the Genus Urothoe and a new Genus Urothoides. pp. 1-30 plates..... More
London: Zoological Society of London, 1874. Quarto, 82 handcoloured and uncoloured lithographic plates, some double page. Restored green half morocco, new endpapers, a small library stamp on title page. Volume eight of the Transactions contains the two papers by Viscount Walden which form his monograph on the birds of the..... More
London: Zoological Society of London, 1885. Quarto, 97 handcoloured and uncoloured lithographic plates, some double page. Restored green half morocco, marbled endpapers, a very good copy. The papers are: 1. Flower, William Henry. On the external characters of two species of British Dolphins (Delphinus delphis, Linn., and Delphinus tursio, Fabr.)..... More
London: Zoological Society of London, 1879. Quarto, 95 handcoloured and uncoloured lithographic plates, some double page. Restored green half morocco, new endpapers, a few light spots and a single small library stamp, otherwise a very good copy. The papers are: 1. Mivart, George. On the axial skeleton of the Struthionida..... More
London: Zoological Society of London, 1890. Quarto, 65 handcoloured and uncoloured lithographic plates, some double page. Contemporary green half morocco, marbled endpapers, a few spots. TRANSACTIONS OF THE ZOOLOGICAL SOCIETY OF LONDON In 1826 the Zoological society of London was formed with the specific intention of establishing a menagerie, museum..... More
London: Zoological Society of London, 1872. Quarto, 47 handcoloured and uncoloured lithographic plates, some double page. Contemporary green half morroco, new endapers, a very good copy. With papers by Boulenger on fish and a handsomely illustrated paper on the mammls of the Phillippines by John Whitehead. More
London: Zoological Society of London, 1872. Quarto, 73 handcoloured and uncoloured lithographic plates, some double page. Contemporary green half morroco, marbled endpapers, a few spots. Volume seven of the Transactions contains papers that were assembled to form part of Owen's Extinct and wingless birds ... plus Murie's classic papaers on..... More
Palmerston: Conservation Commission of the Northern Territory, 1988. Duodecimo, photographs, wrappers. More
The Hague: Sam Broun, 1660. Duodecimo, engraved title page, four wood engraved plates. Early papered boards, old library stamp on verso of title page, an excellent copy contained in a half calf and marbled boards Solander box. Baldo Angelo Abati was an Italian physician and naturalist who lived in the..... More
Dunedin: Otago University Press, 2011. Octavo, photographs, softcover. Images of pristine forests, mountain ranges, untameable rivers and empty expanses of untouched coastline are the key attraction in how Aotearoa New Zealand is promoted internationally. Such wildness is at this nation's psychological and physical core. This book searches for an understanding..... More
New Brunswick: Rutgers University Press, 1998. Octavo, text illustrations, tables, fine copy in dustwrapper. This text summarizes research into the first year in the lives of the fishes of the estuaries of the Middle Atlantic Bight, describing the natural history of the eggs, larvae and juveniles of 70 fish species..... More
Brunswick: Scribe Publications, 2016. Octavo, black and white illustrations, paperback. Birds are astonishingly intelligent creatures. In fact, according to revolutionary new research, some birds rival primates and even humans in their remarkable forms of intelligence. Like humans, many birds have enormous brains relative to their size. Although small, bird brains..... More
East Melbourne: CSIRO, 1995. Quarto, laminated boards, illustrations. WAS $140. This book deals with about 20% of the world butterfly fauna and is divided into three main sections - biology, biogeography and catalogue. It also includes a gazetteer and list of regional works as well as a bibliography. More
norwich: Eyre & Spottiswoode, 1947. Octavo, text illustrations, signature, publisher's cloth. More
London: Eyre & Spottiswoode, (1944. first edition), Octavo, map, bookplate of Dominic L. Serventy, publisher's bright green cloth, a very good copy. More
New York: Little, Brown and Company, 2004. Quarto, dustwrapper, black and white photographs. This book presents some fifty of Adams' finest photographs of trees - a wide range of imagery from towering redwood groves to flowering orchards; majestic pine forest to leafy deciduous woods; wood and bark details to gnarled..... More
New York: Ballantine Books, 1990. Octavo, paperback, colour photographs. WAS $25. Douglas Adams teamed up with zoologist Mark Carwardine to find out what was happening to life on earth. Together they lead us on an unforgettable journey across the world in search of exotic, endangered animals that they may never..... More