Reptiles, Sauriens, Iguanidae
Paris: Orstom, 1977. Octavo, photographs, softcover. Faune de Madagascar, 45. More
Paris: Orstom, 1977. Octavo, photographs, softcover. Faune de Madagascar, 45. More
Gland: IUCN, 2003. Quarto, paperback, tables, maps. The African elephant is the largest living land mammal, and their potential impact on their habitats raises important management issues both for protected areas and unprotected land. This report is rich in data and information on numbers, distribution and current issues, and provides..... More
Amsterdam: C. G. Van Der Post, 1855. Quarto, one folding plate. Publisher's printed wrappers, rare. Not in Ferguson. More
Arbroath: Carlisle Natural History Society, 1943. Octavo, photographs, bookplate. More
Arbroath: Transactions of the Carlisle Natural History Society, 1946. Octavo, photographs, folded maps in pocket at back, signature, bookplate. More
Cambridge: The MIT Press, 1996. Small quarto, tables, fine copy in dustwrapper. Motor skills determine how well we perform in athletics, dance, music and countless daily tasks. The nervous system can learn new motor behaviours through experience and practice - this is motor learning. This text presents research on the..... More
London: Angus and Robertson, 1982. Quarto, colour photographs, the copy of William and Wendy Cooper, very good copy in dustwrapper. More
Sydney: Paul Hamlyn, (1976. reprint). Quarto, colour photographs, signature, sunned spine, otherwise a a very good copy in dustwrapper. More
Sydney: Lansdowne Press, (1972. first edition). Octavo, colour photographs, very good copy in dustwrapper. More
London: Christopher Helm/A & C Black, (2007. reprint). Octavo, paperback, colour photographs, maps. Sea watching can present identification difficulties to even the most experienced birdwatcher, and demands a specialised set of skills and strategies to deal with the challenges of bad weather and poor visibility. The rewards can be great;..... More
London: Thames and Hudson, 2006. Quarto, dustwrapper, 117 colour photographs. Presents photographs of the elephant, from the wildest outreaches of Botswana to the teeming cities of India. This book features photographs that include aerial shots, the drama of the fight between angry males, tender interaction between mother and calves, the..... More
London: Thames and Hudson, 2006. Oblong format, dustwrapper, colour photographs. Photographer Steve Bloom creates evocative photographic images of the living world. Concern for the environment is evident in all of his images. He strives to capture the very spirit of the animals included in this book. At a time when..... More
London: Thames and Hudson, 2008. Octavo, dustwrapper, colour photographs. Here is a new, compact gift edition of Steve Bloom's breathtaking photographs of wildlife around the world. Bloom's goal, brilliantly realised here, is to capture the animals' spirit: the tiger's eye gleaming brightly in the jungles of India; polar bear cubs..... More
Cambridge MA: Harvard University Press, 2002. Small octavo, , fine copy in dustwrapper. In this entertaining and illuminating book, the biopsychologist Mark Blumberg explores the many ways that temperature rules the lives of all animals (including humans). More
Cambridge MA: Harvard University Press, 2004. Small octavo, paperback, In this entertaining and illuminating book, the biopsychologist Mark Blumberg explores the many ways that temperature rules the lives of all animals (including humans). Now available in paperback. More
Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2009. Octavo, black and white illustrations, fine copy in dustwrapper. From two-legged goats and double-headed snakes, to 'Cyclops' infants with a single eye in the middle of their forehead, Mark S. Blumberg looks at 'freak' bodily anomalies in both humans and other animals to reveal how..... More
London: ACC Art Books, 2021. Quarto, dustwrapper, colour illustrations. This major work, first published in 1950, is still considered the classic book on the subject. It provides a comprehensive, critical and well-illustrated survey of the portrayal of plants across over three thousand years, at a more compact size. Of the..... More
London: Frederick Warne, (1955. reprint). Octavo, colour plates, bookplate, clipped dustwrapper. New edition 1941. Reprinted with new introductory chapters 1952. More
New York: The Free Press, 1993. Octavo, photographs, fine copy in dustwrapper. More
The Hague: Dr W. Junk, 1951. Octavo, photographs, text illustrations, publisher's cloth, marked, scarce. More
New York: Globe Pequot Press, 2012. Octavo, dustwrapper, colour photographs and illustrations. A compulsively readable natural and social history, this book is a profusely illustrated celebration of all things eagle, by a naturalist who has kept eagles himself and ridden with the eagle tribes of Central Asia. More
New York: Dodd Mead & Company, 1955. Octavo, text illustrations, chipped dustwrapper. More
London: Thames and Hudson, 1965. Quarto, text illustrations, fine copy in dustwrapper. More
Edinburgh: Stationery Office, 2006. Quarto, laminated boards, illustrations. Waterbirds are one the world's most attractive group of birds and among the most threatened. These include albatrosses, flamingos, swans, geese, ducks, cranes, waders, gulls, terns and auks... They share a dependency on the world's wetlands-seas, coasts, estuaries, lagoons, lochs, rivers, marshlands..... More
Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2012. Octavo, laminated boards, black and white photographs, maps, tables. Christophe Boesch takes readers into the lives of chimpanzees from different African regions, highlighting the debate about culture. He looks at the different ways chimpanzees show feelings or complete tasks and how this could be compared..... More