Manual of Nearctic Diptera, volume one.
Ottawa: Research Branch Agriculture Canada, 1981. Quarto, text illustrations, a fine copy in publisher's cloth. Published in a total of three volumes. More
Ottawa: Research Branch Agriculture Canada, 1981. Quarto, text illustrations, a fine copy in publisher's cloth. Published in a total of three volumes. More
Ithaca: Cornell University Press, 2015. Octavo, laminated boards, photographs. Generously illustrated, this essential handbook for herpetologists, ecologists, and naturalists features comprehensive keys to eggs, embryos, salamander larvae, and tadpoles; species accounts; a glossary of terms; and an extensive bibliography. The taxonomic accounts include a summarization of the morphology and basic..... More
New York: The MacMillan Company, (1961. sixth edition). Octavo, line drawings, bookplate, very good copy. More
Princeton: Princeton University Press, 2006. Octavo, colour photographs, maps, softcover. A photographic identification guide to tanagers, cardinals, and finches. The photographs illustrate age, seasonal, and sexual variation in the species found north of Mexico, including introduced species and vagrants. It is designed to introduce the biology, identification, molts, vocalization, and..... More
London: Academic Press, 2002. Octavo, colour photographs, maps, softcover. This guide covers all 64 species of emberizine sparrow found in the United States and Canada. It is illustrated with over 350 photographs and gives detailed information on the identification of species, sexes, age, races and forms of all sparrows, towhees..... More
Victoria: Royal British Columbia Museum, 1990. Quarto, photographs, text illustrations, maps, dustwrappers, signed by one author. Volume one: Non-passerines (Introduction, loons through waterfowl). Volume two: Non-passerines (Diurnal birds of prey through woodpeckers). First two volumes of a four volume set. More
Ottawa: Fisheries Research Board of Canada, Bulletin No. 68, 1949. Octavo, colour frontispiece, photographs, signature. More
Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press, 2013. Quarto, colour photographs, laminated boards. With many frog populations declining or disappearing and developmental malformations and disease afflicting others, scientists, conservationists, and concerned citizens need up-to-date, accurate information. This book is a comprehensive resource for those trying to protect amphibians as well as for..... More
Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press, 2012. Octavo, dustwrapper, photographs, line drawings, maps. Carl H. and Evelyn M. Ernst have completely revised their landmark reference to present the most comprehensive review of these animals in years. The first volume contains species accounts of the venomous lizards and elapid and viperid snakes..... More
Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press, 2011. Octavo, dustwrapper, photographs, line drawings, maps. Carl and Evelyn Ernst have completely revised their landmark reference to present the most comprehensive review of these animals in years. Volume One of this definitive work presents dramatically improved species accounts of the venomous lizards and elapid..... More
Athens, Georgia: University of Georgia Press, 2017. Octavo, dustwrapper, colour photographs. This is the first comprehensive firefly guide for eastern and central North America ever published. It is written for all those who want to know more about the amazing world of lightning bugs and learn the secrets hidden in..... More
Chicago: University of Chicago Press, 2009. Quarto, colour photographs, fine copy in dustwrapper. Complementing Forsberg's images and firsthand accounts are essays by Great Plains scholar David Wishart and acclaimed writer Dan O'Brien. Each section of the book begins with a thorough overview by Wishart, while O'Brien - a wildlife biologist..... More
Ottawa: National Museums of Canada, (1976. reprint). Quarto, colour plates by John A Crosby, maps, bookplate, tape marks on endpapers, fine copy in dustwrapper. More
Ottawa: National Museums of Canada, (1976. reprint). Quarto, colour plates by John A. Crosby, signed by the author, very good copy in dustwrapper. More
Victoria: Royal British Columbia Museum, 1984. Octavo, paperback, illustrations, maps. More
Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press, 2011. Octavo, paperback, colour photographs, maps. This accessible guide to the forty-seven species of bats found in the United States and Canada captures and explains the amazing diversity of these marvels of evolution. This book provides an overview of bat classification, biology, feeding behavior, habitats..... More
New York: Henry Holt, 1899. Octavo, 22 uncoloured plates, text illustrations. Publisher's green cloth, bookplate, signed by the author, a very good copy. More
Oxon: Routledge, 2013. Octavo, paperback. Today's celebrity conservationists play a major role in drawing public attention to an increasingly threatened world. One of the first books to address this contribution, it focuses on five key figures: English naturalist David Attenborough, French marine adventurer Jacques-Yves Cousteau, American primatologist Dian Fossey, Canadian..... More
Toronto: Royal Ontario Museum, (1991. second edition). Octavo, paperback, maps. This authoritative guide to the occurence and status of birds in Ontario provides concise information on 442 confirmed bird species recorded in the province, and on 12 as yet unconfirmed. Organised by American Ornithologists' Union order and management, the checklist..... More
Anchorage: BP Exploration (Alaska) Ltd., [1989. second edition). Octavo, coloured map, a fine copy. More
Moscow: University Press of Idaho, 1981. Octavo, photographs, illustrations, paperback, spine weak. More
Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press, 2007. Quarto, dustwrapper, colour photographs, maps. The colour photographs in the guide are complemented with a wealth of information about anatomy, habitat, diet, and family life. For each of the nineteen species that inhabit Canada and the United States, a range map and a brief..... More
Toronto: Dutton, 1977. Octavo, colour illustrations, black and white text illustrations, paperback. More
Ottawa: Government Printing Bureau, 1909. Octavo, wrappers, spine repaired with cloth tape, ex-library, signature. More
Ottawa: Government Printer, 1900-1904. Octavo, index. Publisher's wrappers (one detached) library stamps, signature. More