Wild cats of the world.
New York: Facts on File, (1999. reprint). Octavo, colour photographs, maps, fine copy in laminated boards.. Describes nearly 40 species, covering lifestyle, zoology, distribution and conservation. More
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Listening to Cougar.
Denver: University Press of Colorado, 2008. Octavo, paperback, illustrations. Describes aspects of Cougar natural history, such as its rugged habitat and how the males struggle to claim territory. This book features conservationists who relate the political history of America's greatest cat. Also available in hardcover [stock id 27414]. More
Frontiers of fear: tigers and people in the Malay world, 1600-1950.
New Haven: Yale University Press, 2002. Octavo, dustwrapper, illustrations. Interweaving stories about Malay kings, colonial rulers, tiger charmers, and bounty hunters with facts about tigers and their way of life, the book is an engrossing combination of environmental and micro history. More
Domesticated animals: from early times.
London: British Museum (Natural History), 1981. Octavo, photographs, fine copy in dustwrapper. More
The tiger and the pangolin: nature, culture, and conservation in China.
Honolulu: University of Hawai'i Press, 2002. Octavo, illustrations, maps, fine copy in dustwrapper. While the tiger has long been identified with political authority, the Chinese pangolin and its earthly magic have exerted a powerful influence in the everyday lives of those working and living in the fields and forests. Today..... More
Swamp screamer: at large with the Florida Panther.
Gainesville: University Press of Florida, 1998. Octavo, paperback, There is an estimated population of 50 panthers and this book describes these animals and their relationship with the people who come into contact with them. More
The leopards of Londolozi.
London: New Holland, 1991. Quarto, colour plates, fine copy in dustwrapper and slipcase. One of the great African photographic essays. More
Cheetah.
Cape Town: Struik Publishers, 2003. Quarto, colour photographs, fine copy in dustwrapper. The cheetah has been harassed and hounded to the point of extinction. Author Luke Hunter, a specialist on African carnivores, looks into the history, evolution, behaviour and day-to-day survival of one of the most fascinating of the big..... More
Hunting with the moon: lions of Savuti.
Washington DC: National Geographic Society, 1997. Large quarto, colour photographs, very good copy in dustwrapper. Over 100 color photographs combined with a detailed text outlining biology, behaviour and social structure of these elusive big cats. More
Hunter and hunted: relationships between carnivores and people.
Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2002. Octavo, text illustrations, softcover. Hunter and hunted is an account of the intricate relationships between predators and humans. Written by one of the world's best known naturalists, Hans Kruuk, it is both about his life-long passion for meat-eaters as diverse as otters and wolves, tigers..... More
Cat wars: the devastating consequences of a cuddly killer.
Princeton NJ: Princeton University Press, 2016. Octavo, dustwrapper, colour photographs. In 1894, a lighthouse keeper named David Lyall arrived on Stephens Island off New Zealand with a cat named Tibbles. In just over a year, the Stephens Island Wren, a rare bird endemic to the island, was rendered extinct. Mounting..... More
Leopard.
London: Reaktion Books, 2014. Octavo, photographs, illustrations, bookplate, softcover. Reaktion Animal Series. The leopard has commanded respect and awe in mankind for centuries. Here, renowned zoologist Desmond Morris shows all sides of the animal's character: its athletic elegance, its predatory skill, its wary shyness, its cunning intelligence, its parental devotion..... More
The big cats: the paintings of Guy Coheleach.
New York: Harry N. Abrams, 1982. Oblong format, colour plates, very good copy in dustwrapper. More
The last Tasmanian Tiger: the history and extinction of the Thylacine.
Melbourne: Cambridge University Press, (2000. reprint). Octavo, photographs, fine copy in dustwrapper. A complete and up to date examination of the behaviour, social history and extinction of the thylacine. The author challenges many conventional ideas about the species and the causes of its extinction. Possibly the best book on this..... More
Among the pigeons: why our cats belong indoors.
Adelaide: Wakefield Press, 2019. Octavo, paperback, black and white photographs. During the last century, global domestic cat numbers rocketed past 200 million, along with a surge in cat diseases and numbers of feral cats and sick, injured and malnourished cats. Cat shelters are overflowing. Hundreds of thousands of cats are..... More
Return of the Tiger.
Sydney: Lustre Press, 1993. Quarto, colour photographs, fine copy in dustwrapper. More
Serengeti lion: a study of a predator-pry relations.
Chicago: University of Chicago Press, 2009. Octavo, paperback, black and white photographs, maps, text illustrations. Based on three years of study in the Serengeti National Park, George B. Schaller's book describes the vast impact of the Lion and other predators on the great herds of Wildebeest, Zebra, and Gazelle for..... More
The social organisation of Tigers (Pathera tigris) in Royal Chitawan National Park.
Washington DC: Smithsonian Contributions to Zoology, 1981. Octavo, softcover. Number 336. More
Wildcat haven.
St Albans: Whittles Publishing, 2009. Octavo, paperback, colour photographs. Some seven years after abandoning the life of an international journalist for a life in the wilds, Mike Tomkies began a remarkable experiment, rearing the most ferocious animal to roam wild in Britain - the Scottish wildcat. The true wildcat is..... More
The cheetahs of De Wildt.
Sydney: Cape Town, 1991. Octavo, colour photos. Ann Van Dyk's story of the struggle to save the cheetah from the verge of extinction. More
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