The lions and elephants of The Chobe: Botswana's untamed wilderness.
Sandton: Sable Publishers, [1984]. Quarto, colour photographs, fine copy in dustwrapper. More
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Listening to Cougar.
Boulder: 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
Borderland Jaguars: Tigres de la Frontera.
Salt Lake City: University of Utah Press, 2001. Octavo, paperback, illustrations, maps. The book is primarily a natural history of the jaguar in south-west USA and discusses its distribution, habitats, and hunting and breeding characteristics. It concludes with a section on the status and management of these borderland jaguars and..... 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
Animals that changed the world.
New York: Crowell-Collier Press, 1968. Octavo, illustrations, fine copy in dustwrapper. The story of the domestication of wild animals. 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
Tiger jungle: the epic tale of Bandhavgarh.
London: Tiger Books, 2007. Quarto, colour photographs, fine copy in dustwrapper. Hidden away in central India, Bandhavgarh is one of the best surviving tiger habitats. Lavishly illustrated with more than 150 stunning photographs this book tells the intricate story of the lives of this small population of wild tigers and..... More
The eyes of the jungle.
Munich: Bucher Verlag, 2008. Quarto, dustwrapper, colour photographs. This book offers an exciting expedition to the Bandhagarh Tiger Reserve in the heart of India. The authors show you the elusive tigers of India as few people have ever seen them. The most powerful predatory cat in the world rules the..... 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
Relentless enemies: lions and buffalo.
Washington DC: National Geographic Society, 2006. Quarto, dustwrapper, colour photographs by Beverly Joubert. The tawny lion slinks through golden grass, stealthy and sinuous, utterly concentrated on the hunt, a perfect predator awaiting only the instant when pure instinct triggers the rush, the spring, the ferocious slash of sharp claws and..... 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
Jaguar's shadow: searching for a mythic cat.
New Haven: Yale University Press, 2009. Octavo, dustwrapper, black and white photographs. When the nature writer Richard Mahler discovers that wild jaguars are prowling a remote corner of his home state of New Mexico, he embarks on a determined quest to see in the flesh a big, beautiful cat that..... More
Saving the big Cats: The Exotic Feline Rescue Centre.
Bloomington: Indiana University Press, 2006. Oblong format, colour photographs, fine copy in dustwrapper. Nestled in the woods near Center Point, Indiana, The Exotic Feline Rescue Center houses more than 160 big cats - ranging from lions, tigers, leopards, and pumas, to bobcats and more obscure breeds like the caracal, serval..... More
African Predators.
Vlaeberg: Struik Publishers, 2002. Quarto, colour photographs, fine copy in dustwrapper. Describes the appearance, distribution, mating strategies and killing behaviour of 14 of Africa's largest predators. Species covered are lion, leopard, cheetah, caracal, serval, striped hyaena, brown hyaena, spotted hyaena, aardwolf, wild dog, ethiopian wolf and the three species of..... More
Blood of the Tiger: a story of conspiracy, greed, and the battle to save a magnificent species.
Boston: Beacon Press, 2015. Octavo, dustwrapper, black and white photographs. This book takes readers on a wild ride to save one of the world's rarest animals from a band of Chinese billionaires. Many people think wild tigers are on the road to recovery, but they are in greater danger than..... More
The Saber-toothed cat of the North Sea.
Norg: DrukWare, 2008. Quarto, dustwrapper, colour photographs, colour illustrations, maps. In March 2000, while fishing for flatfish, a Dutch fishig vessel from the village of Urk brought up a fossilized lower jaw bone of a Saber-toothed cat (Homotherium latidens) from the bottom of the North Sea. At that time it..... More
Leopard.
London: Reaktion Books, 2014. Octavo, paperback, photographs, illustrations. WAS $25. 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..... More
Wild cats: a Status Survey and Conservation Action Plan.
Gland: IUCN, 1996. Quarto, paperback, colour photographs, maps. Presents the most comprehensive and up-to-date information available on the 36 wild cats of the world. It includes the first published collection of detailed range maps and some of the first photographs of rare species in the wild. It provides a thorough..... More
An indomitable beast: the remarkable journey of the Jaguar.
Washington, DC: Island Press, 2014. Octavo, dustwrapper, photographs. The jaguar is one of the most mysterious and least-known big cats of the world. The largest cat in the Americas, it has survived an onslaught of environmental and human threats partly because of an evolutionary history unique among wild felines, but..... More
Among the pigeons: why our cats belong indoors.
Mile End: 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..... More
Predator: life and death in the African bush.
New York: Abrams, 2007. Quarto, dustwrapper, colour photographs, black and white illustrations. A guide to the predators of the African bush. Each chapter is devoted to a predator - lions, cheetahs, leopards, hyenas and crocodiles - and delves into their biology and behaviours, how and when to observe them, facts..... More
Serengeti lion: a study of a predator-pry relations.
Chicago: University of Chicago Press, 2009. Octavo, paperback, black and white photographs, maps, line drawings. 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
Cats: Smithsonian answer book.
Washington DC: Smithsonian Institution Press, 2004. Quarto, paperback, colour photographs. WAS $45. Answers questions about all of the world's cats, including lions, tigers, leopards, jaguars and domestic cats. More