Into the crocodile nest: a journey inside New Guinea.
London: Macmillan, 1987. Octavo, photographs, very good copy in dustwrapper. More
London: Macmillan, 1987. Octavo, photographs, very good copy in dustwrapper. More
Melle: Mergus, (1981. second edition). Quarto, colour photographs, chipped dustwrapper. More
Chipping Norton: Surrey Beatty, 1987. Quarto, colour illustrations. Includes many hundreds of photographs including 11 full page colour reconstructions of prehistoric marsupials. There is an introductory chapter which summarizes, integrates and develops all of the contributions in the volumes as an overview. The volumes also contains a complete taxonomic index..... More
Washington D C: American Ornithologists' Union, 1987. Octavo, black and white photographs, maps, wrappers. American Ornithologists' Union Monograph number 42. More
Bathurst: Crawford House, 1990. Octavo, illustrations, laminated boards. WAS $100. Includes chapters by various authors on topics such as the evolution of acoustic communication; anti-predator defences; and karyotypes and meiosis. More
New York: Holmes and Meier Publishers, 1984. Octavo, text illustrations, softcover. More
London: Head of Zeus, 2016. Octavo, dustwrapper, oblong format, black and white illustrations. One of the most eloquent nature writers offers a passionate and informative celebration of birds and their ability to help us understand the world we live in. As well as exploring how birds achieve the miracle of..... More
Leiden: E J Brill, 1987. Octavo, photographs, paperback, bookplate of David Mcphee. More
Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1983. second edition). Octavo, text illustrations, signature, fine copy in dustwrapper. More
London: Macmillan and Co.Limited, 1894. Large octavo, text illustrations. Publisher's cloth, some slight wear, new endpapers, a sound copy. More
Malabar: Krieger Publishing Company, 1995. Quarto, colour photographs, dustwrapper. WAS $150. This is the first published work on the reptile and amphibian variations that occur naturally or through selective breeding. These animals with conspicuously altered colours and patterns are often quite beautiful. Profusely illustrated. More
Princeton: Princeton University Press, 2020. Quarto, dustwrapper, colour photographs. An enthralling exploration of the biologically richest island on Earth, featuring more than 200 spectacular color images by award-winning National Geographic photographer Tim Laman In this beautiful book, Bruce Beehler, a renowned author and expert on New Guinea, and award-winning National..... More
Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2002. Octavo, paperback, illustrations. This comprehensive appraisal of avian diversity is divided into five sections - Comparative biology of birds; Natural selection and diversity in life-histories; Sexual selection and diversity in mating systems; Birth and death of bird species; and Conclusions. More
Tring: British Ornithologists' Club, 1999. Octavo, coloured frontispiece, paperback. British Ornithologists' Club Occassional Publication, number four. More
Helsinki: Publisher unknown, 1960. Large octavo, text illustrations, publisher's wrappers, a very good set. More
London: Edward Arnold, 1982. Octavo, softcover. The Institute of Biology's Studies in Biology volume 144. More
London: Academic Press, 1970. Octavo, text illustrations, very good copy in worn dustwrapper. Symposium of the Zoological Society of London, number 26. More
London: Collins, 1977. Octavo, colour photographs, signature, fine copy in dustwrapper. New Naturalist number 61. More
London: Collins, (1980. first edition). Octavo, photographs, bookplate, fine copy in unclipped dustwrapper, scarce. New Naturalist 64. More
Princeton: Princeton University Press, 1992. Octavo, illustrations, fine copy in dustwrapper. More
Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2009. Octavo, laminated boards, tables, graphs. Biological invaders represent one of the primary threats to the maintenance of global biodiversity, human health, and the success of human economic enterprises. The continuing globalization of our society ensures that the need to understand the process of biological invasion..... More
Sofia: Pensoft, 2012. Octavo, paperback, colour illustrations. Zoo Keys 209. Centuries of exploration and discovery have documented the diversity of life on Earth. Records of this biodiversity are, for the most part, distributed across varied and distinct natural history collections worldwide. This makes the task of extracting and mobilising the..... 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