Marine birds and mammals of Puget Sound.
New York: Washington Sea Grant Program, (1984. reprint). Quarto, text illustrations, maps, softcover. More
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![Stock ID 19390 A contribution to the zoogeography of the East Indian Islands [part one]. Thomas...](https://andrewisles.cdn.bibliopolis.com/pictures/19390.jpg?width=320&height=427&fit=bounds&auto=webp&v=1774319499)
A contribution to the zoogeography of the East Indian Islands [part one].
Cambridge MA: Museum of Comparative Zoology, 1912. Quarto, eight (including five coloured) photolithographic plates. Modern binder's cloth, owner's stamp, a fine clean copy. Memoirs of the Museum of Comparative Zoology, volume 44, number one. More
Mate choice.
Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1983. second edition). Octavo, text illustrations, signature, fine copy in dustwrapper. More
The exploration of the Pacific.
London: Adam & Charles Black, (1947. second edition). Octavo, four folding maps, fine copy in titled dustwrapper. More
Birds of New Guinea: distribution, taxonomy and systematics.
Princeton NJ: Princeton University Press, 2016. Octavo, photographs, map. New Guinea is famous for its spectacular bird fauna characterized by cassowaries, megapodes, pigeons, parrots, kingfishers, and owlet-nightjars, as well as the iconic birds of paradise and bowerbirds. Of the nearly 800 species of birds recorded from New Guinea, more than..... More
Birds of New Guinea.
Princeton NJ: Princeton University Press, (1986. first edition). Octavo, colour plates, softcover. A wonderful book, still useful even if the later edition is better. More
Birds of New Guinea.
Princeton NJ: Princeton University Press, (1986. first edition). Octavo, colour plates, softcover. Although superseded by the later edition (Pratt and Beehler), plus the new guide by Phil Gregory, this is still a very useful book which covers over 700 species of birds and illustrates most of them in colour. The..... More
Voyage de decouvertes de l'astrolabe execute par ordre du Roi, pendant les annees 1826-1827-1828-1829, sous le commandement de M.J. Dumont D'urville. Faune entomologique.
Sydney: J. Tastu, 1832. Octavo, Contemporary half morocco and marbled boards, some wear, bookplate. The entomological text volume from Dumont D'Urville's Astrloabe voyage into the Pacific and New Zealand. More
Sea mammals and reptiles of the Pacific coast.
New York: Collier Books, 1976. Octavo, text illustrations, softcover. More
![Stock ID 3333 Pacific marine fishes, Book 1 [Fishes of southern Japan and the Ryukyus]. Warren...](https://andrewisles.cdn.bibliopolis.com/pictures/3333.jpg?width=320&height=427&fit=bounds&auto=webp&v=1758627825)
Pacific marine fishes, Book 1 [Fishes of southern Japan and the Ryukyus].
Neptune: TFH, (1973. second edition). Quarto, laminated boards, colour photographs. More
Salmon country: a history of the Pacific salmon.
New York: Key Porter Books, 2000. Octavo, paperback, colour photographs. Chronicles the demise of the North American Salmon Industry. More
Tundra plovers: the Eurasian, Pacific and American golden plovers and grey plover.
Calton: Poyser, 1998. Octavo, dustwrapper, photographs, other illustrations. Examines the taxonomy, appearance, behaviour, ecology and conservation of the Golden and Grey Plovers. There are four species of tundra plover: the Grey Plover, and the Eurasian, Pacific and American golden plovers. They breed only in the northern hemisphere, principally on tundra..... More
Restoring paradise: rethinking and rebuilding nature in Hawai'i.
Honolulu: University of Hawai'i Press, 2013. Octavo, paperback, photographs. Geographic isolation has fostered the evolution of many species of birds and plants entirely unique to the Hawaiian Islands, yet these islands are home to three quarters of all of America's extinctions most of which have been caused by the human..... More
The genus Euploea (Lepidoptera: Danaidae) in Micronesia, Melanesia, Polynesia and Australia. A zoo-geographical study.
London: Transactions of the Zoological Society of London, 1953. Quarto, nine photographic plates, softcover. More
The ecology of Drosophila breeding sites.
Honolulu: University of Hawai'i Press, 1971. Octavo, photographs, wrappers. More
Mammals of the Pacific world.
London: Macmillan, (1944. first edition). Octavo, text illustrations, fine copy. More
Fishes of the Pacific coast of Canada.
New York: Fisheries Research Board of Canada, Bulletin No. 68, 1949. Octavo, colour frontispiece, photographs, signature. More
The Birds of Papua New Guinea, including the Bismarck Archipelago and Bougainville, volume one: non passerines.
Sydney: Dove, 1985. Quarto, colour photographs, maps, bookplate, very good copy in dustwrapper. With an introductory chapter followed by chapters covering the non-passerine orders and a bibliography. More
The Birds of Papua New Guinea, including the Bismarck Archipelago and Bougainville.
Sydney: Dove, 1985-1990. Quarto, colour photographs, maps, signature, a very good set in dustwrappers. One of the better modern New Guinea bird books, the photographs of the Birds of Paradise are spectacular. With introductory chapters and a bibliography. More
The conservation atlas of tropical forests: Asia and the Pacific.
New York: Simon and Schuster, 1991. Quarto, colour photographs, maps, fine copy in dustwrapper. The first part describes the issues, the impact of human encroachment, government policies, change in agricultural practices, tropical timber trade, and conservation plans. The ATLAS then presents eighteen country studies, with detailed colour maps of tropical..... More
Islands in a far sea: the fate of nature in Hawai'i.
Honolulu: University of Hawai'i Press, (2006. revised edition). Large octavo, colour photographs, text illustrations, maps, fine copy in dustwrapper. Offering a comprehensive environmental history of Hawai'i, this edition provides an account of the geological formation and shaping of the Islands, their colonization by plants and animals, and the patterns of..... More
Insects of the Pacific world.
Melbourne: Macmillan, (1945. reprint). Octavo, illustrations. More
Insects of the Pacific world.
Melbourne: Macmillan, 1946. Octavo, illustrations, very good copy in dustwrapper. More
Les plantes utiles de Colonies Francaises.
Paris: Imprimerie Nationale, 1886. Octavo, Contemporary half calf and marbled boards, worn and rebacked, all edges coloured, modern endpapers. More
Reef and shore fauna of Hawaii: Section 1: Protozoa through Ctenophora.
Honolulu: Bishop Museum Press, Octavo, photographs, text illustrations, softcover. More