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Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1936. Quarto, ten photographic plates, fine copy in publisher's wrappers. Discovery Reports, volume 13. More
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Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1936. Quarto, ten photographic plates, fine copy in publisher's wrappers. Discovery Reports, volume 13. More
London: Allen and Unwin, 1970. first edition). Octavo, colour photographs, very good copy in dustwrapper. More
Berkeley: University of California Press, 2006. Octavo, text illustrations, laminated boards. This thorough and meticulous study, the result of nearly a quarter-century of research, examines the island biogeography of plants on continental islands in Barkley Sound, British Columbia. Invaluable both because of its geographical setting and because of the duration..... More
London: Collins, 1964. Octavo, photographs, maps, bookplate, lengthy inscription, fine dustwrapper. New Naturalist 6. More
London: Collins, (1947. first edition). Octavo, photographs, maps, light fore-edge dust spotting, a near fine copy in dustwrapper (not price-clipped). New Naturalist six. More
London: Collins, (1947. first edition). Octavo, photographs, maps, lacks dustwrapper. New Naturalist six. More
Paris: C. Marpon et E. Flammarion, [c1868}. Duodecimo, uncoloured frontispiece of the eruption. Contemporary quarter binder's cloth and marled boards, some wear. More
Firenze: Gruppo Richerche Scientifiche e Tencniche Subacquee, 1980. Octavo, photographs, softcover. More
Washington: Conservation International, 2002. Quarto, paperback, The Togeans are a picturesque group of islands in the large Tomini Bay of Central Sulawesi, with coral reefs known for their vast biodiversity and rich marine resources. The Togean-Banggai archipelago was declared a marine tourist park in 1990, but fears exist about its..... More
Washington: Conservation International, 2002. Quarto, softcover. The Raja Ampat islands are another example of a highly diverse coral ecosystem under threat. Such regions stand out not only because of their species richness, endemism, and habitat level diversity, but also because of their relatively pristine condition. Yet portions of these coral..... More
Honolulu: Bishop Museum Press, 2008. Quarto, laminated boards, black and white illustrations. This book was prepared to fill the gap of explaining ecological methodology for biodiversity assessment in island ecosystems. Information on island flora and fauna has been variously assembled in books and checklists over many years, but rarely has..... More
The Auk, 1914-1915. Octavo, photographs, binder's cloth, wrappers retained. author's reprint with two other titles contained. More
Dordrecht: Springer Verlag, 2008. Quarto, colour photographs, text illustrations, laminated boards. More
Wellington: Government Printer, 1887. Octavo, folding coloured map and folding coloured frontipiece, early binder's cloth with title, scarce. More
London: The Ibis, 1962. Octavo, folding map, photographs. Handsome binder's quarter cloth and marbled boards, a fine copy. The Ibis volume 103b, number two. Also the subject of a popular book published 1960. More
Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1752007. Octavo, textillustrations, tables, laminated boards. New or recently sterilized islands (for example through volcanic activity), provide ecologists with natural experiments in which to study colonization, development and establishment of new biological communities. Studies carried out on islands like this have provided answers to fundamental questions..... More
Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2011. Octavo, paperback, colour photographs, black and white photographs, maps. Islands capture the human imagination as remote, vulnerable and exotic, yet there is comparatively little understanding of their basic geology, geography, or the impact of island colonization by plants, animals and humans. This detailed study of..... More
Oxford: Oxford University Press, 1981. Octavo, illustrations, dustwrapper. More
Wellington: Department of Lands and Survey, 1986. Quarto, text illustrations, softcover. More