The magpies: the ecology and behaviour of Black-billed and Yellow-billed Magpies.
London: Poyser, 1991. Octavo, illustrations, signature, fine copy in dustwrapper. More
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Thorburn's mammals.
London: Peerage Books, 1984. Octavo, fifty colour plates, fine copy in dustwrapper.. With an introduction by David Attenborough and notes by Iain Bishop. More
Empire of shadows: the epic story of Yellowstone.
New York: Griffin Publishing, 2013. Octavo, paperback, black and white photographs, maps. In a radical reinterpretation of the nineteenth century West, George Black casts Yellowstone's creation as the culmination of three interwoven strands of history - the passion for exploration, the violence of the Indian Wars and the "civilizing" of..... More
Avian invasions: the ecology and evolution of exotic birds.
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
Guide to the taxonomic literature of vertebrates.
Ames: The Iowa State University Press, 1972. Octavo, More
No specimen left behind: mass digitization of natural history collections.
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
Manual of neotropical birds, Volume one: Spheniscidae (Penguins) to Laridae (Gulls and allies) [all published].
Chicago: University of Chicago Press, 1977. Octavo, colour plates, illustrations , fine copy in dustwrapper. More
Birds of Mexico: a guide for field identification.
Chicago: University of Chicago Press, (1954. reprint). Octavo, colour frontispiece, illustrations, endpaper maps, bookplate, signature, lacks dustwrapper. More
Contributions from the Queensland Herbarium, numbers 1-19.
Brisbane: Queensland Herbarium, 1968- 1975. Quarto, text illustrations. Publisher's printed wrappers, a very good set. Each issue is a separate taxonomic paper. More
Field photography: beginning and advanced techniques.
San Francisco: W H Freeman, 1976. Octavo, photographs, text illustrations, signature, dustwrapper. More
The atlas of Australian birds.
Melbourne: Melbourne University Press, (1985. reprint). Octavo, text illustrations, maps, fine copy in laminated boards, More
The atlas of Australian birds.
Melbourne: Melbourne University Press, (1984. first edition). Quarto, text illustrations, maps, laminated boards. More
Reptiles, Sauriens, Iguanidae
Paris: Orstom, 1977. Octavo, photographs, softcover. Faune de Madagascar, 45. More
African Elephant Status Report 2002: An update from the African Elephant Database.
Gland: IUCN, 2003. Quarto, paperback, tables, maps. The African elephant is the largest living land mammal, and their potential impact on their habitats raises important management issues both for protected areas and unprotected land. This report is rich in data and information on numbers, distribution and current issues, and provides..... More
A collection of nineteenth century central Asian natural history offprints.
Calcutta: Journal of the Asiatic Society of Bengal, 1873-1893. Octavo, 17 ( including twelve handcoloured) lithographs, mainly by Joseph Smit. A collection of 35 offprints and reprints, some author signed, in contemporary binder's cloth. An excellent collection of papers, predominately from the Journal of the Asiatic Society of Bengal and..... More
The birds of Lakeland.
Arbroath: Carlisle Natural History Society, 1943. Octavo, photographs, bookplate. More
Lakeland natural history.
Arbroath: Transactions of the Carlisle Natural History Society, 1946. Octavo, photographs, folded maps in pocket at back, signature, bookplate. More
The acquisition of motor behavior in vertebrates.
Cambridge: The MIT Press, 1996. Small quarto, tables, fine copy in dustwrapper. Motor skills determine how well we perform in athletics, dance, music and countless daily tasks. The nervous system can learn new motor behaviours through experience and practice - this is motor learning. This text presents research on the..... More
Body heat: temperature and life on earth.
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
Freaks of nature: and what they tell us about development and evolution.
Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2009. Octavo, black and white illustrations, fine copy in dustwrapper. From two-legged goats and double-headed snakes, to 'Cyclops' infants with a single eye in the middle of their forehead, Mark S. Blumberg looks at 'freak' bodily anomalies in both humans and other animals to reveal how..... More
Old garden roses, part two.
London: George Rainbird, 1957. Folio, eight plates, fine copy in dustwrapper. More
Whales, ice and men: the history of whaling in the western Arctic.
Seattle: University of Washington Press, 1986. Quarto, illustrations, softcover. A richly illustrated archeological and economic history of the whaling industry. More
Last of the curlews.
London: Longmans, Green and Co., (1966. reprint). Octavo, text illustrations, fine copy in dustwrapper. More
Plants of the world: the lower plants.
London: Thames and Hudson, 1965. Quarto, text illustrations, fine copy in dustwrapper. More
Parrot culture: our 2500-year-long fascination with the world's most talkative bird.
Philadelphia: University of Pennsylvania Press, 2004. Octavo, black and white illustrations, fine copy in dustwrapper. Traces the unique place held by parrots in the history, culture, society, literature, and even culinary arts of the Western world, beginning with Alexander the Great's return from Persia with a number of parrots. The..... More