The fall of a sparrow.
Oxford: Oxford University Press, (1988. reprint). Octavo, paperback, illustrations. More
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A dictionary of zoology.
Oxford: Oxford University Press, (2009. third edition, revised). Octavo, paperback, line drawings. The most up-to-date and authoritative dictionary of zoology available. It contains over 5,250 entries covering all aspects of the subject, from behavioural ecology and conservation biology to cytology and taxonomy. Fully revised and updated, this A-Z is an..... More
The Oxford dictionary of natural history.
Oxford: Oxford University Press, 1985. Octavo, very good copy in dustwrapper. Provides coverage of ecology and the environmental sciences. This dictionary contains over 5,200 entries written in clear, straightforward language. It is suitable for ecologists, ecology students, and the general reader with an interest in the natural world and our..... More
Australian shells: with related animals living in the sea, in freshwater and on the land.
Melbourne: Georgian House, (1962. reprint). Octavo, twelve colour plates, fine copy in dustwrapper. More
Estuaries of South Africa.
Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1999. Octavo, laminated boards, colour photographs, other illustrations. A review of the current status of the country's estuarine research and management. Information is provided on a wide range of topics, including geological, physical and chemical processes, diversity and productivity of plant and animal communities, interactions between..... More
The nature magpie: a cornucopia of facts, anecdotes, folklore and literature from the natural world.
London: Icon Books, 2014. Octavo, paperback, illustrations. A collection of anecdotes, facts, figures, folklore and literature, this book is a veritable treasure trove of humanity's thoughts and feelings about nature. Join naturalists, novelists and poets as they explore the most isolated parts of the planet, see London Zoo through the..... More
Marine life of Southeast Asia and the Pacific.
Hong Kong: Periplus Editions, 1996. Quarto, colour photographs, signature, fine copy in dustwrapper. More
Preliminary list of works and papers relating to the Mammalian orders Cete and Sirenia (1495-1840) [facsimile].
Hythe: A. D. Lilly, (1977. facsimile). Octavo, softcover. First published 1881. More
History of North American pinnipeds. A monograph of the walruses, sea-lions, sea-bears and seals of North America.
Washington DC: Geological and Geographical Survey of the Interior, 1880. Octavo, text illustrations. Publisher's cloth, some wear. More
Birds of the Caribbean.
London: Thames and Hudson, 1962. Quarto, colour photographs, fine copy in dustwrapper. More
Birds of the Caribbean.
London: Thames and Hudson, 1962. Quarto, colour photographs, lacks dustwrapper. More
The politics of wilderness preservation.
Anchorage: University of Alaska, (2008. reprint). Octavo, black and white photographs, softcover. Explores the history of wilderness preservation in the United States. More
A book of dolphins.
London: John Murray, 1960. Octavo, photographs, very good copy in like dustwrapper. More
Baboon mothers and infants.
Cambridge MA: Harvard University Press, 1980. Octavo, illustrations, signature, paperback. When originally released in 1980 this book transformed the study of maternal primate relationships by focusing on motherhood and infancy within a complex ecological and sociological context. This paperback edition has a new foreword by the author. More
Super vision: a new view of nature.
New York: Abrams, 2003. Quarto, colour photographs, fine copy in dustwrapper. WAS $75. In this volume, scientific images of interest and beauty are accompanied by Ivan Amato's descriptions, which shed light on the images themselves as well as the technologies that created them. More
Check-list of North American birds. The species of birds of North America from the Arctic through Panama, including the West Indies and Hawaiian islands.
Lawrence, Kansas: American Ornithologists Union, (1983. sixth edition). Octavo, maps, a fine copy. More
A monograph of the Chaetomiaceae.
Washington DC: The united States Army Research and Development Team, (1961. first edition). Quarto, illustrations, publisher's cloth, signature. More
Handbook of capture-recapture analysis.
Princeton: Princeton University Press, 2006. Octavo, paperback, black and white photographs, other illustrations, tables. Every day, biologists in parkas, raincoats, and rubber boots go into the field to capture and mark a variety of animal species. Back in the office, statisticians create analytical models for the field biologists' data. But..... More
Embryology and phylogeny in Annelids and Arthropods.
Oxford: Pergamon Press, 1973. Octavo, text illustrations, signature, dustwrapper. More
The reptiles of Missouri.
Columbia: University of Missouri Press, 1965. Octavo, illustrations, near fine copy in slightly sunned dustwrapper. More
Biostatistics: a computing approach.
New York: Taylor and Francis, 2012. Octavo, laminated boards, black and white illustrations, tables. The emergence of high-speed computing has facilitated the development of many exciting statistical and mathematical methods in the last 25 years, broadening the landscape of available tools in statistical investigations of complex data. Biostatistics: A Computing..... More
Distribution, variation and relationships of the Montane vole, Microtus montanus.
Lawrence: University of Kansas, 1959. Octavo, wrappers, text illustrations. University of Kansas Publications, volume nine, number 17. More
Recent advances in insect embryology in Japan and Poland.
Japan: Arthropodan Embryological Society of Japan, 1987. Octavo, photographs, signature, softcover. More
Recent advances in embryology in Japan.
Japan: Arthropodan Embryological Society of Japan, 1985. Octavo, text illustrations, softcover. More
A brief history of the Royal Society.
London: The Royal Society, 1960. Octavo, photographs, signature, very good copy in dustwrapper. Includes a pamphlet on the Society's Portraits and Busts by Gillian Hammill (reprinted from the Notes and Records of the Royal Society of London, Vol. 24, No. 1, June 1969). More