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Orlando: Harcourt, 2004. Octavo, black and white photographs, fine copy in dustwrapper. Revered in Indian religion and culture, yet coveted by poachers for its ivory tusks, the Asian elephant has lived, worked, and even fought side by side with humans for 4,000 years. Stephen Alter first encountered Elephas maximus when..... More
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
London: Frederick Warne and Company, 1963. Duodecimo, colour photographs, text illustrations, chipped dustwrapper. More
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
Lawrence, Kansas: American Ornithologists Union, (1983. sixth edition). Octavo, maps, a fine copy. More
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
Tucson: The University of Arizona Press, 1973. Octavo, graphs, signature, softcover. More
Oxford: Pergamon Press, 1973. Octavo, text illustrations, signature, dustwrapper. More
Melbourne: H. Hearne & Co., 1893. Octavo, text illustrations. Publisher's (?) red cloth with gilt title, some flecking, otherwise a near fine copy, very scarce. A copy sold at a Melbourne auction house in 2023 for an astonishing $13,000. More
Canberra: Australian National Parks and Wildlife Service, 1982. Octavo, softcover. More
Columbia: University of Missouri Press, 1965. Octavo, illustrations, near fine copy in slightly sunned dustwrapper. More
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
Lawrence: University of Kansas, 1959. Octavo, wrappers, text illustrations. University of Kansas Publications, volume nine, number 17. More
Japan: Arthropodan Embryological Society of Japan, 1985. Octavo, text illustrations, softcover. More
Jakarta: Indonesian Ornithological Society, 1992. Octavo, softcover. More
Musselburgh: Author, 1995. Octavo, paperback, 160 colour photographs. More
Auckland: Century Hutchinson, 1986. Quarto, colour plates, fine copy in dustwrapper. More
Ithaca: Cornell University Press, 1988. Quarto, text illustrations, maps, fine copy. More
Hertfordshire: Fountain Press, 1975. Octavo, photographs, softcover. More
Seattle: Washington Sea Grant Program, (1984. reprint). Quarto, text illustrations, maps, softcover. More
Washington DC: Island Press, 2010. Octavo, softcover. In this concise introduction to water resources, Shimon Anisfeld explores the fundamental interactions between humans and water, including drinking, sanitation, irrigation, and power production. The book familiarizes students with the current water crisis and with approaches for managing this essential resource more effectively..... More
Amsterdam: Junk, 1973. Quarto, uncoloured illustrations. More
London: Frederick Westley and A. H. Davis, 1833. Octavo, four plates. Binder's diced cloth, rebacked. More
[Melbourne]: CSIRO, [1963]. Octavo, text illustrations, tape marks, stiff card. More
Leiden: Mortier en Zoon, 1824. folding chart. Modern binder's cloth, small stamp on title page. More