Birds of the Atlantic islands.
Edinburgh: Oliver & Boyd, 1963-1968. Quarto, colour plates by D. M. Henry, a near fine set in price-clipped dustwrappers. Volume four is titled History of the birds of Cape Verde Islands. More
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Birds of the Atlantic islands.
Edinburgh: Oliver & Boyd, 1963. Quarto, colour plates and text illustrations by D. M. Reid Henry. Bookplate in each volume, very good set in lightly worn dustwrappers. Volume four is titled History of the birds of Cape Verde Islands. More
The birds of the British Isles.
Edinburgh: Oliver and Boyd, 1953-1963. Quarto, colour plates by George E. Lodge, fine set in dustwrappers. Freight will be extra. More
The birds of west and equatorial Africa.
Edinburgh: Oliver and Boyd, 1953. Octavo, 30 colour plates and other illustrations, a very good set in slightly chipped dustwrappers. More
The birds of west and equatorial Africa.
Edinburgh: Oliver and Boyd, 1953. Octavo, 30 colour plates and other illustrations. Publisher's cloth, some light flecking, lacks dustwrappers, owner's stamp, a bright copy. More
The action plan for Australian cetaceans.
Canberra: Australian Nature Conservation Agency, 1996. Quarto, softcover. Wildlife Australia endangered species program, project number 380. More
Western Australian Humpback and Right Whales: an increasing success story.
Perth: WA Museum, 1995. Octavo, paperback, colour photographs. More
Marine ecosystems and global change.
Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2011. Octavo, colour illustrations, softcover. Global environmental change (including climate change, biodiversity loss, changes in hydrological and biogeochemical cycles, and intensive exploitation of natural resources) is having significant impacts on the world's oceans. This book advances knowledge of the structure and functioning of marine ecosystems, and..... More
Butterflies and moths at home.
London: Gowans and Gray, 1907. Duodecimo, photographs, softcover. Gowans's Nature Books, number four. More
Bats of America.
Lexington: University Press of Kentucky, 1969. Oblong format, colour photographs, chipped and worn dustwrapper. More
A contribution to the zoogeography of the West Indies, with especial reference to amphibians and reptiles.
Cambridge MA: Museum of Comparative Zoology, 1914. Quarto, one lithographic plate of frogs. Half green morocco, wrappers retained, a handsome copy. Memoirs of the Museum of Comparative Zoology, volume 44, number two. More
A contribution to the zoogeography of the West Indies, with especial reference to amphibians and reptiles.
Cambridge MA: Museum of Comparative Zoology, 1914. Quarto, one lithographic plate of frogs. binder's cloth, wrappers retained, owner's stamp, a fine copy. Memoirs of the Museum of Comparative Zoology, volume 44, number two. More
A list of Antillean reptiles and amphibians.
New York: New York Zoological Society, 1930. Quarto, Binder's cloth with title, wrappers retained. Zoologica: volume eleven, number four. More
Camels and the outback.
London: Angus and Robertson, 1964. Octavo, photographs, fine copy in dustwrapper. More
Identifying British insects and arachnids: an annotated bibliography of key works.
Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1999. Octavo, fine copy in laminated boards. A reference work providing an annotated bibliography of key works on insect groups. It provides descriptions of all groups, the most useful and up-to-date references for each and notes on their coverage and relevance. Also contains a chapter on..... More
Royal Entomological Society book of British insects.
London: John Wiley and Sons, 2011. Quarto, colour photographs, fine copy in laminated boards. This book is the only modern systematic account of all 558 families of British insects, covering not just the large and familiar groups that are included in popular books, but even the smallest and least known..... More
A bad birdwatcher's companion: 50 intimate portraits of Britain's best loved birds.
London: Short Books, 2005. Octavo, very good copy in dustwrapper. Few books are more intimidating than a conventional field guide. There are simply too many birds in them. This book introduces the reader to Britain's most obvious birds. But it does more than that: it also explains them. It explains..... More
The canary: its management, habits, breeding and training with directions for preparing show-birds.
London: George Routledge and Sons, [1890]. Octavo, text illustrations. Publisher's brown decorated cloth, very good copy. More
The canary: its management, habits, breeding and training with directions for preparing show-birds.
London: George Routledge and Sons, [1890]. Octavo, text illustrations. Publisher's green decorated cloth, bookseller's stamp. More
The canary: its management, habits, breeding and training with directions for preparing show-birds.
London: George Routledge and Sons, [1890]. Octavo, text illustrations. Publisher's brown decorated cloth with a pair of canaries, a very good copy. More
New Zealand in the wild: an illustrated A-Z of native and introduced birds, mammals, reptiles and amphibians.
Auckland: Collins, 1985. Quarto, paperback, colour photographs. More
The desert locust.
London: Eyre Methuen, 1972. Octavo, photographs, maps, very good copy in dustwrapper. More
Florida's snakes: a guide to their identification.
Gainesville: University Press of Florida, 2003. Quarto, paperback, colour photographs, maps. A comprehensive illustrated guide to the 86 species and subspecies of snakes and legless lizards found in Florida. Each reptile is described in detail, illustrated with a colour photograph and accompanied by a range map. More
Guide and reference to the Turtles and Lizards of Western North America (North of Mexico) and Hawaii.
Gainesville: University Press of Florida, 2009. Octavo, paperback, colour photographs, black and white photographs, maps. Suitable for amateur or professional naturalists, this title offers information on how to search for herpetofauna, habitat descriptions, captive care, and a special section on reptiles and the law make. More
In search of reptiles and amphibians.
Leiden: E J Brill, 1987. Octavo, photographs, paperback, bookplate of David Mcphee. More