London: John Van Voorst, 1887. Octavo, engraved plates. Contemporary half green morroco and marbled boards, a handsome set. More about The natural history and antiquities of Selborne, in the county of Southampton. By the late Rev....

New York: Universe Books, (1970. reprint). Octavo, text illustrations, fine set in dustwrappers. More about The life of reptiles

London: Thomas Tegg, 1830-1831. Tall octavo, text illustrations. Contemporary full diced calf, badly rubbed, spines fragile and damaged, bookplates; contents sound. Volume one: Quadrupeds; volume two: Birds published by John Sharpe. The Zoological Society (of London) was founded in 1826 and this is the first publication on the zoo's inhabitants... More about The gardens and menagerie of the Zoological Society delineated

Woden: National Parks Association of the ACT, (2011. reprint). Octavo, paperback, colour photographs. The book combines concise descriptions with superb photography to allow accurate identification of all fifty-four reptiles and fifteen frogs found in the region. Additional information describes their distribution and gives an insight into their private and often... More about Reptiles and frogs of the Australian Capital Territory

Washington: Smithsonian Institute Press, 1953. Octavo, photographs, wrappers, partly unopened. Smithsonian Institution, Bulletin 203, More about Life histories of North American wood warblers: order Passeriformes

London: Christopher Helm, 2003. Octavo, paperback, black and white photographs, text illustrations. Birders often wonder about the people commemorated in the names of many of our familiar birds. In this book biographies detail the life and work of the individual involved, often revealing fascinating insights about the nature of bird... More about Whose bird?: men and women commemorated in the common names of birds

Honolulu: University Press of Hawaii, 1972. Quarto, colour plates, photographs, fine copy in dustwrapper. More about Hawaiian birdlife

Hamden: Archon Books, 1977. Octavo, illustrations, fine copy in dustwrapper. More about William Beebe: an annotated bibliography

London: Collins, 1985. Octavo, photographs, texta line on bottom edge, fine copy in unclipped dustwrapper. New Naturalist 70. One of the rarest of all New Naturalist, only 750 copies of the hardcover were produced. This is a genuine first with 'NN' on the spine, 500 copies of the paperback were... More about The natural history of Orkney

London: Academic Press, 1970. Octavo, text illustrations, very good copy in worn dustwrapper. Symposium of the Zoological Society of London, number 26. More about Variation in mammalian populations

London: Collins, (1980. first edition). Octavo, photographs, bookplate, fine copy in unclipped dustwrapper, scarce. New Naturalist 64. More about The natural history of Shetland

Bologna: Dall' Olmo et Tio, 1839. Quarto, 14 handcoloured (five folding) engraved plates. Modern binder's cloth, contents fine and crisp. Four papers by Bertoloni. 1. Continuatio historiae horti botanici et scholae botanicae Archigymnasii Bononiensis adjectis descriptionibus trium novarum plantarum, [1834]. Pp. 1-18, two handcoloured engraved plates (one folding). 2. Commentarius... More about Novi commentarii Academiae Scientiarum Instituti Bononiensis, tomus tertius

Leicester: Windward, (1980. reprint). Octavo, illustrations, owner's signature, very good in dustwrapper. First published in 1790. "Such animals as I knew, I drew from memory on the wood; others which I did not know were copied from 'Dr Smellie's Abridgement of Buffon,' and other naturalists, and also from the animals... More about A general history of the quadrupeds [facsimile