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
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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
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, 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
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
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
Old garden roses, part two.
London: George Rainbird, 1957. Folio, eight plates, fine copy in dustwrapper. More
The Kingfisher.
Poole: Blandford Press, 1982. Octavo, colour photographs, 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
Plants of the world: the lower plants.
London: Thames and Hudson, 1965. Quarto, text illustrations, fine copy in dustwrapper. More
Waterbirds around the world.
Edinburgh: Stationery Office, 2006. Quarto, laminated boards, illustrations. Waterbirds are one the world's most attractive group of birds and among the most threatened. These include albatrosses, flamingos, swans, geese, ducks, cranes, waders, gulls, terns and auks... They share a dependency on the world's wetlands-seas, coasts, estuaries, lagoons, lochs, rivers, marshlands..... More
Herpetological results of the Vernay Angola Expedition.
New York: American Museum of Natural History, 1940. Large quarto, Publisher's wrappers, partly unopened, a fine copy. Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History, volume 77, article one. More
A preliminary analysis of the Herpetofauna of Sonora.
New York: American Museum of Natural History, 1940. Quarto, photographs, softcover. Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History, volume 83, article six. More
Butterflies: ecology and evolution taking flight.
Chicago: University of Chicago, 2003. Octavo, colour photographs, text illustrations, softcover. In Butterflies: ecology and evolution taking flight, the world's leading experts synthesize current knowledge of butterflies to show how the study of these fascinating creatures as model systems can lead to deeper understanding of ecological and evolutionary patterns and..... More
Introduction to the algae: structure and reproduction.
New Jersey: Prentice-Hall, 1978. Octavo, text illustrations, laminated boards. More
The robins and flycatchers of Australia.
Sydney: Angus and Robertson, 1988. Quarto, colour photographs, fine copy in dustwrapper. National Photographic Index, volume five. More
A new general catalogue of the ants of the world.
Cambridge MA: Harvard University Press, 1995. Quarto, laminated boards, Organized by family group, genus group, and species group, this meticulously detailed but easily used volume is the ultimate resource for myrmecology. Along with Bolton's Identification guide to the ant genera of the world, it will be the essential reference for..... More
Hominoid evolution and climatic change in Europe, volume two: phylogeny of the Neogene hominoid primates of Eurasia.
Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2001. Octavo, black and white illustrations, fine copy in dustwrapper. This volume explores hominoid evolution in Eurasia during the Miocene. What is the place of Europe in the origin of humankind? Whilst our earliest human ancestors may have come out of Africa, many of our more..... More
The fur seal of South Georgia.
London: British Antarctic Survey, 1968. Quarto, photographs, tables, softcover. More
Ocean frontiers: explorations by oceanographers on five continents.
New York: Abrams, 1992. Octavo, photographs, dustwrapper. More
Flora of the Shanghai area set: Volumes one, two and three.
Melbourne: Authors, 2002. Octavo, paperback, colour photographs, text illustrations. Volumes one and two bound in one: Flora of the Shanghai area: Volume 1: Pteridophyta, Volume 2: Gymnospermae. [stock id 11566]. Volume three: Flora of the Shanghai area: Book 2, Volume 3. Dicotyledoneae: Casuarinaceae to Apiaceae[stock id 25189]. The only books..... More