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Acta [Twentieth] Congressus Internationalis Ornithologici: Christchurch, New Zealand, 2-9 December 1990.
Wellington: Ornithological Congress Trust Board, 1990-1991. Octavo, softcover. More
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The natural history and antiquities of Selborne, in the county of Southampton. By the late Rev. Gilbert White.
London: John Van Voorst, 1887. Octavo, engraved plates. Contemporary half green morroco and marbled boards, a handsome set. More
The life of reptiles.
New York: Universe Books, (1970. reprint). Octavo, text illustrations, fine set in dustwrappers. More
Bellamy's new world a botanical history of America.
London: BBC Books, 1983. Octavo, illustrations, fine copy in dustwrapper. More
The gardens and menagerie of the Zoological Society delineated.
London: Charles Tilt, 1831. Octavo, text illustrations. Publisher's quarter calf and velum boards, single cancelled library stamp, some foxing. Both title pages have a contemporary inscription in pencil "Only 6 copies. Published like this on India paper £15.15" Volume one: quadrupeds, volume two: birds. More
The gardens and menagerie of the Zoological Society delineated.
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
The fringe of the sea.
Adelaide: Rigby, (1966. first edition). Octavo, photographs, a fine copy in dustwrapper. More
The Great Barrier Reef.
Sydney: Lansdowne, (1981. reprint). Quarto, colour photographs, very good copy in dustwrapper. More
Reptiles and frogs of the Australian Capital Territory.
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
Type specimens of bird skins in the University Museum of Zoology, Cambridge, Unitied Kingdom.
Tring: British Ornithologists' Club, 1999. Octavo, coloured frontispiece, paperback. British Ornithologists' Club Occassional Publication, number four. More
Life histories of North American diving birds: Order Pygopodes.
New York: Dodd Mead & Company, 1946. Octavo, photographs, dustwrapper. More
Life histories of North American wood warblers: order Passeriformes.
Washington: Smithsonian Institute Press, 1953. Octavo, photographs, wrappers, partly unopened. Smithsonian Institution, Bulletin 203, More
Flora Australiensis: a description of the plants of the Australian territory.
London: Lovel Reeve, 1863-1878. Octavo, Binder's rexine, ex-library with stamps and pockets. WORKING COPY ONLY and priced accordingly, contents sound. For well over a century the standard reference on Australian flora, describing over 8000 plant species prepared by Bentham at Kew using the collection of the National Herbarium of Victoria..... More
Whose bird?: men and women commemorated in the common names of birds.
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
Ninety-nine gnats, nits, and nibblers.
Urbana: University of Illinois Press, 1989. Octavo, text illustrations. Minor tear on title page, otherwise a good copy. More
The Exotic Birds of Hawaii.
Norfolk Island: Island Heritage, 1977. Octavo, colour plates. Notes on the history and effect of over thirty introduced species. More
Hawaiian birdlife.
Honolulu: University Press of Hawaii, 1972. Quarto, colour plates, photographs, fine copy in dustwrapper. More
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Proceedings of the [twelfth] International Ornithological Congress: Helsinki, 5-12 June 1958.
Helsinki: Publisher unknown, 1960. Large octavo, two volumes, text illustrations, publisher's wrappers, a very good set. More
William Beebe: an annotated bibliography.
Hamden: Archon Books, 1977. Octavo, illustrations, fine copy in dustwrapper. More
Invertebrate taxonomy.
Melbourne: CSIRO, 1987. Octavo, text illustrations. Binder's cloth, a fine copy. More
The natural history of Orkney.
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
Orkney nature.
London: Poyser, 2000. Large octavo, colour photographs, illustrations by John Holloway, fine copy in dustwrapper. Brings the islands' animals, plants and scenic history to life for casual readers and specialists alike. More
Variation in mammalian populations.
London: Academic Press, 1970. Octavo, text illustrations, very good copy in worn dustwrapper. Symposium of the Zoological Society of London, number 26. More
Inheritance and natural history.
London: Collins, 1977. Octavo, colour photographs, signature, fine copy in dustwrapper. New Naturalist 61. More