Henri Jacob Victor Sody (1892-1959): his life and work.
Leiden: E J Brill, 1989. Octavo, photographs, fine copy in dustwrapper. More
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Bibliography of Captain James Cook R.N., F.R.S., Circumnavigator.
Sydney: The Library of New South Wales, (1970. second edition). Octavo, fine copy in dustwrapper. More
Tropical wild life in British Guiana: Zoological contributions from The Tropical Research Station of the New York Zoological Society, volume one [all published].
New York: New York Zoological Society, 1917. Octavo, four colour plates, photographs. Publisher's cloth, bookplate of H. L. White, a fine copy. More
Beneath tropic seas: a record of diving among the coral reefs of Haiti.
New York: G. P. Putnam's Sons, (1928. first edition). Octavo, photographs, very good copy in publisher's cloth. More
Edge of the jungle.
New York: Henry Holt and Company, (1921. first edition), Octavo, Publisher's cloth, slight wear, inscribed by the author and dated 1921. Berra p. 115. Later editions were published, including an English edition of 1923. More
The log of the sun: a chronicle of nature's year.
New York: Garden City Publishing, (1906. first edition). Octavo, frontispiece, spine sunned. The American and English editions were published in the same year. More
Pheasants: their lives and homes.
Garden City: New York Zoological Society, (1931. first edition). Quarto, colour plates by Lodge and others, a fine set in publisher's cloth. The reduced format version of Beebe's monumental 'A monograph of the pheasants', 1914-1918. More
Pheasants: their lives and homes.
New York: New York Zoological Society, 1926. Quarto, colour plates. Publisher's vellum cloth, top edge gilt, all other edges uncut, limited to to 250 numbered copies, signed by the author. First published as A Monograph of the Pheasants 1918-1922, in four folio volumes. The abridged edition was subsequently published as..... More
Species-checklist of the birds of New Guinea.
Melbourne: RAOU, 1985. Octavo, softcover. More
A biological assessment of the Reserve Naturelle Integrale d'Ankarafantisika, Madagascar.
Chicago: Conservation International, 2002. Quarto, illustrations, paperback. RAP Bulletin of Biological Assessment # 23. Text in French and English. More
An exaltation of Skylarks.
Pulborough: SMH Books, 1995. Octavo, colour photographs, softcover. "..a wonderfully varied anthology of lark-based prose and poetry collected by Stewart Beer, celebrates the efforts of no fewer than 131 writers, from Theocritus in the third century BC to the modern laureate, Ted Hughes." (Daily Telegraph Magazine). More
Photography for bird-lovers: a practical guide.
London: Witherby & Co, 1911. Octavo, photographs. Publisher's cloth, very good copy. More
Beeton's dictionary of natural history. A companion cyclopedia of the animal kingdom.
London: Ward Lock and Co., [1890]. Octavo, text illustrations, fine copy in publisher's cloth. More
New World parrots in crisis: solutions from conservation biology.
Washington: Smithsonian, 1992. Octavo, black and white photographs, paperback. More
The complete encyclopedia of birds.
Lisse: Rebo Publishers, (2006. Octavo, colour photographs, laminated boards. For a pot boiler hardly complete) this is a surpsingly good collection of decent photographs. More
Principles of comparative anatomy of invertebrates.
Chicago: University of Chicago Press, 1969. Octavo, text illustrations, signature, very good set. Volume one: promorphology. Volume two: organology. More
Listening to Cougar.
Boulder: University Press of Colorado, 2008. Octavo, paperback, illustrations. Describes aspects of Cougar natural history, such as its rugged habitat and how the males struggle to claim territory. This book features conservationists who relate the political history of America's greatest cat. Also available in hardcover [stock id 27414]. More
The birds of the district of Geelong, Australia.
Geelong: W. J. Griffiths, [1914]. Octavo, photographs, Publisher's cloth, inscribed "Autographed by me for the owner, this November 1950, C. F. Belcher (the author)", a superb crisp copy. More
The birds of Nyasaland: being a classified list of the species recorded for the Nyasaland Protectorate up to the year 1930, with brief descriptions and field notes, and a map.
London: Crosby Lockwood and Son, 1930. Octavo, folding map. Publisher's blue cloth, very light rubbing otherwise a very good copy. More
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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
Ernest Dieffenbach: rebel and humanist.
Palmerston North: Dunmore Press, 1976. Octavo, photographs, pencil annotations, dustwrapper. Johann Karl Ernst Dieffenbach (1811-1855) was the first trained scientist to live and work in New Zealand. More
The American cockroach.
London: Chapman and Hall, 1982. Octavo, photographs, very good copy in dustwrapper. More
The Queen's hidden garden: Buckingham Palace's treasury of wild plants.
London: David and Charles, 1984. Quarto, colour plates by Marjorie Lyon, fine copy in dustwrapper. More
A nature-lover's notebook.
Adelaide: Nature Lovers' League, [1931]. Octavo, photographs, signature, printed wrappers. More