London: Octopus Publishing Group, 2016. Octavo, paperback, colour illustrations. A handy guide to plant binomials based on the bestselling RHS Latin for Gardeners. It contains 1,500 of the most useful and widespread Latin names, organised into thematic chapters including Colour, Size, Form and Habitat. Each chapter is further subdivided into... More
Johns Hopkins University Press, 2009. Large octavo, dustwrapper, BRAND NEW. With 1300 entries of the scientists whose names are linked to over 200 mammal species. This is a very handy reference for anyone interested in the history and nomenclature of natural history. More
Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press, 2011. Octavo, laminated boards, BRAND NEW. This reference book answers all your questions about the origins of the vernacular and scientific names of reptiles across the globe. This dictionary covers everyone after whom an extant or recently extinct reptile has been named. The entries include... More
New Brunswick: Rutgers University Press, 2008. Octavo, dustwrapper, line drawings. Zeus, Medusa, Hercules, Aphrodite. Did you know that these and other dynamic deities, heroes, and monsters of Greek and Roman mythology live on in the names of trees and flowers? Some grow in your local woodlands or right in your... More
Chicago: University of Chicago Press, 2007. Octavo, paperback, black and white illustrations, maps. Maps the 169 fish families that swim in fresh water around the world. This book includes the class, subclass, and order; a pronunciation guide to the family name; life cycle information; and various natural history facts. It... More
London: National Trust Books, 2015. Octavo, laminated boards, colour illustrations. Every gardener needs to know their Latin names. They may look confusing at first, but once you understand what certain key words mean, impenetrable-sounding and hard-to-pronounce species names are suddenly demystified. Many Latin names hide the secrets of where the... More
Portland OR: Timber Press, 2012. Octavo, laminated boards, BRAND NEW. This handy gardener's reference provides the derivation, meaning and pronunciation of the most popular and interesting garden plants. Common names and synonyms are cross-referenced to the botanical name. Names are organized alphabetically by generic name and these are followed by... More
Barcelona: Lynx Edicions, 2014. Quarto, dustwrapper, colour illustrations, maps. Having finished the Handbook of the Birds of the World (HBW), Lynx has now published a checklist in association with BirdLife: HBW And Birdlife International Illustrated Checklist Of The Birds Of The World. This is not part of the HBW collection... More
London: A & C Black, 2004. Octavo, dustwrapper, This book is a complete listing of all recognised mammal species in the world and covers 5,027 species. English and scientific names are given for each species as well as a brief summary of each species' range. An invaluable reference. More
Oxford: The Bodleian Library, 2014. Small octavo, publisher's boards, black and white illustrations. 'A murder of crows', 'a charm of goldfinches', 'an ostentation of peacocks': collective nouns for British birds have existed since at least the mid fifteenth century. They are thought to originate in texts about hunting, but have... More
Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, (2008. fourth edition, revised). Octavo, paperback, illustrations. An invaluable reference for botanists and horticulturalists. The first section gives an historical account of the significant changes in the ways that plants have been known and named. It documents the problems associated with an ever-increasing number of common... More
Chicago: University of Chicago Press, 2017. Octavo, dustwrapper, colour photographs, other illustrations. Over the centuries, natural history museums have evolved from being little more than musty repositories of stuffed animals and pinned bugs, to being crucial generators of new scientific knowledge. They have also become vibrant educational centers, full of... More
Berkeley: University of California Press, 2010. Octavo, paperback, graphs, tables. Ornithological Monographs No.66. More
Berkeley: University of California Press, 2005. Large octavo, paperback, black and white photographs, text illustrations. James L. Patton served as Curator of Mammals in the Museum of Vertebrate Zoology, and as Professor of Integrative Biology at the University of California, Berkeley, from 1969 until 2001. This book aims to bring... More
Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2006. Octavo, paperback, black and white illustrations. This book illustrates the key role played by taxonomy in the conservation and sustainable utilisation of plant biodiversity. It is a tribute to the work of Professor Vernon Heywood who has done so much to highlight the importance of... More
Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press, (1999. sixth edition). Quarto, photographs., very good set in dustwrappers. One of the classics of mammalian literature, constantly upgraded and always value for money. More
Ludlow: Merlin Unwin Books, (2014. reprint). Octavo, dustwrapper, colour illustrations. The collective nouns of animals and birds have long inspired and intrigued. Many have their roots in medieval times, in particular applied to those creatures hunted by man, and subject to the etiquette of their proper group names. Palin has... More
Greenwood: Roberts & Company, 2008. Quarto, paperback, colour illustrations. In 1990 Sibley and Monroe compiled a list of the world's birds. On that list were 9,672 species. In what has been something of a taxonomic revolution more have been added as vocalizations have been studied and DNA sequenced. Now there... More
Berkeley: University of California Press, 2005. Octavo, paperback, illustrations. Mammals first evolved at about the same time as dinosaurs, and their story is perhaps the more fascinating of the two--in part because it is also our own story. In this literate and entertaining book, eminent naturalist David Rains Wallace brings... More
Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2015. Octavo, laminated boards, colour and black and white photographs, line drawings. In an age when biodiversity is being lost at an unprecedented rate, it is vital that floristic and faunistic information is up to date, reliable and easily accessible for the formulation of effective conservation... More
Burlington: Elsevier, 2007. Quarto, laminated boards, colour illustrations. Knowledge of plant names can give insight into largely forgotten beliefs. Conceived as part of the author's interest in plant and tree lore and ethnobotanical studies, this book contains over 30,000 vernacular and literary English names of plants. More