Collins guide to the rare mammals of the world.
London: Collins, 1987. Octavo, laminated boards, colour plates by Bruce Pearson, foreword by Peter Scott, fine copy.
MAMMALS - Other groups
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Pandas.
London: Christopher Helm, 1990. Octavo, colour photographs and other illustrations, fine copy in dustwrapper. Deals with history, natural history and conservation of these popular animals.
The natural history of otters.
London: Croom Helm, 1985. Octavo, photographs, signature, softcover.
Horn of darkness: rhinos on the edge.
Oxford: Oxford University Press, 1997. Octavo, paperback, The Black Rhino is on the edge of extinction because of the demand for rhino-horn. To deter rhino poachers, authorities in Namibia have decided to dehorn the remaining population.
Les campagnols du bassin du Leman.
Paris: Bale et Geneve, 1867. Octavo, uncoloured lithograph and six chromolithograph plates. Early quarter calf and marbled boards, fine copy.
The natural history of moles.
London: Christopher Helm, 1990. Octavo, illustrations, fine copy in dustwrapper.
Wild mammals in captivity: principles and techniques.
Chicago: University of Chicago Press, 1996. Octavo, photographs, signature, dustwrapper. "[This] is a book for zoo people entering the twenty-first century because it synthesizes the theoretical and practical knowledge of wild mammals in captivity acquired so rapidly and abundantly in the last three decades.
The encyclopaedia of mammals.
London: George Allen and Unwin, 1984. Quarto, text illustrations, signature, a sound working set in slightly rubbed dustwrappers.
Platypus: the extraordinary story of how a curious creature baffled the world.
Crows Nest: Allen and Unwin, (2002. reprint). Octavo, colour plates, paperback. This is the enigmatic story of a biological riddle that confounded scientists for nearly ninety years, challenging theories of creationism, evolution and the classification of species along the way. Also available in hardcover [stock id 15518].
Symposia on Lagomorphs, Beaver, Bear, wolf and Mustelids.
Helsinki: Finnish Zoological PUblishing Board, 1983. Octavo, maps, wrappers.
Living mammals of the world.
London: Hamish Hamilton, [1962. reprint). Quarto, colour photographs, worn dustwrapper, llibrary stamp.
The last panda.
Chicago: University of Chicago Press, 1994. Octavo, paperback, colour illustrations, signature.
Mammals of the world
Baltimore: Johns Hopkins, (1975. third edition). Quarto, two volumes, photographs, fine set in slipcase The great classic on the world's mammals and although superceded by the Lynx publication, still very useful. And cheap!
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