Books - "natural history"
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The Flora of Mt. Cook: A Handbook
With photographic Illustrations by Miss Dora de Beer, Prof RN Algie, Charles Beken, G Orras
Super octavo, illus stapled paper wrapper, errata slip, frontispiece, 55pp, illus, G+ (sellotape repairs to spine to hold wrapper on, tears with loss to spine extrems & cover corners, annotation in ink to front wrapper upper edge, staining to covers, tanning & foxing)
PUBLISHER: Lyttelton Times Company 1925
KEYWORDS: Arnold Wall Miss Dora de Beer Prof RN Algie Charles Beken G Arras Edith Wall New Zealand Mount Cook flora fauna natural history
Native Plants of Dunedin and Surrounding District
Octavo, brown/grey stapled paper wrapper with black lettering to front cover, 37pp, illus, VG- (soiling & staining to covers, rubbing to spine & edges, vertical crease/fold to book, browning & tanning, some annotation in pencil, owner's name & address in ink to title page, creasing to page corners)
PUBLISHER: Otago Daily Times & Witness Newspapers Co 1924
KEYWORDS: William Martin New Zealand Dunedin Otago native plants horticulture botany natural history flora plants
The Weather in the Imagination
Octavo softcover (fine); all our specials have minimal description to keep listing them viable. They are at least reading copies, complete and in reasonable condition, but usually secondhand; frequently they are superior examples. Ordering more than one book will reduce your overall postage costs.
PUBLISHER: Reaktion Books 2005
KEYWORDS: specials Lucian Boia weather meteorology anthropology psychology social cultural history climate forecasting global warming catastrophes natural disasters
A Manual of Botanic Terms
hardcover octavo (VG); all our specials have minimal description to keep listing them viable. They are at least reading copies, complete and in reasonable condition, but usually secondhand; frequently they are superior examples. Ordering more than one book will reduce your overall postage costs.
PUBLISHER: W. H. Allen 1873
KEYWORDS: specials M C Cooke botany reference guide manual dictionary natural history
The Sea Shore
hardcover octavo (VG+) in d/w (VG); all our specials have minimal description to keep listing them viable. They are at least reading copies, complete and in reasonable condition, but usually secondhand; frequently they are superior examples. Ordering more than one book will reduce your overall postage costs.
PUBLISHER: Collins 1958
KEYWORDS: specials C M Yonge natural history marine biology ecology botany animal plant kingdom New Naturlaits series
Mountains & Moorlands
hardcover octavo (nr fine) in d/w (VG+); all our specials have minimal description to keep listing them viable. They are at least reading copies, complete and in reasonable condition, but usually secondhand; frequently they are superior examples. Ordering more than one book will reduce your overall postage costs.
PUBLISHER: Collins 1960
KEYWORDS: specials W H Pearsall natural history botany geography flora wild life ecology
Australian Wild Life
hardcover super octavo (VG) in d/w (VG-); all our specials have minimal description to keep listing them viable. They are at least reading copies, complete and in reasonable condition, but usually secondhand; frequently they are superior examples. Ordering more than one book will reduce your overall postage costs.
PUBLISHER: Australiana Society 1946
KEYWORDS: specials Charles Barrett natural history ecology australia flora fauna botany
Newts and Salamanders
Everything about Selection, Care, Nutrition, Diseases, Breeding, and Behavior
Softcover octavo (VG) ; all our specials have minimal description to keep listing them viable. They are at least reading copies, complete and in reasonable condition, but usually secondhand; frequently they are superior examples. Ordering more than one book will reduce your overall postage costs
PUBLISHER: Barron's Educational Series, Inc. 1997
KEYWORDS: specials Frank Indiviglio natural history newts salamanders pets care breeding
The Natural History of New Zealand
An Ecological Survey
Hardcover imperial octavo (VG+) in d/w (VG) ; all our specials have minimal description to keep listing them viable. They are at least reading copies, complete and in reasonable condition, but usually secondhand; frequently they are superior examples. Ordering more than one book will reduce your overall postage costs
PUBLISHER: A.H. & A.W. Reed Ltd 1973
KEYWORDS: specials Gordon R Williams New Zealand natural history flora fauna wildlife
The Reed Field Guide to New Zealand Birds
Revised Edition
Octavo, illus dark blue heavy card boards, green eps, illus title page, 256pp, illus, VG+ (light rubbing to spine extrems, staining & nicks to boards, creasing to fep)
PUBLISHER: Reed Books 1998 reprint
KEYWORDS: Geoff Moon Reed field guide New Zealand birds ornithology photographic guide photographs natural history
Journey Through a Landscape: Paintings of New Zealand
First edition, square quarto, beige cloth boards with green lettering to spine, illus eps, illus half-title & title pages, 80pp, illus throughout plus 15 full-page colour plates tipped-in, nr fine, in d/w, VG (rubbing to spine extrems, corners & edges)
PUBLISHER: AH & AW Reed 1975
KEYWORDS: first edition Don Neilson Ian F Grant New Zealand art painting drawings sketches landscape scenery buildings natural history
Egmont and the Children of the Mountain Mist
Imperial octavo, illus beige light card covers with brown lettering & Mount Egmont/Taranaki picture mounted to front cover, printed fep, illus rear ep, 32pp, ill) with b&w photos, VG (tanning & foxing to covers, bruising, nicks & creasing to cover edges & corners,
PUBLISHER: Thomas Avery & Sons (undated)
KEYWORDS: Herbert Mace JW Chapman-Taylor New Zealand Mount Egmont Taranaki photography photographs natural history scenery Maori myths legends hisgtory
Act of God
Tutankhamen, Moses & the Myth of Atlantis
Paperback (VG) ; all our specials have minimal description to keep listing them viable. They are at least reading copies, complete and in reasonable condition, but usually secondhand; frequently they are superior examples. Ordering more than one book will reduce your overall postage costs.
PUBLISHER: Pan Books 1998
KEYWORDS: specials Graham Phillips ancient history natural disasters and biblical miracles Pharoah Tutankhamun Egyptian religion
The Secret Life of Tigers
Hardcover super octavo (VG+) in d/w (VG+) ; all our specials have minimal description to keep listing them viable. They are at least reading copies, complete and in reasonable condition, but usually secondhand; frequently they are superior examples. Ordering more than one book will reduce your overall postage costs.
PUBLISHER: Oxford University Press 1999
KEYWORDS: specials Valmik Thapar natural history fauna animals tigers India
Register of Thoroughbred Stallions of New Zealand 2012
Volume XXXIX
Softcover small folio (VG+) ; all our specials have minimal description to keep listing them viable. They are at least reading copies, complete and in reasonable condition, but usually secondhand; frequently they are superior examples. Ordering more than one book will reduce your overall postage costs.
PUBLISHER: New Zealand Thoroughbred Breeders' Association 2012
KEYWORDS: specials New Zealand Thoroughbred Breeders' Association New Zealand natural history animals horses
In Search of Ancient New Zealand
Signed and inscribed by author Hamish Campbell, Imperial octavo, illus light card covers with French flaps, white lettering to spine & front cover, illus eps, 239pp, illus, VG+ (sl wear to spine and cover extrems, sticker to front cover showing that it is an autographed edition).
PUBLISHER: Penguin & GNS Science 2007
KEYWORDS: Hamish Campbell Gerard Hutching New Zealand ancient natural history Zealandia kiwi kakapo kokako geology science
An Encyclopaedia of Geography: comprising a Complete Description of the Earth, Physical, Statistical, Civil and Political
Exhibiting its Relation to the Heavenly Bodies, its Physical Structure, the Natural History of each Country, and the Industry, Commerce, Political Institutions, and Civil and Social State of All Natio
Two-volume set complete, super octavo, marbled heavy card boards, quarter velum, black lettering on label to spine, xii + 1567pp + 16pp adverts, illus with over 1000 wood engravings, maps & diagrams, VG- (upper 8cm of spine missing & front board/spine fold cracked & loose to volume 1, both vols - rubbing, fading & soiling to boards & spines, inscription to fep, tanning & foxing to eps, browning to page edges, light foxing to occasional pages)
PUBLISHER: Longman, Rees, Orme, Brown, Green & Longman 1834
KEYWORDS: Hugh Murray William Wallace Robert Jameson WJ Hooker William Swainson encyclopaedia reference geography geology botany natural history zoology earth physical world politics government
A History of the Earth and Animated Nature in Six Volumes
Illustrated with Copper Plates. A New Edition with Corrections and Additions by W Turton
Beautiful six-volume set, octavo, bound in full leather, gilt rule to marbled polished leather board edges & gilt lettering to panelled spine, marbled page edges, xiiv + 439pp (vol 1), ii + 437pp (vol 2), ii + 412pp (vol 3), ii + 427pp (vol 4), ii + 444pp (vol 5), ii + 199pp + apeox 220pp index (vol 6), illus, VG+ (bruising & rubbing to board corners, esp to vol 1 & 2, fading to marbled page edges of vols 3 & 4, owner's name in ink to feps, some light foxing, creasing to occasional pages)
PUBLISHER: F Wingrave et al 1805
KEYWORDS: Oliver Goldsmith natural history animals zoology science nature
The Identification of Trees and Shrubs
How to name any wild or garden tree or shrub likely to be met with in the British Isles with 2,500 diagrams made by the author
Hardcover imperial octavo (VG) in d/w (VG) reprinted with corrections ; all our specials have minimal description to keep listing them viable. They are at least reading copies, complete and in reasonable condition, but usually secondhand; frequently they are superior examples. Ordering more than one book will reduce your overall postage costs
PUBLISHER: J.M. Dent & Sons Limited 1961
KEYWORDS: specials F K Makins gardening natural history botany trees shrubs
Legends of Maoriland: The Birds of Maoriland
The Raupo Series of School Readers
Scarce Raupo series, small octavo, patterned yellow & red light card stapled wrappers, 28pp, illus, VG+ (v slight soiling to cover edges)
PUBLISHER: AH & AW Reed (nd but c1935)
KEYWORDS: AH Reed New Zealand natural history birds Maori myths legends children's school readers