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$450.00
2s3a/22

The Various Contrivances by Which Orchids are Fertilised by Insects


DARWIN, CHARLES

Second edition revised, octavo, green cloth boards with gilt lettering to spine, xvi + 300pp, illus, VG (light rubbing to boards, light bruising to spine extrems, light foxing to page edges)

PUBLISHER: John Murray 1882

KEYWORDS: botany natural history Orchids plants flora insects

$18.00
xxple136569

Of Fish and Men


MILLER, JOHN

First edition. super octavo hardcover (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: Jarrolds Publishers (London) Ltd 1958

KEYWORDS: Aquarium zoo fish biography John Miller natural history

$18.50
xxplj136931

New Zealand: Land of Birds


GEOFF. MOON

large quarto hardcover (VG+) with 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: New Holland Publishers 2001 (?)

KEYWORDS: New Zealand birds ornithology nature photographs colour plates natural history

$40.00
2s3a/49

Bernice Pauahi Bishop Museum of Polynesian Ethnology and Natural History: The Langauges of the Pacific


BROWN, J. MACMILLAN

Super octavo, grey stapled wrappers, 17pp, VG (light rubbing & light soiling to wrapper)

PUBLISHER: Bishop Museum Press 1920

KEYWORDS: Ethnology Polynesia natural history

$17.50
xxhvc137518

Tui: A Nest in the Bush


LIPSCOMBE, MEG

octavo hardcover (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 cost

PUBLISHER: Craig Potton 2013

KEYWORDS: Tui Birds New Zealand natural history

$40.00
2g27a/1

Fiji's Natural Heritage


RYAN, PADDY

Quarto, black heavu card boards, gilt lettering to spine, illus eps & prelims, 288pp, illus, nr fine, in d/w, VG+ (light creasing to edges, v light scuffing to covers)

PUBLISHER: Exisle Publishing 2000

KEYWORDS: Fiji nature illustrated coral reefs botany wildlife animals plants tropical species natural history

$28.00
xxfgb139606

Science in History, Volumes 1-3: The Emergence of Science, The Scientific and Industrial Revolutions, The Natural Sciences in Our Time.


BERNAL, J.D

Octavo softcover (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 cost

PUBLISHER: Penguin Books 1965

KEYWORDS: science in history natural ancient industrial revolution

$27.50
1w46/31

Where to Watch Birds in New Zealand: More Than 30 of the Country's Best Birding Locations


OMBLER, KATHY

Octavo, illus light card covers, illus title page, 272pp, illus, VG+ (light rubbing to cover)

PUBLISHER: New Holland 2010

KEYWORDS: New Zealand birds ornithology natural history

$100.00
1w47/13

State Museum: Memoir 15: Wild Flowers of New York: 2 Volumes


HOUSE, HOMER D.

2 vol set, Quarto, green cloth boards with gilt lettering to spine, 185pp (vol1), 177(vol2), illus, VG (light rubbing to boards, light bruising to spine extrems & board corners, light tanning & light foxing to page edges)

PUBLISHER: University of the State of New York 1923

KEYWORDS: botany New York natural history plants wild flowers biology

$85.00
1w47/14

The Aloes of South Africa


REYNOLDS, GILBERT WESTACOTT

Super octavo, green cloth boards with gilt lettering to spine & front board, xviii + 534pp, illus, VG+ (light tanning to page edges) in d/w VG (moderate bruising to spine extrems, light rubbing, light fading to spine)

PUBLISHER: A.A. Balkema 1974

KEYWORDS: botany natural history plants Aloe South Africa biology

$40.00
1w49/5

Coastal Ecosystem Processes


ALONGI, DANIEL M.

Super octavo, illus boards, 419pp, illus, Nr Fine

PUBLISHER: CRC 1998

KEYWORDS: natural history environment coastal ecosystems marine science

$26.50
xxqcf142365

Sagarmatha Mother of the Universe: The Story of Mt Everest National Park


HILLARY, SIR EDMUND (fore)

Copy of mountaineer Mavis Davidson, octavo hardcover (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 cost

PUBLISHER: Cobb Horwood 1985

KEYWORDS: Geography natural history Mount Everest Nepal Himalaya

$75.00
1u32/23

Classical and Middle Armenian Bird Names:a Linguistic, Taxonomic, and Mythological Study


GREPPIN, JOHN A.C.

Super octavo, creme cloth boards with blue lettering to spine & front boards, xxi + 290pp, illus, VG (light soiling to boards, light foxing to page edges)

PUBLISHER: Caravan Books 1978

KEYWORDS: birds ornithology natural history Armenia mythology reference

$10.00
xxqcj142995

Zoo Quest to Guiana


ATTENBOROUGH, DAVID

Octavo hardcover (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 cost

PUBLISHER: The Reprint Society 1958

KEYWORDS: Biography natural history Guiana

$45.00
1u35/35

New Zealand Birds


OLIVER, W.R.B.

First edition, imperial octavo, green cloth boards, gilt lettering to spine, illus eps, frontispiece, viii + 541pp, illus, VG (very light foxing to eps & page edges, bookshop ink stamp on front pastedown, slight crack to gutter around p515, minor bruising to extrems) in d/w VG- (moderate browning, creasing to extrems, light rubbing)

PUBLISHER: Fine Arts (NZ) Ltd 1930

KEYWORDS: Birds ornithology New Zealand natural history

$60.00
1u36/1

Hongos: Especies Alucinogenas


FURST, PETER

Text in Spanish, super octavo, illus light card covers, 120pp, illus, VG (light rubbing to covers, light foxing to page edges)

PUBLISHER: Diana 1995

KEYWORDS: text in Spanish mushrooms natural history culture

$70.00
1u37/15

The Mentality of Apes


KOHLER, WOLFGANG

Very Early primatology, super octavo, green cloth boards with gilt lettering to spine, frontipiece, viii + 336pp, illus, VG (light soiling & light rubbing to boards, light bruising to spine extrems, light foxing to page edges, bookseller's label to front pastedown)

PUBLISHER: Kegan Paul, Trench, Trubner & co. 1931

KEYWORDS: apes primatology natural history primates animals

$70.00
1u38/17

Arthur's Pass and the Otira Gorge


BAUGHNAN, B. E.

Octavo, purple light card covers with yapp edges, green & red lettering and lovely colour bird illus to front cover, frontispiece, 68pp, illus, VG

PUBLISHER: Whitcombe & Tombs Limited 1925 (?)

KEYWORDS: New Zealand Arthur's Pass Otira Gorge souvenir guide tourism natural history

$19.50
xxqed144310

Pacific Sea Shells: A Handbook fo Common Marine Molluscs of Hawaii and the South Seas


TINKER, SPENCER WILKIE

super octavo hardcover (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 cost

PUBLISHER: Charles E Tuttle 1970

KEYWORDS: sea shells moluscs Pacific marine natural history Hawaii South Seas

$65.00
1y9/28

Kapiti Bird Sanctuary: A Natural History of the Island


WILKINSON, A. H. & WILKINSON, AMY

octavo, light-blue heavy card board covers, dark blue lettering to spine and front cover, bird/landscape illus to front cover, illus title page, frontispiece, illus, 190pp, VG ( v.slight tanning & foxing to spine, covers, page edges & eps, v. few pencil notes/underlinings, rep is water-marked) in d/w shabby (moderately bruised; faded, particularly spine; moderate rubbing & slight soiling - has been put in protective plastic cover- 1.5x3cm hole in spine) a very pretty book

PUBLISHER: R. H. D. Stidolph 1952

KEYWORDS: Kapiti bird ornithology nature natural history New Zealand birds

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