Books - "natural history"
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The Various Contrivances by Which Orchids are Fertilised by Insects
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
Of Fish and Men
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
New Zealand: Land of Birds
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
Bernice Pauahi Bishop Museum of Polynesian Ethnology and Natural History: The Langauges of the Pacific
Super octavo, grey stapled wrappers, 17pp, VG (light rubbing & light soiling to wrapper)
PUBLISHER: Bishop Museum Press 1920
KEYWORDS: Ethnology Polynesia natural history
Tui: A Nest in the Bush
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
Fiji's Natural Heritage
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
Science in History, Volumes 1-3: The Emergence of Science, The Scientific and Industrial Revolutions, The Natural Sciences in Our Time.
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
Where to Watch Birds in New Zealand: More Than 30 of the Country's Best Birding Locations
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
State Museum: Memoir 15: Wild Flowers of New York: 2 Volumes
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
The Aloes of South Africa
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
Coastal Ecosystem Processes
Super octavo, illus boards, 419pp, illus, Nr Fine
PUBLISHER: CRC 1998
KEYWORDS: natural history environment coastal ecosystems marine science
Sagarmatha Mother of the Universe: The Story of Mt Everest National Park
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
Classical and Middle Armenian Bird Names:a Linguistic, Taxonomic, and Mythological Study
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
Zoo Quest to Guiana
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
New Zealand Birds
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
Hongos: Especies Alucinogenas
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
The Mentality of Apes
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
Arthur's Pass and the Otira Gorge
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
Pacific Sea Shells: A Handbook fo Common Marine Molluscs of Hawaii and the South Seas
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
Kapiti Bird Sanctuary: A Natural History of the Island
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