MACLEAN, NORMAN

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 may reduce your overall postage costs.

PUBLISHER: Adam & Charles Black 1980

KEYWORDS: hobbies angling fly fishing flyfishing trout grayling biology marine life natural history zoology

BROOKES, RICHARD

Sm octavo, marbled heavy half leather bound boards, ornate woodcut to full title page, unpaginated prelims, 249pp + unpaginate dindex to rear, illus/woodcuts, G- (heavy vertical crack to spine- page block completely cracked in half at spine, v heavy cracking to front gutter- front board partially detached, heavy cracking to rear gutter, v heavy rubbing to spine & boards/edges- some surface loss, 2cm loss to top spine extrem, heavy tanning & soiling to page edges, age appropriate staining to pages- esp. prelims & terminals, insect damage to terminals- moderate loss to last index page & glued to rear ep, historic prev. owner's name in ink to title page, light to moderate foxing throughout)

PUBLISHER: John Watts at the Printing Office in Wild-Court near Lincoln's-Inn Fields 1740

KEYWORDS: hobbies angling flyfishing fly fishing sea-fishing natural history marine life antiquarian books antique

SCROPE, WILLIAM & HAGHE, L (Illus) & LANDSEER, T (Illus) & WILLIAMS, S (Illus)

Super octavo, black half leather bound boards, gilt lettering & raised bands to spine, teg, frontispiece, xvii + 298pp, plates/illus with loosely enclosed tissue guards, VG+ (light bruising & rubbing to spine & board extrems, light tanning & foxing to page edges, sl chafing to boards, ex-libris plate to front pastedown, minor tanning & foxing to plates although largely still very tidy)

PUBLISHER: John Murray 1843

KEYWORDS: angling fly fishing flyfishing salmon hobbies historical natural history fish tweed

KNIGHT, CATHERINE

Super octavo, illus light card covers with french flaps, black lettering to spine, 323pp, illus/photos, VG (light creasing to cover edges)

PUBLISHER: Canterbury University Press 2016

KEYWORDS: New Zealand environment natural history geology rivers waterways

SCOTT, PETER & WESTON-SMITH, MIRANDA (ed) & SCOTT, PHILIPPA (photos)

Imperial 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: Collins 1985

KEYWORDS: natural history naturalist memoir autobiography

THOMSON, GEORGE M

REBOUND EXTRACT FROM TRANSACTIONS. Super 8vo 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: n/p

KEYWORDS: New Zealand Otago habour fish hatchery Portobello natural history

THOMSON, GEORGE M

REBOUND EXTRACT FROM TRANSACTIONS. Super 8vo 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: n/p

KEYWORDS: New Zealand Otago habour fish hatchery Portobello natural history

N/A

POSSIBLY FIRST EDITION, sm octavo, red buckram boards, gilt lettering to spine, blind rule & decoration to spine & boards, illus title page, 192pp, illus, VG (light bruising & scuffing to spine & board extrems, moderate chafing/soiling & wrinkling to spine & boards, light to moderate tanning & soiling to page edges & eps, minor damp staining & ink markings to front eps, light foxing & water staining to prelims, light smatterings of foxing throughout, some pages may remain uncut)

PUBLISHER: The Religious Tract Society N/D (c.1857)

KEYWORDS: first editions (possibly!) zoology biology animals nature natural history

GURUNG, K K & SINGH, RAJ

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 may reduce your overall postage costs.

PUBLISHER: Academic Press 1996

KEYWORDS: mammals wildlife India Indian illustrated natural history identification

RICE, TONY; BELLAMY. DAVID (introd)

Super 8vo 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: Allen & Unwin 2008

KEYWORDS: natural history voyages expeditions exploring explorer naturalist science

LAMOND, HENRY

TASTEFULLY REBOUND. 4to, xi + 219 pp.; half-bound in green leather double roll-tooled in black & marbled bds, gilt panel spine with lettering to two panels, fish illus. to four panels; teg, fore & bottom edges deckled, frontis., plates; VG+ (minor scuffing & soiling to bds; light bruising to spine & board edges & extrems; light tanning & soiling to pg edges; light tanning & foxing to prelims & terminals; light foxing throughout).

PUBLISHER: Sherratt & Hughes 1916

KEYWORDS: Henry Lamond fish fishing angler angling literature trour sea-trout sea trout natural history wildlife rivers streams sea animals

RUSE, MICHAEL & TRAVIS, JOSEPH & WILSON, EDWARD O (Fore)

Super 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 may reduce your overall postage costs.

PUBLISHER: Belknap Press / Harvard University Press 2009

KEYWORDS: natural history evolution biology paleontology

SIMPSON, PHILIP

Imperial octavo, black heavy boards, blind stamp lettering to front board only, frontispiece, xii + 288pp, illus/photos, VG+ (sl bruising to spine extrems) in d/w, VG+ (sl creasing to edges, light soiling to spine)

PUBLISHER: Auckland University Press 2017

KEYWORDS: New Zealand indigenous trees native Totara culture natural history nature

GRAYLAND, EUGENE C

Super octavo hardcover (VG) lacks d/w; 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 1963

KEYWORDS: new zealand history disaster natural earthquake

MORRIS, BILL

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: Exisle 2022

KEYWORDS: gondwana prehistory tectonic drift supercontinent natural history

GRIEVE, HILDA & SPARKE, P A (Maps Drawn by)

FOLDING MAP AT REAR POCKET, tidy ex-libray, imperial octavo, green buckram boards, gilt lettering to spine, frontispiece, unpaginated prelims + 883pp, illus/photos, VG (usual library markings, moderate rubbing & bruising to spine & board edges/extrems, minor tape staining to board edges & eps, light to moderate tanning & soiling to page edges & eps, moderate cracking to rear gutter, light foxing to rear eps) in d/w, VG (moderate creasing & chipping/closed tearing to edges, light to moderate wrinkling & chafing/soiling)

PUBLISHER: County Council of Essex 1959

KEYWORDS: Great Britain England British English history flooding disaster floods Essex 20th twentieth century natural disasters

HOLDER, CHARLES FREDERICK

Crown 8vo, pp. xiv + 330; brown buckram bds, black label to spine lettered in gilt, spine & front board lettered in black & decorated in red; frontis., plates; VG (light scuffing & soiling to bds; light to moderate bruising to spine & board edges & extrems with light chipping; light tanning & soiling to pg edges; light tanning & foxing to eps, prelims & terminals; prev ownership inscription in pencil to ffep; light cracking to front & central gutters).

PUBLISHER: Charles Scribner's Sons 1891

KEYWORDS: Charles Frederick Holder 19th century elephant wildlife animals natural history zoology

JEFFERIES, RICHARD; WHYMPER, CHARLES (illus.)

8vo 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 costs

PUBLISHER: Smith, Elder, & Co. 1906

KEYWORDS: 20th century game sport rural life natural history

VON HOCHSTETTER, Dr FERDINAND & SAUTER, EDWARD (Trans)

ALL PLATES & BOTH MAPS PRESENT, imperial octavo, teal/blue textured buckram boards, gilt lettering & blind decoration to spine, gilt illus & blind decoration to front board, marbled page edges, illus/patterned eps, frontispiece with tissue guard, xvi + 515pp, folding maps to rear, G+ (spine completely detached but present- with minor chipping also, moderate scuffing to board extrems, light chafing to boards, moderate tanning & soiling to page edges, ex-libris plate to front pastedown, 5cm tear to front gutter, gift inscription in ink to ffep, moderate foxing to prelims & terminals, lettering to rear eps in pencil, minor closed tearing & foxing to folding maps)

PUBLISHER: J G Cotta 1867

KEYWORDS: New Zealand geography natural history geology Auckland Nelson

NIGHTINGALE, NEIL

Imperial 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 may reduce your overall postage costs.

PUBLISHER: BBC Books 1992

KEYWORDS: nature wildlife New Guinea natural history