SPIELMAN, ANDREW & D'ANTONIO, MICHAEL

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: Faber and Faber 2001

KEYWORDS: natural history bugs insects mosquitoes entomology pests

DOORLY, ELEANOR & DE LA MARE, WALTER (Intro) & GIBBINGS, ROBERT (Woodcuts)

Sm 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: Penguin 1949

KEYWORDS: naturalists natural history insects entomology Jean Henri Fabre

HUTCHINS, GRAHAM

Ex-library, 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 will reduce your overall postage costs.

PUBLISHER: Grantham House 2006

KEYWORDS: New Zealand natural disasters floods flooding history

SHEETS-PYENSON, SUSAN

Super octavo red buckram boards, black text to spine, xii + 144pp, illus, Nr FINE (v slight scuffing to board corners, v slight foxing to upper page edges) in d/w VG+ (v slight creasing to edges & v slight soiling to jacket)

PUBLISHER: McGill-Queens University Press 1988

KEYWORDS: science natural history museum museology colonial late nineteenth century

DARWIN, CHARLES & KEYNES, RICHARD DARWIN (Ed)

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: Cambridge University Press 2001

KEYWORDS: natural history Charles Darwin Beagle expedition exploration diaries journals

BATES, MARSTON

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: Harper & Row 1965

KEYWORDS: natural history entomology insects mosquitoes

GRIFFITHS, GEORGE

SIGNED, AUTHOR'S COPY WITH RESEARCH MATERIALS ENCLOSED, 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: John McIndoe 1978

KEYWORDS: george griffiths otago dunedin new zealand history natural disaster floof

SEBA, ALBERTUS

Folio, red heavy boards, black & white lettering to boards & spine, illus eps, frontispiece, 544pp, extensively illus, VG+ (light bruising & fading to spine, slight brusing to board edges, slight soiling to page edges) in d/w VG (light soiling & creasing to jacket & edges, light fading to spine, 2cm tear to spine of jacket with historic repair) in slipcase VG (light soiling & fading to slipcase, historic tape repairs to corners)

PUBLISHER: Taschen 2005

KEYWORDS: albertus seba natural history curiosities koninklijke biliotheek the hague

BROWNLEE, BETTY & LOCKLEY, RONALD

Quarto 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: Viking Penguin 1987

KEYWORDS: new zealand natural history wildlife animals birds aotearoa betty brownlee ronald lockley

DARWIN, CHARLES

Sm octavo, green buckram boards, gilt lettering & decoration to spine, gilt illus to front board, patterned eps, frontispiece with tissue guard, xi + 500pp, illus, VG- (light to moderate rubbing/scuffing to spine, light bruising & scuffing to board extrems, light chafing & soiling to boards, sl discolouration to spine, light to moderate tanning & foxing/soiling to page edges & eps, prev. bookseller's sm label to front pastedown, prev. owner's name in pencil to ffep, occasional minor foxing & soiling throughout, v heavy cracking to gutters throughout- binding quite weak, pgs193-208 loose but present, prev. owner's map & illus of Ascension tipped in to pgs470-471, closed tear with yellowing tape repair to bottom corner of pg267/268)

PUBLISHER: John Murray 1890

KEYWORDS: natural history Charles Darwin geology journals exploration HMS Beagle

DARWIN, CHARLES

Octavo, green buckram boards, gilt lettering to spine, blind rule to boards, deckled/rough cut page edges, xiii + 648pp, illus/folding maps [some missing or loose], VG- (moderate bruising & scuffing to spine & board extrems, moderate soiling to front board, heavy soiling to rear board, occasional points of insect damage to exterior & interior- deemed inactive, light to moderate tanning & foxing to page edges, moderate cracking to gutters sporadically throughout, prev. owners' names in ink & minor foxing to prelims, folding map at rear has multiple closed tears, lacks plates II-V, folding map of South America loose but present, pg629-630 detached but present, occasional ink & pencil markings to margins & underlining- unobtrusive & minor)

PUBLISHER: Smith, Elder & Co 1891

KEYWORDS: natural history Charles Darwin exploration geology volcanic landscapes volcanoes HMS Beagle South America American islands

CARTER, JENNIFER M T & CROSS, ROGER

Octavo softcover (VG+): all our specials have minimal description to keep listing them viable. They are at least reading copies, complete and reasonable condition, but usually secondhand ; frequently they are superior examples. Ordering more than one book will reduce your overall postage cost

PUBLISHER: Wakefiel Press 2013

KEYWORDS: Jennifer M.T Carter Roger Cross Australia women anthropoligist natural history

FRANKOPAN, PETER

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: Bloomsbury 2023

KEYWORDS: history earth geography natural empires

TEAGUE, BERNARD et al

THIRD PRINTING, Quarto,stapled red light card wrappers, black lettering on cover, 56pp, VG (light creasing on front cover with light bruising to extrems, light fading on the upper edge of the front cover and spine, light scuffing on front and back cover, light soiling/foxing and tanning on page edges, prev. owner's details in ink to inside front cover, light creasing in prelims and throughout)

PUBLISHER: The Murchison District Historical and Museum Society 1979

KEYWORDS: third printing earthquake Murchison Earthquake history natural disasters New Zealand personal accounts

LIVINGSTONE, DAVID & WALLER, HORACE (intro)

2 VOL SET BOARDS DETATCHED FOR VOL I. Super octavo, burgundy buckram boards,gilt lettering and illus to spines, gilt stamped illus to front boards, blind stamp decoration to board edges, frontispiece to both vols, vol 1 xx+360 folding map to rear and rear pocket, vol 2 vii+346pp+20pp ads to rear, illus, G+ ( strong fading & tanning to spines, moderate fraying to spine extrems, moderate soiling and scuffing to boards, moderate soiling and foxing to page edges, minor soiling & fading on eps, light foxing throughout, gift inscription in pen on fep of vol 1 [dated1880], boards detatched on vol 1, cracking to eps gutters on vol 2, minor soiling throughout vol 2)

PUBLISHER: John Murray 1875

KEYWORDS: David Livingstone explorer Africa England Britain exploration 19th century Nile natural history

SOLANDER, DANIEL & DUYKER, EDWARD

FIRST EDITION, super octavo, navy blue heavy boards, gilt lettering to spine with gilt decoration, VG+ in VG+ d/w (photos available on request)

PUBLISHER: The Miegunyah Press 1998

KEYWORDS: New Zealand nature natural history naturalist sailing biography Daniel Solander James Cook Joseph Banks exploration

KINGSTON, JEFF (ed.)

Super octavo softcover (VG+). Photos available on request. 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: Routledge 2012

KEYWORDS: Japan Japanese history natural didsster 21st century 2011

JERRAM, PETER

Super octavo softcover (VG+). Photos available on request. 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: Bateman Books 2024

KEYWORDS: New Zealand history sea ocean ships ferry Wahine storm natural disaster

ATTENBOROUGH, DAVID & Et Al

Square imperial octavo hardcover (VG+); Photos available on request. 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: Readers Digest 1980

KEYWORDS: nature wildlife David Attenborough photographs photography natural history zoology

TONGWAY, DAVID J & LUDWIG, JOHN A

Super octavo, printed light card wrappers, white lettering to front cover and spine, 189pp, illus/photos/diagrams, VG+ (photos available on request)

PUBLISHER: Island Press 2011

KEYWORDS: ecology restoration geology natural disasters mining history