NATURAL HISTORY
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BIRDS NEW TO SCIENCE: FIFTY YEARS OF AVIAN DISCOVERIES
Written by David Brewer.
Stock no. 1826891
Published by Christopher Helm.
1st
2018.
Slightly better than very good condition.
Documenting more than half a century of remarkable bird discoveries, covering around 300 species. A rich reference to an incredible era of adventure in ornithology. Pictorial glazed boards. Colour photos. ISBN: 9781472906281. Base of spine lightly rubbed, rear board lightly scuffed. Contents clean.
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- NATURAL HISTORY
- ORNITHOLOGY
FORECAST: A DIARY OF THE LOST SEASONS
Written by Joe Shute.
Stock no. 1826874
Published by Bloomsbury Publishing Plc.
1st
2021.
Nearly fine condition in a nearly fine dustwrapper.
The author has spent years unpicking Britain's love affair with the weather, poring over the centuries of folklore, customs and rituals our seasons have inspired. In recent years, the author has noticed the British seasons are changing far faster and more profoundly than we realise. Daffodils in December, Frogspawn in November, Swallows that no longer fly home, floods, wildfires and winters without snow. Here the author travels all over Britain tracing the history of the seasons, and discovering the extent to which we are now growing disconnected from them... Navy blue cloth boards, gilt title to spine. B/w chapter headers. ISBN: 9781472976741. A nice copy.
- Categorised in:
- SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY
- METEOROLOGY AND CLIMATE
- NATURAL HISTORY
DRY STORE ROOM No.1: THE SECRET LIFE OF THE NATURAL HISTORY MUSEUM
Written by Richard Fortey.
Stock no. 1826866
Published by Harper Press.
1st
2008.
Nearly fine condition in a nearly fine dustwrapper.
Richard Fortey, former senior palaeontologist at London's Natural History Museum, celebrates the pioneering work of the Museum from its inception to the present day. Green cloth boards, orange foil title to spine. Colour & b/w illustrations. ISBN: 9780007209880. Dustwrapper is lightly creased at edges and a little scuffed.
- Categorised in:
- NATURAL HISTORY
- NATURAL HISTORY GENERAL
- MUSEUMS
FAR FROM LAND: THE MYSTERIOUS LIVES OF SEABIRDS
Written by Michael Brooke.
Illustrated by Bruce Pearson.
Stock no. 1826864
Published by Princeton University Press.
1st
2018.
Nearly fine condition in a very good dustwrapper.
A up-close look at the activities of seabirds around the globe. Blue cloth boards, silver title to spine. B/w illustrations, colour photos. ISBN: 9780691174181. Front board slightly upward bowed, text block very slightly grubby. Contents clean. Pictorial dustwrapper is a little grubby.
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- NATURAL HISTORY
- ORNITHOLOGY
THE SECRET LIFE OF A MEADOW
Written by Wilson Wall; David Morgan.
Stock no. 1326186
Published by White Owl; Pen & Sword Books.
1st
2023.
Slightly better than very good condition in a slightly better than very good dustwrapper.
Read this book and help your local green space to become a meadow and revel in it. Blue boards, silver title to spine. 176 pages. Colour photos throughout. ISBN: 9781399072540. Minimal bumping to spine. Contents fine. Minimal creasing/rubbing to wrapper edges.
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- NATURAL HISTORY
- NATURAL HISTORY GENERAL
- ECOLOGY
FISHES OF MALAYSIA
Written by Mohd Azmi Ambak; Mansor Mat Isa; Mohd Zaidi Zakaria; Mazlan Abd Ghaffar.
Stock no. 1826760
Published by Penerbit UMT.
1st
2010.
Very good condition.
Presenting the diversity of fishes found in Malaysia. Large format. Pictorial glazed boards. Colour photos. ISBN: 9789675366260. Boards scuffed. Text block just a little grubby. University rubber stamp to front endpaper and a second rubber stamp messily scribbled out with black felt tip pen. Contents otherwise clean.
- Categorised in:
- NATURAL HISTORY
- MARINE LIFE
- FISH
- ASIA
- FRESHWATER LIFE
WORLD TIMBERS VOLUME THREE: ASIA & AUSTRALIA & NEW ZEALAND
Written by B.J. Rendle.
Stock no. 1826759
Published by Ernest Benn Limited.
1st
1970.
Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.
A comprehensive work containing some of the better known world timbers illustrated in colour and concisely described with the minimum of technical terms. The information is presented in a form designed to appeal to those who are interested in timber but are not specialists in wood technology. Intended primarily for use by architects and their clients, the timber trade, and timber-using industries. Large format. Green cloth boards, gilt title to spine. ISBN: 0802017185. Previous owner's bookplate to front and rear pastedown. Text block and page edges lightly browned. Black dustwrapper with green spine is lightly rubbed at edges and lightly scuffed.
- Categorised in:
- NATURAL HISTORY
- BOTANY
- TREES
- ARCHITECTURE
- ASIA
- AUSTRALIA
- NEW ZEALAND
WORLD TIMBERS VOLUME TWO: NORTH & SOUTH AMERICA (INCLUDING CENTRAL AMERICA & THE WEST INDIES)
Written by B.J. Rendle.
Stock no. 1826758
Published by Ernest Benn Limited.
1st
1969.
Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.
A comprehensive work containing some of the better known world timbers illustrated in colour and concisely described with the minimum of technical terms. The information is presented in a form designed to appeal to those who are interested in timber but are not specialists in wood technology. Intended primarily for use by architects and their clients, the timber trade, and timber-using industries. Large format. Green cloth boards, gilt title to spine. ISBN: 0802016677. A few minor marks to boards, lower corners lightly bumped. Previous owner's library label to front and rear pastedown. Light browning to page edges and text block. Black dustwrapper with yellow spine is lightly rubbed and scuffed.
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- NATURAL HISTORY
- BOTANY
- TREES
- ARCHITECTURE
- NORTH AMERICA
- SOUTH AMERICA
- CENTRAL AMERICA
- WEST INDIES
WORLD TIMBERS VOLUME ONE: EUROPE & AFRICA
Written by B.J. Rendle.
Stock no. 1826757
Published by Ernest Benn Limited.
1st
1969.
Very good condition in a almost very good dustwrapper.
A comprehensive work containing some of the better known world timbers illustrated in colour and concisely described with the minimum of technical terms. The information is presented in a form designed to appeal to those who are interested in timber but are not specialists in wood technology. Intended primarily for use by architects and their clients, the timber trade, and timber-using industries. Large format. Green cloth boards, gilt title to spine. ISBN: 0802015700. Presentation plate attached to front endpaper '...on the occasion of planting a tree in the Arboretum at the White House to mark the centenary of the Benn Brother's publication Timber Trades Journal June 7 1973', large b/w photo depicting this to front pastedown. Marks to front endpapers. Text block browned and page edges lightly so. Black dustwrapper with red spine is worn at edges, spine and front panel title is faded, some loss to top and tail of spine, some damp staining present mainly to verso and flap edges.
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- NATURAL HISTORY
- BOTANY
- TREES
- ARCHITECTURE
- EUROPE
- AFRICA
PARROTS OF THE WORLD
Written by Joseph M. Forshaw.
Illustrated by William T. Cooper.
Stock no. 1826749
Published by Blandford Press.
3rd
1989.
Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.
Large format. Third edition, fully revised. 672 pages. All species of parrots are described and illustrated. Definitive reference work on parrots, including a newly discovered species. Almost 500 birds are magnificently illustrated in colour by Cooper. New plates depict what are now known to be differences between plumage of young and old birds, various colour phases of birds and new groupings. ISBN: 0713721340. Top & tail of spine and lower edges of boards rubbed. Lower corner of boards lightly bumped. Text block a little grubby, small mark to index page 670. Else contents clean. Pictorial dustwrapper has remains of a label to lower front corner and is a little grubby. Slight cigarette odour present.
- Categorised in:
- NATURAL HISTORY
- ORNITHOLOGY
- PARROTS
NANOQ: FLAT OUT AND BLUESOME A CULTURAL LIFE OF POLAR BEARS
Written by Bryndis Snaebjornsdottir; Mark Wilson.
Stock no. 1826723
Published by Black Dog Publishing.
1st
2006.
Slightly better than very good condition.
Between 2001 and 2004, artists Snaebjornsdottir and Wilson undertook a survey of taxidermic polar bears in the UK. They photographed each specimen - in storage, on display or undergoing restoration. They researched the histories of each and wherever possible identified the date, place and the individual associated with its death or capture. Pictorial cardwraps. Colour photos. ISBN: 1904772390. A nice copy of an unusual topic.
- Categorised in:
- ART
- TAXIDERMY
- BEAR
- NATURAL HISTORY
COMMON BIRDS OF QATAR
Written by Hanne Eriksen; Jens Eriksen; Frances Gillespie.
Stock no. 1826720
1st
2010.
Very good condition.
All the common birds found in Qatar and a few not so common. Privately published by the authors. Pictorial cardwraps. Colour photos. ISBN: 9789948157472. Covers lightly creased. Light foxing to prelims. Text block slightly grubby. Contents clean.
- Categorised in:
- NATURAL HISTORY
- ORNITHOLOGY
- QATAR