NATURAL HISTORY
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THE LIVES OF BATS
Written by Wilfried Schober.
Stock no. 2132665
Published by Croom Helm.
1984.
Very good condition in a slightly better than very good dustwrapper.
Translated from the German by Sylvia Furness. Revised by A.M. Hutson. Large format. Blue cloth with white title to spine and vignette of bat to front cover. B/w and colour photos and illustrations. ISBN: 0709923899. Foxing to endpapers and outer page edges. Wrapper is price-cut.
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- NATURAL HISTORY
- NATURAL HISTORY GENERAL
- BATS
- MAMMALS
THE NAMING OF NAMES: THE SEARCH FOR ORDER IN THE WORLD OF PLANTS
Written by Anna Pavord.
Stock no. 2132660
Published by The Bloomsbury Publishing Co. Ltd..
1st
2005.
Nearly fine condition in a slightly better than very good dustwrapper.
Large format. Maroon boards, black title to spine. Illustrated in full colour, this book gives a compelling insight into a world full of intrigue and intensely competitive egos. ISBN: 0747579520. A few small knocks along cover edges. Wrapper has light edge-creasing.
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- NATURAL HISTORY
- BOTANY
TREES AND THE ENGLISH LANDSCAPE
Written by Paul Edwards.
Stock no. 2132659
Published by G. Bell & Sons Ltd..
1st
1962.
Very good condition in a almost very good dustwrapper.
Large format. Green cloth with gilt title to spine, vignette to front cover. B/w illustrations. Foxing to endpapers and outer page edges. Wrapper is price-cut with edge-tears and chips; a little loss; some browning.
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- NATURAL HISTORY
- BOTANY
- TREES
- LANDSCAPE DESIGN
DAINTREE: WHERE THE FOREST MEETS THE REEF
Written by Rupert Russell.
Stock no. 1819036
Published by Kevin Weldon And Associates Pty Ltd; The Australian Conservation Foundation.
1986.
Nearly fine condition in a very good dustwrapper.
Daintree, Australia, where coastal rainforest meets the sea. The tropical rainforests of Daintree are in danger from developers... Large format. Green glazed pictorial boards. Colour photos. ISBN: 0949708127. Name in ink to half-title page. Pictorial dustwrapper is faded to spine.
- Categorised in:
- TOPOGRAPHY (FOREIGN)
- AUSTRALIA
- NATURAL HISTORY
- RAINFOREST
THE MAN WHO LOVES GIANTS
Written by David Shepherd.
Illustrated by David Shepherd.
Stock no. 2132145
Published by David & Charles.
1975.
Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.
An artist among elephants and engines. David Shepherd's Autobiography. Blue boards, gilt title to spine. B/w illustrations, colour plates. 164 pages. ISBN: 0715370529. Browning to cover edges. Page edge browning.
- Categorised in:
- ART
- BIOGRAPHY
- RAILWAYS
- NATURAL HISTORY
- ELEPHANT
THE SYLVAN YEAR
Written by Philip Gilbert Hamerton.
Stock no. 1818309
Published by Seeley & Co..
4th
1887.
Good condition.
Fourth Edition. Leaves from the Note-Book of Raoul Dubois. Green cloth boards, gilt titles and brown borders. 8 b/w etchings including frontispiece. 243 pages including index. Top edge gilt. Deckle-edged. Cloth to top of spine worn and frayed. Spine browned, gilt title faded. Heavy foxing to prelims and last few pages. Some margin marks, mainly foxing.
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- NATURAL HISTORY
- NATURAL HISTORY GENERAL
THE NATURAL HISTORY OF THE BURREN
Written by Gordon D'Arcy; John Hayward.
Stock no. 1818236
Published by Immel.
2002.
Slightly better than very good condition.
The limestone Karst landscape of the Burren, (Ireland), its Clints and Grykes, home to an enormous variety of plants and animals. Pictorial cardwraps. Colour photos. ISBN: 1898162514. Spine lightly faded.
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- IRELAND
- NATURAL HISTORY
- NATURAL HISTORY GENERAL
FAUNA BRITANNICA
Written by Stefan Buczacki.
Stock no. 1818234
Published by Hamlyn.
1st
2002.
Nearly fine condition in a slightly better than very good dustwrapper.
A unique celebration of British wildlife and its role in our cultural history. Large format. Colour photos. ISBN: 0600598675. A few minor marks to boards. Text block a little grubby. Free front endpaper lightly creased. Contents fine. Pictorial dustwrapper is lightly edge-creased.
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- NATURAL HISTORY
- NATURAL HISTORY GENERAL
NATURAL SCIENCE BOOKS IN ENGLISH 1600 - 1900
Written by David M. Knight.
Stock no. 1818229
Published by B.T. Batsford Ltd..
1st
1972.
Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.
Green cloth, gilt lettering to spine. 262 pages. The collector of scientific books will particularly value the extended bibliographies which follow each chapter. 4 colour and 56 black and white illustrations. Top edge green. ISBN: 071340728X. Light rubbing to lower edge of boards. A few minor grubby marks to text block. Pencil erasure mark to front endpaper. Contents clean. Price-cut pictorial dustwrapper is lightly rubbed at edges, worn at top & tail of spine.
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- NATURAL HISTORY
- NATURAL HISTORY GENERAL
- REFERENCE
- BIBLIOGRAPHY
THE HANDBOOK OF BRITISH MAMMALS
Written by Gordon B. Corbet; H.N. Southern.
Stock no. 2130901
Published by Blackwell Scientific Publications.
2nd
1977.
Very good condition.
B/w photos and drawings. 2nd edition. ISBN: 0632090804. Spine is faded. Light wrinkling to a few pages.
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- NATURAL HISTORY
- NATURAL HISTORY GENERAL
- MAMMALS
BIRDS OF THE WORLD: A CHECKLIST
Written by James F. Clements.
Stock no. 1817600
Published by Pica Press.
5th
2000.
Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.
5th Edition. Large format. Blue cloth, gilt title to spine. Colour maps to endpapers. No illustrations present. ISBN: 1873403933. Light rubbing to board and spine edges. Text block grubby & browned. Contents clean. Pictorial dustwrapper is lightly creased.
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- NATURAL HISTORY
- ORNITHOLOGY
BIRDS OF KENYA & NORTHERN TANZANIA (HELM FIELD GUIDES)
Written by Dale A. Zimmerman; Donald A. Turner; David J. Pearson.
Stock no. 1817598
Published by Christopher Helm.
1st
1999.
Very good condition.
Over 1,100 species covered, 124 colour plates plus line drawings, over 800 distribution maps, comprehensive, succinct and informative text for easy field use. Cardwraps. 576 pages including index. ISBN: 0713650796. Covers browned, text block a little grubby. Rear cover has a light diagonal crease. Contents clean.
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- NATURAL HISTORY
- ORNITHOLOGY
- AFRICA
- KENYA
- TANZANIA