Category: Zoology

Aksu-Zhabagly (a large format pictorial record)

Price: £10.00

Publisher: : 1988

Seller ID: 018055

ISBN-13: 9785620001125

Binding: Cloth

Condition: Very Good

Very well illustrated, large quarto, pp 190, very clean internally, grey cloth in very good condition, the dustwrapper is just very slightly worn. [Russian text with just one page of English summary. The Aksu-Dzhabagly is the oldest nature reserve of Central Asia and Kazakhstan, in the Western Tien-Shan mountains. Most images have birds, plants and mamals identified with Latin names.]
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Animal Communities in Temperate America as illustrated in the Chicago region: a study in animal ecology

Price: £8.00

Publisher: The University of Chicago Press : 1937

Seller ID: 015357

Binding: Cloth

Condition: Good

Second edition. Well illustrated, large octavo, pp xiv, 368, a neat signature and address on the front endpaper, otherwise very clean internally, cloth slightly faded and rubbed, the spine more faded and a little spotted.
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Les Metamorphoses

By: Abeloos, Marcel

Price: £4.00

Publisher: Paris, Collection Armand Colin : 1956

Seller ID: 011483

Binding: Cloth

Condition: Good

Illustrated with line drawings with in the text, small 12mo, pp 208, very age-toned, a small piece torn from one page margin, otherwise sound, a neat owner's signature on the front endpaper, and his tiny stamp on the half-title and title page, neatly bound in red cloth with the original paper covers bound in.
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Studies of Birds and Animals of South America (with extra plate)

By: Amuchastegui, Axel (text by Helmut Sick)

Price: £50.00

Publisher: London, Tryon Gallery in association with George Rainbird : 1967

Seller ID: 016507

Binding: Quarter leather

Condition: Very Good

Very well illustrated with 24 fine colour plates, plus an extra coloured lithograph placed before the half-title, pp 63, bound in blue quarter morocco and marbled boards, the printing on the title page is slightly smudged (no doubt in production), otherwise this is a very bright copy with its original glassine dustcover, and in the original slipcase which is a bit worn.
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Gunung Mulu National Park - a management and development plan

By: Anderson, J.A.R.; Jermy, A.C. & The Earl of Cranbrook (et al)

Price: £40.00

Publisher: London, Royal Geographical Society : 1982

Seller ID: 016896

Binding: Ringbound paperback

Condition: Very Good

Five maps, octavo, pp viii, 327, ringbound, very clean internally, paper covers, very slightly worn.
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Animali Reali e Fantastici in Biblioteca

By: Antetomaso. Ebe; Romanello, Alessandro & Trentini, , Andrea

Price: £8.50

Publisher: Rome, Biblioteca dell' Accademia Nazionale dei Lincei e Corsiniana : 2008

Seller ID: 012562

Binding: Paperback

Condition: Very Good

Italian text. Well illustrated, small octavo, pp 131, paperback, a very good copy. With the bookplate of the botanist David Mabberley. [[Catalogue of an exhibition which took place between 14th November 2008 and 31st January 2009.]
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Biological Exuberance: Animal Homosexuality and Natural Diversity

By: Bagemihl, Bruce

Price: £22.50

Publisher: London, Profile Books : 1999

Seller ID: 019659

ISBN-13: 9781861971821

Binding: Cloth

Condition: Very Good

Illustrated, large thick octavo, pp xvi, 752, very clean internally, green cloth with very minimal bruising, the dustwrapper with just very slight signs of use.
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The Exultant Ark - a pictorial tour of animal pleasure

By: Balcombe, Jonathan

Price: £15.00

Publisher: Berkeley, University of California Press : 2011

Seller ID: 008638

ISBN-13: 9780520260245

Binding: Cloth

Condition: As New

Very well illustrated, quarto, pp x, 214, a very good copy in a dustwrapper showing only the very faintest signs of use. [Nature documentaries often depict animal life as a grim struggle for survival, but this visually stunning book opens our eyes to a different, more scientifically up-to-date way of looking at the animal kingdom. In more than one hundred thirty striking images, "The Exultant Ark" celebrates the full range of animal experience with dramatic portraits of animal pleasure ranging from the charismatic and familiar to the obscure and bizarre. These photographs, windows onto the inn...
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Growth, Development, and Pattern

By: Berrill, N.J.

Price: £7.50

Publisher: San Francisco, W.H. Freeman and Company : 1961

Seller ID: 012584

Binding: Cloth

Condition: Very Good

Illustrated with line drawings throughout, octavo, pp x, 555, fore-edge very slightly marked, endpapers very slightly marked, a neat owner's name on the front endpaper, otherwise extremely clean internally, brown and green cloth, the spine slightly bumped and torn at the head.
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Thesaurus Siluricus. The flora and fauna of the Silurian period, with addenda (from recent acquisitions).

By: Bigsby, John J.

Price: £125.00

Publisher: London, John van Voorst : 1868

Seller ID: 015070

Binding: Cloth-backed boards

Condition: Good

Small quarto, frontispiece map, pp lii, 214, endpapers a little foxed and blotched, otherwise clean internally, pages bruised at the lower and upper inner corners near the spine, original cloth-backed boards, slightly worn and soiled, spine slightly torn at the head. VERY SCARCE. [Bigsby was an English physician who became known for his work on geology, an interest developed while on military service in Lower and Upper Canada, during 1818 to 1826. He was a member of the American Philosophical Society. In 1850, he published a lively book, The Shoe and Canoe, recounting his life and travels in...
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The Biochemistry and Physiology of Bone

By: Bourne, Geoffrey H. (editor)

Price: £25.00

Publisher: London, Academic Press : 1956

Seller ID: 011324

Binding: Cloth

Condition: Good

Illustrated, large 8vo, pp (10), 875, very slightly used internally, private owner's stamp on front and rear endpapers, contents have a slight "old" aroma, blue cloth very slightly marked and worn. [A heavy book - extra postage may be necessary].
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Kakadu - Looking After the Country - The Gagudju Way

By: Breeden, Stanley & Wright, Belinda

Price: £14.00

Publisher: Marleston, J.B. Books : 1998

Seller ID: 017780

ISBN-13: 9780731802265

Binding: Paperback

Condition: Good

Small horizontal quarto, pp 208, very clean internally, paperback, covers very slightly worn and slightly curled. [Describes the wonders of Australia's Kakadu National Park and discusses the life of the local Gagudju people.]
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Science in Archaeology: a survey of progress and research (Jack Hawkes' copy)

By: Brothwell, Don & Higgs, Eric (editors)

Price: £7.50

Publisher: London, Thames & Hudson : 1969

Seller ID: 013959

ISBN-13: 9780500270103

Binding: Paperback

Condition: Good

Second edition, revised and enlarged. Illustrated, large thick octavo, pp 720, very clean and sound internally, paperback, upper cover a little scuffed, spine creased. Professor Jack Hawkes copy, with his signature on the front endpaper. Very heavy - extra postage may be needed. [A stimulating collection of papers.]
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Galapagos - The Flow of Wildness

By: Brower, Kenneth

Price: £10.00

Publisher: New York, Sierra Club / Ballantine : 1970

Seller ID: 015366

Binding: Paperback

Condition: Good

Two volumes, octavo, pp 160; 160, paperback, very clean internally, covers very slightly worn.
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Vampiro. The Vampire Bat in Fact and Fantasy

By: Brown, David E.

Price: £5.00

Publisher: Salt Lake City, The University of Utah Press : 1999

Seller ID: 018635

ISBN-13: 9780874806014

Binding: Paperback

Condition: Very Good

Illustrated, octavo, pp (8), 147, extremely clean internally, paperback, a very good copy. ["A synthesis and summary, for the non-biologist, of the published work on vampire bats. The author explores their biology, bat-borne diseases, economic effects of vampire parasitism, methods used to control them, and legends regarding vampyres (the spelling is used to distinguish human superstitions from real bats)"]
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Feeding And The Feeding Apparatus In Waders: A Study Of Anatomy And Adaptations In The Charadrii

By: Burton, P.J.K.

Price: £5.00

Publisher: London, Trustees of the British Museum (Natural History) : 1974

Seller ID: 015427

ISBN-13: 9780565007195

Binding: Boards

Condition: Very Good

Illustrated, large octavo, pp (12), 150, very clean internally, decorated boards in excellent condition, the dustwrapper is very slightly rubbed and faded.
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Martens, Sables and Fishers - Biology and Conservation

By: Buskirk, Steven W.; Harestad, Alton S.; Raphael, Martin G. & Powell, Roger A. (editors)

Price: £25.00

Publisher: Ithaca & London, Comstock Publishing : 1994

Seller ID: 018038

ISBN-13: 9780801428944

Binding: Cloth

Condition: Very Good

Illustrated with a few maps and charts, large octavo, pp xviii, 484, very clean internally, brown cloth in very good condition.
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Environment and Archaeology - an introduction to pleistocene geography

By: Butzer, Karl W.

Price: £6.00

Publisher: London, Methuen & Co Ltd : 1964

Seller ID: 014160

Binding: Cloth

Condition: Very Good

First edition, illustrated with text line drawings and maps, large octavo, pp xviii, 524, for-edge slightly foxed, otherwise exceptionally clean internally, brown cloth in very bright condition, the dustwrapper is slightly frayed, and rather badly foxed on its lower cover. Overall, though, a rather good copy.
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Biogeografia de America Latina

By: Cabrera, Angel L. & Willink, Abraham

Price: £10.00

Publisher: Washington, Programa Regional de los Cientifico y Tecnologia : 1980

Seller ID: 014163

Binding: Paperback

Condition: Very Good

Second edition, illustrated, pp vi, 122, lower corner slightly bumped, otherwise clean internally, paperback, covers a little faded,
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Malawi Wildlife, Parks and Reserves

By: Carter, Judy

Price: £12.50

Publisher: London, Macmillan Publishers Ltd : 1989

Seller ID: 019066

ISBN-13: 9780333433492

Binding: Cloth

Condition: As New

Very well illustrated, small quarto, pp (6), 176, exceedingly clean internally, brown cloth in excellent condition,nin a very good dustwrapper. Virtually as new.
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