Category: Mammals

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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Polar Bears. Proceedings of the Ninth Working Meeting of the IUCN/SSC Specialist Group, 1985 [Richard Fitter's copy]

Price: £4.00

Publisher: Cambridge, IUCN : 1986

Seller ID: 009120

ISBN-13: 9782880323080

Binding: Paperback

Condition: Very Good

Slim 8vo, pp 152, paperback, fore-edge marked otherwise a very good copy. [From the library of the naturalist and conservationist Richard Fitter, with his stamp on the front endpaper.]
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Atlas of Mammals in Britain

By: Arnold, H.R.

Price: £5.25

Publisher: London, HMSO (Natural Environment Research Council) : 1993

Seller ID: 010014

ISBN-13: 9780117016675

Binding: Paperback

Condition: Very Good

Tall quarto, pp 145, many distribution maps, very clean internally, paperback, covers very slightly age-toned and very slightly worn.
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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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Natural History in Zoological Gardens, being some account ov vertebrated animals, with special reference to those usually to be seen in the Zoological Society's Gardens in London and similar institutions

By: Beddard, Frank E.

Price: £30.00

Publisher: London, Constable & Company : 1909

Seller ID: 009994

Binding: Decorative Cloth

Condition: Good

Second ("cheaper") reissue. With photographic plates and line drawings within the text by Gambier Bolton and Winifred Austin, pp x, 310, uncut, slight adhesion markes on title pages with very tiny loss of the printed surface, contemporary inscription on front endpaper, otherwise very clean internally, red decorated cloth, slightly worn and marked, spine very slightly faded.
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The Natural History of Orang-utan

By: BENNETT, Elisabeth L.

Price: £12.50

Publisher: Kota Kinabalu, : 2006

Seller ID: 008879

ISBN-13: 9789838120685

Binding: Paperback

Condition: New

NEW. Well illustrated, small slim 8vo, pp x, 89, paperback, a very good copy. [The name ?orang-utan? conjures up very different images to different people: shy, elusive man of the forest; a tantalising glimpse into unknown worlds of the jungles of the Far East; an endearing, appealing and amusing star of popular movies; the highlight of a visit to the zoo. But what is the true nature of the orang-utan? It is in the record book for several reasons: it is one of our closest relatives; it is the largest primate in Asia; and is the largest tree-dwelling animal in the world. Once more widespread, t...
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The African Elephant [Richard Fitter's copy]

By: Bere, Rennie

Price: £8.50

Publisher: London, Arthur Barker : 1966

Seller ID: 009172

Binding: Cloth

Condition: Very Good

Illustrated, large 8vo, pp 96, a good copy in a dustwrapper which is showing only the faintest signs of use, with very faint foxing and a crease to the front foldover flap. [From the library of the naturalist and conservationist Richard Fitter, with his stamp on the front endpaper.]
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The Horses of Antiquity, Middle Ages and Renaissance, from the earliest monuments down to the XVIth century

By: Berjeau, Ph. Charles

Price: £250.00

Publisher: London, Dulau & Co : 1864

Seller ID: 019589

Binding: Soft Cloth

Condition: Good

Quarto, pp 20 + 60 plates (of which one is coloured), clean internally, original printed soft cloth, bruised wrinkled and marked, the spine fraying and lacking a portion at the base, with a small hand-written totle label. The Hartland Library copy, with labels and manuscript notes attached to the front endpapers, and stamp on the verso ot the title page. RARE, and equally rare to be found in any better condition than this. [The Library was formed by Edwin Sydney Hartland, and was a diverse, but major, collection of herbals, archaeology and anthropology. It was donated to Gloucestershire Count...
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The Biology of the Weddell and Crabeater Seals With a Study of the Comparative Behaviour of the Pinnipedia. British Graham Land Expedition, 1934-37 Scientific Reports

By: Bertram, G.C.L.

Price: £22.50

Publisher: London, The Trustees of the British Museum : 1940

Seller ID: 015653

Binding: Paperback

Condition: As New

Illustrated with ten plates, a folding chart, with diagrams in the text, quarto, pp 139, a slight marginal crease to the last few plates, otherwise as new. A superb copy.
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Image for Rabbits for Pleasure and Profit. A practical treatise on the rearing and management of rabbits, with a description of the best breeds and their ailments, suitable foods, methods of marketing etc.

Rabbits for Pleasure and Profit. A practical treatise on the rearing and management of rabbits, with a description of the best breeds and their ailments, suitable foods, methods of marketing etc.

By: Bird, J.T. (edited by T.W. Sanders)

Price: £35.00

Publisher: London, W.H. & L. Collingridge

Seller ID: 019114

Binding: Cloth-backed boards

Condition: Good

Illustrated, 12mo, pp 110 + six page publisher's catalogue, slightly used internally, endpapers age-toned, pictorial cloth-backed boards a little worn, the spine cracking. VERY SCARCE.
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Wake of the Whale

By: Brower, Kenneth

Price: £12.50

Publisher: New York, London, Paris, Friends of the Earth : 1979

Seller ID: 011162

ISBN-13: 9780091403607

Binding: Cloth

Condition: Very Good

Very well illustrated, small folio, pp 160, a very good copy in a dustwrapper showing very slight signs of wear.
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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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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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The Geology, Archaeology and Fossil Mammals of the Cornelia Beds, O.F.S.

By: Butzer, Karl W.; Clark, J. Desmond & Cooke, H.B.S.

Price: £25.00

Publisher: Die Naskionale Museum, Bloemfintain, : 1974

Seller ID: 015263

Binding: Cloth

Condition: Very Good

[Memoir Number 9]. Illustrated, small quarto, pp 84, erratum slip tipped in, very clean internally, blue cloth with very slight signs of use. SCARCE. (edition of 1000 copies only]
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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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Dicionario dos Mamiferos do Brasil {Jimmy Ratter's copy}

By: Carvalho, C.T.

Price: £10.00

Publisher: Sao Paulo, Livraria Nobel S.A. : 1979

Seller ID: 017481

Binding: Paperback

Condition: Very Good

Second edition, revised. Small octavo, pp 135, illustrated with small line drawings, very clean internally, paperback, the covers showing only the slightest signs of use. Portuguese text. [From the library of the botanist James "Jimmy" Ratter, with his signature.]
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Los Mamiferos de Chamela Jalisco

By: CEballos, Gerardo & Miranda, Alvaro

Price: £35.00

Publisher: Mexico, Instituto de Biologia : 1986

Seller ID: 012170

ISBN-13: 9789683602565

Binding: Paperback

Condition: Very Good

Illustrated, small octavo, pp 436, very clean internally, paperback, covers a little worn and creased. [Very scarce - the edition was limited to 1000 copies] Spanish text.
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The Terrestrial Mammals of Western Europe

By: Corbet, G.B.

Price: £3.75

Publisher: London, G.T. Foulis & Co Ltd : 1966

Seller ID: 016305

Binding: Cloth

Condition: Very Good

Illustrated, octavo, pp xii, 264, fore-edge sl foxed, otherwise a very good copy in a very slightly worn dustwrapper which is not price-clipped.
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The Vertebrate Fauna of Cheshire and Liverpool Bay - Two volumes [Richard Fitter's copy]

By: Coward, T.A. (editor)

Price: £50.00

Publisher: London, Witherby & Co. : 1910

Seller ID: 013587

Binding: Cloth

Condition: Very Good

Two volumes, illustrated, large octavo, pp xxxii, 472; xl, 210, top edges gilt, other edges uncut, a little scattered foxing, slightly heavier on the preliminary pages, otherwise very clean internally, spines very age-toned, otherwise the cloth is in very good condition. {Volume 1 contains the birds and mammals; Volume 2 the fishes, reptiles and amphibians. [From the library of the naturalist and conservationist Richard Fitter, with his stamp on the front endpapers.]
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Category: Mammals

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