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![Image for Polar Bears. Proceedings of the Ninth Working Meeting of the IUCN/SSC Specialist Group, 1985 [Richard Fitter's copy]](/assets/images/product/009120.jpg)
By: N/A
Price: £6.50
Publisher: Cambridge, IUCN: 1986
Seller ID: 009120
ISBN: 2880323088
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.] View more info
By: Altringham, John
Price: £70.00
Publisher: London, Harper Collins: 2003
Edition: First Edition
Seller ID: 009537
ISBN: 0002201402
Condition: Good
First edition. Illustrated, pp 218, there is just slight suggestion of creasing to the fold-over flaps of the dustwrapper, there are three tiny bruises to the top edge of the rear cover, and these also affect the dustwrapper slightly, otherwise an excellent copy in unfaded dustwrapper. [Bats are arguably the most successful and diverse mammals ever to evolve. In Britain, one in three of our native land mammals is a bat. Their ecology and behaviour is fascinating. Few mammals live closer to humans; in fact many species roost unnoticed in our homes, and some are now almost entirely dependent on ... View more info
By: Archer, Michael
Price: £12.50
Publisher: McMahons Point, Kevin Weldon: 1985
Edition: First Edition
Seller ID: 009747
ISBN: 0949708224
Condition: Very Good
Very well illustrated, small folio, pp 263. very clean internally. red cloth with pictorial inlay, slightly worn, binding leaning slightly. [Very heavy - extra postage may be necessary] View more info
By: Arnold, H.R.
Price: £16.50
Publisher: London, HMSO (Natural Environment Research Council): 1993
Seller ID: 010014
ISBN: 0117016675
Condition: Very Good
Tall quarto, pp 145, many distribution maps, very clean internally, paperback, covers very slightly age-toned and very slightly worn. View more info
Price: £25.00
Seller ID: 013811
Condition: Good
A good collection of books, comprising : Robert Atkinson - Shillay and the Seals, 1980, good in d.w. Richard Perry - The World of the Walrus, 1967, good in d.w. R.M. Lockley - The Seals and the Curragh, 1954, good in d.w. Sheila Anderson - Seals, 1990, good. Grace Hickling - Grey Seals and the Farne Islands, 1962, good in browned d.w. Nina Warner Hooke - The Seal Summer, 1964, good in sl worn d.w. W. Nigel Bonner - The Natural History of Seals, 1989, good in sl marked d.w. Judith E. King - Seals of the World, 1964, paperback, slightly worn. [A heavy lot, but no extra postage within the... View more info
Price: £15.00
Publisher: Berkeley, University of California Press: 2011
Seller ID: 008638
ISBN: 0520260244
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... View more info
Price: £30.00
Publisher: London, Constable & Company: 1909
Seller ID: 009994
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. View more info
Price: £12.50
Publisher: Kota Kinabalu, 2006
Seller ID: 008879
ISBN: 9838120685
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 widesprea... View more info
Price: £9.50
Publisher: Kota Kinabalu, 2013
Edition: Second edition
Seller ID: 010213
ISBN: 9838121398
Condition: New
Second edition. Illustrated, pp vi, 82, papeback, a very good copy. [The proboscis monkey, one of Borneo's most famous wild creatures, is mainly found in coastal swamp forests and does not occur anywhere else in the world. A great fascination for travellers throughout the past two centuries and today's concerned scientists and conservationists, the proboscis monkey is a most unique and peculiar mammal. This book helps explain the proboscis monkey's social organisation, habits, biology, restricted distribution and conservation needs and contains some of the best and most dramatic colour photogr... View more info
![Image for The African Elephant [Richard Fitter's copy]](/assets/images/product/009172.jpg)
By: Bere, Rennie
Price: £8.50
Publisher: London, Arthur Barker: 1966
Edition: First Edition
Seller ID: 009172
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.] View more info
By: Brower, Kenneth
Price: £12.50
Publisher: New York, London, Paris, Friends of the Earth: 1979
Edition: First Edition
Seller ID: 011162
ISBN: 009140360x
Condition: Very Good
Very well illustrated, small folio, pp 160, a very good copy in a dustwrapper showing very slight signs of wear. View more info
By: Butzer, Karl W.; Clark, J. Desmond & Cooke, H.B.S.
Price: £25.00
Publisher: Die Naskionale Museum, Bloemfintain, 1974
Edition: First Edition
Seller ID: 015263
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] View more info
By: Ceballos, Gerardo & Miranda, Alvaro
Price: £35.00
Publisher: Mexico, Instituto de Biologia: 1986
Edition: First Edition
Seller ID: 012170
ISBN: 9683602568
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. View more info
Price: £5.00
Publisher: Princeton University Press: 1946
Seller ID: 012580
Condition: Good
Third printing, 1946. Illustrated with line drawings and photographs throughout the text, small octavo, pp xx, 265, endpapers slightly marked, a neat name and date on the front endpaper, fore-edge slightly foxed, otherwise clean internally, cloth slightly dull, slightly worn and marked. View more info
![Image for The Vertebrate Fauna of Cheshire and Liverpool Bay - Two volumes [Richard Fitter's copy]](/assets/images/product/013587.jpg)
Price: £50.00
Publisher: London, Witherby & Co.: 1910
Edition: First Edition
Seller ID: 013587
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.] View more info
Price: £18.50
Publisher: Cambridge University Press: 1938
Edition: First Edition
Seller ID: 013088
Condition: Good
Illustrated, large slim octavo, pp x, 104, spine slightly age-toned and very slightly frayed at the head, a very good clean copy overall. SCARCE. [From the library of the ecologist Brian Hopkins, with his signature on the front endpaper]. View more info
Price: £4.00
Publisher: Oxford, Pergamon Press: 1964
Seller ID: 005787
A few text illustrations, small slim 8vo, pp x, 75, soft card covers, very slightly worn. [From the library of the naturalist and conservationist Richard Fitter]. View more info
By: De Beer, Sir Gavin; Burton, Robert & Maurice; Bourliere, Francois (et al) (editors)
Price: £25.00
Publisher: J & H International Corporation: 1972
Edition: First Edition
Seller ID: 010068
Condition: Good
Very well illustrated, slim quarto, 21 volumes, pp 2032, pictorial laminated boards, a few spine heads pulled, but otherwise only very slightly worn.Complete sets seem to be very scarce. [A detailed work, and quite scientific in-depth accounts. This is far more than a "popular" work. A glance at a few consecutive pages at random show : prawns, precious coral, predation, preen gland, powder post beetles, pratincoles, potto, potoo, priapulus, primates, prions, problem solving, proboscis monkey, proconsul, pronghorn antelopes, proteidae etc.]. Very heavy, weighing 13.5 kilos before pa... View more info
By: Devillers, Ch.
Price: £5.00
Publisher: Paris, Doin: 1973
Seller ID: 007466
Condition: Good
Small square 8vo, pp 116, papderback, covers slightly worn and a little faded, neat name and date on front endpaper, otherwise a good sound copy. View more info
By: Ellerman, J.R. & Morrison-Scott, T.C.S.
Price: £27.50
Publisher: London, Trustees of the British Museum: 1951
Seller ID: 004240
Thick quarto, pp (2), 810, folding map, amendment slip loosely inserted, buckram a little rubbed, morocco spine label chipped, a duplicate from the British Museum with cancellation stamps (including one on upper cover).From the library of the naturalist and conservationist Richard Fitter. View more info
