Category: Amphibians and Reptiles

Les Metamorphoses

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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Image for The Pteridophyta of Iraq. The Family Lythraceae in Iraq. The Genus Plantago in Iraq. Some New records of Lizards to Iraq. Iraq Bird Notes - 1960 {Bulletin of the Iraq Natural History Museum, Volume 1 parts 1,2,3,4 & 6

The Pteridophyta of Iraq. The Family Lythraceae in Iraq. The Genus Plantago in Iraq. Some New records of Lizards to Iraq. Iraq Bird Notes - 1960 {Bulletin of the Iraq Natural History Museum, Volume 1 parts 1,2,3,4 & 6

By: Agnew, A.D.Q.; Zahra Chalabi Ka'bi; Hadag, Emil; Marchant, S. Khalaf, Kamel T.

Price: £25.00

Publisher: Baghdad, University of Baghdad : 1961

Seller ID: 015859

Binding: Unbound

Condition: Good

Volume 1, parts 1 - 4, & 6. Stapled, as issued, loose in cover, a little worn, unopened, duplicates from University Museum Oxford, with stamps on each title page. [Comprises The Family Lythraceae, The Genus Plantago, the Pteridophyta, Iraq Bird Notes, & Some New Lizards to Iraq.] RARE
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The Percy Sladen Trust Expedition to Lake Titiaca in 1937, under the leadership of Mr H. Cary Gilson, Parts VII - XII.

By: Allen, G.O.; Tutin, T.G.; Harding, J.P.; Hinton, H.E.; Parker, H.W.

Price: £30.00

Publisher: London, The Linnean Society : 1940

Seller ID: 019163

Binding: Paperback

Condition: Very Good

VII - The Peruvian and Bolivian Species of Macrelmis Motsch. [Coleoptera, Elmidae). VIII - Crustacea : Anostraca & Conchostracha. IX - Charophyta. X - The Macrophytic Vegetation of the Lake. XI - The Algae.XII - Amphibia. A few illustrations, large quarto, pp 100, very clean internally, paperback, the covers very slightly worn. [Transactions of the Linnean Society , Third series, Volume 1 part 2.]
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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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A Field Guide to the Reptiles and Amphibians of Britain and Europe

By: Arnold, E.N.; Burton, J.A. & Ovenden, D.W.

Price: £7.00

Publisher: London, Collins : 1992

Seller ID: 013381

ISBN-13: 9780002193184

Binding: Pictorial boards

Condition: Very Good

Well illustrated, small octavo, pp 272, pictorial boards, spine slightly dull otherwise a very good copy.
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Turtles of the North-Eastern United States

By: Babcock, Harold L.

Price: £4.50

Publisher: New York, Dover Publications, Inc. : 1971

Seller ID: 005230

ISBN-13: 9780486205021

(1919, reprinted by Dover 1971). Illustrated, small 8vo, pp (2), 105, paperback, slightly worn.
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Image for 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

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 Tailless Batrachians of Europe

By: Boulenger, G.A.

Price: £350.00

Publisher: London, The Ray Society

Seller ID: 008916

Binding: Decorative Cloth

Condition: Very Good

1896-7. Two volumes, with 24 plates (of which 16 are coloured), plus folding maps and text illustrations, pp iii, 210; (211-376), 31; neat and tiny owner's signature and stamp on front endpaper of each volume, original dark blue decorated cloth. [The first volume is becoming weak internally, otherwise this is an exceptionally clean copy in a very bright binding. Very scarce.]
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Reptiles and Amphibians of the World (Hippo Book 4)

By: Burton, Maurice

Price: £3.00

Publisher: London, Longacre Press ltd : 1962

Seller ID: 013988

Binding: Pictorial boards

Condition: Very Good

Illustrated, small horizontal 12mo, (measures 126mm x 99mm), very clean and sound internally, pictorial boards showing only very slight signs of wear. [Postage will be reduced]
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Guide to Philippine Flora and Fauna. Volume XII - Ectoparasites. Poisonous Animals

By: Cariaso, Benjamin L.; Rueda, Leopoldo M. & Alcala, Angel C.

Price: £30.00

Publisher: Manila, Natural Resources managemant Centre & University of the Philippines : 1986

Seller ID: 016327

ISBN: 9711026309

Binding: Paperback

Condition: Good

Illustrated, large octavo, pp xviii, 160, slightly age-toned internally, paperback, covers slightly bruised. SCARCE
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Directory of Wetlands of International Importance in the Western Palearctic (Richard Fitter's copy)

By: Carp, Erik

Price: £8.50

Publisher: Gland, United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) : 1980

Seller ID: 018384

ISBN-13: 9782880323004

Binding: Paperback

Condition: Very Good

Octavo, pp (4), 506, very clean internally, paperback, the covers a little age-toned, but otherwise a very good copy. [From the library of the naturalist and conservationist richard Fitter with his stamp on the title page.]
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A Guide to Snakes of Peninsular Malaysia and Singapore

By: Charlton, Tom

Price: £31.50

Publisher: Kota Kinabalu, : 2020

Seller ID: 016876

ISBN-13: 9789838121965

Binding: Boards

Condition: Very Good

Very well illustrated, octavo, pp viii, 300, pictorial boards, the lower corners have become a little bruised in transit, otherwise this would be a very good new copy in dustwrapper. [Long considered one of the major biodiversity hotspots of the world, Peninsular Malaysia is renowned for its richness of fauna and flora, and snakes are included amongst the great diversity of wildlife found here. Over 160 species can be found occupying most habitat types from hot and humid lowland rainforest to mountain summits, in and around towns and cities and even in the ocean. Lying to the south of Peninsul...
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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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An Introduction to the Amphibians and Reptiles of Tropical Asia

By: DAS, Indraneil

Price: £30.00

Publisher: Sabah, : 2002

Seller ID: 003448

ISBN-13: 9789838120531

Binding: Cloth

Condition: New

Well illustrated, 8vo, pp vi, 207, a very good new copy in dustwrapper. [Tropical Asia, including countries of southern and south-eastern Asia, hosts an immensely rich biodiversity. The present work is an introduction to the herpetological diversity of this fascinating region, and includes accounts of the history of explorations, historical biogeography, methodologies for field research, evaluates conservation problems and lists legal instruments and identification resources that make the fauna accessible to people. Separate tables and appendices presents numbers of species recorded from each ...
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Snakes of India

By: DEORAS, P.J.

Price: £7.00

Seller ID: 005219

Illustrated, small 8vo, pp 148, a good copy in torn and frayed dustwrapper.
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The Anatomy of the Frog

By: Ecker, Alexander (translated by George Haslam)

Price: £40.00

Publisher: Oxford at The Clarendon Press : 1889

Seller ID: 019503

Binding: Full Leather

Condition: Very Good

Illustrated with many wood engravings throughout, (five of which have been neatly partially coloured by a previous owner), and with two folding coloured litho plates at the rear, (one plates is almost detached), octavo, pp xvi, 449, very clean internally, stoutly bound in a simple unsophisticated black leather. With the signature stamp of the marine biologist Dr Ivor Griffiths on the half-title and title page. [Translations of Foreign Biological memoirs Volume II].
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A Review of the South American Iguanid Lizard Genus Plica

By: ETHERIDGE, R.

Price: £10.00

Publisher: London, British Museum (Natural History) : 1970

Seller ID: 005253

Large 8vo, paperback, pp (20), a very good copy. Bulletin of the British Museum(Nat Hist) , Zoology, Volume 19 number 7.
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The Anatomy of the Salamander

By: FRANCIS, Eric T.B.

Price: £75.00

Publisher: Oxford, at the Clarendon Press : 1934

Seller ID: 005196

Illustrated, large 8vo, pp xxxii, 381, black buckram, slightly worn, a very slight tear to the spine head. (Neat ownership stamp on front endpaper and verso of frontispiece.) VERY SCARCE ORIGINAL PRINTING.
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Four Neotropical Rainforests

By: Gentry, Alwyn H.(editor)

Price: £15.00

Publisher: New Haven & London, Yale University Press : 1990

Seller ID: 018821

ISBN-13: 9780300054484

Binding: Paperback

Condition: Very Good

Illustrated with charts and a few maps and illustrations, thick octavo, pp xvi, 627, very clean internally, paperback, the upper cover and the first page very slightly creased at the corner, otherwise a very good copy. [The rapid disappearance of tropical forests is widely recognized as a crucial problem for the world's environment, yet little is known about these complex ecosystems. In this book, experts on the four most thoroughly studied rainforests in Central and South America (Manaus, Brazil; Manu Park, Peru; Barro Colorado Island, Panama and La Selva, Costa Rica) compare the flora, fauna...
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A Catalogue of the Vertebrate Fauna of Dumfriesshire [Richard Fitter's copy]

By: Gladstone, Hugh S.

Price: £125.00

Publisher: Dumfries, J. Maxwell & Son : 1912

Seller ID: 013084

Binding: Cloth

Condition: Very Good

Large slim octavo, pp xiv, 80, a little age-toned, top edge gilt, other edges uncut, folding map, cloth slightly dusty, spine slightly faded, otherwise a very good copy. [With two short typed letters to the notable ornithologist Rev F.L. Blathwayt, signed by the author.] RARE [From the library of the naturalist and conservationist Richard Fitter, with his stamp on the front endpaper.]
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