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BADGER BEHAVIOUR: CONSERVATION & REHABILITATION
Written by George E. Pearce.
Stock no. 1829035
Published by Pelagic Publishing.
1st
2011.
Slightly better than very good condition in a slightly better than very good dustwrapper.
70 Years of Getting to Know Badgers. A fascinating insight into the badger's world. Badger biology, life in the sett, rescue & rehabilitation, consultancy, badgers & farming, and badger-watching with George Pearce - an expert on badgers. Black cloth boards, silver title to spine. A few colour photos. 160 pages including index. ISBN: 9781907807039. SIGNED by the author (with best wishes) to front endpaper. Minor foxing to top edge of text block. Else contents clean. Black dustwrapper is lightly scuffed.
- Categorised in:
- NATURAL HISTORY
- NATURAL HISTORY GENERAL
- MAMMALS
- BADGERS
- CONSERVATION
BRITISH RED DATA BOOKS: 1. VASCULAR PLANTS
Written by M.J. Wigginton.
Stock no. 1828967
Published by Joint Nature Conservation Committee.
1999.
Slightly better than very good condition.
3rd Edition. Britain's most endangered species. Compiled and edited by M.J. Wigginton. Large format. Red glazed boards. B/w distribution maps. 468 pages. ISBN: 1861074514. Reprint. Spine lightly faded to pink. Corners lightly rubbed. Contents clean.
- Categorised in:
- NATURAL HISTORY
- BOTANY
- CONSERVATION
THE BLACK POPLAR: HISTORY, ECOLOGY & CONSERVATION
Written by Fiona Cooper.
Stock no. 1828348
Published by Windgather Press Ltd..
1st
2006.
Slightly better than very good condition.
A cultural and ecological biography of the black poplar tree in Britain. Pictorial cardwraps. Colour & b/w photos. ISBN: 1905119054. Previous owner's initials & date in ink to top corner of front endpaper else clean.
- Categorised in:
- NATURAL HISTORY
- BOTANY
- TREES
- CONSERVATION
- ECOLOGY
WATER MEADOWS: HISTORY, ECOLOGY AND CONSERVATION
Written by Hadrian Cook; Tom Williamson.
Stock no. 1327878
Published by Windgather Press Ltd..
1st
2007.
Fine condition.
Essential reading for farms, countryside managers and conservationaists involved in perserving Britain's landscapes and biodiversity. Cardwraps. Colour and b/w photos and diagrams. ISBN: 9781905119127.
- Categorised in:
- HISTORY
- HISTORY (BRITISH)
- FARMING
- ECOLOGY
- CONSERVATION
- LANDSCAPE
ALPINE ENVIRONMENT: GEOLOGY, ECOLOGY AND CONSERVATION
Written by John G. Schmidt.
Stock no. 1826656
Published by Nova Publishers.
Circa
2011.
Fine condition.
Edited by Schmidt. Glazed pictorial boards. ISBN: 9781612093925. Still in original shrinkwrap!
THE BIOLOGY OF SEA TURTLES
Written by Peter L. Lutz; John A. Musick.
Stock no. 1826651
Published by CRC Press.
Circa
1997.
Almost very good condition.
Marine Science Series. How these endangered marine reptiles operate in, adapt to, and are dependent upon particular features of their marine environment. Pictorial glazed boards. B/w diagrams, charts and photos. ISBN: 0849384222. 6th printing. Laminate to spine is crinkled. Previous owner's name in ink to top margin of front endpaper. Front hinge pulled to either side of title page. Binding tight.
- Categorised in:
- NATURAL HISTORY
- MARINE LIFE
- BIOLOGY
- TURTLES
- REPTILE
- SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY
- CONSERVATION
FLIGHT OF THE HUIA
Written by Kerry-Jane Wilson.
Stock no. 1826641
Published by Canterbury University Press.
1st
2004.
Very good condition.
Ecology and Conservation of New Zealand's frogs, reptiles, birds and mammals. Once home to the mighty moa, New Zealand is the only place in the world where tuatara, Jurassic-style frogs and other bizarre creatures such as kiwi and kakapo still survive. This book presents a history of faunal change in New Zealand and a review of the ecology and conservation of those animals. Pictorial cardwraps. A few colour photos. ISBN: 0908812523. Messy mark from a label removal to rear cover. Spine lightly faded. Tiny nick to front vertical edge of cover. Contents clean.
THE BIOLOGY OF SEA TURTLES
Written by Peter L. Lutz; John A. Musick.
Stock no. 1826554
Published by CRC Press.
Circa
1997.
Very good condition.
Marine Science Series. How these endangered marine reptiles operate in, adapt to, and are dependent upon particular features of their marine environment. Pictorial glazed boards. B/w diagrams, charts and photos. ISBN: 0849384222. Third printing. Board corners lightly bumped. 'Property of Turtlewatch' written in ink to top of front endpaper. Text block very slightly grubby. Contents clean.
- Categorised in:
- NATURAL HISTORY
- MARINE LIFE
- BIOLOGY
- TURTLES
- REPTILE
- SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY
- CONSERVATION
HOLOCENE EXTINCTIONS
Written by Samuel T. Turvey.
Stock no. 1825072
Published by Oxford University Press.
1st
2009.
Very good condition.
Edited by Turvey. Describes and anlayses the range of global extinction events which have occurred during the Holocene period from the end of the last glaciation. Glazed pictorial boards. ISBN: 9780199535095. Board corners bump-ed and rubbed, covers a little scuffed. Contents clean.
- Categorised in:
- SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY
- BIOLOGY
- CONSERVATION
- ZOOLOGY
THE HAWAIIAN GOOSE: AN EXPERIMENT IN CONSERVATION
Written by Janet Kear; A. Berger.
Illustrated by Peter Scott.
Stock no. 2140642
Published by T. & A.D. Poyser.
1st
1980.
Slightly better than very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.
A timely and absorbing account of the history of the Hawaiian Goose, or Nene, its descent to near extinction, its eleventh hour rescue and its restoration to the wild. Blue boards, gilt title to spine. Colour frontis, 24 b/w plates, b/w line drawings. 154 pages including index. ISBN: 0856610259. Wrapper is edge-creased with some browning.
- Categorised in:
- NATURAL HISTORY
- ORNITHOLOGY
- USA
- HAWAII
- CONSERVATION
- HAWAII
FISH DIVERSITY OF JAPAN: EVOLUTION, ZOOGEOGRAPHY, AND CONSERVATION
Written by Yoshiaki Kai; Hiroyuki Motomura; Keiichi Matsuura.
Stock no. 2140432
Published by Springer.
Circa
2022.
Fine condition.
This book reviews and summarizes the studies on the fish diversity of Japan. ISBN: 9789811674266. Still in original shrink wrap - UNREAD.
- Categorised in:
- NATURAL HISTORY
- MARINE LIFE
- FRESHWATER LIFE
- FISH
- JAPAN
- EVOLUTION
- CONSERVATION
- ZOOLOGY
NATURE CONSERVATION (NN 91)
Written by Peter Marren.
Stock no. 2139945
Published by Harper Collins.
1st
2002.
Nearly fine condition in a slightly better than very good dustwrapper.
New Naturalist No. 91. A review of the conservation of wildlife in Britain 1950-2001. Colour and b/w photos. ISBN: 0007113056. A few light marks to outer page edges. Wrapper is a bit faded to spine.
- Categorised in:
- NATURAL HISTORY
- NEW NATURALIST
- CONSERVATION