ZOO QUEST TO GUIANA
Written by David Attenborough.
Stock no. 1327665
Published by Lutterworth Press. 1956. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

The full story of the highly successful B.B.C. - London Zoo expedition to British Guiana, that went to film in the wild, and bring back alive, "some of the strangest, some of the loveliest, and some of the most horrifying animals in the world". Green cloth boards, gilt title to spine. B/w photos and 5 colour. Second impression published in same year/month as first impression. Spine and corners slightly bumped. Spine and rear edge of spine is heavily spotted. Small bookshop label to front pastedown. Text block lightly foxed. Contents clean. Price-cut pictorial dustwrapper is edge-worn and chipped, scratch and a grubby mark to front panel. Overall a decent copy.

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THE BLIND WATCHMAKER
Written by Richard Dawkins.
Stock no. 1327594
Published by Folio Society. 1st 2007. Nearly fine condition.

Makes the case that evolution by natural selection is a big enough theory to answer the biggest question of all - why do we exist? Black cloth, gilt title to spine and vignette of DNA strand to front. Colour illustrations. Book itself is fine. Faint mark to one panel of the slipcase.

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LIFE
Written by Richard Fortey.
Stock no. 1827928
Published by Folio Society. 1st thus 2008. Nearly fine condition.

An Unauthorised Biography. A Natural History of the First Four Thousand Million Years of Life on Earth. Large format. Green cloth boards, gilt title to spine, gilt & peach floral design to front. Colour endpapers showing fish fossils. Colour photos throughout. A lovely copy contained in publisher's slipcase which has a couple of minor grubby marks and light fading to edges (VG+).

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UNDERDOGS: THE FIGHT TO SAVE SOUTH AFRICA'S WILD DOGS
Written by Neil Aldridge.
Stock no. 1827841
Published by Pisces Publications. 1st 2011. Almost very good condition in a almost very good dustwrapper.

African wild dogs carry the unenviable title of Africa's second-most endangered carnivore. Neil Aldridge celebrates what is special about the African wild dog and explores the efforts being made to secure its future in South Africa and beyond. Glazed pictorial boards. Colour photos throughout. ISBN: 9781874357490. SIGNED by the author to title page (no dedication). Boards clean and bright. Front endpaper has a large tear of surface paper loss (see photo). Otherwise, contents are fine. Price-cut pictorial dustwrapper is creased and has a 2" closed tear (no loss) between edge of rear panel and rear flap.

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DISEASES OF CATTLE IN AUSTRALASIA
Written by T.J. Parkinson; J.J. Vermunt; J. Malmo; R. Laven.
Stock no. 1827804
Published by Massey University Press. 2nd 2019. Slightly better than very good condition.

Second Edition, fully updated and redesigned. A comprehensive text book. An authoritative book for cattle veterinarians and veterinary students. Also useful to progressive farmers, professional agricultural advisors and those in other scientific disciplines who require access to both general and detailed knowledge on diseases of cattle in Australasia. Large format. A heavy tome. Glazed pictorial boards. Colour photos and illustrations. ISBN: 9780995102958. Corners bumped and lightly worn, a few minor knocks to board edges (not surprising owing to the weight of the book). Boards very lightly scuffed. Contents clean.

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ATLAS OF PLANTS AND ANIMALS IN BALTIC AMBER
Written by Wolfgang Weitschat; Wilfried Wichard.
Stock no. 1827802
Published by Dr. Friedrich Pfeil. 1st 2002. Very good condition.

This atlas opens a window onto the world of Baltic amber and the Eocene amber forests. About 650 typical plants and animals are systematically represented in 92 full-page colour plates. Large format. Matt pictorial boards. B/w & colour illustrations. ISBN: 3931516946. A few minor knocks to boards edges. Boards scuffed. Small patch of surface paper loss to front pastedown. Contents clean.

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ANIMALS AND THE FUKUSHIMA NUCLEAR DISASTER
Written by Mayumi Itoh.
Stock no. 1327429
Published by Palgrave Macmillan. 1st 2018. Very good condition.

The Palgrace Macmillan Animal Ethics series. Pictorial boards. 246 pages. A physical print on demand book, printed by Lightning Source. ISBN: 9783319707563. Covers slightly grubby. Remains of a label to rear cover. Contents fine.

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THE BIOLOGY OF XENOPUS
Written by R.C. Tinsley; H.R. Kobel.
Stock no. 1327428
Published by Oxford University Press. Circa 1996. Nearly fine condition.

Symposia of the Zoological Society of London Number 68. A physical print on demand book, printed by Lightning Source. Glazed pictorial boards. Some b/w photos and diagrams. 440 pages. ISBN: 0198549741. Top of spine is very slightly bumped. Else a fine copy.

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ARE SPECIES REAL? AN ESSAY ON THE METAPHYSICS OF SPECIES
Written by Matthew H. Slater.
Stock no. 1327422
Published by Palgrave Macmillan. 1st 2013. Slightly better than very good condition.

New Directions in the Philosophy of Science series. A novel approach to this question aimed at accomodating the attractions to both realism and antirealism about species. Blue boards. 214 pages. Appears to be a physical print on demand book (printed by Printforce). ISBN: 9780230393240. Minimal bumping to spine and corners. Contents fine.

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FANTASTIC FISHES: A FEAST OF FISHY FACTS AND FABLES
Written by Mark Everard.
Stock no. 1327394
Published by The Medlar Press. 1st 2012. Very good condition in a slightly better than very good dustwrapper.

Exploring the diverse and often strange world of fishes. Black boards, gilt title to spine. 304 pages. B/w text illustrations. ISBN: 9781907110351. Spine bumped. Mark to inner margin of front pastedown which appears to be glue from the binding process showing through. Very pale page edge browning else contents fine. Dustwrapper is slightly edge creased.

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HETEROPTERA: THE BEAUTIFUL AND THE OTHER, OR IMAGES OF A MUTATING WORLD
Written by Cornelia Hesse-Honegger.
Stock no. 1327294
Published by Scalo Zurich. 1st UK 2001. Very good condition.

Large format. Cream boards. 309 pages. ISBN: 3908247314. Spine and corners bumped. Covers very slightly grubby. Contents fine.

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ZOO QUEST FOR A DRAGON
Written by David Attenborough.
Stock no. 1827665
Published by Lutterworth Press. 1st 1957. Very good condition in a almost very good dustwrapper.

The full account of David Attenborough's expedition ot the islands of Indonesia inj search of the Komodo dragon. Red cloth, gilt titles. B/w photos and 3 colour. Shelf wear to top & tail of spine. Small bookshop label to front pastedown. Rear hinge pulled. Contents clean.Price-cut pictorial dustwrapper is edge-chipped with a few closed tears repaired with tape, rear panel is a little grubby. Overall a nice copy.

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