NATURAL HISTORY
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HOW BIRDS WORK
Written by Ron Freethy.
Stock no. 2139127
Published by Blandford Press.
1983.
Slightly better than very good condition in a almost very good dustwrapper.
A Guide to Bird Biology. Black boards, gilt title to spine. B/w illustrations and colour plates. ISBN: 0713711566. Wrapper has 1" closed tear to one edge and creasing.
- Categorised in:
- NATURAL HISTORY
- ORNITHOLOGY
- BIOLOGY
HOW FLOWERS WORK: A GUIDE TO PLANT BIOLOGY
Written by Bob Gibbons.
Illustrated by Vanessa Luff.
Stock no. 2139125
Published by Blandford Press.
1st
1984.
Slightly better than very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.
Green boards with gilt title to spine. Colour photos. B/w diagrams. ISBN: 0713712783. Wrapper has 1" closed tear to base of spine.
- Categorised in:
- NATURAL HISTORY
- BOTANY
- FLOWERS
- BIOLOGY
BIRDS BY NIGHT
Written by Graham Martin.
Illustrated by John Busby.
Stock no. 2139123
Published by T. & A.D. Poyser.
1st
1990.
Slightly better than very good condition in a slightly better than very good dustwrapper.
The book brings together field ornithology, sensory science, ecology and physics and compares the sensory capacities of other animals incluyding man. Hearing, smell and touch as well as vision play a crucial role in the nightime activities of birds. B/w illustrations and photos. ISBN: 0856610593. Slight scuff along front cover. A few light marks to wrapper.
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- NATURAL HISTORY
- ORNITHOLOGY
INTRODUCTION TO FUNGI
Written by John Webster.
Stock no. 2139122
Published by Cambridge University Press.
1975.
Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.
B/w illustrations. ISBN: 0521076404. Browning to outer page edges. Some edge-creasing to wrapper, which has a few marks.
- Categorised in:
- NATURAL HISTORY
- BOTANY
- FUNGI
LIFE HISTORIES OF NORTH AMERICAN DIVING BIRDS
Written by Arthur Cleveland Bent.
Stock no. 2139121
Published by Dover Publications Inc..
1963.
Very good condition.
Card wraps. B/w photos. Auk, Grebe, Auklet, Guillemot, Loon, Puffin, Dovekie, Murre, Murrelet. Republication of the original 1919 edition. ISBN: 048621091X. Some light wear to edges and corners.
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- NATURAL HISTORY
- ORNITHOLOGY
- NORTH AMERICA
I FUNGHI DAL VERO 2 VOLUME
Written by Bruno Cetto.
Stock no. 2139103
Published by Arti Grafiche Saturnia.
1976.
Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.
Blue boards with gilt titles. Text is in Italian. Numerous colour photos throughout. 2nd volume in the Series. Browning to outer page edges. Wrapper has small nick to top edge of front panel; browned.
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- NATURAL HISTORY
- BOTANY
- FUNGI
- FOREIGN LANGUAGE
- ITALIAN
A NATURAL HISTORY OF OWLS
Written by Michael Everett.
Stock no. 2139083
Published by Hamlyn.
1st
1977.
Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.
Large format. Colour and b/w photos. ISBN: 0600365751. A few knocks along cover edges and to top of spine. Page edge and margin browning. Wrapper is a bit edge-creased.
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- NATURAL HISTORY
- ORNITHOLOGY
- BIRDS OF PREY
GARDEN NATURAL HISTORY (NN 102)
Written by Stefan Buczacki.
Stock no. 2139079
Published by Collins.
1st
2007.
Fine condition in a nearly fine dustwrapper.
New Naturalist series. Colour photos. ISBN: 9780007139934. A few grubby marks to rear panel of wrapper.
- Categorised in:
- NATURAL HISTORY
- NEW NATURALIST
- GARDENING
THE MAMMILLARIA HANDBOOK
Written by Robert T. Craig.
Stock no. 1823719
Published by EP Publishing Limited.
1977.
Nearly fine condition in a slightly better than very good dustwrapper.
With descriptions, illustrations, and key to the species of the genus mammillaria of the Cactaceae, a single group of cacti. Originally published in 1945, republished in 1963. Blue cloth boards, gilt title to spine. B/w photos. xiv and 390 pages including index. ISBN: 0854093303. Light browning to endpapers else contents clean. Price-cut green pictorial dustwrapper is lightly scuffed.
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- NATURAL HISTORY
- BOTANY
- CACTI
LEMURS OF MADAGASCAR AND THE COMOROS: THE IUCN RED DATA BOOK
Written by Caroline Harcourt; Jane Thornback.
Stock no. 1823715
Published by Iucn.
1st
1990.
Very good condition.
The plight of all lemur species and options for their conservation. Red glazed pictorial boards. B/w photos. ISBN: 2880329574. Boards lightly scuffed. Page 181/182 creased leaving impressions on facing pages (printing error). Else clean.
- Categorised in:
- NATURAL HISTORY
- NATURAL HISTORY GENERAL
- MAMMALS
- MADAGASCAR
- INDIAN OCEAN
HUMMINGBIRDS OF THE CARIBBEAN
Written by Esther Quesada Tyrell.
Stock no. 1823712
Published by Crown Publishers.
1st
1990.
Slightly better than very good condition in a slightly better than very good dustwrapper.
A stunning, easy-to-read book that combines the best in bird photography with the most complete and informative text on hummingbirds of the Caribbean. Large format. Blue cloth boards, gilt title to spine. Colour photos. xv and 238 pages including index. ISBN: 0517573687. Top & tail of spine lightly bumped. Contents clean. Pictorial dustwrapper is a little grubby.
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- NATURAL HISTORY
- ORNITHOLOGY
- CARIBBEAN
THE BARN OWL
Written by D.S. Bunn; A.B. Warburton; R.D.S. Wilson.
Illustrated by Ian Willis.
Stock no. 1823708
Published by T. & A.D. Poyser.
1st
1982.
Nearly fine condition in a nearly fine dustwrapper.
The product of almost 40 years field work. Black boards, gilt title & owl vignette to spine. Colour frontis & b/w plates, b/w illustrations. 264 pages including index. ISBN: 0856610321. A nice copy in white pictorial dustwrapper which has a few minor marks.
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- NATURAL HISTORY
- ORNITHOLOGY
- OWLS