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The Wonders of the Plant World
by Elliott, G. F. Scott
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- Second Edition
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- 1911
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Ashmore, Queensland, AUS
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London: Seeley & Co., 1911. 155pp, 8 bw plates. Or pictorial cloth. Spine a little sunned, some minor rubbing, front free endpaper glued to inside of front cover, moderate to heavy foxing, minor insect damage to top edge of pages. Attractive juvenile title on plants. Includes chapter on plants and medicine; vegetables; tobacco; flowers; deserts and more.. Second Edition. Hard… Read more about this item Item Price
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The Arm'd Rhinoceros
by Carter, Nick
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- Used - Very Good
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- Good
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- First Edition
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- 1965
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- Hardcover
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Ashmore, Queensland, AUS
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London: Andre Deutsch, 1965. 284pp, bw photographs. Or brown cloth in pictorial jacket. Some light toning/foxing to endpapers, prelims and edges, prev owners name on title page. Jacket price clipped, rubbed on spine with several very short tears to edges. A game warden in Kenya writes of the rhinoceros and its conservation. . First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good/Good. 8vo.… Read more about this item Item Price
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The Orchids. The Wild Species
by Kijima, T
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- Used - Fine
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- Fine
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- First American Edition
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- 1990
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- Hardcover
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- 9780831766573
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NZ$38.85
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New York: Gallery Books, 1990. 207pp, index, 155+ col photographs. Or black cloth in pictorial jacket. Very light edge wear to jacket. Over 155 beautiful full-page colour photographs of orchid species.. First American Edition. Hard Cover. Fine/Fine. Folio. Item Price
NZ$38.85
Snakes and Other Reptiles of the Southwest. A User Friendly Guide to Snakes, Lizards and Turtles of the Southwest
by Stoops, Erik D.; Wright, Annette
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- Used - Fine
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- Second Edition, Second Printing
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- 1993
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- Paperback
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- 9780914846796
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NZ$13.87
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Phoenix, Az.: Golden West Publishers, 1993. 102pp, index, num bw & 63 col ills. Pictorial card covers. Slight edge wear to covers. With full colour insert, 80 photographs, and hundreds of listings this is the definitive easy to use guide for Southwestern American reptiles.. Second Edition, Second Printing. Trade Paperback. Fine. 8vo. Item Price
NZ$13.87
The Life Histories of the Steelhead Rainbow Trout (Salmo gairdneri gairdneri) and Silver Salmon (Oncorhynchus kisutch) with Special Reference to Waddell Creek, California and Recommendations Regarding Their Management. Fish Bulletin No. 98
by Shapovalov, Leo; Taft, Alan C
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- Used - Very Good
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- First Edition
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- 1954
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NZ$33.30
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California: Department of Fish and Game, California, 1954. 379pp, tables, bw ills. Or thin card wraps with black cloth spine. Minor foxing. . First Edition. Soft Cover. Very Good. 8vo. Item Price
NZ$33.30
Pesticides: Their Use and Toxicity in Relation to Wildlife. Game Bulletin No. 7
by Rudd, Robert L.; Genelly, Richard E
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- First Edition
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- 1956
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- Paperback
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NZ$22.20
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California: Department of Fish and Game, California, 1956. 209pp, appendices, bibliography. Or thin card wraps with black cloth spine. Prev owners name on front cover, light toning to page edges, occasional light foxing. A academic look at pesticide effects on wildlife including DDT, arsenicals, strycvhnine, thallium, chlordane, heptachlor, malathion and many others. Important reference for those looking into ecological and… Read more about this item Item Price
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Bites and Stings. The World of Venemous Animals
by Nichol, John
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- Used - Fine
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- Very Good
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- First Australian Edition
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- 1989
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- Hardcover
- ISBN
- 9780730103004
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Ashmore, Queensland, AUS
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NZ$15.54
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Sydney: Reed, 1989. 208pp, index, bibliography, appendix, num bw & col ills. Or green cloth in pictorial jacket. Some minor edge wear to jacket. Explores man's relationship with venemous animals and the part they have played in our history, religion and folklore. As well as a comprehensive natural history of these creatures the book contains information on modern forms of… Read more about this item Item Price
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Marine Shells of the Pacific. An Authoritative Handbook for All Collectors. Revised Edition
by Cernohorsky, Walter O
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- Used - Very Good
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- Very Good
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- Revised Edition
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- 1971
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- Hardcover
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Ashmore, Queensland, AUS
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NZ$31.08
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Sydney: Pacific Publications., 1971. 248pp, index, appendices, 59 bw plates, folding chart, endpaper maps. or green cloth in pictorial jacket. Very slight edge wear to jacket, foxing apparent on flaps. Sticker on front free endpaper with 'donation' details, some light occasional foxing. Extensively revised in the light of new information since the original 1967 publication. A classic and standard work… Read more about this item Item Price
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Dead Heat: The Race Against the Greenhouse Effect
by Oppenheimer, Michael;Boyle, Robert H
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- Used - Very Good
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- Fine
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- First Edition
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- 1990
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- Hardcover
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- 9780465098040
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NZ$16.65
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New York: Basic Books, 1990. xii, index, notes. Or papered boards with cloth spine in jacket. Some foxing to page edges. Two of the 20th century's great scientists discuss the Greenhouse Effect and Global Warming.. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good/Fine. 8vo. Item Price
NZ$16.65
New Naturalist Library 6. Natural History of the Highlands and Islands
by Darling, Fraser
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- Used - Very Good
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- Good Plus
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- First Edition
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- 1947
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- Hardcover
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London: Collins, 1947. xv, 303pp, index, maps, bibliography, bw & col ills. Or green cloth in ajcket. Endpapers toned, small bookseller label on front pastedown, some toning to page edges. Jacket price clipped, short tear at head of spine, slight sunning of spine, jacket foxed. Early title in the New Naturalist Library dealing with the animals, birds and sealife… Read more about this item Item Price
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Reptiles of the World. The Crocodiles, Lizards, Snakes, Turtles and Tortoises of the Eastern and Western Hemispheres
by Ditmars, Raymond L
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- No Jacket
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- Twenty=First Printing
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- 1967
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- Hardcover
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New York: Macmillan, 1967. xx, 321pp + 89pp bw plates. Or blue cloth lacking jacket. Some toning to page edges, foxing on several pages. Nice copy of this standard herpetology reference.. Twenty=First Printing. Hard Cover. Very Good/No Jacket. 8vo. Item Price
NZ$27.75
An Illustrated Catalog of the Neotropic Arctiinae Types in the United States National Museum (Lepidoptera: Arctiinae) Part II.Smithsonian Contributions to Zoology Number 128
by Watson, Allan
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- First Edition
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- 1973
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NZ$24.42
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Washington DC: Smithsonian Instition, 1973. 160pp, index, 106 bw plates. Or card covers. Some tonign to covers, tape stains inside covers. Detailed coverage of the Arctiinae moths held by the American National Museum. The Arctiinae are found in latin America.. First Edition. Soft Cover. Very Good. 4to. Item Price
NZ$24.42
Ecology and Behavior of the Giant Wood Spider Nephila maculata (Fabricius) in New Guinea. Smithsonian Contributions to Zoology Number 149
by Robinson, Michael H. & Barbara
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- First Edition
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- 1973
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Washington DC: Smithsonian Instition, 1973. 76pp, appendices, bibliography, bw ills, diagrams. Or blue card covers. Some rubbing and toning, stamp of Heron Island Research Station on front cover and title page. . First Edition. Soft Cover. Very Good. 4to. Item Price
NZ$16.65
A Systematic Monograph of New World Ethmiid Moths (Lepidoptea: Gelechioidea). Smithsonian Contributions to Zoology Number 120
by Powell, Jerry A
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- First Edition
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- 1973
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Washington DC: Smithsonian Instition, 1973. 302pp, index, 22 bw plates, 294 bw drawings, distribution maps. Or card covers. Some tonign and tape stains to covers. Detailed monograph of Ethmiid moths- American moths of the Gelechioidea.. First Edition. Soft Cover. Very Good. 4to. Item Price
NZ$38.85
Vascular Flora of the Northern Marianas Islands. Smithsonian Contributions to Botany Number 22
by Fosberg, F. Raymond; Falanruw, M. V. C.; Sachet, Marie-Helene
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- First Edition
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- 1975
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Washington DC: Smithsonian Instition, 1975. iii, 45pp, index, references. Or green card wraps. Tape stains inside covers and first/last pages, pulled at top staple, bumped at bottom corner. An annotated list of the vascular flora of the Northern Marianas Islands in Micronesia.. First Edition. Wraps. Very Good. 4to. Item Price
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My Feeling for Fauna
by Morgan, Dave
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- Used - Good
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- First Edition
- Published
- 1995
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- Paperback
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- 9781874959274
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NZ$15.54
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Sydney: William Waterman, 1995. x, 300pp. Minor edge wear to card covers, moderate to heavy foxing and soem insect damage/holes to half-title page, number written in red to half-title. Biography of a life centered on fauna and culminating in encounters with wildlife when the author worked at Manyeleti Reptile Centre in South Africa's lowveld.. First Edition. Trade Paperback. Good. 8vo.… Read more about this item Item Price
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A Common Fate: Endangered Salmon and the People of the Pacific Northwest
by Cone, Joseph
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- Used - Fine
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- Fine
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- First Edition
- Published
- 1994
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- Hardcover
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- 9780805023886
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New York: Henry Holt & Co., 1994. xii, 340pp, index, notes, appendix. Or blue papered boards with white cloth spine in jacket. Very light edge wear to jacket. . First Edition. Hard Cover. Fine/Fine. 8vo. Item Price
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The Chimps of Mt. Asserik
by Brewer, Stella
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- Used - Fine
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- Fine
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- First Edition
- Published
- 1978
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- Hardcover
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- 9780394494494
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New York: Alfred A Knopf, 1978. xiii, 302pp, index, bw ills. Or red papered boards with tan cloth spine in jacket. Very slight edge wear to jacket, spine somewhat faded. Account of the author's experiences rescuing orphaned baby chimpanzees, raising them and finally teaching them to live free in the African wilds.. First Edition. Hard Cover. Fine/Fine. 8vo. Item Price
NZ$16.65
The New Naturalist: Fleas, Flukes & Cuckoos. A Study of Bird Parasites
by Rothschild, Miriam; Clay, Theresa
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- Used - Good
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- Fair
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- Second Edition
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- 1957
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- Hardcover
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Ashmore, Queensland, AUS
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NZ$33.30
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London: Collins New Naturalist Library, 1957. xiv, 305 pp, index, bibliography, appendix, 90 bw photos, 4 maps & 22 drawings. Or green cloth in jacket. Moderate to heavy foxing on endpapers, prelims and edges-internally quite clean. Some surface damage to cloth at head of spine, and bottom of rear board. Jacket faded on spine, several long tears and… Read more about this item Item Price
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Taking Wing : Archaeopteryx and the Evolution of Bird Flight
by Shipman, Pat
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- Used - Fine
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- First UK Paperback Edition
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- 1999
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- Paperback
- ISBN
- 9780753806968
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London: Phoenix, 1999. 398pp, index, bibliography, notes, bw ills. Or card covers. Near new. A glimpse into the origins and mysteries of flight. Joint winner of the Rhone-Poulenc Prize for science.. First UK Paperback Edition. Trade Paperback. Fine. 8vo. Item Price
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