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Brazilian Adventure

Brazilian Adventure

by Peter Fleming

Brazilian Adventure is a book by Peter Fleming about his search for the lost Colonel Percy Fawcett in the Brazilian jungle. Fawcett along with his son and another companion had disappeared while searching for the Lost City of Z in 1925. Fleming was working as literary editor for The Times when he answered a small ad asking for volunteers to join an expedition to find out what had happened to Fawcett. The story of Fleming's 1932 expedition is told in Brazilian Adventure.
The Crystal Desert

The Crystal Desert

by David G Campbell

THE CRYSTAL DESERT: SUMMERS IN ANTARCTICA is the story of life's tenacity on the coldest of Earth's continents. It tells of the explorers who discovered Antarctica, of the whalers and sealers who despoiled it, and of the scientists who are deciphering its mysteries. In beautiful, lucid prose, David G. Campbell chronicles the desperately short summers on the Antarctic Peninsula. He presents a fascinating portrait of the evolution of life in Antarctica and also of the evolution of the continent itself.
North By West

North By West

by R D Symons

Wild Flowers Of the United States

Wild Flowers Of the United States

by Harold William Rickett

Life On Earth - a Natural History

Life On Earth - a Natural History

by David Attenborough

The Medusa and The Snail

The Medusa and The Snail

by Lewis Thomas

Mind and Nature

Mind and Nature

by Gregory Bateson

Wandering Through Winter

Wandering Through Winter

by Edwin Way Teale

Spaceship Earth

Spaceship Earth

by Barbara Ward

Silton Seasons

Silton Seasons

by R D Symons

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Offshore Shells Of Sa

by Douw G; Lussi, Markus Steyn

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The Medusa Snail

by Lewis Thomas

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Birds Of the Northern Forest

by J Fenwick; Text By John a Livingston Lansdowne

Natural Sciences Books & Ephemera

Pacific Discovery

Pacific Discovery

by Sciences, California Academy Of

Nature's Wonderland (Four Volumes) :  Or Short Talks on Natural History  for Young and Old

Nature's Wonderland (Four Volumes) : Or Short Talks on Natural History for Young and Old

by Kingsley, J. Sterling; Brec, Edward

NY: F. R. Niglutsch. Very Good with no dust jacket; Boards rubbed and lightly soiled, spines . sunned and stained, faint foxing to endpapers, but otherwise clean and . bright interiors.. 1894. Reprint. Hardcover. Reprint of 1890 edition. In four volumes, uniformly bound in brown gilt-blocked cloth. All edges gilt. Each volume contains hundreds of black and white plates and small engravings, as well as some chromolithograph plates. Tight bindings. Vol. I - Invertebrates, Crustacea, and Insects. Color... Read more about this item
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NZ$588.84
SYSTEMA NATURAE: 1735: Facsimile of the first edition

SYSTEMA NATURAE: 1735: Facsimile of the first edition

by Linnaeus, Carolus

Utrecht: HES & de Graaf, 2003. Cloth bound in very good condition; Only very slight bumping to corners.. With an introduction and a first Englisch translation of the Observations by M.S.J. Engel-Ledeboer and H. Engel; Dutch Classics on History of Science series volume VIIIl ; 12" x 9"; 30 pages plus the facsimile.
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NZ$222.08
THE LIFE OF GOETHE; By George Henry Lewes

THE LIFE OF GOETHE; By George Henry Lewes

by Lewes, George Henry

London: Smith, Elder & Co, 1864. Second English Edition "Partly Rewritten". Cloth. Very Good/None. Engraved frontispiece. Royal 8vo (9" x 5 7/8"), original publishers brown cloth with gilt-lettered cordovan label on spine, plus rectilinear thriple gilt edge rules and bevelled covers; illustrated with engraved frontispiece portrait of Goethe; coated brown endpapers, viii + 340 pages. Weight: 2 lbs. 2 oz. George Henry Lewes (1817-1878) was the common law husband of "George... Read more about this item
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NZ$159.83
Biology and Natural History of Brazilian Atlantic Forest Small Mammals

Biology and Natural History of Brazilian Atlantic Forest Small Mammals

by Gustavo A.B. da Fonseca

Softcover wraps 100pps.
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NZ$30.28
Histoire Naturell Des Singes (Being Volumes Trente-Cinquieme and Trente-Sixieme of the 127 Volume "Histoire Naturelle Generale et Particuliere, Par Leclerc De Buffon") (Two Volumes ONLY)

Histoire Naturell Des Singes (Being Volumes Trente-Cinquieme and Trente-Sixieme of the 127 Volume "Histoire Naturelle Generale et Particuliere, Par Leclerc De Buffon") (Two Volumes ONLY)

by Sonnini, C. S

Paris: De L'Imprimerie De F. Dufart, 1802. Cloth - Hard Cover. Good+/No Dust Jacket. 315 pages, plus 35 steel engraved plates and 302 pages, plus 44 steel engraved plates. Rebound in modern covers with light green over boards and a darker green over spine. Gold lettering on spine. Contents remain un-cut and there is scattered, mostly light, wear along edges. Occasional light foxing and smudges. Both volumes remain tight and are overall intact and fairly clean.
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NZ$841.20
Alive In the Wild.

Alive In the Wild.

by Prentice-Hall

Englewood Cliffs, New Jersey:: Prentice-Hall, 1970.. 2nd Printing.. Hardbound . BINDING/CONDITION: brown cloth with black cloth at the spine; a Good book, with a Good dust jacket; publisher's price on the jacket flap is intact.. small 4to (about 10 inches tall) . Index. Green endpapers. Description: Well illustrated with drawings by Robert Candy. Edited by Victor H Cahalane and Charles C Johnson. Features stories of various wild animals by different nature writers, included are stories about: golden... Read more about this item
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NZ$21.03
MEMOIR'S (sic) FOR A NATURAL HISTORY OF ANIMALS. Containing The Anatomical Descriptions of Several Creatures Dissected By The Royal Academy of Sciences at Paris. Englished by Alexander Pitfeild, Fellow of the Royal Society.

MEMOIR'S (sic) FOR A NATURAL HISTORY OF ANIMALS. Containing The Anatomical Descriptions of Several Creatures Dissected By The Royal Academy of Sciences at Paris. Englished by Alexander Pitfeild, Fellow of the Royal Society.

by Perrault, Claude

Quarto (12 by 8 1/4 inches) London: "Printed by Joseph Streater, and are to be Sold by T. Basset, at the George in Fleet-Street. J Robinson, at the Golden Lyon in St. Paul's Church-Yard. B. Ayimer, at the Three Pigeons over against the Royal-Exchange. Job. Southby at the Harrow in Cornhil. And by W. Canning, in the Temple." 1688. (16) 267 (12) & (3) 40 pages.

TWO works bound together, as published, in original full mottled calf, with raised bands and gilt ornaments on spine.
Good condition, with some... Read more about this item
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NZ$2,649.78
The Reluctant Mr. Darwin: An Intimate Portrait of Charles Darwin and the Making of His Theory of Evolution. Great Discoveries.

The Reluctant Mr. Darwin: An Intimate Portrait of Charles Darwin and the Making of His Theory of Evolution. Great Discoveries.

by QUAMMEN, David. [Charles Darwin]

New York: Atlas Books / W. W. Norton & Company, 2006. Signed on an archival stationer's card, which is laid into the book. First edition / First printing. Black paper-covered spine, beige paper-covered boards. Fine in a fine dust jacket.
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NZ$252.36
Birds of the Northern Forest

Birds of the Northern Forest

by Livingston, John A

Canada: McClelland & Stewart Limited, 1966 This is an introduction to some of the birds that live in the great evergreen forest of North America. Every reader, expert or not, will be delighted by the superb full-color reproductions of the work of J. F> Lansdowne, one of the world's foremost bird painters. The lively and stimulating text by John A. Livingston will not only interest students of birds but will also inspire the general readr to explore for himself the endless variety of this most... Read more about this item
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NZ$58.94
Flower and Fruit prints of the early 18th and 19th Centuries- Their History, Makers and Uses, with a Catalogue Raisonne of the Works in Which They Are Found

Flower and Fruit prints of the early 18th and 19th Centuries- Their History, Makers and Uses, with a Catalogue Raisonne of the Works in Which They Are Found

by Dunthorne, Gordon

Washington D.C. Published by the author. 1938. Bound in full varnished beveled buckram boards with elaborate gilt tooled morrocco label to front cover and spine. t.e.g. Folio. This book designed and printed by the deeptone process at The Lakeside Press, in a limited edition of 2500 copies, of which 750 copies contain the special color plate listing subscribers names. This copy inscribed, signed and dated by the author in ink to the front free endsheet. Brilliantly illustrated with full page colour... Read more about this item
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NZ$1,598.28
Spectacle de la Nature: or, Nature Displayed. being Discourses on such particulars of Natural History as were thought most proper to Excite Curiosity, and Form the Minds of Youth.

Spectacle de la Nature: or, Nature Displayed. being Discourses on such particulars of Natural History as were thought most proper to Excite Curiosity, and Form the Minds of Youth.

by Noel Antoine Pluche

Recent quarter calf over marbled boards. xvi, 279, 300 [20]p. 21 copper plates. An English translation of the first volume of an early work on natural history by Noel Pluche (1688-1761). The main body of this volume consists of five sections, on insects, birds, terrestrial animals, fish, and plants. Each section contains fascinating descriptions of the subjects considered, and the book is illustrated with 21 charming copper engravings.
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NZ$588.84
Ich suchte Gesichter. Schädel erhalten ihr Antlitz zurück. Wissenschaft auf neuen Wegen. Vorw. (u. dt. Bearb. aus d. Ms.) von Helga Menzel-Tettenborn.

Ich suchte Gesichter. Schädel erhalten ihr Antlitz zurück. Wissenschaft auf neuen Wegen. Vorw. (u. dt. Bearb. aus d. Ms.) von Helga Menzel-Tettenborn.

by Gerassimow [Gerasimov], Michail M

Gütersloh, Bertelsmann, ( 1968). . I. Der Weg vom Schädel zum Antlitz / II. Grundlagen der Methode / III. Das Gesicht vorzeitlicher Menschen / IV. Porträts historischer Persönlichkeiten. - Gut und sauber
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NZ$27.39
Excursions of an Evolutionist

Excursions of an Evolutionist

by John Fiske

Houghton Mifflin Co. 1911. Book is in good condition. Text is clean and unmarked. Binding and maroon boards are sturdy. Gilt lettering on spine is slightly faded. Boards show slight shelf and edge wear. No DJ.
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NZ$50.47
Remarkable Trees of the Montréal Botanical Garden

Remarkable Trees of the Montréal Botanical Garden

by Beaudon, Marie-Fleurette; Charpentier, Anne

Québec: Éditions du Trécarré (Sajib Series), 1990 Profusely illustrated with color photos throughout. Itineraries on a folding map at the end of the book. « The Botanical Garden presents fifty (50) trees that are remarkable for their economic importance, their ornamental value, their adaptation to our climate, their ecology, their impressive size, or their beauty.». Soft cover. New.
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NZ$36.60
Milkweed Butterflies: Their Cladistics and Biology:  Being an Account of  the Natural History of the Danainae, a Subfamily of the Lepidoptera,  Nymphalidae

Milkweed Butterflies: Their Cladistics and Biology: Being an Account of the Natural History of the Danainae, a Subfamily of the Lepidoptera, Nymphalidae

by Ackery, P. R. ; Vane-Wright, R. I

Ithaca, NY: Cornell University Press and British Museum. Near Fine in Very Good dust jacket; A few small dots of foxing on verso of . jacket.. 1984. First Edition. Hardcover. 0801416884 . vii, 425 pp, systematic index, geographical index, bibliography Many black and white photos and illustrations and 12 color plates plus color frontispiece photo. The amazing migration champion monarch butterfly is the best known milkweed butterfly and this scholarly volume describes its biology and that of its... Read more about this item
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NZ$168.24
The Phasian Bird.

The Phasian Bird.

by Williamson, Henry

Boston:: Little, Brown & Company, October, 1950.. 1st Edition, so stated (1st U.S. Edition).. Hardbound . BINDING/CONDITION: red cloth with gilt text and decoration; a Very Good+ book with a Good dust jacket; the dust jacket is price clipped.. 8vo (8.25 inches tall) . Description: Title page illustration and chapter headpieces by Israel Doskow. This book is much in the style of the author's most acclaimed book, Tarka the Otter. (That book won the Hawthornden Prize in 1928.) This is a true to nature... Read more about this item
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NZ$31.12
Une montagne, mille mystères

Une montagne, mille mystères

by Vanderheyden, Kees

Québec: Éditions de la Paix (Collection Pratique et société), 2010 Textes sur la faune et la flore saisonnières du Mont Saint-Hilaire.. Couverture souple. Comme neuf.
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NZ$19.44
Contributions to the Natural History of the United States of America (Four Volumes)

Contributions to the Natural History of the United States of America (Four Volumes)

by Agassiz, Louis

Boston: Little, Brown and Company. First Edition . Cloth - Hard Cover. Good+/No Jacket. sm folio. Complete in four volumes, with all plates. All volumes have been professionally and very nicely rebacked, retaining original spine covers. Gilt on spine is good, though slightly faded on a few letters. Covers are lightly rubbed and show a little wear at corners in general, and along the lower edges of volume IV. Small book plate on top front paste down, and inked name on blank front free end page.... Read more about this item
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NZ$1,261.80
L'oeil américain

L'oeil américain

by Morency, Pierre

Les Éditiond du Boréal, 1989 Illustrations en n./b. « Avoir l'il américain n'est-ce pas jouir de l'habilité qui nous fait entendre ce que nous écoutons, qui nous fait voir ce qui est derrière quand on regarde devant ? [.] L'acquisition de l'il américain n¿avait de sens pour moi que si elle permettait de sortir hors de soi, d'aller à la rencontre des choses, même menues, de voir soudainement le monde... Read more about this item
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NZ$21.80
Book of Natural History; Containing a Description of Animals and Birds

Book of Natural History; Containing a Description of Animals and Birds

by Morris, F. O

London: Groombridge and Sons, 1852. First Edition . Full Leather. Good+/No Jacket. 318 pages, plus 160 hand colored plates. Beautifully rebound in dark red leather with ruled edges on covers. Gilt stamped lettering and three animal images on spine. Top edge of text block is gilded. Marbled end leaves. Covers show very light scratches on top cover and are otherwise Fine. First plate (jaguar) has been trimmed along the edge, though not affecting image. First leaves are a little soiled and... Read more about this item
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NZ$1,009.44
Cahiers d'Histoire Naturelle a l'usage des Collléges et de ëcoles normales primaires, ... Ouvrage adopté par le Conseil Royal de l'Instruction Publique, pour servir a l'Enseignement de l'Histoire Naturelle dans l'établissemens de l'Université

Cahiers d'Histoire Naturelle a l'usage des Collléges et de ëcoles normales primaires, ... Ouvrage adopté par le Conseil Royal de l'Instruction Publique, pour servir a l'Enseignement de l'Histoire Naturelle dans l'établissemens de l'Université

by MILNE EDWARDS, Henri (1800-1885) & Achille J. COMTE (1802-1866)

Paris,: Crochard,, 1834-1836.. 6 parts) in one volume: 120; [ii], 134; [ii], 106; vi, 88; 74, [ii, blank], 146 pp. Small 8vo (10,5 x 18,5 cm.). Contemporary dark green half morocco (some minute rubbing and some occasional slight discolouring), In compartments gilt lettered and decorated. With 35 engraved (steel-engravings) plates.. Cahiers I-VI, all that have been published, and complete sets, like our's, are quite rare. Cahier II-VI in first edtitions, Cahier I in 3rd edition. The catalogue BM(NH)... Read more about this item
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NZ$233.46
Handbook of California Birds

Handbook of California Birds

by Brown, Vinson; Weston, Henry G

U.S.A.: Naturegraph Pub, 1973. Second Edition Revised. A Soft Cover. Fine/No Jacket As Published. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. A Trade Book Not Price Clipped.
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NZ$8.18
The Malay Archipelago

The Malay Archipelago

by Alfred Russel Wallace

London: Macmillan and Co, 1869. Second Edition. Very Good. Alfred Russel Wallace (1823 â€" 1913) was a British naturalist, explorer, geographer, anthropologist, biologist and illustrator He is best known for independently conceiving the theory of evolution through natural selection His paper on the subject was jointly published with some of Darwin's writings in 1858This prompted Darwin to publish On the Origin of Species Like Darwin, Wallace did extensive fieldwork; first in the Amazon, and then in... Read more about this item
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NZ$3,019.91
Such a Landscape!

Such a Landscape!

by William Henry Brewer; Alsup, William H.; Yosemite Association


Book cover like new, light edge wear - pages clean, bright and unmarked – spine like new.
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A Narrative of the 1864 California Geological Survey Exploration of Yosemite, Sequoia & Kings Canyon from the Diary, Field Notes, Letters & Reports of William Henry Brewer.
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NZ$168.24NZ$151.42
A TREATISE ON SOME OF THE INSECTS INJURIOUS TO VEGETATION

A TREATISE ON SOME OF THE INSECTS INJURIOUS TO VEGETATION

by (ENTOMOLOGY). HARRIS, THADDEUS WILLIAM

Boston: William White, 1862. Third Edition (First Illustrated). 237 x 152 mm. (9 1/4 x 6"). xi, [1], 640 pp. Publisher's brown cloth decorated in gilt and blind, upper cover with oval ornament composed of insects and vegetation, smooth spine with gilt titling. With numerous black & white illustrations in the text, five of these full-page, and EIGHT COLOR PLATES depicting a total of 107 insects. Front pastedown with blank engraved award certificate for a county fair exhibition in the 1860s. Sabin 30524.... Read more about this item
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NZ$1,312.27