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1921002151Washington: Smithsonian/United States National Museum 1921. 266pp. Smithsonian Bulletin No. 114. Description range habitat habits and varieties of the Lampropeltis king snakes; key summary of structural characteristics descriptions of 27 subspecies and isolated forms. Bibliography index. Small rubber stamp on front cover. Pages uncut. Nice copy./. Original Wraps. Very Good. 8vo. Smithsonian/United States National Museum Paperback
1989biblio859Trade paperback US. Glued binding. Contains: Illustrations black & white. Audience: General/trade.B Univ of Texas Pr paperback
1895003009Washington: Smithsonian Institution 1895. pp. 337-487 ills. b&w plates. Species descriptions with variations distribution habits. Coral snake mimicry pit viper poison apparatus rattles; Poisons: methods of investigation accounts of poisoning antidotes treatment elimination of poison by the system preventative inoculation extermination of poisonous snakes. Paper covers tattered chipped; pages uncut. Original Wraps. Very Good. 8vo. Smithsonian Institution Paperback
1982016896London: Royal Geographical Society 1982. Five maps octavo pp viii 327 ringbound very clean internally paper covers very slightly worn. Ringbound paperback. Very Good. Royal Geographical Society Paperback
1889019503Oxford at The Clarendon Press 1889. Illustrated with many wood engravings throughout five of which have been neatly partially coloured by a previous owner and with two folding coloured litho plates at the rear one plates is almost detached octavo pp xvi 449 very clean internally stoutly bound in a simple unsophisticated black leather. With the signature stamp of the marine biologist Dr Ivor Griffiths on the half-title and title page. Translations of Foreign Biological memoirs Volume II. First English edition. Full Leather. Very Good. Oxford at The Clarendon Press Hardcover
1968074567Egypt: SPecial Publication United States Naval Medical Research Unit 1968. Trade Paperback. Slight foxing to front cover. Contents: Introduction. Zoogeography. Species List. Key to Orders and Suborders. Sauria Lizards - Key to Families. Gekkonidae - Key to Species. Agamidae - Key to Species. Lacertidae - Key to Species. Varanidae - Key to Species. Scincidae - Key to Species. Chamaeleontidae. Serpentes Snakes - Key to Species. Typhlopidae. Leptotyphlopidae. Boidae. Colubridae. Elapidae. Viperidae. Crocodilia. Testudinata Turtles Key to Species. Testudinidae. Cheloniidae. Dermochelyidae. Trionychidae. Salient Frogs and Toads - Key to Species. Bufonidae. Ranidae. References. Maps. 91 pp. We carry a wide selection of titles in The Arts Theology History Politics Social and Physical Sciences. academic and scholarly books and Modern First Editions etc. 1st Trade Paperback. Soft Cover. Very Good. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. Trade Paperback. SPecial Publication, United States Naval Medical Research Unit Paperback
0365770485.Gpaperback. Good. Access codes and supplements are not guaranteed with used items. May be an ex-library book. paperback
2008008440Kota Kinabalu 2008. A NEW COPY. Well illustrated large 8vo pp vi 147 a very good copy in dustwrapper. Madagascar has a rich and diverse reptile fauna including several species of chelonians that are found nowhere else. It is home to such spectacular species as the Radiated Tortoise Astrochelys radiata the Spider Tortoise Pyxis arachnoides and the Ploughshare Tortoise Astrochelys yniphora; which is considered to be the worlds rarest tortoise and one of the most endangered reptiles. The Tortoises and Turtles of Madagascar is the first book to cover all the living and extinct chelonians of Madagascar. This book is an authoritative and comprehensive guide covering every known aspect of their natural history. Recent field studies that have been carried out by the author and others to provide a better understanding of these species ecology are synthesised in this publication. Practical species accounts provide accurate details of species identification distribution ecology and conservation and are complemented by numerous beautiful photographs of Malagasy tortoises and turtles in the wild. Up-to-date information on the status of their populations is also presented and there are details on the best sites to observe tortoises and turtles in Madagascar. Pictorial Cloth. New/New. Hardcover
1914013469Cambridge 1914. Memoirs of the Museum of Comparative Zoology Vol .XLIV No. 2. ORIGINAL EDITION. Pages 209 - 346 plus one plate. Light edge tanning and chips on covers but appears never to have been opened with many pages uncut. First Edition. Original Wraps Softbound. Very Good. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. Paperback
1995005316Edmonton AB: Provincial Museum of Alberta 1995. Color photos illustrations maps bibliography index 349 pages. Inscription on front blank flyleaf otherwise like new. Hard Cover. Fine/Fine. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. Provincial Museum of Alberta Hardcover
1995014536New Delhi: Oxford University Press/ WWF 1995. Color photos illustrations bibliography index 179 pages. Scarce. This book is an addition to the literature on India's natural history and reviews the biology of the 31 species of turtles tortoises and terrapins known in the Indian subcontinent. . Paperback. Very Good. Oxford University Press/ WWF Paperback
1996014813Krieger Pub Co 1996. In publisher's shrinkwrap. Color photos illustrations maps bibliography index 199 pages. Hard Cover. New. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. Krieger Pub Co Hardcover
1992044006Sydney: Angus & Robertson 1992. HEAVY. xv 495pp further reading indexes num col photographs distribution maps. Or cloth boards in jacket. Minor wear to bottom edge of boards minor edge wear to jacket prev owner name on front free endpaper. An exceptional resource for the herpetologist or reptile enthusiast covering hundreds of species of snake lizard crocodilian turtle and tortoise. First edition. Hard Cover. Very Good/Very Good. 4to. Angus & Robertson Hardcover
2000056379Chicago: University of Chicago Press 2000. HEAVY. xiii 444pp index references glossary tables bw ills. Pictorial card. Prev owner name stamp on half-title light foxing to page edges. A number of scientific papers on tadpoles. First Paperback. Soft Cover. Very Good. 4to. University of Chicago Press Paperback
1875055542Salem MA: Peabody Academy of Science 1875. Title continues: Preserving and Transporting Specimens of Natural History prepared for the use of the smithsonian Institution 1859. Irregularly paginated in parts bw ills. Half-leather marbled boards with leather spine and corners. Top of spine chipped otherwise minor rubbing to covers small prev owner stamp to front endpaper page edges evenly toned. A sammelband of 3 volumes of American Naturalist the first two Michigan State Fisheries reports Wallaces Monthly June 1878 on horse racing; and Directions for Collecting etc Specimens of Natural Hisotry for the Smithsonian. A very interesting 19th century miscellany. Periodical. Hard Cover. Very Good. 8vo. Peabody Academy of Science Hardcover
1975055675Sydney: A.H. & A.W. Reed 1975. HEAVY. 584pp endpaper maps index bibliography glossary 2 appendices 786 bw photographs col plates distribution maps endpaper maps. Brown cloth in jacket. Tape stains to endpapers small bookshop labels to front pastedown and endpaper minor rubbing to bottom edge of boards. Provides a complete identification keys to the entire Australian herpetofauna. These keys together with almost 800 photographs 192 in color of living frogs and reptiles 664 distribution maps line drawings definitive text and selected references provide a unique and comprehensive guide. This the first edition of what has become the standard work in the field. . First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good/Very Good. 4to. A.H. & A.W. Reed Hardcover
2004046903Washington D.C.: Smithsonian Institution and Avian Demography Unit 2004. xv 360pp index glossary references appendix bw & col ills maps. Or pictorial card. Minor thumb soiling to bottom corner otherwsie excellent. SIGNED with lengthy personalised inscription by one of the editors/authors LR Minter. Signed & Inscribed by the Author. First Edition. Soft Cover. Very Good. 4to. Smithsonian Institution and Avian Demography Unit Paperback
1963055903Sydney: Angus & Robertson 1963. xv 207pp index check list glossary 330 ills many colour pictorial endpapers. Or green cloth in jacket. Several short tear and associated creases to jacket tape stains to flaps and endpapers brief gift note on title page. A nice example of the scarce first edition of this classic of Australian herpetology. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good/Very Good. 8vo. Angus & Robertson Hardcover
0282430857.Gpaperback. Good. Access codes and supplements are not guaranteed with used items. May be an ex-library book. paperback
001194Morrow 1993 Book. As New. Soft cover. F. As New/As New. First Edition. Galley/Proof. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. ISBN:0-688-11583-7. Morrow, 1993 Paperback
1910013587London: Witherby & Co. 1910. Two volumes illustrated large octavo pp xxxii 472; xl 210 top edges gilt other edges uncut a little scattered foxing slightly heavier on the preliminary pages otherwise very clean internally spines very age-toned otherwise the cloth is in very good condition. Volume 1 contains the birds and mammals; Volume 2 the fishes reptiles and amphibians. From the library of the naturalist and conservationist Richard Fitter with his stamp on the front endpapers. First Edition. Cloth. Very Good. Witherby & Co. Hardcover
1950006565London: The Crown Agents for the Colonies 1950. Illustrated pp x 142 endpapers unevenly faded neat library stamp on front endpaper otherwise a good copy in a worn and torn dustwrapper. VERY SCARCE. The Crown Agents for the Colonies unknown
1979003290Ithaca: Comstock Cornell University Press 1979. Original hardcover edition NOT print-on -demand. Hardcover. New. 8vo. Comstock (Cornell University Press) Hardcover
1976002457New York: Academic Press 1976. 388pp. ills. photos. Twelve contributors on evolutionary biology anatomy/physiology of the frog retina visual pathways in the frog spatial vision in the frog visual system of the toad salamder visual systems developmental neurobiology standards for laboratory amphibians. Bibliography index. Cloth. Very Good/Very Good. 8vo. Academic Press Hardcover
2005015018Comstock Pub Assoc 2005. 236 color photographs 121 charts and graphs 16 maps 42 line drawings 2 halftones and 56 sets of audiospectrograms and waveforms 71 tables bibliography index 433 pages. Hard Cover. New/New. Comstock Pub Assoc Hardcover
