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Features: The Black River area of the Mosquito Coast, Honduras - Rio Tinto Expedition; The Footsteps of Liu - variety of amphibians and reptiles; Yellowstone - Nature's Laboratory; The Panama Choco Expedition - Flag 172; The Transglobe Expedition completes objectives and receives the Explorers Medal; A visit to South China. Average wear. Unmarked. A sound copy. Book
1984VR283741984-1986 327, 112 p., num. figs & photographss, paperbound. Acta Zoologica Pathologica Antverpiensia. Ex Library Dr. A.C. van Bruggen (with his stamp). Scarce.
2009VR447452009 476 p., hundreds of figures, maps & coloured photographs, 4to, cloth (dust jacket). Without the CDrom. Very good copy.
1998ML434061998 288 p., 658 figures & maps, 12 coloured plates, 4to, hardbound (dust jacket). Very good copy.
1850VG149481850 16 p., 3 (2 col.) lithographed pls, folio, disbound (no covers). Published in: Denkschriften der Mathematisch-Naturwissenschaftlichen Classe der Kaiserlichen Akademie der Wissenschaften.
1930VR150131930 230 p., 10 figs, 9 pls, 4to, paperbound (original printed covers). Published in: Abhandlungen der Senckenbergischen Naturforschenden Gesellschaft. Good copy.
1860VR368701860 [4], iv, 140 p., contemporary half sheep leather (basane), spine with gilt author/title and decorations. Edges marbled. Very nice copy of this scarce work
1934VR339541934 343 p., 11 planches couleurs dont 1 en frontispice, 24 planches en héliogravure hors-texte, 13 figures in-texte, reliure demi-chagrin bleu marine à coins, dos à 5 nerfs orné de filets dorés sur les nerfs, tête dorée, couvertures conservées (rousseurs sur les couvertures), ex-libris de Jean Arnal, un très bel exemplaire de cet ouvrage recherché ! très bon état, intérieur frais.
In-4, 836p. Edition française par H.-E. Sauvage et J. Kunckel d'Hercula•s. Illustré de 20 planches hors texte et de 789 figures dans le texte. Texte sur 2 colonnes. Bon exemplaire.
In-4, 836p. Edition française par H.-E. Sauvage et J. Kunckel d'Hercula•s. Illustré de 20 planches hors texte et de 789 figures dans le texte. Texte sur 2 colonnes. Un cahier légèrement déréglé, inscription en page de faux-titre, sinon exemplaire en parfaite condition.
1962002454Cape Town: Purnell and Sons 1962. 424pp. ills. maps color frontis and 74 color plates by P.J. Smits. 16 pages b&w photos. Systemic account of all species of snakes in Southern Africa. Introductory essays key systemic index. bibliography indices of common and scientific names. Name in ink inside front cover. Foxed spots effecting pages facing color plates. Small stain front cover edge slightly shaken corners bumped. Occasional underlining in red pencil. Cloth. Good/No Dust Jacket. Illus. by Smit P.J. 4to. Purnell and Sons Hardcover
Three volume set in excellent condition. Books are absolutely clean with heavy, strong bindings, appear unused. Each book about 700 pages with a few color plates, a great many b&w line drawings and about 30 pages of b&w photos with detailed descriptions of each subject. Vol. I: Mammals, Vol. II: Mammals, Birds, Amphibians, Reptiles, Vol III: Fishes, Invertebrates, Insects, Index, Bindings are solid and square, covers have sharp corners, exterior shows no blemishes but slightly faded spines, texts/interiors are clean and free of marking of any kind. Slip case shows the slightest signs of shelf wear only, no tears.
2000053241Sydney: Reed New Holland 2000. HEAVY. 808pp index references glossary appendices hundreds photographs most color distribution maps. Red cloth in jacket. Jacket covered with clear adhesive coating faded on & by spine slight rubbing to bottom edge of boards. Provides complete identification keys to the entire Australian herpetofauna. These keys together with hundreds of photographs of living frogs and reptiles hundreds of distribution maps line drawings definitive text and selected references provide a unique and comprehensive guide. First published in 1975 it was revised in 1979 1983 1986 1992 and again for this edition in 2000. This edition contains over 1000 species 48 more than the previous edition. Sixth Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good/Very Good. 4to. Reed New Holland Hardcover
1983054161Sydney: Reed 1983. HEAVY. 660pp index bibliography glossary 2 appendix hundreds photographs most color distribution maps endpaper maps. Green cloth in jacket. Bottom of boards a little rubbedminor toning/foxing to page edges. Provides a complete identification keys to the entire Australian herpetofauna. These keys together with hundreds of photographs of living frogs and reptiles hundreds of distribution maps line drawings definitive text and selected references provide a unique and comprehensive guide. First published in 1975 it was revised in 1979 and again for this edition in 1983. Standard work in Australian herpetology. Third Edition Revised & Expanded. Hard Cover. Very Good/Very Good. 4to. Reed Hardcover
1991055031Brisbane: Queensland Museum 1991. 391pp index distribution maps. Pictorial card covers. SIGNED Glen and inscribed to Peter by author. A nice gently used copy. . Inscribed by Author. First Paperback. Soft Cover. Very Good. 4to. Queensland Museum Paperback
1983055082Melbourne: Oxford University Press 1983. xv 527pp index references appendix bw & col ills line drawings tables endpaper maps. Blue cloth in jacket. Very light edge wear to jacket even toning to page edges. Review of all venomous and poisonous creatures terrestrial and marine which pose a threat to man or beast. Identification emergency treatment hospital management and more are covered. Includes information on research into the pharmacology and biochemistry of the venoms much of which published for the first time. . First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good/Very Good. 8vo. Oxford University Press Hardcover
1965014468New York: Holt Rinehart & Winston 1965. 254 pages. photos. Ionides tells of his life in Africa as a conservationist hunter and naturalist and how he learned to capture venomous snakes in particular mambas and vipers. Appendix of notes on rare mammal species collected by Ionides. Nice copy dust jacket with very minimal wear. First Edition. Cloth. Very Good/Very Good. 8vo. Holt, Rinehart & Winston Hardcover
2010011715Utah: Eagle Mountain Publishing 2010. In original publisher's shrink-wrap. xvii 812 pages 21 contributions 43 authors 44 color photographs 86 figures 148 tables 9 appendices. The herpetofauna of this region consists of approximately 1900 species of which about 1000 are endemic to specific countries. Conservation of Mesoamerican Amphibians and Reptiles CMAR represents the most comprehensive compilation of conservation-related herpetological contributions ever assembled for Mesoamerica. Hardcover. New/New. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. Eagle Mountain Publishing Hardcover
1994CG088341994 569 p., 159 figs, 11 col. pls, 4to, paperbound. This volume contains 12 papers mainly on various groups of Crustacea from New Caledonia, Indonesia, Polynesia and the Philippines. One paper describes no less than 56 new species of galatheids.
1991VR447991991-1993 2 volumes (complete). 530 p., 161 figures, 31 maps, 20 (8 coloured) plates, paperbound. Very good, crisp set.
1939HF146091939-1940 2 parts. 216 p., num. figs & pls, roy. 4to, paperbound. Published in: The Transactions of the Linnean Society of London. Includes 12 reports: Description of the Expedition / Meteorology / Geology / Tardigrada / Rotifera and Turbellaria / Oligochaeta / Macrelmis (Coleoptera, Elmidae) / Crustacea: Anostraca and Conchostraca / Charophyta / Macrophytic Vegetation / The Algae / Amphibia.
1833SG434071833 88 p., half-title with a beautiful mezzotint (?) of rocks and a ship, 1 woodcut figure of a ship, 1 engraved plate (of a sounding lead) / plomb de sonde), 4to, contemporary green paper-covered boards. Outer ends spine worn (with some loss on the lower end), pages 9-15 with a small inkstain, small library stamps on the title-page.
1934005196Oxford at the Clarendon Press 1934. Illustrated large 8vo pp xxxii 381 black buckram slightly worn a very slight tear to the spine head. Neat ownership stamp on front endpaper and verso of frontispiece. VERY SCARCE ORIGINAL PRINTING. Oxford, at the Clarendon Press hardcover
1895020567Edinburgh: David Douglas 1895. Two volumes. Illustrated large ocyavo pp xxii ii 306; 309 publisher's catalogue 18 pages a folding map at the rear in good condition slight age-toning to the page margins slight adhesion damage to the front endpapers of the second volume otherwise very good internally green cloth very slightly worn the spines very slightly faded the upper cover of volume two is rather marked and blotched. The Oates Library copy with the bookplate of Robert Washington Oates and his blind-stamp on the front endpapers also the blind-stamp of Durrant House Bournemouth and the small Bibliotheca Oatesiana stamp on the half titles and the last page. The first volume also has the earlier armorial bookplte of R.D. Jackson. First Edition. Cloth. Good. David Douglas Hardcover
2014010214Kota Kinabalu 2014. Illustrated quarto pp xiv 382 a very good copy in dustwrapper. A heavy book - extra postage may be necessary. Amphibians by virtue of their thin moist permeable skins are poorly protected from harsh environments and are especially susceptible to chemical changes desiccation and alteration of their habitat. Accordingly it is not surprising that they have manifest proportionately high extinction rates and suffer more severe declines than most other taxa in an environment undergoing unprecedented anthropogenic change. First Edition. Pictorial laminated boards. New/New. Hardcover
