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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
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
1906024341Calcutta: Printed at the Baptish Mission Press and Published By the Asiatic Society 1906. Book. Very Good. Hardcover. First Edition. Small Folio. A very good copy of this original offprint. Pp. 277-299; two b/w plates. Original blue cloth backed printed boards very good with light wear only a little marked. Contents clean and tight no inscriptions. A very good copy. Scarce. Printed at the Baptish Mission Press, and Published By the Asiatic Society Hardcover
1999032749Frankfurt: Edition Chimaira/Andreas S. Brahm 1999. Book. Fine. Hardcover. First Edition. 4to 24 x 17 cm. 350 2 pages; colour photographs and b/w illustrations and distribution maps throughout No dust jacket as published. Laminated boards fine with minimal wear contents clean and tight unmarked no inscriptions. A fine copy virtually as new. Edition Chimaira/Andreas S. Brahm Hardcover
2015036284Brittany: Locus Solus 2015. Book. Fine. Hardcover. First Edition. 4to. 312 pages; nearly 70 species 350 images and 150 maps. Laminated binding fine. Contents clean and tight unmarked no inscriptions. A fine copy virtually as new. Locus Solus Hardcover
1996054163Sydney: Reed 1996. 796pp bibliography 2 appendices hundreds photographs most color distribution maps pictorial endpapers. Red cloth in jacket. Jacket attached to covers and covered with clear adhesive plastic coating contact light thumb soiling to bottom corner prev owner name to front free endpaper. This printing from the 21st year of publication has a revised and expanded appendix. 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 1983 1986 and again for this edition in 1992. This edition contains 951 species 91 more than the previous edition. In addition it features a much greater use of colour than its predecessors. Fifth Edition with Amendments . Hard Cover. Very Good/Very Good. 4to. Reed Hardcover
1996021948USA: WB. Saunders Company 1996. 512 pages with colour and b/w illustrations. Heavy book 2kg. . First Edition. Hard Cover. Good/No Jacket. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. WB. Saunders Company Hardcover
1985002887Ithaca: Comstock Cornell University Press 1985. 2 volumes 1136pp. photos ills maps. Handbooks of American Natural History. Species of snakes in the U.S. and Canada with range size longevity description color habitat behavior periods of activity breeding mating eggs young shedding food venom enemies field and bibliographic notes. Glossary bibliography index. Bright clean copy like new; gold-stamped brown cloth covers. Hard Cover. Fine/No Dust Jacket. 8vo. Comstock (Cornell University Press) Hardcover
0916984400.Gpaperback. Good. Access codes and supplements are not guaranteed with used items. May be an ex-library book. paperback
1986056134Sydney: Reed 1986. HEAVY. xxi 688pp endpaper maps index bibliography 2 appendices 880 photographs 230 color distribution maps. Green cloth in pictorial jacket. Slight edge wear to jacket a little fading at edges of jacket light even toning to page edges some foxing to top edge. Boards covered with clear adhesive plastic contact. Provides a complete identification keys to the entire Australian herpetofauna. These keys together with over 880 photographs 230 in color of living frogs and reptiles 830 distribution maps line drawings definitive text and selectedreferences provide a unique and comprehensive guide. First published in 1975 it was revised in 1979 in 1983 it was again revised with an additional 121 species and 64 photos added. With this edition a further 50 species have been added. A very nice copy of the standard work on Australian herpetofauna. Fourth Edition Revised & Expanded. Hard Cover. Very Good/Very Good. 4to. Reed Hardcover
1990041132Basel: Birkhauser Verlag 1990. xi 270pp references bw ills. Or yellow boards. Ex-university library with less than usual stamps labels etc inc withdrawn stamp on top edge Collection of technical papers on amphibian and reptile cytogenetics. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good. 8vo. Ex-Library. Birkhauser Verlag 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
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
1979003290Ithaca: Comstock Cornell University Press 1979. Original hardcover edition NOT print-on -demand. Hardcover. New. 8vo. Comstock (Cornell University Press) Hardcover
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
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
0282430857.Gpaperback. Good. Access codes and supplements are not guaranteed with used items. May be an ex-library book. paperback
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
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