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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
0282430857.Gpaperback. Good. Access codes and supplements are not guaranteed with used items. May be an ex-library book. paperback
2005039824Abu Dhabi: Trident Press 2005. VERY HEAVY-additional postage will be requested for orders outside Australia. 428pp index bibliography references hundreds col ills. Or green cloth in jacket. Near new. The most comprehensive book on the entire range of wildlife in the UAE written by 34 different experts in their fields. As well as mammals birds marine life reptiles amphibians and insects the book also covers geology fossils habitats plants and conservation. . First Edition. Hard Cover. Near Fine/Near Fine. Folio. Trident Press 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
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
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
1912013084Dumfries: J. Maxwell & Son 1912. Large slim octavo pp xiv 80 a little age-toned top edge gilt other edges uncut folding map cloth slightly dusty spine slightly faded otherwise a very good copy. With two short typed letters to the notable ornithologist Rev F.L. Blathwayt signed by the author. RARE From the library of the naturalist and conservationist Richard Fitter with his stamp on the front endpaper. Signed letter from author. First Edition. Cloth. Very Good. J. Maxwell & Son Hardcover
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
1831022888Ave Maria Lane London: Whittaker Treacher & Co 1831. With specific descriptions by Edward Griffith and Edward Pidgeib. Large thick octavo pp 2 481 i 110 with 48 fine hand coloured lithograph plates and 7 plain plates slight offsetting from plates on to text the last plate and its opposing page have a dark small stain to their lower margins otherwise everything is stunningly clean internally recently bound in half green leather and marbled boards very good. Bound at the rear is the 110pp Synopsis of Species by J.E. Gray. First Edition thus. Half-Leather. Very Good. Whittaker, Treacher & Co 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
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
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
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
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
199100001853Camden House Pub 1991. First edition as stated. Hardcover. As New/near fine. r. 172 pp. First edition inscribed and signed by author. <br/><br/> Free USPS tracking with every US order. Ships from MA. Camden House Pub hardcover