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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
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
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
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
1941002149Albany: University of The State of New York 1941. 366pp. 2 fold-out charts ills. photos. Introduction keys to identification of species larvae eggs; life history habits and distribution of 17 species of salamander found in New York. Bibliography index. Unmarked tight copy with light browning on cover edges one bumped corner. Inside clean and tight. The rare original edition. Original Wraps. Very Good. 8vo. University of The State of New York Paperback
1989biblio859Trade paperback US. Glued binding. Contains: Illustrations black & white. Audience: General/trade.B Univ of Texas Pr paperback
008916London: The Ray Society 1896-7. Two volumes with 24 plates of which 16 are coloured plus folding maps and text illustrations pp iii 210; 211-376 31; neat and tiny owner's signature and stamp on front endpaper of each volume original dark blue decorated cloth. The first volume is becoming weak internally otherwise this is an exceptionally clean copy in a very bright binding. Very scarce. . First Edition. Decorative Cloth. Very Good. The Ray Society Hardcover
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
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
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
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
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
