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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
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
1893036558Sydney: L. Bruck 1893. vi 85pp frontis portrait. Contemporary original brown cloth titled in gilt. Ex-museum library with several oval stamps throughout has cancelled stamp on front free endpaper faded spine label some minor surface abrasion to cloth. Some foxing to endpapers and preliminary blanks. Scarce Australian publication on snake venom its action and antidote. Includes historical overview and case studies. First Edition. Hard Cover. Near Very Good. 8vo. L. Bruck 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
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
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
1738012097Leipzig und Rudolstadt: Wolffgang Deer 1738. Book. Very Good. Vellum. 8vo 11 X 18cm. Multiple works all dated 1738 bound together. First work with separate title page and frontispiece plate; pp. 46 770 22 Second wirk title page printed in black and red also dated 1738 with frontispiece plate pp. 126 second title page pp. 142 third title page pp. 158 missing final leaf Contemporary full vellum binding with autographed title to spine. Binding very good with a little general wear and rubbing to extremities a little marked. Contents clean and tight. A very good tight copy. Scarce. Wolffgang Deer Hardcover
1979003290Ithaca: Comstock Cornell University Press 1979. Original hardcover edition NOT print-on -demand. Hardcover. New. 8vo. Comstock (Cornell University Press) 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
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
2017025059Melbourne VIC Australia: CSIRO Publishing 2017. Illustrated laminated boards. 448 pages with colour illustrations. Australia is home to a diverse freshwater turtle fauna including more than 25 species and an array of side-necked turtle subspecies. . UPDATED EDITION. Hard Cover. Near Fine/No Jacket. Small Folio. CSIRO Publishing Hardcover
0282430857.Gpaperback. Good. Access codes and supplements are not guaranteed with used items. May be an ex-library book. paperback
021058Kyoto University: Fauna and Flora Research Society 1955 - 1956. Two volumes large octavo pp 4 viii 390 viiix x; x vi 530m viii vii well illustrated a fodling map in each volume blue cloth just very slightly worn the frint and rear hinges of the second volume have been strenthened with white tape very clean internally the dustwrappers are very thin and flimsy and rather badly torn. SCARCE. A heavy set - extra postage may be needed. First Edition. Cloth. Good/Poor. Fauna and Flora Research Society 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
0365770485.Gpaperback. Good. Access codes and supplements are not guaranteed with used items. May be an ex-library book. paperback
188842799London Harrison and Sons 1888. 4to. No wrappers as extracted from "Philosophical Transactions" 1886 - Vol. 177 - Part II. Pp. 471-480 a. 4 lithographed plates. Clean and fine. <br/><br/><em>First appearance of a classical paper in which Owen describes the two new finds of dinosaurs from Lord Howe's Island New South Wales. They belongs to the Megalania a word coined by Owen himself.Megalania Great roamer is a giant extinct goanna or monitor lizard.It was part of a megafaunal assemblage that inhibited Southern Australia during the Pleistocene and appears to have disappeared around 40.ooo years ago. The first aboriginal settlers of Australia may have encountered living Megalania. </em> unknown
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
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
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
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
19811294Berkeley: Sombre Reptiles 1981. First edition. Original Wraps. Fine. 12 pp. Sewn wrappers with narrow printed cover label. One of 26 copies printed. A fine copy of a typically mysterious and elegant Sombre Reptiles production. Sombre Reptiles unknown
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
1983056443Melbourne: 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 small bump to bottom rear corner. SIGNED with personalised inscription by author on title page To Merv Cobcroft-first curator of the University of Queensland Marks-Hirschfeld Museum of Medical History. 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. . Signed & Inscribed by Author. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good/Very Good. 8vo. Oxford University Press Hardcover