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195326188London: Trustees of the British Museum 23 December 1953. First edition from the British Museum Natural History. With a map of Africa as frontispiece folding map of the Union of South Africa and folding map of Southern Africa north of the Union. 4to publisher's original green buckram with painted spine label. 363 pp. including index. Internally very fine the binding solid and clean with some minor toning from light and with the painted label mellowed with lettering unclear. AN IMPORTANT WORK a reclassification of the mammals of the area based on the extensive material in the study collections of the British Museum and Transvaal Museum as well as specimens in the South African Museum and information from recent workers in the field. Trustees of the British Museum hardcover
018829London: The Tryon Gallery Print. Very Good. Unframed. Limited Edition. A superb very large and impressive limited edition print by Amuchastegui. The overal paper size is 91 x 64 cm with the print area measuring approximately 76 x 50cm. Published by London's Tryon Gallery and printed to a very high standard. This example is no 58 of a limited edition of just 250 copies. Condition is generally very good with a just a little wear. The edges are a little more worn with perhaps a nick or two but this would be concealed with a mount no noticeable wear within the print area. A very good copy of this impressive print. Not signed. 0. The Tryon Gallery unknown
1332303595.Gpaperback. Good. Access codes and supplements are not guaranteed with used items. May be an ex-library book. paperback
19435713Chicago : Published by the author 1943 . First Limited edition. Hardcover. Good. 8vo 158 pages light blue cloth with some fading inset photograph of foxy on top cover. <br/><br/>Copy 242 of 990: Presentation inscription to Malcom Schueren. Schueren's hobby was hunting mountain lions away from his job in Chicago advertising. " While the facts as they are set forth are based mostly on my personal experiences items have been included from other sportsment and professional lion hunters who have together killed more than a thousand lions. . I trust this information will rectify some of the erroneous legends that have been told about our principal predatory animal the American Mountain Lion - Foreword." Many photogravures. Published by the author hardcover
1989967500078New York: Longmeadow Press 1989. First Edition First Printing. Hardcover. Fine/Fine. Black Board Covers with Gilt Lettering to Spine; Covers are clean and Corners are sharp; White Endpapers; Square 6to; Dustjacket is Mylar wrapped; gilt spine lettering; Book is tight. bright and dustjacket is bright; Folio; 440 pages indexed; For the first time the entire text and the complete series of John James Audubon's paintings of the Quadrupeds appear in one volume. 155 full-color plates; Complete and unabridged; These superb paintings capture in exquisite detail the breathtaking beauty of the four-footed creatures that populated the North American forests and plains of Audubon's time; A very beautiful book collectable! Extra Postage required. <br/><br/>6.22#; P3; NA; MS0.00; OD090811; ACQ5/93; C-98; Longmeadow Press hardcover
1977biblio698Québec: Presses de l'Université Laval 1977. Fine. <p>in4 xxv 406p ill coul n&b rel toile de l'éd Jaquette ill 2e édition revue corrigée et augmentée</p> Presses de l'Université Laval unknown
1929038817United Kingdom 1929. Drawing. Illus. by Leonard Brightwell. Fine. Framed. Signed by THE ARTIST. Original. A group of eleven kanagroos gathered and with a witty title "An Australian Eleven" alluding to a cricket XI. Etching dry point on laid paper signed and titled by the artist this one completed around 1929. Published in London by the British company "James Connell & Sons". Plate 345mm x 250mm. Paper unmarked fine with a new conservation grade acid free fine mount. Black stained wooden frame in fine condition. Framed dimension 580mm x 430mm. A characterful and humorous work. Provenance - plate to the back of James Connell & Sons in Glasgow. James Connell was well known for dealing in prints along with publishing both in Glasgow and London. Biography - Leonard Robert Brightwell London Born 1889 - 1962 An outstanding British etcher illustrator and author of animal subjects Leonard Robert Brightwell studied at the Lambeth School of Art London. Countless visits to the Zoological Gardens however provided his most important artistic education. Brightwell became a Fellow of the Zoological Society of London in 1906 and a member of the Marine Biological Association in 1922. During the first half of the twentieth century he was commissioned by these associations and other museums to make scientific drawings of various forms of life including extinct animals. Brightwell's first illustrated book A British Dog in France was published in 1913. During the First World War 1914-1918 he served in the British Army. After 1920 Brightwell established himself as a major illustrator and as an author. Books written and illustrated by him include A Cartoonist among Animals 1921 On the Seashore 1934 The Zoo You Knew 1936 Neptune's Garden 1937 The Dawn of Life 1938 The Garden Naturalist 1941 The Zoo Story 1952 and Down to the Sea 1954.His cartoons often appeared in the Punch Magazine. . unknown
1812004505London: T. Cadell and W. Davies 1812. New Enlarged Edition. Hardcover. Good. Copperplate Engravings . Octavo 439 pages contemporary full calf rear cover detached inked name on half-title page no spine labels. <br/><br/>Translated by William Smellie editor of The Encyclopedia Britannica. Vol. 6 of 20 : covering a Dissertation on Tigers Rodents Bats etc. 65 copperplates. PRINTING AND THE MIND OF MAN 198. T. Cadell and W. Davies hardcover
1812004504London: T. Cadell and W. Davies 1812. New Enlarged Edition. Hardcover. Good. Copperplate Engravings . Octavo 378 pages contemporary full calf joints cracked inked name on half-title page no spine labels. <br/><br/>Translated by William Smellie editor of The Encyclopedia Britannica. Vol. 5 of 20 : covering a Dissertation on Wild Animals especially wolves. 64 copperplates. PRINTING AND THE MIND OF MAN 198. T. Cadell and W. Davies hardcover
1805009557London: Darton & Harvey 1805. Book. Very Good. Hardback. First Edition. 4to. pp. Additional engraved titles and 84 plates by J. Tookey after Ibbetson. Contemporary full leather bindings rebacked preserving original spine very good with a little general wear and rubbing corners worn. Contents clean and tight minimal foxing. A very good tight copy. Nissen 886. Darton & Harvey Hardcover
ria9780309050258_inpPaperback / softback. New. New Book; Fast Shipping from UK; Not signed; Not First Edition; In addition the book describes current federal regulations prescribed under the Marine Mammal Protection Act that govern the taking of marine mammals by scientific research activities and it recommends changes to expedite the regulato paperback
A9780309050258Paperback / softback. New. This volume reviews the current state of knowledge regarding the effects of low-frequency sound on marine mammals and makes recommendations for research. In addition the book describes current federal regulations prescribed under the Marine Mammal Protection Act that govern the taking of marine mammals by scientific research activities and it recommends changes to expedite the regulatory process dealing with scientific research activities. paperback
ria9780309085366_inpPaperback / softback. New. New Book; Fast Shipping from UK; Not signed; Not First Edition; Reviews sources of noise in the ocean environment what is known of the responses of marine mammals to acoustic disturbance and what models exist for describing ocean noise and marine mammal responses. Recommendations are made for data paperback
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2003__0309085365Natl Academy Pr 2003. Paperback. New. 204 pages. 9.00x6.25x0.75 inches. Natl Academy Pr paperback
0259762822.Gpaperback. Good. Access codes and supplements are not guaranteed with used items. May be an ex-library book. paperback
1390558835.Gpaperback. Good. Access codes and supplements are not guaranteed with used items. May be an ex-library book. paperback
1856034959Edinburgh: W. H. Lizars 1856. Book. Very Good. Hardcover. 12mo. Pp. 248; engraved frontispiece plate of Sir Hans Sloane; engraved title page with b/w vignette; 30 engraved plates hand-coloured ; letterpress title and half-title pages. half red leather binding with marbled covered boards very good and firm. Contents clean and tight marbled endpapers all edges gilt a few spots to the front and rear blanks otherwise clean all plates unmarked. A very good clean copy. W. H. Lizars Hardcover
1909039178Edinburgh: M'Farlane & Erskine 1909. Book. Very Good. Hardcover. 1st Edition. 8vo. 64 pages' folding map with hand-coloured wash. Publisher's hardback binding with printed boards very good and bright contents clean and tight many pages unopened little toning to end papers. This is a dedicated reprint with separate pagination of the "Presidential Address to the Royal Physical Society of Edinburgh for Session 1906-1907." A very good to fine copy. Scarce. M'Farlane & Erskine Hardcover
1892039176Edinburgh: M'Farlane & Erskine 1892. Book. Very Good. Hardcover. 1st Edition. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. 123 pages An old pencil note to the half-title page states "Wm Evans' annotated copy" - many of the small neat annotations are written in the first person and initialled "W.E." Publisher's green cloth very good and bright contents clean and tight original chocolate brown end papers. A very good association copy of this title limited to just 200 copies. M'Farlane & Erskine Hardcover
1528517954.Gpaperback. Good. Access codes and supplements are not guaranteed with used items. May be an ex-library book. paperback
1990024554New York New York U.S.A.: Springer Verlag 1990. Illustrated laminated boards. 562 pages with b/w illustrations. . Hard Cover. Very Good/No Jacket. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Springer Verlag Hardcover
193039976Macmillan 1930. 8vo. First Edition with very numerous illustrations and diagrams in the text small signature on front free endpaper; original green ribbed cloth gilt back corners bruised else a very good bright clean copy in dustrapper the latter with loss at backstrip and edges. An important survey by the Linacre Professor of Zoology and Comparative Anatomy at Oxford. Includes an extensive bibliography. Macmillan, hardcover
