Search Results: Natural History from Diversity Books, IOBA

London: Eyre and Spottiswoode, 1958. 376pp., botanical colour-art frontispiece, plus 14 unpaginated like-art plates throughout (all called-for plates extant). Colour art by Ann V. Webster. Numerous b/white, line-drawn intext illustrations by Lura M. Ripley. Book clean. Bright gilt title over slightly cocked and bumped spine. Plain, original green cloth boards undamaged. Tinted top edge, leaves clean and unmarked. Art-illustrated, laminated dustjacket lightly edgeworn and colour faded on spine, plus minimal laminate bubbling. A stand-alone, Volume 1 in the 'Kew Series' of British plants. Understandable for the beginner through to the professional, contents include: Prelims., Intro., Key to Genera, British Wild Flowers, Biblio., Glossary, Index. Book weight approx. 490g. . First Edition.. Hardcover and Dustjacket. Very Good +/Very Good. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall.

London: Eyre and Spottiswoode, 1958. 244pp., botanical colour-art frontispiece, plus 15 unpaginated, like illustrated plates, all by Anne V. Webster. All called-for plates extant. Intext, b/white sketch-art by Ernest V. Petts, throughout. Book clean and square. Bright gilt title over nominally bumped spine. Plain, original green cloth boards undamaged. Top edge tinted, leaves clean and unmarked. Art-illustrated, laminated dustjacket lightly edgeworn, and colour faded on spine. plus minimal laminate bubbling. A stand-alone, Volume 2 in the 'Kew Series' of British Plants. Providing a detailed and authoritative account of native and naturalised woody plants suitable for a beginner through to the more advanced level, contents include: Prelims., Intro., Key to Genera, British Trees and Shrubs, Biblio., Glossary, Index. Book weight approx. 375g. Postage charge will be reduced as this item will post under 500g. packed weight. . First Edition.. Hardcover and Dustjacket. Very Good +/Very Good. 12mo -… Read More

Reading, Massachusetts, United States: Helix Books/Addison-Wesley Publishing, 1996. xiii, + 377pp., intext, b/w halftone plate illustrations throughout. Book clean, square. Spine firm. Leaves clean. Illustrated card wrapper lightly edgeworn only. In the world of insects, which impacts on us all, the numbers are staggering: up to 30 million species, an estimated number of individual insects at any given time is 10 quintillion, collectively out-weighing every other lifeform on the planet. They are to be found everywhere.Contents include: Prelims., Classification and Nomenclature, Physiology, Behaviour, Social lives, Vegetarian lifestyles, Eating insects, Parasites and hosts, Odd appetites and out-of-the-way places, Insects and people, Appreciating insects, Equal time, Appendix, Index. Book weight approx. 600g. . 1st Thus [P/B].. Softcover. Very Good +. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" Tall.

Sydney, N.S.W., Australia: A. H. & A. W. Reed, 1978. 144pp. Map endpapers. Identifying photographic colour-plate illustrations throughout, plus several b/white line drawings. Book clean and square. Bright gilt title over firm spine. Blue faux-leather boards undamaged. Textblock unmarked. Colour-illustrated dustjacket mildy edgeworn, and colour-faded on spine (no text loss). This book describes the chaetodontids and pomacanthids (butterfy-fishes and angelfishes) of the Australia/New Guinea region of the Pacific. Contents include: Prelims., Foreword. Acks. Introduction. Family/Genus (x 5). Index of Common Names. ditto Scientific Names. Literature Cited. Map. Photo Credits. Book weight approx. 895g. *Customers outside Australia - This item will incur extra postage charges as it will weigh over 1KG. with packing. . First Thus. Hardcover and Dustjacket. Very Good +/Good. 4to - (approx. 27cm x 21.5cm).

London, England: Cassell Illustrated, 2004. 192pp., colour, and b/white illustrations throughout. Book clean, square. Spine firm. Leaves clean. Gloss illustrated boards negligibly scuffed only. "The authoritative text, with numerous photographs and clear illustrations, is enhanced by the unique personal observations of Ken Preston-Mafham . . . Though coverage includes species from around the world, there is special emphasis on the often spectacularly patterned species of Africa and South America. The wealth of information in this book, however, ensures that it is of equal importance to the amateur nature lover, student, and scientist anywhere in the world . . . " Contents include: Preface, 10 chapters, Appendices, Glossary, Guide to Further Reading, Butterfly Conservation Societies, Picture Credits, Index. Book weight approx. 650g. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Reprint.. Hardcover. Very Good +.

Chicago, Illinois, U.S.A.: Ivan R. Dee, 2001. xi, + 321pp. Book clean and sqaure. Bright gilt title over black quarter-cloth spine. Blind-stamped author initials on front board. Textblock unmarked. Colour-art illustrated ('Milkmaids in the Field', Juien Dupre) dustjacket mildly edgeworn, with a short, closed tear and crease on lower front foredge fold. This interesting book tells the story of the centuries-old relationship of cows and humans . . . Contents include: Prelims., Preface. Part 1/ Part of the Family. 2/ The Business of Cattle. 3/ The Good Provider. Acks., Notes. Index. Book weight approx. 685g. . First Edition. Hardcover and Dustjacket. Near Fine/Good. 8vo - (approx. 23.5cm x 16cm).

South Yarra, Victoria, Australia: Curry O'Neill, 1985. ix, + 150pp. Tinted endpapers. Intext, colour-plate illustrations throughout. Book clean and square. Spine firm. Brown boards very good. Textblock unmarked. Colour, photographically-illustrated dustjacket mildly edgeworn only. 'Close To Nature', by John Landy (1930-2022), Australian record-breaking runner, foundation member of the Land Conservation Council, Victorian Governor-General, and nature photographer, is a unique record of the passage of the seasons and their influence on plant and animal life, observed on the author's family farm and in the surrounding bush . . . Contents include: Map of the Upper Murray. Author's Note. Acks., Introduction. The Diary. Bibliography. Index. Book weight approx. 930g. *Customers outside Australia - This item will incur extra postage charges as it will weigh over 1KG. with packing. Please email for quote. . First Edition. Hardcover and Dustjacket. Very Good +/Very Good. 4to - (approx.… Read More

New York: Little, Brown & Company, 2009. xii, + 292pp. Small, chapter-header sketch-illustrations (Glenn Wolff), plus several maps. Book clean. Vivid silver title over firm, minimally canted spine. Blind-stamped publisher's logo over nominally bumped boards. Textblock unmarked. Illustrated dustjacket lightly bumped and edgeworn only. Bill Streever is a scientist/writer with a passion for the earth's cold regions and in this book he tells us stories of avalanches, glaciers, seals and snowflakes, igloos and icebergs, permafrost to hoarfrost, life and death . . . Contents include: Prelims., Author's Note. Preface. 12 chapters (as 'months' - July to June). Maps. Acks., Notes. Index. Book weight approx. 525g. . First Edition, 3rd Impression. Hardcover and Dustjacket. Very Good +/Very Good +. 8vo - (approx. 24cm x 16cm).

London: Salamander Books, 1989. 204pp., colour, illustrated endpapers, exquisite underwater colour plates of marine life, enhanced by a series of area maps and line-drawings. Book clean and square. Spine firm, bright gilt title there-on. Leaves clean. Pictorially-illustrated dustjacket edgeworn, with several closed tears. "This book celebrates the stunning variety of life that abounds in the warm waters of the world's coral reefs." Part One: The Coral Reef Environment. Part Two: Coral Reefs of the World, including Caribbean, Maldives, Red Sea, Kenya, Hawaii, and of course, Australia's Great Barrier Reef. Index. Book weight approx. 1.2KG. * Buyers outside Australia - This item will incur extra postage charges as it weighs over 1KG. Please email for quote. . First Edition.. Hardcover and Dustjacket. Very Good/Good +. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall.

Scarborough: E.M. Grant Pty. Ltd., 1991. 56pp., colour plates throughout. Book clean and square. Spine firm. Leaves clean. Pictorially-illustrated card wrapper lightly edgeworn and creased. Primarily pictorial with concise captioning, the author, a life-long advocate and champion for the welfare of the Great Barrier Reef, demonstrates in this volume the beauty of colour and the diversity of patterns and shapes in the wondrous corals of the reef . . . Includes: Foreword, Intro., Notes on Corals, Index. Book weight approx. 260g. Postage charge will be reduced as this item will post under 500g. packed weight. Size: 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. 1st [Stated].. Softcover. Very Good +.

Surrey, England: Interpret Publishing, 2003. 123pp., colour photographic illustrations throughout. Book clean, very slightly canted. Spine firm. Leaves clean. Illustrated gloss boards negligibly scuffed only. "This attractive and informative volume dedicated to the Cornish Rex Cat includes: History of the Cornish Rex Cat, Anatomy, A Portrait, Purchasing, Providing a Safe Home, Feeding, Grooming, Training and Behaviour, Breeding, Exhibiting, Health Care, Useful Addresses, Index. Book weight approx. 480g. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. First Edition.. Hardcover. Very Good +.

Oxford, U.K., Amos, Iowa, U.S.A., and Melbourne, A: Fishing News Books Imprint (Blackwell Publishing), 2004. xvi, + 528pp., plus unpaginated colour-plate section. Intext illustrations throughout: b/white halftone plates, graphs, tables and line-drawings. Book clean and square. Spine firm, nominally bumped on head and heel. Gloss, illustrated boards lightly bumped on foredge corners, else minimally scuffed. No dustjacket (as issued). An original seller's sticker on front pastedown, a security strip on rear pastedown, else text-block unmarked. With the continuing decline of commercial stocks of wild-caught fish, interest in the culture of cold-water marine fish is rapidly growing. This important and timely book reviews the current and potential future situation concerning the major exploited marine fish species, with contributions from the world's leading marine disciplinarians. Contents include: Prelims., Contributors, Introduction, 12 sub-chaptered 'chapters', Index. Book weight… Read More

London: Peerage Books, 1983. xiv, + 296pp., colour photographic illustrations throughout. Book clean, square. Spine firm. Blue boards (illustration to front panel) undamaged. Faint and tiny foxing spots to textblock head, else leaves clean. Illustrated dustjacket negligibly edge-creased, and foxed on reverse. Introduction by W. Donald Duckworth. " . . . this volume includes members of virtually every known family of Lepidoptera and illustrates over one thousand of the more scientifically and visually dramatic species. The A-Z Dictionary of some two thousand entries gives the scientific facts: distribution, habitats, food plants, sizes, and unusual relationships that occur - the ant-reared caterpillar, for example, or the moths on which the yucca plant depends for fertilization. The alphabetical format offers immediate access to a vast amount of information - based on years of intensive research by the authors - on the entirety of the Order Lepidoptera throughout the world. The text is… Read More

New York: Public Affairs (Perseus Books Group), 2003. ix, + 244pp., unpaginated [8 page] colour-plate section, plus intext, b/white art-illustrations throughout. Book clean and square. Spine firm, bright silver title there-on. Leaves clean, remainder stripe on foot of text-block. Pictorially-illustrated dustjacket lightly edgeworn only. Originally published as 'Africa's Elephant', Hodder & Stoughton, Great Britain 2001, this edition is a fascinating insight into the elephant and its sophisticated family, and community structure, showing compassion, loyalty, life-long friendships and family ties, and, most strikingly, mourns and buries its dead.Contents include: Prelims., 25 chapters, Biblio., Index. Book weight approx. 490g. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. 1st Thus.. Hardcover and Dustjacket. Very Good +/Very Good +. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

London: Guild Publishing (BCA), 1987. 141pp., plus xvi. Colour and b/white halftone plates, art illustrations and line-drawings throughout. Book clean and square. Bright gilt title over nominally bumped spine. Plain grey boards undamaged. Leaves clean. Pictorially-illustrated dustjacket very slightly edgeworn, and mildly colour-faded on spine. The collective of 21 expert contributors, this BCA edition contents include: What is an Anthropod, Millipedes/Other Myriapods, Insects and Other Hexapods, Arachnids, Glossary, Bibliography, Acks., Index. Book weight approx. 850g. * Customers outside Australia - This item will incur extra postage charges as it will weigh over 1KG. with packing. Please email for quote. Size: 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. First Thus. Hardcover and Dustjacket. Very Good +/Very Good.

Capet Town South Africa: Struik Publishers, 1993. 272pp., recto page colour plates throughout, with a relevant reference and dispersal map on adjacent verso, b/white spoor drawings. Book clean and square. Spine firm. A stylized, multi-coloured stamp (and resultant off-setting) on half-title page, otherwise leaves clean. Pictorially-illustrated card wrapper nominally edgeworn and U.V.affected on spine. Southern Africa is home to approximately 12 per cent of the world's mammal species, which numbers some 4250. This field guide, which includes whales and dolphins, has been designed to facilitate identification, supported by biological data on measurements, habitat, behaviour, food and reproduction, together with distribution maps. Contents include: Various Orders, Spoor Drawings (forefoot and hindfoot), Glossary, Index to: Common Names, Scientific Names, Afrikaans Names. Book weight approx. 500g. . 2nd Edition.. Softcover. Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

Cape Town, South Africa: Struik Publishers, 1988. 272pp., photographic colour plates throughout, supported by two-colour range maps. Book clean and square. Spine firm. Pictorially-illustrated card wrapper lightly edgeworn, with a soft crease and short tear on rear wrap. A comprehensive field guide to the huge array of mammals that call Southern Africa home . . . Book weight approx. 515g. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. First Softcover Edition.. Softcover. Very Good.

New Jersey, U.S.A.: Chartwell Books, Inc., 1992. 208pp. Colour illustrations (576 in full colour) plus b/white line drawn illustrations. Photographs by Frantisek Tvrz. Book clean, square. Spine firm. Leaves clean and unmarked. Colour illustrated gloss boards have a small bump to head of front panel. Like-illustrated dustjacket has a vertical crease and small corner crease to front flap. 'A comprehensive guide to the natural riches of the earth, this book is a must for the lover and collector of minerals, rocks and precious stones. Over 500 examples are beautifully illustrated in colour, and the easy-to-follow tables provide detailed information about hardness, lustre, physical properties, characteristic colouring and place of origin as well as many other interesting facts." Includes Index of Minerals, General Index, and Location of Minerals. Book weight approx. 536g. (This book will post as a small parcel within Australia only, and postage charge will be reduced accordingly). Reprint. Hardcover and… Read More

London: Headline, 1995. x, + 374pp., three unpaginated halftone plate sections, one full colour, two in b/white. Some of these illustrations are confronting and disturbing.Book clean and square. Spine firm, bright gilt title there-on. Leaves tanned. Boards undamaged. Colour-illustrated [author portrait rear] dustjacket nominally edgeworn only. At huge personal risk, both physical and financial, the author has embarked on a crusade to save the remaining population of wild tigers from the hugely profitable Asian black market trade in tiger body parts.Book weight approx. 750g. . 1st Edition, 1st Impression.. Hardcover and Dustjacket. Very Good/Very Good +. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

Australia: Simon and Schuster, 1994. 347pp., colour photographic illustrations, maps and b/white line drawings. Australian research and adaptation: Julia Cain. Principal photography by The Wildlife Collection. Book clean, square. Spine firm, silver title there-on. Plain green boards lightly bumped at foot. Leaves clean. Illustrated dustjacket negligibly edge-creased, two tiny closed tears at head of rear flap fold. " . . . a celebration of the incredible diversity of life, the amazing variety of solutions that have been found to ensure the survival of the earth's creatures. If you have ever marvelled at the abilities of creatures large and small to adapt to the sometimes bizarre conditions of nature, the struggle for survival that has gone on since the beginning of time, this book is essential reading." Contents include: Introduction, The Polar Regions, The Oceans, The Wetlands, The Deserts, The Plains, The Mountains, The Forests, Further Reading, About the Authors, Index. Book weight… Read More