Natural History Books

Contributions to the Biology of the Philippine Archipelago and Adjacent Regions: Fishes, Eight Volumes more books like this

by Fowler, H.W. Et Al other copies of this book

Description: Very good. pp. 3200+, 49 plates, 205 text-figs. Uniform gray buckram (all wraps bound in), lg 8vo. U.S. National Museum Bulletin 100, vols. 1 (Pt. 7), 7, 8, 10, 11, 12, 13 and 14. This set contains the complete work on fishes and the index to all of the volumes published in 1963. Signature of former owner on the title page of some volumes. A bright, clean copy in near fine condition. Read More

The Rise of Birds: 225 Million Years of Evolution more books like this

by Chatterjee, S. other copies of this book

Description: pp. xvi, 312, 92+ text figs and maps. Cloth, DJ, 4to. First detailed, illustrated, and comprehensive review of the avian fossil record in a modern phylogenetic context. Fine (new) copy in fine DJ. Read More

Notes on the Natural History of East Finmark more books like this

by Norman, A.M. other copies of this book

Description: Very good. pp. 175 (approx), 8 full page plates. Orig. printed wraps, 8vo. From Annals and Magazine of Natural History, 1902-1905. Inscribed by the author to Professor Lilljeborg on the front wrap. Covers marine invertebrates and other natural history. Near fine. Read More

A Contribution to Our Knowledge of Seedlings, 2 Volumes, Complete more books like this

by Lubbock, J. other copies of this book

Description: Cloth on the spine is little discolored, a few labels removed from the rear endpapers, a tight copy in good condition. Cloth on the spine is little discolored, a few labels removed from the rear endpapers, a tight, good to very good copy. Read More

A Naturalist in the Bahamas more books like this

by Northrop, J.I. other copies of this book

Description: pp. xv, 281, 49 plts. Cloth, lg 8vo. The life and writings of John I. Northrop. Forward by Henry Fairfield Osborn. A large portion of the volume is devoted to a flora of New Providence and Andros. Fine copy. Read More

How to Sex Cage Birds (British and Foreign). more books like this

by Butler, A.G. other copies of this book

Description: pp. 176, 4 full page color plates by E.F. Bailey, numerous b/w photos and text-figures. Gilt-decorated red ribbed cloth, sm 8vo. A few spots on the front cover at the top, faint browning to endpapers, otherwise a tight, very good copy. Read More

An Introduction to the Literature of Vertebrate Zoology more books like this

by Wood, Casey A. other copies of this book

Description: pp. xix, 643, b/w frontis plate. Two-tone cloth, 4to. This reprint edition was limited to 250 copies. Fine copy. Read More

A Catalogue of the Collection of Birds Formed By the Late Hugh Edwin Strickland more books like this

by Salvin, O. other copies of this book

Description: pp. xvi, 652, 31. Publisher's gilt-lettered olive green cloth, lg 8vo. A catalogue of 6006 specimens of birds collected by Strickland or aquired from other collectors by Strickland during short life. Some of the best known ornithologists of the 19th century contributed to this vast collection such as Andersson, Baird, Blyth, Boys, Brandt, Gosse, Hodgson, Jerdon and Pertherick. Slight abrasion on spine, a tight, clean, very good copy. Read More

The Embryology of the Honey Bee more books like this

by Nelson, J.A. other copies of this book

Description: Good. pp. [vi], 282, 15 full page b/w plates, 95 text-figures. Gilt-decorated green ribbed cloth, 8vo. Underlining to some pages; a bright, near fine copy. Read More