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Stated 1st Edition. Authoritative and fascinating atlas of ecosystems habitats & species around the world; a must-have book for ecological information. This copy is clean and bright with only minor flaws. 8-1/2 x 11-1/4, 224 pp, index, color photos charts & illus. Good Plus unmarked w light edgewear, dampstain on last few pp only. Oversize Trade Paperback in color pictorial wraps.…

Hardcover. Condizione: Very Good. Condizione sovraccoperta: Very Good. 1st Edition. P/C DJ, CLEAN COPY.

Hardcover. Condizione: Very Good+. Condizione sovraccoperta: Very Good+. First Edition. (xiv) 208 pp. Black boards lettered in orange on the spine; headband; illustrated with black and white photographs. Light wear at the corners of the dustjacket; no interior markings. The Contents are: Foreword by H.R.H. Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh, husband of Queen Elizabeth II; Introduction by Gerald Durrell; First There Was Kay; Then There Were Owls; The Owl for All His Feathers Was A-cold; O Come Poor Owl and Tell Thy Woes to Me; Of Owls and Pussycats; Two Owls and a Hen Four Larks and a Wren; Owls to Athens; Match-makiing and Motherhood; From Wheeper to Chricket: The Imprinted Owls; On the Mouse Run; The Sorry Howlet That Singeth How; An Iniquitous Device; A Day to Remember; Economy Class Owls; Unnatural Causes; Owls Underground: A Threatened Species; and The Peripatetic Partner; followed by Scientific Names of Owls Mentioned. Size: 8vo. Book.…

Hard Cover. Condizione: New. Condizione sovraccoperta: New. First Edition. Hardcover 1st Printing in orig $7.95-priced dust jacket, no remainder mark, pristine unread copy; 8vo; 148pp illus; map endpapers.

Soft cover. Condizione: Very Good. No Jacket. First Paperback. Trade paperback with illust.covers; Pages are a little agetoned but there is no marks or writing, hi-lighting or underlining; Covers have light edgewear and handling; 243 pages with index, 4 sections of b/w photos; A title in the National Trust Classics.…

Glossy Pictorial Card. Condizione: Very Good (AVERAGE). No Jacket. First Fontana Paperback edition. This book will be POSTED AT OUR STANDARD RATES FULLY INSURED (UK) ONLY . Please email for further details. OFFERED FOR SALE BY A FULL-TIME STOCKHOLDING CAREER BOOKSELLER WHO TELLS YOU WHO THEY ARE AND WHAT THEIR TELEPHONE AND ADDRESS CONTACT DETAILS ARE! POSTED AT OUR STANDARD RATES FULLY INSURED! (UK ONLY). FEEL FREE TO E-MAIL FOR PHOTOGRAPHS AND FURTHER DETAILS. Size: 4to - over 9¾" - 12". Pictorial Illustrations Throughout. (illustratore). Not Signed or Inscribed. Paperback.…

Hardcover. Condizione: Very Good. Condizione sovraccoperta: Very Good. First British Edition. Photographs; 1.02 x 9.13 x 6.3 Inches; xv, 240 pages; Describes the life of the modern zoo: the work of the keeper, the vet, the researcher, the curator. Includes incidents from major zoos around the world.

Soft cover. Condizione: Very Good. Condizione sovraccoperta: Very Good. Card covers, excellent condition, small rub to spine top left line between top LH spine and front cover (see image attached to this record). "This book is the definitive guide to a planet in critical transition. How humankind uses Earth's vast resources today will determine the health and ultimately the survival of our complex ecosphere for the decades and centuries to come." HEAVY BOOK, DEPENDING ON SHIPPING DESTINATION ADDITIONAL POSTAGE MAY BE REQUIRED. BOOKSELLER WILL ADVISE CUSTOMER IF NECESSARY.…

Hard Back/Hard Cover. Condizione: Very Good ++. Condizione sovraccoperta: Dustjacket Very Good +/++. First Edition. 255 pages incl. index & bibligraphy. Dustjacket has very slight wear to spine-ends & corners. Book has very light wear/light creases to spine-ends, slight wear to corners. Outstanding colour photos. Text is spotless. Excellent condition.…

Blue Cloth. Condizione: Good Contents Very Good. No Jacket. Reprint. Damp stained boards.POSTED AT OUR STANDARD RATES! AND FULLY INSURED! (UK ONLY).Please e-mail for further details and don't hesitate to ask if you require pictures. Size: 4to - over 9¾" - 12". Colour Illustrations Throughout (illustratore). "Tamsin Flannery" Bookplate.…

Hardcover. Dust Jacket Included. folio. 32.5cm, 256p., with 200 colour illustrations, index, original green cloth, a fine copy near fine jacket. (). A reprint of Goldsmith's 1774 "History of the Earth ands Animated Nature". The colour plates are primarily from Charles d'Orbigny's "Dictionnaire Universel d'Histoire Naturelle" (1849).…

Hard Cover. Condizione: Fine. Near Fine. First Edition. FIRST EDITION, first printing, hardcover with dust jacket. Full green cloth-patterned hardcover with gold lettering on the spine. This comes with a review letter from the publisher describing the book and encouraging reviews to send back reviews to the publisher. Jacket is not price-clipped. Very light wear to edges. Overall a EXCELLENT book in a EXCELLENT dust jacket. Size: 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. Hardcover.…

Hardcover. Condizione: Near Fine. First Edition. Large 4to. With jacket. 238 pp. Copiously illustrated (with great colour photography) throughout. Near as-new with just a little rubbing to jacket. FINE / VG+.

Softcover. Condizione: Very Good. Reprint. 8vo. Paperback. 333 pp. A good wide-ranging selection of Fabre's writings. Clean and bright. VG+.

Terence Dalton Limited. 1976. Revised Edition. Hardback in DW. Large 8vo. Illustrated. White cloth board browned to extremities. Dent to front fore-edge. Spine-ends bumped. Unclipped dustwrapper worn with edges chipped. Book has a slight musty aroma but ow/ is clean and sound.

Quarto; hardcover, with gilt spine-titling; 256pp. with many engraved illustrations. Very minor wear to the board edges. Dustwrapper slightly rubbed. Very good. Postage quoted is for a standard format octavo book. Final charges may vary depending on size and weight. Originally published in 1774 as 'History of the Earth and Animated Nature', Oliver Goldsmith's popular writings were described as being 'of a class that the world would not willingly let die'. This fascinating study of the wonderful creations of nature is combined here with fine natural history illustrations taken from M Charles d'Orbigny's 'Dictionnaire Universel d'Histoire Naturelle' as well as Oudart, Pretre, Blanchard, Travies and Baron. Goldsmith drew heavily on the work of earlier naturalists, using Buffon as his main guide, although in fact he had little regard for the elaborate classifications of other scientists. It was his aim ' to excite an interest in the science of natural history by displaying before the public eye its numberless treasures'. This, therefore, is not a scientific work but a highly entertaining account of the habits, subsistence, manners, friendships and hostilities of a wide array of animals, such as the scorpion, the sheep, the cassowary and the sea urchin.…