Search Results: Natural History from Interquarian

London: Robert Hale, 1958. ix, 191, 16 illustrations, publisher's green cloth gilt, dj rubbed and with short edge tears.. 1st Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good/Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾".

London: Edward Arnold, 1900. vii, 334, 26 illustrations, 32 page catalogue of works published by Mr Edward Arnold dated October 1900, publisher's blue cloth, gilt titles to spine, new dark green eps. Bookplate of naturalist/zoologist Desmond Morris on fpd, stamp "with the Publisher' compliments" on title page, pencil notes on recto of rear ep. A few scuffs and edge wear to edges, corners bumped. Chapters on Organic Behaviour, Consciousness, Instinctive Behaviour, Intelligent Behaviour, Social Behaviour, The Feelings and Emotions, The Evolution of Animal Behaviour. Firm and serviceable copy.. 1st Edition. Hard Cover. Fair. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾". Association Copy.

London: Edward Arnold, 1890. xvi, 503, 5 pp book catalogue, publisher's blue cloth, dark green eps, ex-libris of zoologist Desmond Morris on fpd. Title page gives the publication date as 1890-1891, the American edition is dated 1891.. 1st Edition. Hard Cover. Fair. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

New York: Columbia University Press, 1931. xii, 502, numerous graphs, tables etc, publisher's blue cloth, gilt titles to spine, bookplate of zoologist/anthropologist Desmond Morris on fpd.. 1st Edition. Hard Cover. Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾".

New York: John Wiley & Sons Inc., 1969. x, 325, publisher's grey boards, bookplate of naturalist/anthropologist Desmond Morris on fpd. Papers collected under chapter heading-Coaction, Imitation, Social Stimulation and Social Deprivation, Affiliation, Aggressive Behaviour, Communication, Cooperation, Competition, Dominanace and Social Organization.. 1st Edition. Hard Cover. Near New. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾".

London: The Royal Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals, 1935. [3] 144, text in 2 columns, index, numerous line drawings, silhouettes and black and white photographs, publisher's pictorial blue cloth, white titles to spine. Boards a bit grubby, a few bumps, youthful pencil inscription on fpd else clean throughout. The magazine, also called The Band of Mercy Magazine, was the magazine of the Junior Division of the RSPCA. Issues run from vol. 1 no. 1 for January 1935 to vol. 1 no. 12 for December 1935 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾". First. Hardcover. Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾". Book.

London: Macmillan and Co., 1894. ix, 225, 13 illustrations, full blue calf binding, gilt tiles to spine, all edges gilt, marbled eps with bookplate of D.R.Fryer. Slight wear to spine edges.. Sixth Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good. 16mo - over 5¾" - 6¾" tall.

London: John Bale, Sons & Danielsson Ltd, 1927. xv, 198, 33 colour plates, publisher's brown cloth, black titles, owner inscription on ffep, boards a bit grubby. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾". Hardcover. Good. Illus. by G.A. Wathen, Haldar Joo Walli. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾". Book.

New York: John Wiley & Sons, Inc., 1971. viii, 372, 38 tables (5 folding), 84 figs.errata slip, publisher's orange cloth, black titles, neat owner inscription on ffep, spine faded else as new. Volume XXV in the series Die Binnengewasser.. 2nd Edition. Hardcover. Near Fine. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. Book.

London: Thomas Nelson and Sons, 1883. xii, 350, 210 nillustrations both full plate and in-text, full red leather prize binding, comparmented spine, gilt heraldic emblem of Trinity College, Glenalmond, near Perth, Scotland., marbled eps and edges. gift inscription on 1st blank page dated 1892. Edges rubbed, lacks title label to gilt spine, . New Edition, Revised. Hard Cover. Good. Illus. by Giacomelli. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾".

London: Longmans, 1962. Published in the African Handbook of Birds Series II, vols I and II. Vol. I, xxiv, 688 coloured pls. 1-38; vol. II (1963), 747, col. pls. 39-76. Uniform grey buckram with gilt titles to spine, te blue; djs with edge wear and fading ( price-clipped) and light soiling. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good/Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Book.

Moscow: Co-operative Publishing Society of Foreign Workers in the U.S.S.R, 1933. 131, numerous illustrations of the industrialisation of Soviet Siberia and the exploitation of its natural resources. Slight toning of the spine.. 1st Edition. Hard Cover. Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾".

London: Hutchison $ Co. Ltd., 1932. 293, frontispiece and 16 other illustrations from photographs. Chapters on Man-Eaters, Fear in Man, Sagar Island, The Leopard, The Leopard of Nanda, Wolves, Wolf-Children and Werewolves, Bears, Crocodiles and Sharks. Publisher's green cloth gilt, spine slightly bruised at head and tail, some toning of eps else very good-no inscriptions. Advance copy, small unobtrusive stamp on title page "With the Publisher's Compliments" 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾". First. Hardcover. Good/No Jacket. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾". Book.

London: Collins, 1979. 111, many line drawings and illustration throughout the text. publisher's blue cloth, gil titles to spine, dj complete, signed by the autor on the tile page "Home"., British Conservative Prime Minister 1963-4. Signed By Author. 1st Edition. Hard Cover. Near New/Near New. Illus. by Rodger McPhail. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾".

London: Baldwin and Cradock, 1838. iv, 222, list of committee members at the back, 102 small woodcuts in-text, printed in columns, publisher's green cloth, black title label to spine (chipped). Covers soiled, spine split at one side near foot, internally good with occasional foxing; top of ffep clipped off, ornate Norwich bookseller's ticket to fpd. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾". Hardcover. Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾". Book.

London: George Routledge and Sons iv-124, 30 woodcut figs. in-text, frontispiece and a further 11 chromolithographs of ferns at the end. Half vellum, green paper covered boards, green shield-shaped morocco label with gilt title to spine. Bookplate of the Edward Harley, 5th earl of Oxford (1773-1849) on ffep. His wife, Elizabeth Jane Scott, one of Byrons's lover, gave birth to several children by other father's earning their offspring the nickname "The Harleian Miscellany". The inscription "Lilah Grosvenor, Loch More 1870" appears to be of one of the daughters who married into the Grosvenor family. A pleasing, clean copy with some shelf wear. Blind stamp of binder Cedric Chivers of Bath on top corner of ffep. 16mo - over 5¾" - 6¾" tall. New Edition. Hardcover. Very Good. Illus. by W.S. Coleman. 16mo - over 5¾" - 6¾" tall. Book.

The Feathered World, 1903. 104, with numerous black and white engravings in the text and 2 folding colour plates titled "Some British Songsters" and "Some British Birds" by Lydon. Published as a supplement to "The Feathered World". Brown boards, black title to cover. Cover soiled, stain on back, eps foxed, 1 page torn and repaired, signature on ffep (1903). Lacks title page. A useful compendium of experience gained in keeping wild British birds before their capture was outlawed.. Third Edition, Revised. Hardcover. Good/No Jacket. Illus. by A.F. Lydon. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾". Book.

London: W. Thacker and Co., 1900. xii, 541, frontispiece, publisher's red cloth gilt, bison head in gilt to front cover, stag's head to spine. Chapters on The Indian Bison, Bison Shooting, Reminiscences of Bison Shooting, Hints to Beginners on Bison Shooting, The Wild Buffalo-The Yak-The Tsine, The Tiger, Tiger Shooting in Southern India, Incidenets in Tiger Shooting, The Panther-Hunting Cheeteah-Clouded Leopard-Snow Leopard-Indian Lion, The Chief Bears of India, The Indian Elephant, Episodes in Elephant Hunting, The Deer of India and the Himalayas, The Nilgiri Wild Goat or Ibex of Southern India, Brief Notes on the Wild Goats of Cashmere and Ladak, Brief Notes on the Wild Sheep of India and the Himalayas, The Antelopes and Gazelles of India and the Himalayas, The Rhinocerotidae and Suidae of India, Poachers and Nuisances, Small Animals worth Shooting, Indian Snipe shooting, Brief Notes on some game birds, Mysore and its Denizens, Camp equipment-travel-outfit-servants,… Read More

London: Hutchinson , 1971. portrait frontispiece, 187, 4 pp of illustrations, publisher's black cloth, minor mark to front cover, eps slightly toned. No inscriptions or stamps etc., . 1st Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾".

London: Trustees of the British Museum, 1933. xi, 246, addenda, indices 68, frontispiece and 6 further plates. Ex-library copy, stamps, presntation slip etc., green cloth with gilt titles and date etc. to spine, ffep lacking, sound condition, hardly consulted. 4to. Second Edition. Hardcover. Fair/No Jacket. 4to. Book.