Resultados de búsqueda: Natural History -- Environment from Syber's Books ABN 40533682787

Van Nostrand Reinhold, New York, 1991. First Edition. Dark Red Vinyl. Good/Very Good. XII, 435 pages, + 1 blank, includes errata page, in text illustrations and charts and diagrams, and tables etc., appendices, bibliography, author index, subject index. Original dust jacket. This book provides down-to-earth explanations of atmospheric ecology and its relationship to design strategy. Nontechnical discussions and graphics rendered in an architectural drawing style give you a thorough understanding of atmospheric physics as it relates to design and architecture. Specific areas covered include albedo, radiation physics, energy, heat and temperature, water and humidity, soil moisture, and clouds. The front edges of the pages are speckled with small burn marks, as if the previous owner were a pipe smoker (which I know he was not). Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Please refer to accompanying picture (s). Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: 1-2 kilos.… Leer más

Algona Publications, Northcote, Victoria, 1986. First Australian Paperback Edition. Softcover. Good/No Dust Jacket. Illustrator: Photographic and Maps. introduction by authors, maps, Park information, safety and index. The text is illustrated with numerous black-and-white photographs and maps showing various trails and tracks. Colour photographic front cover with yellow and black coloured titles to the front panel and black black titles to the backstrip. A little creasing to the book corners and rubbing to the book edges and book panels. Previous owners details to the verso of the front book panel. The first printing of a guide to the Bogong National Park, a haven for both summer and winter revellers. Size: Large Format Paperback. III, 4-152 pages,. Please refer to accompanying picture (s). Illustrator: Photographic and Maps. Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: Under 500 grams. Category: Genealogy & Local History; Travel; Natural History -- Environment; Local History --… Leer más

Ure Smith, Sydney, 1976. First Edition. Hardcover. Good Condition/Good. Illustrator: Walter Deas -- Photography. 890 g.; VIII, foreword by Elizabeth C. Pope, Research Associate, Department of Marine Invertebrates, the Australian Museum, Sydney, acknowledgements, and index. Bright blue coloured endpapers. The text is illustrated with wonderful colour photography taken by Walter Deas. There is also the occasional black and white illustration and figures. Bright blue coloured boards with white titles to the backstrip. Rubbing to the head and to the heel of the backstrip and shelf wear to the lower book edges. A small scorch mark and evidence of rough removal of a sticker to the top right-hand corner of the free front end paper. Photographic dustwrapper, ( wraparound ) with four smaller photographs to the front dustwrapper panel. Green, purple and white titles to the front panel and backstrip. Rubbing and a little chipping to the dustwrapper edges and a faint marking to the laminate of the… Leer más

Kevin Weldon, McMahon's Point, Sydney, 1985. First Edition. Hardcover. Good/Good. Illustrator: Leo Meier -- Photographer & Frith, Clifford & Frith, Dawn. 1.45 kg; 256 pages, illustrated throughout with colour photography, mostly full page, with map, bibliographic references, endnotes, index. Decorated end pages, colour illustrated dustwrapper which replicates the colour illustrated laminated boards beneath. Apart from a small rub to the top of the spine, and the previous owner's name on the half title page, the book is in very good condition. This book was published jointly with the Australian Conservation Foundation. Three of Australia's great leading photographers have portrayed the moods and beauty of the Daintree region for The Australian Conservation Foundation in this record of the last great tropical rainforest in the world. -- front fold over blurb. Size: 4to 9¾" - 12" tall. We are happy to provide pictures of this book on request… Leer más

Kevin Weldon, McMahon's Point, Sydney, 1985. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good Condition/Very Good. Illustrator: Leo Meier -- Photographer & Frith, Clifford & Frith, Dawn. 1.45 kg; 256 pages, illustrated throughout with colour photography, mostly full page, with map, bibliographic references, endnotes, index. Decorated end pages, colour illustrated dustwrapper which replicates the colour illustrated laminated boards beneath. Previous owner's name on first blank page. This book was published jointly with the Australian Conservation Foundation. Three of Australia's great leading photographers have portrayed the moods and beauty of the Daintree region for The Australian Conservation Foundation in this record of the last great tropical rainforest in the world. -- front fold over blurb. Size: 4to 9¾" - 12" tall. No damage to describe. Clean tidy copy. Dust Jacket faded on spine section.. Please refer to accompanying picture (s). Illustrator: Leo… Leer más

Rigby, Adelaide, 1978. First Edition. Hardcover. Good/Very Good. Illustrator: Photographic. includes bibliography. Illustrated with black-and-white, and colour photographs, and tables. The one omission that I find interesting is the lack of maps to show either location or distribution. Colour illustrated dustwrapper with orange and dark purple coloured titles to the front panel and pink and purple coloured titles to the back strip. Quoting from the front fold over panel blurb " ... Natural Victoria is a fascinating description of many species of flora and fauna to be found in Victoria." . Rubbing of the book corners with softening and rubbing of the back strip edges. Age toning of the text block edges along with some foxing – particularly to the top edge. Creasing of the dustwrapper edges with rubbing of the panels. Fading of the back strip with a a few marks to the verso. Size: 4to 9¾" - 12" tall. 800 g; 176 pages,. Please refer to… Leer más