Animals/Natural History from Gotcha By The Books

Perth: Hesperian Press, 1984. 1st Edition. hardbound. Very Good in Very Good dustwrapper/Dustwrapper. 4to. profusely illustrated Collection of essays relating to Australian/Australasian vertebrate fauna, its origins and evolutionary history, distribution past and present, etc; copiously illustrated in b&w and with some colour plates; background chapters, followed by sections on Fish, Amphibians, Reptiles, Birds, Mammals, New Zealand/New Guinea and Lord Howe… Saber más sobre este artículo

Ohio, 1983. 1st Edition. hardbound. Good/no dustwrapper. 8vo. b&w illustrations Guide to training racehorses, with chapters on the physiological basis of performance, the fit thoroughbred, the fit standardbred, the quarterhorse, injuries, case histories, and more; includes a substantial reading list; heavy foxing (and some edgewear) to front endpaper, lighter foxing to prelims and text block, o.w. G-VG throughout; boards a… Saber más sobre este artículo

Adelaide, 1974. 1st Edition. paperback. Very Good in rubbed wraps. 8vo. b&w illustrations A record of the history and pedigrees of Australian Stock Horses, including a brief history of Australian horses, the Australian Stock Horse Society, The Cecil Bloodline, The Saladin Bloodline, followed by an A-Z of bloodlines; includes bibliography; mild label ghost to title page, mild foxing, o.w. Very… Saber más sobre este artículo

London: T. Nelson and Sons, 1890. hardbound. G-VG in rubbed boards/no dustwrapper. 8vo. b&w plates 1890 edition of Darwin's Voyage of the Beagle, with full-page b&w plate illustrations and text engravings; frontispiece plate with tissue-guard; text block foxed and with some stains, occasional foxing in text, o.w. G-VG throughout; wear to underside of boards (worn through cloth), front and rear… Saber más sobre este artículo

Dublin & Cork: The Talbot Press, 1930. 1st Edition. hardbound. Good/no dustwrapper. sm 8vo. Series of essays by Irish writer and naturalist RL Praeger, subjects including speleology, gardening, travel, geology; heavy foxing to endpapers, prelims and text block, scattered foxing in text, o.w. Good; boards rubbed, titling dulled to spine.

Donald R. Hoflin, 1979. 1st Edition. hardbound. Fair/no dustwrapper. 8vo. b&w illustrations Scottish Deerhound Club of America Pedigree Book Volume II for the year 1979, in A-Z format (by owner) from Adair to Zeitlin; b&w photo illustrations of champion Scottish Deerhounds, with details of name, owner, breeder, and lineage; includes index (of dog names); prominent dampstain top corners… Saber más sobre este artículo

Colorado: Hoflin Publishing, 1980-1982. Numbered Limited Edition. hardbound. All volumes Very Good/no dustwrapper. 4to. profusely illustrated Very Scarce 3 volume set being Volumes 1-3 of The Scottish Deerhound Annual, for the years 1980, 1981, and 1982, all numbered limited editions: No. 307 of 377 copies, No. 159 of 300, and No. 224 of 324 respectively; references conformation rankings,… Saber más sobre este artículo

Jackson: University Press of Mississippi, 2015. 1st Edition. hardbound. Very Good in Very Good dustwrapper/Dustwrapper. landscape 4to. profusely illustrated Explores the history and culture of Coyote coursing, or hunting with greyhounds (and other sight hounds) launched from specially made pickup rigs; chapters include Animal Folklore and Coyote Coursing, The Aesthetics of Survival, Loomis Trade-N-Days; colour photo illustrations throughout… Saber más sobre este artículo

Melbourne: Australian Native Bee Research Centre, 2002-2017. hardbound. Very Good/no dustwrapper. 4to. profusely illustrated Collection of 10 booklets from the Australian Native Bee Research Centre, on a variety of subjects relating to keeping Native Australian Bees, by Dr Anne Dollin and others including Dr Tim Heard, Russell and Janine Zebel, etc; b&w illustrations throughout - A4 format bound… Saber más sobre este artículo

New York: The American Museum of Natural History, 1941. 1st Edition. full leather . Very Good/no dustwrapper. 8vo. fold-out map Detailed list of New Guinea birds, including with major sections on Non-Passerines, and Passeres; details of family, genus, range, etc; this copy bound in full grey leather with maroon title labels and gilt titling to spine; Very Good… Saber más sobre este artículo

Delaware: Delaware Museum of Natural History, 1982. 1st Edition. hardbound. Very Good tight and clean in Very Good dustwrapper/no dustwrapper. 4to. 101 colour plates Illustrated guide to Woodpeckers of the world; Part I Biology of the Woodpeckers: Family Picidae; Part II Species Accounts; the text is followed by 101 full-page colour plates by George Sandstrom; Delaware Museum of… Saber más sobre este artículo

1926. hardbound. Good-Very Good/no dustwrapper. 8vo. colour plate Neville Cayley's description of The Scaly-Chested Finch, a new species at the time, being reprinted from 'The Emu' January 1926; full-page colour frontispiece plate and one page of text - this copy bound in green buckram with printed title label to spine, marbled endpapers, and with multiple blank pages following… Saber más sobre este artículo

London: The Crown Agents for the Colonies, 1949. 1st Edition. hardbound. Good/no dustwrapper. sm 4to. colour and b&w illustrations Volume 7 of Bannerman's Birds of Tropical West Africa, illustrated with 14 full-page colour plates (all with tissue-guards) and 40 b&w text figures; former owner's name to front endpaper, bookshop label front pastedown, Very Good throughout; boards rubbed and… Saber más sobre este artículo