Naturalist Travels from Z & Z Books

Gainesville: Univ Pr of Florida, 1992. Still in original publisher's shrinkwrap. Photos, 331 pages.. Large Paperback. New.

New York: Greenwood Press, 1968. Like new except for a touch of dust soil / browning on top edge of text block. 252 pages, b&w photos, maps. Originally published in 1950. Author participated in the Royal Geographic Society's expedition ot the Rio Vermejo and Rio Pilcomayo investigating the flora, fauna and native life in the estuarian plane comprising… Saber más sobre este artículo

New York: Random House, 1984. Remainder mark bottom edge. Photos, bibliography, index, 204 pages. "Exuberant narrative of a 1983 journey on foot and by boat to the center of Borneo". The author (natural history book reviewer for the London Times Literary Supplement) made the long river voyage with his friend, James Fenton, and three memorable native guides. This account of… Saber más sobre este artículo

Amherst, MA: University of Massachusetts Press, 1975. In original publisher's shrinkwrap. Color frontis.illustrations, photos, bibliography, index, 216 pages, .An account Sheldon's 1934-35 expedition to the Western China habitat of the giant panda, one of the first research visits by western biologists. Appedixes on ecology and life zones in pands country, lists of mammals and birds collected. This Cape Cod author… Saber más sobre este artículo

New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1931. Many photos, 226 pages. Occasional scattered foxing/browning, otherwise a nice tight copy. Expedition in search of Birds of Paradise in New Guinea.. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good/No Dust Jacket.

Doubleday, Page & Co, 1913. Very nice condition except for the minor ex-library markings. (Vol 2 ONLY).. First American Edition. Hardcover. Ex-Library.

Addison Wesley, 1995. First Edition. Hardcover. New/New.

New York: Random House, Inc., 1991. 238 pages. Map ends. Mattheissen describes three expeditions, 1978-1986: A wildlife survey, with Gilbert Boese, of Senegal, Gambia and the Ivory Coast; search for the Congo peacock in Zaire; and, with David Western, determining the status of the forest elephant in the Congo Basin.. First American Edition. Hard Cover. New/New.

Iowa City, IA: University of Iowa Press, 1987. Illustrations, bibliography, index, 240 pages. Skutch reflects on his life in the tropics, observations on the bird and plant life, evolutionary advancement, and man's relationship to the natural world in Central and South America and elsewhere... Hardcover. New/New. Illus. by Gardner, Dana (illustrator).

New York: Simon & Schuster Ltd, 2001. Due to low quality paper used, there is some browning of top edge of the text block and tanning of page edges. The book stock was new when purchased and has been on the shelf since. Remainder mark.. Paperback. As New.

New York: Walker & Co., 1991. Illustrated, index, 204 pages. A log of a biologist's daily adventures and episodes exploring the bird, animal, plant and human life of Mexico. Catalogs of birds seen are interspersed through the book. . Hardcover. New/New.

New York: Allen Lane, 1973. Photos, illustrations, references, index, 436 pages. Thorough study of the oasis in the Jordanian desert and wildlife of the area, with an emphasis on desert adaptation. History, vegetation, jerboas and other rodents, gazelles, predators; wildfowl, breeding birds and migrations; Bedouin people. Appendices on research projects and suggestions; physical data on invertebrates, fish, amphibia, reptiles;… Saber más sobre este artículo

Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, 2011. Color photos, bibliography, 258 pages. Remainder mark.. Hard Cover. New/New.

Allen & Unwin Like new except for an embossed owner's stamp on flyleaf. Two young zoologists studying the giant river otter in Guyana.. Hardcover. As New/New.

Minneapolis: University of Minnesota Press, 1980. b&w and color photos, maps, 150 pages. Color plate illustrations of 15 species. Parmalee, artist and ornithologist at the Univ. of Minnesota, records his field observations during 6 weeks on Bird Island in the South Georgia group. Albatross, penguins, petrels, skuas, pintails, pipits, shags and fur seals were of the party.. Cloth.… Saber más sobre este artículo

Mineola: Dover Publications, 1988. New book but has light edgewear.. Paperback. Very Good.

Kathmandu, Nepal: Ratna Pustak Bhandar, 1978. A nice Nepalese edition of this classic. Color frontis, folding map, index, 301 pages. (Published as Search For The Spiny Babbler in the USA.). Hardcover. Very Good.

Cleveland, OH: The Bird Research Foundation, 1951. Gold-stamped green cloth cover. Light wear top and bottom of spine but no rips or fraying. 20 color plates by A. Brooks, G. M. Sutton, R. T. Peterson, T. Short. illustrations, photos, map, index, 740 pages, "A naturalist's adventures with the nesting birds on the deserts, grasslands, foothills and mountains of… Saber más sobre este artículo

New York: Houghton Mifflin Co. /Riverside Press, 1992. Biologist and writer explores the mountain, desert and ocean habitats of the Baja ecosystem. . Hard Cover. New/New.

Boston: Little Brown & Co, 1945. Nice copy in dust jacket. Rubber stamp on flyleaf, book clean and tight. . Reprint. Hard Cover. Very Good/Very Good.