Natural History
Liebesspiele der Tiere
Berlin-Charlottenburg: (1930). Hardcover. 30p. text plus 120 plates (photos). Original cloth. dj. 28cm. Jacket browned and had some edge-wear and chipping as well some minor staining. German text. Das Tiere im Bild (series) edited by Heilborn. More
Special Publication of the American Committee for International Wild LIfe Protection Volume 1, Number 3 African Game Protection: An Outline of the Existing Game Reserves and National Parks of Africa with Notes on Certain Species of Big Game Nearing Extinction or Needing Additional Protection
Concord, N. H. American Committee for International Wild Life Protection, 1933. Paperback. Large folding map of Africa, 45p. Softcover in original wrapper. 32 cm. Cover moderately worn, with some foxing and waterspotting along edges. Contents generally sound and clean sound and clean with some foxing on a few leaves and..... More
Flora of West Tropical Africa. Flora of West Tropical Africa. The British West African Territories, Liberia, The French and Portuguses Territories South of Latitude 18o N to Lake Chad, and Fernando Po. Second Edition revised by R. W. J. Keay
London: Crown Agents for Overseas Governments and Administrations, 1966, 1973, 1963, 1968 and 1972. 2nd ed. Vol. I, Parts 1 and 2 are later printings of the 2nd ed. Vol. II and Vol. III, Parts 1 and 2 appeart to be first pringing of the 2nd ed. Paperback. 3 vols..... More
The Fauna of British India, including Ceylon and Burma. Coleoptera. Chrysomelidae. [Vol. I Only]
London: Taylor and Francis [etc.], 1908. Hardcover. This volume only (of several). 2 color plates, index, xx, 534p. Red cloth. 23cm. Some uneven and relatively minor cover fading. No Jacket. More
The Unknown Horn of Africa: An Exploration from Berbera to the Leopard River
London: George Philip & Son, 1890. 2nd edition, containing the Narrative Portion and Notes only. Hardcover. illustrations, folding map, index, xx, 273p. Original green cloth. 19cm. Spine sloped. Modest foxing on title-page and a few other pages. More
The Unknown Horn of Africa: An Exploration from Berbera to the Leopard River
London: Philip, 1888. 1st ed. Hardcover. 9 (of 10) colored fauna plates, 9 plates illustrating scenes from the expedition, 4 botanical plates, folding map (in cover pocket), index, xiv, 344p. Original green cloth. 23cm. Ex lib. (Hobart College Library) with spine label, bookplate and remnant of call slip. Lacks one..... More
Plant Hunting on the Edge of the World
London: Minerva, 1974. Hardcover. frontis, photos, index, x, 224p. Original green cloth. dj. 24cm. Reprint of the original 1930 London edition of this account of plant hunting in Burma and Assam. More
The Elephant Principally Viewed in Relation to Man [bound with] The History of the Horse: Its Origin, Physical and Moral Characteristics, Its Principal Varieties, and Domestic Allies [bound with] The History of the Dog: Its Origin, Physical and Moral Characteristics, and Its Principal Varieties
London: Charles Knight, 1844, 1845 and 1845. Elephant volume identified as "A New Edition revised by the Author;" no statement of edition for the Horse and Dog volumes. Hardcover. 292, 240, 222p. [with a little confusion in numbering first few pages in each part]. Contemporary 1/2 leather. 15cm. Armorial bookplate..... More
Wild Life in China; or, Chats on Chinese Birds and Beasts
Shanghai: "The National Review" Office, 1911. 1st ed. Hardcover. xvi, 255p. Original green cloth. 22cm. Bookplate. No jacket. More
Fauna Orcadensis: or, the Natural History of the Quadrupeds, Birds, Reptiles, and Fishes, of Orkney and Shetland.
Edinburgh: Archibald Constable; London: Longman, Hurst, Rees, Orme and Brown, and White, Cochrane, and Co., 1813. 1st ed. Hardcover. xx, 230p. Old (original?) paper-covered boards backed in blue cloth. 27cm. Paper title-label on backstrip unvenly darkened and worn. Chipping and wear at cover corners. Mostly modest foxing, heaviest on a...... More
A Natural History of British Grasses
London: Groombridge and Sons, 1858. Hardcover. 74 color plates, vii, 245p. Contemporary green 1/2 leather over pebbled green cloth. 25 cm. Cover rubbed, especially along joints. Joints splitting at top. Contents sound with some soiling and wear. Offsetting on interleaving before each plate. More
Annals of the Lyceum of Natural History of New-York. Volume 1
New York: Printed for the Lyceum, by J. Seymour, and sold by WIlder & Campbell, 1824 (Part the First) and 1825 (Part the Second). Hardcover. This volume only. illustrations, index, 410p. plus 29 plates, all but three in black and white. Contemporary 1/4 leather (black) with marbled boards. End papers..... More
The Imperial Lion: Human Dimensions of Wildlife Management in Central Africa
Boulder: Westview Press, (1984). Paperback. index, xv, 196p. Softcover in original wrapper. 23cm. More
Mammals of Borneo: Field Keys and an Annotated Checklist
Kuala Lumpur: Printed for MBRAS by Perchetakan Mas Sdn. Bhd. 1977. Paperback. correction slip (laid in), photos, index, xii, 172p. Softcover in original wrapper. 25cm. Monographs of the Malaysian Branch of the Royal Asiatic Society, No. 7. More
Through Field and Woodland: A Companion for Nature Students
New York: G. P. Putnam's Sons, (c. 1925). Hardcover. frontis, photos, 9 color plates (2 double-page), index, xx, 532p. Original dark green cloth. dj. 23cm. Jacket browned and a bit edge-worn. Edited by Oliver P. Medsger after Northrop was killed by a train in 1922. More
Juvenile Primates: Life History, Development, and Behavior
New York: Oxford University Press, (c. 1993). 1st ed. Hardcover. index, xvi, 428p. dj. 24cm. More
Elephants in Mudumalai Wildlife Sanctuary in 1973. [our title]
n.p. n.d. [ca. 1973]. Hardcover. 48 photos. 16 x 11cm. Photocopies of typed captions mounted on back of most photos; a few others have handwritten captions on back and two are uncaptioned. Five captions include the notation: From color transparency. Each photo inserted loosely in an acetate sleeve in a...... More
Range Conditions in the Wood Buffalo Park of Western Canada With Notes on the History of the Wood Bison
[Cambridge?]: American Committee for International Wild Life Protection, 1933. Paperback. folding map, 52p. Softcover in original wrapper. 24 cm. Wrapper slightly faded. Special Publication of the American Committee for International Wild Life Protectioin, (Vol. I, No. 2). More
Natural History
London: Ward, Lock & Co., n.d. Hardcover. photos, 16 color plates, index, 896p. dj. 25cm. Jacket chipped along top edge of backstrip and front panel. More
Faune et Chasse en Afrique Occidentale Francaise: Guide du Tourisme de la Nature Vivante
Dakar: Editions G. I. A., (1956). Paperback. illustrations, maps, index, 412p. Wrapper. 27cm. Minor wear. French text. More
Friendly Nature
Privately Printed, 1941. 1st ed. Hardcover. 209p. Blue Cloth. 24cm. Front cover sprung at ends resulting in some bowing. Minor cover soil. No Jacket. Scientific speculation. More
A Wild Goose Chase to the Caspian Sea
London: 1938. Paperback. photos, [72]-79p. Softcover in original wrapper. 25cm. Proceedings of The Iran Society, Vol. I, Part 7. More
In Lower Florida Wilds. A Naturalist's Observations on the Life, Physical Geography, and Geology of the More Tropical Part of the State.
New York: G. P. Putnam's Sons, 1920. 1st ed. Hardcover. color frontis, photos, index, 2 folding maps (one slightly misfolded), , xv, 404p. Original blue cloth with palm tree illustration on front cover. 21 cm. Name stamp on endpaper. Minor spine slope. Scattered and mostly modest foxing. Crease on last..... More
Edge of Life: the World of the Estuary
San Francisco: Sierra Club, (c. 1972). Hardcover. Illustrated in color. 144p. dj. 31cm. A couple of brown spots in text. 1975 newspaper clipping from a San Francisco paper about Wayburn mounted on rear endpaper. INSCRIBED by Wayburn on endpaper. Two-page letter dated 1975 from Wayburn laid in inviting the recipient..... More