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In the Shadow Of Man
by Jane Goodall
World-renowned primatologist, conservationist, and humanitarian Dr. Jane Goodall’s account of her life among the wild chimpanzees of Gombe is one of the most enthralling stories of animal behavior ever written. Her adventure began when the famous anthropologist Dr. Louis Leakey suggested that a long-term study of chimpanzees in the wild might shed light on the behavior of our closest living relatives. Accompanied by only her mother and her African assistants, she set up camp in the remote Gombe...
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A Brief History Of Time
by Stephen W Hawking
A Brief History of Time is a popular science book written by Stephen Hawking and first published by the Bantam Dell Publishing Group in 1988. It became a best-seller and has sold more than 9 million copies. It was also on the London Sunday Times best-seller list for more than four years. There is also a documentary by the same name, directed by Errol Morris and released in 1991. Unlike the book, the documentary is primarily a biography of Stephen Hawking.
Freshwater Fishes Of South-eastern Australia, New South Wales, Victoria And Tasmania
by R M McDowell
Essential Cell Biology
by Bruce and Bray, Dennis and Johnson, Alexander D and Lewis, Julian and Raff, Martin and Roberts, Keith and Walter, Peter Alberts
Natural Sciences Books & Ephemera
Assembling California
by McPhee, John
Farrar, Straus & Giroux, 1993. Fine/ Very good. First edition, first printing. Signed. Light green cloth covered boards with gilt text stamping on the spine. Tight binding, square, and unmarked. Dustjacket is price clipped else fine, no chips or tears and protected in a mylar cover. "A continental tetrology, gathering under the title "Annals of the Former World, beginning with Basin and Range (1980), and continued with In Suspect Terrain (1982) and Rising From the Plains (1986) is now completed in...
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€137.05€109.64
Nos champions. Les arbres remarquables de la capitale
by Hardy, Suzanne
Éditions Berger - Commission de la Capitale nationale, 2009 Livre neuf. Commission de la Capitale nationale, 2009 Livre neuf. Cartographie détaillée des espèces présentes sur le territoire. «Partout sur le territoire du Québec, des arbres se démarquent des autres spécimens par la stature, l'âge et l'esthétique qui font d'eux de dignes représentants de leur genre ou de leur espèce. Défiant le temps,...
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€20.42
The Naturalist’s Library. Vol. XVIII. Mammalia. Dogs. Vol. I.
by JARDINE, Sir William; SMITH, Lieut.-Col. Charles Hamilton
1844 DOGS Naturalists Jardine Mammalia Canine Wolf Wolves Fox Color Illustrated
Sir William Jardine was a 19th-century Scottish naturalist most known for his extensive series of books on natural history, 'The Naturalist's Library'.
This undated edition of Jardine's 'Mammalia' is beautifully color illustrated with 33 engravings of various species of 'dogs'! The plates from Jardine's works are exceedingly desirable and are found framed and displayed by themselves. This volume showcases illustrations and... Read more about this item
Sir William Jardine was a 19th-century Scottish naturalist most known for his extensive series of books on natural history, 'The Naturalist's Library'.
This undated edition of Jardine's 'Mammalia' is beautifully color illustrated with 33 engravings of various species of 'dogs'! The plates from Jardine's works are exceedingly desirable and are found framed and displayed by themselves. This volume showcases illustrations and... Read more about this item
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€471.65
Sundari.
by Davis, Rocky
Barre, Massachusetts:: Barre / Westover, 1974.. 1st Edition.. Hardbound . BINDING/CONDITION: dark blue boards with tan cloth at the spine; fading along the top and bottom edges, otherwise Very Good, with a Good dust jacket; the jacket is price clipped.. 8vo (about 9 inches tall) . Glossary. Description: Numerous black and white photos illustrations. The author and her family adapted and raised a leopard cub while living in India. This is her account of their many interesting and lively adventures.
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€11.82
Animal behavior in laboratory and field
by Stokes, A.W
W.H. Freeman & Co., 1968. Paper covers. V.g./No Jacket. (4), 198 pp.
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€9.46
The Naturalist’s Library, Ichthyology. Vol III. Fishes of Guiana. Part I.
by Schomburgk, Robert H
1841 Jardine Naturalist FISH Piranha Salmon Carp Dorsa Ichthyology Africa Guiana
Sir William Jardine was a 19th-century Scottish naturalist most known for his extensive series of books on natural history, 'The Naturalist's Library'.
This edition of Jardine's 'Ornithology'
is beautifully illustrated with engravings of various species of fish of Guiana! The plates from Jardine's works are exceedingly desirable and are found framed and displayed by themselves. This volume showcases various fish such as... Read more about this item
Sir William Jardine was a 19th-century Scottish naturalist most known for his extensive series of books on natural history, 'The Naturalist's Library'.
This edition of Jardine's 'Ornithology'
is beautifully illustrated with engravings of various species of fish of Guiana! The plates from Jardine's works are exceedingly desirable and are found framed and displayed by themselves. This volume showcases various fish such as... Read more about this item
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€471.65
Animal behaviour
by Carthy, J.D
Aldus Books, 1965. Hard covers, dust jacket. Good/Good. Jacket frayed at tip of spine. 156 pp.
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€7.09
Internal Combustion Engines Analysis and Practice
by Burgess H. Jennings and Edwar F. Obert
International Textbook Company 1944, First edition. Text has light pencil notations on a few pages otherwise clean. Small tear at bottom of page 243. Pages are lightly tanned. Boards show substantial wear with tape marks, creases. shelf and edge wear. Hinges are starting front and back. Previous owner's bookplate and two professional engineer license stamps are on the front end page and paste down. Gilt lettering on the spine is worn. No DJ.
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€51.99
The Palm Tree
by Moody, S
London. T. Nelson and Sons. 1864. Bound in gilt ruled black calfskin. Gilt ruled spine compartments with elaborate gilt tooled motifs. Gilt ruled raised bands. Gilt tooled edges. Gilt titles. a.e.g. 12mo. Wonderfully illustrated throughout with full page chromolithographic plates by the author. The mildest of scuffing to covers. Corners extremely mildly rubbed. Very mild usual offset to prelims, else a Near Fine, crisp copy. Very rare.
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€1,890.40
The African Sketch-Book, in two volumes
by [William] Winwood Reade
London: Smith, Elder, & Co., 1873. Hardcover. Good. Ex-library (non-circulating). Publisher's green cloth boards decoratively stamped in gilt and black on spine and front cover. Call number on spines. Labels on front pastedowns; no pockets. Each volume has pinhole library stamps on the frontispiece, title-page, and each of the illustrated plates/maps. Complete plates: ten illustrations and twelve maps (2 color, 3 fold-outs); several in-text illustrations. 19.4 x 13.6 cm. Octavo. pp. Vol. I:...
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€170.14
Bartrams Vireo or Greenlet: Plate #242 from Birds of America
by Audubon, John J
1856. Second royal octavo edition. Very good +. The royal octavo edition of Birds of America as first published in 1840-44, and was followed by several more editions. This plate is from the second edition, published in 1856, distinct for the colored backgrounds. They are also a little different in that one species is pictured rather than a grouping of birds. This work was done to make Audubon's prints, highly in demand, more affordable for the general public. These hand colored lithographs were printed...
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€137.05
The Medusa and the Snail: More Notes of a Biology Watcher
by THOMAS, Lewis
New York: The Viking Press, 1979. Hardcover. Fine/Very Good. Later printing. 175pp. Slight fading along the edges else fine in a very good spine faded dustwrapper with a tear on the front panel and some edgewear.
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€18.90
Elusive (Aletris farinosa and Lycaeides melissa samuelis).
by [Goodale, Rebecca]
Portland, Maine:: Rebecca Goodale,, 2015.. Edition of 5 . 17 x 6.5" closed, opens to 60". Accordion extending from back pastedown foreedge. Hand-colored lithographs and gelatin plate prints. Bound in cloth-covered boards. Signed, numbered, and dated by the artist. Rebecca Goodale: "In this narrative a unicorn is running away with two of Maine's extirpated species: Lycaeides melissa samulelis ( Karner Blue) a small blue butterfly, which after a long absence has recently been sighted...
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€614.38
The Genus Muraltia (Publisher series: Journal of South African Botany Supplementary Volume No.)
by Levyns, Margaret R
Parrow: Cape Times Ltd. 1954. (4to) 247pp. Near fine, no dust jacket. Frontispiece, illustrations, distribution maps, references, index. Publisher series: Journal of South African Botany Supplementary Volume No.II. Locale: South Africa. (Natural History, Botanical Journals--South Africa, Botany--South Africa, Flowers, Muraltia--Plant, Wild Flowers--South Africa).
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€148.87
CARL LINNAEUS TRAVELS; Nature Classics / Edited by David Black / Illustrated by Stephen Lee
by Black, David editor
New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1979. First Edition, First Printing. Cloth. Very Fine/Very Fine. Stephen Lee. Small 4to,green cloth with gold lettering on spine, profusely illustrated withfrontispiece of Linnaeus, specimen drawings mainly by Stephen Lee in color and B&W, plus maps, archival mylar-protected pictorial dust jacket (unclipped) with several plants executed by Lee, Linnaeus' letters as endpapers, 108 pages. Carl [von] Linnaeus (1707 - 1778), was a Swedish botanist, zoologist,...
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€23.63
The Deltoid Pumpkin Seed.
by McPHEE, John
New York: Farrar, Straus & Giroux, 1973. Signed on the title page by the author. First edition / First printing. Green cloth spine, orange paper-covered boards. Very fine in very fine dust jacket. A superb copy!
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€330.82
Medusa and the Snail
by Thomas, Lewis
Bantam Books, 1980. Mass Market Paperback. Acceptable. Readable copy. Pages may have considerable notes/highlighting. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less.Dust jacket quality is not guaranteed.
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€5.89
The Naturalist on the River Amazons. A Record of Adventures, Habits of Animals, Sketches of Brazilian and Indian Life, and Aspects of Nature under the Equator, During Eleven Years of Travel, Henry Walter Bates. Published by John Murray, London, 1891. Sixth Edition. x, 395pp. with frontispiece, map and illustrations; rear section of publisher’s ads. Green cloth boards with gilt illustration and gilt spine titles; yapped corners; black endpapers. Period booksellers label to pastedown and two prior owner’s names with dates of 1897 and 1937; spotting to last few pages of index, and an occasional spot in text; front hinge is partially cracked although all pages holding strong; spine has light lean; boards have some rubbing. In good to very good condition. Henry Walter Bates FRS FLS FGS (1825-1892) was an English naturalist and explorer who gave the first scientific account of mimicry in animals. He was most famous for his expedition to the rainforests of the Amazon with Alfred Russel Wallace, starting in 1
by Henry Walter Bates
The Naturalist on the River Amazons. A Record of Adventures, Habits of Animals, Sketches of Brazilian and Indian Life, and Aspects of Nature under the Equator, During Eleven Years of Travel, Henry Walter Bates. Published by John Murray, London, 1891. Sixth Edition. x, 395pp. with frontispiece, map and illustrations; rear section of publisher's ads. Green cloth boards with gilt illustration and gilt spine titles; yapped corners; black endpapers. Period booksellers label to pastedown and two prior owner's...
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€138.42
A Journey Down the Green and Colorado Rivers 1940
by Goldwater, Barry M
Phoenix. H. Walker Publishing Company. 1940 Bound in original titled wrappers. 4to. This Privately Printed Edition Limited to 300 numbered copies, of which this is #236. Signed by Barry Goldwater to Limitation page. Illustrated with a map and various drawings en texte. Very rare 1st Issue of Goldwater's renowned exploration of the Colorado and Green rivers, compiled from his personal diary of the journey. Covers reinforced with take along edges. Remnant of sticker to front cover ( not obscuring...
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€897.94
The Naturalist’s Library, Mammalia… vol xi.
by JARDINE, Sir William
1841 Jardine Mammals Naturalist Squirrels Porcupine Platypus Rodents Illustrated
Sir William Jardine was a 19th-century Scottish naturalist most known for his extensive series of books on natural history, 'The Naturalist's Library'.
This edition of Jardine's 'Mammalia'
is beautifully color illustrated with 34 engravings of various species of large rodents! The plates from Jardine's works are exceedingly desirable and are found framed and displayed by themselves. This volume showcases illustrations and... Read more about this item
Sir William Jardine was a 19th-century Scottish naturalist most known for his extensive series of books on natural history, 'The Naturalist's Library'.
This edition of Jardine's 'Mammalia'
is beautifully color illustrated with 34 engravings of various species of large rodents! The plates from Jardine's works are exceedingly desirable and are found framed and displayed by themselves. This volume showcases illustrations and... Read more about this item
Item Price
€471.65
Conversations on Consciousness
by Susan Blackmore
Oxford University Press 2006. Book is in very good condition. Text is clean and unmarked. Binding and black boards are sturdy. Pages are lightly tanned. DJ is in good condition showing light shelf and edge wear.
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€21.27
Fr. Baconi de Vervlamio Historia natvralis et experimentalis de ventis etc
by BACON, Francis
1662 Francis Bacon Natural History & Philosophy Scientific Experiments WIND
"Some books should be tasted, some devoured, but only a few should be chewed and digested thoroughly."
― Francis Bacon
Francis Bacon, one of the most famous English philosophers and scientists of the Renaissance. While most of his work deals with discovery, scientific method, and the scientific revolution, he did lean strongly toward Puritanism in his personal devotion.
A rare 1662 Elzevier printing of Bacon's "Historia... Read more about this item
"Some books should be tasted, some devoured, but only a few should be chewed and digested thoroughly."
― Francis Bacon
Francis Bacon, one of the most famous English philosophers and scientists of the Renaissance. While most of his work deals with discovery, scientific method, and the scientific revolution, he did lean strongly toward Puritanism in his personal devotion.
A rare 1662 Elzevier printing of Bacon's "Historia... Read more about this item
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€708.90
Conférences sur quelques-uns des progrès récents de la physique
by P. G. Tait
F. Fetscherin et Chuit, 1880. Hard cover in half leather. Pages yellowed by time. Spine wear. It belonged to the private collection
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€94.52
The Animal Kingdom. The Class Mammalia Arranged by the Baron Cuvier, with Specific Descriptions by Edward Griffith, Major Charles Hamilton Smith, and Edward Pidgeon. Volume the Fourth.
by CUVIER, Baron; GRIFFITH, Edward (Editor; Transl.); SMITH, Major Charles Hamilton; PIDGEON, Edward
1827 1ed Animal Kingdom Baron Cuvier Class Mammalia Naturalist 52 Color Plates
"The Animal Kingdom" originally by Jean Léopold Nicolas Frédéric, Baron Cuvier is a comprehensive zoology work, translated and expanded by British naturalist, Edward Griffith. This collection focuses on the classification of animals, particularly vertebrates, and provides a detailed analysis of their anatomy and organization. Upon translation, Griffith added descriptions alongside commissioning a myriad of hand-colored... Read more about this item
"The Animal Kingdom" originally by Jean Léopold Nicolas Frédéric, Baron Cuvier is a comprehensive zoology work, translated and expanded by British naturalist, Edward Griffith. This collection focuses on the classification of animals, particularly vertebrates, and provides a detailed analysis of their anatomy and organization. Upon translation, Griffith added descriptions alongside commissioning a myriad of hand-colored... Read more about this item
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€471.65
The Mediterranean Fruit Fly In California: Defining Critical Research; Proceedings: The Medfly In California, 9-11 November, 1994, Riverside California
by Morse, Joseph J. and Metcalf, Robert L. and Carey, James R. and Dowell, Robert V. (editors)
College of Natural & Agricultural Sciences, Univ. of Ca.. Very Good+. 1995. No Edition Stated. Softcover. Very slightest of edgewear, small faint soil mark to front cover; 318 pages .
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€141.73
![Natural History, General and Particular, by the Count de Buffon, illustrated with above 600 copper plates. The History of Man and Quadrupeds ...[and] The History of Birds ..In Twenty Volumes](https://d3525k1ryd2155.cloudfront.net/h/191/057/1251057191.0.m.jpg)
