Menon, V. Field Guide to Indian Mammals.
Pub. A & C Black. 2009 pp. 200 with colour photographs, illus., tables and distribution maps. A nr. fine copy in card covers.
This is an accessible guide with a clear and attractive design. Illustrated with over 350 superb colour photographs and illustrations. Maps and footprints provided for many species.
£16.99 [ref: 38325]
Merrett, (P.). Arachnology. Symposia of The Zoological Society of London. No.42.
1st. Pub. Academic Press. 1978 pp.xxxii, 530 with many text figs. VG. in good to vg. dw.
£30.00 [ref: 32044]
Moore, N.W. The Bird of Time. The Science and Politics of Nature Conservation.
Rep. Pub. C.U.P. 1987 pp.xxii, 290 with text figs. throughout. A thor. vg. copy in card covers.
A book written to demonstrate the importance of conservation and its integration to other activities. Divided into four parts; Part 1 considers ‘Time and Conservation’; Part 2 - ‘The past - experience from conserving habitats’; Part 3 - ‘The past - experience from controlling disease and pollution’ and Part 4 - ‘Towards the Future’.
£15.00 [ref: 45680]
Moseley, H.N. The Croonian Lecture in the Structure of the Stylasteridae. A Family of the Hydroid Corals.
Pub. Trubner & Co. 1879 pp.425-503 with 10 plates. Vg. in paper covers. Reprod. from the Philosophical Trans. of the Royal Society. Part11. 1878.
£15.00 [ref: 36349]
Muir-Wood, H. M. On the Morphology and Classification of the Brachiopod Suborder Chonetoidea.
Pub. British Museum. 1962 pp. 132 with 16 plates & 24 figs. Tiny speckle marks to cloth boards otherwise a fine copy.
£5.00 [ref: 20772]
Murdin, L. Under Newton’s Shadow. Astronomical Practices in the Seventeenth Century.
Pub. Adam Hilger. 1985 pp.viii, 152 with text figs. throughout. A thoroughly vg. copy in similar dustwrapper.
£10.00 [ref: 46388]
Myers, Alan A. & Giller, Paul S. Analytical Biogeography. An Integrated Approach to the Study of Animal and Plant Distributions.
1st. Pub. Chapman & Hall. 1988 pp.xiii, 578 with text illus. and graphs. Fine copy in dw.
£18.00 [ref: 35816]
Naumov, D.V. Hydroids and Hydromedusae of the USSR.
1st. Ed. Pub. Israel Program for Scientific Translations. 1969 pp.v, 660 with fold-out table, 30 b/w. photographic plates and numerous illus. throughout text. Royal 8vo. Hardback. A nr. fine hdbk. in thor. vg. dw., gently sunned on spine. Previous owner’s name neatly to ffep.
£30.00 [ref: 54192]
Naumov, N. P. The Ecology of Animals.
1st. Pub. Univ. of Illinois Press. 1972 pp.x, 650 with over 280 figures and 75 tables. A near fine copy in slightly chipped dw.
£20.00 [ref: 27658]
Newman, E. Applied Ecology.
1st. Pub. Blackwell Scientific. 1993 pp.viii, 328 with text figs. and graphs. Fine in soft covers.
This book explains the ways in which ecological science can be applied to solving some of the crucial problems facing the world today. A major theme is how resources can be managed and exploited in a sustainable manner.
£10.00 [ref: 34363]