Allman, G.J. A Monograph of The Fresh-Water Polyzoa, Including All The Known Species, Both British and Foreign.
Pub. Ray Society 1856 pp.viii, 119 with 11 colour and b/w. plates. Folio. Scattered foxing to end-papers and plates (largely confinded to margins). Neat repair to verso of half-title and fore-edge of 1 plate. Green cloth boards in nr. fine condition. Overall a vg. to fine copy.
£95.00 [ref: 49196]

Allman, George James. A Monograph of the Fresh-Water Polyzoa. Including all the known species, both British and Foreign.
1st Ed. Pub. The Ray Society, 1856 pp.viii, 119 plus 10 full-page hand-coloured plates bearing numerous figs., and 1 further b/w. plate, each with their own descriptive page as published. Folio. Hardback. Ex-Cheltenham Lib. Contents fine. More recently bound in half leather over marbled boards, all in fine condition.
£100.00 [ref: 58939]

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Allman, George James. A Monograph of the Gymnoblastic or Tubularian Hydroids. In Two Parts.
1st. Ed. Pub. The Ray Society. 1871 Two parts bound in one volume. pp.xxii, [ii], 450, xxiii-xxiv plus 22 colour and 1 b/w. full page plates, each with their own page description as published. Folio. Hardback. Ex-lib. All to p.xvi high quality facsimile on closely matching paper. Contents fine. More recently bound in half leather over marbled boards, all in fine condition.
£120.00 [ref: 58940]

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Amiard-Triquet, C. et al. (Eds.). Aquatic Ecotoxicology. Advancing Tools for Dealing with Emerging Risks.
1st. Ed. Pub. Academic Press. 2015 pp.xiv, 504 with b/w. text figs. Small 4to. Dedication to title page. Fine hardback. RRP £86.99.
An essential reference which guides users through existing and novel approaches to environmental risk assessment, before presenting recent advances in the field of ecotoxicology, including omics-based technologies, biomarkers, and reference species.
£40.00 [ref: 59424]

Anderson, J.G.C. et al. (Eds.). The Cardiff Region. A Survey.
1st. Ed. Pub. Cardiff University. 1960 pp.xv, 222 with b/w. photos. 4to. A thor. vg. hdbk. in original green cloth boards.
Considers landscape, climate, geology, botany, zoology, archaeology, population and settlements.
£8.00 [ref: 51445]

Andrewes, C. H. Viruses. The Natural History of Viruses. The World Naturalist.
Pub. Weidenfeld and Nicolson. 1976 pp, viii, 237 with 22 line drawings and 24 pages of photographs. From the library of Angus McCrae with a few notes added to text in ink. In dw, rubbed at extrems, o/w a good copy.
£10.00 [ref: 28683]

Andrews, J.R.H. The Southern Ark. Zoological Discovery in New Zealand. 1769-1900.
Pub. Hawaii Press. 1987 pp.xii, 237 with colour plates throughout. A vg. copy in same dw.
This book surveys 130 years of discovery, description and illustration of New Zealand’s unique fauna. It begins with the voyages of Captain Cook and concludes at the end of the Victorian era.
£20.00 [ref: 42071]

Andrews, Michael Alford. The Flight of the Condor: A Wildlife Exploration of the Andes.
Pub. BBC / Collins. 1982. pp.158 with full-page plates, mostly in colour. vg in dw.
£3.00 [ref: 22489]

Anonymous (attributed to James Matra). A Journal of a Voyage round the world in His Majesty’s Ship Endeavour, in the Years 1768, 1769, 1770 and 1771.
Fac. Rep. Pub. Antonio Giordano. 1975 pp.xvii, 130, [3]. 8vo. Neat signature to inside front cover. A limited edition of 250 copies, this being No. 19 and signed by Antonio Giordano. With an introduction and biography of James Matra by Giordano. Softback. Near fine. Scarce.
A limited edition facsimile reprint of an anonymous account of Cook's voyage round the world between 1768 and 1771. The book was first published in 1771 and was unfavourably received by the Admiralty. Professor J.C Beaglehole attributed the work to James Matra who served on Endeavour as an able seaman and midshipman. The author of the Journal shows some hostility towards Cook and criticises some of his actions.
£35.00 [ref: 49509]

April, K. and Shockley, M. (Ed). Diversity. New Realities in a Changing World.
Pub. Palgrave Macmillan. 2007 pp.xxiii, 380 with some figs. A fine copy in same dw.
This collection of essays and papers from authors, who themselves are diverse, offer unique perspectives into diversity beyond the compliance parameters of gender, ethnicity and physical ability.
£40.00 [ref: 37993]