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 confined to margins). Neat repair to verso of half-title and fore-edge of 1 plate. Green cloth boards in nr. fine condition.
£85.00 [ref: 49196]
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]
Amuchastegui, Axel. Studies of Birds and Mammals of South America. With descriptive text by Helmut Sick.
1st. Ed. Pub. The Tryon Gallery. 1967 pp.63 with 24 col. bird and animal portraits plus a specially drawn col. lithographic frontispiece. 4to. TEG. Fine condition, bound in quarter morocco over marbled boards, housed in Publisher’s slipcase in vg. condition.
This edition contains a specially drawn lithograph by Axel Amuchastegui. Bound by Zaehnsdorf Limited, London, England.
£60.00 [ref: 70052]
Anderson, R.M. Great Rams and Great Ram Hunters.
1st. Ed. Pub. Collectors Covey. 1994 pp.255 with b/w. photos. throughout. 4to. A little spotting to top-edge of text block o/w. a fine hardback in fine dw. Comes with a Holland & Holland (the London based gunmaker and luxury clothing retailer) bookmark.
This book describes the rich history and heritage of North American wild sheep hunting from the early 1900s to more recent times.
£125.00 [ref: 73669]
Anderson, R.M. Wind, Dust, and Snow. Great Rams of Asia.
1st. Ed. Pub. Collectors Covey. 1998 pp.240 with b/w. photos. throughout. 4to. Fine hardback in fine dw. Comes with a Holland & Holland (the London based gunmaker and luxury clothing retailer) bookmark.
A book documenting the pursuit of majestic wild sheep across the remote mountain ranges of Asia.
£100.00 [ref: 73668]
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, 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]
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]
Atha, A. (Ed.). A Scottish Naturalist. The sketches and notes of Charles St John 1809-1856.
1st. Ed. Pub. Andre Deutsch. 1982 pp.192 with colour plates and b/w. illus., throughout. Small 4to. Nr. fine hardback in thor. vg. dw.
Compiled from the three published books of Charles St. John and illustrated with paintings from his unpublished sketchbooks. Chapters on each month of the year are interspersed with sections on the main species of bird and animal he studied and described.
£5.00 [ref: 62230]
Atha, A. (Ed.). A Scottish Naturalist. The Sketches and Notes of Charles St John 1809-1856.
Pub. Andre Deutsch. 1982 pp. 192 with colour and bw. illus. VG. hardback in vg. dw.
£10.00 [ref: 29515]