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]
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]
Atkinson, G.C. (Quine, D.A. (Ed.)). Expeditions to the Hebrides in 1831 and 1833.
1st. Ed. Pub. Maclean Press. 2001 pp.xxxii, 190 with col. illus. Large 8vo. Dedication from D.A. Quine to David Boddington to title page. Also, David Boddington’s signature with a note describing a brief meeting with David Quine on an Edinburgh street. Spotting to top edge of text block o/w. a fine hardback in nr. fine dw.
A compendium of journal entries by George Clayton Anderson describing his tours of the Inner and Outer Hebrides in the 19th century.
£12.50 [ref: 65739]
Attenborough, D. The Life of Mammals.
1st. Ed. Pub. BBC. 2002 pp.320 with many fine colour photos. 4to. Fine hardback in fine dw.
From the under-snow tunnels of Arctic lemmings to the egg nests of the bizarre Australian echidna, from the Pacific waters inhabited by sea otters and whales to the subways of major cities, this extraordinary and attractive book brings us into the homes and lives of some of earth's most fascinating animals.
£15.00 [ref: 64457]