Category: .Animal Topics - Wildlife General

Nature Canada Magazine - October December 1973 - Special Issues on Whales

By: Allen, Roy ( Editor ) Nature Canada Editorial Staff

Price: $12.50

Publisher: Canada, Canadian Nature Federation : 1973

Seller ID: 039370

Condition: Good

A little edgewear and discoloration of covers along extremities, interior fine. 52 pages beautifully illustrated with photographs and line drawings.
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Insecta - Guides for Science Teaching No. VIII Boston Society of Natural History

By: Alpheus Hyatt ; J M Arms

Price: $65.00

Publisher: Boston, D.C. Heath and Company : 1893

Seller ID: 101072

Binding: Hard Cover

Condition: Very Good

Hardcover, first edition LATER 1893 printing. Brown covers. Contains several pull out illustrations. 300 pages including index. Some general shelf and edgewear, some rubbing, front hinge is perhaps a little tender, but overall the book inside is clean and sturdy
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Treasury of the Animal world for the Young Edited By william Anderson

By: Anderson, William

Price: $26.99

Publisher: Edinburgh, Gall and Inglis : 1867

Seller ID: 081276

Binding: Hard Cover

Condition: Fair

Hardcover, green cloth, gilt decorations and lettering on front cover and spine. No stated date however gift inscription is dated 1867 from St Catharines Ontario Canada. 248 pp with illustrations throughout. Chapter headings: Insects, Birds, Quadrupeds, Reptiles, Fishes and lastly an interesting section entitled "Signs Exhibited by Animals indicating Changes of the Weather". Sadly the covers are very worn, gilding on all page edges is present but dulled, hinges very weak. Interior however is quite acceptable.
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Snakes: A Natural History

By: Bauchot, Roland

Price: $14.49

Publisher: USA, Sterling Pub Co Inc : 1997

Seller ID: 098563

ISBN-13: 9780806906539

Binding: Soft Cover

Condition: Very Good

Minor edgewear otherwise a fine clean bright copy. From the publisher:"Examines the natural history of snakes. The text includes 500 colour photographs displaying breeds in their natural habitats. Diagrams and charts show geographic range, anatomy, body temperature, colouration and life cycles. The evolution of snakes since the age of dinosaurs is explored, how snakes have inspired legends as well as the dangers of snakebite and the healing uses of venom."
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Life Histories of North American nuthatches, wrens, Thrashers and Their Allies - Order Passeriformes - Bulletin 195

By: Bent, Arthur Cleveland

Price: $14.99

Publisher: Washingotn, D.C., U.S.A., Smithsonian Institution : 1948

Seller ID: 096568

Binding: Soft Cover

Condition: Fine

Original first issue of United States National Musuem bulleton 195 in original wraps. 475 pages, indexed, illustrated. A fine clean solid copy
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Owls of the World : Their Evolution, Structure and Ecology

By: Burton, John A.

Price: $14.49

Publisher: USA, A & W Visual Library : 1973

Seller ID: 092617

ISBN-13: 9780891040194

Binding: Soft Cover

Condition: Good

Beautifully illustrated this is a complete and thorough work on owls worldwide. Some edgewear and creasing of covers and spine, binding is perhaps becoming a touch brittle, but otherwise a good clean bright copy
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Birds

By: Coleman, Bruce

Price: $7.99

Publisher: Westminster, Maryland, U.S.A., Random House Value Pub : 1978

Seller ID: NS14804

ISBN-13: 9780517250594

Binding: Hard Cover

Condition: Good

Hardcover - Some shelf and edgewear,& the book is slightly loose from the spine, otherwise a good clean solid copy. Dust jacket is in great condition
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Beginner's Guide to Birdwatching

By: Culver, Todd ; Konrad, Paul

Price: $7.99

Publisher: New York, New York, U.S.A., Publications Intl : 1993

Seller ID: 078274

ISBN-13: 9781561731015

Binding: Soft Cover

Condition: As New

Lovely book in fine condition - spiral ring bound. Just a hint of edgewear otherwise appears NEW AND UNREAD
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Feeding Wild Birds in Winter

By: Dobson, Clive

Price: $7.91

Publisher: Richmond Hill, Ontario, Canada, Firefly Books Ltd : 1981

Seller ID: NS15282

ISBN-13: 9780920668177

Binding: Soft Cover

Condition: Good

Some edgewear and creasing of spine and covers, otherwise still a good reading copy
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Three Singles to Adventure

By: Durrell, Gerald

Price: $4.91

Publisher: UK, Penguin : 1967

Seller ID: 101138

Binding: Mass Market Paperback

Condition: Fair to Good

Rather rubbed covers, interior good altough a little age toned. All and all an acceptable reading copy
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Treasury of Birds

By: Eastman, Whitney

Price: $19.99

Publisher: Edison, New Jersey, U.S.A., Wh Smith Pub : 1972

Seller ID: C6071

ISBN-13: 9780706400137

Binding: Hard Cover

Condition: Good

Edgewear to jacket covers, tears on the corners of jacket, sticker on the back cover, inside back cover and spine, slight discolouration of the inside front cover otherwise a fine tight copy.
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Smarter than man?: Intelligence in whales, dolphins, and humans,

By: Fichtelius, Karl Erik

Price: $8.99

Publisher: Pantheon Books : 1972

Seller ID: 1012552

ISBN-13: 9780394481494

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Very Good

Hardcover 1st American edition. Dust jacket presents a little edgewear and is price clipped otherwise fine. The book itself is clean and sturdy.
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A Bevy of Beasts

By: Gerald Durrell

Price: $9.99

Publisher: U.S.A., Simon & Schuster : 1973

Seller ID: 097339

ISBN-13: 9780671214579

Binding: Hard Cover

Condition: Very Good

Hardcover 1st edition. Small signature of former owner, light sunning of cover's extremities, all else fine. Dust jacket has a tape repair but is still present and protecting the book
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The Practical Ornithologist

By: Gooders, John

Price: $17.99

Publisher: Old Tappan, New Jersey, U.S.A., Fireside : 1990

Seller ID: 069416

ISBN-13: 9780671693015

Binding: Soft Cover

Condition: Very Good

What to look for, how and when to look for it and how to record what you see. Minor edgewear otherwise fine
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Firefly Encyclopedia of Reptiles and Amphibians

By: Halliday, Tim

Price: $18.50

Publisher: USA, Firefly Books : 2002

Seller ID: 098467

ISBN-13: 9781552976135

Binding: Hard Cover

Condition: Very Good

Hardcover, in fine shape with only minor shelf and edgewear. From the publisher:" Combining authoritative, easy-to-read essays with exciting illustrations and color photographs, this comprehensive encyclopedia covers all the diverse families of reptiles and amphibians, from chameleons to turtles to tree frogs. Lively, in-depth articles are illustrated with accurate artworks and color photographs and each species listing has a Factfile of the essential data: Scientific Order and population Distribution (with a color-coded map) and Habitat Size and Color Reproduction and L...
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Aims and Objects of the Toronto Humane Society

By: Hodgins, J George

Price: $14.49

Publisher: Toronto, William Briggs : 1888

Seller ID: 099747

Binding: Hard Cover

Condition: Fine

Hardcover - likely a facsimile reproduction of the 1888 edition - however it has been reproduced qutie beautifully with lovely decorative covers and gilt titles. Very minor shelfwear otherwise appears quite fine
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Canaries and Cage Birds

By: Holden, George H

Price: $127.00

Publisher: Boston, George H Holden at the Franklin Press : 1883

Seller ID: 095519

Condition: Good

Hardcover 1st edition, brown cloth with gilt bird on front cover, dark brown titles and further decoration. Profusely illustrated with b&w plates and some magnificent chromolithographic plates throughout. 364 pages plus index and advertising section at back (truly fascinating!). Condition issues: both front and back hinges have mesh exposed. General shelf and edgewear, rubbing. Bumped corners. A few pencil annotations, primarily confined to contents page and in the canary section - nothing terrible and no text is obscured. Sound worse than it is - interior binding is strong, most tissu...
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Wild Life of River and Marsh

By: Ian Niall

Price: $10.37

Publisher: London, William Heinemann Ltd : 1971

Seller ID: 098870

ISBN-13: 9780434953936

Condition: Fiar

Hardcover 1st edition in truly fine condition - just a hint of shelfwear and dust jacket is price clipped, all else quite wonderful
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How to Know the Beetles

By: Jaques, H.E.

Price: $49.00

Publisher: Dubuque, Iowa, WM. C. Brown Company : 1971

Seller ID: 018857

Binding: Soft Cover

Condition: Fine

372 pages, illustrated. Picture-keyed for identifying many beetles. Contains an introduction, a section about beetles in general, picture keys to the families, genera and species of common beetles, sub-order Adephaga, sub order Polyphaga including Trimera, Heteromera, Tetramera and Scarabaeoidae (Lamellicornia), Rhynchophora (Snout Beetles), index and picture glossary. Sample entry: 35b Prosternum without a lobe, labium hidden, cannot click as above, small size figure 191, family 52 Melasidae - this is a small family of non-clicking click beetles. Few if any of the less than 100 known speci...
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When Elephants Weep: The Emotional Lives of Animals

By: Jeffrey Moussaieff Masson; Susan McCarthy

Price: $8.99

Publisher: U.S.A., Delta : 1996

Seller ID: 096432

ISBN-13: 9780385314282

Binding: Soft Cover

Condition: Very Good

Some edgewear and creasing of spine otherwise a good sturdy copy
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Category: .Animal Topics - Wildlife General