GILL, ANTON AND WEST, ALEX

Extinct

London, Channel 4 Books. 2001. (ISBN: 0752261622) Hardback, 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. Book, 8 x 10.5"; 256 pages; black cloth with gilt; dustwrapper; vg/vg; fully illustrated;. Very Good/Very Good.

Books & BygonesProfessional seller

Book number: 11792

Catalogue: Animals

Keywords: 0752261622 Extinct; Darwin; Nature; Animals; Birds; Wildlife;

Gill, A.; West, A.

Extinct

Channel 4 Books 2001 256, 150 col + b/w illus. . HB. Vg in d/w.. Tie-in to a TV series featuring the dodo, sabre-toothed tiger, great auk, Tasmanian tiger, Irish elk and woolly mammoth. Examines the interplay between evolution and extinction, where factors such as disease, adaptability, climate change and the arrival of man can all spell death, and the mysteries behind the disappearance of these extraordinary animals.. [9780752261621]

Pemberley Natural History BooksProfessional seller

Book number: S49131

Catalogue: Zoology,General Zoology

Keywords: Extinct Animals

GILL, BRIAN

New Zealand's Extinct Birds

Auckland, New Zealand, Random Century. 1991, First Edition. (ISBN: 1869411471) Cloth with dust jacket, 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. Ill.: Martinson, Paul. Slipcased Limited Edition Numbered 70/200, of the 200 books produced one was given to the purchaser of each painting and 50 to institutions leaving 125 exident copies. This copy includes and extra plate of the Huia numbered signed by the artist, it is also numbered and signed by author and artist to the title page. "A richly illustrated view into the world of New Zealand's lost birds. In New Zealand's lush rainforests, isolated from the outside world for 80 million years, many extraordinary birds evolved. They included the giant moa, the beautiful huia, and the largest eagle the earth has ever seen. Within a few hundred years, human settlement extinguished 57 species - over a quarter of the species." Martinson was named New Zealand Wildlife Artist of the Year in 1990. CONDITION Blue bds with paste on illus to front, pp ix 108 with 25 illus (gift inscription to bottom of extra plate and the title page). Overweight #New Zealand History#. Fine/Slipcase. Signed by Author & Illustrator.

Ariel BooksProfessional seller

Book number: 17205

Catalogue: Natural History & Resources

Keywords: New Zealand 1869411471 Martinson, Paul

Gill, Brian James & Paul Martinson

New Zealand's Extinct Birds

Gebonden, hardcover, inclusief stofomslag; 1991; Auckland : Random Century; 128pp.; Conditie: Goed; Original black boards, gilt lettered spine, dust jacket, illustrated with b/w photographs, 4to.; Engels; ISBN10: 1869411250, ISBN13: 9781869411251

Antiquariaat KlondykeProfessional seller

Book number: 366287-KH15

Catalogue: Fauna/Vogels

Keywords: Algemeen Vogels

GILL, B. J.

Osteometry and systematics of the extinct New Zealand ravens (Aves: Corvidae: Corvus).

2003. Journal of Systematic Palaeontology Vol. 1, issue 1; pp.: 43-58, 9 fig./phot. Orig. extract, stapled, very good.

Lingua Terrae BooksProfessional seller

Book number: 90521

Catalogue: Fossil birds