FITZSIMONS,F.W.

Pythons and Their Ways.

London, George G.Harrap & Co. 1930, First Edition. Cloth, 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Book, 154 pp. Illustrated. the first edition in original red cloth.(spine faded, as usual) Fine story telling, with lots of facts by this renowned "snake lover". A good copy. Fine/No Jacket.

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Book number: 1129

Catalogue: Zoology

Keywords: Pythons

LAMPERT, PROF. DR. KURT

Bilderatlas des Tierreichs, Volumes I, II & III. Teil 1: Säugetiere; Teil II: Vögel; Teil III: Kriechtiere, Lurche, Fische, Niedere Tiere.

Esslingen Munchen, J.F.Schreiber Verlag. 1913, 2-nd Ed. Enlarged. Decorated, Embossed Cloth. Large 8Vo. Book, 3 Vols.Appr. 300 PP. printed in 2 columns. Teil 1: Säugetiere; [ with 32 coloured plates with 192 figures and 55 monochr. plates] andTeil II: Vögel; [32 plates with 247 figures and 8 monochr. plates]Teil III: Kriechtiere, Lurche, Fische, Niedere Tiere.[32 colour plates with 370 figures and 90 monochr. plates] A good set with fine embossed bindings, with nice Art Deco Cover illustrations.Nice and clean plates [not sticky as usual] Some pages loose, loosening due to the German Staple binding. A good set with attractive plates. Fine/No Jacket.

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Book number: 2800

Catalogue: Zoology

MILES, WILLIAM

Der Huf Des Pferdes Und Dessen Fehlerfreie Erhaltung. Nebst Einem Anhange Über Den Beschlag Im Allgemeinen Und Den Der Jagtpferde Inbesondere

Frankfurt am Main, Carl Jugel's Verlag. 1861, 2e - Enlarged German. Boards [Later], 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Book, XXIV-123 PP. With 25 full page lithographs and some text ills. Foxed ,and with ex-library stamps. Later boards with the oeriginal lithographed title label at upper cover. Translated by Guitard. Good.

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Book number: 3420

Catalogue: Zoology

Keywords: Horses. Horse-Shoes. William Miles. Veterinary.

NELSON, BRYAN

Zeevogels

Amerongen, Gaade. 1980, Eerste Nederlandse. Linnen, 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. Book, 224 pp. Met Een Register. Geïllustreerd met z/w en kleurafbeeldingen/foto's plus kaarten en diagrammen.Een Erg goed exemplaar. eerste druk i/h Nederlands. Erg Goed/Erg Goed.

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Book number: 2268

Catalogue: Zoology

Keywords: Ornothology

WHITE, ADAM

A Popular History of Mammalia Comprising a Familiar Account of Their Classification and Habits

London, Reeve and Benham. 1850, First Edition. Decorated Cloth, Sm. -8 Vo. Book, VIII-346-(IV)-14-8 PP. [incl. advertisements] with 16 hand coloured full pp. plates. Adam White (1817-1879) worked in the Zoology Department of the British Museum from 1835 to 1863, specializing in Crustacea and Insects. He worked on quite some important and also popular books on Natural History, including the supplying of the chapter on "Insects" to the Zoology of the Voyage of HMS Erebus and Terror (1843). He was aquainted with Charles Darwin, who wrote a testimonial of White in 1854, in which he described how, on his regular visits to the British Museum he had invariably found White "Most zealous and obliging in your endeavours to aid me in every possible way". A very good, fresh and clean copy in the original gilded, decorated publishers cloth. Very Good/No Jacket.

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Book number: 3699

Catalogue: Zoology

Keywords: Zoology. Mammalia. Biology. White. Australia.