Search Results: Natural History from Mike Park Ltd

Gland: IUCN, 1987. Illustrated with black and white photographs and maps. slim quarto, pp 64, upper corners slightly bruised, otherwise clean and sound internally, paperback, a good copy. . First British edition. Paperback. Good.

London & New York: Logos Press. Academic Press., 1964. Large 8vo, pp 360, fore-edge slightly marked, black buckram very slightly marked & worn. [a modern treatment of the mechanisms of compensatory growth in animals].

London: Victor Gollancz, 1948. Octavo, pp 258, a bit used internally, hinge at the title page a little strained, traces of a label on the rear endpaper, green cloth a little worn and marked, spine lettering very faint. This British edition is uncommon. [Bedichek was a Texan naturalist and educator.]. First British edition. Cloth. Fair.

Oxford: Clarendon Press, 1993. Small quarto, pp xviii, 166, illustrated with a few photographs maps and charts, extremely clean internally, blue cloth in very good condition, with the original cellophane dustwrapper. [The origins of the present-day faunas and floras of Africa and South America have been a fascinating puzzle for hundreds of years, and have provided a remarkable example of the catalytic effect of one scientific discipline upon another. It is now the turn of the biologists to explain how the present faunas and floras have arisen, and this volume brings together the latest information and theories about the interrelations between plate tectonics, palaeontology, and the present distribution of plants and animals.]. First Edition. Cloth. Very Good.

London: Clive Holloway Books, 1991. Very well illustrated, large horizontal quarto, pp 160, slight age-toning at the margins, otherwise clean and sound internally, brown cloth very slightly bruised at the corners, in a dustwrapper which shows very slight signs of use.. First Edition. Cloth. Very Good/Very Slightly Worn.

Sandton: The Brenthurst Press, 1982. Well illustrated from early sources, large horizontal octavo, pp 60, clean internally, pictorial cloth slightly age-toned. [An original bookseller's receipt loosely inserted shows that this was originally in the library of the botanist Olive Hilliard.]. First Edition. Cloth. Very Good.

1988. Very well illustrated, large quarto, pp 190, very clean internally, grey cloth in very good condition, the dustwrapper is just very slightly worn. [Russian text with just one page of English summary. The Aksu-Dzhabagly is the oldest nature reserve of Central Asia and Kazakhstan, in the Western Tien-Shan mountains. Most images have birds, plants and mamals identified with Latin names.]. First Edition. Cloth. Very Good/Very Slightly Worn.

Leipzig: Deutsche Buchwerkstatten, 1930. illustrated, large octavo, pp 143, traces of an indented name on the front endpaper, otherwise very clean internally, cloth slightly marked and worn.. First Edition. Cloth. Good.

New York and London: Watson-Guptill Publications & Phaidon Press, 1975. Well illustrated, large tall quarto, pp 224, fore-edge slightly thumbed, a good copy in a rather frayed and lightly torn dustwrapper.. First Edition. Cloth. Good/Rather worn and frayed.

London: Sampson Low, 1976. Illustrated, large 8vo, pp 128, a very good copy in a price-clipped dustwrapper which shows very slight signs of wear. [Jenny hanivers, mermaids, dragons, sea-serpents, pseudo-fossils, monsters, Vegetable Lamb of Tartary etc]. Cloth. Very Good/Very Slightly Worn.

London: Weidenfeld & Nicholson, 1968. Illustrated, large octavo, pp xii, 479, edges age-toned, top edge slightly foxed, fore-edge very slightly marked, owner's neat name and attractive bookplate on the front endpaper, otherwise clean internally, the dustwrapper is a little worn and torn and has been permannetly sealed to the book.. First Edition. Cloth. Good/Fair.

Rome: Biblioteca dell' Accademia Nazionale dei Lincei e Corsiniana, 2008. Italian text. Well illustrated, small octavo, pp 131, paperback, a very good copy. With the bookplate of the botanist David Mabberley. [[Catalogue of an exhibition which took place between 14th November 2008 and 31st January 2009.]. First Edition. Paperback. Very Good.

London: British Museum Publications Ltd, 1977. Well illustrated, large 8vo, pp x, 150, paperback, covers slightly faded..

New York & London: The Macmillan Company, 1970. Illustrated, large octavo, pp xvi, 303, very slightly age-toned, decorated cloth in lue and red, in a very slightly worn price-clipped dustwrapper. [[A long signed presentation inscription on the front endpaper, from the author to Sybil Sassoon.]. Signed by Author. First Edition. Cloth. Very Good/Very Slightly Worn.

Manchester University Press, 1937. Illustrated with eight plates, octavo, pp xiv, 209, endpapers slightly marked, otherwise very clean internally, red cloth slightly dull and very slightly worn, ina dustwrapper which is sl;ightly worn frayed and age-toned. [Deadly combat between gladiators is perhaps the best-known example of public entertainment offered in the Roman world. Wild and domesticated animals were also a part of these extravagant shows, and the elaborate presentation—or sometimes butchery—of creatures to gild an official's magnificence was among the most common forms of public diversion. Pitting bulls against bears, lions against Christians and criminals, elephants against rhinoceroses or parading large numbers of giraffe or zebras, the games devised by the Romans ranged from astonishing to brutally cruel. It is now difficult to comprehend the pleasure that huge crowds took from the death or struggle of animals and people, but the history of the role of animals in ancient Rome… Read More

Gland: IUCN, 1989. Illustrated with distribution maps only, slim quarto, pp 96, paperback, a very good copy.. First Edition. Paperback. Very Good.

London: Methuen & Co, 1974. Illustrated, large very thick octavo, pp xviii, 999, pictorial cloth, a very good copy on a very slightly worn dustwrapper.. First Edition. Cloth. Very Good/Very Slightly Worn.

London: Country Life, 1978. Very well illustrated, small folio, pp 224, brown cloth, an absolutely fine copy in the original slipcase which is virtually as new. A beautiful book. [Very heavy - extra postage may be needed]. First Edition. Cloth in slipcase. As New.

London, Markham & New York: Allen Lane & Madison Press, 1981. Very well illustrated, large horizontal quarto, pp 178, very clean internally, blue embossed cloth in very good condition, the dustwrapper has the slightest signs of use and is very slightly faded on the spine. A heavy book - extra postage may be needed.. First Edition. Cloth. Very Good/Very Slightly Worn. Illus. by Robert Bateman.

Cambridge University Press, 1998. Illustrated with maps and charts, large octavo, pp 363, extremely clean internally, paperback, a very good copy indeed. Virtually as new. ["Nearly two-thirds of the world's population lives in Asia, and many countries in that region are currently undergoing very rapid industrial, agricultural and economic development. The Framework Convention on Climate Change constrains developed countries with regard to their future emissions of greenhouse gases, but recognises the special needs of developing countries. There is growing appreciation of the ways in which developing countries in the Asian region both contribute to global changes (by altering biogeochemical pathways and cycles) and are themselves affected by those changes. This volume uses the intellectual efforts and findings of the IGBP community to provide the first integrated analysis of the interactions between global change and Asian change, with particular attention given to the role of China. The book… Read More