Search Results: Natural History from Robert Wright Books, ABAC / ILAB

University Park: Pennsylvania State University Press, (1998). Octavo, green cloth, pp. x, 217; illustrated. Fine copy; no dust jacket..

Edinburgh: Oliver and Boyd, 1931. First edition. Octavo, green cloth, pp. xii, 270; [2] ads. Illustrations include farm vermin, various traps, a fumigating machine, and birds of prey. With Ritchie's signed presentation inscription dated 1939. Ritchie was keeper of the Natural History Department, Royal Scottish Museum. A fine copy, no dust jacket..

Longmans, Green and Company, 1906. New edition. Original deep red decorated cloth, 8vo., xxii, 363pp., illustrated with 8 chromolithograhic plates and many other illustrations. Near fine copy of a pretty book..

Columbia: University of Missouri Press, 1981. First edition. Ozark farmer relates his experiences with the fauna and flora of the area, as well as his observations of farming and country living. Fine in dust jacket..

Vintage souvenir book for visitors to this famous and important zoo in Hamburg. Text in German. Numerous illustrations. Circa 1913-1914. Circa 8 1/2" x 5 1/2", stapled pictorial card covers, pp. 64; illustrated and wit folding plate at rear. Previous owner’s name and date of 1914 at head of title page. Slight edge wear, else near fine. The Tierpark Hagenbeck is a zoo in Stellingen, Hamburg, Germany. The collection began in 1863 with animals that belonged to Carl Hagenbeck Sr. (1810-1887), a fishmonger who became an amateur animal collector. The park itself was founded by Carl Hagenbeck Jr. in 1907. It is known for being the first zoo to use open enclosures surrounded by moats, rather than barred cages, to better approximate animals’ natural environments. (Wikipedia)..

Rivendell, Wallace, N.S., reprinted with permission from Nova Scotia Birds. Published June 1984. Card covers, pp. 14; illustrated. Presentation copy from the author. Light creasing to covers, else very good..

Princeton: Princeton University Press, (1995). First edition. Octavo, green cloth, pp. xxiii, 227; illustrated in colour and b&w. Fine in dust jacket..

London: Longmans, Green, 1930. 8vo., pale blue cloth, pp. xviii, [18]-[223], with ninety photographs and a map. Light foxing to text, heavier foxing to page edges, corners bumped, else about very good..

London: Adam and Charles Black, (1952). First edition. Quarto, red boards, pp. ix, 78; with a colour frontispiece by Scott; 16 plates from photographs; 41 drawings by the author. Boards a little bumped at corners, else very good [no dust jacket]..

Washington: Smithsonian Institution Press, (1991). First edition. Octavo, Brown boards backed in green cloth, pp. xviii, 222; illustrated. Fine in dust jacket..

(London): Longmans, (1968). First edition. Page edges a little darkened, else near fine in a near fine dust jacket, slightly darkened along the edges and slight edge wear. An attractive copy..

London: Granada, (1983). First edition. Quarto, black boards, pp. [xvii], 237; illustrated in colour. The text concerns filming wildlife on the island of South Georgia during the time of the Falklands War. Small remainder stamp on title-page, else near fine in a price-clipped dust jacket. A lovely copy..

Calcutta: Tyhacker Spink & Co., 1887. Third edition. Foxing to edges and light foxing throughout, inscription dated 1889, spine cocked, else very good, with the attractive gilt-stamped, pictorial covers in nice shape..

New York: Dodd, Mead, (1965). Very good in a lightly chipped, price-clipped dust jacket..