Search Results: Titles starting with V from Mike Park Ltd

London: Hodder & Stoughton, 1938. First edition. Illustrated, octavo, pp xiv, 322, a little age-toned throughout, very slight foxing, endpapers slightly marked, two names on front endpaper have been blocked out in ink, cloth a little worn and rubbed.. First Edition. Cloth. Good.

Salt Lake City: The University of Utah Press, 1999. Illustrated, octavo, pp (8), 147, extremely clean internally, paperback, a very good copy. ["A synthesis and summary, for the non-biologist, of the published work on vampire bats. The author explores their biology, bat-borne diseases, economic effects of vampire parasitism, methods used to control them, and legends regarding vampyres (the spelling is used to distinguish human superstitions from real bats)"]. Paperback. Very Good.

London: Thames & Hudson, 2004. Very well illustrated, large quarto, not paginated, a very good copy in a slightly worn and toned dustwrapper. [A heavy book - extra postage may be required]. First Edition. Cloth. Very Good/Slightly worn.

London: Hutchinson & Co. First edition, not dated (c.1927). Illustrated with line drawings by Major Benton Fletcher, (some in colour), octavo, pp 324, a little used and marked internally, a marginal stain to part of the title page, a Boots Library copy in their blue cloth, slightly worn, the spine faded, the Boots shield on the front cover. . First Edition. Cloth. Fair. Illus. by Major Benton Fletcher.

Wageningen: Pudoc Scientific Publishers, 1992. Illustrated, tall quarto, pp 404, a large folding map in rear pocket, pictorial laminated boards very slightly rubbed, a very good copy. [Very heavy - extra postage may be required.]. First Edition. Pictorial laminated boards. Very Good.

Newton Abbot: David & Charles, 1975. Illustrated with black and white photographs, octavo, pp 231, very clean internally, black cloth in very good condition, in a very good dustwrapper with only slight signs of use. . First Edition. Cloth. Very Good/Very Slightly Worn.

New York & London: Columbia University Press, 1951. [Second printing]. A few text diagrams and maps, large octavo, pp xxii, 643, a small neat signature on the front endpaper, a considerable amount of pencil lining throughout the book - marginal rather than underlining and with a few notes, otherwise quite sound and tight, blue cloth slightly worn, the spine faded and slightly bruised. [Stebbins was an American botanist and geneticist who is widely regarded as one of the leading evolutionary biologists of the 20th century. This is his most important publication, combining genetics and Darwin's theory of natural selection to describe plant speciation. It is regarded as one of the main publications which formed the core of the modern synthesis and still provides the conceptual framework for research in plant evolutionary biology; according to Ernst Mayr, "Few later works dealing with the evolutionary systematics of plants have not been very deeply affected by Stebbins' work" ,… Read More

Madrid: Instituto Nacional de Investigaciones Agronomicas, 1960. Illustrated with 23 black and white photographic plates showing leaf, tuber and tuber cluster growth with roots, each plate with page of Spanish text opposite, pp (52), slim 8vo, a duplicate from the National lending Library for Science and Technology, with their stamp on the title page and bookplate on front endpaper, otherwise clean internally, paperback covers slightly worn, a tiny number on the upper cover. VERY SCARCE. . First Edition. Paperback. Good.

Portland: Timber Press, 2001. Well illustrated, large horizontal quarto, pp 191, paperback, the first few pages have a natural indentation caused by the thickness of the foldover cover flap, otherwise a very good copy..

Oxford: Geological Society, 1984. Large octavo, pp x, 270, a few pencilled notes, otherwise avery good copy in a slightly worn dustwrapper.. Cloth. Very Good/Very Slightly rubbed.

London: The British Antarctic Survey, 1968. A few illustrations, quarto, pp 202, very clean internally, with two large folding maps in the rear pocket, paperback, covers very slightly worn. SCARCE. [From the collection of the botanist Eric Groves, with his small stamp on the upper cover.. First Edition. Paperback. Very Good.

London: The British Antarctic Survey, 1964. Six plates, various distribution maps, quarto, pp 58, lower corner slightly bruised throughout, a folding map in the rear pocket, paperback, covers slightly worn, lacking part of the upper spine. [From the library of the botanist Eric Groves, with a tiny inscription from the author.]. Signed by Author. First Edition. Paperback. Good.

London: British Museum (Natural History), 1981. A few illustrations, large octavo, pp (87), paperback, a very good copy. SCARCE. Signed by author on the cover. . Signed by Author. First British edition. Paperback. Very Good.

Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew., 1992. Large thick 8vo, pp (6), 804, paperback, an excellent copy. [Standard reference of vascular plant generic names. Divided into three parts, Part 1 alphabetically lists all 14,000 generic names accepted by Kew with 10,000 synonyms, Part 2 is a list of genera by family, and Part 3 analyses plant families according to various systems of classification.]. Paperback. As New.

Missoula: The University of Montana, 1991. Revised edition. Large thick quarto, illustrated with line drawings, pp (2), 648, very slightly used internally, paperback, covers slightly bumped and worn, a slight tear to the lower cover. [Signed by author]. {A heavy book - extra postage may be required}. Signed by Author. Revised edition. Paperback. Good.

London: The British Antarctic Survey, 1968. A few illustrations, quarto, pp 202, a little used thoughout, lower corner slightly stained throughout, margin of the photographic plates slightly stained, paperback, covers a little worn and repaired, with two large folding maps in the rear pocket. SCARCE.. First Edition. Paperback. Fair.

Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew., 1992. Large thick 8vo, pp (6), 804, a little worn and thumbed, particularly on the fore-edge. cloth very slightly worn, a slight suggestion of creasing to the spine. The scarce clothbound edition. [Standard reference of vascular plant generic names. Divided into three parts, Part 1 alphabetically lists all 14,000 generic names accepted by Kew with 10,000 synonyms, Part 2 is a list of genera by family, and Part 3 analyses plant families according to various systems of classification.]. Cloth. Good.

Goteburg: Elanders Boktryckeri Aktiebolag, 1944. Illustrated with a very few line drawings of plant parts, large octavo, pp (256), very clean internally, paperback, covers very slightly worn, slightly age-toned. VERY SCARCE.. First Edition. Paperback. Very Good.

London: British Museum (Natural History), 1981. A few illustrations, large octavo, pp (87), paperback, a very good copy. SCARCE. [Although not signed, this is the author's copy, with a few minor annotations.]. First British edition. Paperback. Very Good.

New York: St Martin's Press, 1990. Illustrated with drawings by Shlomo Zafrir, small octavo, pp 217, a very good copy in a very slightly rubbed dustwrapper with a tiny tear on the upper cover. [[Presentation copy signed by the author - "To Bernard - my very best wishes and a big shalom from Israel".]. Signed by Author. First Edition. Cloth. Very Good/Very Slightly Worn. Illus. by Shlomo Zafrir.