Reptiles & Amphibians of Australia by Cogger, Harold G - 2014

Cornell Univ Pr, 1992-10-01. 5 Sub. Hardcover. Used: Good.

A. H. & A. W. Reed, Australia, 1983. Revised Edition. Hardcover. Very Good Condition/Good. Book Size: Large 8vo ( 9 to 11 inches). Item Type: Book. Text body is clean and unmarked. Binding tight, spine fine. Minor marks and wear to book and jacket. Jacket protected in non-adhesive plastic wrap. ISBN: 0589503561. ISBN/EAN: 9780589503567. **Heavy Book. A Postage surcharge may be requested. Contact us BEFORE ordering for a quote. Click Ask Bookseller a Question**. 9780589503567

Hollywood, FL: Ralph Curtis Books, 1979. 608 pages. There is a very light crease seen along the very lower edge of the first few leaves. Volume is otherwise Fine. Dust jacket shows a 16th of an inch closed tear from the upper edge over the bottom cover. Jacket is otherwise bright and clean, and is now in a clear Brodart protective sleeve. Due to weight, additional charges will apply for International shipping.. First U. S. Edition. Cloth - Hard Cover. Near Fine/Near Fine. Sm 4to.

Reed New Holland, Australia, 2000. Sixth edition. Hardcover. Very Good Condition/Very Good. Size: Large 8vo ( 9 to 11 inches). Text body is clean & unmarked. Binding tight, spine fine. Minor marks and wear to book and jacket. ISBN: 1876334339. ISBN/EAN: 9781876334338. **Heavy Book. A Postage surcharge may be requested. Contact us BEFORE ordering for a quote. Click Ask Bookseller a Question**. 9781876334338

Reed New Holland, Australia, 2000. Sixth edition. Hardcover. Very Good Condition/Very Good. Book Size: Large 8vo ( 9 to 11 inches). Item Type: Book. Lovely clean copy. Binding tight, spine slightly cocked, slight bumping at top & bottm of spine. Dust Jacket slightly sun faded. Minor edgewear to boards. ISBN: 1876334339. ISBN/EAN: 9781876334338. **Heavy Book. A Postage surcharge may be requested. Contact us BEFORE ordering for a quote. Click Ask Bookseller a Question**. 9781876334338

Sydney; Reed New Holland; 2000 new edition. hardcover in very good condition, dustwrapper faded on spine. 808 pages, colour photos and b/w illusts

Sydney: A. H. Reed, 1975. First edition.. The top of the spine cloth shows some sunning, there is some chipping and wear to the dust jacket along the top spine edge, overall a tight copy in very good condition.. Pp. 584; 800 photographs (192 in color), 664 distribution maps, some line-drawings. Publisher’s original brown cloth, lettered in gilt on the spine, color pictorial dust jacket, lettered in white on the spine and in orange on the front cover, sm 4to. This work was first to identify all 660 species of reptiles and amphibians known from the continent of Australia with extensive keys to all of the species. According to many authorities, it is the most important book ever published on Australian reptiles. This is the first edition. The book went through a total of seven editions. From the research collection of Illinois State University herpetologist Lauren E. Brown with his signature on the front endpaper.

Sydney: Reed, 1992. 775pp, bibliography, 2 appendices, hundreds photographs (most color), distribution maps. Red cloth in jacket. Slight edge wear to jacket-a very nice copy. Provides a complete identification keys to the entire Australian herpetofauna. These keys together with hundreds of photographs of living frogs and reptiles, hundreds of distribution maps, line drawings, definitive text and selected references provide a unique and comprehensive guide. First published in 1975, it was revised in 1979, 1983, 1986 and again for this edition in 1992. This edition contains 951 species, 91 more than the previous edition. In addition it features a much greater use of colour than its predecessors.. Fifth Edition, Revised and Expanded . Hard Cover. Very Good/Very Good. 4to.

Sydney: Reed, 1986. HEAVY. xxi, 688pp, endpaper maps, index, bibliography, 2 appendices, 880 photographs (230 color), distribution maps. Or green cloth in pictorial jacket. Slightest of edge wear to jacket, a little fading at edges of jacket, light even toning to page edges, some foxing to top edge. Provides a complete identification keys to the entire Australian herpetofauna. These keys together with over 880 photographs (230 in color) of living frogs and reptiles, 830 distribution maps, line drawings, definitive text and selectedreferences provide a unique and comprehensive guide. First published in 1975, it was revised in 1979, in 1983 it was again revised with an additional 121 species and 64 photos added. With this edition a further 50 species have been added. A very nice copy of the standard work on Australian herpetofauna.. Revised & Expanded Edition.. Hard Cover. Very Good/Very Good. 4to.

Sydney: A.H. & A.W. Reed, 1986 VG+/VG+. 8vo. original green boards (inscrip. to half-title, slight leaf edge spotting) in dustwrapper (slightly rubbed & nicked); pp. XXII (last blank), 7-688, with numerous illustrations + maps. Heavy item (2.5 kg), additional postage may be required for international delivery. A very good copy.. Revised and Expanded. Hard Cover. VG+/VG+.

New York and Philadelphia: D. Appleton & Co. and Geo. S. Appleton, 1844. First Edition . Hardcover. Good. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall. 153,138 + catalogue of books. Brown embossed boards,gilt spine lettering, 2 separate titles bound in one volume. Corners worn, light spotting to covers, some insecting and chipping to hinges, but hinges are holding tightly and binding is sound, contents are variably foxed. The publication date of "Productive Farming" is 1843.

Edinburgh: David Douglas, 1892. 1st Edition . Hardcover. Very Good/No Jacket. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. A comprehensive description of the vertebrate fauna, mainly birds, of these remote islands with illustrations and maps.Internally very good in original slightly worn green cloth. Fine folding map, laid down on linen, of the area at rear together with publisher's catalogue. Spine faded. Please note that this is a heavy book that will require additional postage if sent outside the UK. Kindly contact me for a revised shipping quotation, before ordering, should this apply.

Edinburgh: David Douglas, 1899. 1st Edition . Hardcover. Very Good/No Jacket. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. A comprehensive description of the vertebrate fauna, mainly birds, of these remote islands with illustrations and maps.Internally very good in original worn green cloth. Damage to top of hinge (see photos). Folding map at rear together with publisher's catalogue. Please note that this is a heavy book that will require additional postage if sent outside the UK. Kindly contact me for a revised shipping quotation, before ordering, should this apply.

Chambersburg , Pa: Thomas J. Wright, 1839. Hardcover. Good +. 332, [10] p.; 17 cm. Contemporary tree calf; leather spine label with gilt-tooled title: Experienced Farrier. Former owner's inscription on front fixed endpaper: John Burkholder's Book 1853. Name repeated on front free endpaper. "To the reader": signed C.D. Lesher. Includes Table of Drugs and Herbs, and Where They May Be Had, and index. Contents: I. The most and best approved method of ordering, dieting, exercising, purging, scowering, and cleansing of horses -- II. A certain sure method to know the true state of any horse's body, as to sickness or health -- III. The true shape of a horse explained; with choice directions for buying -- IV. An experienced and approved method of raising horses -- V. A sure and certain rule to know the age of any horse -- VI. The best and experienced way of keeping the common hackney -- VII. An approved method of purging, bleeding, and feeding cattle -- A valuable and fine… Read More

Charlemont, Massachusetts: Feet on the Ground Press, 1999. First edition. Hardcover. Fine/very good. 146 pages, illustrated with black and white photographs. Wonderful and long out of print detailed instruction on handling sheep, handling wool and shearing sheep with blades by the acknowledged master shearer. Signed at Maryland Sheep and Wool Festival in 1999 "To Merike and Dane, Best Wishes and much love, Kevin." Green cloth binding with gilt titles on spine. Book shows very light shelf wear at spine and slight bumping of corners, two or three tiny spots on front cover, a few more tiny spots on back cover, interior pages bright. Illustrated green dust jacket with green and black titles. Very light wear with slight edge wrinkling to dust jacket, small ding in back cover of jacket, not clipped. Rare and out of print. Animal husbandry. Measures 11 1/4 x 8 7/8 inches.

EDINBURGH: W H LIZARS, 1836 1st edition of Volume V of the Jardine's Naturalist's Library which includes elephants, hippos, hogs etc. in original publisher's cloth binding with 30 plates of which 26 are hand coloured. With listing of volumes in the series; half title; engraved frontispiece of Sir Hans Sloane; vignette title page showing Indian Elephants; 2 further title pages; an advertisement, contents listing; Memoir of Sir Hans Sloane; text with engravings and 30 plates of which 26 are hand coloured. The binding has some sunning to the spine and adjoining section of the boards. There is some chipping to the top and bottom of the spine, with a little loss at the bottom. The original green endpapers are present, with a couple of light inscriptions to the top of the fep. The text is clean - some of it is unopened - and there is some brown toning to edges. The plates are clean and well coloured. Plates 19, 20 and 21 have a slight rumple at the top corner.

London, Paris, New York and Melbourne: Cassell and Company, Limited A very good copy in the original decorative cloth binding with double page frontispiece, 3 further double page plates and 2 single plates. Numerous illustrations in the text. A very scarce work. Undated but probably 1890's. The binding, which has a gilt lop-eared rabbit on the front board and gilt titles to spine is in very good clean condition. There are a couple of small patches of cloth wear on the spine joints, a small lighter area on the back board and light wear to corners. The original endpapers are present - there is a signature 'Florence 16.9.10' to the fep. Contents very clean with light foxing in places (endpapers and margins). With 16 page publisher's catalogue at the rear. A very nice copy.

Cambridge, MA: Harvard College, 1887. Contains 4 Bulletins of the Museum of Comparative Zoology at Harvard College- Vol. XII, No. 6, The Eyes in Scorpions, with 4 Color Plates, Dec. 1887; Vol.XX, No. 1, The Histology and Development of the Eye in the Lobster, with 4 Color Plates, May, 1890; Vol. XX, No.5, The Eyes in Blind Crayfishes, with 1 Color Plate, November, 1890; and Vol. XXI, No. 2, The Compound Eyes in Crustaceans, with 10 Color Plates, May, 1891. The 1st, 2nd, and 4th of these Bulletins are SIGNED AND INSCRIBED on each first page of text by the author to Dr. Carl H. Eigenmann . G.H. Parker was Professor of Zoology and Director of the Zoological Laboratory at Harvard. Dr Carl Eigenmann was a noted Professor of Zoology at Indiana University who, along with his wife, Rosa Smith Eigenmann, described many of the fishes of North and South America for the first time. Eigenmann Hall on the Indiana University campus is named for him. Buckram spine and corners, with gilt lettering on spine, and… Read More

Boston: The Association of Breeders of Thoroughbred Holstein Cattle, 1872. First Edition . Cloth - Hard Cover. Good/No Jacket. 71 pages, plus six lithographic plates. Blank end leaves are darkened. Scattered, mostly light, foxing. Water stain along the outside edge of last 15 leaves, not affecting text or images, and not sticking. Covers show a few light scuffs and smudges, though overall volume remain tight and fairly clean. Acceptable copy of this scarce first work on the Holstein breed in the U.S. Contents cover early history of the breed and its introduction to the U.S. Details included on all 61 bulls and 67 cows in the U.S. at the time of compilation, most of these having been imported from North Holland.