Search Results: Mammals 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.

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: Arthur Barker, 1966. Illustrated, large 8vo, pp 96, a good copy in a dustwrapper which is showing only the faintest signs of use, with very faint foxing and a crease to the front foldover flap. [From the library of the naturalist and conservationist Richard Fitter, with his stamp on the front endpaper.]. First Edition. Cloth. Very Good/Very Good.

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.

London: Imperial Tobacco Company 48 cigarette cards mounted in album, small horizontal octavo, pp 20 (including covers), paperback, the covers a little worn and marked, the lower corner slightly bruised, a small tear to the lower cover. [Postage will be reduced]. Paperback. 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: Faber & Faber, 1953. Illustrated, large octavo, pp 174, a tiny indentation to the half-title, the title page and the following three pages, otherwise extremely clean and bright internally, white decorated buckram, very slightly marked. [Presentation copy from the author to Lady Mary Gore Booth. Until recently the Gore-Booth family owned Lissadell House and estate in County Sligo.]. Signed by Author. First Edition. Buckram. Very Good.

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

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, 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.

London: HMSO (Natural Environment Research Council), 1993. Tall quarto, pp 145, many distribution maps, very clean internally, paperback, covers very slightly age-toned and very slightly worn.. Paperback. Very Good.

London: British Museum (Natural History), 1984. Illustrated, large octavo, pp (4), 243, a very good copy in a very slightly worn dustwrapper with a repaired tear on its lower cover.. First Edition. Cloth. Very Good/Very Slightly Worn.

Calcutta: Zoological Survey of India, 1986. Slim octavo, 60 pages + 7 plates, covers very slightly marked but a good sound copy paperback binding leaning slightly. . First Edition. Paperback. Very Good.

Cambridge University Press, 1993. A few illustrations and charts, small quarto, pp x, 341, very clean internally, green cloth in excellent condition, in a very good dustwrapper. [Eastern African rain forests are remarkable in their high level of endemism. Miocene uplift of the central African plateau separated these montane and coastal forests from the main Guineo-Congolian forest of west and central Africa. Since then, stable Indian Ocean temperatures maintained a region of high rainfall throughout Pleistocene droughts that devastated forest elsewhere on the continent. Relics of the former Pan-African rain forest survived here, the study of which provides a unique insight into tropical evolutionary processes. This book brings together research on the animals, plants and geography of this intriguing residual forest, and highlights the need for effective management practices to conserve its exceptional biodiversity in the face of increasing pressure for land for cultivation.]. First Edition. Cloth.… Read More

Lansing: Michigan Geological and Biological Survey, 1911. Illustrated, pp 347, one folding map, the first few pages worn and chipped at the lower margin and corner, otherwise fairly clean and tight internally, cloth-backed paper covers, very worn fragile and browned, lacking many pieces, lower cover with horizontal tear. SCARCE. [Flora, mollusca, thysanoptera and orthoptera, mallophaga, fish, birds, mammals, amphibians and reptiles.]. First Edition. Cloth-backed paperback. Fair.

London: Readers Union / Collins, 1960. Well illustrated, octavo, pp xii, 410, a tiny suggestion of foxing to the fore-edge and the endpapers, otherwise an exceptionally clean copy internally, green cloth in very good condition. A very pleaseing copy. [The study of our mammals during the present century has been wide and intensive. On the whole it has been conducted by workers who are general naturalists, ecologists, anatomists, physiologists - but not purely mammalogists. Dr. Matthews himself is a general naturalist of wide experience and distinction, but here he has done what British natural history has wanted for half a century - written a synthesis of our knowledge of mammals which treats them as mammals. And what an exciting synthesis it is! The ordinary amateur naturalist is bound to be astonished at the remarkable discoveries about the distribution, life history and habits of our British mammals that Dr. Matthews has collected together in his book. These advances are shown, perhaps, most… Read More

Dumfries: J. Maxwell & Son, 1912. Large slim octavo, pp xiv, 80, a little age-toned, top edge gilt, other edges uncut, folding map, cloth slightly dusty, spine slightly faded, otherwise a very good copy. [With two short typed letters to the notable ornithologist Rev F.L. Blathwayt, signed by the author.] RARE [From the library of the naturalist and conservationist Richard Fitter, with his stamp on the front endpaper.]. Signed letter from author. First Edition. Cloth. Very Good.

Calcutta: Zoological Survey of India, 1992. One plate, octavo, pp (2), 87, very clean internally, paperback, the very slightest signs of use to the covers, but virtually as new. SCARCE.. First Edition. Paperback. Very Good.