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Editorial: Angus and Robertson: Sydney, Australia. Second edition., 1952
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Librería: Tsunami Books, Eugene, OR, Estados Unidos de AmericaTsunami Books
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Añadir al carritoHardcover. Condición: Very Good. Hardcover, full green cloth over boards with gilt lettering on spine, 274 pages. Clean, square, unmarked copy. 0.0 0.0 0.0.
Editorial: Trustees of the Australian Museum, Sydney, 1950
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Librería: Lost and Found Books, Healesville, VIC, AustraliaLost and Found Books
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Añadir al carritomagazine. Condición: Very Good. No Jacket. Ill. ; 25 cm. 99-102 pages VG. Light shelf wear and edge wear to covers with a little soiling, overall very good condition.
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Editorial: Sirius Books, Angus and Robertson, Sydney, 1963
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Librería: Ryde Bookshop Ltd, Isle of Wight, Reino UnidoRyde Bookshop Ltd
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Añadir al carritoSoft cover. Condición: Fair. Firmly bound with some marks and general handling wear, first Sirius Books paperback edition.
Idioma: Inglés
Editorial: Angus & Robertson Ltd., Sydney/London, 1949
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Librería: Peter Moore Bookseller, (Est. 1970. PBFA, BCSA), Cambridge, Reino UnidoPeter Moore Bookseller, (Est. 1970. PBFA, BCSA)
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Añadir al carritoHardcover. Condición: Good. No Jacket. 1st Edition. pp.xii+236. 21.5cm. Frontispiece & 17 black and white photographic illustrations. Index. Hard cover. Slight fading at head and foot of spine. Rubber stamp on end papers and title page of 'Department of Information'. A good clean copy.
Idioma: Inglés
Editorial: Angus & Robertson Limited, Australia, 1936
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Librería: Ryde Bookshop Ltd, Isle of Wight, Reino UnidoRyde Bookshop Ltd
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Añadir al carritoHardcover. Condición: Good. No Jacket. 1st Edition. Firmly bound green cloth boards without a jacket, slightly faded spine, a few small marks on the cover which has a little wear on the corners, small name written inside, foxing marks mostly on the closed page edges.
Idioma: Inglés
Editorial: Angus and Robertson, Sydney, London, 1952
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Librería: Ryde Bookshop Ltd, Isle of Wight, Reino UnidoRyde Bookshop Ltd
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Añadir al carritoHardcover. Condición: Fair. No Jacket. 2nd Edition. First published in 1936 as Spider Wonders of Australia, this is the 1952 revised and enlarged second edition. Firmly bound green cloth boards without a jacket, an ex library copy from the Linnean Society of London with ink stamps and labels, some marks and wear on the cover including rubbing on the edges and corners, also the title on the spine is rubbed. Tipped-in on the front free end paper is a typed letter from the author, signed by hand by him to Miss Evelyn Cheesman, London, this was Lucy Evelyn Cheesman (1881-1969) a renowned entomologist and traveler. Signed by Author(s).…
Más imágenesBLUEBOOK August 1955 Wormser Hartley Knopf Pratt Steeple Jacks Turner Prenticel
John Kard Lagemann; Fletcher Pratt; Nino Lo Bello; Andre Fontaine; John C. Drake; John Bailey; William Heuman; Robert Turner; Stephen P. Lewis; Donald Keith; Richard Wormser; William Brown Hartley; John Junlavy; Sidney Margolius; Robert C. McCormick; John
Editorial: McCail Co. Pub., 1955
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Librería: Comic World, Steinbach, MB, CanadaComic World
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Añadir al carritoSoft cover. Condición: Very Good to Fine. Bluebook Men Adventure Magazine Volume 101, #4 (August /1955; McCail Publications;) Painted Front Cover: Hans Knopf 132 pages including covers; Writers: John Kard Lagemann; Fletcher Pratt; Nino Lo Bello; Andre Fontaine; John C. Drake; John Bailey; William Heuman; Robert Turner; Stephen P. Lewis; Donald Keith; Richard Wormser; William Brown Hartley; John Junlavy; Sidney Margolius; Robert C. McCormick; John Sharnik; Irving T. Marsh; Interior Artists: Bob Dink; Slayton Derhell; Stuart Graves; Don Lupo; James Jordan; Wesley McKeown; John Prentice; Krush; *** Book Order # ADV207; Condition= VG/FN (5.0) = VERY GOOD to FINE; (Above Average Used Condition) Price=US$29.00); Size: 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall TRUE FIRST Edition MAGAZINE Format Thus. Painted Front Cover: Hans Knopf; Interior Artists: Bob Dink; Slayton Derhell; Stuart Graves; Don Lupo; James Jordan; Wesley McKeown; John Prentice; Krush; (ilustrador). Book.…

Editorial: Angus & Robertson, Sydney, 1952
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Librería: Adelaide Booksellers, Clarence Gardens, SA, AustraliaAdelaide Booksellers
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Añadir al carritoHardback. Condición: Very Good. 2nd Edition Revised & Enlarged. Octavo Size [approx 15.5 x 22.8cm]. Very Good condition. No dustjacket. Mild rubbing to spine ends. Several notes to rear free endpaper. Illustrated with Black and White plates. Robust, professional packaging and tracking provided for all parcels. 274 pages.…
Idioma: Inglés
Editorial: Angus & Robertson, Sydney, 1952
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Librería: Gareth Roberts, Rhydcymerau, Llandeilo, CARMS, Reino UnidoGareth Roberts
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Añadir al carritoHardcover. Condición: Fair. No Jacket. 2nd Edition. ex library hardback with original boards, no D/J, usual stamps/markings. 2nd revised & enlarged edition published in 1952 by Angus & Robertson, Sydney. Boards/spine worn/frayed otherwise a clean, sound copy. Ready for immediate despatch from UK. 47F*. …
Editorial: ANGUS & ROBERTSON
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Librería: Barclay Books, York, WA, AustraliaBarclay Books
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Añadir al carritoHARDCOVER. 1949. First edition. A very good copy.
Editorial: Angus & Robertson, Sydney, 1963
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Librería: Lawrence Jones Books, Ashmore, QLD, AustraliaLawrence Jones Books
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Añadir al carritoHard Cover. Condición: Very Good. Estado de la sobrecubierta: Very Good. First Sirius Books Edition. xvi, 287pp, indexbw ills. Or red boards in jacket. Light offset toning to endpapers, light rubbing to jacket. Size: 8vo.
Editorial: Royal Zoological Society of New South Wales Sydney 1942, 1942
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Librería: Andrew Barnes Books / Military Melbourne, Melbourne, VIC, AustraliaAndrew Barnes Books / Military Melbourne
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Añadir al carrito1st edition hardback in original cloth Very Good octavo 304pp., b/w plates, text ills., index, Reading copy only.

Editorial: Angus & Robertson, Sydney & London, 1944
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Librería: Goulds Book Arcade, Sydney, Newtown, Sydney, NSW, AustraliaGoulds Book Arcade, Sydney
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Añadir al carritoPaperback. Condición: Good. The cover has a some wear, with a few small tears on the edges, tanning on the spine and scuffs. The page edges are well tanned and foxed. The page edges are lightly tanned and foxed. The first page has a name inscription from a previous owner. 187 pages. Books listed here are not stored at the shop. Please contact us if you want to pick up a book from Newtown.…
Editorial: ANGUS & ROBERTSON
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Librería: Barclay Books, York, WA, AustraliaBarclay Books
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Añadir al carritoHARDCOVER. 1952, Second edition, revised and enlarged. A very good copy in lightly flecked green cloth boards with gilt lettering on the spine. The edges and endpapers are age tanned but otherwise the contents are fine and unmarked.
Editorial: Royal Zoological Society of New South Wales, Sydney, 1942
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Librería: Archive, Sth Hobart, TAS, AustraliaArchive
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Añadir al carritoCloth. No Jacket. First Edition. Very Good ++ blue cloth has light wear to the edges. PP 304, index, illustrations. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

Editorial: Sydney and Melbourne Publishing Company, Sydney & Auckland, 1942
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Librería: Goulds Book Arcade, Sydney, Newtown, Sydney, NSW, AustraliaGoulds Book Arcade, Sydney
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Añadir al carritoHard Cover. Condición: Good. No Dust Jacket. 304 pages. The book is a bit worn, scuffed, foxed and tanned. The corners of the cover are dented and chipped. The pages are generally tanned and foxed. Books listed here are not stored at the shop. Please contact us if you want to pick up a book from Newtown. Size: Size F: 8"-9" Tall (203-228mm).…
Más imágenesEditorial: Sydney: Royal Zoological Society of NSW (1944, 1944
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Librería: Andrew Isles Natural History Books, Prahran, VIC, AustraliaAndrew Isles Natural History Books
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Añadir al carritofirst edition).Octavo,303 pp.,text illustrations, bookplate.
Editorial: Royal Zoological Society of New South Wales, Sydney, 1947
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Librería: Arapiles Mountain Books - Mount of Alex, Castlemaine, VIC, AustraliaArapiles Mountain Books - Mount of Alex
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Añadir al carritoHard Cover. Condición: VG+. F-. Second Edition, Reprinted. VG+/F-. 4to. original brown cloth (a trifle rubbed, slight adhesive removal marks to endpapers, prev. owner's name to front pastedown, FFE a little creased) in dustwrapper (edges slightly rubbed & nicked, but clean and unmarked); pp. 304 (last blank), with numerous illustrations. A near fine copy in a nice example of the dustwrapper.…

Editorial: Published by The Royal Zoological Society of New South Wales, Sydney, 1945
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Librería: A&F.McIlreavy.Buderim Rare Books, Buderim, QLD, AustraliaA&F.McIlreavy.Buderim Rare Books
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Añadir al carritoSecond (revised)Edition. Royal 8vo. pp. 303 illustrated in black & white throughout.index. Original tan cloth hardcover.
Editorial: Angus & Robertson Sydney 1952, 1952
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Librería: Andrew Barnes Books / Military Melbourne, Melbourne, VIC, AustraliaAndrew Barnes Books / Military Melbourne
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Añadir al carrito2nd edition dust jacket Nice copy small octavo xiv + 274pp., frontis., b/w plates, text ills., index, Front end paper heavily toned o/w a nice copy in green cloth boards in a rather tatty dust jacket. Scarce.
Editorial: Published by the Royal Zoological Society of New South Wales., Sidney., 1945
Librería: antiquariat RABENSCHWARZ, Braunschweig, Alemaniaantiquariat RABENSCHWARZ
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Añadir al carritoOLeinen. Second (revised) edition / (Reprinted). 303S. (Australian Zoological Handbook). Mit Eintragungen (rot und grün), teilweise Querverweise. Einband berieben und teilweise fleckig. Size: 8°.
Más imágenesEditorial: Sydney: Royal Zoological Society of NSW (1944, 1944
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Librería: Andrew Isles Natural History Books, Prahran, VIC, AustraliaAndrew Isles Natural History Books
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Añadir al carritosecond edition).Octavo,303 pp.,text illustrations, tape marks to end papere, publisher's cloth. "To P. A. Bourke with kind regards and best wishes Keith C. McKeown 25 June, 1945", the bookplate of P. A. Bourke.

Editorial: Royal Zoological Society of New South Wales, 1945
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Librería: Blue Mountains Books, Glenbrook, NSW, AustraliaBlue Mountains Books
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Añadir al carritoHardcover. Condición: Very Good. No Jacket. 1st Edition. Octavo; hardcover, full cloth with upper board titles; 303pp., with many monochrome illustrations. Mild wear; a few marks to the boards; spine sunned and heel softened; text block edges toned and top edge dusted; pages lightly tanned; very light offset to the endpapers; signed in ink by the author to the title page. No dustwrapper. Very good. Laid in: a newspaper obituary of the author. Standard postage quoted is for a maximum 1kg book. Final charges may vary depending on size and weight. Books listed on Abebooks are not kept at our bookshop. Please enquire if you wish to see the book at our premises. Signed by Author(s).…

Editorial: Royal Zoological Society of New South Wales, Sydney, 1942
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Librería: Michael Treloar Booksellers ANZAAB/ILAB, Adelaide, SA, AustraliaMichael Treloar Booksellers ANZAAB/ILAB
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Añadir al carritoHardcover. Condición: Very Good. First Edition. Sydney, Royal Zoological Society of New South Wales, 1942. Octavo, 304 pages with numerous illustrations (many from photographs). Cloth; front cover slightly bowed; covers a little rubbed and lightly scuffed; extremities a little bumped; endpapers lightly tanned; a very good copy. Provenance: Norman Lewis, former Head of the SA Woods and Forests Department, with his contemporary ink ownership and library details on the front free endpaper, and his occasional ink and pencilled emphases and annotations.…
Idioma: Inglés
Editorial: Angus And Robinson, 1938
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Librería: Archive, Sth Hobart, TAS, AustraliaArchive
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Añadir al carritoHardcover. Condición: Very Good. No Jacket. 1st Edition. Very Good With Light Handling Wear Pp 229 Frontis 10 Plates Scarce.
Editorial: Angus & Robertson Sydney 1935, 1935
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Librería: Andrew Barnes Books / Military Melbourne, Melbourne, VIC, AustraliaAndrew Barnes Books / Military Melbourne
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Añadir al carrito1st edition hardback in original cloth Nice copy small octavo 252pp., b/w plates, index, With a chapter on insect foods of the Australian aborigines. No dust jacket but a nice copy in bright lime green boards of the scarce first edition.
Más imágenesEditorial: Trustees of the Australian Museum, Sydney, 1947
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Librería: Michael Treloar Booksellers ANZAAB/ILAB, Adelaide, SA, AustraliaMichael Treloar Booksellers ANZAAB/ILAB
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Añadir al carritoPaperback. Condición: Very Good. First Edition. Sydney, Trustees of the Australian Museum, 1947. Quarto, 190 pages. Original printed wrappers (produced using acidic paper) now a little worn, chipped and torn, with most edges reinforced on the verso with strips of paper; short title and author's name in ink along the spine; wrappers and adjacent leaves tanned; a few tiny closed edge tears internally; regular pencilled emphases and occasional annotations; a few other minor signs of age and handling; overall, a very good copy. A presentation copy, inscribed and signed by the author at the head of the front wrapper ('Hans Mincham, with kind regards, Keith C. McKeown'). The Australian Museum, Sydney, Memoir X; the subject is Longhorn beetles. The recipient of this copy was Hans Mincham AM (1912-2007), 'educator, naturalist, writer, historian, conservationist, musician'. His obituary in the Adelaide newspaper 'The Advertiser' notes that at the age of 12, 'his observations of a rare insect, the mantispid, launched him on a 60-year journey of research and discovery, culminating in a scientific article in "The Naturalist" in his 81st year. He engaged in many expeditions into the inland, one in 1956-57 to the Ediacara area, yielding significant finds of pre-Cambrian fossils, one of which was named after him - "Parvancorina minchami". Two bugs and a beetle also carry his name .'. Signed.…

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Librería: S N Books World, Delhi, IndiaS N Books World
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Añadir al carritoLeatherBound. Condición: New. BOOKS ARE EXEMPT FROM IMPORT DUTIES AND TARIFFS; NO EXTRA CHARGES APPLY. Leatherbound edition. Condition: New. Leather Binding on Spine and Corners with Golden leaf printing on spine. Bound in genuine leather with Satin ribbon page markers and Spine with raised gilt bands. Pages: 102. A perfect gift for your loved ones. Reprinted from 1942 edition. NO changes have been made to the original text. This is NOT a retyped or an ocr'd reprint. Illustrations, Index, if any, are included in black and white. Each page is checked manually before printing. As this print on demand book is reprinted from a very old book, there could be some missing or flawed pages, but we always try to make the book as complete as possible. Fold-outs, if any, are not part of the book. If the original book was published in multiple volumes then this reprint is of only one volume, not the whole set. IF YOU WISH TO ORDER PARTICULAR VOLUME OR ALL THE VOLUMES YOU CAN CONTACT US. Resized as per current standards. Sewing binding for longer life, where the book block is actually sewn (smythe sewn/section sewn) with thread before binding which results in a more durable type of binding. Language: English Pages: 102.…
Más imágenesEditorial: Sydney: Royal Zoological Society of New South Wales, (1942, 1942
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Librería: Andrew Isles Natural History Books, Prahran, VIC, AustraliaAndrew Isles Natural History Books
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Añadir al carritofirst edition).Octavo,304 pp.,text illustrations, blemished publisher's cloth. "Nancy B. Adams with thanks for her illustrations which form no small part of any merit the book may possess Keith C. McKeown 25 July 1942". The bookplate of John W. Evans [director of the Australian Museum]. PROVENANCE: John William Evans (1906â"1990) was appointed director of the Australian Museum in 1954. He married Faith Tillyard, the daughter of R. J. Tillyard, and wrote his biography Insect delight: a life's journey,1989. …
Más imágenesEditorial: Royal Zoological Society of New South Wales, Sydney, 1944
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Librería: Michael Treloar Booksellers ANZAAB/ILAB, Adelaide, SA, AustraliaMichael Treloar Booksellers ANZAAB/ILAB
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EUR 351,81
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Añadir al carritoHardcover. Condición: Very Good. Dust Jacket Included. 2nd Edition. Sydney, Royal Zoological Society of New South Wales, 1944 (revised second edition)/ 1942. Large octavo, 303 pages with over 400 illustrations. Cloth a little marked; minimal signs of use; an excellent copy with the good pictorial dustwrapper (marked, torn and chipped with minor loss, but the acidic paper on which it is printed suggests few examples would have survived in any condition). Loosely inserted in the book is a typed letter signed from Keith McKeown to 'Dear Hans' (small octavo, two pages on one leaf, on The Australian Museum, College Street, Sydney letterhead, 3 May 1949). We know this to be Hans Mincham AM (1912-2007), 'educator, naturalist, writer, historian, conservationist, musician'. His obituary in the Adelaide newspaper 'The Advertiser' notes that at the age of 12, 'his observations of a rare insect, the mantispid, launched him on a 60-year journey of research and discovery, culminating in a scientific article in "The Naturalist" in his 81st year. He engaged in many expeditions into the inland, one in 1956-57 to the Ediacara area, yielding significant finds of pre-Cambrian fossils, one of which was named after him - "Parvancorina minchami". Two bugs and a beetle also carry his name .'. The letter is a beauty, even if you have no real affection for insects. Just knowing that people like Keith McKeown and Hans Mincham corresponded in this fashion is satisfaction enough. A few sentences should suffice, but there are many like this in the letter (and yes, the Mantispid does get a guernsey too!). 'Your note on the stridulation of the females of Elephantodeta farinosa is most interesting, and I'm very pleased to have it. I never knew that the females in that group were musically endowed. Tillyard stated emphatically that female Mole Crickets do not stridulate - but they do. I've never been stung by a Chrysid; so again your notes are good. On checking back, I found you are correct about your Chrysid. I, rashly, identified from the living insect, being loth, at that stage, to kill it'. [2 items]. Signed.…