Ecology and Management of Mangroves.
Bangkok. IUCN. 1993. Maps, black and white photographic illustrations, xv + 176 pages, index, references, paperback, a good copy. (When referring to this item please quote stockid 141506). More
Natural History
Country Environmental Profile of Papua New Guinea.
Canberra. Australian International Development Assistance Bureau. 1994. Maps, black and white photographic illustrations, xvi + 104pp, bibliography, appendices, very good in little worn paperback. (When referring to this item please quote stockid 149925). More
Plants and the Migrations of Pacific Peoples. A Symposium.
Honolulu. Bishop Museum Press. 1963. Maps, black and white photographic illustrations, bibliography, 136pp, good copy in paperback, quarto. Papers from a Symposium held at the Tenth Pacific Science Congress of the Pacific Science Association, University of Hawaii, Honolulu, Hawaii, USA, 21 Sugust to 6 September 1961. Papers include: Movement of..... More
Map - Netherlands East Indies.
[London]. Edinburgh Geographical Institute. [1944]. Colour folded map laid down on an old chart. Map creased in places with a little minor wear where the folds once were. In good secondhand condition. Map measures 38 x 77.5cm, backing card 40.5 x 80.5cm. Scale: 1:10,000,000. (When referring to this item please..... More
A History of British Quadrupeds, Including the Cetacea.
London. John Van Voorst. 1837. Illustrated with nearly 200 black and white woodcuts, xviii + , index, 526pp, spine little faded and worn, a good hardback copy. (When referring to this item please quote stockid 154217). More
Chemistry of Tropical Root Crops. Significance for Nutrition and Agriculture in the Pacific.
Canberra. Australian Centre for International Agricultural Research. 1988. Black and white illustrations, 201pp, bibliography, appendix, a prior owner's stamp front free endpaper, very good in paperback. (When referring to this item please quote stockid 164682). More
The Birds of Japan.
Washington. D.C. Smithsonian Institution Press. 1991. Illustrated by Masayuki Yabuuchi, 8pp colour plates, line drawings, figures, maps, xiii + 466pp, bibliography, index of species, appendices, corners trifle bumped, otherwise a very good, hardback copy. Describes the situation and topography of Japan, birdwatching in various parts of the country and includes..... More
Minor Products of Philippine Forests.
Manila. Department of Agriculture and Natural Resources, Philippines. 1920. Black and white photographic illustrations, 432pp, index, ex-library hardback copy in good condition with lightly and evenly browned pages, ink used on endpapers, covers showing signs of wear. Contents include: Philippine Mangrove Swamps; Philippine Fiber Plants; and Philippine Bamboo. (When referring..... More
A Guide to the Hard Corals of Thai Waters.
Townsville. Zebra. 1980. Map, colour frontispiece, black and white photographic illustrations, figures and line drawings, xxxv + 165pp, glossary, index, last few leaves lightly browned and creased at lower corner, otherwise a good hardback copy. This book, with its underwater photographic illustrations, photographic illustrations of coral skeletons and its simple..... More
A Guide to the Hard Corals of Thai Waters.
Hong Kong. Zebra. 1980. Map, colour frontispiece, black and white photographic illustrations, figures and line drawings, xxxv + 165pp, glossary, index, light foxing endpapers, lightly scuffed pictorial covers, otherwise a good hardback copy. This book, with its underwater photographic illustrations, photographic illustrations of coral skeletons and its simple descriptions of..... More
Peking Natural History Bulletin. Volume 13, Part I.
Peiping. Peking Society of Natural History. Volume 13, September1938. Plates, one coloured, 87pp, first and last pages browned, wrappers chipped and torn with loss. The Oracle Bones - John C. Ferguson; A Study of the Splenic Pulp of the Albino Rat and Mouse; Studies on the Susceptibility of Shanghai Mosquitoes..... More
Conservation Atlas of Tropical Forests. Asia and the Pacific.
London. Macmillan. 1991. Maps, colour photographic illustrations, 256pp, index, hardback, quarto, dustjacket curling a little along top edge, name front endpaper, otherwise a very good copy. The first of a series designed to cover all tropical rain forests in the world. This is a visual portfolio of detailed maps of..... More
Ancient Pacific Floras. The Pollen Story.
Honolulu. University of Hawaii Press. 1964. Maps, black and white photographic illustrations, ix + 114pp, good copy in wrappers, quarto. Papers presented at the Tenth Pacific Science Congress Series. (When referring to this item please quote stockid 149756). More
Erosion in the Sungei Gombak Catchment, Selangor, Malaysia.
Hull. University of Hull. n.d. c.1968. Maps, graphs, tables, 16pp, references, a good copy in little worn wrappers, cloth tape on spine little marked, small quarto. Offprint of The Journal of Tropical Geography Volume 26, June 1968. Second Series No 8 in Reprints of Publications by Staff Members of the..... More
Conserving Nature in Culture. Case Studies from Southeast Asia.
New Haven: Yale Center Southeast Asia Studies. 2005. Black and white maps, black and white charts, xvii + 348pp, index, bibliography, paperback, light crease on lower cover's lower left corner, slight bump at the head of spine but otherwise very good. "This volume presents the results of an international, multi-year..... More
Sediments of Time. Environment and Society in Chinese History.
Cambridge. Cambridge University Press. 1998. Black and white as well as coloured maps, black and white photographic illustrations, xviii + 820pp, index, hardback in dustjacket, very good condition. "China's environmental problems long predate the modern era. official policies, sometimes local, sometimes on a massive scale, have often caused as many..... More
Wilson's China A Century on
United Kingdom: Royal Botanic Gardens, 2009. Maps, colour illustrations, 256pp, notes, bibliography, index, a very good hardback copy in dustjacket. Ernest Wilson was the foremost plant collector of his generation, responsible for introducing over 1,000 species to our gardens in the West. The authors of this book reveal Wilson's adventures..... More
Politics of China's Environmental Protection Problems and Progress
Singapore: World Scientific Publishing Co Pte Ltd, 2009. 172pp, index, bibliography, hardback, very good copy. As the dazzling economic and social changes in China have imposed substantial impact upon the quality of environmental governance, it is time to review the problems and progress in the politics of China's environmental protection..... More
The Birds Of The Malay Peninsula, Singapore & Penang. An account of all the Malayan species, with a note of their occurrence in Sumatra, Borneo, and Java and a list of the birds of those islands.
London. Oxford University Press. 1959. Reprint. Colour and black and white plates and text illustrations, xiv + 282pp, occasional light foxing, worn and trifle chipped dustjacket now protected. (When referring to this item please quote stockid 87921). More
The Climate of Mt Wilhelm. Wilhelm Studies 2.
Canberra. Research School of Pacific Studies. 1976. Maps, black and white photographic illustrations, xiii+76pp, bibliography, appendices, stamp front free endpaper, a sound copy in damp damaged wrappers, small tear top of spine, quarto. (When referring to this item please quote stockid 92434). More
Siamese Bestiary.
London. WildWood House. 1979. Black and white illustrations, unpaginated, bookplate verso upper cover, browned paperback covers, otherwise good, quarto. Anecdotal account and observations of the co-existence shared by animal and human life in the tropical areas of Thailand. (When referring to this item please quote stockid 62436). More
Review of Soil Research in India.
New Delhi. Indian Society of Soil Science. 1971. Folding map on lower pastedown with small closed tear not affecting map itself, maps, 229pp, cloth covered boards, bright gilt lettering front cover and spine, a good copy. (When referring to this item please quote stockid 143223). More
Secondary Plant Succession in Tropical Montane Mindanao
Canberra. Australian National University. 1970. Map, black and white photographic illustrations, xvi+174pp, appendix, references, minor water staining to wrappers, tall quarto, a sound copy. Research on which this is based formed a part of PhD thesis in former Department of Geography of the Research School of Pacific Studies. (When referring..... More
A Hand-Book to the Order Lepidoptera.
Lloyd's Natural History. Lloyd. 1896& 1897. 5 volumes. Vol I: 37 colour plates, black and white text illustrations, lxxiv + 261pp, index. Vol II: 31 colour plates, black and white text illustrations, xx + 332pp, index. Vol III: 27 colour plates, black and white text illustrations, xxvii + 308pp, indices..... More
Discovering Whales around Tokyo Bay.
Tokyo. The Japan Times. 2005. Maps, colour photographic illustrations, 110 pages, bibliography (in Japanese), paperback. Inscription by translator to previous owner on title page. A very good copy. (When referring to this item please quote stockid 141493). More