Miscellaneous 4

Die Einbuergerung
von Saeugetieren und Voegeln in Europa.
G. Niethammer.
Verlag Paul Parey. 1963.

Detailed work about species of mammals and birds intriduced into Europe
and their influence on indigenous wildlife.

B/w photographs and illustrations. 319 pages.

£ 10.00

Introduced Birds of the World
John L. Long
A.H.&A.W. Reed PTY Ltd. 1981.

Contains a detail of 425 introduced species,
each with a distribution map showing native and introduced range, and 215 line drawings. It brings together current scientific and historical information on birds which have been introduced, throughout the world.
Large volume.
528 pages.

£ 35.00

Mensch und Tier im Zoo.
Tiergarten Biologie.
H. Hediger.
Albert Mueller Verlag. 1965.

Fascinating account of the former director of Zurich Zoo, covering his thoughts on how to design and manage zoos.
Many b/w photographs. 331 pages.
scarce.

£ 15.00

Die Saeugetiere der Sowjetunion.
Band I
VEB Gustav Fischer Verlag. Jena. 1966

Detailed work on the mammals in the Sovjet Union.

Full-page colour plates.
B/w photographs and text illustrations.
932 pages.

£ 20.00

Northumbria.
Constance Fraser/Kenneth Emsley.
 Phillimore. 1989.

Northumbria claims to be the best-kept secret - an ancient kingdom of moors and mountains, golden beaches, castles and peles, a cradle of Christianity in Europe and possibly in the world. The area covered in this volume runs from Berwick upon Tweed to the north to Rokeby and Staithes in Cleveland in the south and to Alston in the west - a historical guide to places of interest both for their intrinsic beauty and for their association with notable events and people.

B/w photographs. 208 pages.

£ 5.00

Die Katzen.
Hans Petzsch.
Verlag J. Neumann-Neudamm. 1969.

Detailed work about wild cat species
 including chapters on domesticated cats
and the history of their domestication.

Beautiful colour plates
both of wild cat species and of breeds of domesticated cats.
182 pages.

£ 8.00

 

Pelztier Atlas.
Dathe/Schoeps.
VEB Gustav Fischer Verlag. Jena. 1986.

Encyclopedia of Fur Animals
with photographs and descriptions of chinchilla, fox, wild cats, camelids, beaver, rabbit, mink, and many more.
323 pages.

£ 20.00

Die gegenwaertigen Produktionsbedingungen
 in der deutschen Nerz-, Iltis- und Fuchszucht.
E. Haferback.
Goettingen. 1988.

Thesis
 on the commercial breeding
 of mink and fox for fur production.

188 pages.

£ 3.00

Brehms Neue Tierenzyklopaedie
Reptilien-Amphibien.
Band 9
Herder. 1976.

Large, profusely illustrated volume
on reptilians and amphibians.
328 pages.

£ 20.00

Lurche und Kriechtiere
W.-E. Engelmann. J. Fritzsche.R. Guenther. F.J. Obst.
Neumann Verlag. Leipzig. 1985.

Handbook
 describing the reptilians and amphibians of Europe.

Many colour - and b/w illustrations.
420 pages.

£ 5.00

Schmuckschildkroeten
Fritz Juergen Obst
Neue Brehm Buecherei
1984

Standard work
 on North American terrapins
with detailed descriptions of sub-species
and habitat.

3 colour - and 48 b/w photographs.
125 pages.

£ 15.00

Antique

Veerassen en Veeteelt in Neederlandsch-Indie.
Dr. H. 't Hoen.
G. Kolff & Co. 1919.

Monography on breeds and breeding of lifestock in Dutch-India.
 b/w photographs.
105 pages.

£ 6.00

Viehzucht und Hirtenleben
 in Ostmitteleuropa.
Verlag der ungarischen Akademie der Wissenschaften.
Budapest. 1961.

In-depth studies on animal husbandry,
livestock breeding and herdsmanship in Hungary.
B/w photographs.
699 pages.

£ 20.00

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