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Zustand: Very Good. x, 156, 129 col photos. . PB. Owner's name to half-title. Vg. 94 dragonfly species are described, and all of those that can identified in the field with binoculars, as in bird watching, are illustrated with 129 colour photographs. [9780945417231].

Zustand: Very Good. x, 150, 101 col photos. . HB. Owner's name to half-title. Vg. This is the first colour guide to the damselflies of any part of North America. All of the 46 species found in Florida, Bermuda and the Bahamas are illustrated. Over 100 colour photographs depict all species in the area. [9780945417866].…

Zustand: New. viii, 156, 104 col plates. . HB. NEW. . Colour supplement to the revised 2nd edition of this landmark book. 155 species illustrated by colour photos taken from nature, showing males and females. Most images greatly enlarged to show important colour patterns to full advantage for identification. [9780945417989].…

Hardcover. Zustand: Very Good. No Jacket. 482 p. : ill. ; 27 cm. ; LCCN: 58-13278 ; LC: QE711; Dewey: 560 ; OCLC: 547382 ; "The story of life during the past two billion years. . . Here the Fentons tell what fossils are, where they are found, what they mean, and how they are related to plants, animals, and other creatures living on earth today." ; brown cloth ; no dustjacket ; ex-lib, stamps, labels ; Contents: Tales told by the dead -- Rocks, fossils and ages -- Groups, names and relationships -- Earth's oldest remains -- A variety of protists -- Sponges, true and probable -- Simple coelenterates -- Moss animals, or bryozoans -- The sturdy brachiopods -- Armored echinoderms -- Sea stars, urchins and cucumbers -- Snails and their kin -- Pelecypods: clams, mussels and oysters -- Feet before heads: the nautiloids -- Ammon's stones and naked cephalopods -- Worms, burrows and trails -- When trilobites roamed -- Crustaceans -- Arthropods from shoals to air -- Nets and wrigglers to sharks -- The bony fishes -- New plants on old lands -- Lungs, legs and land-dwellers -- Amphibian and reptile groups -- Farewells to land -- Scale-bearers and lizard-hipped dinosaurs -- Bird-hipped dinosaurs -- Flying reptiles and birds -- The rise of mammals -- A revolution and its sequel -- More and better mammals -- Ancient families -- Beasts and birds of the Ice Age -- Read, see and collect. ; VG. Book. …

This book picks up on that trend and brings it to the reader in an attractive and accessible format. A new addition to Oxford's acclaimed Butterflies through Binoculars series of field guides, Dragonflies through Binoculars allows for quick and easy identification of all the 300-plus species of dragonflies that have been found in the United States and Canada. In these well-illustrated pages, Sidney W. Dunkle answers any query the beginner or expert might have on the subject of dragonfly-watching on this continent--what kind of binoculars to buy, where to start looking for dragonflies, how to photograph these striking creatures, which clubs or societies to join, and so forth. Other important features for this handy field guide include detailed accounts of every species mentioned, useful information on habitats, explanations of mating rituals, full-color photographs of most of the species described, and range maps. Oxford. Oxford University Press. 266 pp., 47 color plates, num. distribution maps, br. 8 [14 x 21 cm].…