Fitzsimons V F M (37 results)

Condition: Very Good. Very Good condition. A copy that may have a few cosmetic defects. May also contain light spine creasing or a few markings such as an owner's name, short gifter's inscription or light stamp.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. 2nd Edition, 2nd Printing (1978). Published by Collins, 1974. Octavo. Pictorial boards. Book is very good; with no writing or names. Sharp corners and spine straight. Binding tight and pages crisp. Boards have shelf wear with fading to spine and top edge. 222 pages. ISBN: 0002193272. 100% positive feedback. 30 day money back guarantee. NEXT DAY SHIPPING! Excellent customer service. Please email with any questions or if you would like a photo. All books packed carefully and ship with free delivery confirmation/tracking. All books come with free bookmarks. Ships from Southampton, New York. We Buy Books! Individual titles, libraries, collections. Message us if you have books to sell!

Hardcover. Condition: Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. A. H. Barratt (illustrator). jacket is shelf rubbed, price clipped and a bit wavy. light foxing and marks. old tape residue. ownership stamp. well bound. fairly good copy.[S.K]. Our orders are shipped using tracked courier delivery services.

Hardcover. Condition: Fair. Dust Jacket Condition: Fair. jacket is worn, torn and chipped. edge wear and knocking on boards. light foxing and marks. well bound. fair copy.[S.K]. Our orders are shipped using tracked courier delivery services.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. No Jacket. The boards are slightly rubbed. Internally clean and tightly bound. Several inscriptions. Our orders are shipped using tracked courier delivery services.

Hard cover. Second edition. Illustrated in black, white and color. Important reference work. Very scarce in this condition. Fine copy in fine dust jacket (in mylar).

Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. A. H. Barratt (illustrator). 1st Edition. Type: Book 1st printing. DJ spine sun faded, is complete but shows light use.

Hardcover. Condition: Good. No Jacket. 1st Edition. Afrikaans text. shelf wear on the boards. pages are marked and a little wavy . all pages are intact and legible. fairly good condition. [SK]. Our orders are shipped using tracked courier delivery services.

Hardcover. Condition: Good. No Jacket. 1st Edition. The pictorial boards are rubbed.light marks,damp.well bound.Afrikaans language.[J.K]. Our orders are shipped using tracked courier delivery services.

Small 8vo, laminated pictorial case, pp. 221, plates including colour. Owner's initials written in ball-pen on the fore-edge.

pp.221 with col. & b/w. illus., b/w photos. and dist. tables. 8vo. Hardback. Some spotting to fore-edges of text block and to ends o/w. contents fine. Illustrated boards showing a little sunning o/w. fine. A comprehensive guide to the identification of South Africa's 145 snake species and subspecies. Every snake is fully described with notes on all aspects of its frequency, habits and habitats.

Hardcover. Condition: Good. A clean and tightly bound book.

279.FITZSIMONS V.F.M. 1972 A FIELD GUIDE TO THE SNAKES OF SOUTHERN AFRICA. 221PP. ILLUSTRATED. WITH DUST JACKET. LIKE NEW. (BJR-REPT.-10).

Hard Cover, Pictorial Boards. Condition: As New. Second Edition, Second Reprint. 103 species illustrated, 56 in colour. Twelve colour plates by A.H. Barratt. ---------- Orders over $100.00 are shipped using tracked courier delivery services. Size: Approx 5" Wide - 7¾" Tall.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. No Jacket. First Edition. 89 pages (complete). In Afrikaans throughout. Pocket sized. A slim but still terrifyingly detailed book from the famous South African snake expert. The boards have wear about all edges, corners, seams. They are scuffed, marked from handling and storage. They are steady and sure. The contents are pleasing. They are clean, clear, confident, diligent. fk. Our orders are shipped using tracked courier delivery services.

1962 SNAKES OF SOUTHERN AFRICA. 422PP. ILLUSTRATED. SOME WATER DAMAGE BUT IN OK CONDITION. THIS COPY HAS ROGE CARAS LIBRARY STICKER ON IT. HARD COVER NO DUST JACKET.(REPT.-TJ-21).

Hardcover. Condition: Good+. Dust Jacket Condition: No Dust Jacket. Smit, P.J. (illustrator). Cape Town: Purnell and Sons, 1962. 424pp. ills., maps, color frontis and 74 color plates by P.J. Smits. 16 pages b&w photos. Systemic account of all species of snakes in Southern Africa. Introductory essays, key, systemic index., bibliography, indices of common and scientific names. Name in ink inside front cover. Foxed spots effecting pages facing color plates. Small stain front cover edge, slightly shaken, corners bumped. Occasional underlining in red pencil. Cloth. Good+/No Dust Jacket. Illus. by Smit, P.J. 4to.

Hardcover. Condition: Good. pp. 221 / Geïllustreerd / Illustrated / Illustré / Illustriert English.

London 1974, 221 pp.,plates and ill., dust jacket c154.

2755.FITZSIMONS V.F.M. 1962 SNAKES OF SOUTHERN AFRICA.423PP. ILLUSTRATED IN COLOR. HARD COVER WITH A DUST JACKET. VERY GOOD CONDITION. (REPT.-TJ-63).

Cambridge, The University Press, 1935. Two papers in one 8vo (25.0 x 16.1 cm). 147 [44; 103] pp.; 6 [4, 2] plates; 48 [18; 30] text figures. Original pictorial wrappers. = Two important zoological contributions, with many new species, especially of reptiles, published in the Annals of the Transvaal Museum, Volume 16. The part by Fitzsimons is about twice the size of that by Fowler. Both are very well-illustrated. More results were published, mainly entomological and ethnological, but these are the complete ichthyological and herpetological parts. Uncut. Small label on the spine, cancelled stamp in the lower margin of first text page, otherwise clean. Rare. Not in the Crane library catalogue.

Pretoria, Transvaal Museum, 1938. 8vo (23.9 x 15.5 cm). 57 pp., two plates, one large, triple-folded map in two colours, nine text figures. Disbound. = Rare paper by the South African herpetologist Vivian Frederick Maynard Fitzsimons, (1905-1975) who was the director of the Transvaal Museum. It deals with the herpetofauna of the most northwestern part of South Africa and Namibia and includes the description and illustration of nine new species and subspecies, including a new turtle. Published in the Museum's Annale or Annals, volume 18. A very good, clean copy.