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The Osborne Collection of Early Children's Books 1566-1910: A Catalogue

St. John, Judith · 1958 · Pemberley Natural History Books

£20.00 (€23.98 | $26.43 | ¥4,221)

Toronto Public Library Toronto xxiv, 562, 11 col plates, 24 b/w plates, 49 line drawings. . HB. 8vo, orig. dec. cloth, rubbed. Good.. With an introduction by Edgar Osborne. This catalogue is a record of early English children's books in the Osborne Collection, Boys and Girls H...

The Map That Changed the World: The Tale of William Smith and the Birth of a Science

Winchester, S. · 2001 · Pemberley Natural History Books

£15.00 (€17.98 | $19.82 | ¥3,165)

Viking xiv,338, frontis, 32 text figs, endpaper maps. . HB. Fine in d/w.. First edition, ninth impression. An extraordinary tale of the father of modern geology. Hidden behind velvet curtains above a stairway in a house in London's Piccadilly is an enormous and beautiful hand-...

Winston S. Churchill. Vol. I-V

Churchill, Randolph S.; Gilbert, Martin · 1966 · Pemberley Natural History Books

£225.00 (€269.74 | $297.31 | ¥47,482)

Heinemann London xxxvi, 608; xvii, 775; xiv, 988; xvi, 967; xxvii, 1167, b/w illus. . HB. 5 vols, 8vo, orig. cloth. Vg in d/w's (2 spines faded), not price clipped.. Five (of eight) volumes. Vol. 1-2 by Churchill's son, Randolph Churchill (1911-1968) the remaining volumes comp...

The Library Manual: A guide to the formation of a library, and the valuation of rare and standard books

Slater, J. Herbert · 1883 · Pemberley Natural History Books

£12.00 (€14.39 | $15.86 | ¥2,532)

L. Upcott Gill London vii, 120 + 10, [10]-ads, . . HB. 8vo, orig. cloth, gilt titles, spine slightly faded; endpapers browned with tears to gutter of front endpaper; some foxing at beginning and end. Good. Armorial bookplate and signature of Robert Fiennes Hibbert, Bucknell, O...

Apart From The Text

Rota, Anthony · 1998 · Pemberley Natural History Books

£20.00 (€23.98 | $26.43 | ¥4,221)

Private Libraries Association Pinner 253, 35 b/w text figs. . HB. 8vo, orig. cloth. Fine in d/w (in removable protective sleeve).. First edition. Limited to 2,200 copies, of which 1,400 for sale. This book is an exploration of what the physical appearance of 19th and 20th cent...

Philip Henry Gosse: A Bibliography

Freeman, R.B.; Wertheimer, D. · 1980 · Pemberley Natural History Books

£16.00 (€19.18 | $21.14 | ¥3,376)

Dawson Folkestone xviii, 148, 6 plates. . HB. Vg in d/w (spine sligthly darkened).. . [9780712909358]

Reinventing Eden: The Fate of Nature in Western Culture

Merchant, Carolyn · 2003 · Pemberley Natural History Books

£20.00 (€23.98 | $26.43 | ¥4,221)

Routledge xii, 308, b/w illus. . HB. Vg in d/w.. Visionary quests to return to the Garden of Eden have shaped Western Culture. This book traces the idea of rebuilding the primeval garden from its origins to its latest incarnations and offers a bold new way to think about the ...

Alfred Wegener: Science, Exploration, and the Theory of Continental Drift

Greene, Mott T. · 2015 · Pemberley Natural History Books

£45.00 (€53.95 | $59.46 | ¥9,496)

Johns Hopkins University Press Baltimore xvi, 675, 42 line drawings, 28 bw illus. . HB. Vg in d/w.. Alfred Wegener aimed to create a revolution in science which would rank with those of Nicolaus Copernicus and Charles Darwin. After completing his doctoral studies in astronomy ...

A Directory of London lithographic printers 1800-1850

Twyman, Michael · 1976 · Pemberley Natural History Books

£17.50 (€20.98 | $23.12 | ¥3,693)

Printing Historical Society London vi, 55, 6 maps (one folding). . HB. Fine in orig. glassine wrapper.. A meticulously compiled directory listing London lithographic printing firms operating between 1800 and 1850, complete with addresses, operating dates and a commentary on th...

The Bibliomania or Book-madness:Containing Some Account Of The History, Symptoms, And Cures of This Fatal Disease. In an Epistle addressed to Richard Heber Esq

Dibdin, Thomas Frognall; Danckwerts, Peter (Ed) · 2006 · Pemberley Natural History Books

£12.00 (€14.39 | $15.86 | ¥2,532)

Tiger of the Stripe xxxviii, 264, b/w illus. . PB. As new. First published 1809.. [9781904799177]

The Care of Fine Books

Greenfield, Jane; Basbanes, Nicholas A.; Lyons, Nick · 2014 · Pemberley Natural History Books

£15.00 (€17.98 | $19.82 | ¥3,165)

Skyhorse Publishing 156, b/w illus. . PB. As new.. 2nd edition. A guide to caring for books of value. From a discussion of the various techniques and materials used in bookbinding to advice on handling and storage, the author has created a succinct yet complete resource for an...

Among the Gently Mad: Strategies and Perspectives for the Book Hunter in the Twenty-First Century

Basbanes, Nicholas A. · 2003 · Pemberley Natural History Books

£8.00 (€9.59 | $10.57 | ¥1,688)

Henry Holt & Company Inc 250, . . PB. Vg.. . [9780805074413]

Where Poppies Blow The British Soldier, Nature, The Great War

Lewis-Stempel, John · 2016 · Pemberley Natural History Books

£15.00 (€17.98 | $19.82 | ¥3,165)

Weidenfeld & Nicolson xii, 374, col + b/w illus. . HB. As new.. This fascinating book explores the close relationship between British soldiers of the First World War and the natural world. It in includes chapters on bird watching on the Western front, the role of horses, pests...

George Baxter and the Baxter Prints

Mitzman, M.E. · 1978 · Pemberley Natural History Books

£10.00 (€11.99 | $13.21 | ¥2,110)

David & Charles 176, 18 colour illustrations. . HB. Vg in d/w. An account of the life of George Baxter, and his development of the early coulour printing process to which he gave his name. [0715376592]

Maria Merian's Butterflies

Heard, K. · 2016 · Pemberley Natural History Books

£30.00 (€35.96 | $39.64 | ¥6,331)

Royal Collection Trust 192, 150 col + 1 b/w illus. . HB. Vg in d/w.. Maria Sibylla Merian (1647-1717) trained as an artist under her stepfather in Nuremberg. Fascinated by butterflies and moths from an early age, she studied the insect life cycle through the specimens she foun...

Charles Raven: Naturalist, Historian, Theologian

Dillistone, F.W. · 1975 · Pemberley Natural History Books

£20.00 (€23.98 | $26.43 | ¥4,221)

Hodder and Stoughton 448, b/w photos. . HB. Vg in slightly worn d/w (in removable protective sleeve).. . [9780340193136]

Letters on Ornithology 1804-1815: Between George Montagu & Robert Anstice

Dance, S.P. (Ed.) · 2003 · Pemberley Natural History Books

£20.00 (€23.98 | $26.43 | ¥4,221)

GC Book Publishers Wigtown 251, 1 col + numerous b/w illus, map. . HB. Errata sheet loosely enclosed. Fine in d/w (in removable protective sleeve). Signed by the author.. . [9781872350684]

Walter Rothschild: The Man, the Museum and the Menagerie

Rothschild, Miriam · 2008 · Pemberley Natural History Books

£9.99 (€11.98 | $13.20 | ¥2,108)

The Natural History Museum London xiii, 385, 60 b/w photos. . PB. As new.. Born into what was one of the wealthiest families in the world, Walter Rothschild became the best known zoologist of his day and one of Britain s great eccentrics. A benign and enigmatic figure with a b...

The Gates of Memory

Keynes, G. · 1981 · Pemberley Natural History Books

£18.00 (€21.58 | $23.78 | ¥3,799)

Clarendon Press Oxford xi, 428, b/w photos. . HB. Vg in d/w (in removable protective sleeve). Corner of boards lightly bumped.. First edition. Sir Geoffrey Langdon Keynes (1887-1982) was the brother of Maynard Keynes. Geoffrey was a distinguished surgeon, author and bibliop...

In Search of Sir Richard Burton: Papers from a Huntington Library Symposium

Jutzi, A.H. (ed.) · 1993 · Pemberley Natural History Books

£25.00 (€29.97 | $33.03 | ¥5,276)

Huntingon Library 141, 10 b/w illus. . PB. Occasional underlining in ink. Vg. Inscribed and signed by one of the contributors Quentin Keynes (1921-2003), an expert on Burton's publications, to his friend Gordon Sauer (1947-1991), Dermatologist, Ornithologist, and leading autho...