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A Guide to the Official Archives of The Natural History Museum, London

Thackray, J.C. · 1998 · Pemberley Natural History Books

£25.00 (€29.97 | $33.03 | ¥5,276)

Society for the History of Natural History London xix, 174, b/w photos. . HB. Vg.. First edition.. [9780901843081]

A Directory of Printers and Others in Allied Trades London and Vicinity 1800-1840

Todd, William B. · 1972 · Pemberley Natural History Books

£15.00 (€17.98 | $19.82 | ¥3,165)

Printing Historical Society London xxvii, 234, . . HB. Fine in d/w (in removable protective sleeve).. A meticulously researched reference work documenting the printers, publishers, and booksellers who shaped London’s vibrant print trade during the early nineteenth century. Dra...

Butterfly cooing like a Dove

Rothschild, Miriam · 1991 · Pemberley Natural History Books

£20.00 (€23.98 | $26.43 | ¥4,221)

Doubleday London xv, 215, col illus. . HB. Fine in d/w (in removable protective sleeve).. In this informal autobiographical anthology, the author follows the trail of wings through history, art, science, and literature.. [9780385269155]

Yorkshire's Contribution to Science

Sheppard, Thomas · 1916 · Pemberley Natural History Books

£30.00 (€35.96 | $39.64 | ¥6,331)

A. Brown & Sons London 233, b/w illus. . HB. 8vo, orig cloth. Ex-lib.: label to front board of The Leeds Institute of Science, Art and Literature and a few stamps. Owner's bookplate.. With a bibliography of Natural History Publications. Thomas Sheppard (1876-1945) was a distin...

Historical, Monumental and Genealogical Collections Relative to the County of Gloucester Part 2: Daglingworth-Moreton Valence

Bigland, Ralph; Frith, Brian (Ed.) · 1990 · Pemberley Natural History Books

£25.00 (€29.97 | $33.03 | ¥5,276)

Bristol and Gloucestershire Archaeological Society xiv, 459-888, b/w illus. . HB. Vg in d/w(a few minor indentations).. Gloucestershire Record Series Vol. 3. This is the second volume only of a new four-volume edition of Ralph Bigland's rare work, <i>Historical, Monumental and...

Historical, Monumental and Genealogical Collections Relative to the County of Gloucester Part 4: Uley-Yate; Introduction and Indexes

Bigland, Ralph; Frith, Brian (Ed.) · 1995 · Pemberley Natural History Books

£25.00 (€29.97 | $33.03 | ¥5,276)

Bristol and Gloucestershire Archaeological Society xxvii, 1365-1818, b/w illus, maps to endpapers. . HB. Vg in d/w.. Gloucestershire Record Series Vol. 8. This is the final volume only of a new four-volume edition of Ralph Bigland's rare work, <i>Historical, Monumental and Gen...

The Founders of Science at the British Museum 1753-1900

Gunther, A.E. · 1980 · Pemberley Natural History Books

£35.00 (€41.96 | $46.25 | ¥7,386)

Halesworth Press x, 219, 33 b/w photos, end-paper maps. . HB. Vg in d/w. A contribution to the Centenary of the opening in April 1881 of the British Museum (Natural History) in South Kensington, and of the transfer of its collections from the old British Museum in Bloomsbury.....

Rifle-Green by Nature: A Regency Naturalist and his Family, William Elford Leach

Harrison, K.; Smith, E. · 2008 · Pemberley Natural History Books

£10.00 (€11.99 | $13.21 | ¥2,110)

Ray Society London 621, b/w illus. 248x188mm. HB. Vg in d/w (in removable protective sleeve).. In the opening years of the 19th century, Devonian naturalist William Elford Leach was one of the world's leading zoologists. He was a friend of Lamarck and of Cuvier, and his influe...

British Botanical and Horticultural Literature before 1800. 3 vols

Henrey, B. · 1975 · Pemberley Natural History Books

£65.00 (€77.92 | $85.89 | ¥13,717)

Oxford University Press 290; xvi,748; xvii,142;, 32 col plates; 162 pp of b/w illus.. . HB. Vg in split slipcase.. .

Books and Naturalists (New Naturalist 112)

Allen, D. · 2010 · Pemberley Natural History Books

£25.00 (€29.97 | $33.03 | ¥5,276)

Collins London 498, col + b/w photos. 220x150mm. HB. Vg in d/w (in removable protective sleeve). Light foxing to top edge of text block.. . [9780007240845]

New Naturalists (New Naturalist 82)

Marren, Peter · 2005 · Pemberley Natural History Books

£20.00 (€23.98 | $26.43 | ¥4,221)

Collins London 363, 16 col plates and over 100 b/w photos and drawings. 220x150mm. HB. Vg in d/w (spine slighlty faded; in removable protective sleeve). Light foxing to top edge of text block.. Second edition.. [9780007197163]

Where the Wild Thyme Blew: Growing up with nature in the Fifties and Sixties

Marren, Peter · 2016 · Pemberley Natural History Books

£22.00 (€26.37 | $29.07 | ¥4,643)

Pisces Publications xiv, 399, b/w photos. . HB. Fine in d/w (in removable protective sleeve). Signed by the author.. This book is the story of a boy growing up in the lost England of sixty years ago. And turning, most reluctantly, into a man. It is also about the circumstances...

The Dartons: An annoted check-list of children's books issued by two publishing houses 1787-1876

Darton, Lawrence · 2004 · Pemberley Natural History Books

£65.00 (€77.92 | $85.89 | ¥13,717)

The British Library London lx, 729, frontis, 8 col plates, text figs. . HB. 8vo, orig. cloth. Fine in d/w (in removable protective sleeve).. Preface by Brian Alderson. This meticulously researched reference work offers a comprehensive, annotated bibliography of children's book...

English Naturalists from Neckam to Ray: A Study of the Making of the Modern World

Raven, C.E. · 1947 · Pemberley Natural History Books

£25.00 (€29.97 | $33.03 | ¥5,276)

Cambridge University Press Cambridge viii, 380, . . HB. 8vo, orig. cloth. Light foxing to endpapers. Ex-lib.: from a reference library, ink stamp to endpapers and prelims only; shelf mark to spine.. First edition..

Index Zoologicus: An Alphabetical List of Names of Genera and Subgenera Proposed for Use in Zoology as Recorded in the 'Zoological Record' 1880-1900, together with other names not included in the 'Nomenclator Zoologicus' of S.H. Scudder

Waterhouse, C.O. · 1902 · Pemberley Natural History Books

£70.00 (€83.92 | $92.50 | ¥14,772)

Gurney and Jackson London 421, . . HB. 8vo, orig. cloth. Withdrawn from an institutional library. Presented to the Department of Zoology and Comparative Anatomy, University Museum, Oxford, by the zoologist Robert Gurney (1879-1950). Book plate of his borther Eustace Gurney KBE...

The Compleat Naturalist: A Life of Linnaeus

Blunt, W. · 2001 · Pemberley Natural History Books

£15.00 (€17.98 | $19.82 | ¥3,165)

Frances Lincoln London 264, col + b/w illus. . HB. Fine in d/w.. Newly revised and updated edition of the definitive biography of Linnaeus. Introduction by W.T. Stearn.. [9780711218413]

Jurassic Mary: Mary Anning and the Primeval Monsters

Pierce, Patricia · 2014 · Pemberley Natural History Books

£8.00 (€9.59 | $10.57 | ¥1,688)

The History Press xv, 238, b/w illus. . PB. As new.. . [9780750959247]

Letters of Sir Joseph Banks. A Selection, 1768-1820

Chambers, N. (Ed.) · 2000 · Pemberley Natural History Books

£65.00 (€77.92 | $85.89 | ¥13,717)

Imperial College Press London xliii, 420, 18 col + b/w illus, maps. . HB. Fine in d/w. Signed by author.. Sir Joseph Banks was a man of science, of affairs, and of letters. He circumnavigated the globe with Lieutenant James Cook on H.M.S. Endeavour, 1768-1771, taking with him ...

The Banks Letters

Dawson, Warren R. (Ed.) · 1958 · Pemberley Natural History Books

£175.00 (€209.80 | $231.24 | ¥36,930)

BM(NH) London xlii, 965, . . HB. Large 8vo, orig. green buckram. Fine in d/w (in removable protective sleeve).. A calendar of the manuscript correspondence of Sir Joseph Banks preserved in the British Museum (Natural History) and other collections in Great Britain. Comprises a...

Transylvanian Roots: The True Life Adventures of a Hungarian American

Kosztarab, M. · 1997 · Pemberley Natural History Books

£65.00 (€77.92 | $85.89 | ¥13,717)

Pocahontas Press Blacksburg, VA viii, 244, b/w photos, text figs. . HB. 4to, orig. cloth, gt. Fine in d/w - as new. Inscribed and signed by the author to fellow scale insect specialist, Douglas J. Williams (1924-2025), 'To Doug Williams, with best wishes from your old-time fri...