Biografia

Great Natural History Books and their Creators

Desmond, R. · 2003 · Pemberley Natural History Books

£12.00 (€14.38 | $15.85 | ¥2,532)

British Library London 176, 90 colour + 10 b/w illustrations. 290x220mm. HB. Vg in d/w. From the library of David R. Nellist, British arachnologist, with his name and ex libris ink stamp to endpaper.. Amongst the greatest books ever created are the large scale works of natural...

Emma Darwin: The Inspirational Wife of a Genius

Healey, Edna · 2001 · Pemberley Natural History Books

£10.00 (€11.99 | $13.21 | ¥2,110)

Headline [xii], 372, 16 b/w plates. . HB. Vg in d/w (spine slightly faded). Minor browning to page edges. From the library of David R. Nellist, British arachnologist, with his name and ex libris ink stamp to endpaper.. . [9780747275794]

Sir Joseph Dalton Hooker: Traveller and Plant Collector

Desmond, R. · 1999 · Pemberley Natural History Books

£15.00 (€17.98 | $19.82 | ¥3,165)

Antique Collectors' Club 286, col + b/w illus, endpaper maps. . HB. From the library of Prof. J. Green, (1928-2016), Professor of Zoology at Queen Mary College, University of London with his name to endpaper. Vg in d/w (spine a little faded).. Sir Joseph Hooker is remembered a...

Animals and Maps

George, W. · 1969 · Pemberley Natural History Books

£15.00 (€17.98 | $19.82 | ¥3,165)

Secker and Warburg London 235, b/w illus, endpaper illus. . HB. Vg in d/w.. First edition. A history of map making through the lens of the many animals, both mythical and mundane, that early cartographers chose to include.. [9780436173813]

Imagined Corners: Exploring the World's First Atlas

Binding, Paul · 2003 · Pemberley Natural History Books

£15.00 (€17.98 | $19.82 | ¥3,165)

Review London [vi], 314, numerous col + b/w illus. . HB. Fine in d/w.. The <i>Theatrun orbis terrarum</i> was a watershed publication; it changed lives and altered perceptions for ever. Published in Antwerp in 1570, it was the world's first Atlas.. [9780747230403]

Mapping the World A History of the Directorate of Overseas Surveys 1946-1985

Macdonald, Alastair · 1996 · Pemberley Natural History Books

£15.00 (€17.98 | $19.82 | ¥3,165)

HMSO London xvi, 210, 8 col maps, 32 b/w photos, map endpapers. . HB. Vg in d/w.. The Directorate of Overseas Surveys was founded by the Colonial Office in 1946, its brief was to provide national geodetic frameworks throughout the British Empire which would not only contribute...

Life in the Burmese Jungle

Lawson, A.A. · 1983 · Pemberley Natural History Books

£20.00 (€23.97 | $26.42 | ¥4,219)

Book Guild Sussex [viii], 195, b/w frontis, 8 b/w plates, map. . HB. Vg in d/w.. An account of Lawson's time working in the Burmese jungle as part of the Teak wood trade, and the elephants used in the jungle for harvesting.. [9780863320057]

Los Naturalistas Españoles en el África Hispana (1860-1936)

Gonzáles Bueno, A.; Gomis Blanco, A. · 2001 · Pemberley Natural History Books

£35.00 (€41.95 | $46.24 | ¥7,384)

Organismo Autónomo Parques Nacionales Madrid xxi, 425, b/w photos. . PB. Vg. From the library of Jim Green (1928-2016), Professor of Zoology at Queen Mary College, University of London, with his name to endpaper.. Text Spanish. Provides information on more than two hundred and...

Darwin and Huxley in Australia

Marshall, A.J. · 1970 · Pemberley Natural History Books

£12.00 (€14.38 | $15.85 | ¥2,532)

Hodder & Stoughton Sydney 142, 4 plates. . HB. 8vo. Name to endpaper. Vg in d/w.. Two young Englishmen would visit Australia in the service of the William IV, Queen Victoria, and the Admiralty. These men where Charles Darwin and Thomas Henry Huxley.. [9780340126394]

Yet Being Someone Other

Van der Post, Laurens · 1982 · Pemberley Natural History Books

£9.00 (€10.79 | $11.89 | ¥1,899)

Hogarth Press London 352, . . HB. Vg in d/w (price-clipped).. Second Impression. The most revealing of Laurens Van der Post's autobiographical works, covering his many travels from a childhood in southern Africa, to his time as a prisoner of war of the Japanese, and his later ...

The Cape Journals of Archdeacon N.J. Merriman 1848-1855

Varley, D.H.; Matthew, H.M (Eds) · 1957 · Pemberley Natural History Books

£20.00 (€23.97 | $26.42 | ¥4,219)

The Van Riebeeck Society Cape Town xv, 243, [7]-ads, portrait frontis, 9 b/w plates, folding map. . HB. 8vo, orig. cloth. Endpapers lightly browned. Vg.. Journals of Nathanial James Merriman (18090-1882), who served as the third Bishop of Grahamstown, South Africa..

The Wind of Morning

Boustead, Sir Hugh · 1972 · Pemberley Natural History Books

£25.00 (€29.97 | $33.03 | ¥5,274)

Chatto & Windus London 240, 16 b/w plates, 4 maps. . HB. Good in d/w (minor edge wear).. Second impression (first published 1971). Colonel Sir Hugh Boustead (1895-1980), was a British soldier, Olympic athlete, explorer, and diplomat, whose many varied professions would take hi...

Sir Joseph Banks and the Plant Collection from Kew Sent to the Empress Catherine II of Russia 1795

Carter, H.B. · 1974 · Pemberley Natural History Books

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BM(NH) 105, frontis, 2 b/w + 2 col plates. . PB. Vg.. Bull. BM(NH) (Hist.) 4(5): 281-385.

A Short History of the Libraries and List of Manuscripts and Original Drawings in the British Museum (Natural History)

Sawyer, F.C. · 1971 · Pemberley Natural History Books

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BM(NH) London 128, . . PB. Fine. Bull. B.M. (N.H.) Hist. 4(2): 77-204.

John X. Merriman: Paradoxical South African Statesman

Lewsen, P. · 1982 · Pemberley Natural History Books

£20.00 (€23.97 | $26.42 | ¥4,219)

Donker Johannesburg xii, 431, b/w photos, 5 maps. . HB. 8vo, orig. cloth. Vg in d/w.. John Xavier Merriman (1841-1926), served as the final Prime Minister of the Cape Colony before the formation of the Union of South Africa in 1910. Known for his liberal policies and his attem...

Widening Circles in Finance, Philanthropy and the Arts: A Study of the Life of John Julius Angerstein 1735-1823

Twist, A. · 2002 · Pemberley Natural History Books

£45.00 (€53.94 | $59.45 | ¥9,494)

Universiteit van Amsterdam Amsterdam xvii, 285, Portrait frontis. . PB. Vg.. Text English with Dutch Summary. Thesis. John Julius Angerstein (1735-1823) was a financier and philanthropist, born in St Petersburg he emigrated to England in about 1749. He acquired his wealth as a...

Rhodes

Millin, Sarah Gertrude · 1933 · Pemberley Natural History Books

£25.00 (€29.97 | $33.03 | ¥5,274)

Chatto & Windus London vi, 389, [1], b/w frontis, endpaper maps. . HB. 8vo, orig. cloth, gilt title to spine. Vg in d/w (spine browned; a little edge wear). From the library of D.G. Greathead (1931-2006) with his pencilled initials to endpaper.. First edition. Biography of Cec...

The Cape Journals of Archdeacon N.J. Merriman 1848-1855

Varley, D.H.; Matthew, H.M (Eds) · 1957 · Pemberley Natural History Books

£20.00 (€23.97 | $26.42 | ¥4,219)

The Van Riebeeck Society Cape Town xv, 243, portrait frontis, 9 b/w plates, folding map. . HB. 8vo, orig. cloth. Endpapers browned. Name to endpaper. Vg.. Journals of Nathanial James Merriman (18090-1882), who served as the third Bishop of Grahamstown, South Africa..

Plantagenet in South Africa, Lord Charles Somerset

Millar, A.K. · 1965 · Pemberley Natural History Books

£20.00 (€23.97 | $26.42 | ¥4,219)

Oxford University Press Cape Town x, 293, 37 b/w illus, 4 b/w chapter frontis plates. . HB. 8vo, orig. cloth.. Vg in d/w (spine slightly faded).. Biography of Charles Henry Somerset (1767-1831), descendent of the Plantagenet kings of England, who would go on to serve as Govern...

Merriman of Grahamstown

Whibley, P.M. · 1982 · Pemberley Natural History Books

£18.00 (€21.58 | $23.78 | ¥3,797)

Howard Timmins Publishers Cape Town 107, xvi. . HB. Vg in d/w. Newspaper clipping of book review loosley inserted.. Biography of Nathanial Merriman, first Bishop of Grahamstown and vital figure in the growth of the Anglican church in South Africa.. [9780869782323]