Biografia

A Cure for Serpents: A doctor in Africa

Denti di Pirajno, A. · 1955 · Pemberley Natural History Books

£25.00 (€29.97 | $33.03 | ¥5,274)

Andre Deutsch London 263, 12 b/w plates, 2 maps (1 double-page). . HB. 8vo, orig. cloth. Vg in d/w (some wear; in removable protective sleeve), some foxing to fore-edge. Includes a post-card stating that the author 'was a great friend of my mother's - she stayed with him in Tr...

T.E. Lawrence The Lawrence of the Seven Pillars of Wisdom

Richards, V. · 1936 · Pemberley Natural History Books

£30.00 (€35.96 | $39.63 | ¥6,329)

Jonathan Cape London 255, b/w frontis, 5 b/w plates, 2 maps. . HB. 8vo, orig. cloth, spine slightly dulled, gt. Spotting to edge of text block, foxing/spotting to title page Owner's name to half-title. Good.. First edition..

The Entomological Publications of Pierre Millière (1811-1887)

Sattler, K.; Tremewan, W.G. · 1973 · Pemberley Natural History Books

£12.00 (€14.38 | $15.85 | ¥2,532)

BM(NH) London 59, 3 plates. . PB. 8vo, orig. wrappers. Vg. From the Library of British lepidopterist, Barry Goater (1930-2022), with his bookplate.. <i>Bull. BM(NH)</i> Vol.4 (4): 223-280.

The Publications on Lepidoptera by O.G. and A. Costa and the nominal taxa described therein

Tremewan, W.G. · 1977 · Pemberley Natural History Books

£8.00 (€9.59 | $10.57 | ¥1,688)

BM(NH) London 21, . . PB. Vg. From the Library of British lepidopterist, Barry Goater (1930-2022), with his bookplate.. <i>Bull. BM(NH) Hist.</i> Vol.5 (3): 213-232..

La Zoologia en Cuba (Desde 1868 a 1968)

Hernández, O.J. · 1972 · Pemberley Natural History Books

£25.00 (€29.97 | $33.03 | ¥5,274)

Academia de Ciencias de Cuba Havana 77, . 270x209mm. PB. 4to, orig. wrappers, lettering to spine. Vg.. Text Spanish. <i>Academia de Ciencias de Cuba Serie Biologica</i> No. 44. Provides a history of the zoological study of Cuba, and a bibliography of key works of the country..

A Catalogue of Scientific and Technical Periodicals (1665 to 1882) Together with Chronological Tables and a Library Check-List

Bolton, Henry Carrington · 1885 · Pemberley Natural History Books

£40.00 (€47.95 | $52.85 | ¥8,439)

Smithsonian Institution Washington x, 773, . . HB. 8vo, later green half morocco, rubbed, red leather title pieces to spine, orig. wrappers retained. Withdrawn from an institutional library with a few neat ink stamps. Good.. First edition. The advertisement at the front of the...

The Long Tradition: The Botanical Exploration of the British Isles

Noltie, H.J. (Ed.) · 1986 · Pemberley Natural History Books

£45.00 (€53.94 | $59.45 | ¥9,494)

Scottish Natural History Library 191, b/w illus, maps. A4. PB. Staple bound. Vg.. Botanical Society of the British Isles Conference Report No. 20. From <i>The Scottish Naturalist</i> 96th Year..

Brief Instructions for making observations in all parts of the world 1696

Woodward, J. · 1973 · Pemberley Natural History Books

£10.00 (€11.99 | $13.21 | ¥2,110)

Society for the Bibliography of Natural History London 8, [4], 20, . . PB. 8vo, orig. wrappers. With drawn from an institutional library, with neat ink stamps to front cover and title page. Good.. Sherborn Fund Facsimilie No. 4. With an introduction by V.A. Eyles.. [9780901843...

A Rum Affair: A True Story of a Botanical Fraud

Sabbagh, K. · 2001 · Pemberley Natural History Books

£7.00 (€8.39 | $9.25 | ¥1,477)

Da Capo Press viii, 276, 11 b/w photos. . PB. Vg.. How Botany's "Piltdown Man" was unmasked. The story of Prof. Heslop-Harrison, a distinguished academic, who strengthened the evidence for his theory of ice-age plant survival by "planting" flora in places where it had never be...

Guide to the Records of the Merseyside Maritime Museum Vol. [I]-II

Read, G.; Stammers, M.; Littler, D. (Eds) · 1995 · Pemberley Natural History Books

£25.00 (€29.97 | $33.03 | ¥5,274)

Trustees of the National Museums and Galleries on Merseyside/International Maritime Economic History Association St. Johns, NL xiv, 153; xii, 254, . . PB. 2 vols. Vg.. Guide to the records and archives of the Merseyside Maritime Museum, Liverpool..

Frantz Henrich Müller's Selvbiografi meddelt af Ad. Clément

Muller, Frantz Henrich · 1924 · Pemberley Natural History Books

£35.00 (€41.95 | $46.24 | ¥7,384)

Trykt Hos J.H. Schultz København [ii], 23, portrait frontis. . HB. 8vo, library buckram, gt, orig. wrappers retained (front wrapper torn to top of gutter), padded with blank leaves to rear. Withdrawn from an institutional library, a few ink stamps. Good.. Text Danish. Autobiog...

The Eye of the Wind

Scott, Peter · 1961 · Pemberley Natural History Books

£30.00 (€35.96 | $39.63 | ¥6,329)

Hodder & Stoughton London xxii, 679, b/w photos, col illus.. . HB. 8vo, cloth. Vg in d/w (price-clipped, a little worn to extremities, in removable protective sleeve).. 1st edition. Peter Scott's (1909-1989) biography..

Gilbert White: Pioneer, Poet, and Stylist

Johnson, W. · 1928 · Pemberley Natural History Books

£45.00 (€53.94 | $59.45 | ¥9,494)

John Murray London xvi, 340, 3 b/w plates, 4 text figs. . HB. 8vo, orig. cloth, black and green decorative design to front board, gilt title to spine. Vg in d/w (spine faded; in removable protective sleeve).. First edition..

The Life of Philip Henry Gosse

Gosse, Edmund · 1890 · Pemberley Natural History Books

£120.00 (€143.84 | $158.54 | ¥25,316)

Kegan Paul, Trench, Trübner & Co. London viii, [2], 387, portrait frontis. . HB. 8vo (230x150mm), orig. maroon cloth, gt; spine slightly faded; endpapers browned. Portrait frontispiece loose and trimmed shorter (207x133mm), possibly from another copy. Good. Signature of C.M. Y...

Thomas Muffett

Mullens, W.H. · 1911 · Pemberley Natural History Books

£75.00 (€89.90 | $99.09 | ¥15,823)

Daniel & Co. St. Leonards-on-Sea 17, 3 b/w plates. . PB. Orig. stiff wrappers, stapled booklet, small rust marks around staples. Printed on laid paper, edges uncut. Occasional light foxing. Good.. Hastings and St. Leonards Natural History Society. Occcasional Publication No. 5...

The English Parson-Naturalist: A Companionship between Science and Religion

Armstrong, P. · 2000 · Pemberley Natural History Books

£10.00 (€11.99 | $13.21 | ¥2,110)

Gracewing x, 198, 16 b/w plates. . PB. Owner's label to endpaper. Good.. This is an account of phenomenon of the English parson-naturalists and the social milieu in which they worked.. [9780852445167]

The New Aurelians: A Centenary History of the British Entomological & Natural History Society

James, M.J. · 1973 · Pemberley Natural History Books

£12.00 (€14.38 | $15.85 | ¥2,532)

BENHS 79, 4 b/w plates. . PB. Vg (cover partly faded). Owner's name inside front cover.. .

All Things Wild and Wonderful: Wildlife Imagery in Yorkshire Churches

Lucas, M.J. · 2013 · Pemberley Natural History Books

£12.00 (€14.38 | $15.85 | ¥2,532)

Northern Bee Books Hebden Bridge vi, 156, col photos. . PB. Vg. Includes a manuscript letter from the author pasted to half-title. From the library of British coleopterist, Robert Angus, with his name in pencil to half-title.. Carved in wood and stone, painted and stained on g...

Record of my Life-Work in Entomology

Osten-Sacken, C.R. · 1977 · Pemberley Natural History Books

£20.00 (€23.97 | $26.42 | ¥4,219)

Classey Faringdon 253, 4 b/w plates. . HB. Vg.. Facsimile reprint of a scarce work (first published in three parts, 1903-1904), with an appreciation and introductory preface by K.G.V. Smith. An autobiographical record of the life of Carl Robert Osten-Sacken (1828-1906) a Russi...

John Gould in Australia Letters and Drawings

Datta, A. · 1997 · Pemberley Natural History Books

£90.00 (€107.88 | $118.90 | ¥18,987)

Miegunyah Press xiv, 502, col frontis, col + b/w drawings, sketches and other illus. 290x220mm. HB. Vg d/w (spine slightly faded).. With a catalogue of manuscripts, correspondence and drawings relating to the birds and mammals of Australia held in The Natural History Museum, L...