Biografia

A Catalogue of the Manuscripts in the Library of the Hunterian Museum in the University of Glasgow

Young, J.; Aitken, P.H. · 1908 · Pemberley Natural History Books

£50.00 (€59.93 | $66.06 | ¥10,548)

James Maclehose and Sons Glasgow xiii, 566, . . HB. 4to, orig. cloth, rubbed. Hinges cracked but firm. Withdrawn from an institutional library, a few ink stamps. Good.. A detailed catalogue of William Hunter's (1718-1783) collection of 600 volumes of manuscripts, each item ha...

Index to the Scientific Correspondence of John William Dawson

Sheets-Pyenson, S. · 1992 · Pemberley Natural History Books

£30.00 (€35.96 | $39.63 | ¥6,329)

British Society for the History of Science viii, 275, . . PB. Withdrawn from an institutional library, a few ink stamps, shelf label to spine. Good.. British Society for the History of Science Monograph 7. John William Dawson (1820-99) was a geologist and palaeobotanist known ...

An Oak Spring Pomona: A selection of the rare books on fruit in the Oak Spring Garden Library

Raphael, S. · 1990 · Pemberley Natural History Books

£25.00 (€29.97 | $33.03 | ¥5,274)

Oak Spring Garden Library Upperville, VA. xxxvi, 276, frontis, 168 col + b/w illus. . HB. Oblong 4to (295x254mm), orig. cloth, patterned endpapers. Withdrawn from an institutional library, a few ink stamps, shelf label to spine. Good in d/w (in removable protective sleeve, spi...

An Oak Spring Sylva: A selection of the rare books on trees in the Oak Spring Garden Library

Raphael, S. · 1989 · Pemberley Natural History Books

£25.00 (€29.97 | $33.03 | ¥5,274)

Oak Spring Garden Library Upperville, VA. xxvii, 147, 112 col + b/w illus. . HB. Oblong 4to (295x254mm), orig. cloth, patterned endpapers. Withdrawn from an institutional library, a few ink stamps, label to spine. Good in d/w (in removable protective sleeve).. . [9780300046526]

The Essential Writings of Erasmus Darwin

King-Hele, D. · 1968 · Pemberley Natural History Books

£15.00 (€17.98 | $19.82 | ¥3,165)

MacGibbon & Kee 223, 16 b/w photos. . HB. 8vo, orig. cloth. Withdrawn from an institutional library. Tapemarks to endpapers. Signature of Dr Peter L. Forey, of the Natural History Museum, London, to endpaper. Good in d/w (in removable protective sleeve).. .

La Feuille des Jeunes Naturalistes. Catalogue de la Bibliothèque Fasc. 1-8

1887 · Pemberley Natural History Books

£75.00 (€89.90 | $99.09 | ¥15,823)

La Feuille des jeunes naturalistes Paris 80; 52; 62; 60; 62; 43; 39; 47, . . PB + Slipcase. 4to (276x194mm), orig. wrappers, worn, with some loss (Fasc 1 lacks front cover, rear cover detached, paper browned and brittle). Withdrawn from an institutional library, a few ink st...

Early History of Australian Zoology

Whitley, G.P. · 1970 · Pemberley Natural History Books

£12.50 (€14.98 | $16.51 | ¥2,637)

Royal Zoological Society of New South Wales Sydney 75, b/w illus. . PB. Orig. wrappers. Ex-lib. Good.. Published to commemorate the Captain Cook Bicentary 1770-1970..

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

£25.00 (€29.97 | $33.03 | ¥5,274)

BM(NH) London 128, b/w frontis. . PB. 8vo, later buckram, gt. orig. wrappers retained. Withdrawn from an institutional library, a few ink stamps, shelf label to spine. Good.. Bull. B.M. (N.H.) Hist. 4(2): 77-204.

Apes, Angels, and Victorians: The Story of Darwin, Huxley, and Evolution

Irvine, W. · 1955 · Pemberley Natural History Books

£10.00 (€11.99 | $13.21 | ¥2,110)

McGraw-Hill New York (xiv), 399, 8 b/w plates. . HB. 8vo, orig. cloth. Remnants of d/w retained. From an intuitional library with a few neat ink stamps. Good. Name to endpaper: Colin Patterson FRS (1933-1998) - British palaeontologist at the Natural History Museum, London.. Fi...

Thomas Henry Huxley: Communicating for Science

Jensen, J.V. · 1991 · Pemberley Natural History Books

£20.00 (€23.97 | $26.42 | ¥4,219)

University of Delaware Press Newark 253, b/w portrait. . HB. 8vo, orig. cloth. From an institutional library with a few neat ink stamps; marginal pencil annotations throughout. Good in d/w.. . [9780874133790]

F.W. Frohawk: His Life and Work

Chatfield, J. · 1987 · Pemberley Natural History Books

£20.00 (€23.97 | $26.42 | ¥4,219)

Crowood Press Marlborough 184, b/w frontis, col + b/w illus. . HB. Vg in d/w. Signed by the author. From the library of British coleopterist, Robert Angus, with his name pencilled to endpaper.. 1st edition.. [9780946284689]

John Melly of Ethiopia

Nelson, K.; Sullivan, A. (Eds) · 1937 · Pemberley Natural History Books

£30.00 (€35.96 | $39.63 | ¥6,329)

Faber & Faber London 284, 16 b/w plates, map. . HB. 8vo, orig. cloth, gt, spine slightly darkened. Good. From the library of entomologist and traveller Guillaume Marie de Rougemont (1945-2020), who had a particular interest in Ethiopia, with his ex libris label.. First edition...

The Squire of Walton Hall: The Life of Charles Waterton

Gosse, P. · 1940 · Pemberley Natural History Books

£20.00 (€23.97 | $26.42 | ¥4,219)

Cassell London ix, 324, col frontis, 6 b/w plates, map. . HB. 8vo, orig. cloth, spine faded. Vg.. First edition..

Muzeul de Istorie Naturala Grigore Antipa 1831-1961

Vasiliu, M. · 1961 · Pemberley Natural History Books

£25.00 (€29.97 | $33.03 | ¥5,274)

Museum d'histoire naturelle Bucharest 119, numerous b/w photos, folding map. . HB. 4to, orig. cloth. Vg in worn d/w (wear to extremities, scuffing and large tear with loss to rear panel, in removable protective sleeve).. Text Romanian, Russian, and French. History of the Bucha...

Natural Science Books in English 1600-1900

Knight, D.M. · 1989 · Pemberley Natural History Books

£20.00 (€23.97 | $26.42 | ¥4,219)

Portman x, 262, 4 col plates, 96 text figs. . HB. Vg in d/w (in removable protective sleeve).. A corrected reprint of the first edition of 1972, with additional references added.. [9780713407280]

The Banks Letters

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

£150.00 (€179.80 | $198.17 | ¥31,645)

BM(NH) London xlii, 965, . . HB. Large 8vo, orig. green buckram. Vg in slightly worn/soiled 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 B...

Essays on Museums and other subjects related to Natural History

Flower, W.H. · 1898 · Pemberley Natural History Books

£45.00 (€53.94 | $59.45 | ¥9,494)

MacMillan & Co London xv, 394, [2]-ads, . . HB. 8vo, orig. cloth, lightly rubbed, spine worn and darkened. Name erased from top of free endpaper, resulting in some small perforations. Publisher's presentation copy, blind-stamped 'Specimen' to front board, and 'Presentation cop...

Biological Collections & Biodiversity

Rushton, B.S.; Hackney, P.; Tyrie, C.R. (Eds) · 2001 · Pemberley Natural History Books

£20.00 (€23.97 | $26.42 | ¥4,219)

Linnean Society London x, 326, text figs. . HB. Fine in d/w.. Linnean Society Occasional Publicatiuons No. 3. An edited volume arising from papers presented at a joint symposium between The Linnean Society of London and the Royal Horticultural Society held at the Ulster Museum...

The British Museum: Its History and Treasures

Shelley, H.C. · 1911 · Pemberley Natural History Books

£30.00 (€35.96 | $39.63 | ¥6,329)

L.C. Page & Company Boston xii, 355, frontis, 47 b/w plates, 2 folding plans. . HB. 8vo, orig. red cloth, gilt to spine, (slightly faded), front cover blocked in gilt with red, blue orange and green, teg. Contemporary gift inscription to endpaper. An attractive copy. Vg.. A Vi...

Museums & National Life

Kenyon, F.G. · 1927 · Pemberley Natural History Books

£15.00 (€17.98 | $19.82 | ¥3,165)

Clarendon Press Oxford 32, . . PB. Orig. wrappers, some wear to extremities. Good.. The Romanes Lecture, Deliverted in the Sheldonian Theatre, 17th June 1927..