Biografia

Darwin's Ghosts: In Search of the First Evolutionists

Stott, R. · 2012 · Pemberley Natural History Books

£12.00 (€14.38 | $15.85 | ¥2,532)

Bloomsbury xv, 383, text illus. . HB. Vg in d/w (spine slightly faded).. 1st edition.. [9781408809082]

Cultures of Natural History

Jardine, N., Secord, J.A.; Spary, E.C. · 1996 · Pemberley Natural History Books

£35.00 (€41.95 | $46.24 | ¥7,384)

Cambridge University Press 501, b/w illus. . PB. Vg.. . [9780521558945]

Thomas Say: New World Naturalist

Stroud, P.T. · 1992 · Pemberley Natural History Books

£7.00 (€8.39 | $9.25 | ¥1,477)

University of Pennsylvania Press Philadelphia xv, 340, 9 col plates, 47 b/w illus. . HB. Slight spotting to page edges. Occasional pencil annotations. Good in d/w.. . [9780812231038]

Catalogue of the Printed Books and Pamphlets in the Library of the Linnean Society of London

Linnean Society of London · 1925 · Pemberley Natural History Books

£20.00 (€23.97 | $26.42 | ¥4,219)

Linnean Society London [vi], 860, . . HB. 8vo, orig. cloth. Vg.. New edition..

Scientific Books Libraries and Collectors: A Study of Bibliography and the Book Trade in Relation to Science

Thornton, J.L.; Tully, R.I.J. · 1971 · Pemberley Natural History Books

£18.00 (€21.58 | $23.78 | ¥3,797)

The Library Association London ix, 508, frontis, 16 b/w plates. . HB. 8vo, orig. cloth, gt. Vg in price-clipped d/w.. Third revised edition.. [9780853654247]

The Tactless Philosopher: Johann Reinhold Forster 1729-1798

Hoare, M.E. · 1976 · Pemberley Natural History Books

£65.00 (€77.91 | $85.87 | ¥13,713)

Hawthorn Press Melbourne x, 419, . . HB. 8vo, orig. buckram, gt. Vg in worn dw (a few tears, minor loss; in removable protective sleeve). Signed by the Author. Newspaper cutting announcing the death of the author pasted in.. The most controversial, most maligned, and least und...

Nature's Museums: Victorian Science & the Architecture of Display

Yanni, C. · 1999 · Pemberley Natural History Books

£75.00 (€89.90 | $99.09 | ¥15,823)

Athlone Press London xvi, 199, b/w photos, b/w illus. . HB. Vg in d/w.. Focusing on the Oxford University Museum, the Edinburgh Museum of Science and Art, and the Natural History Museum, London, the author explores how such institutions reflected varying concepts of nature, fr...

Letters to Mr Tegetmeier from J. Cossar Ewart and others to the Editor of 'The Field' at the turn of the nineteenth century

Barnaby, D. (Ed.) · 2004 · Pemberley Natural History Books

£20.00 (€23.97 | $26.42 | ¥4,219)

ZSGM Publications Timperley xii, 53, b/w photos. A4. PB. Vg. Includes a review of this work by Juliet Clutton-Brock loosely inserted.. The work introduces a fascinating collection of letters from James Cossar Ewart (1851-1933), Professor of Natural History at the University o...

Bibliographia Zoologiae et Geologiae A General Catalogue of all Books, Tracts, and Memoirs on Zoology and Geology. Vol. 1-4

Agassiz, Louis · 2001 · Pemberley Natural History Books

£85.00 (€101.89 | $112.30 | ¥17,932)

Thoemmes Press Bristol [4], xxiii, 506; [4], ii, 492; [4], iv, 657; [4], iv, 604, . . HB. 4 vols, 8vo, orig. buckram. Fine - as new.. Reprinted from the original 1848-1854 edition. Complete in 4 vols.. [9781855068971]

The Origins of Museums: The Cabinet of Curiosities in Sixteenth- and Seventeeth-Century Europe

Impey, O.; MacGregor, A. (Eds) · 2017 · Pemberley Natural History Books

£40.00 (€47.95 | $52.85 | ¥8,439)

Clarendon Press Oxford xv, 335, 108 col photos. . HB. Fine in d/w.. Reprint, first published 1985.. [9781910807194]

Huxley: The Devil's Disciple

Desmond, A. · 1994 · Pemberley Natural History Books

£15.00 (€17.98 | $19.82 | ¥3,165)

Michael Joseph London xvii, 475, 38 b/w illus. . HB. Vg in d/w. Neat ink annotation to endpaper.. T.H. Huxley (1825-1895) - "Darwin's bulldog" - led a far more fascinating and outgoing life than the reclusive Darwin. He did battle with God and Gladstone, sat on royal commissio...

Alfred Buxton of Abyssinia and Congo

Grubb, N. · 1942 · Pemberley Natural History Books

£10.00 (€11.99 | $13.21 | ¥2,110)

Lutterworth Press 174, frontis, 11 b/w photos, 4 maps, large fold-out map to the rear. . HB. 8vo orig. cloth. Vg.. Alfred Buxton (1891-1940) was a missionary in Belgian Congo (Zaire) and Ethiopia. This work provides an account of his life and travels in Africa..

The Nelson Portraits An Iconography of Horatio, Viscount Nelson, K.B. Vice Admiral of the White

Walker, R. · 1998 · Pemberley Natural History Books

£20.00 (€23.97 | $26.42 | ¥4,219)

Royal Naval Museum xix, 316, col + b/w illus. . HB. 4to, orig. cloth, gt. Vg in d/w.. . [9780952637752]

Revolt in the Desert

Lawrence, T.E. · 1927 · Pemberley Natural History Books

£35.00 (€41.95 | $46.24 | ¥7,384)

Doubleday, Doran & Co. xvii, 335, 9 b/w plates, folding map to rear endpapers. . HB. 8vo, orig. cloth, mild foxing and staining to pages throughout. Contemporary inscription to Captain Percival of the cargo ship SS City of Cardiff.. Second printing of the first American editio...

The Awakening Desert: the autobiography of an Israeli scientist

Evenari, M. · 1989 · Pemberley Natural History Books

£40.00 (€47.95 | $52.85 | ¥8,439)

Springer-Verlag 204, b/w photos, text figs. . PB. Vg.. This autobiography records Evenari’s life of botany, his confrontation with political events as a youngster and his experience of helping in the development of Israel. He tells of his meetings with many personalities and a...

Strange Blooms: The curious lives and adventures of the John Tradescants

Potter, J. · 2006 · Pemberley Natural History Books

£15.00 (€17.98 | $19.82 | ¥3,165)

Atlantic Books xxix, 464, b/w illus. . HB. Vg in d/w.. . [9781843543343]

Henry Walter Bates F.R.S. 1825-1892: Explorer, Scientist and Darwinian

Moon, H.P. · 1976 · Pemberley Natural History Books

£15.00 (€17.98 | $19.82 | ¥3,165)

Leicestershire Museums 95, 5 plates (1 col). 210x150mm. PB. As new. . [9780904671193]

Henry Walter Bates F.R.S. 1825-1892: Explorer, Scientist and Darwinian

Moon, H.P. · 1976 · Pemberley Natural History Books

£15.00 (€17.98 | $19.82 | ¥3,165)

Leicestershire Museums 95, 5 plates (1 col). 210x150mm. PB. Vg.. . [9780904671193]

A Bicentenary History of the Linnean Society of London

Gage, A.T.; Stearn, W.T. · 1988 · Pemberley Natural History Books

£15.00 (€17.98 | $19.82 | ¥3,165)

Academic Press London ix, 242, col frontis, 20 b/w plates. . HB. Vg in d/w. From the library of Trevor James (1947-2020), Hertfordshire naturalist and coleopterist, with his bookplate to endpaper.. . [9780122731501]

An Appetite For Wonder: The Making of a Scientist

Dawkins, Richard · 2013 · Pemberley Natural History Books

£10.00 (€11.99 | $13.21 | ¥2,110)

Bantam Books 309, . . HB. Vg in d/w.. . [9780593070895]