Biografia

Birds, Beasts, and Men: A Humanists History of Zoology

Hays, H.R. · 1973 · Pemberley Natural History Books

£10.00 (€11.99 | $13.21 | ¥2,110)

J.M. Dent 383, . . HB. Vg in slightly worn d/w.. . [9780460041294]

Naturalist at Large

Barbour, T. · 1950 · Pemberley Natural History Books

£18.00 (€21.58 | $23.78 | ¥3,797)

Robert Hale London 258, frontis, 22 b/w photos. . HB. 8vo, orig. cloth. Owner's name to endpaper. Vg.. A fascinating autobiographical memoir by Thomas Barbour(1884-1946), American herpetologist, from 1927 to 1946 he was director of the Harvard Museum of Comparative Zoology. Th...

Traveller in a Vanished Landscape: The Life and Times of David Douglas

Morwood, W. · 1973 · Pemberley Natural History Books

£10.00 (€11.99 | $13.21 | ¥2,110)

Gentry Books London 244, b/w illus. . HB. Vg in d/w.. Between 1823 and 1834 Douglas travelled in North America, collecting plants on behalf of the Royal Horticultural Society of London.. [9780856140228]

Miss Jekyll: Portrait of a Great Gardener

Massingham, B. · 1973 · Pemberley Natural History Books

£10.00 (€11.99 | $13.21 | ¥2,110)

David & Charles Newton Abbot 195, 59 b/w photos. . HB. Some marginal spotting. Good in d/w.. Biography of Gertrude Jekyll (1843-1932), British pioneering garden designer.. [9780715357576]

The Naming of Names: The Search for Order in the World of Plants

Pavord, A. · 2005 · Pemberley Natural History Books

£8.00 (€9.59 | $10.57 | ¥1,688)

Bloomsbury London 471, 158 col + b/w plates. 255x195mm. HB. Vg in d/w. Gift inscription to endpaper.. . [9780747579526]

Short-Title Catalogue of Books printed in the Netherlands and Belgium and of Dutch and Flemish Books printed in other Countries from 1470 to 1600 now in the British Museum

Johnson, A.F.; Scholderer, V. (Eds) · 1965 · Pemberley Natural History Books

£15.00 (€17.98 | $19.82 | ¥3,165)

British Museum viii, 274, . . HB. 8vo, orig. cloth. Vg.. .

Recollections of a Half-Century's Association with the House of Batsford (1893-1943)

Hanneford-Smith, W. · 1943 · Pemberley Natural History Books

£10.00 (€11.99 | $13.21 | ¥2,110)

W. Hanneford-Smith 32, b/w illus. . PB. Wrappers (partly faded). Vg.. Provides an personal overview of the history of the publishers B.T. Batsford Ltd, established in Holborn in 1843..

Henry Walter Bates: Naturalist of the Amazons

Woodcock, G. · 1969 · Pemberley Natural History Books

£10.00 (€11.99 | $13.21 | ¥2,110)

Faber London 269, b/w portrait frontis, b/w plates, maps. . HB. Vg in price-clipped d/w. From the library of Prof. J. Green (1928-2016) with his name to endpaper.. . [9780571088003]

Charles Waterton: A Biography

Edginton, B. · 1996 · Pemberley Natural History Books

£15.00 (€17.98 | $19.82 | ¥3,165)

Lutterworth Press Cambridge xi, 254, text illus. . HB. Vg in d/w (light creasing to head of d/w spine). Owner's name to endpaper.. Biography of the remarkable naturalist, who travelled extensively in South America and founded the world's first nature reserve in the grounds of ...

Dr Martin Lister: A Bibliography

Keynes, G. · 1981 · Pemberley Natural History Books

£15.00 (€17.98 | $19.82 | ¥3,165)

St Paul's Bibliographies xii, 52, 18 b/w plates. . HB. 8vo, cloth, gt. Vg.. This edition limited to 350 copies. First published in <i>The Book Collector</i> (1979-80).. [9780906795040]

The Huxley Papers: A Descriptive Catalogue of the Correspondence, Manuscripts and Miscellaneous Papers of The Rt. Hon. Thomas Henry Huxley, P.C., D.C.L., F.R.S. preserved in the Imperial College of Science and Technology, London

Dawson, Warren, R. · 1946 · Pemberley Natural History Books

£35.00 (€41.95 | $46.24 | ¥7,384)

MacMillan London xii, 201, . . HB. 8vo, orig. cloth, gt title to front board. Vg.. .

Thomas Beddoes, 1760-1808

Fox, R. · 2009 · Pemberley Natural History Books

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Royal Society 111, b/w illus. . PB. Vg in d/w.. Notes & Records of the Royal Society Vol 63(3). Beddoes was an English physician and scientific writer and an associate of leading scientific figures of the time..

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Desmond, A.; Moore, J. · 1991 · Pemberley Natural History Books

£12.00 (€14.38 | $15.85 | ¥2,532)

Michael Joseph London xxi, 808, 91 b/w illus. . PB. Vg. Some light creases to spine, crease to rear wrapper.. . [9780718134303]

The Naturalists: Pioneers of Natural History

Jenkins, A.C. · 1978 · Pemberley Natural History Books

£10.00 (€11.99 | $13.21 | ¥2,110)

Hamish Hamilton New York 200, col and b/w illus.. . HB. Vg in d/w. Owner's bookplate to endpaper.. . [9780241899991]

Carl Reinhold Sahlberg, Luonnontutkija, Yliopisto- Ja Maatalousmies 1779-1860

Saalas, U. · 1957 · Pemberley Natural History Books

£85.00 (€101.89 | $112.30 | ¥17,932)

Helsinki 480, 20, b/w illus. . HB. 8vo, buckram. Ex-lib. with withdrawn stamps. Good.. Text Finnish, summary chapter in German. Historiallisia Tutkimuksia no. 47. A major work on the life and times of one of Finland's most famous entomologists, Carl Reinhold Sahlberg (1779-186...

A Naturalist in a University Museum

Ruthven, A.G. · 1931 · Pemberley Natural History Books

£15.00 (€17.98 | $19.82 | ¥3,165)

Privately published Ann Arbor 143, 4 plates. . HB. Vg in d/w. Pages un-cut and un-opened.. 600 copies printed.

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Desmond, A.; Moore, J. · 1991 · Pemberley Natural History Books

£18.00 (€21.58 | $23.78 | ¥3,797)

Michael Joseph London xxi, 808, 91 b/w illus. . HB. Good in d/w. Spotting to top and fore edges. Loosely inserted is a photocopy of a book review of this work from the Times Educational Supplement by Helena Cronin, together with a handwritten note by her on a complement slip (...

A Catalogue of Natural Science Collections in North-East England with Biographical Notes on the Collectors

Davis, P.; Brewer, C. (Eds) · 1986 · Pemberley Natural History Books

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North of England Museums Service 333, 4 figs. 290x205mm. PB. 4to, orig. wrappers, light bump to head of spine, ink lettering to spine, remains of label removed from front wrapper. Occasional marginal pencil markings to text. Vg. From the library of British mineralogist, Micha...

'a bright & savage land': Scientists in colonial Australia

Moyal, A. · 1986 · Pemberley Natural History Books

£18.00 (€21.58 | $23.78 | ¥3,797)

Collins Sydney 192, col + b/w illus. 290x215mm. HB. Vg in d/w. From the library of Prof J. Green (1928-2016) with his signature to endpaper.. . [9780002175555]

Richard Jefferies: His Life and Work

Thomas, E. · 0 · Pemberley Natural History Books

£20.00 (€23.97 | $26.42 | ¥4,219)

Hutchinson London 352, portrait frontis. . HB. 16mo, orig. cloth, teg, gt, fading to spine. Cont. ownership to front pastedown; some foxing to endpapers and frontis. Vg.. Re-issue (first published 1909). Edward Thomas (1878-1917), British poet, essayist, and novelist, was deep...