Biografia

John Curtis and the Pioneering of Pest Control

Ordish, G. · 1974 · Pemberley Natural History Books

£12.00 (€14.38 | $15.85 | ¥2,532)

Osprey Publishing Reading vii, 121, 16 illus. . HB. Occasional light foxing; edge tear to d/w. From the library of Marshall Laird.. The Great Innovators Series. [9780850451597]

Archetypes and Ancestors: Palaeontology in Victorian London 1850-1875

Desmond, A. · 1982 · Pemberley Natural History Books

£8.00 (€9.59 | $10.57 | ¥1,688)

Blond & Briggs 287, b/w illus. . HB. Vg in d/w. . [9780856341212]

Society for the Bibliography of Natural History 1936 to 1983, Society for the History of Natural History 1983 to 1990:Index to Publications 1936- 1990

1991 · Pemberley Natural History Books

£12.00 (€14.38 | $15.85 | ¥2,532)

Society for the History of Natural History 137, . . PB. Fine.. .

Darwin's Notebooks on Transmutation of Species. Part II: Second Notebook (February to July 1838)

De Beer, G. · 1960 · Pemberley Natural History Books

£18.00 (€21.58 | $23.78 | ¥3,797)

BM(NH) 43, . . PB. Fine. Bull. BM(NH) Hist. Vol.2(3).

Darwin's Notebooks on Transmutation of Species. Part I: First Notebook (July 1837 to February 1838)

De Beer, G. · 1960 · Pemberley Natural History Books

£20.00 (€23.97 | $26.42 | ¥4,219)

BM(NH) 47, text figs. . PB. Fine.. Bull. BM(NH) Hist. Vol.2(2).

To Sail Beyond the Sunset: Natural History in Australia 1699-1829

Finney, C.M. · 1984 · Pemberley Natural History Books

£15.00 (€17.98 | $19.82 | ¥3,165)

Rigby Publishers Adelaide 206, b/w + col illus. 310x230mm. HB. Vg in dust jacket (d/w spine slightly faded with a few edge tears; now in protective sleeve). Inscription to fly-leaf.. . [9780727018816]

New Naturalists (New Naturalist 82)

Marren, Peter · 2005 · Pemberley Natural History Books

£20.00 (€23.97 | $26.42 | ¥4,219)

Collins London 363, b/w photos. 216x150mm. PB. Fine.. 2nd edition.. [9780007197156]

Life and Letters of Thomas Henry Huxley

Huxley, L. · 1969 · Pemberley Natural History Books

£20.00 (€23.97 | $26.42 | ¥4,219)

Gregg International Publishers Farnborough 2 vols: x, 503; viii, 504, 3 frontispieces. . HB. Vg set.. Reprint edition. First published by MacMillan & Co., 1900. [9780576021654]

Louis Agassiz: A Life in Science

Lurie, E. · 1988 · Pemberley Natural History Books

£10.00 (€11.99 | $13.21 | ¥2,110)

Johns Hopkins University Press Baltimore xiv, 457, 24 plates. . PB. Vg.. Biography of the Swiss naturalist Louis Agassiz (1807-1873), who founded the Museum of Comparative Zoology at Harvard. [9780801837432]

The Sloane Herbarium

Dandy, J.E. (Ed.) · 1958 · Pemberley Natural History Books

£75.00 (€89.90 | $99.09 | ¥15,823)

BM(NH) London 246, frontis, 2 plates, 96 facsimiles of handwriting. 4to. HB. Fine copy.. An annotated list of the Horti Sicci composing it, with biographical accounts of the principal contributors. Based on records compiled by the late James Britten..

The Dapuri Drawings: Alexander Gibson & The Bombay Botanic Gardens

Noltie, H.J. · 2002 · Pemberley Natural History Books

£25.00 (€29.97 | $33.03 | ¥5,274)

Antique Collectors' Club 240, 170 col illus. 4to. HB. Fine copy in d/w.. This book is about a remarkable collection of botanical drawings belonging to the Royal Botanic Garden Edinburgh. The watercolours were commissioned by Alexander Gibson, and East India Company surgeon, an...

Henry Wellcome

James, R.R.James, R.R. · 1994 · Pemberley Natural History Books

£15.00 (€17.98 | $19.82 | ¥3,165)

Hodder xix, 422, b/w and col plates. . HB. Vg in d/w. Includes a brief hand written note from Sir Roger Gibbs (1934-2018), Chairman of the Wellcome Trust.. . [9780340606179]

A Biography of Percy Sladen (1849-1900)

Nichols, D. · 2003 · Pemberley Natural History Books

£8.00 (€9.59 | $10.57 | ¥1,688)

Linnean Society London 29, portrait frontis, figs. . PB. Vg.. The Linnean, Special Issue No. 4. Sladen established himself as an international authority of starfishes, both living and fossil..

Irene Manton: A Biography (1904-1988)

Leadbeater, B. · 2004 · Pemberley Natural History Books

£12.00 (€14.38 | $15.85 | ¥2,532)

Linnean Society London 96, 25 figs. . PB. Wrappers. Vg. The Linnean, Special Issue No. 5..

Entomologist Extraordinary. A Festschrift in Honour of Botha de Meillon

Coetzee, M. (Ed.) · 1993 · Pemberley Natural History Books

£25.00 (€29.97 | $33.03 | ¥5,274)

South African Institute for Medical Research Johannesburg xii, 114, b/w photos, text figs. A4. PB. Vg. Published in honour of South Africa's great medical entomologist Botha de Meillon - a collection of scientific articles and personal recollections by his colleagues and frien...

Bibliography of Fossil Vertebrates in Japan: (Preliminary Version)

Tomuda, Y. · 1996 · Pemberley Natural History Books

£15.00 (€17.98 | $19.82 | ¥3,165)

National Science Museum Tokyo vii, 149, . . PB. Vg. Owner's name to title page. Some high-lighting in text. Text in Japanese and English.

Memoir of George Brown Goode 1851-1896

Langley, S.P. · 1897 · Pemberley Natural History Books

£15.00 (€17.98 | $19.82 | ¥3,165)

USA 30, . . HB. Cloth. Ex-lib. Read to National Academy 1897. Goode was an American ichthyologist and museum administrator..

Key Works to the Fauna and Flora of the British Isles and North-western Europe

Sims, R.W.; Freeman, P.; Hawksworth, D.L. · 1988 · Pemberley Natural History Books

£10.00 (€11.99 | $13.21 | ¥2,110)

Systematics Association xii, 312, . . HB. Vg. Syst. Assoc. Special Vol. 33.. [9780198577065]

The Art of the Botanist

Rix, M. · 1981 · Pemberley Natural History Books

£17.00 (€20.38 | $22.46 | ¥3,586)

Lutterworth Press Guildford 224, 44 col plates + b/w and col illus. throughout. 340x246mm. HB. Vg in d/w. D/w with a few small edge-tears. Spotting to top edge.. . [9780718824822]

Sir Joseph Banks: 18th Century Explorer, Botanist and Entrepreneur

Lyte, C. · 1980 · Pemberley Natural History Books

£15.00 (€17.98 | $19.82 | ¥3,165)

David & Charles 248, col + b/w plates. . HB. Vg in d/w.. . [9780715378847]