Biografia

A Guide to the Archives of the Royal Entomological Society

Pedersen, B. (Ed.); [Fenwick, S.] · 2001 · Pemberley Natural History Books

£77.50 (€92.90 | $102.39 | ¥16,350)

Ashgate Aldershot 219, 4 col + 16 b/w plates. 234x156mm. HB. NEW. . This catalogue is an invaluable guide to the records of the Royal Entomological Society from the time of its foundation in 1833. Introductory essays on the history of the society and the development of British...

A Naturalist in the Amazon: The Journals & Writings of Henry Walter Bates

Bates, Henry Walter · 0 · Pemberley Natural History Books

£11.99 (€14.37 | $15.84 | ¥2,530)

Natural History Museum London 160, col illus. 227x174mm. HB. NEW. . This charming book revolves around the two journals Bates produced during his groundbreaking travels in the Amazon, and his classic work The Naturalist on the River Amazons. Alongside specially selected excerp...

The Art of the First Fleet: Images of Nature

Di Tommaso, L. · 2012 · Pemberley Natural History Books

£11.99 (€14.37 | $15.84 | ¥2,530)

Natural History Museum London 112, col illus. 254x217mm. PB. NEW. . In 1788, nearly fifteen-hundred people on eleven sailing ships came ashore at Port Jackson in Australia after a gruelling eight month journey from England. This collection of vessels later became known as the ...

The Art of India

Magee, J. · 2013 · Pemberley Natural History Books

£11.99 (€14.37 | $15.84 | ¥2,530)

Natural History Museum 112, Col illus.. . PB. NEW. . A selection of natural history drawings of India, housed in the library collections of the Natural History Museum. [9780565093105]

The Banks /Cook Portfolio: The Text

Gilbert, P. (Ed.) · 1990 · Pemberley Natural History Books

£20.00 (€23.97 | $26.42 | ¥4,219)

Hill House 112, col illus. . HB. NEW. . Text volume only, consisting of essays by H.B. Carter and A.C.F. David. [Without the separate portfolio with facsimile plates.] Essays on 'Sir Joseph Banks as the Father of Australia', 'Captain Cook's Second Voyage and his Chart of the S...

Louis Agassiz: Creator of American Science

Irmscher, C. · 2013 · Pemberley Natural History Books

£12.50 (€14.98 | $16.51 | ¥2,637)

Houghton Mifflin 448, b/w photos. . HB. NEW. . A detailed, scholarly biography of Louis Agassiz, a giant of 19th-century natural history study.. [9780547577678]

Gerry Tremewan (1931-2016): The adventurous life of a Cornish entomologist

Hofmann, A.F.; Spalding, A.; Tarmann, G.; Witt, T. (Eds) · 2017 · Pemberley Natural History Books

£50.00 (€59.93 | $66.06 | ¥10,548)

Entomofauna 218, 128 col figs. 220x160mm. PB. NEW. . This volume is dedicated to Gerry Tremewan (1931-2016), a famous Cornish entomologist who worked on Lepidoptera from the age of 12 until his death aged 85, specialising for over 60 years on the Zygaenidae. He was also editor...

A Bibliography of Natural History Travel Narratives

Troelstra, A.S. · 2016 · Pemberley Natural History Books

£199.00 (€238.53 | $262.91 | ¥41,983)

KNNV 482, . 280x200mm. HB. NEW. . An outstanding and ground-breaking work, providing the academic world with a long-needed bibliographical record of human endeavour in the field of the natural sciences.The travel narratives listed here encompass all aspects of the natural worl...

Where the Wild Thyme Blew: Growing up with nature in the Fifties and Sixties

Marren, Peter · 2016 · Pemberley Natural History Books

£17.00 (€20.38 | $22.46 | ¥3,586)

Pisces Publications xiv, 399, b/w photos. . HB. NEW. . This book is the story of a boy growing up in the lost England of sixty years ago. And turning, most reluctantly, into a man. It is also about the circumstances that turn a child into a naturalist and how nature can change...

Nature's Conscience: The Life and Legacy of Derek Ratcliffe

Thompson, D.; Birks, H.H.; Birks, J. (Eds) · 2015 · Pemberley Natural History Books

£26.00 (€31.17 | $34.35 | ¥5,485)

Langford Press xxvi, 572, col photos. . PB. NEW. . Derek Ratcliffe (1929–2005) massively influenced our awareness of nature – and its vulnerability. He was an outstanding field biologist, an expert on the wildlife and vegetation of many remote areas of Britain. He applied his ...

Books and Naturalists (New Naturalist 112)

Allen, D. · 2010 · Pemberley Natural History Books

£39.00 (€46.75 | $51.52 | ¥8,228)

Collins 498, col + b/w photos. . HB. NEW. . . [9780007240845]

The Art of the New Naturalists: Forms from Nature

Marren, Peter; Gillmor, R. · 2009 · Pemberley Natural History Books

£53.00 (€63.53 | $70.02 | ¥11,181)

Harper Collins 310, col illus. 310x265mm. HB. NEW. . Original printing. The distinctive New Naturalist cover illustrations by Clifford & Rosemary Ellis and Robert Gillmor are the subject of this book. Offers a fascinating insight into how the creation of the cover designs has ...

Thomas Say: New World Naturalist

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

£15.00 (€17.98 | $19.82 | ¥3,165)

University of Pennsylvania Press Philadelphia xv, 340, 9 col plates, 47 text figs. . HB. NEW. . . [9780812231038]

A Catalogue and Index of the Publications of the Irish Biogeographical Society (1977-2004)

O'Connor, J.P. · 2005 · Pemberley Natural History Books

£10.00 (€11.99 | $13.21 | ¥2,110)

IBS Dublin 74, . A5. PB. NEW. . . [9780951151471]

An Analytical Index to the Works of the late John Gould, F.R.S.

Sharpe, R. Bowdler · 1893 · Pemberley Natural History Books

£1,500.00 (€1,797.99 | $1,981.71 | ¥316,453)

Henry Sotheran London xlviii, 375, [12]-publisher's catalogue, portrait frontis. . HB. Folio (390x280mm), finely rebound in later half morocco, raised bands, gilt title to spine, marbled boards and endpapers. Top edge gilt, other edges uncut. A few small ink spots to fore-edge...

Bird Illustrators: Some Artists in Early Lithography

Jackson, C.E. · 1975 · Pemberley Natural History Books

£125.00 (€149.83 | $165.14 | ¥26,371)

H.F. & G. Witherby London 133, 14 col plates. . HB. Small 4to (250x194mm), orig. quarter morocco, two raised bands to spine, gilt rules and title, spine a little faded, marbled endpapers, top edge gilt. Fine.. Specially bound edition, signed by the author and limited to forty-...

Dictionnaire Bibliographique, Historique et Critique de Livres Rares, Precieux, Singuliers, Curieux, Estimés, et Recherchés. Tome Premier [Second, Troisième, & Supplément]

[Duclos, Henri; Cailleau, André-Charles; Brunet, Jacques Charles] · 1802 · Pemberley Natural History Books

£160.00 (€191.79 | $211.38 | ¥33,755)

Chez Delalain Paris xxii, 552; [iv], 551; [iv], 478; xvi, 511, . . HB. 4 vols, 8vo, later cloth-backed boards, rubbed and slightly worn to extremities, page edges uncut. Closed tear neatly repaired to final leaf of Supplement. Withdrawn from an institutional library, with a fe...

Bibliotheca Medico-Historica sive Catalogus Librorum Historicorum de Re Medica et Scientia Naturali Systematicus

Choulant, Ludwig · 1842 · Pemberley Natural History Books

£90.00 (€107.88 | $118.90 | ¥18,987)

W. Engelmann Leipzig x, 269, . . HB. 8vo, later buckram, orig. printed wrappers retained. Occasional light foxing. A few pencil annotations. Withdrawn from an institutional library, a few ink stamps, shelf label to spine. Good.. First edition. Scarce bibliography of early medi...

Bibliotheca Historico-Naturalis. Verzeichniss der Bücher über Naturgeschichte welche in Deutschland, Skandinavien, Holland, England, Frankreich, Italien, und Spanien in den Jahren 1700-1846 erschienen sind. Erster Band [continued as] Bibliotheca Zoologica

Engelmann, W.; Carus, J.V. · 1846 · Pemberley Natural History Books

£240.00 (€287.68 | $317.07 | ¥50,633)

Wilhelm Engelmann Leipzig viii, [i], 786; x, 950; xxiv, 951-2144, . . HB. 3 vols, 8vo, later uniform half calf, raised bands each with beaded gilt roll, contrasting leather title pieces. Joints and corners lightly rubbed. From an institutional library, with neat ink stamps to ...

Catalogus Bibliothecae Historico-Naturalis Josephi Banks, regi a consiliis intimis, baroneti, balnei equitis, regia societatis praesidis. Tom. 1: Scriptores Generales

Dryander, J. · 1798 · Pemberley Natural History Books

£250.00 (€299.66 | $330.28 | ¥52,742)

Typis Gul. Bulmer et Soc. London vii, [1], 309, [14]-index, . . HB. 8vo, later half calf, rubbed/scuffed, raised bands and leather title pieces to spine, gilt. Occasional foxing. Good. Withdrawn from an institutional library with a few neat ink stamps.. First edition. Scarce. ...