Storia naturale

The Genus Agapanthus

Duncan, G. · 2021 · Pemberley Natural History Books

£40.00 (€47.95 | $52.85 | ¥8,436)

Kew Publishing 256, 240+ col photos, 12 maps. 246x190mm. HB. Fine in d/w.. <i>Agapanthus</i> is a world-renowned group of mainly blue-flowered, rhizomatous plants endemic to South Africa, Lesotho, Eswatini (Swaziland) and Mozambique. First cultivated in The Netherlands in the ...

The Flowering of Aberglasney

Rankin, Graham · 2009 · Pemberley Natural History Books

£25.00 (€29.97 | $33.03 | ¥5,273)

Aberglasney Enterprises Ltd 240, col photos. . HB. Oblong 4to (250x305mm). Vg in d/w.. Tells the story of the restoration of Aberglasney garden, made famous by the BBC television series 'A Garden Lost in Time'. Today it is one of Wales' finest gardens, located in the beautifu...

Lake Nakuru National Park Kenya

Eames, John · 0 · Pemberley Natural History Books

£9.50 (€11.39 | $12.55 | ¥2,004)

Board of Trustees of The National Parks of Kenya 32, 1 map. . PB. Vg.. Lake Nakuru National Park was described by Roger Tory Peterson as 'The world's most fabulous bird spectacle'. Includes a checklist for 394 bird species and other animals..

The Fox Terrier; its History, Points, Breeding, Rearing, Preparing for Exhibition, and Coursing (Monographs on British Dogs)

Dalziel, Hugh · 1889 · Pemberley Natural History Books

£65.00 (€77.91 | $85.87 | ¥13,709)

L. Upcott Gill London 92, [8], 19, [5]-ads, col frontis + 3 plain plates, 2 folding pedigree charts. . HB. Demy 8vo (218x140mm), orig. green cloth, gilt title to upper board and spine, black-stamped design to upper board, original patterned endpapers. Cloth rubbed with some we...

A Neotropical Companion: An Introduction to the Animals, Plants, and Ecosystems of the New World Tropics

Kricher, John · 1997 · Pemberley Natural History Books

£15.00 (€17.98 | $19.82 | ¥3,164)

Princeton University Press xviii, 451, 177 col photos, text figs. . HB. 8vo, orig. cloth. Vg in d/w. Occasional pencil note to text.. 2nd edition, revised and expanded. An introduction to the American tropics - Central and South America, their remarkable rainforests and other ...

Wildflowers for the Queen: A Visual Celebration of Britain's Coronation Meadows

Rittson-Thomas, Hugo · 2021 · Pemberley Natural History Books

£50.00 (€59.93 | $66.06 | ¥10,545)

Wildflower Press 328, col photos. . HB. Large format (338x250mm). Fine in d/w (in removable protective sleeve). Flat signed by author to half-title page. Also, a manuscript presentation note from the author to his near neighbour, William Wood KC loosely inserted.. With a forew...

Botanical Latin History, Grammar Syntax, Terminology and Vocabulary

Stearn, W.T. · 1998 · Pemberley Natural History Books

£30.00 (€35.96 | $39.63 | ¥6,327)

David & Charles Newton Abbot xiv, 546, line drawings. . HB. Vg in d/w.. 4th edition, reprint. First published in 1966, this book has become accepted worldwide as the standard work of reference on this important subject. With an illustrated guide to descriptive terminology in b...

A Geographical Handbook of the Dorset Flora

Good, R. · 1948 · Pemberley Natural History Books

£15.00 (€17.98 | $19.82 | ¥3,164)

Dorset Natural History & Archaeological Society Dorchester xi, 255, b/w frontis, 42 maps (distribution maps printed in red and black). . HB. 4to (254x190mm), orig cloth, spine faded, minor bump to one corner; endpapers and edges of text block foxed. Obituary of the author by N...

Krakatau: The Destruction and Reassembly of an Island Ecosystem

Thornton, I. · 1996 · Pemberley Natural History Books

£25.00 (€29.97 | $33.03 | ¥5,273)

Harvard University Press Cambridge, Ma. xi, 346, 38 text figs. . HB. Vg in d/w. Light spotting to edges of text block.. A comprehensive account of the reassembly of a tropical forest ecosystem over the century following the catastrophic eruption of Krakatoa in 1883. The author...

Flora of Moray, Nairn & East Inverness: Botanical vice-counties 95 Elgin and 96 Easterness

Webster, M.M. · 1978 · Pemberley Natural History Books

£30.00 (€35.96 | $39.63 | ¥6,327)

Aberdeen University Press xii, 606, col frontis, 19 col + 7 b/w plates, 50 text figs, 326 distribution maps, endpaper map. . HB. Vg in d/w (rubbed/lightly worn to extremities). Top edge of text block foxed.. First edition.. [9780900015427]

Ecology and Natural History (New Naturalist 143) [SIGNED]

Wilkinson, D. · 2021 · Pemberley Natural History Books

£50.00 (€59.93 | $66.06 | ¥10,545)

Collins xiii, 368, col photos. . HB. Fine - as new in d/w. Author signed bookplate loosely enclosed.. First edition. 'Autographed edition'. Ecology is the science of ecosystems, of habitats, of our world and its future. In the latest New Naturalist, ecologist David M. Wilkinso...

Peak District (New Naturalist 144)

Anderson, P. · 2021 · Pemberley Natural History Books

£50.00 (€59.93 | $66.06 | ¥10,545)

Collins xiv, 511, col illus. . HB. Fine - as new in d/w. Signed bookplate loosely inserted.. First edition. 'Autographed edition'. A survey of unique landscapes and ecosystem that should be of great interest to naturalists and to the thousands of ramblers who visit the Peak Di...

Trees (New Naturalist 145) [SIGNED]

Thomas, P. · 2022 · Pemberley Natural History Books

£50.00 (€59.93 | $66.06 | ¥10,545)

Collins x, 502, col figs. . HB. Fine - as new in d/w. Author signed bookplate loosely enclosed.. First edition. 'Autographed edition'.. [9780008304515]

Steep Holm: a case history in the study of evolution

Fowles, John · 1978 · Pemberley Natural History Books

£15.00 (€17.98 | $19.82 | ¥3,164)

Kenneth Allsop Memorial Trust Sherborne [vi], 222, b/w photos, map. . HB. 8vo, orig. cloth. Good in d/w (spine faded; lamination peeled from bottom edge of front panel). Light foxing to edges of text block.. A collection of essays highlighting the unique ecosystem of Steep Hol...

Mushrooms & Toadstools (New Naturalist 7)

Ramsbottom, J. · 1977 · Pemberley Natural History Books

£15.00 (€17.98 | $19.82 | ¥3,164)

Collins London xiv, 306, 46 col + 24 b/w plates, text figs. . HB. 8vo, publisher's orig. green buckram, gt. Vg in d/w (not price-clipped; in original duraseal sleeve). Small address label to endpaper.. 7th impression.. [9780002194808]

Wild Orchids of Britain (New Naturalist 19)

Summerhayes, V.S. · 1976 · Pemberley Natural History Books

£20.00 (€23.97 | $26.42 | ¥4,218)

Collins London xviii, 366, 61 col photos, 39 b/w photos, 19 text figs, 44 distribution maps. . HB. 8vo, orig cloth. Vg in d/w (in original duraseal sleeve). Very slight foxing to upper edge of text block. Ownership stamp to endpaper.. 2nd edition (1968), reprint.. [9780002195492]

The Heritage of Purbeck: The notes of a lover of its natural history and its walks.

Tatchell, Leonard · 0 · Pemberley Natural History Books

£20.00 (€23.97 | $26.42 | ¥4,218)

Longmans Dorchester 166, b/w photos. . HB. Plain boards in d/w (lightly rubbed), front board detached. Fair.. Scarce. Foreword by Dr. G.Dru Drury. Six sections including: rambles, birds, insects and reptiles, butterflies and hawkmoths of Purbeck, legends, stone and marble. Un...

Wild Flowers of Chalk and Limestone (New Naturalist 16)

Lousley, J.E. · 1971 · Pemberley Natural History Books

£15.00 (€17.98 | $19.82 | ¥3,164)

Collins London xvii, 254, 52 col + 29 b/w plates, 20 maps, 15 diagrams. . HB. Vg in d/w (in original duraseal sleeve). Light foxing to edges of text block. Ownership stamp to endpaper.. 2nd edition (1969), reprint.. [9780002132589]

The Fauna of the Kiskunsag National Park. Vol. I-II (Natural History of the National Parks of Hungary No. 4 & 5)

Mahunka, S. (Ed.) · 1986 · Pemberley Natural History Books

£60.00 (€71.92 | $79.27 | ¥12,654)

Akademiai Kiado Budapest 491; 479, text figs, endpaper maps. . HB. 2 vols, 8vo, orig. cloth. Vg in d/w's. These two volumes contain contributions of the fauna of Kiskunsag National Park, Hungary..

The Common Objects of the Country

Wood, J.G. · 1922 · Pemberley Natural History Books

£20.00 (€23.97 | $26.42 | ¥4,218)

George Routledge and Sons London 183, 12 col plates, text figs. . HB. Crown 8vo, orig. green cloth, rubbed with minor wear to extremities. Good.. 20th edition. With illustrations by W.S. Coleman. Chromolithographic plates..