Storia naturale

The Trials of Life: A Natural History of animal behaviour

Attenborough, David · 1990 · Pemberley Natural History Books

£9.50 (€11.39 | $12.55 | ¥2,004)

Guild Publishing 320, numerous col photos. . HB. Vg in d/w.. . [9780002199124]

The Private Life of Plants: A Natural History of Plant Behaviour

Attenborough, David · 1995 · Pemberley Natural History Books

£8.00 (€9.59 | $10.57 | ¥1,687)

BBC 320, numerous col photos. . HB. Vg in d/w. Long presentation inscription to endpaper.. First edition.. [9780563370239]

Life on Air: Memoirs of a Broadcaster

Attenborough, David · 2002 · Pemberley Natural History Books

£8.00 (€9.59 | $10.57 | ¥1,687)

BBC Books London 384, 114 col + b/w photos. . HB. Vg in d/w.. First edition.. [9780563534617]

A Very Victorian Passion: The Orchid Paintings of John Day 1863 to 1888

Cribb, P.; Tibbs, M. · 2004 · Pemberley Natural History Books

£18.00 (€21.58 | $23.78 | ¥3,796)

Thames & Hudson 464, numerous col + b/w illus. . HB. Oblong 8vo (217x305mm), orig. boards. Vg.. A collection of botanical illustrations of orchids, taken from the Day archives, Royal Botanical Gardens, Kew.. [9780500970157]

The Kingdom of Rarities

Dinerstein, Eric · 2013 · Pemberley Natural History Books

£25.00 (€29.97 | $33.03 | ¥5,273)

Princeton University Press xiii, 295, text illus. . HB. Fine in d/w.. This book presents a new context for understanding rarity and its implications, both for our understanding of how the natural world works and for what it can teach us about protecting biodiversity during a t...

The Fauna of the Hortobagy National Park. Vol. I-II (Natural History of the National Parks of Hungary No. 1 & 2)

Mahunka, S. (Ed.) · 1981 · Pemberley Natural History Books

£60.00 (€71.92 | $79.27 | ¥12,654)

Akademiai Kiado Budapest 415; 489, text figs, endpaper maps. . HB. 2 vols, 8vo, orig. cloth. Vg in d/w's. These two volumes contain contributions of the fauna of Hortobagy National Park, Hungary..

Wilding: The Return of Nature to a British Farm

Tree, I. · 2018 · Pemberley Natural History Books

£15.00 (€17.98 | $19.82 | ¥3,164)

Picador 362, 16 col + b/w plates, col illus. 243x167mm. HB. Fine in d/w.. 9th impression. Forced to accept that intensive farming on the heavy clay of their land at Knepp in West Sussex was economically unsustainable, Isabella Tree and her husband Charlie Burrell made a specta...

Garden Natural History (New Naturalist 102)

Buczacki, S. · 2007 · Pemberley Natural History Books

£15.00 (€17.98 | $19.82 | ¥3,164)

Collins x, 324, col photos. . HB. 8vo, publisher's orig. green buckram. Pages very slightly cockled. Good in d/w.. . [9780007139934]

Into the Tangled Bank: In Which Our Author Ventures Outdoors to Consider the British in Nature

Parikian, L. · 2020 · Pemberley Natural History Books

£8.00 (€9.59 | $10.57 | ¥1,687)

Elliott & Thompson 304, . 216x138mm. HB. As new.. The author is on a journey to discover the quirks, habits and foibles of how the British experience nature. Open a window, hear the birds calling and join him. It's often said that the British are a nation of nature lovers; but...

The Cairngorms: Their Natural History and Scenery

Nethersole-Thompson, D.; Watson, A. · 1974 · Pemberley Natural History Books

£10.00 (€11.99 | $13.21 | ¥2,109)

Collins London 286, 4 col + 18 b/w plates, text figs, endpaper maps. . HB. Vg in d/w (some creasing to d/w; in removable protective sleeve). Owner's name to half-title.. First edition.. [9780002120531]

Wildlife of the North Atlantic: A Cruising Guide

Soper, Tony · 2008 · Pemberley Natural History Books

£35.00 (€41.95 | $46.24 | ¥7,382)

Bradt Travel Guides 176, col + b/w illus. . PB. Fine - as new. British Isles, Faroes, Norway, Iceland, Southern Greenland, Nowfoundland. Illustrated by Dan Powell. This full-colour guide covers the surface wildlife that inhabits the waters of the North Atlantic. As a practical...

Selected Orchidaceous Plants Vol. 1-2

Grubb, Roy · Pemberley Natural History Books

£55.00 (€65.93 | $72.66 | ¥11,600)

Roy & Ann Grubb Caterham 147; 77, 33 + 13 col plates, col + b/w text illus. . HB + Unbound. 2 vols: Vol. 1, bound; Vol. 2, loose sheets in orig. printed card folder as issued. Vg.. Limited to 1450 and 1000 copies of each volume respectively. The entire work is hand printed wit...

Plants of Montgomeryshire: the Field Records of Janet MacNair

Macnair, J. · 1977 · Pemberley Natural History Books

£5.00 (€5.99 | $6.61 | ¥1,055)

Montgomeryshire Field Society 82, folding map. . PB. Vg. .

The British Moss-Flora

Braithwaite, R. · Pemberley Natural History Books

£150.00 (€179.80 | $198.17 | ¥31,635)

L. Reeve London xii, 315; [ii], 268; [ii], 274, 128 plain plates. . HB. 3 vols, roy. 8vo, orig. cloth, gilt, rubbed, minor wear, stain to spine of Vol. III; some inner hinges cracked but firm. Occasional light foxing. Good set. Prize bookplates to two volumes, Haileybury Colle...

A Natural History of Ferns

Moran, Robbin C. · 2004 · Pemberley Natural History Books

£30.00 (€35.96 | $39.63 | ¥6,327)

Timber Press 301, 26 col photos, 145 text figs. . HB. Fine in d/w.. An entertaining and informative look at why ferns and their relatives are unique among plants. Ferns live in habitats from the tropics to polar latitudes, and unlike seed plants, which endow each seed with the...

Diversity and Evolution of Land Plants

Ingrouille, M. · 1992 · Pemberley Natural History Books

£15.00 (€17.98 | $19.82 | ¥3,164)

Chapman & Hall London viii, 340, text figs. . PB. Vg.. Provides a long overdue treatment of plant anatomy and morphology for biology undergraduates. Setting aside the traditional plod through the plant taxa, the author adopts a problem-based functional approach, exploring plan...

An Introduction to Tropical Rain Forests

Whitmore, T.C. · 1998 · Pemberley Natural History Books

£24.00 (€28.77 | $31.71 | ¥5,062)

Oxford University Press xiv, 282, 120 b/w photos, 107 line drawings. . HB. Vg.. 2nd revised edition, updated to incorporate changes since it was first published in 1990. The sections on human impact have been extended to include a new global assessment of deforestation as well...

Trees and Timber in the Ancient Mediterranean World

Meiggs, Russell · 1982 · Pemberley Natural History Books

£65.00 (€77.91 | $85.87 | ¥13,709)

Clarendon Press Oxford xviii, 556, 16 b/w plates, 17 text figs. . HB. 8vo, orig. blue buckram, gilt title to spine. Vg in d/w (spine faded; in removable protective sleeve).. First edition. The first comprehensive study of timber supply and demand in the Near East and the world...

Flora of Tierra del Fuego

Moore, D.M. · 1983 · Pemberley Natural History Books

£55.00 (€65.93 | $72.66 | ¥11,600)

Anthony Nelson ix, 396, col photos, 283 line drawings, maps. . HB. 4to, orig. cloth, gilt title to front board and spine. A fine copy.. . [9780904614053]

British Cup Fungi and their Allies: An Introduction to the Ascomycetes

Dennis, R.W.G. · 1960 · Pemberley Natural History Books

£30.00 (€35.96 | $39.63 | ¥6,327)

Ray Society London xxiv, 280, 20 b/w + 40 col plates. . HB. 8vo, orig. cloth. Vg in d/w (in removable protective sleeve). Endpapers partly browned, with light tape marks.. First edition..