Storia naturale

THE DESCENT OF MAN And Selection in Relation to Sex

DARWIN Charles · 1901 · Rothwell & Dunworth Ltd

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John Murray, 1901 New edn. 8vo (8 x 5¼ ins). Original gilt lettered green cloth (rubbed at head and tail of spine and corners and light spotting on page edges - otherwise VG in protective cover). Pp. xix + 1031, illus with drawings in text (front and rear endpapers tanned; rea...

THE MUSEUM OF NATURAL HISTORY Being a Popular Account of the Structure Habits and Classification of the Various Departments of the Animal Kingdom... Volume I [&] Volume II

RICHARDSON John, DALLAS William S., COBBOLDT. Spencer, BAIRD William, WHITE Adam · 1880 · Rothwell & Dunworth Ltd

£150.00 (€179.80 | $198.17 | ¥31,635)

Glasgow: William MacKenzie, c. 1880 1st edn. 2 vols. 4to (11 x 7¾ ins). Original half morocco recently re-backed in marching gilt ruled morocco with gilt lettered labels (corners lightly rubbed - otherwise a VG set). Pp. vi + 446 [&] iv + 405, illus with coloured and b&w plate...

THE AYE-AYE AND I A Rescue Expedition in Madagascar

DURRELL Gerald · 1992 · Rothwell & Dunworth Ltd

£15.00 (€17.98 | $19.82 | ¥3,164)

BCA [&] HarperCollins, 1992 Book club edn. 8vo. Original gilt lettered grey cloth (near Fine), dustwrapper (VG). Pp. 175, illus with coloured plates and map (no inscriptions).

DRAGONFLIES New Naturalist No. 41

CORBET Philip S., LONGFIELD Cynthia, MOORE N.W. · 1960 · Rothwell & Dunworth Ltd

£60.00 (€71.92 | $79.27 | ¥12,654)

Collins, 1960 1st edn. 8vo. Original gilt lettered green buckram cloth (light marks on boards and bottom corner of upper board a little bumped - otherwise VG), no dustwrapper. Pp. xix + 266, illus with coloured and b&w plates, maps and text figures (remnant of previous owner's...

THE OPEN SEA ITS NATURAL HISTORY Part II Fish and Fisheries New Naturalist No. 37

HARDY Sir Alister · 1959 · Rothwell & Dunworth Ltd

£20.00 (€23.97 | $26.42 | ¥4,218)

Collins, 1959 1st edn. 8vo. Original gilt lettered green buckram cloth (page edges and endpapers spotted - otherwise VG), dustwrapper (taped to covers on reverse and reverse rather spotted - otherwise VG in protective cover, not price clipped. Pp. xiv + 322, illus with coloure...

RARE BIRDS IN BRITAIN AND IRELAND

SHARROCK J.T.R., SHARROCK E.M. · 1976 · Rothwell & Dunworth Ltd

£8.00 (€9.59 | $10.57 | ¥1,687)

T. & A.D. Poyser, 1976. 0856610143 1st edn. 8vo. Original gilt lettered maroon cloth (light spotting on page edges - otherwise VG), dustwrapper (VG, price clipped). Pp. 336, illus with b&w drawings and maps (no inscriptions).

THE PUFFIN

HARRIS M.P., BROCKIE Keith [Illustrator] · 1984 · Rothwell & Dunworth Ltd

£15.00 (€17.98 | $19.82 | ¥3,164)

T & A D Poyser, 1984. 0856610380 1st edn. Tall 8vo. Original gilt lettered red cloth (Fine), dustwrapper (Fine, not price clipped). Pp. 224, illus with b&w plates and drawings (no inscriptions).

THE STATUS OF SEABIRDS IN BRITAIN AND IRELAND

LLOYD Clare, TASKER Mark, PARTRIDGE Ken, BROCKIE Keith · 1991 · Rothwell & Dunworth Ltd

£12.00 (€14.38 | $15.85 | ¥2,531)

T. & A. D. Poyser, 1991 1st edn. 8vo. Original gilt lettered blue cloth (Fine), dustwrapper (Fine). Pp. xviii, 355, illus with b&w illus by Keith Brockie and maps and diagrams (no inscriptions).

BIRD RESERVES

ARNOLD E.C. · 1940 · Rothwell & Dunworth Ltd

£18.00 (€21.58 | $23.78 | ¥3,796)

H.F. & G. Witherby, 1940 1st edn. Tall 8vo. Original gilt lettered blue buckram cloth (page edges lightly spotted - otherwise VG), no dustwrapper. Pp. xi + 215, illus with coloured and b&w plates (scattered spotting throughout; no inscriptions).

BRITISH BIRDS With Their Nests And Eggs In Six Volumes

BUTLER Arthur G., MATHEW Murray A., FORBES Henry O., CORDEAUX John, TEGERMEIER W.B., SLATER Henry H., ALPIN O.V., MacPHERSON H.A., FROHAWK F.W. · 1896 · Rothwell & Dunworth Ltd

£120.00 (€143.84 | $158.54 | ¥25,308)

Brumby & Clarke, c. 1896 6 vols. 4to (12½ x 10 ins). Rebound in gilt lettered green cloth, red sprinkled edges (vol VI small split at top edge of spine and all vols lightly rubbed and bumped at corners - otherwise VG). Pp. 208 [&] 192 [&] 175 [&] 218 [&] 178 [&] 252, illus wit...

HAUNTS OF BRITISH DIVERS

RANKIN Niall · 1947 · Rothwell & Dunworth Ltd

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Collins, 1947 1st edn. Tall 8vo. Original gilt lettered brown cloth (VG), dustwrapper (worn at edges and reverserather spotted - in protective cover, price clipped). Pp. 96, illus with coloured frontispiece, 11 pen and ink drawings and 82 b&w photos (light spotting on endpaper...

THE PEAK DISTRICT New Naturalist No. 44

EDWARDS K.C., SWINNERTON H.H., HALL R.H. · 1962 · Rothwell & Dunworth Ltd

£15.00 (€17.98 | $19.82 | ¥3,164)

Collins, 1962 1st edn 2nd imp. 8vo. Original gilt lettered green buckram cloth (near Fine), dustwrapper (VG in protective cover, price clipped). Pp. xvi + 240, illus with 7 coloured and 49 b&w photos, and 15 maps and diagrams (endpapers lightly spotted; no inscriptions).

THE NATURAL HISTORY OF ORKNEY New Naturalist No. 70

BERRY R.J. · 1985 · Rothwell & Dunworth Ltd

£20.00 (€23.97 | $26.42 | ¥4,218)

Collins, 1985 8vo. Original pictorial card covers (softback) (near Fine). Pp. 304, illus with coloured and b&w photos diagrams and distribution maps (no inscriptions).

EVOLUTION'S WORKSHOP God and Science on the Galapagos Islands

LARSON Edward J. · 2001 · Rothwell & Dunworth Ltd

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Allen Lane, 2001. 9780713995800 1st edn 1st printing. 8vo. Original gilt lettered red cloth (Fine), dustwrapper (VG, not price clipped). Pp. xi + 320, illus with b&w photos and maps (no inscriptions).

THE COLOURS OF FLOWERS As Illustrated in the British Flora Nature Series

ALLEN Grant · 1891 · Rothwell & Dunworth Ltd

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Macmillan and Co., 1891 1st edn 2nd printing. 8vo. Original blind-ruled gilt lettered green cloth (rubbed at head and tail of spine - otherwise VG). Pp. vi + 119, with b&w illus in text (ex school library with bookplate on front paste-down; rear endpapers spotted).

TIMBER AND SOME OF ITS DISEASES Nature Series

WARD H. Marshall · 1897 · Rothwell & Dunworth Ltd

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Macmillan and Co., 1897 1st edn 2nd printing. 8vo. Original blind-ruled gilt lettered green cloth (VG). Pp. viii + 295, with b&w illus in text (no inscriptions).

INTO THE RED

JEWITT Kit, TOMS Mike · 2022 · Rothwell & Dunworth Ltd

£25.00 (€29.97 | $33.03 | ¥5,273)

BTO Services [&] The British Trust for Ornithology, 2022. 9781912642380 1st edn. Tall 8vo. Original pictorial boards (Fine), no dustwrapper. Pp. 176, illus with coloured plates and b&w woodcuts (no inscriptions).

THE NATURAL HISTORY OF TSETSE FLIES An Account of the Biology of the Genus Glossina (London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine Memoir No. 10)

BUXTON Patrick A. · 1955 · Rothwell & Dunworth Ltd

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H.K. Lewis, 1955 1st edn. Tall 8vo (9¾ x 7 ¼ ins). Original gilt lettered maroon cloth (page edges and endpapers lightly spotted - otherwise bright VG). Pp. xviii + 815, illus with 47 b&w plates and figures in text (no inscriptions).

THE DISCOVERY OF EVOLUTION

YOUNG David · 1992 · Rothwell & Dunworth Ltd

£18.00 (€21.58 | $23.78 | ¥3,796)

Cambridge University Press, 1992 1st edn. Tall 8vo. Original gilt lettered blue cloth (VG), dustwrapper (VG in protective cover). Pp. 256, with coloured and b&w illus (no inscriptions).

PARTNERS IN SCIENCE Foundations and Natural Scientists 1900-1945

KOHLER Robert E. · 1991 · Rothwell & Dunworth Ltd

£12.00 (€14.38 | $15.85 | ¥2,531)

University of Chicago Press, 1991. 9780226450605 1st edn. 8vo. Original red lettered grey cloth (top edge dust stained, upper board a little bowed - otherwise VG), dustwrapper (nicked at top corner of lower cover - otherwise VG in protective cover). Pp. xv + 415, illus with b&...