Zoologia e fauna

The Life Story of the Partridge

Bensusan, S.L. · 0 · Pemberley Natural History Books

£25.00 (€29.97 | $33.03 | ¥5,274)

Hutchinson & Co. London 20, b/w frontis, 6 b/w plates. . PB. Orig. card wrappers (148x122mm), circular photogravure illustration pasted to front wrapper. Small ink stamp to endpaper.. with Photogravure Plates. First edition. Scarce. A children's book describing the life of th...

Notes on the Epitolinae with Descriptions of a New Genus and New Species and Subspecies (Lepidoptera: Lycaebidae)

Jackson, T.H.E. · 1962 · Pemberley Natural History Books

£18.00 (€21.58 | $23.78 | ¥3,797)

BM(NH) 123-163, 13 plates. . PB. Wrappers, some wear to spine. Signed by author. Ownership stamp of Captain R.H.R Stevenson of Selukwe, South Rhodesia. Known as the first lepidopterist to "put some order in Rhodesian butterflies".. <i>Bulletin of the British Museum (Natural Hi...

The Bird Faunas of Africa and its Islands

Moreau, R.E. · 1966 · Pemberley Natural History Books

£15.00 (€17.98 | $19.82 | ¥3,165)

Academic Press London ix, 424, b/w photos, text figs, folding map. . HB. 8vo, orig. cloth; map endpapers. Vg in slightly worn d/w (spine faded). From the library of D.J. Greathead (1931-2006), British entomologist with his name to endpaper.. First edition..

Coleoptera. Introduction and Key to Families (Handbooks for the Identification of British Insects 4/1)

Crowson, R.A. · 1956 · Pemberley Natural History Books

£12.00 (€14.38 | $15.85 | ¥2,532)

Royal Entomological Society London 59, 118 line drawings. . PB. 8vo, orig. wrappers. Small ownership stamp of entomologist David J. Greathead. Vg.. .

Audubon's Birds of America (The Audubon Society Baby Elephant Folio)

Peterson, R.T.; Peterson, V.M.; Audubon, J.J. (Illus) · 1981 · Pemberley Natural History Books

£85.00 (€101.89 | $112.30 | ¥17,932)

Heinemann London 696, 917 illustrations (482 col, many folding). . HB. Folio (390x310mm), orig. cloth. Vg in d/w.. The Baby Elephant Folio presents all 435 of John James Audubon's brilliant hand-coloured engravings in exquisite reproductions derived from the original plates of...

Parrots of the World

Forshaw, J.M.; Cooper, W.T. (Illus.) · 1973 · Pemberley Natural History Books

£175.00 (€209.77 | $231.20 | ¥36,920)

Lansdowne Melbourne 584, 158 full-page colour plates, 179 text figs, distribution maps. . HB. Folio (395x280mm), orig. cloth, gt. Vg in d/w.. First edition. Fine colour plates by William T. Cooper illustrate all 340 species and some subspecies (500 birds illustrated). Descript...

Insect Migration (New Naturalist 36)

Williams, C.B. · 1958 · Pemberley Natural History Books

£35.00 (€41.95 | $46.24 | ¥7,384)

Collins London xiii, 235, [6]-ads, 8 col + 16 b/w plates, text figs. . HB. 8vo, publisher's orig. green buckram. Some minor spotting to endpapers. Good in d/w (not price-clipped; head of spine torn with some loss; spine and rear panel slightly darkened).. First edition..

International Code of Zoological Nomenclature

International Commission on Zoological Nomenclature · 1999 · Pemberley Natural History Books

£40.00 (€47.95 | $52.85 | ¥8,439)

ICZN xxix, 306, . . HB. As new.. 4th edition. Text English and French.. [9780853010067]

Fifty Years of Birdwatching

Nicholl, A.M.C. · 1955 · Pemberley Natural History Books

£12.50 (€14.98 | $16.51 | ¥2,637)

John Murray London xx, 126, 23 b/w photos. . HB. 8vo, orig. boards. Vg in slightly worn/rubbed d/w.. First edition. Foreword by Brian Vesey-Fitzgerald..

A Supplementary Catalogue of the Family-group Names of the Coleophoridae (Lepidoptera)

Sattler, K.; Tremewan, W.G. · 1978 · Pemberley Natural History Books

£5.00 (€5.99 | $6.61 | ¥1,055)

BM(NH) 73-96, . . PB. Vg. <i>Bulletin of the British Museum (Natural History) Entomology</i>, Vol. 37(2).

Field Observations on British Birds

Ogilvie, Fergus Menteith; Balfour, Henry (Ed.) · 1920 · Pemberley Natural History Books

£40.00 (€47.95 | $52.85 | ¥8,439)

Selwyn & Blount London xvi, 228, portrait frontis, 2 col + 4 b/w plates, 3 maps, 14 text figs. . HB. Large 8vo (275x190mm), orig. cream qtr cloth, grey paper-covered boards, minor wear to corners, spine slightly darkened. Light gum residue to front endpaper where a bookplate h...

Synopsis of the Classification of the Animal Kingdom

Nicholson, H.A. · 1882 · Pemberley Natural History Books

£45.00 (€53.94 | $59.45 | ¥9,494)

William Blackwood and Sons Edinburgh & London vi, 131, [4] + 24-ads, 106 text figs. . HB. 8vo, orig. plum cloth, gilt vignette of a crinoid to front board, spine slightly faded, rubbed with minor wear to spine ends. Some light pencil annotations/markings to text. Vg.. First ed...

Game Preservers and Bird Preservers: Which are our Friends?

Morant, George Francis · 1875 · Pemberley Natural History Books

£45.00 (€53.94 | $59.45 | ¥9,494)

Longmans, Green, and Co. London xii, 209, . . HB. 8vo, orig. cloth, gilt. Paper slightly browned. Vg.. First edition. Scarce. An important and controversial 19th-century treatise on British game management, predator control, and wildlife conservation. Written by a veteran mili...

The Butterflies named by J.F.Gmelin(Lepidoptera: Rhopalocera)

Vane-Wright, R.I. · 1975 · Pemberley Natural History Books

£8.00 (€9.59 | $10.57 | ¥1,688)

BM(NH) 17-64, 6 plates. . PB. Vg.. <i>Bulletin of the British Museum (Natural History) Entomology</i>, Vol. 32(2)..

British Birds. Vol. I-IV

Thorburn, Archibald · 1925 · Pemberley Natural History Books

£400.00 (€479.46 | $528.46 | ¥84,388)

Longmans, Green and Co. London xii, 176; ix, 130; x, 168; x, 154, 192 colour plates. . HB. 4 vols, large 8vo (271x174mm), orig. cloth, spines faded, minor wear to head and foot of spines, patchy fading to rear board of Vol. II; gilt ruled borders and title to front boards, gil...

Wildfowl in Great Britain

Owen, M.; Atkinson-Willes, G.L.; Salmon, D.G. · 1986 · Pemberley Natural History Books

£12.00 (€14.38 | $15.85 | ¥2,532)

Cambridge University Press xiv, 613, text illus, maps, text figs. . HB. Vg in d/w.. 2nd edition. Illustrated by Peter Scott.. [9780521309868]

A Revision of the Genus Silvanus Latreille (s.l.) (Coleoptera: Silvanidae)

Halstead, D.G.H. · 1973 · Pemberley Natural History Books

£10.00 (€11.99 | $13.21 | ¥2,110)

BM(NH) 37-112, 179 figs. . PB. Fine.. <i>Bulletin of the British Museum (Natural History) Entomology</i>, Vol. 29(2).

Animal Species and Evolution

Mayr, E. · 1963 · Pemberley Natural History Books

£45.00 (€53.94 | $59.45 | ¥9,494)

Belknap Press Cambridge, Ma. xiv, 797, text figs. . HB. 8vo, orig. cloth, gt. Vg in d/w.. First edition..

A Photographic Guide to the Birds of Hong Kong [????????]

Hong Kong Bird Watching Society; Chan Kai Tai; Fan, Sophie (Eds) · 2005 · Pemberley Natural History Books

£25.00 (€29.97 | $33.03 | ¥5,274)

Wan Li Book Co. Hong Kong 559, 760+ col photos. 202x128mm. PB. Fine.. Text bilingual, English and Chinese. Reprint. A photographic guide to 343 species found in Hong Kong.. [9789621428943]

Die Insektenfauna Islands und ihre Probleme: Inaugural Dissertation

Lindroth, C.H. · 1931 · Pemberley Natural History Books

£30.00 (€35.96 | $39.63 | ¥6,329)

Almqvist & Wiksell Uppsala ii, 495, 40 b/w photos, 49 text figs. . HB. 8vo, recent cloth, orig. worn front wrapper bound in at rear, restored using japanese tissue; several small closed tears to fore edge of a few leaves; title page chipped to fore edge with minor loss, repair...