Zoologia e fauna

Birds in Bhutan: Status and Distribution

Spierenburg, P. · 2005 · Pemberley Natural History Books

£45.00 (€53.94 | $59.45 | ¥9,494)

Oriental Bird Club Bedford 383, b/w illus, distribution maps. . HB. Fine.. For a country of its size, Bhutan has an overwhelming diversity of birds. This book covers all 645 species recorded in Bhutan up to 2004.. [9780952954514]

On the More Important Additions to Our Knowledge of British Birds Since 1899. Part I-XX

Witherby, H.F.; Ticehurst, N.F. · 0 · Pemberley Natural History Books

£55.00 (€65.93 | $72.66 | ¥11,603)

[i], (126), . . HB. 8vo, cont. half leather, scuffed, gilt title to spine. Interleaved copy. Some old staining to endpapers. Good. Bookplate of Robert Washington Oates (1874-1958). Oates was a dedicated naturalist and book collector, and was instrumental in securing the home o...

Birds and Their Eggs (A Concise Encyclopaedia of Gastronomy Section VI)

Simon, A.L. · 1948 · Pemberley Natural History Books

£20.00 (€23.97 | $26.42 | ¥4,219)

The Wine and Food Society London viii, 183, . . HB. 8vo, orig. cloth, minor wear to head and foot of spine. Good.. Reprint (orignially published 1944). Divided into three parts: Cooking Game Birds and other Wild Fowl (with directions on cooking everything from Teal to Penguin ...

Background to Birds

Vesey-Fitzgerald, B. · 1948 · Pemberley Natural History Books

£10.00 (€11.99 | $13.21 | ¥2,110)

Cassell London vi, 122, 25 b/w photos. . HB. 8vo, orig. cloth. Some light foxing. Vg in worn d/w.. First edition. An introduction to the ecology of birds..

Where Wild Birds Sing: Notes of a Naturalist

Whiting, J.E. · 1898 · Pemberley Natural History Books

£35.00 (€41.95 | $46.24 | ¥7,384)

Sydney C. Mayle London [viii], 158, [2], decorative head and tail pieces. . HB. 8vo, orig. cloth, gt, spine slightly faded; endpapers browned; edges uncut. Paper browned to margins, occasional light spotting. Title page partly torn along gutter. Good.. Second edition. Scarce. ...

Evolution or Creaton?

Geach, P.T.; Slusher, H.S.; Hawkins, P.J.C.; Norris, A.D. · 1971 · Pemberley Natural History Books

£15.00 (€17.98 | $19.82 | ¥3,165)

The Committee of 'The Testimony' [ii], 40, 6 text figs. . PB. Stapled booklet, orig. wrappers. Small stain to top edge front wrapper and a few pages. Vg.. Proceedings of the Bible-Science Seminar sponsored by the Christadelphians, Birmingham..

The Birds of the British Isles. Third Series: Comprising their Migration and Habits and Observation on our Rarer Visitants

Coward, T.A. · 1950 · Pemberley Natural History Books

£10.00 (€11.99 | $13.21 | ¥2,110)

Warne London xi, 286, 136 col + b/w plates. . HB. Sm. 8vo, orig. cloth, gilt. Vg.. Fourth edition, reprint..

List of the Vertebrated Animals Exhibited in the Gardens of the Zoological Society of London, 1828-1927. Vol. II: Birds

Low, G. Carmichael · 1929 · Pemberley Natural History Books

£65.00 (€77.91 | $85.87 | ¥13,713)

Zoological Society London viii, 832, . . HB. 8vo, orig. cloth, worn, front joint split, printed title piece to spine. With protective acetate sleeve. Shaken, several gatherings just starting (but still firm). A few neat ink annotations. Name to endpaper. Good.. Centenary [tent...

The British Noctuae and their Varieties. Vol. I-IV

Tutt, J.W. · 1891 · Pemberley Natural History Books

£50.00 (€59.93 | $66.06 | ¥10,548)

Swan, Sonnenschein London xvi, 164, [4] ; xviii, 180, [4]; xxiv, 140, [4]; xxviii, 144, [4], . . HB. 4 vols, 8vo, orig. pebbled cloth, gt. Vol. I: shaken, hinges cracked and slack; some paper-tape reinforcements to hinges/gutters in several places in Vol. I-III. Vol.1. Signatu...

The Strange world of Birds

Wakefield, J. · 1963 · Pemberley Natural History Books

£9.00 (€10.79 | $11.89 | ¥1,899)

Iliffe London 12, 151, 8 b/w plates, 57 text illus. . HB. 8vo, orig. boards. Vg in d/w.. First edition. Includes chapters on bird evolution, adaptation and extinct birds.

The Epigenetics of Birds

Waddington, C.H. · 1952 · Pemberley Natural History Books

£35.00 (€41.95 | $46.24 | ¥7,384)

Cambridge University Press xvi, 272, 70 text figs. . HB. 8vo, orig. green cloth, gt. Vg in d/w (slightly browned to spine; tear to foot of spine; price-clipped).. First edition. Presents contemporary theories on embryology using the example of the bird embryo. The author revie...

Birds on the Hill

1953 · Pemberley Natural History Books

£15.00 (€17.98 | $19.82 | ¥3,165)

Bushbury Hill Secondary Modern School Wolverhampton [ii], 12, map. . PB. Stitched booklet, orig. cloth-covered, card wrappers, printed title label to front wrapper. Good.. A survey of bird life on and around Bushbury Hill, carried out by the boys of Bushbury Hill Secondary Mod...

Bird-Life in Breconshire: An up-to-date survey

Griffiths, J. · 0 · Pemberley Natural History Books

£8.00 (€9.59 | $10.57 | ¥1,688)

Brecknock Museum [12], 4 b/w photos. . PB. Stapled booklet, orig. wrappers. Vg.. Reprinted from the "Brecon and Radnor Express" 7th, 14th, and 21st November 1968.Ballance p. 359..

Herefordshire Birds

Walker, C.W.; Smith, A.J. · 1975 · Pemberley Natural History Books

£10.00 (€11.99 | $13.21 | ¥2,110)

Woolhope Naturalists' Field Club Hereford 74, . . HB. Stapled booklet, orig. wrappers. Vg.. Addenda sheet enclosed..

The Food of Some British Wild Birds: A Study in Economic Ornithology

Collinge, W.E. · 1913 · Pemberley Natural History Books

£18.00 (€21.58 | $23.78 | ¥3,797)

Dulau & Co. London viii, 109, [2]-ads, . . HB. 8vo, orig. cloth, some minor wear to extremities, spine dulled, some fading to boards. Good.. .

The Ready Guide to British Birds

Carter, B.A. · 1912 · Pemberley Natural History Books

£9.00 (€10.79 | $11.89 | ¥1,899)

Sidgwick & Jackson London xvi, 120, [8]-ads, col frontis, b/w illus. . HB. 8vo, orig. cloth, some marking. Slight staining to endpapers and first few leaves; name to endpaper. Good.. A guide to identifying many species of British birds. The book is organised by the length of t...

A World Checklist of Birds

Monroe, B.L.; Sibley, C.G. · 1993 · Pemberley Natural History Books

£12.00 (€14.38 | $15.85 | ¥2,532)

Yale University Press New Haven and London xix, 393, . . HB. Vg in d/w.. A complete checklist based on the Sibley-Ahlquist-Monroe classification. The authors provide a list of 9702 living avian species, based on their 1990 book <i>Distribution and Taxonomy of Birds of the Worl...

Ten Thousand Birds: Ornithology since Darwin

Birkhead, T.; Wimpenny, J.; Montgomerie, B. · 2014 · Pemberley Natural History Books

£20.00 (€23.97 | $26.42 | ¥4,219)

Princeton University Press xvii, 524, 94 col + 60 b/w illus. . HB. Fine copy in d/w - as new.. This book provides a thoroughly engaging and authoritative history of modern ornithology, tracing how the study of birds has been shaped by a succession of visionary and often-contro...

An Artist on Migration

Pearson, B. · 1991 · Pemberley Natural History Books

£10.00 (€11.99 | $13.21 | ¥2,110)

Harper Collins London 192, col illus. . HB. Vg in d/w.. First edition. A beautifully illustrated travelogue that chronicles the author’s journeys following migratory birds from the Arctic all the way down to sub-Saharan Africa. A painter, writer, and amateur ornithologist, Pea...

Zhivotnye i rasteniya zaliva Petra Velikogo [Animals and Plants of Peter the Great Gulf]

Zhirmunsky, A.V. (Ed.) · 1976 · Pemberley Natural History Books

£30.00 (€35.96 | $39.63 | ¥6,329)

Izdatel'stvo 'Nauka' Leningrad 364, 80 col photos, 58 b/w photos, 436 text figs. . HB. 8vo, orig. cloth, spine slightly faded. Inscription to endpaper. Vg.. Text Russian. An illustrated list of the animals and plants of Peter the Great Gulf, Primorsky Krai, Russia, located on ...