Zoologia e fauna

Nests and Eggs of Familiar Birds Described and Illustrated

Adams, H.G. · 1880 · Pemberley Natural History Books

£55.00 (€65.93 | $72.66 | ¥11,603)

Groombridge and Sons London [ii], 238, 16 col plates, woodcuts to text. . HB. Crown 8vo (185x130mm), orig. blue dec. cloth, stamped in gilt and black to front board and spine, aeg; some wear; hinges cracked internally but firm. Attractive modern bookplate to endpaper. Good.. W...

The Vertebrate Fauna of North Wales [with] Handbook to the Vertebrate Fauna of North Wales

Forrest, H.E. · 1907 · Pemberley Natural History Books

£75.00 (€89.90 | $99.09 | ¥15,823)

Witherby London lxxiv, 537, [1]; [vi], 106, frontis + 27 b/w plates, 1 folding col map. . HB. 2 vols, 8vo, orig. cloth, lightly rubbed, <i>Fauna</i> with top edge gilt, remaining edges uncut; a few neat pencil annotations; a couple of closed tears to map, neatly repaired. <i>H...

Notes on the Birds of Northamptonshire and Neighbourhood

Lilford, Lord · 1893 · Pemberley Natural History Books

£300.00 (€359.60 | $396.34 | ¥63,291)

R.H. Porter London [viii], 448, . . HB. 8vo (228x155mm), orig. maroon cloth, gt, bevellled edges, teg, patterned endpapers. Vg. Armorial bookplate of British ornithologist, W.H. Mullens (1866-1946).. Extracted from the <i>Journal of the Northamptonshire Natural History Societ...

Notes on the Birds of Nottinghamshire

Whitaker, J. · 1907 · Pemberley Natural History Books

£150.00 (€179.80 | $198.17 | ¥31,645)

Walter Black & Co. Nottingham xviii, 298, [7]-index, [4]-ads, col frontis, 1 col + 7 b/w plates. . HB. 8vo, orig. red cloth, gt, spine faded. Light scattered foxing. Closed tear to top edge of one page. Vg. Presentation inscription from the author, dated 1907.. First edition. ...

Descriptive List of the Birds of Nottinghamshire

Sterland, W.J.; Whitaker, J. · 1879 · Pemberley Natural History Books

£120.00 (€143.84 | $158.54 | ¥25,316)

William Gouk Mansfield 71, [1]-ads, . . HB. 8vo, orig. green cloth, black-stamped title and decoration to front board. Vg. Ownership stamp of C.S. Cockburn, Sutton Rock.. First edition. Scarce..

In Norfolk Bird Haunts in A.D. 1755 Reprinted from the "Norfolk Chronicle" Series

Patterson, A.H. ("John Knowlittle") · 1930 · Pemberley Natural History Books

£35.00 (€41.95 | $46.24 | ¥7,384)

Rounce & Wortley Holt 103, 18 b/w illus. . HB. Sm. 8vo, orig. blue cloth, lightly rubbed. Some pink-coloured staining to endpapers and half-title. A little foxing at end. Good.. First edition. With amusing pen and ink sketches by the author. Pastiche account purporting to be t...

Birds of the New Forest: A Visitor's Guide

Snook, A.M. · 1998 · Pemberley Natural History Books

£12.95 (€15.52 | $17.11 | ¥2,732)

Centurion Books Fordingbridge 112, 6 col photos, col map, b/w illus. . PB. Fine - as new.. . [9780953334605]

The Great Little Insect

Cheesman, E. · 0 · Pemberley Natural History Books

£20.00 (€23.97 | $26.42 | ¥4,219)

Hodder & Stoughton London vi, 256, . . HB. 8vo, orig. cloth, wear to extremities, some foxing to page edges and endpapers. Previous owner's name to endpaper. Vg. Includes a stapled obituary of Lucy Evelyn Cheesman published in the Entomologist's Monthly Magazine, 1969, 3pp, l...

The San Francisco Debates on Evolution

Shipley, M.; Nichol, F.D.; Baker, A.L. · 1925 · Pemberley Natural History Books

£20.00 (€23.97 | $26.42 | ¥4,219)

Pacific Press Publishing San Fransisco 174, b/w illus. . PB. Orig. wrappers, slight browning to edges. Good.. Contains the official text of two debates held in the Native Sons' Hall, San Francisco in June, 1925. Maynard Shipley upheld the side of evolution while the anti-evolu...

The Stream of Life

Huxley, J.S. · 1932 · Pemberley Natural History Books

£10.00 (€11.99 | $13.21 | ¥2,110)

Watts & Co. London [vii], 56, . . PB. Orig. wrappers, slightly worn. Some foxing. Good.. Fourth Impression. Based on wireless talks. The Forum Series. No.1..

Simple experiments with Insects

Kalmus, H. · 1970 · Pemberley Natural History Books

£10.00 (€11.99 | $13.21 | ¥2,110)

Heinemann London vii, 132, 39 text figs. . HB. From the library of British entomologist Peter C. Barnard with his name to endpaper. Vg in d/w.. Reprint of 1958 revised edition. First published 1948.. [9780435594954]

The Moths and Butterflies of Great Britain and Ireland. Vol. 1: Micropterigidae to Heliozelidae

Heath, J. (Ed.) · 1976 · Pemberley Natural History Books

£35.00 (€41.95 | $46.24 | ¥7,384)

Blackwell/Curwen 343, 4 col + 9 b/w plates, 85 text figs, 152 maps. . HB. Vg in d/w.. . [9780063203310]

Ordering Life: Karl Jordan and the Naturalist Tradition

Johnson, K. · 2012 · Pemberley Natural History Books

£20.00 (€23.97 | $26.42 | ¥4,219)

Johns Hopkins University Press Baltimore 376, . . HB. Fine in d/w.. Dust jacket states, 'Karl Jordan (1861-1959) dedicated his long life to this effort, describing thousands of new species in the process. "Ordering Life" explores the career of this prominent figure as he worke...

Insect Variety: Its Propagation and Distribution

Swinton, A.H. · 1881 · Pemberley Natural History Books

£15.00 (€17.98 | $19.82 | ¥3,165)

Cassell, Petter & Galpin & Co. London x, 326, col frontis, 7 plates of figs (some partly hand coloured). . HB. 8vo, qtr. cloth, small split to spine, worn printed card boards. Some light foxing. Good.. Treating of the Odours, Dances, Colours, and Music in all Grasshoppers, Cic...

The Young Collector's Handbook of Ants, Bees, Dragon-flies, Earwigs, Crickets, and Flies (Hymenoptera, Neuroptera, Orthoptera, Hemiptera, Diptera)

Bath, W.H. · 1888 · Pemberley Natural History Books

£20.00 (€23.97 | $26.42 | ¥4,219)

Swan Sonnenschein, Lowrey & Co. London 108, plain frontis, 156 text engravings. . HB. Small 8vo (190x128mm), orig. dec. cloth, minor rubbing to extemities, spine lettering faded. Vg. From the library of British coleopterist Eric Gowing-Scopes, with his bookplate.. First edition..

Insect Architecture

[Rennie, James] · 1830 · Pemberley Natural History Books

£65.00 (€77.91 | $85.87 | ¥13,713)

Charles Knight London xii, 420, 160 text figs. . HB. 12mo, recent qtr calf, leather title piece to spine, marbled boards and edges. Prize bookplate (London University School, second prize in Latin, presented to George Sibley, 1834), laid down to new endpapers. Vg. George Sible...

Insect Ways on Summer Days: in Garden, Forest, Field, and Stream

Humphreys, Jennett · 1888 · Pemberley Natural History Books

£25.00 (€29.97 | $33.03 | ¥5,274)

Blackie and Son London 192 + 32 (ads), b/w frontis, text engravings. . HB. 8vo, orig. dec. blue cloth, spine faded, minor wear. Good.. First edition. A charming introductory book for children..

The Physiology of Insect Reproduction

Engelmann, F. · 1970 · Pemberley Natural History Books

£15.00 (€17.98 | $19.82 | ¥3,165)

Pergamon Press Oxford vii, 307, 86 text figs. . HB. Previous owner's name to endpaper. Vg.. International Series of Monographs in Pure and Applied Biology: Botany, Vol. 44..

Species Concepts and Phylogenetic Theory: A Debate

Wheeler, Q.D.; Meier, R. (Eds) · 2000 · Pemberley Natural History Books

£15.00 (€17.98 | $19.82 | ¥3,165)

Columbia University Press New York xiv, 230, text figs. . PB. Vg.. . [9780231101431]

Insect Life in Britain (Britain in Pictures)

Taylor, G. · 1945 · Pemberley Natural History Books

£10.00 (€11.99 | $13.21 | ¥2,110)

Collins London 47, 8 col plates, 22 b/w illus. . HB. Vg in d/w. Some light foxing to endpaper and edges.. First edition..