Zoologia e fauna

Shrikes and Bush-Shrikes

Harris, T.; Franklin, K. · 2000 · Pemberley Natural History Books

£22.00 (€26.37 | $29.07 | ¥4,643)

Helm 392, 41 col plates, maps. . HB. Vg in d/w (slightly yellowed).. Covers the identification, biology, and relationships of all true shrikes, bush-shrikes, helmet shrikes, wood shrikes, the closely related flycather-shrikes, philentomas, batises, and wattle eyes.. [978071363...

'The Entomologist' Synonymic List of British Lepidoptera

South, R. · 1884 · Pemberley Natural History Books

£25.00 (€29.97 | $33.03 | ¥5,276)

West, Newman & Co. London vi, 40, . . PB. Small 8vo, orig. wrappers, worn, torn and chipped, spine taped. Small stamp of Hope Library, University Museum, Oxford.. Scarce. Was sold either 'Printed on one side only of the paper, for labels' Price 2s, or '...printed on both sides...

A Guide to the Exhibited Series of Insects in the Department of Zoology British Museum (Natural History)

Waterhouse, C.O. · 1909 · Pemberley Natural History Books

£12.50 (€14.99 | $16.52 | ¥2,638)

BM(NH) [iv] 64, [1], 62 b/w figs. . HB. 8vo, orig. cloth-backed boards, slightly soiled. Good.. 2nd edition..

Chrysomelidae: The Leaf-beetles of Europe and the Mediterranean Area

Warchalowski, A. · 2003 · Pemberley Natural History Books

£175.00 (€209.80 | $231.24 | ¥36,930)

Natura Optima Dux Foundation Warsaw 600, 56 col plates, 3740 text figs. . HB. Vg in d/w (some shelf wear).. Now scarce. An identification key to the 1780 known species of Chrysomelidae from the whole of Europe eastwards to the Urals, the Canary Islands and Madeira, N. Africa s...

Coleopteres Cerambycidae Faune de France 20

Picard, F. · 1929 · Pemberley Natural History Books

£35.00 (€41.96 | $46.25 | ¥7,386)

Lechevalier Paris vii, 166, 71 text figs. . HB. 8vo, well bound in library cloth, orig. printed wrappers retained. From the library of the Imperial Bureau of Entomology (IBE, later to become CABI), with ink stamp to endpaper and front wrapper only. Barcode to title page. Good....

Poisonous Snakes of the World: A Manual for Use by U.S. Amphibious Forces

Department of the Navy Bureau of Medicine and Surgery · 1965 · Pemberley Natural History Books

£20.00 (€23.98 | $26.43 | ¥4,221)

United States Government Printing Office viii, 212, 8 col plates, 120 b/w text figs. . HB. 4to, orig. cloth. Ex-lib.: usual stamps etc. Good.. First published 1962. Revised edition. This work provided U.S. Marines and amphibious forces with practical information for identifyin...

Butterflies of the South East Asian Islands 1: Papilionidae

Tsukada, E. (Ed.); Nishimaya, Y. · 1982 · Pemberley Natural History Books

£225.00 (€269.74 | $297.31 | ¥47,482)

Plapac Tokyo 460, 166 col plates, 16 col photos of habitats, maps, text figs. 310x240mm. HB. 4to, orig. cloth. Vg in d/w (in removable protective sleeve).. Text English. Covers Malaysia, Indonesia (excluding Moluccas, Buru, New Guinea), Philippines.

The Complete Field Guide to Butterflies of Australia

Braby, M.F. · 2005 · Pemberley Natural History Books

£20.00 (€23.98 | $26.43 | ¥4,221)

CSIRO 339, col photos, distribution maps. 215x148mm. PB. Fine. Reprinted with corrections, first published 2004. First complete field guide to all Australia's 416 butterfly species, with information on scientific and common names, behaviour, habitat, status and larval foodpla...

Achillides Butterflies

Shimogori, Y. · 1997 · Pemberley Natural History Books

£110.00 (€131.87 | $145.35 | ¥23,213)

E.S.I. Tokyo 105, 87 col plates, 20 distribution maps. . HB. Fine in d/w (owner's name neatly inscribed to reverse of front flap).. Short text in Japanese and English..

Birdwing Butterflies. Ornithoptera

Otani, T.; Kimura,Y. · 1998 · Pemberley Natural History Books

£125.00 (€149.85 | $165.17 | ¥26,379)

E.S.I. Tokyo 144, 98 col plates, distribution maps. . HB. Vg in d/w.. Short text in Japenese and English. Scarce..

Butterflies of Eastern Europe, Urals and Caucasus: An Illustrated Guide

Tshikolovets, V.V. · 2003 · Pemberley Natural History Books

£65.00 (€77.92 | $85.89 | ¥13,717)

Tshikolovets Kiev 176, 47 col plates, distribution maps. 210x140mm. HB. As new.. An illustrated field guide to the Butterflies of Eastern Europe (including the European part of Russia, Belarus, Ukraine, Moldova, north-east Azerbaijan, north-west Kazakhstan. Information on 293 ...

The Child and the Butterflies

Wood, Theodore; Kelman, Janet Harvey (Illus) · 1910 · Pemberley Natural History Books

£22.00 (€26.37 | $29.07 | ¥4,643)

T.C. & E.C. Jack London 87, 8 col plates,. . PB. Stapled. orig. limp cloth. Sort tear to head of spine. Vg.. Scarce. The Child and Nature Series. Based on the work <i>Butterflies and Moths</i> by the same author and illustrator. Described by Rev. Theodore Wood. Janet Harvey Ke...

The State of Butterflies in Berkshire, Buckinghamshire and Oxfordshire

Asher, J.; Bowles, N.; Redhead, D.; Wilkins, M. · 2005 · Pemberley Natural History Books

£22.00 (€26.37 | $29.07 | ¥4,643)

Pisces Publications Newbury 76, col photos, distribution maps. 244x187mm. PB. Vg. A detailed survey of butterflies across these three counties over the period 1995-2000, made possible the identification of changes and trends since a similar survey a decade earlier (1987-1992)....

Snakes: The Evolution of Mystery in Nature

Greene, Harry W. · 1 · Pemberley Natural History Books

£18.00 (€21.58 | $23.78 | ¥3,799)

University of California Press Berkeley xiv, 351, col photos throughout. . HB. Vg in d/w. Corner lightly bumped. Gift inscription to endpaper.. This is a book about some of nature's most alluring and forbidding creatures, written by a man with an abiding passion for snakes, as...

Snakes of Medical Importance (Asia-Pacific Region)

Gopalakrishnakone, P.; Chou, L.M. (Eds) · 1990 · Pemberley Natural History Books

£165.00 (€197.81 | $218.02 | ¥34,820)

National University of Singapore iv, 670, (6), col + b/w photos, maps, text figs. . HB. Vg. Lightly rubbed to extremites.. First edition. Scarce. Information on identification of venomous snakes of the region, with review of various aspects of snakebite treatment as practiced ...

Snake Venom Poisoning

Russell, Findlay E. · 1980 · Pemberley Natural History Books

£75.00 (€89.91 | $99.10 | ¥15,827)

J.B. Lippincott Philadelphia xiv, 562, b/w photos and line drawings to text. . HB. 8vo, orig. cloth. Good in worn/torn d/w (in removable protective sleeve). Small ownership stamp to endpaper.. First edition. Scarce. A definitive reference work providing scientific, clinical, p...

The Birds of Scotland. Vol. 1-2

Forrester, R.; Andrews, I. (Eds) · 2007 · Pemberley Natural History Books

£150.00 (€179.82 | $198.20 | ¥31,654)

Scottish Ornithologists' Club Aberlady xx, 844; x, 845-1634, c. 900 col photos, c. 1500 charts and maps. . HB + Slipcase. 2 vols in slipcase, 4to (303x220mm), orig. pictorial boards. Fine set.. 2-volume set. An in-depth examination and analysis of the changes to Scotland's bir...

Evolution of the Insects

Grimaldi, D.; Engel, M.S. · 2005 · Pemberley Natural History Books

£120.00 (€143.86 | $158.56 | ¥25,324)

Cambridge University Press xv, 755, 100 line diagrams 165 half-tones 400 colour plates . 296x235mm. HB. Fine in d/w.. A complete evolutionary history of insects: their living diversity, relationships and 400 million years of fossils. Whereas other volumes have focussed on eith...

Coleoptera Histeroidea. Sphaeritidae and Histeridae (Handbooks for Identification of British Insects 4/10)

Halstead, D.G.H. · 1963 · Pemberley Natural History Books

£5.00 (€5.99 | $6.61 | ¥1,055)

Royal Entomological Society London 16, 40 line drawings. . PB. Wrappers, small address label inside front cover. Owner's name and date to title page and occasional neat annotations. Vg.. .

Heteroceridae (Handbooks for the Identification of British Insects 5/2c)

Clarke, R.O.S. · 1973 · Pemberley Natural History Books

£4.00 (€4.80 | $5.29 | ¥844)

Royal Entomological Society London 15, 14 line drawings. . PB. Wrappers. Occasional neat ink annotations. Owner's name and small address label inside front cover. Vg.. .