Zoologia e fauna

The Field Naturalist's Handbook

Wood, J.G.; Wood, T. · 1880 · Pemberley Natural History Books

£20.00 (€23.98 | $26.43 | ¥4,221)

Cassell, Petter, Galpin & Co. London vi, 167 + 8-publisher's catalogue, . . HB. 8vo, orig. cloth, gilt; cloth rubbed with minor wear to joints and extremities; half-title browned; occasional light foxing. Good.. Second edition, undated (the first edition was published in 1880 ...

Butterflies and Moths at Home (Gowans's Nature Books No. 4)

Forrester, A. · 1905 · Pemberley Natural History Books

£10.00 (€11.99 | $13.21 | ¥2,110)

Gowans & Gray London 64, b/w photos. . PB. Small 8vo (145x99mm), orig. card covers with printed parchment wrappers, some wear to top edge, small teat with loos to rear cover. Owner's name inside cover. Good. Photographs by A. Forrester..

Methods of Moth Collecting

Bell, J.H. · 1930 · Pemberley Natural History Books

£25.00 (€29.97 | $33.03 | ¥5,276)

Watkins & Doncaster London 112, . . HB. 8vo, orig. cloth, spine faded. Light foxing to edges of text block. Good.. Third edition, undated (the book first appeared in 1928). 'In the following pages I have tried to give, for the benefit of those commencing a collection of Britis...

Butterflies & Moths ("Look and Find Out" Book V)

Westell, W. Percival; Harvey, Kate · 1937 · Pemberley Natural History Books

£15.00 (€17.98 | $19.82 | ¥3,165)

MacMillan and Co. London 175, 75 text figs (photos & sketches), 12 picture tables (line drawings). . HB. Small 8vo, orig. cloth. Vg in d/w (spine faded with some wear to head and foot; in removable protective sleeve). Occasional lighty underlining in red pencil.. .

Butterflies and Moths in Romance and Reality

Kirby, W.F. · 1913 · Pemberley Natural History Books

£40.00 (€47.95 | $52.85 | ¥8,441)

Society for Promoting Christian Knowledge London 178 + 6-publisher's catalogue, 28 col plates. . HB. 8vo, orig. red cloth, blocked in black and gilt to upper board. Near contemporary gift inscription to endpaper. Vg.. First edition..

Birds of Arabia

Meinertzhagen, Col. R. · 1954 · Pemberley Natural History Books

£375.00 (€449.56 | $495.51 | ¥79,136)

Oliver and Boyd Edinburgh xiii, 624, 19 col + 9 b/w photogaphic plates, 53 text figs, 35 maps, large folding map in rear pocket. . HB. 4to, orig. buckram, gilt title to spine, top edge tinted. Vg in d/w (light soiling; minor edge wear; not price-clipped; in removable protectiv...

Die Käfer Mitteleuropas. Systematik Bd 1-15 [with] Katalog

Freude, H.; Harde, K.W.; Lohse, G.A. et al · 1965 · Pemberley Natural History Books

£900.00 (€1,078.95 | $1,189.23 | ¥189,927)

Goecke & Evers Krefeld , text figs. . HB. 16 vols, 8vo, orig. cloth. Light tape marks to a few endpapers. Vg set.. Text German. Complete set of the systematic series, including Supplements 1-4, and the catalogue volume..

Handbook of the Birds of Europe, the Middle East, and North Africa. The Birds of the Western Palearctic. Vol. I-IX

Cramp, S.; Simmons, K.; Perrins, C.M. (Eds) · 1977 · Pemberley Natural History Books

£270.00 (€323.68 | $356.77 | ¥56,978)

Oxford University Press 7200, colour plates, line drawings, maps. . HB. 9 vols, 4to, orig. buckram. Occasional foxing to first two volumes. Vg in d/w (slight fading to a few spines).. Complete set (first published 1977-1994). Illustrated extensively from paintings by Peter Sco...

The Most Perfect Thing: Inside (and Outside) a Bird's Egg

Birkhead, T. · 2016 · Pemberley Natural History Books

£15.00 (€17.98 | $19.82 | ¥3,165)

Bloomsbury xvi, 288, 8 col plates, text illus. . HB. Fine in d/w - as new.. 'I think that, if required on pain of death to name instantly the most perfect thing in the universe, I should risk my fate on a bird's egg'Thomas Wentworth Higginson, 1862.First edition. How are eggs ...

Hawk Moths of Central and Southern Africa

Pinhey, E. · 1962 · Pemberley Natural History Books

£75.00 (€89.91 | $99.10 | ¥15,827)

Longmans Cape Town ix, 139, 17 plates (10 col), 3 text figs. . HB. 4to, orig. cloth. Vg in d/w (slightly rubbed to extremities; in removable protective sleeve).. First edition..

The Physiology of the Compound Eyes of Insects and Crustaceans

Exner, S. · 1989 · Pemberley Natural History Books

£50.00 (€59.94 | $66.07 | ¥10,551)

Springer-Verlag xvi, 177, 28 text figs, 7 plates (3 col). . HB. Vg. Light foxing to margins at end.. Foreword by Karl von Frisch. Translated and annotated by Roger C. Hardie. Exner's classic monograph (originally published in German in 1891) describes the basic optical mechani...

The Extreme Life of the Sea

Palumbi, S.R.; Palumbi, A.R. · 2014 · Pemberley Natural History Books

£15.00 (€17.98 | $19.82 | ¥3,165)

Princeton University Press x, 225, 16 col plates, 28 b/w photos, 5 line illus. . HB. Fine in d/w - as new.. The ocean teems with life that thrives under difficult situations in unusual environments. This book takes readers to the absolute limits of the ocean world--the fastest...

Evolving Eden: An Illustrated Guide to the Evolution of the African Large-Mammal Fauna

Turner, A.; Anton, M. · 2004 · Pemberley Natural History Books

£35.00 (€41.96 | $46.25 | ¥7,386)

Columbia University Press New York xx, 269, 16 col plates, text drawings. . HB. Fine in d/w - as new.. This exquisitely illustrated guide examines the evolution of the mammalian fauna of Africa within the context of dramatic changes over the course of more than 30 million year...

The Thermal Warriors: Strategies for Insect Survival

Heinrich, B. · 1996 · Pemberley Natural History Books

£25.00 (€29.97 | $33.03 | ¥5,276)

Harvard University Press Cambridge, Ma. xiv, 221, 8 col plates, text figs. . HB. Fine in d/w - as new.. First edition. All bodily activity is the result of the interplay of vastly complex physiological processes, and all of these processes depend on temperature. For insects, t...

The Butterflies of Costa Rica. Vol. 1: Papilionidae, Pieridae, Nymphalidae

DeVries, P.J. · 1987 · Pemberley Natural History Books

£65.00 (€77.92 | $85.89 | ¥13,717)

Princeton University Press xxii, 327, 50 col plates, 35 col + b/w figs. . HB. Vg in d/w.. . [9780691084206]

Swifts: A Guide to the Swifts and Treeswifts of the World

Chantler, P.; Driessens, G. · 2000 · Pemberley Natural History Books

£22.00 (€26.37 | $29.07 | ¥4,643)

Pica Press 272, 24 col plates, distribution maps, 62 text figs. . HB. Vg in d/w. Faint label mark to front panel of d/w.. 2nd edition.. [9781873403839]

The Rodents of West Africa

Rosevear, D.R. · 1969 · Pemberley Natural History Books

£40.00 (€47.95 | $52.85 | ¥8,441)

BM(NH) London xii, 604, 11 col plates, 8 half-tone drawings, 248 line drawings. . HB. Large 8vo (252x185mm), orig. buckram. Vg in d/w. Light tape marks to endpapers.. .

La Grana Cochinilla (Biblioteca Mexicana de Obras Históricas 1)

Dahlgren de Jordan, Barbro · 1963 · Pemberley Natural History Books

£150.00 (€179.82 | $198.20 | ¥31,654)

Jose Porrua e Hijos Mexico 327, [19], 4 folding tables, 11 illus. . HB. 8vo, handsomely bound in green half morocco, contrasting leather title pieces to spine, marbled boards and endpapers, original printed wrapper retained. Fine. From the library of D. J. Williams (1924-2025)...

The Frogs of South Africa their fascinating life stories

Wager, V.A. · 1986 · Pemberley Natural History Books

£28.00 (€33.57 | $37.00 | ¥5,909)

Delta Books Craighall 183, col + b/w photos, line drawings. . HB. Vg d/w.. Revised edition.. [9780908387540]

The Greenland Entomofauna: An Identification Manual of Insects Spiders and Their Allies (Fauna Entomologica Scandinavica 44)

Böcher, J.; Kristensen, N.P.; Vilhelmsen, L.B. (Eds) · 2015 · Pemberley Natural History Books

£75.00 (€89.91 | $99.10 | ¥15,827)

Brill Leiden xvi, 881, col + b/w photos, line drawings. 295x210mm. HB. Fine.. An international team of 64 taxonomic specialists provide for the first time a richly illustrated guide to the identification of the c. 1200 species of Insects, Arachnids and Myriapods known to occu...