Zoologia e fauna

The Open Sea II: Fish & Fisheries (New Naturalist 37)

Hardy, A. · 1959 · Pemberley Natural History Books

£45.00 (€53.95 | $59.46 | ¥9,496)

Collins London xiv, 322, 16 col + 32 b/w plates, text figs. . HB. 8vo, orig. publisher's green buckram. Edges of text block and endpapers foxed. Vg in d/w (browning to white areas of spine; foxing to spine, rear panel and rear face of d/w; not price-clipped; in removable prote...

Butterflies of the British Isles

South, R. · 1945 · Pemberley Natural History Books

£25.00 (€29.97 | $33.03 | ¥5,276)

Warne xii, 212, 127 col + b/w plates. . HB. Small 8vo, orig. cloth, gt. Owner's name erased from endpaper, occasional light foxing. Vg in d/w (price-clipped; small tear to head of spine; in removable protective sleeve).. 3rd edition, reprint..

Living Butterflies of Southern Africa. Biology, Ecology, Conservation. Vol. 1: Hesperiidae, Papilionidae and Pieridae of South Africa

Henning, G.A.; Henning, S.F.; Joannou, J.G.; Woodhall, S.E. · 1997 · Pemberley Natural History Books

£65.00 (€77.92 | $85.89 | ¥13,717)

Umdaus Press 400, 600 col photos, 185 maps. 260x210mm. HB + Slipcase. Large 4to, orig. cloth. Fine in d/w + slipcase (edges of slipcase slightly faded).. All published. (Five volumes were originally planned, but this is the only volume which was published).. [9781919766034]

Sphingidae Mundi: Hawk Moths of the World

d'Abrera, B. · 1986 · Pemberley Natural History Books

£425.00 (€509.50 | $561.58 | ¥89,688)

Classey Faringdon x, 226, col photos. 350x265mm. HB. Fine in d/w.. Based on a checklist by Alan Hayes and the collection he curated in the British Museum (Natural History). Now scarce.. [9780860960225]

Butterflies of the Oriental Region. Parts 1-3

d'Abrera, B. · 1982 · Pemberley Natural History Books

£450.00 (€539.47 | $594.61 | ¥94,963)

Hill House 672, col photos throughout. . HB. 3 vols, folio (350x260mm), orig. cloth. Vg in d/w's. Very faint water stain to lower edge of boards; minor cockling to lower margin of preliminary pages in Vol. 1.. Complete set on the butterflies of the Oriental Region (including t...

The Mechanism of Evolution

Dowdeswell, W.H. · 1958 · Pemberley Natural History Books

£12.50 (€14.99 | $16.52 | ¥2,638)

Heinemann x, 115, 25 text figs. . HB. Vg in slightly worn d/w, spine faded.. 2nd edition. The Scholarship Series in Biology..

The Genitalia of the British Tortricidae

Pierce, F.N.; Metcalfe, J.W. · 1960 · Pemberley Natural History Books

£38.00 (€45.56 | $50.21 | ¥8,019)

Classey xxi, 101, 34 b/w plates. . HB. Vg. Foxing to prelims and top edge of text. Owner's name to endpaper.. Facsimile reprint of the original 1922 edition in a slightly reduced format. Scarce even in reprint edition. An account of the morphology of the male clasping organs a...

Lepidoptera of Derbyshire

Hayward, H.C. · 1926 · Pemberley Natural History Books

£15.00 (€17.98 | $19.82 | ¥3,165)

Derbyshire Entomological Society 48, . . HB. Orig. paper covered card wrappers. Vg.. List of species of butterflies and moths recorded from Derbyshire with brief notes on locations, abundance, etc.[Chalmers-Hunt 1465].

Spanish-English-Spanish Lexicon of Entomological and Related Terms

Greiff, Margaret · 1985 · Pemberley Natural History Books

£15.00 (€17.98 | $19.82 | ¥3,165)

CAB [262], . . PB. Fine.. With Indexes of Spanish common names of arthropods and their Latin and English equivalents.. [9780851985602]

The Extended Phenotype: The Long Reach of the Gene

Dawkins, Richard · 1989 · Pemberley Natural History Books

£6.00 (€7.19 | $7.93 | ¥1,266)

Oxford University Press x, 307, . . PB. Vg.. 12th impression. This book is in some respects a logical development of <i>The Selfish Gene</i> (1976). Dawkins considered this work as his principal contribution to evolutionary theory.. [9780192860880]

Natural Selection and Heredity

Sheppard, P.M. · 1958 · Pemberley Natural History Books

£15.00 (€17.98 | $19.82 | ¥3,165)

Hutchinson 212, b/w illus. . HB. Vg in slightly worn d/w (spine faded). Some spotting to edges of text block.. First edition. Professor Philip MacDonald Sheppard, (1921-1976) was a British geneticist and lepidopterist. This work provided strong empirical evidence that natural ...

A Field Guide to the Butterflies West Indies

Riley, N.D. · 1975 · Pemberley Natural History Books

£15.00 (€17.98 | $19.82 | ¥3,165)

Collins London 224, 24 col plates, text figs. . HB. Vg in price-clipped d/w.. First edition.. [9780002192828]

Sociobiology: The New Synthesis

Wilson, E.O. · 1976 · Pemberley Natural History Books

£50.00 (€59.94 | $66.07 | ¥10,551)

Belknap Press Cambridge, Ma. ix, 697, b/w illus, text figs. 260x260mm. HB. Large 4to (260x260mm), orig. cloth. Vg in d/w (minor wear to spine ends and corners; in removable protective sleeve).. Fourth impression. A landmark work that pioneered the scientific study of social be...

Tundra Plovers: The Eurasian, Pacific and American Golden Plovers and Grey Plover

Byrkjedal, I.; Thompson, D. · 1998 · Pemberley Natural History Books

£18.00 (€21.58 | $23.78 | ¥3,799)

Poyser London xxxiii, 422, 40+ b/w photographs, line illus. . HB. Fine in d/w (in removable protective sleeve).. First edition. This monograph examines the taxonomy, appearance, behaviour, ecology and conservation of all four species of the tundra plovers - the three golden sp...

Coastal Seas (British Wildlife Collection 16)

Dipper, F.; Naylor, P. · 2025 · Pemberley Natural History Books

£25.00 (€29.97 | $33.03 | ¥5,276)

Bloomsbury Wildlife 368, 300 col photos. . HB. New copies slightly bumped in transit.. A beautifully illustrated exploration of the habitats, communities and species hidden just below the British seashore.The shoreline around the British Isles provides tantalising, twice-daily...

The Snow Bunting

Nethersole-Thompson, D. · 1966 · Pemberley Natural History Books

£35.00 (€41.96 | $46.25 | ¥7,386)

Oliver & Boyd Edinburgh xii, 316, col frontis, 13 b/w plates, 6 text figs, 5 maps. . HB. Vg in slightly worn d/w (in removable protective sleeve).. First edition. The snow bunting is a rare bird almost the size of a sparrow. It is possibly the most romantic and elusive bird in...

Butterflies and How to Identify Them

Sedgwick, S.N. · 1911 · Pemberley Natural History Books

£10.00 (€11.99 | $13.21 | ¥2,110)

Charles H. Kelly 63, folding col frontis, 34 b/w figs. . HB. Small 8vo, orig cloth, partly faded; front endpaper removed. Blind stamped 'Tillingdown, Caterham, Surrey', to title page. Good.. First edition. Scarce. Delightful work for young people by Sidney Newman Sedgwick (187...

The Bird Garden (RSPB Occasional Publication No. 26)

Hartley, Rev. P.H.T. · 1957 · Pemberley Natural History Books

£20.00 (€23.98 | $26.43 | ¥4,221)

The Royal Society for the Protection of Birds London [16], 7 text figs. . PB. Stapled booklet. Vg.. A guide to the creation of bird-friendly gardens. 'This booklet will scarcely interest those happy people who own acres of woodland, moor or fields, and in whose grounds, as in ...

Bird Atlas 2007-11: The breeding and wintering birds of Britain and Ireland

Balmer, D.; Gillings, S.; Caffrey, B.; Swann, B.; Downie, I.; Fuller, R. · 2013 · Pemberley Natural History Books

£38.00 (€45.56 | $50.21 | ¥8,019)

BTO Thetford 720, col photos, distribution maps. 312x246mm. HB. Fine.. . [9781908581280]

Macro-moth Distribution Atlas 2011 for Somerset (Vice-counties 5 & 6)

Bebbington, J.; Clatworthy, R.; Cotterill, M.; Mathieson, I.; Newman, P.; Ridge, M.; Tennant, P.; Urwin, B. (Eds) · 2012 · Pemberley Natural History Books

£25.00 (€29.97 | $33.03 | ¥5,276)

Somerset Moth Group 257, col distribution maps, acetate overlays. A4. Spiral Binding. Crease to acetate cover. Vg.. Species distribution maps for larger moths of Somerset based on data up to 31st January 2012..