Scienza e natura

THE LAST WRITINGS OF THOMAS S. KUHN Incommensurability in Science

KUHN Thomas S., MLADENOVIC Bojana [Editor] · 2022 · Rothwell & Dunworth Ltd

£12.00 (€14.38 | $15.85 | ¥2,531)

University of Chicago Press, 2022. 9780226822747 1st edn 1st printing. 8vo. Original silver lettered black cloth (Fine), dustwrapper (Fine). Pp. xlviii + 302, illus with figures (no inscriptions).

THE BURNING EARTH An Environmental History of the Last 500 Years

AMRITH Sunil · 2024 · Rothwell & Dunworth Ltd

£20.00 (€23.97 | $26.42 | ¥4,219)

Allen Lane, 2024. 9780241461983 1st edn 1st printing. 8vo. Original gilt lettered tan cloth (Fine), dustwrapper (Fine, not price clipped). Pp. 418, illus with b&w maps and b&w photos in text (no inscriptions).

OUR MINDS UNDER SIEGE How to Avoid Being Manipulated in the Age of Artificial Intelligence

GIUSSANI Bruno · 2026 · Rothwell & Dunworth Ltd

£14.00 (€16.78 | $18.49 | ¥2,953)

Scheidegger & Spiess, 2026. 9783039423392 8vo. Original printeed card covers (softback) (Fine in publisher's unopened shrikwrap). Pp. 184 (no inscriptions).

FISH PARASITES Pathobiology And Protection

WOO Patrick T.K., BUCHMANN Kurt · 2026 · Rothwell & Dunworth Ltd

£75.00 (€89.90 | $99.08 | ¥15,822)

CAB International, 2026. 9781800628724 2nd edn. 8vo. Original laminated pcitorial boards (Fine). Pp. xii + 483, with coloured and b&w illus (no inscriptions).

CURIOUS SPECIES How Animals Made Natural History

ROBLES Whitney Barlow · 2023 · Rothwell & Dunworth Ltd

£14.00 (€16.78 | $18.49 | ¥2,953)

Yale University Press, 2023. 9780300266184 1st edn 1st printing. 8vo. Original silver lettered blue cloth (Fine), dustwrapper (small tears at edges - in protective cover). Pp. xi + 301, with coloured and b&w illus (no inscriptions).

BORN OF ICE AND FIRE How Glaciers and Volcanoes With a Pinch of Salt Drove Animal Evolution

SHIELDS Graham · 2023 · Rothwell & Dunworth Ltd

£15.00 (€17.98 | $19.82 | ¥3,164)

Yale University Press, 2023. 9780300242591 1st edn 1st printing. 8vo. Original silver lettered blue cloth (Fine), dustwrapper (worn at head of spine - otherwise VG in protective cover). Pp. xiv + 337, with b&w illus (no inscriptions).

MY WORLD IS MELTING Living with Climate Change in Svalbard

YLVISAKER Line Nagell, CAMACHO Kelsey [Translator] · Rothwell & Dunworth Ltd

£12.00 (€14.38 | $15.85 | ¥2,531)

University of Wisconsin Press 9780299357344 8vo. Original pictorial card covers (softback) (Fine). Pp. ix + 180 (no inscriptions).

BRITISH GAME New Naturalist No. 2

VESEY-FITZGERALD Brian · 1946 · Rothwell & Dunworth Ltd

£10.00 (€11.99 | $13.21 | ¥2,110)

Collins, 1946 1st edn 1st printing. 8vo. Original gilt lettered green buckram cloth (boards rather faded at edges - otherwise VG), dustwrapper (chipped at head of spine - protective cover, not price clipped). Pp. xv + 240, illus with coloured and b&w plates (endpapers and prel...

COLOURED FIGURES OF THE BIRDS OF THE BRITISH ISLANDS Volume IV

LILFORD Lord · 1885 · Rothwell & Dunworth Ltd

£150.00 (€179.80 | $198.16 | ¥31,644)

R.H. Porter, 1885-1897 Volume 4 only. 2nd edn. Tall 8vo (10 x 7¼ ins). Contemporary gilt lettered half red morocco, top edge gilt, marbled endpapers (VG). Pp. various, pages and plates mounted on linen guards, illus with 65 chromolithograph and hand-coloured lithograph plates ...

AN ILLUSTRATED MANUAL OF BRITISH BIRDS

SAUNDERS Howard · 1889 · Rothwell & Dunworth Ltd

£40.00 (€47.95 | $52.84 | ¥8,438)

Gurney and Jackson, 1889 2nd edn revised and enlarged. Tall 8vo (9 x 6¼ ins). Original gilt lettered ribbed cloth, top edge gilt (casing shaken and worn at head and tail of spine and corners of boards - in protective cover). Pp. xl + 776, illus with 3 double-page coloured maps...

A HISTORY OF BRITISH BIRDS In Six Volumes

MORRIS F.O. · 1870 · Rothwell & Dunworth Ltd

£750.00 (€898.98 | $990.80 | ¥158,218)

George Bell and Sons, 1870 2nd edn. 6 vols. Tall 8vo (9¾ x 7 ins). Contemporary half calf, elaborately gilt tooled raised-ribbed spines with contrasting gilt lettered labels, marbled paper-laid boards with matching marbled edges and endpapers (boards with small scratches and a...

PAINTINGS OF BIRDS OF NEW ZEALAND The Art of J.G. Keulemans

KEULEMANS J.G., GALBREATH Ross [Introduction] · 2006 · Rothwell & Dunworth Ltd

£25.00 (€29.97 | $33.03 | ¥5,274)

Auckland: Random House, 2006 1st edn. 8vo. Original cloth-backed pictorial boards (Fine). Pp. 119, illus with coloured plates (no inscriptions).

THE SMALLER BRITISH BIRDS With Descriptions of Their Nests Eggs Habits Etc.

ADAMS H.G., ADAMS H.B. · 1874 · Rothwell & Dunworth Ltd

£50.00 (€59.93 | $66.05 | ¥10,548)

George Bell and Sons, 1874 1st edn. Tall 8vo (10 x 7 ins). Original gilt lettered green pictorial cloth, all edges gilt (rubbed and worn at head and tail and edges of spine - in protective cover). Pp. iv + 252, illus with 32 coloured plates with tissue-guards (front inner hing...

A BIRD-PAINTER'S SKETCH BOOK

RICKMAN Philip · 1931 · Rothwell & Dunworth Ltd

£300.00 (€359.59 | $396.32 | ¥63,287)

Eyre & Spottiswoode [&] Charles Scribner's Sons, 1931 Limited numbered 1st edn (53 of 125) signed by author. 4to (12½ x 10 ins). Original gilt lettered quarter vellum on blue cloth, top edge gilt (boards lightly marked - otherwise near Fine). Pp. 150, illus with 11 coloured pl...

A HANDBOOK OF THE BIRDS OF EGYPT

SHELLEY G.E. · 1872 · Rothwell & Dunworth Ltd

£300.00 (€359.59 | $396.32 | ¥63,287)

John Van Voorst, 1872 1st edn. Tall 8vo (10 x 6½ ins). Original gilt lettered blind-stamped red cloth (lightly rubbed at head and tail of spine and corners of boards - otherwise VG in protective cover). Pp. viii + 342, illus with 14 coloured plates by John Gerrard Keulemans (p...

THE BIRDS OF THE BALEARICS

BANNERMAN David, BANNERMAN W. Mary · 1983 · Rothwell & Dunworth Ltd

£20.00 (€23.97 | $26.42 | ¥4,219)

Croom Helm, 1983. 9780709906797 1st edn. Tall 8vo. Original gilt lettered blue cloth (near Fine), dustwrapper (VG in protective cover). Pp. 230, illus with coloured plates, b&w photos, drawings and maps (no inscriptions).

A CENTURY OF BIRD BOOKS

TATE Peter · 1985 · Rothwell & Dunworth Ltd

£15.00 (€17.98 | $19.82 | ¥3,164)

H.F. & G. Witherby, 1985 2nd edn. 8vo. Original gilt lettered blue cloth (Fine), dustwrapper (VG in protective cover, not price clipped). Pp. 272, illus with b&w plates (no inscriptions).

A CENTURY OF BIRD BOOKS

TATE Peter · 1979 · Rothwell & Dunworth Ltd

£50.00 (€59.93 | $66.05 | ¥10,548)

H.F. & G. Witherby, 1979 1st edn signed and inscribed by author to publisher. 8vo. Original gilt lettered grey cloth (Fine), dustwrapper (VG in protective cover, not price clipped). Pp. 256, illus with b&w plates (no other inscriptions).

FINE BIRD BOOKS 1700-1900

SITWELL Sacheverell, BUCHANAN Handasyde, FISHER James · 1990 · Rothwell & Dunworth Ltd

£12.00 (€14.38 | $15.85 | ¥2,531)

H. F. & G. Witherby, 1990. 9780854932030 1st edn. 4to. Original gilt lettered blue cloth (Fine), dustwrapper (Fine). Pp. 180, illus with coloured plates (no inscriptions).

A FASCICULUS OF THE BIRDS OF CHINA

GRAY George Robert · 1871 · Rothwell & Dunworth Ltd

£750.00 (€898.98 | $990.80 | ¥158,218)

London, 1871 1st edn. Folio (13½ x 9¾ ins). Rebound in recent gilt lettered quarter morocco on pink paper-laid boards with new endpapers (Fine). Pp. 8, thereafter unpaginated, illus with 12 hand-coloured lithographed plates by or after William Swainson (no inscriptions).