Scienza e natura

KNOWLEDGE AND THE PUBLIC INTEREST 1575-1725

KELLER Vera · 2017 · Rothwell & Dunworth Ltd

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Cambridge University Press, 2017. 9781107526013 8vo. Original pictorial card covers (softback) (light wear at head of spine - otherwise near Fine). Pp. x + 350, illus with figures (previous owner's neat pencil inscription on front endpaper and light pencil marks in margins of ...

WOODLANDS

RACKHAM Oliver · 2007 · Rothwell & Dunworth Ltd

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Collins, 2007 Tall 8vo. Original pictorial card covers (softback) (spine a little marked and toned - otherwise VG). Pp. xiv + 609, illus with coloured photos & maps (previous owner's neat inscription on bookplate on front endpaper).

THE DOUBLE HELIX A Personal Account of the Discovery of the Structure of DNA

WATSON James D. · 2010 · Rothwell & Dunworth Ltd

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Folio Society, 2010 8vo. Original cloth-backed decorative paper-laid boards (Fine), slipcase (Fine). Pp. xxvi + 147, illus with b&w photos (previous owner's unobtrusive blind-stamped monogram on front endpaper; no inscriptions).

TEN THOUSAND BIRDS Ornithology since Darwin

BIRKHEAD Tim, WIMPENNY Jo, MONTGOMERIE Bob · 2014 · Rothwell & Dunworth Ltd

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Princeton University Press, 2014 1st edn 1st printing. 4to. Original gilt lettered green cloth (VG), dustwrapper (VG). Pp. xvii + 524, with coloured and b&w illus (previous owner's gift inscription on front endpaper).

KINGDOMS EMPIRES AND DOMAINS The History of High-Level Biological Classification

RAGAN Mark A. · 2023 · Rothwell & Dunworth Ltd

£120.00 (€143.84 | $158.53 | ¥25,315)

Oxford University Press, 2023 1st edn 1st printing. Tall 8vo. Original gilt lettered blue cloth (bumped at tail of spine - otherwise Fine), dustwrapper (Fine in protective cover). Pp. xx + 831, with b&w illus (no inscriptions).

DRAGONFLIES New Naturalist No. 41

CORBET Philip S., LONGFIELD Cynthia, MOORE N.W. · 1960 · Rothwell & Dunworth Ltd

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Collins, 1960 8vo. Original pictorial card covers (softback) (near Fine). Pp. 260, illus with b&w photos maps and text figures (no inscriptions).

HUMAN PEOPLES On the Genetic Traces of Human Evolution Migration and Adaptation

QUINTANA-MURCI Luís, CURTIS Howard · 2024 · Rothwell & Dunworth Ltd

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Allen Lane, 2024. 9780241609156 1st edn 1st printing. 8vo. Original white lettered blue cloth (Fine), dustwrapper (Fine, not price clipped). Pp. 281 (no inscriptions).

LA COLECCION VAN BERKHEY DEL REAL JARDIN BOTANICO Un Atlas del Reino Vegetal En El Siglo XVIII

ALADREN Maria Pilar de San Pio · 2007 · Rothwell & Dunworth Ltd

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Madrid: Lunwerg Editores, 2007 1st edn. 4to. Original black lettered brown cloth with coloured inset in upper board (Fine), slipcase (near Fine). Pp. xvi + 1066, illus with coloured plates and coloured and b&w photos in text (no inscriptions). [Spanish text].

AFRICA'S THREATENED RHINOS A History of Exploitation and Conservation

SOMERVILLE Keith · 2025 · Rothwell & Dunworth Ltd

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Pelagic Publishing, 2025. 9781784274542 1st edn. 8vo. Original laminated pictorial boards (Fine). Pp. 350, illus with tables and b&w photos in text (no inscriptions).

THE DISUNITY OF SCIENCE Boundaries Contexts and Power

GALISON Peter, STUMP David J. · 1996 · Rothwell & Dunworth Ltd

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Stanford University Press, 1996. 9780804724364 1st edn. 8vo. Original silver lettered black cloth (boards lightly bowed - otherwise VG), dustwrapper (VG in protective cover). Pp. xiv + 567 (no inscriptions).

WHITE LIGHT The Essential Element that Changed the World

LOHMANN Jack · 2025 · Rothwell & Dunworth Ltd

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Oneworld, 2025. 9781836430872 1st edn. 8vo. Original black lettered white cloth (Fine), dustwrapper (Fine, not price clipped). Pp. xiv + 273, with b&w illus (no inscriptions).

PHYSICS IN MINERVA'S ACADEMY Early to Mid-Eighteenth-Century Appropriations of Isaac Newton's Natural Philosophy at the University of Leiden and in the Dutch Republic at Large 1687 - c. 1750 (Learned Cultures and Their Institutions Volume 37)

DUCHEYNE Steffen · 2025 · Rothwell & Dunworth Ltd

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Leiden: Brill, 2025. 9789004716155 1st edn. 8vo. Original pictorial boards (top corners of upper and lower boards bumped - otherwise near Fine). Pp. xv + 460, with coloured and b&w illus (no inscriptions).

MERMAIDS AND MASTODONS A Book of Natural and Unnatural History

CARRINGTON Richard · 1957 · Rothwell & Dunworth Ltd

£75.00 (€89.90 | $99.08 | ¥15,822)

Chatto & Windus, 1957 1st edn. 8vo. Original gilt lettered blue cloth (spine lettering faded - otherwise VG), dustwrapper (spine toned and small nicks at edges - in protective cover, not price clipped). Pp. xvi + 251, illus with b&w plates and drawings in text by Maurice Wilso...

DISPLAYS OF LEARNING Studies in Early Modern Art and Science

SODERLUND Inga Elmqvist, GILLGREN Peter, LAINE Merit, SNICKARE Marten · 2024 · Rothwell & Dunworth Ltd

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The Royal Swedish Academy of Letters, History and Antiquities, 2024. 9789188763501 Tall 8vo. Original pictorial card covers (softback) (Fine). Pp. 191, illus with coloured and b&w plates and photos (no inscriptions).

NATURE CONSERVATION IN BRITAIN New Naturalist No. 49

STAMP L. Dudley · 1974 · Rothwell & Dunworth Ltd

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Collins, 1974 2nd edn. 8vo. Original gilt lettered green buckram cloth (faint spotting on page edges - otherwise near Fine), dustwrapper (VG in protective cover taped to edges, price clipped). Pp. xiv + 273, illus with b&w photos and text figures (no inscriptions).

A HAND-BOOK TO THE MARSUPIALIA AND MONOTREMATA Lloyd's Natural History

LYDEKKER Richard · 1896 · Rothwell & Dunworth Ltd

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Edward Lloyd, 1896 1st edn. 8vo. Original gilt lettered red cloth (casing with slight lean and lightly scuffed at edges - otherwise VG). Pp. xv + 320, illus with 38 coloured plates (small split at front endpapers gutter and loosened at centre; endpapers and prelims tanned; pre...

THE PATTERN OF CHANGE A Mathematical and Philosophical Study of How We See the World

MOODY Robert V., MING-DAO Deng · 2025 · Rothwell & Dunworth Ltd

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Cambridge University Press, 2025. 9781009546539 Tall 8vo. Original pictorial card covers (softback) (Fine). Pp. xvi + 584, with coloured and b&w illus (no inscriptions).

EVOLUTION FOR THE PEOPLE Shaping Popular Ideas from Darwin to the Present

BOWLER Peter J. · 2024 · Rothwell & Dunworth Ltd

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Cambridge University Press, 2024. 9781009448994 8vo. Original pictorial card covers (softback) (Fine). Pp. xi + 294, with b&w illus (no inscriptions).

THE BIRD PAINTINGS OF C.G. FINCH-DAVIES

FINCH-DAVIES C.G., KEMP Alan [Introduction] · 1984 · Rothwell & Dunworth Ltd

£150.00 (€179.80 | $198.16 | ¥31,644)

Johannesburg: Winchester Press, 1984 Limited numbered edition (2502 of 5026). Folio (14¾ x 11¼ ins). Original brown lettered orange cloth with coloured inlay on upper board (spine lightly faded - otherwise Fine), slipcase (near Fine). Pp. xi + 311, illus with 100 full page col...

THE DESCENT OF MAN And Selection in Relation to Sex

DARWIN Charles · 1901 · Rothwell & Dunworth Ltd

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John Murray, 1901 New edn. 8vo (8 x 5¼ ins). Original gilt lettered green cloth (rubbed at head and tail of spine and corners and light spotting on page edges - otherwise VG in protective cover). Pp. xix + 1031, illus with drawings in text (front and rear endpapers tanned; rea...