Scienza e natura

The Weather Experiment: The Pioneers Who Sought to See the Future

Moore, Peter · 2015 · Pemberley Natural History Books

£18.00 (€21.51 | $24.02 | ¥3,814)

Chatto & Windus London xvi, 395, illus. . HB. Vg in d/w.. An engaging history of the pioneering scientists and inventors who sought to understand and predict the weather. Examines the work of Luke Howard, Francis Beaufort, James Glaisher, Samuel Morse and Admiral Robert FitzRo...

Forever Young: Axolotls, Tiger Salamanders and Giant Pacific Salamanders of the Americas The Genera <i>Ambystoma</i> and <i>Dicamptodon</i> - Vol. 1

Hernandez, A. · 2026 · Pemberley Natural History Books

£98.00 (€117.12 | $130.76 | ¥20,765)

Chimaira Frankfurt am Main 464, 500+ illus. . HB. NEW. . There is no comparable herpetological book that goes into such detail. Vol. I deals with the history, ecology, biology, and taxonomy, as well as conservation status and protection, and includes the first species accounts..

Rewilding Oak: Natural regeneration of oak and the nature of the wildwood.

Farjon, A. · 0 · Pemberley Natural History Books

£25.00 (€29.88 | $33.36 | ¥5,297)

Kew Publishing 416, 80 col illus. . HB. NEW. . This book presents a new perspective on natural oak regeneration, backed by international evidence and a rigorous reassessment of the historic wildwood. This book is the first to assemble comprehensive evidence challenging the acc...

Reptiles and Amphibians of Japan

Pearce, R.; Matsukoji, T. · 2026 · Pemberley Natural History Books

£99.00 (€118.32 | $132.09 | ¥20,977)

Chimaira 384, 600+ col photos. . HB. NEW. . Since Goris's book in 2004, several Japanese herpetological works have been published, but unfortunately, only for the Japanese market. Pearce and Matsukoji have now written a fantastically illustrated book that describes the current...

Écologie Numérique. Vol. 1-2

Legendre, P; Legendre, L. · 1984 · Pemberley Natural History Books

£35.00 (€41.83 | $46.70 | ¥7,416)

Masson xv, 206; viii, 335, text figs. . PB. 2 vols. Vg.. Text French. An important and influential work in the development of numerical ecology, first published in 1979. This revised and enlarged second edition comprises two volumes: Vol. I, Le Traitement multiple des données ...

Larvae of British Beetles V: Elateridae

Van Emden, F.I. · 1945 · Pemberley Natural History Books

£9.50 (€11.35 | $12.68 | ¥2,013)

Nathaniel Lloyd & Co London 25, 54 text figs. . PB. 8vo, later wrappers, staple-bound, orig. wrappers retained. Vg. Small ownership label of British Coleopterist Stanley Bowestead inside front cover.. Reprinted from <i>The Entomologist's Monthly Magazine</i> Vol. LXXXI, pp. 13...

A Manual of Common Beetles of Eastern North America. Vol. 1

Dillon, E.S.; Dillon, L.S. · 1972 · Pemberley Natural History Books

£14.00 (€16.73 | $18.68 | ¥2,966)

Dover New York x, 434, 41 b/w plates, coloured drawings to end-papers, 339 text figs. . PB. Vg. Spine slightly faded, some spotting to top edge.. Vol. 1 (of 2) only. Originally published 1961. First volume of an identification manual covering nearly 1,200 species of North Amer...

A revision of the British species of <i>Cryptophagus</i> (Herbst) (Coleoptera: Cryptophagidae)

Coombs, C.W.; Woodroffe, G.E. · 1955 · Pemberley Natural History Books

£12.00 (€14.34 | $16.01 | ¥2,543)

Royal Entomological Society London 46, 127 figs. . PB. Orig. wrappers. Vg.. <i>Trans. R. ent. Soc. Lond</i>, Vol. 106: pp. 237-282..

Ammonites

Monks, N.; Palmer, P. · 2002 · Pemberley Natural History Books

£25.00 (€29.88 | $33.36 | ¥5,297)

Natural History Museum London 159, 21 col + b/w plates, col + b/w photos. . PB. Fine.. . [9780565091699]

Ammonoids of the Late Scythian (Lower Triassic)

Kummel, B. · 1969 · Pemberley Natural History Books

£40.00 (€47.80 | $53.37 | ¥8,475)

Harvard University Cambridge, Ma. 391, 71 b/w plates, text figs. . HB. 8vo, orig. wrappers. Ink title to spine. Vg. Ownership stamp of J. H. Callomon (1928–2010) distinguished British chemist, palaeontologist and internationally recognised authority on Jurassic ammonites. Insc...

Fossil Animal Remains: their preparation and conservation

Rixon, A.E. · 1976 · Pemberley Natural History Books

£45.00 (€53.78 | $60.04 | ¥9,535)

Athlone Press London viii, 304, b/w photos, text figs. . PB. Good ex-lib.: neat ink stamp to title page and final leaf.. An influential work on palaeontological preparation and conservation by Arthur Edward Rixon, a pioneering fossil preparator at the British Museum (Natural H...

In Den Vulcangebieten Mittelamerikas un Westindiens: Reiseschilderungen und Studien über die Vulcanausbrüche der Jahre 1902 bis 1903, ihre Geologischen Wirthschaftlichen und Socialen Folgen

Sapper, K. · 1905 · Pemberley Natural History Books

£25.00 (€29.88 | $33.36 | ¥5,297)

E. Schweizerbartschen Stuttgart vi, 334, 5 b/w plates (2 folding), 76 b/w photos (many full page). . HB. 8vo, later red buckram, gilt title to spine. From the library of Prof. J. Green with his name to endpaper. Vg.. First edition. Text German. An early work on volcanology, r...

The Peak District (New Naturalist 44)

Edwards, K.C. · 1962 · Pemberley Natural History Books

£25.00 (€29.88 | $33.36 | ¥5,297)

Collins London xvi, 240, 7 col + 49 b/w photos, 15 maps & diagrams. . HB. 8vo, in orig. publisher's green buckram. Vg in d/w (very minor closed tear to top edge of rear panel; not price-clipped). Some minor foxing to front endpaper and rear panel of d/w. Spotting to top edge o...

Birds in the Harrogate District

Walker, A.F.G. · 1991 · Pemberley Natural History Books

£15.00 (€17.93 | $20.01 | ¥3,178)

Harrogate and District Naturalists' Society 34, 1 folding map (at rear). . PB. 8vo, orig. wrappers. Vg. Also loosely inserted is "Bird-watching about Harrogate No. 1 - Gouthwaite Reservoir" (<i>Harrogate and District Naturalists' Society,</i> n.d.).. .

A List of the Birds of Ireland

Kennedy, P.G. · 1961 · Pemberley Natural History Books

£18.00 (€21.51 | $24.02 | ¥3,814)

The Stationery Office Dublin [vi], 102, ix-index, . . PB. 8vo, orig. wrappers. Vg.. Published for Ard-Mhúsaem na h-Éireann, National Museum of Ireland. This list was first published for the National Museum of Ireland in 1885, and further editions were produced in 1890, 1908, 1...

A History of British Birds, Indigenous and Migratory; Including their Organization, Habits, and Relations. Vol. I-V

MacGillivray, W. · 1837 · Pemberley Natural History Books

£300.00 (€358.54 | $400.28 | ¥63,565)

Scott, Webster, & Geary / William S. Orr London xv, 631; xii, 503; xii, 768; xxviii, 700; xx, 688, 29 engraved plates, 378 text figs. . HB. 5 vols, 8vo, rebound in uniform later brown cloth, gilt titles to spine. Some light spotting/foxing to plates, minor water stain to top e...

Man and Nature on Tidal Waters

Patterson, A.H. · 1909 · Pemberley Natural History Books

£40.00 (€47.80 | $53.37 | ¥8,475)

Methuen & Co. London xiv, [2], 315, 47-ads, 4 b/w plates, 26 b/w illus. . HB. 8vo, orig. cloth, slightly rubbed to extremities, gilt title to spine and front board. Endpapers lightly browned, some scattered foxing; binding cracked but firm. Bookplate of John Hanson to endpaper...

Dictionary of Birds. Part I-IV

Newton, A.; Gadow, H. · 1893 · Pemberley Natural History Books

£120.00 (€143.41 | $160.11 | ¥25,426)

Adam and Charles Black London vii, 304; [ii], 305-576; [ii], 577-832; [ii] 833-1088, xii, 124, numerous woodcuts to text, folding map. . HB. 4 vols, 8vo, orig. cloth-backed printed boards, gilt titles to spines. Some spotting to page edges. Cancel for pages 161/162 and 213/214...

An Introduction to the Study of Birds; or The Elements of Ornithology on Scientific Principles, with particular Notice of the Birds mentioned in Scripture

[Martin, W.C.L.] · 1835 · Pemberley Natural History Books

£60.00 (€71.71 | $80.06 | ¥12,713)

Religious Tract Society London viii, 584, numerous engravings to text. . HB. 8vo, orig. cloth, blind-stamped decorative border to both boards, rebacked with orig. backstrip laid down, gilt title to spine. Light browning to page edges. Early owner's name to endpaper and title. ...

A Hand List of the Birds of Carmarthenshire

Ingram, G.C.S.; Salmon, H.M. · 1954 · Pemberley Natural History Books

£20.00 (€23.90 | $26.69 | ¥4,238)

West Wales Field Society 67, . . HB. 8vo, orig. cloth-backed printed boards. Front inner hinge cracked. Small piece torn from lower blank margin of final leaf. Good.. .