Pemberley Natural History Books

Mutis y la Real Expedicion Botanica del Nuevo Reyno de Granada

Pilar de San Pio Aladren, M. (Ed.) · 2008

£95.00 (€113.87 | $125.50 | ¥20,041)

Lunwerg Editores Madrid 359; 60, col + b/w illus. . HB + Slipcase. Large 4to, orig. cloth in matching cloth slipcae. Fine.. Text Spanish, with separate English translation. First published in 1992, this edition commemorates the 200th anniversary of the death of Spanish scienti...

Origin, organization and scope of the expedition Great Barrier Reef Expedition 1928-29. Scientific Reports. Vol. I, No. 1

Yonge, C.M. · 1930

£22.50 (€26.97 | $29.72 | ¥4,747)

BM(NH) London 11, 4 b/w plates. . PB. 4to, orig. printed wrappers. Good ex-lib.. Provides an overview of the Great Barrier Reef expedition, also known as the Yonge Expedition or the Low Isles Expedition, a thirteen-month scientific program beginning 1928-29..

La Comisión Naturalista de Löfling en la Expedición de Límites de Orinoco

Pilar de San Pio Aladren, M. (Ed.) · 1998

£40.00 (€47.95 | $52.84 | ¥8,438)

Lunwerg Editores 237, col + b/w illus. . HB + Slipcase. Large 4to (285x240mm), orig. cloth. Fine in orig. cloth slipcase.. Text Spanish. Pehr Löfling (1729-1756) was a gifted Swedish botanist and one of the most promising students of Carl Linnaeus. Löfling joined the Spanish E...

Ruwenzori Expedition 1952 Vol.1 (I) Introduction with List of Localities

Evans, G.O.; Fletcher, D.S. · 1958

£12.00 (€14.38 | $15.85 | ¥2,531)

British Museum London vii, map, 2 b/w photos. . PB. 8vo, orig. wrappers. Name to front cover. Vg.. .

The John Murray Expedition 1933-34 Scientific Reports Vol. I, Introductions and Topography Nos. 1-5

Sewell, R.B.S. · 1935

£150.00 (€179.80 | $198.16 | ¥31,644)

BM(NH) London viii, 125, frontis, 20 plates, 11 charts. . PB. 4to cloth, ex-lib City of Portsmouth Public Libraries. Good.. Vol. I, this volumn complete in five parts. No.1: Introduction and List of Stations by R.B Seymour Sewell; No.2: Topography with an Appendix on Magnetic ...

Un Cimetière d'Éléphants Mission Scientifique de l'Omo

Jeannel, R. · 1934

£18.00 (€21.58 | $23.78 | ¥3,797)

Société des Amis du Muséum Paris 159, 48 b/w plates, 1 folding map. . PB. Large-8vo, orig. wrappers soiled and worn, with loss to spine; edges uncut. Paper browned. Good.. Text French. This work records details of the expedition to Ethiopia and Kenya (1932-1933) led by the Fre...

Himalaya du Nepal: Mission Scientifique Genevoise

Lobsiger-Dallenbach, M.; Lombard, A.; Zimmermann, A. · 1952

£25.00 (€29.97 | $33.03 | ¥5,274)

Editions Jeheber Geneve 56, 56 b/w photos, 5 maps on 3 foldout sheets, 2 drawings. 325x245mm. PB. 4to (326x246mm), orig. plain card covers with illustrated paper wrapper. Vg. From the library of Keith Hyatt (1932-2021), acarologist at the Natural History Museum, London, and pr...

T.H. Huxley's Diary of the Voyage of H.M.S. Rattlesnake

Huxley, T.H.; Huxley J. (Ed.) · 1935

£35.00 (€41.95 | $46.24 | ¥7,383)

Chatto & Windus viii, 372, col frontis, 12 b/w plates, 1 map. . HB. 8vo, orig. cloth, corners bumped, spine faded. Previous owners' names deleted from endpaper.. Edited from the unpublished ms by Julian Huxley..

Beyond the Capes: Pacific Exploration from Captain Cook to the Challenger (1776-1877)

Dodge, E.S. · 1971

£10.00 (€11.99 | $13.21 | ¥2,110)

Victor Gollancz London xv, 429, col frontis, b/w illus. . HB. Vg in d/w (price-clipped; light water stain to top of front face). Owner's name and gift inscription to fly-leaf.. . [9780575013223]

Across Unknown South America. Vol. I-II

Savage-Landor, A. Henry · 1913

£140.00 (€167.81 | $184.95 | ¥29,534)

Little, Brown, and Company Boston (xxiv), 377; xvi, 439, photogravure portrait frontis, 8 col plates, b/w photos, 2 folding maps. . HB. 2 vols, large-8vo, orig. cloth, gt, teg, minor rubbing to extremities, one corner slightly bumped. Vg, clean set.. First US edition. Henry Sa...

The Exploration Diaries of H.M. Stanley

Stanley, H.M.; Stanley, R.; Neame, A. (Eds) · 1961

£15.00 (€17.98 | $19.82 | ¥3,164)

William Kimber London 208, b/w illus. . HB. Vg in d/w (short tear to front panel). From the library of Jim Green (1928-2016), Professor of Zoology at Queen Mary College, University of London, with his name to endpaper.. Now first published from the original manuscripts..

A Discussion on the results of the Royal Society Expedition to Aldabra 1967-68

Westoll, T.S.; Stoddart, D.R. · 1971

£95.00 (€113.87 | $125.50 | ¥20,041)

Royal Society London 654, 33 plates (2 col), folding map, text figs. . HB. 4to, buckram, leather title piece to spine, front wrapper retained. From the library of Prof. J. Green (1928-2016), with his name to titlepage. Fine.. Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society of...

The White Nile

Moorehead, A. · 1971

£10.00 (€11.99 | $13.21 | ¥2,110)

Hamish Hamilton London 368, col+b/w plates, figs, maps. . HB. Vg in price-clipped d/w (slightly chafed to head and foot of d/w spine). Owner's name to half-title.. Revised (2nd) edition.. [9780241020357]

On The Trail of The Unknown: In the Wilds of Ecuador and the Amazon

Dyott, C.M. · 1926

£35.00 (€41.95 | $46.24 | ¥7,383)

Thornton Butterworth London 288, frontis, 15 b/w photos, 1 map. . HB. 8vo, orig. cloth. Small indentation to spine. Occasional light spotting; top edge a little dusty. Good in worn/torn d/w (with significant loss to top and bottom of d/w spine).. The wrapper states that in thi...

The Naturalist in The Gran Chaco

Kerr, J.G. · 1950

£18.00 (€21.58 | $23.78 | ¥3,797)

Cambridge University Press xi,235, 24 b/w plates, 2 maps (one folding). . HB. Vg in d/w (short tears, with loss to top of front wrapper).. Extracts from the diary of Sir John Graham Kerr concerning his two famous expeditions to the Gran Chaco. The Gran Chaco is a hot and semi-...

Grosser Pamir: Österreichisches Forschungsunternehmen 1975 in den Wakhan-Pamir/Afghanistan

Grancy, R.S. de; Kostka, R. (Eds) · 1978

£25.00 (€29.97 | $33.03 | ¥5,274)

Akademische Druck- u. Verlagsanstalt Graz xi, 400, 86 col photos, 5 col maps in rear pocket, text figs. 290x250mm. HB. Vg in d/w. Some light, marginal foxing.. Text German. Enclosed is an offprint from this work on the wildlife of Pamir by C.M. Naumann (Zur Tierwelt des 'Gross...

François le Vaillant: Voyageur en Afrique Australe et sa collection de 165 aquarelles 1781-1784. Vol. I-II

Quinton, J.C. (Ed.) · 1973

£480.00 (€575.35 | $634.11 | ¥101,259)

Bibliotheque du Parlement Le Cap xx, 182; x, 188, frontis, 165+ XXIII col plates;,2 large folding maps, b/w plates. . HB. 4to, full calf, gt, aeg, bevelled boards, minor rubbing to foot of spine. From the library of Prof. J. Green (1928-2016) with his name to endparers. A fine...