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Life and Letters of Thomas Henry Huxley. Volume I-II

Huxley, L.; [Huxley, Thomas Henry] · 1900 · Pemberley Natural History Books

£30.00 (€35.96 | $39.63 | ¥6,329)

MacMillan London viii, [3], 503, [4]-ads; vi, [3], 504, [4]-ads, 2 portrait frontispieces, 9 b/w plates, 1 text illus. . HB. 2 vols, roy. 8vo, orig. maroon cloth, some wear to head and foot of spines, boards lightly marked, spines slightly faded. Several hinges partly cracked,...

The New Naturalists

Marren, Peter · 1995 · Pemberley Natural History Books

£10.00 (€11.99 | $13.21 | ¥2,110)

Harper Collins 304, 16 col plates, over 100 b/w photos + drawings. . PB. Vg. Spine slightly faded. Previous owner's name and ink ownership stamp to inside front cover.. First edition. A history of the New Naturalist series. [9780002199971]

Sir James Edward Smith 1759-1828 First President of the Linnean Society of London

Walker, M. · 1988 · Pemberley Natural History Books

£12.00 (€14.38 | $15.85 | ¥2,532)

Linnean Society London vii, 60, 15 b/w figs. . PB. Vg. From the library of David R. Nellist, British arachnologist, with his name and ownership stamp to endpaper.. . [9780950620718]

Natural Selection and Beyond: The Intellectual Legacy of Alfred Russel Wallace

Smith, C.H.; Beccaloni, G. (Eds) · 20108 · Pemberley Natural History Books

£18.00 (€21.58 | $23.78 | ¥3,797)

Oxford University Press Oxford 482, col + b/w photos, line drawings. . HB. Vg in d/w (short edge tear to rear panel; in removable protective sleeve). From the library of David R. Nellist, British arachnologist, with his name to endpaper.. Collection of essays which consider in...

Alfred Russel Wallace: Letters from the Malay Archipelago

Van Wyhe, John; Rookmaaker, K. (Eds.) · 2013 · Pemberley Natural History Books

£18.00 (€21.58 | $23.78 | ¥3,797)

Oxford University Press Oxford xxxi, 319, 8 col plates, text illus. . HB. Vg in d/w.. First edition.. [9780199683994]

Erasmus Darwin: A Life of Unequalled Achievement

King-Hele, D. · 1999 · Pemberley Natural History Books

£12.00 (€14.38 | $15.85 | ¥2,532)

Giles de la Mare London x, 422, 16 b/w plates, text figs. . PB. Spine slightly creased. Vg. Previous owner's name and ink ownership stamp to endpaper.. . [9781900357081]

Darwin's Ghosts: In Search of the First Evolutionists

Stott, R. · 2012 · Pemberley Natural History Books

£8.00 (€9.59 | $10.57 | ¥1,688)

Bloomsbury xv, 383, text illus. . HB. Vg in d/w. From the library of David R. Nellist, British arachnologist, with his name to endpaper.. First edition.. [9781408809082]

Great Natural History Books and their Creators

Desmond, R. · 2003 · Pemberley Natural History Books

£12.00 (€14.38 | $15.85 | ¥2,532)

British Library London 176, 90 colour + 10 b/w illustrations. 290x220mm. HB. Vg in d/w. From the library of David R. Nellist, British arachnologist, with his name and ex libris ink stamp to endpaper.. Amongst the greatest books ever created are the large scale works of natural...

Emma Darwin: The Inspirational Wife of a Genius

Healey, Edna · 2001 · Pemberley Natural History Books

£10.00 (€11.99 | $13.21 | ¥2,110)

Headline [xii], 372, 16 b/w plates. . HB. Vg in d/w (spine slightly faded). Minor browning to page edges. From the library of David R. Nellist, British arachnologist, with his name and ex libris ink stamp to endpaper.. . [9780747275794]

Sir Joseph Dalton Hooker: Traveller and Plant Collector

Desmond, R. · 1999 · Pemberley Natural History Books

£15.00 (€17.98 | $19.82 | ¥3,165)

Antique Collectors' Club 286, col + b/w illus, endpaper maps. . HB. From the library of Prof. J. Green, (1928-2016), Professor of Zoology at Queen Mary College, University of London with his name to endpaper. Vg in d/w (spine a little faded).. Sir Joseph Hooker is remembered a...

Animals and Maps

George, W. · 1969 · Pemberley Natural History Books

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Secker and Warburg London 235, b/w illus, endpaper illus. . HB. Vg in d/w.. First edition. A history of map making through the lens of the many animals, both mythical and mundane, that early cartographers chose to include.. [9780436173813]

Imagined Corners: Exploring the World's First Atlas

Binding, Paul · 2003 · Pemberley Natural History Books

£15.00 (€17.98 | $19.82 | ¥3,165)

Review London [vi], 314, numerous col + b/w illus. . HB. Fine in d/w.. The <i>Theatrun orbis terrarum</i> was a watershed publication; it changed lives and altered perceptions for ever. Published in Antwerp in 1570, it was the world's first Atlas.. [9780747230403]

Mapping the World A History of the Directorate of Overseas Surveys 1946-1985

Macdonald, Alastair · 1996 · Pemberley Natural History Books

£15.00 (€17.98 | $19.82 | ¥3,165)

HMSO London xvi, 210, 8 col maps, 32 b/w photos, map endpapers. . HB. Vg in d/w.. The Directorate of Overseas Surveys was founded by the Colonial Office in 1946, its brief was to provide national geodetic frameworks throughout the British Empire which would not only contribute...

Life in the Burmese Jungle

Lawson, A.A. · 1983 · Pemberley Natural History Books

£20.00 (€23.97 | $26.42 | ¥4,219)

Book Guild Sussex [viii], 195, b/w frontis, 8 b/w plates, map. . HB. Vg in d/w.. An account of Lawson's time working in the Burmese jungle as part of the Teak wood trade, and the elephants used in the jungle for harvesting.. [9780863320057]

Los Naturalistas Españoles en el África Hispana (1860-1936)

Gonzáles Bueno, A.; Gomis Blanco, A. · 2001 · Pemberley Natural History Books

£35.00 (€41.95 | $46.24 | ¥7,384)

Organismo Autónomo Parques Nacionales Madrid xxi, 425, b/w photos. . PB. Vg. From the library of Jim Green (1928-2016), Professor of Zoology at Queen Mary College, University of London, with his name to endpaper.. Text Spanish. Provides information on more than two hundred and...

Darwin and Huxley in Australia

Marshall, A.J. · 1970 · Pemberley Natural History Books

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Hodder & Stoughton Sydney 142, 4 plates. . HB. 8vo. Name to endpaper. Vg in d/w.. Two young Englishmen would visit Australia in the service of the William IV, Queen Victoria, and the Admiralty. These men where Charles Darwin and Thomas Henry Huxley.. [9780340126394]

Yet Being Someone Other

Van der Post, Laurens · 1982 · Pemberley Natural History Books

£9.00 (€10.79 | $11.89 | ¥1,899)

Hogarth Press London 352, . . HB. Vg in d/w (price-clipped).. Second Impression. The most revealing of Laurens Van der Post's autobiographical works, covering his many travels from a childhood in southern Africa, to his time as a prisoner of war of the Japanese, and his later ...

The Cape Journals of Archdeacon N.J. Merriman 1848-1855

Varley, D.H.; Matthew, H.M (Eds) · 1957 · Pemberley Natural History Books

£20.00 (€23.97 | $26.42 | ¥4,219)

The Van Riebeeck Society Cape Town xv, 243, [7]-ads, portrait frontis, 9 b/w plates, folding map. . HB. 8vo, orig. cloth. Endpapers lightly browned. Vg.. Journals of Nathanial James Merriman (18090-1882), who served as the third Bishop of Grahamstown, South Africa..

The Wind of Morning

Boustead, Sir Hugh · 1972 · Pemberley Natural History Books

£25.00 (€29.97 | $33.03 | ¥5,274)

Chatto & Windus London 240, 16 b/w plates, 4 maps. . HB. Good in d/w (minor edge wear).. Second impression (first published 1971). Colonel Sir Hugh Boustead (1895-1980), was a British soldier, Olympic athlete, explorer, and diplomat, whose many varied professions would take hi...

Sir Joseph Banks and the Plant Collection from Kew Sent to the Empress Catherine II of Russia 1795

Carter, H.B. · 1974 · Pemberley Natural History Books

£20.00 (€23.97 | $26.42 | ¥4,219)

BM(NH) 105, frontis, 2 b/w + 2 col plates. . PB. Vg.. Bull. BM(NH) (Hist.) 4(5): 281-385.