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Natural Science Books in English 1600-1900

Knight, D.M. · 1989 · Pemberley Natural History Books

£20.00 (€23.97 | $26.42 | ¥4,218)

Portman x, 262, 4 col plates, 96 text figs. . HB. Vg in d/w (in removable protective sleeve).. A corrected reprint of the first edition of 1972, with additional references added.. [9780713407280]

The Banks Letters

Dawson, Warren R. (Ed.) · 1958 · Pemberley Natural History Books

£150.00 (€179.80 | $198.17 | ¥31,635)

BM(NH) London xlii, 965, . . HB. Large 8vo, orig. green buckram. Vg in slightly worn/soiled d/w (in removable protective sleeve).. A calendar of the manuscript correspondence of Sir Joseph Banks preserved in the British Museum (Natural History) and other collections in Great B...

Essays on Museums and other subjects related to Natural History

Flower, W.H. · 1898 · Pemberley Natural History Books

£45.00 (€53.94 | $59.45 | ¥9,491)

MacMillan & Co London xv, 394, [2]-ads, . . HB. 8vo, orig. cloth, lightly rubbed, spine worn and darkened. Name erased from top of free endpaper, resulting in some small perforations. Publisher's presentation copy, blind-stamped 'Specimen' to front board, and 'Presentation cop...

Biological Collections & Biodiversity

Rushton, B.S.; Hackney, P.; Tyrie, C.R. (Eds) · 2001 · Pemberley Natural History Books

£20.00 (€23.97 | $26.42 | ¥4,218)

Linnean Society London x, 326, text figs. . HB. Fine in d/w.. Linnean Society Occasional Publicatiuons No. 3. An edited volume arising from papers presented at a joint symposium between The Linnean Society of London and the Royal Horticultural Society held at the Ulster Museum...

The British Museum: Its History and Treasures

Shelley, H.C. · 1911 · Pemberley Natural History Books

£30.00 (€35.96 | $39.63 | ¥6,327)

L.C. Page & Company Boston xii, 355, frontis, 47 b/w plates, 2 folding plans. . HB. 8vo, orig. red cloth, gilt to spine, (slightly faded), front cover blocked in gilt with red, blue orange and green, teg. Contemporary gift inscription to endpaper. An attractive copy. Vg.. A Vi...

Museums & National Life

Kenyon, F.G. · 1927 · Pemberley Natural History Books

£15.00 (€17.98 | $19.82 | ¥3,164)

Clarendon Press Oxford 32, . . PB. Orig. wrappers, some wear to extremities. Good.. The Romanes Lecture, Deliverted in the Sheldonian Theatre, 17th June 1927..

Darwin's Ghosts: In Search of the First Evolutionists

Stott, R. · 2012 · Pemberley Natural History Books

£12.00 (€14.38 | $15.85 | ¥2,531)

Bloomsbury xv, 383, text illus. . HB. Vg in d/w (spine slightly faded).. 1st edition.. [9781408809082]

Cultures of Natural History

Jardine, N., Secord, J.A.; Spary, E.C. · 1996 · Pemberley Natural History Books

£35.00 (€41.95 | $46.24 | ¥7,382)

Cambridge University Press 501, b/w illus. . PB. Vg.. . [9780521558945]

Thomas Say: New World Naturalist

Stroud, P.T. · 1992 · Pemberley Natural History Books

£7.00 (€8.39 | $9.25 | ¥1,476)

University of Pennsylvania Press Philadelphia xv, 340, 9 col plates, 47 b/w illus. . HB. Slight spotting to page edges. Occasional pencil annotations. Good in d/w.. . [9780812231038]

Catalogue of the Printed Books and Pamphlets in the Library of the Linnean Society of London

Linnean Society of London · 1925 · Pemberley Natural History Books

£20.00 (€23.97 | $26.42 | ¥4,218)

Linnean Society London [vi], 860, . . HB. 8vo, orig. cloth. Vg.. New edition..

Scientific Books Libraries and Collectors: A Study of Bibliography and the Book Trade in Relation to Science

Thornton, J.L.; Tully, R.I.J. · 1971 · Pemberley Natural History Books

£18.00 (€21.58 | $23.78 | ¥3,796)

The Library Association London ix, 508, frontis, 16 b/w plates. . HB. 8vo, orig. cloth, gt. Vg in price-clipped d/w.. Third revised edition.. [9780853654247]

The Tactless Philosopher: Johann Reinhold Forster 1729-1798

Hoare, M.E. · 1976 · Pemberley Natural History Books

£65.00 (€77.91 | $85.87 | ¥13,709)

Hawthorn Press Melbourne x, 419, . . HB. 8vo, orig. buckram, gt. Vg in worn dw (a few tears, minor loss; in removable protective sleeve). Signed by the Author. Newspaper cutting announcing the death of the author pasted in.. The most controversial, most maligned, and least und...

Nature's Museums: Victorian Science & the Architecture of Display

Yanni, C. · 1999 · Pemberley Natural History Books

£75.00 (€89.90 | $99.09 | ¥15,818)

Athlone Press London xvi, 199, b/w photos, b/w illus. . HB. Vg in d/w.. Focusing on the Oxford University Museum, the Edinburgh Museum of Science and Art, and the Natural History Museum, London, the author explores how such institutions reflected varying concepts of nature, fr...

Letters to Mr Tegetmeier from J. Cossar Ewart and others to the Editor of 'The Field' at the turn of the nineteenth century

Barnaby, D. (Ed.) · 2004 · Pemberley Natural History Books

£20.00 (€23.97 | $26.42 | ¥4,218)

ZSGM Publications Timperley xii, 53, b/w photos. A4. PB. Vg. Includes a review of this work by Juliet Clutton-Brock loosely inserted.. The work introduces a fascinating collection of letters from James Cossar Ewart (1851-1933), Professor of Natural History at the University o...

Bibliographia Zoologiae et Geologiae A General Catalogue of all Books, Tracts, and Memoirs on Zoology and Geology. Vol. 1-4

Agassiz, Louis · 2001 · Pemberley Natural History Books

£85.00 (€101.88 | $112.30 | ¥17,927)

Thoemmes Press Bristol [4], xxiii, 506; [4], ii, 492; [4], iv, 657; [4], iv, 604, . . HB. 4 vols, 8vo, orig. buckram. Fine - as new.. Reprinted from the original 1848-1854 edition. Complete in 4 vols.. [9781855068971]

The Origins of Museums: The Cabinet of Curiosities in Sixteenth- and Seventeeth-Century Europe

Impey, O.; MacGregor, A. (Eds) · 2017 · Pemberley Natural History Books

£40.00 (€47.95 | $52.85 | ¥8,436)

Clarendon Press Oxford xv, 335, 108 col photos. . HB. Fine in d/w.. Reprint, first published 1985.. [9781910807194]

Huxley: The Devil's Disciple

Desmond, A. · 1994 · Pemberley Natural History Books

£15.00 (€17.98 | $19.82 | ¥3,164)

Michael Joseph London xvii, 475, 38 b/w illus. . HB. Vg in d/w. Neat ink annotation to endpaper.. T.H. Huxley (1825-1895) - "Darwin's bulldog" - led a far more fascinating and outgoing life than the reclusive Darwin. He did battle with God and Gladstone, sat on royal commissio...

Alfred Buxton of Abyssinia and Congo

Grubb, N. · 1942 · Pemberley Natural History Books

£10.00 (€11.99 | $13.21 | ¥2,109)

Lutterworth Press 174, frontis, 11 b/w photos, 4 maps, large fold-out map to the rear. . HB. 8vo orig. cloth. Vg.. Alfred Buxton (1891-1940) was a missionary in Belgian Congo (Zaire) and Ethiopia. This work provides an account of his life and travels in Africa..

The Nelson Portraits An Iconography of Horatio, Viscount Nelson, K.B. Vice Admiral of the White

Walker, R. · 1998 · Pemberley Natural History Books

£20.00 (€23.97 | $26.42 | ¥4,218)

Royal Naval Museum xix, 316, col + b/w illus. . HB. 4to, orig. cloth, gt. Vg in d/w.. . [9780952637752]

Revolt in the Desert

Lawrence, T.E. · 1927 · Pemberley Natural History Books

£35.00 (€41.95 | $46.24 | ¥7,382)

Doubleday, Doran & Co. xvii, 335, 9 b/w plates, folding map to rear endpapers. . HB. 8vo, orig. cloth, mild foxing and staining to pages throughout. Contemporary inscription to Captain Percival of the cargo ship SS City of Cardiff.. Second printing of the first American editio...