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The Great Explorers

Hanbury-Tenison, R. (Ed.) · 2010 · Pemberley Natural History Books

£10.50 (€12.59 | $13.87 | ¥2,215)

Thames and Hudson 304, 204 col + b/w illus. . HB. Fine in d/w.. In a series of penetrating biographies, 40 of the greatest explorers are described - from Christopher Columbus to Yuri Gagarin and Jacques-Yves Cousteau. Written by a team of distinguished travel writers, broadcas...

Capability Brown and Humphry Repton

Hyams, E. · 1971 · Pemberley Natural History Books

£12.00 (€14.38 | $15.85 | ¥2,532)

Dent London vii, 248, b/w illus. . HB. Vg in price-clipped d/w.. 1st edition. [9780460038096]

Nature into Art: A Treasury of Great Natural History Books

Buchanan, H. · 1979 · Pemberley Natural History Books

£10.00 (€11.99 | $13.21 | ¥2,110)

Weidenfeld & Nicolson London 220, col +b/w illus. 315x230mm. HB. Vg in d/w (some loss to d/w and fading to spine). Owner's name to endpaper (Pamela Gilbert - former Entomology Librarian, NHM, London).. . [9780297776741]

Early Naturalists and Natural History Societies of London, Ontario

Judd, W.W. · 1979 · Pemberley Natural History Books

£18.00 (€21.58 | $23.78 | ¥3,797)

Phelps Publishing Company viii, 215, 40 b/w figs. . HB. Vg in d/w. Owner's name to endpaper. Signed by author.. 1st edition..

The Eagle's Nest: Natural History and American Ideas, 1812-1842

Porter, C.M. · 1986 · Pemberley Natural History Books

£10.00 (€11.99 | $13.21 | ¥2,110)

University of Alabama Press xii, 251, b/w illus. . HB. Vg in d/w. Owner's name to endpaper.. . [9780817302801]

Lewis Carroll: A Celebration Essays on the Occasion of the 150th Anniversary of the Birth of Charles Lutwidge Dodgson

Guiliano, E. (Ed.) · 1982 · Pemberley Natural History Books

£15.00 (€17.98 | $19.82 | ¥3,165)

Clarkson N. Potter, Inc. New York viii, 216, c. 100 b/w drawing, cartoons, paintings and photographs. . HB. D/w slightly worn around the edges; spine a trifle faded. Top edge slightly spotted, otherwise vg.. 1st edition.. [9780517545577]

A Short History of the Libraries and List of Manuscripts and Original Drawings in the British Museum (Natural History)

Sawyer, F.C. · 1971 · Pemberley Natural History Books

£10.00 (€11.99 | $13.21 | ¥2,110)

BM(NH) London 128, . . PB. Good, small mark to front wrapper.. Bull. B.M. (N.H.) Hist. 4(2): 77-204..

New Naturalists (New Naturalist 82)

Marren, Peter · 2005 · Pemberley Natural History Books

£20.00 (€23.97 | $26.42 | ¥4,219)

Collins London 363, 16 col plates and over 100 b/w photos and drawings. 216x150mm. PB. Fine.. 2nd edition.. [9780007197156]

John Ray (1627-1705) Pioneer in the Natural Sciences

Bryan, M. · 2005 · Pemberley Natural History Books

£9.00 (€10.79 | $11.89 | ¥1,899)

The John Ray Trust Braintree 98, b/w photos, figs. . PB. Vg.. A Celebration and Appreciation of his Life and Work.. [9780955015007]

John Curtis and the Pioneering of Pest Control

Ordish, G. · 1974 · Pemberley Natural History Books

£12.00 (€14.38 | $15.85 | ¥2,532)

Osprey Publishing Reading vii, 121, 16 illus. . HB. Occasional light foxing; edge tear to d/w. From the library of Marshall Laird.. The Great Innovators Series. [9780850451597]

Archetypes and Ancestors: Palaeontology in Victorian London 1850-1875

Desmond, A. · 1982 · Pemberley Natural History Books

£8.00 (€9.59 | $10.57 | ¥1,688)

Blond & Briggs 287, b/w illus. . HB. Vg in d/w. . [9780856341212]

Society for the Bibliography of Natural History 1936 to 1983, Society for the History of Natural History 1983 to 1990:Index to Publications 1936- 1990

1991 · Pemberley Natural History Books

£12.00 (€14.38 | $15.85 | ¥2,532)

Society for the History of Natural History 137, . . PB. Fine.. .

Darwin's Notebooks on Transmutation of Species. Part II: Second Notebook (February to July 1838)

De Beer, G. · 1960 · Pemberley Natural History Books

£18.00 (€21.58 | $23.78 | ¥3,797)

BM(NH) 43, . . PB. Fine. Bull. BM(NH) Hist. Vol.2(3).

Darwin's Notebooks on Transmutation of Species. Part I: First Notebook (July 1837 to February 1838)

De Beer, G. · 1960 · Pemberley Natural History Books

£20.00 (€23.97 | $26.42 | ¥4,219)

BM(NH) 47, text figs. . PB. Fine.. Bull. BM(NH) Hist. Vol.2(2).

To Sail Beyond the Sunset: Natural History in Australia 1699-1829

Finney, C.M. · 1984 · Pemberley Natural History Books

£15.00 (€17.98 | $19.82 | ¥3,165)

Rigby Publishers Adelaide 206, b/w + col illus. 310x230mm. HB. Vg in dust jacket (d/w spine slightly faded with a few edge tears; now in protective sleeve). Inscription to fly-leaf.. . [9780727018816]

New Naturalists (New Naturalist 82)

Marren, Peter · 2005 · Pemberley Natural History Books

£20.00 (€23.97 | $26.42 | ¥4,219)

Collins London 363, b/w photos. 216x150mm. PB. Fine.. 2nd edition.. [9780007197156]

Life and Letters of Thomas Henry Huxley

Huxley, L. · 1969 · Pemberley Natural History Books

£20.00 (€23.97 | $26.42 | ¥4,219)

Gregg International Publishers Farnborough 2 vols: x, 503; viii, 504, 3 frontispieces. . HB. Vg set.. Reprint edition. First published by MacMillan & Co., 1900. [9780576021654]

Louis Agassiz: A Life in Science

Lurie, E. · 1988 · Pemberley Natural History Books

£10.00 (€11.99 | $13.21 | ¥2,110)

Johns Hopkins University Press Baltimore xiv, 457, 24 plates. . PB. Vg.. Biography of the Swiss naturalist Louis Agassiz (1807-1873), who founded the Museum of Comparative Zoology at Harvard. [9780801837432]

The Sloane Herbarium

Dandy, J.E. (Ed.) · 1958 · Pemberley Natural History Books

£75.00 (€89.90 | $99.09 | ¥15,823)

BM(NH) London 246, frontis, 2 plates, 96 facsimiles of handwriting. 4to. HB. Fine copy.. An annotated list of the Horti Sicci composing it, with biographical accounts of the principal contributors. Based on records compiled by the late James Britten..

The Dapuri Drawings: Alexander Gibson & The Bombay Botanic Gardens

Noltie, H.J. · 2002 · Pemberley Natural History Books

£25.00 (€29.97 | $33.03 | ¥5,274)

Antique Collectors' Club 240, 170 col illus. 4to. HB. Fine copy in d/w.. This book is about a remarkable collection of botanical drawings belonging to the Royal Botanic Garden Edinburgh. The watercolours were commissioned by Alexander Gibson, and East India Company surgeon, an...