Videnskab og natur

EGYPTIAN BIRDS For the Most Part Seen in the Nile Valley

WHYMPER Charles · 1909 · Rothwell & Dunworth Ltd

£120.00 (€143.84 | $158.54 | ¥25,316)

Adam and Charles Black, 1909 1st edn. Tall 8vo (9 x 6½ ins). Original gilt lettered, decorative light green cloth, top edge gilt (a little bumped at head and tail of spine - otherwise bright VG in protective cover). Pp. x + 221 + publisher's catalogue at rear, illus with 51 co...

BIRD HUNTING THROUGH WILD EUROPE

LODGE R.B. · 1908 · Rothwell & Dunworth Ltd

£75.00 (€89.90 | $99.09 | ¥15,823)

Robert Culley, 1908 1st edn. 8vo. Original gilt lettered blue pictorial cloth (faint wear at corners of boards - otherwise bright VG). Pp. 333, illus with b&w plates (endpapers lightly toned; previous owner's gift inscription on front free endpaper).

KNOWING NATURE Art and Science in Philadelphia 1740-1840

MEYERS Amy R.W. · 2011 · Rothwell & Dunworth Ltd

£40.00 (€47.95 | $52.85 | ¥8,439)

Yale University Press, 2011 1st edn 1st printing. 4to. Original black lettered light grey cloth (Fine), dustwrapper (near Fine). Pp. xiv + 417, illus with pictorial endpapers, coloured frontispiece and with coloured plates and photos (no inscriptions).

THE TRILOBITE BOOK A Visual Journey

LEVI-SETTI Riccardo · 2014 · Rothwell & Dunworth Ltd

£30.00 (€35.96 | $39.63 | ¥6,329)

University of Chicago Press, 2014. 9780226124414 1st edn 1st printing. 4to. Original silver lettered black cloth (Fine), dustwrapper (Fine). Pp. x + 273, illus throughout with coloured plates (no inscriptions).

FLOATING GOLD A Natural (and Unnatural) History of Ambergris

KEMP Christopher · 2012 · Rothwell & Dunworth Ltd

£12.00 (€14.38 | $15.85 | ¥2,532)

University of Chicago Press, 2012. 9780226430362 1st edn 1st printing. 8vo. Original gilt lettered grey cloth (Fine), dustwrapper (VG). Pp. xiii + 186, illus with coloured plates and b&w photos in text (no inscriptions).

THE FRUIT GROWER'S GUIDE Volume I [&] Volume II

WRIGHT John, WRIGHT Horace J. · 1924 · Rothwell & Dunworth Ltd

£75.00 (€89.90 | $99.09 | ¥15,823)

Virtue & Co., 1924 New and revised edn. 2 vols. 4to (11 x 7¼ ins). Original gilt decorated blind-stamped green cloth (lightly bumped at head and tails of spine and small tear at tail of spine of vol II - otherwise a bright VG set). Pp. xvi + 336 [&] 338-682, illus with coloure...

OUR NATIVE FERNS Or the History of the British Species and Their Varieties Volume I [&] Volume II

LOWE E.J. · 1867 · Rothwell & Dunworth Ltd

£250.00 (€299.66 | $330.28 | ¥52,742)

Groombridge and Sons, 1867 2 vols. Tall 8vo (10 x 6¼ ins). Contemporary half crushed morocco binding (Andrew Grieve of Edinburgh) on marbled paper-laid sides, top edges gilt, matching marbled endpapers gilt tooled blind-stamped calf (rubbed at edges of spines and corners of bo...

BRITISH AND EUROPEAN BUTTERFLIES AND MOTHS (Macrolepidoptera)

KAPPEL A.W., KIRBY W. Egmont, DEUCHERT H., SLOCOMBE S. [Illustrators] · 1985 · Rothwell & Dunworth Ltd

£300.00 (€359.60 | $396.34 | ¥63,291)

Ernest Nister [&] E.P. Dutton, c. 1985 1st edition. 4to (11¼ x 8¼ ins). Rebound by Bayntun-Riviere in gilt lettered half calf on matching red cloth sides, top edge gilt, marbled endpapers (near Fine). Pp. xvi + 269, illus with 30 coloured plates (previous owner's neat 1918 gif...

THE BIRDS OF THE BRITISH ISLES AND THEIR EGGS Series I-III Wayland and Woodland Series

COWARD T.A. · 1929 · Rothwell & Dunworth Ltd

£50.00 (€59.93 | $66.06 | ¥10,548)

Frederick Warne, 1929-1930 3rd, 4th and 2nd editions. 3 vols boxed set. 12mo (7 x 5 ins). Original gilt decorated brown cloth with red sprinkled edges (near Fine), no dustwrappers, slipcase (rather worn and marked). Pp. various, illus with coloured & b&w plates (previous owner...

NATURAL HISTORY OF BRITISH BUTTERFLIES Volume I [&] Volume II

FROHAWK F.W. · 1914 · Rothwell & Dunworth Ltd

£200.00 (€239.73 | $264.23 | ¥42,194)

Hutchinson & Co., 1914 1st edn. 2 vols. Folio (15 x 10 ins). Original gilt lettered blue cloth (worn at head and tail of spines, rubbed at corners of boards and boards lightly marked). Pp. xiii + 207 [&] 205, illus with 60 coloured and 4 b&w plates (inner hinges loosend; no in...

SEEING FOUCAULT'S PENDULUM Between Science Politics and Art

HAGNER Michael, SAVAGE Robert [Translator] · 2025 · Rothwell & Dunworth Ltd

£18.00 (€21.58 | $23.78 | ¥3,797)

New York: Zone Books, 2025. 9781945861062 1st edn. 8vo. Original gilt lettered black cloth (Fine), dustwrapper (Fine). Pp. 320, with coloured and b&w illus (no inscriptions).

THE POWERFUL PRIMATE How Homo Sapiens Came to Dominate the Planet

ENNOS Roland · 2026 · Rothwell & Dunworth Ltd

£14.00 (€16.78 | $18.50 | ¥2,954)

Oneworld, 2026. 9781836431305 1st edn. 8vo. Original silver lettered blue cloth (Fine), dustwrapper (Fine, not price clipped). Pp. xvii + 285, with coloured and b&w illus (no inscriptions).

THE CASE FOR NATURE Pioneering Solutions for the Other Planetary Crisis

SHRIKANTH Siddarth · 2023 · Rothwell & Dunworth Ltd

£10.00 (€11.99 | $13.21 | ¥2,110)

Duckworth, 2023. 9780715654729 1st edn. 8vo. Original black lettered white cloth (Fine), dustwrapper (Fine, not price clipped). Pp. vii + 293, illus with b&w images throughout (no inscriptions).

INTOXICATED WAYS OF KNOWING The Untold Story of Intoxicants and the Biological Subject in Nineteenth-Century Germany

PERKINS-McVEY Matthew · 2026 · Rothwell & Dunworth Ltd

£14.00 (€16.78 | $18.50 | ¥2,954)

University of Chicago Press, 2026. 9780226846132 8vo. Original pictorial card covers (softback) (Fine). Pp. 308 (no inscriptions).

INSIDE THE STARGAZER'S PALACE The Transformation of Science in 16th-Century Northern Europe

MOLLER Violet · 2024 · Rothwell & Dunworth Ltd

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Oneworld Publications, 2024. 9780861547524 1st edn. 8vo. Original gilt lettered dark blue cloth (Fine), dustwrapper (Fine, not price clipped). Pp. 291 (no inscriptions).

A DEVIL'S CHAPLAIN Selected Essays

DAWKINS Richard · 2003 · Rothwell & Dunworth Ltd

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Weidenfeld and Nicolson, 2003 1st edn 4th impression. 8vo. Original gilt lettered blue cloth (Fine), dustwrapper (Fine, not price clipped). Pp. vi + 264 (no inscriptions).

DARWINISM An Exposition of the Theory of Natural Selection with Some of Its Applications

WALLACE Alfred Russel · 1889 · Rothwell & Dunworth Ltd

£200.00 (€239.73 | $264.23 | ¥42,194)

Macmillan and Co., 1889 1st edn. 8vo (8 x 5½ ins). Original blind-ruled gilt lettered green cloth (worn at head and tail of spine and corners of boards - otherwise VG in protective cover). Pp. xvi + 494 + [2] publisher's catalogue, illus with b&w frontispiece with tissue-guard...

PRINCIPIA MATHEMATICA Mathematical Principles of Natural Philosophy [&] A GUIDE TO NEWTON'S PRINCIPIA MATHEMATICA

NEWTON Isaac, COHEN I. Bernard, WHITMAN Anne, NAUENBERG Michael, SMITH George E. · 2008 · Rothwell & Dunworth Ltd

£150.00 (€179.80 | $198.17 | ¥31,645)

Folio Society, 2008 1st printing. 2 vols boxed set. Tall 8vo (10 x 7 ins). Original silver decorated black buckram cloth (Fine), slipcase (lightly scuffed at edges - otherwise near Fine). Pp. xxx + 494 [&] xvii + 385, illus with coloured plates and b&w figures in text (previou...

ICL A Business and Technical History The Official History of Britain's Leading Information Systems Company

CAMPBELL-KELLY Martin · 1990 · Rothwell & Dunworth Ltd

£50.00 (€59.93 | $66.06 | ¥10,548)

Clarendon Press Oxford University Press, 1990. 9780198539186 1st edn 2nd printing. 8vo. Original gilt lettered blue cloth (Fine), dustwrapper (Fine in protective cover). Pp. xii + 409, illus with b&w plates and figures in text (no inscriptions).

THE MATHEMATICAL WORK OF CHARLES BABBAGE

DUBBEY J.M. · 1978 · Rothwell & Dunworth Ltd

£14.00 (€16.78 | $18.50 | ¥2,954)

Cambridge University Press, 1978 1st edn. 8vo. Original gilt lettered black cloth (accession number at tail of spine - otherwise VG), no dustwrapper. Pp. viii + 235, illus with b&w frontispiece (ex academic library with usual stamps and markings and previous owner's neat inscr...