Recent Arrivals from Pemberley Natural History Books

London: Royal Entomological Society, 1972. viii, 153, . . PB. Lettering to spine. Vg. From the library of Prof. Jim Green (1928-2016), Professor of Zoology at Queen Mary College, University of London, with his name to cover.. 2nd edition of Kloet & Hinks (Lepidoptera section), completely revised..

Wien: Kaiserlich-Koniglichen hof- und Staatsdruckerei, 1869. 86, 20 lithographic plates. . PB. 4to, later staple-bound card wrappers, orig. wrappers retained (front wrapper detached and worn); ink title to front cover. Page margins browned; some foxing/browning to plates. Ex-lib.: a few ink stamps. Name of Henry Dighton Thomas (1900-1966), geologist at the British Museum (Natural History), to front cover.. Text… Read more about this item

London: Collins, 1950. 350, 3 text figs, end-paper map. . HB. 8vo, orig. cloth. Vg in d/w (a few short edge tears; in removable protective jacket). James Fisher's copy, with his name to half-title.. First edition..

Princeton Architectural Press, 2023. 360, col illus. 338x239mm. HB. NEW. Folio.. A landmark visual exploration of nature printing, featuring 45 different techniques developed over 150 years and hundreds of astonishing rare images.Hailed as the earliest precursor to photography, nature printing is the practice of using impressions from the surface of a natural object such as leaves, flowering plants, ferns,… Read more about this item

Jerusalem: Israel Academy of Sciences, 1998. vi, 228, 1 col frontis, map, 410 figs. A4. HB. 8vo, orig. cloth. Vg. From the library of David R. Nellist, British arachnologist, with his name and ownership stamp to endpaper.. . [9789652081339]

London: BM(NH), 1949. 18, col frontis, 7 text figs. . PB. From the library of Prof. Jim Green (1928-2016), Professor of Zoology at Queen Mary College, University of London, with his name to cover. Vg.. 6th edition. BM(NH) Economic Series No. 5..

1893. 61, 4 plates. . HB. 4to (310x253mm), later buckram, black leather title piece. Withdrawn from an institutional library with a few neat ink stamps.. From <i>Transactions of the Zoological Society of London</i> Vol. XIII, Part VI. Lithographic plates by E.C. & G.M. Woodward, printed by West, Newman..

New York: Van Nostrand Reinhold, 1979. xiv, 274, 32 col + 32 b/w plates. . HB. Vg in d/w. Vg. From the library of David R. Nellist, British arachnologist, with his name to endpaper.. Second edition.. [9780442226497]

Prague: Peres Publishers, 2002. 350, distribution maps. 295x210mm. HB. Vg in d/w. From the library of David R. Nellist, British arachnologist, with his name and ownership stamp to endpaper.. Edited by Peter Merrett. Text English. Provides a review of all 830 spider species hitherto known from the Czech Republic. Includes data on distribution, habitats, altitudinal ranges, frequency, etc. for… Read more about this item

Hertfordshire Natural History Society, 2010. 374, col + b/w photos, illus, maps. A4. HB. Fine. From the library of David R. Nellist, British arachnologist, with his name to top of title page. Inscribed to him and signed by the editor and seven of the book's contributors.. This book gives a comprehensive and authoritative account of the basic geology of… Read more about this item

G. G. and J. Robinson and G. Kearsley, 1796. xii, 274, XX [2], . . HB. Recent half cloth, paper label to spine, new endpapers. Text uncut. Lacks frontis and folding plate. Signature of the silversmith Samuel Augustine Courtauld, dated August 1817, with his bookplate, motto Tiens a la vérité. He emigrated to the United States where he died… Read more about this item

London: MacMillan & Co., 1933. xix, 259, 39 b/w plates, folding map. . HB. 8vo, orig. cloth. Some light foxing to edge of text block. Name to endpaper. Good.. First edition..

Cambridge University Press, 1924. xv, [1], 72, . . HB. Small 4to (224x176mm), orig. cloth, gt. From an institutional library with a few neat ink stamps; labels removed from spine.. Edition limited to 550 copies, of which 500 were for sale (this copy No. 369)..

London: Reeve, Benham, and Reeve; Henry G. Bohn, 1849-1856. xx, 434, 16-ads; xii, 350, 16-ads; viii, 491, [1], 16-ads; xxxii, 516, portrait frontis. . HB. 4 vols, 8vo, orig. blind-stamped, green cloth (uniformly faded to brown on spines), gilt titles to spine; minor wear to extremities. Vol. II with gatherings partly unopened. A little foxing at beginning and end… Read more about this item

Science Press, 1975. [2], ii, 158, 58 col plates. . HB. 8vo, orig. cloth-backed boards. Vg. Bookplate of S. Dillon Ripley (1913-2001), American ornithologist and wildlife conservationist.. Second impression (first published 1973). Text Chinese. Includes 669 species. Chinese and Latin names, descriptions of adults and larvae and information on distrubition, both in China and the rest of the World,… Read more about this item

London: BM(NH), 1963. 60, 37 b/w plates. . PB. 8vo, orig. wrappers, slightly spotted. Vg.. <i>Bulletin of the British Museum (Natural History) Entomology</i>, Vol. 13(11): pp. 395-454..

Oxford & London: Oxford University Press & Humphrey Milford, 1931. xx, 643, col frontis. . HB. 4to, orig. buckram, spine faded, gilt title to spine. Withdrawn from an institutional library with a few neat ink stamps, spine label.. First edition..

Catania: Tipografia Zuccarello & Izzi, 1948-1963. 500, 6 b/w plates. . HB + PB. 14 parts in 4 vols, 4to, Parts 1-13: bound in 3, later buckram, gilt titles to spine, orig. wrappers retained; Part 14: orig. wrappers. Withdrawn from an institutional library, with a few neat ink stamps.. From <i>Atti della Accademia Gioenia di Scienze Naturali</i>, Catania, Serie… Read more about this item

Cambridge University Press, 1997. 26, 5 text figs. . PB. 8vo, orig. wrappers, front cover creased. Vg.. <i>British Journal for the History of Science</i> Vol. 30(2), No. 105: 151-176 (complete issue - includes other papers)..

Copenhagen: Andr. Fred. Høst & Søn, 1912. 51, 7 plain plates, 2 text figs. . HB. 4to, later buckram, orig. wrappers retained. Good ex-lib.: a few neat ink stamps, small spine label.. <i>Kongelige Danske videnskabernes selskabs skrifter, Naturvidenskabelig og mathematisk afdeling</i>, 7. række, bd. 10, 1. Collotype plates..