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Newbigin, Marion : Life by the Seashore: An Introduction to Natural History. London: Unwin 1931. 296p blue cloth with sunned spine, ex library, very good condition PKM 119358 £7
Boulenger, G A : Animal Life by the Sea-shore. London: Country Life 1941?. 83p green cloth, rubbed spine, ex library, b/w plates, hinges weak, binding good, good condition PKM 119081 £12
Steers, J A [Ed]; Buchan, John [Foreword]: Scolt Head Island; the Story of its Origin: The Plant and Animal Life of the Dunes and Marshes. Cambridge: Heffer & Sons 1934. (Norfolk & Norwich Naturalists' Society) xvi 234p red cloth, damp stains to boards, fraying to edges of fold-out frontispiece photograph, many other fold-out maps and photographs (34 plates in all) with large fold-out map attached to rear board, a little sticking to page edges due to damp but all intact and clean, a good copy of this rare book PKM 119019 £65
Strid, Arne [Ed]: Mountain Flora of Greece: Volume 1. Cambridge University Press 1986. 852p cloth with yellow dustjacket, pages unmarked, binding firm, very good condition PKM 118236 £66
Spalding, Julian : Is There Life in Museums? London: W H Smith 1995. (W H Smith Contemporary Papers) 16p pamphlet with a white jacket, very good condition PKM 118214 £6
Crabtree, J H : A Practical Guide to Nature Study. London: Jarrolds 1924. 190p grey cloth, frontispiece with tissue guard, minor shelfwear, inscription to front endpaper, pages clean and unmarked, binding firm, many b&w photographs, small tea stain to front board, very good condition PKM 117947 £7
Bishop, Billy ; Garfit, Will [Illustr]: Cley Marsh and its Birds. Woodbridge: Boydell 1983. 133p blue/green cloth, minor shelfwear, pages clean and unmarked, binding firm, many b&w illustrations, very good condition PKM 117665 £10
Chance, Edgar : The Cuckoo's Secret. London: Sidgwick & Jackson 1922. 239p green cloth with gilt lettering, pages clean and unmarked, binding firm, some b&w photographs, 1 fold out map, some light foxing, note from the author, deckled edges, very good condition PKM 117607 £10
Hayden, F V ; Merriam, C H : Sixth Annual Report of the United States Geological Survey: The Territories Embracing Portions of Montana, Idaho, Wyoming and Utah. Washington: Government Printing Office 1873. PKM 116073 £235
Dorset Wildlife Trust : The Natural History of Dorset. Wimborne: Dovecote 1997. 168p green paperback, signature to front endpaper, binding firm, b&w illustrations, near fine condition PKM 115885 £10
British Museum : British Museum Magazine. The Journal of the British Museum Society. Number 18 Summer 1994. London: British Museum 1994. (British Museum Magazine) 32p large black stapled booklet, very good condition PKM 115883 £9
British Museum : British Museum Magazine. The Journal of the British Museum Society. Number 19 Autumn 1994. London: British Museum 1994. (British Museum Magazine) 32p large black stapled booklet, very good condition PKM 115882 £9
British Museum : British Museum Magazine. The Journal of the British Museum Society. Number 20 Winter 1994. London: British Museum 1994. (British Museum Magazine) 32p large black stapled booklet, very good condition PKM 115881 £9
British Museum : British Museum Magazine. The Journal of the British Museum Society. Number 17 Spring 1994. London: British Museum 1994. (British Museum Magazine) 32p large black stapled booklet, very good condition PKM 115880 £9
Taylor, William : National Museum of Canada Bulletin, Number 167, 1960. Ottawa: Department of Northern Affairs 1960. 130p grey paperback, ex library, spine rubbed, binding weak, very good condition PKM 115834 £10
Mead, Margaret : Kinship in the Admiralty Islands. Anthropological Papers of the American Museum of Natural History. Volume 34, Part 2. New York: American Museum of Natural History 1934. (Anthropological Papers) 150p blue cloth, ex library, spine rubbed, binding firm, very good condition PKM 115831 £54
Bland, Roger [Ed]: Department for Culture, Media and Sport. Treasure Annual Report 1998-1999. London: Department for Culture, Media and Sport 1999. 150p yellow paperback, corners bumped, pages unmarked, binding firm, colour illustrations, very good condition PKM 115821 £13
(No Author) : University of Oxford. Pitt Rivers Museum. Annual Report 1988-89. Oxford University Press 1988. 23p red stapled booklet, ex library, pages unmarked, very good condition PKM 115816 £9
Atran, Scott : Cognitive Foundations of Natural History: Towards an Anthropology of Science. Cambridge University Press 1990. 372p cloth with blue dustjacket, pages unmarked, binding firm, as new PKM 115775 £22
British Museum : British Museum Society Bulletin. Number 54. March 1987. The Mind of the Master, Country Life after Alexander. London: British Museum 1987. (British Museum Society Bulletin) 36p blue large paperback, very good condition PKM 115665 £5
British Museum : British Museum Society Bulletin. Number 55. Spring 1987. From Hilliard to Hogarth, The Badge and the Ballot. London: British Museum 1987. (British Museum Society Bulletin) 36p grey large paperback, very good condition PKM 115664 £5
British Museum : British Museum Society Bulletin. Number 56. Autumn 1987. On the Move in the Arctic, Glass to Dazzle a Caesar. London: British Museum 1987. (British Museum Society Bulletin) 36p black large paperback, very good condition PKM 115663 £5
British Museum : British Museum Society Bulletin. Number 57. Spring 1988. Puttin the Poussin to the Proof, The Splendour that was Suleyman. London: British Museum 1988. (British Museum Society Bulletin) 36p pink large paperback, very good condition PKM 115662 £5
British Museum : British Museum Society Bulletin. Number 58. Summer 1988. Staying with Egypt, How Japan Kept the Good Times Secret. London: British Museum 1988. (British Museum Society Bulletin) 36p purple large paperback, very good condition PKM 115661 £5
British Museum : British Museum Society Bulletin. Number 61. Summer 1989. Earl in Exile in the Arctic, Photographer on the Roof. London: British Museum 1989. (British Museum Society Bulletin) 36p black large paperback, corners bumped, very good condition PKM 115658 £5
British Museum : British Museum Society Bulletin. Number 62. Winter 1989. The Work of Angels, Collecting among the Wahgi. London: British Museum 1989. (British Museum Society Bulletin) 50p blue large paperback, corners bumped, very good condition PKM 115657 £5
British Museum : British Museum Magazine. The Journal of the British Museum Society. Number 21. Spring 1995. Tracking Down the Past, Hierarchy of Civilisation, Lifelong Learning. London: British Museum 1995. (British Museum Magazine) 32p black large paperback, very good condition PKM 115656 £6
Fogolari, Gino : Le RR. Gallerie Dell'Accademia di Venezia. Second Edition. Roma: Istituto Poligrafico dello Stato 1938. 60p blue paperback, signature to front endpaper, many b&w illustrations, very good condition PKM 115567 £9
Serra, Luigi : Il Palazzo Ducale di Venezia. Le Palais Ducal de Venise. Roma: Istituto Poligrafico dello Stato 1930?. (Ministero della Educazione Nazionale) 114p blue paperback, signature to front endpaper, many b&w illustrations, very good condition PKM 115566 £10
Douglas, Mary : Natural Symbols: Explorations in Cosmology. London: Penguin 1978. 224p white paperback, very good condition PKM 115553 £8
White, Gilbert : Natural History of Selborne. London: Finch 1908. 366p red leather, gilt lettering, fraying to top/bottom of spine, gilt edges, very good condition PKM 115336 £12
(No Author) : Futurescapes. Large-scale Habitat Restoration for Wildlife and People. London: Royal Society 2001. 52p blue/black paperback, binding firm, as new PKM 115000 £9
(No Author) : British Museum Magazine. The Journal of the British Museum Society. Year 1993. Number 13, 14, 15, 16. London: British Museum 1993. 4 volumes large black paperback, near fine condition PKM 114844 £13
Feeney, Mary : Digital Culture: Maximising the Nation's Investment. A Synthesis of JISC/NPO Studies on the Preservation of Electronic Materials. London: National Preservation Office 1999. 85p blue paperback, ex library, minor shelfwear, pencil marks to pages, very good condition PKM 114377 £5
Delroy, Stephen et al: Natural Science Data Dictionary of the Canadian Heritage Information Network. Ottawa: Museum Services Division 1985. (Documentation Research Publication) 195p blue paperback, rubed corners, ex lib, very good condition PKM 114357 £13
Bandes, Susan [Ed]: Caring for Collections: Strategies for Conservation, Maintenance and Documentation. Washington: American Association of Museums 1984. 44p grey stapled booklet, ex lib, very good condition PKM 114344 £6
(No Author) : Museum Professional Training and Career Structure. Report by a Working Party 1987. London: Museums & Galleries Commission 1987. 157p red/silver paperback, ex lib, sunned spine, very good condition PKM 114342 £9
Cheetham, Linda : The Innocent Researcher and the Museum. Hull University Press 1987. 16p green stapled booklet, very good condition, ex lib PKM 114334 £3
(No Author) : The Web of Life. A Strategy for Systematic Biology in the United Kingdom. London: UK Systematics Forum 1997. 28p black/green paperback, minor shelfwear, ex lib, very good condition PKM 114010 £13
Roberts, D A [Eds]; Harding, P T : Biological Recording in a Changing Landscape. Bolton: Biology Curators' Group 1986. 50p large white paperback, as new, ex lib PKM 114007 £14
Harding, P T [Eds]; Copp, C J T : Biological Recording Forum. 1985. Special Report No. 4. Bolton: Biology Curators' Group 1985. 41p white paperback, ex library, minor shelfwear, corners slightly bumped, pages clean and unmarked, index, very good condition PKM 114006 £12
Morgan, Peter [Ed]: A National Plan for Systematic Collections? Cardiff: National Museum of Wales 1982. 192p yellow paperback, ex library, minor shelfwear, pages clean and unmarked, binding firm, index, very good condition PKM 114005 £22
Sharpe, T : Geology in Museums: A Bibliography and Index. Cardiff: National Museum of Wales 1983. (Geological Series) 128p silver paperback, ex library, minor shelfwear, pages clean and unmarked, binding firm, index, very good condition PKM 114004 £18
(No Author) : "The Importance of Museums as a Source of Spiritual Refreshment, Enlightenment and Aesthetic Pleasure Cannot be Overrated". Annual Review 1998-99. London: Museums & Galleries Commission 2000. 50p white/black paperback, ex library, pages clean and unmarked, near fine condition PKM 113820 £20
English Heritage : Heritage Counts 2003. The State of the England's Historic Environment. London: English Heritage 2003. 16p green paperback, ex library, pages clean and unmarked, near fine condition PKM 113817 £5
English Heritage : Heritage Counts 2003. The State of the East of England's Historic Environment. London: English Heritage 2003. 16p green paperback, ex library, pages clean and unmarked, near fine condition PKM 113816 £5
(No Author) : Pay in Museums. London: Museums & Galleries Commission 2000. 11p green stapled booklet, near fine condition, ex lib PKM 113814 £5
(No Author) : Museums and Insurance. London: Museums & Galleries Commission 1999. 120p white paperback, ex library, pages clean and unmarked, very good condition PKM 113809 £17
Davies, Stuart : Collaboration between Museums. London: Museums & Galleries Commission 1990. 120p white paperback, ex library, pages clean and unmarked, very good condition, the original back plastic cover is missing PKM 113808 £19.6
Gunn, Ann ; Prescott, R G W : Lifting the Veil on Research and Scholarship in the UK. London: Museums & Galleries Commission 1999. 125p white paperback, ex library, pages clean and unmarked, very good condition PKM 113807 £17
(No Author) : European Museums Beyond the Millennium. London: Museums & Galleries Commission 1998. 32p black/silver paperback, ex library, corners slightly rubbed, pages clean and unmarked, very good condition PKM 113805 £6
South West Museums Council : Minerals and Magic Lanterns. South West Museums Council 1999. 42p pink/navy paperback, ex lib, some scratches to cover, very good condition PKM 113701 £10
English Heritage : Conservation-led Regeneration: The Work of English Heritage. London: English Heritage 1998. 20p large white stapled booklet, corners bumped, ex lib, very good condition PKM 113699 £5
Committee of Public Accounts : Committee of Public Accounts. First Report. Management of the Collections of the English National Museums and Galleries. London: HMSO 1988. 21p blue paperback, near fine condition, signature to front cover PKM 113697 £8
Brimble, L J F : Nature Studies for Schools: With Suggestions for Practical, Field and Museum Work. London: Macmillan 1951. 223p yellow cloth, slightly rubbed boards, ex library, unmarked, very good condition with b/w plates PKM 112709 £26
Step, Edward : Wayside and Woodland Blossoms: A Guide to British Wild Flowers. Series One, Two, and Three. London: Warne 1948,1946, 1941. 176p cloth with grey dustjacket, 188p with grey dustjacket 191p red cloth with gilt lettering, dustjackets worn and spines sunned, name stickers to inner front boards, pages clean and unmarked, binding firm, many colour illustrations, index, early purple PKM 112432 £32
Turner, H E ; Westell, W Percival [Eds]: The Stream I Know. London: Dent 1944. 77p green cloth, shelfwear, light foxing to endpapers, binding firm, 13 coloured illustrations and many b&w illustrations, decorative front board in colour, war time economy paper used, 3 pages creased, otherwise good PKM 112409 £10
Turner, H E [Ed]; Westell, W Percival [Ed]: The Common I Know. London: Dent 1943. 77p small format green cloth, slight shelfwear, light foxing to endpapers, war-time economy standard paper used, decorative front board in colour, binding firm, many colour illustrations, very good condition PKM 112407 £12
Imms, A D : A General Textbook of Entomology: Including the Anatomy, Physiology, Development, and Classification of Insects. London: Methuen 1957. 886p green cloth with gilt lettering, slight shelfwear, inscription to front endpaper, binding firm, many beautiful b&w illustrations of insects, index, minor faded stains on front board, cracked hinges, otherwise VG PKM 112292 £15
Slack, H D : Studies on Loch Lomond I. Glasgow: Blackie 1957. 133p grey cloth, pages clean and unmarked, binding firm, many b&w illustrations, dustjacket is browning, name stamp on front endpaper, otherwise VG+ PKM 112290 £17
Hillstead, A F C : The Young Naturalists Discover Spring. First Edition. London: Jenkins 1949. 202p orange/white cloth with gilt lettering, spine sunned, ex library, many b/w illustrations, very good condition PKM 112252 £14
Brightwell, L R : Sea-Shore Life of Britain. First Edition. London: Batsford 1947. (British Nature Library) 116p cloth with blue dustjacket, spine slightly rubbed, pages clean and unmarked, many b&w illustrations, a minor tear to top of spine, index, very good condition PKM 112251 £10
Little, W B : Nature All Around. Book One. London: Pitman 1935. 158p green/brown cloth illustrated boards, spine sunned, many b/w illustrations, inscriptions to front end paper, ink markings to many pages, good condition PKM 112246 £13
Watson, E L ; Greg, Barbara [Illustr]: Enigmas of Natural History. London: Cresset 1941. 140p yellow cloth, sunned boards, original maroon colour faded, gilt lettering to spine, corners bumped, pages unmarked with many b/w illustrations, very good condition PKM 112232 £15
Crossland, John ; Parrish, J M : The Wonder World Encyclopedia. London: Collins 1936. 520p dark green cloth, minor stain to boards, spine faded, corners slightly bumped, b/w illustrations throughout, very good condition PKM 112218 £20
Smith, B W : The World in the Past: What it was Like and What it Contained. Second Edition Revised and Enlarged. London: Warne 1947. 365p red cloth with a sunned spine, b/w plates and illustrations, round cut corners, very good condition PKM 112073 £20
Kelman, Janet Harvey ; Smith, C E [Ed]: Trees: Shown to the Children. London: Jack 1930?. (Shown to the Children) 131p green cloth, slight shelfwear, inscription to front endpaper, all other pages clean and unmarked, binding is slightly loose, thirty-two colour plates, includes a list of plates and their titles at front, very good condition PKM 111918 £10
Sitwell, Sacheverell ; Gould, John [Illustr]: Tropical Birds. First Edition. London: Batsford 1948. 12p hardback with green dustjacket, shelfwear, pages clean and unmarked, light foxing to endpapers, binding firm, many colour plates, very good condition PKM 111874 £10
Bayne, C S ; Tunnicliffe, C F [Illustr]: The Call of the Birds. London: Collins 1945. 368p cloth with green dustjacket, shelfwear to dustjacket, pages clean and unmarked, binding firm, many b&w illustrations, index, good condition PKM 111872 £11
Nicholson, E M ; Koch, Ludwig ; Huxley, Julian [Introduction]: Songs of Wild Birds. First Edition. London: Witherby 1936. 216p cloth with black/ white worn dustjacket, frontispiece with tissue guard, light foxing, binding firm, index, many colour illustrations, includes a large fold-out calender of bird songs, good condition PKM 111871 £30
MacCulloch, Donald : The Wondrous Isle of Staffa: Its History, Geology, Features, and Associations.Third Edition. London: Oliver & Boyd 1957. 205p red cloth with gilt lettering, cloth in excellent condition, interior light foxing, binding firm, many b&w photographs, inscription, index, very good condition PKM 111870 £15
Lockley, R M ; Willock, Colin [Ed]: Grey Seal, Common Seal: An Account of Life Histories of British Seals. A Survival Book. First Edition. London: Deutsch 1966. 175p blue cloth with gilt lettering, binding firm, many b&w illustrations including fascinating photgraphs throughout, many diagrams, index, excellent condition PKM 111846 £11
Megaw, J V S : Art of the European Iron Age: A Study of the Elusive Image. Bath: Adams & Dart 1970. 195p green cloth, pages clean and unmarked, binding firm, many b&w illustrations and diagrams, minor scratches to jacket, index, near fine condition PKM 111598 £22
Cornish, Vaughan : Historic Thorn Trees in the British Isles. London: Country Life 1941. 94p green cloth, corners slightly bumped, spine slightly rubbed, pencil marks to pages, many b&w photographs, index, very good condition PKM 111582 £16
Böhme, Gernot ; Böhme, Hartmut : Feuer, Wasser, Erde, Luft: Eine Kulturgeschichte der Elemente. München: Beck 1996. 344p cloth with dustjacket, pages clean and unmarked, binding firm, many b&w illustrations, VG+ PKM 110988 £20
Megenberg, Konrad von : Buch der Natur. Ins Neuhochdeutsche übertragen und eingeleitet von Gerhard Sollbach. Frankfurt: Insel 1990. 224p sm cloth illustrated dj, first ed, b/w illustrations, hardly used, VG+ PKM 110857 £22
Woodward, Arthur : A Guide To The Fossil Mammals and Birds in the Department of Geology and Palaeontology In The British Museum. London: British Museum 1909. 97p black/white cloth, worn boards, pages clean and unmarked, with many illustrations, very good condition PKM 109926 £28
Elliot, G F : Chile: Its History and Development, Natural Features, Products, Commerce and Present Conditions. London: Fisher Unwin 1907. 348p red cloth with gilt lettering, spine sunned, shelfwear to boards, corners slightly dented, pages clean and unmarked, appendix, index, very good condition PKM 109891 £16
Davies, Arthur : An Introduction to Palæontology. First Edition. London: Murby 1920. 414p green cloth, spine slightly soiled, corners dented, pages clean and unmarked, owner inscription to front free end paper, very good condition PKM 109503 £12
Mitchell, Alan : A Field Guide to the Trees of Britain and Northern Europe. London: Collins 1974. (Collins Field Guide) 288p white laminated hardback, minor shelfwear to top/bottom of spine, fully illustrated in colour, near fine condition PKM 108970 £10
Corbin, Thomas : Nature and the Designer. London: A & C Black 1948. 48p cloth with white jacket, slightly browned jacket, chipped, pages clean and unmarked, very good condition PKM 108672 £16
Tansley, Eric : Birds of the Hill, Moor and Marsh. London: Blackie 1950. 64p white cloth hardback, near fine condition except slightly dented corners PKM 108628 £14
Grant Watson, E L : Wonders of Natural History. London: Pleiades Books 1947. 192p cloth with white jacket, slightly chipped jacket, illustrated, pages clean and unmarked, very good condition PKM 108620 £12
Percival Westell, W : My Life as a Naturalist. London: Palmer 1918. 268p cloth with red cloth, sunned cover, slightly worn spine and corners, otherwise very good condition PKM 108619 £32
Roberts, D A : Museum Documentation Systems: Developments and Applications. London: Butterworths 1986. 288p blue hardback, spine sunned, corners slightly dented, pages clean and unmarked, very good condtion PKM 107453 £44
Davis, Peter [Ed]: A Catalogue of Natural Science Collections in North-East England. North of England Museums Service 1986. 333p white paperback, minor shelfwear, pages clean and unmarked, very good condition PKM 107452 £26
Genoways, Hugh : Mammal Collection Management. Lubbock: Texas Tech University Press 1987. 219p brown paperback, minor shelfwear to bottom of spine, cover excellent, pages bright, crisp and unmarked, near fine condition PKM 107375 £44
Bassett, M G : Curation of Palaeontological Collections: A Joint Colloquium of the Palaeontological Association and Geological Curators' Group. Palaeontological Association 1979. (Special Papers in Palaeontology) 279p orange paperback, sunned and creased spine, cover slightly worn, pages clean and unmarked, very good condition PKM 107372 £30
Cato, Paisley : Natural History Museums: Directions for Growth. Lubbock: Texas Tech University Press 1991. (Foundations of Unity of Science) 256p cloth with blue dust jacket, as new condition except very slight shelfwear to jacket, clean pages, tight binding PKM 107370 £18
British Museum (Natural History) : Nature Stored, Nature Studied: Collections, Conservation and Allied Research at the Natural History Museum. London: British Museum 1981. 64p white paperback, spine faded, otherwise near fine condition PKM 107351 £18
Merriman, Nick [Ed]: Making Early Histories in Museums. New York: Continuum 1999. 290 silver hardback, as new condition PKM 107344 £38
Fogg, Robin : Museum Studies International, 1988. Washington: Smithsonian 1988. 500p red paperback, slight shelfwear to cover, spine creased, pages marked with highlight marking pen, very good condition PKM 107340 £36
Greenfield, Jeanette : The Return of Cultural Treasures. Cambridge University Press 1990. 379p cloth with white jacket, minor shelfwear to jacket, bright, crisp pages with illustrations throughout, very good condition PKM 107339 £16
Kauffman, Stuart : The Origins of Order: Self Organization and Selection in Evolution. Oxford University Press 1993. 734p black/yellow paperback, brand new copy, bright and crisp pages PKM 107138 £24
Domes, Josef ; Gerabek, Werner ; Haage, Bernhard [Eds]: Licht der Natur: Medizin in Fachliteratur und Dichtung. Festschrift für Gundolf Keil zum 60. Geburtstag. Göppingen: Kümmerle 1994. (Göppinger Arbeiten zur Germanistik) viii 597p heavy blue cloth, gilt lettering on cover and spine, first edition, illustrations, tight and clean copy, hardly used, VG PKM 106921 £64
Stüber, Karl : Commendatio animae: Sterben im Mittelalter. Bern: Herbert Lang 1976. (Geist und Werk der Zeiten) 253p blue pb cover sl dusty, sl shelfwear to edges, first edition, 100p of annotations, pages clean and unmarked, VG PKM 106918 £48
Priesner, Claus ; Figala, Karin [Eds]: Alchemie: Lexikon einer hermetischen Wissenschaft. München: Beck 1998. 412p cloth illustrated dj, illustrations, hardly used, VG+ PKM 106913 £32
Moore, Janet ; Overhill, Raith : An Introduction to the Invertebrates. Cambridge University Press 2001. (Studies in Biology) 355p hardback with illustrated cover, excellent ex lib, sticker across spine, usual internal stamps etc, text itself clean, unmarked and seemingly never read, illustrations PKM 106408 £48
Coupland, Rex : The Natural History of the Chromaffin Cell. London: Longmans 1965. 279p hardback, purple dj and clear plastic jacket, very good ex lib, usual markings, but little evidence of previous use, illustrations and photographs throughout PKM 106302 £20
Arber, Agnes : The Natural Philosophy of Plant Form. Cambridge University Press 1950. 246p green cloth, this is a well preserved ex library copy, spine a bit dull, shelfmark present under tape, text clean, binding firm, copy slightly slanted, first edition PKM 106142 £48
Putnam, W G [Ed]: Dorset Natural History and Archaeological Society. Proceedings. Volume 99. 1997. Dorset Natural History and Archaeology Society 1980. 159p paperback, blue card cover, very good condition, cover grubby and a little bumped along extremities, internally clean, excellent condition of text PKM 105766 £8
Atkinson, John : Countryman on the moors. Fitzroy edition. London: MacGibbon 1967. 160p hardback with dj, very good cond, dj dirth, but crisp, internally near new PKM 105610 £8
Gould, Stephen Jay : Bully for Brontosaurus. Further Reflections in Natural History. London: Penguin 1992. 540p paperback, a clean and useful copy PKM 104851 £6
Hulme, Edward : Wild Fruits of the Country-side. London: Hutchinson. 221 green decorated cloth, fair condition, inner hinge cracked, pages clean and unmarked, binding slightly loose, one plate detached, water stain, previous owner's name and address and paper stuck to front endpaper PKM 104693 £8
Kelman, Janet Harvey : Butterflies and Moths. London: Nelson. 94p with 48 colour plates, burgundy cloth with colour illustration on cover, fair condition, plates bright but many annotated in pencil, foxing to pages, page edges worn. PKM 104580 £6
Dear, I S et al: The Dumpy Book of World Nature. London: Sampson Low 1957. 317p small hardcover, book in excellent condition, dustjacket present but very ripped, pages clean, includes numerous b/w illustrations, illustrated endpapers. PKM 104410 £6
Priem, Fernand : L'Evolution des Formes Animales Avant l'Apparition de l'Homme. Paris: Baillière 1891. 383p quarter leather red cloth, fine condition for age, patterned edges and decorative endpapers still clear and bright, pages clean and crisp, ex lib with large elegant sticker crossed out on front endpaper, slight scuffing to spine, a very fine copy. PKM 104406 £80
Mitchell, A : Yorkshire Caves and Potholes. No 1. North Ribblesdale. Skipton: Craven Herald 1948. 68p paperback, excellent condition, cover dull, internally some fingering PKM 104241 £8
Chope, R P : Farthest From Railways. An Unknown Corner of Devon. Hartland Church 1950. 24p paperback, good condition, card cover a little faded and small amount of rust on staples, pages clean and unmarked, beautiful black and white photos PKM 102549 £7
Allen, H C : Bush and Backwoods, A Comparison of the Frontier in Australia and the United States. Sydney: Angus & Robertson 1959. 153p first edition hardback, ex-lib, excellent condition only marred by some fading/scuffing to cover and spine, pages pristine, VG+. PKM 99892 £10
Mornet, Daniel : Les Sciences de la Nature. En France au XVIIIe siècle. Un Chapitre de l'Histoire des Idées. Paris: Armand Colin 1911. 290p hardback, 1st ed., ex-lib, page edges browned as is cover, gilted to spine, slight scuffing to cover, otherwise a well preserved example, VG. PKM 99805 £20
Kortum, Karl ; Olmsted, Roger : It's a Dangerous Looking Place. Sailing Days on the Redwood Coast. San Francisco: California Historical Society 1971. 15p booklet with blue cover, many illus, VG+ PKM 99428 £10
Hayden, F V : First, Second, and Third Annual Reports of the United States Geological Survey of the Territories for the Years 1867, 1868, and 1869, Under the Department of the Interior. Washington: Government Printing Office 1873. 261p black cloth, ex lib, first edition, clean pages, very rare title, excellent condition, VG+ PKM 98502 £80
Hayden, F V : Eleventh Annual Report of the United States Geological and Geographical Survey of the Territories Embracing Idaho and Wyoming. Washington: Government Printing Office 1879. 720p black cloth, ex lib, first edition, beautiful hand-drawn plates, some light foxing, fold-out maps, excellent condition, VG+ PKM 98500 £80
Hayden, F V : Sixth Annual Report of the United States Geological Survey: The Territories Embracing Portions of Montana, Idaho, Wyoming and Utah. Washington: Government Printing Office 1873. 844p black cloth, ex lib, first edition, beautiful black line illustrations and diagrams, marks on some pages, first few pages somewhat stained, inscription on front ep, thick book, grubby page edges, fold-out maps, very good condition PKM 98499 £100
Hayden, F V : Preliminary Report of the United States Geological Survey of Montana and Portions of Adjacent Territories. Washington: Government Printing Office 1872. 538p black cloth, ex lib, first edition, nice black line illustrations, fold-out maps, clean pages, excellent overall condition PKM 98498 £35
Smith, D B : Marine Permian of England. London: Chapman & Hall 1995. (Geological Conservation Review Series) 205p laminated hb, as new, A4 size, regs, glossary, index, plates, diagrams, nice book, uncommon, VG PKM 98495 £90
Snelling, N J [Ed]: The Chronology of the Geological Record. Oxford: Blackwell 1985. (Geological Society Memoir) 343p hb w/ dj, A4 size, dj worn at edges otherwise as new, tables and graphs, index PKM 98489 £60
Berg, Orville ; Woolverton, Donald [Eds]: Seismic Stratigraphy II. An Integrated Approach to Hydrocarbon Exploration. Tulsa: American Association of Petroleum Geologists 1986. (AAPG Memoir) 276p hb w/ laminated dj, as new, A4 size, heavy, illustrations and photos, fold-out graphs and diagrams, VG PKM 98488 £35
Tyndale-Biscoe, Hugh : The Geology of the Country Around Hunters Road, Gwelo District. Geological Survey Office 1949. (Geological Survey Bulletin) 145p blue pb, ex lib, refs, plates, index, fold-out maps and charts, VG PKM 98486 £10
MacGregor, A M : An Outline of the Geological History of Southern Rhodesia. Geological Survey Office 1947. (Geological Survey Bulletin) 76p blue stapled pb, index, clean pages, ex lib, uncommon, VG PKM 98485 £12
Joshi, Ramchandra : Pleistocene Studies in the Malaprabha Basin. Poona: Dharwar 1955. (Deccan College Research Institute) large format paperback, 112p plus plates, VG+ PKM 98474 £24
Frenzel, Burkhard [Ed]: European River Activity and Climatic Change During the Late Glacial and Early Holocene. Strasbourg: European Science Foundation 1995. (Paleoclimate Research) 226p orange/brown pb, tables, photos, dedication on cover and front ep, diagrams, as new PKM 98473 £25
McBirney, Alexander ; Williams, Howel : Volcanic History of Nicaragua. California University Press 1965. (University of California Publications in Geological Sciences) 73p pb, fold-out maps, excellent condition, appendices, citations, plates PKM 98470 £20
Whittard, W F ; Simpson, Scott [Eds]: Lexique Stratigraphique International. Vol 1: Europe. Fascicule 3a: England, Wales & Scotland. Paris: Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique 1958. 82p pb, clean pages, slim volume, VG PKM 98469 £16
Hay, William [Ed]: Studies in Paleo-Oceanography. Tulsa: Society of Economic Paleontologists and Mineralogists 1974. 218p red hb, printed on art paper, excellent condition, diagrams, tables, graphs, VG PKM 98468 £20
Mason, R J [Ed]: Prehistoric Man in Johannesburg. The Archaeology and Human Ecology of Melville Koppies Nature Reserve. Johannesburg: Witwatersrand University Press 1971. (Department of Archaeology Occasional Papers) 111p blue hb, printed fr typescript, clean pages, unused, illustrations and diagrams, VG PKM 98467 £16
Van Couvering, J A : The Pleistocene Boundary and the Beginning of the Quaternary. Cambridge University Press 1997. (World and Regional Geology) 296p hb, A4 size, as new, index, detailed diagrams and charts. Unused, VG PKM 98465 £40
Wright, H E ; Kutzbach, J E et al: Global Climates Since the Last Glacial Maximum. Minnesota University Press 1993. 569p hb w/ laminated cover, thick A4 volume, as new, plates, index, diagrams, VG PKM 98463 £35
Fucini, A : Studii Geologici sul Monte Pisano. Catania: Coi Tipi Di Crescenzio Galatola 1925. 224p white pb, A4 size, ex lib, cover worn, large colour maps attached to back cover, cleanif slightly faded pages, plates, uncommon, index, VG PKM 98462 £50
Van Hise, Charles ; Leith, Charles : The Geology of the Lake Superior Region. Washington: Government Printing Office 1911. (Monographs of the United States Geological Survey) 641p dark cloth, thick volume of A4 size, very good condition, beautiful fold-out maps (several in pouch attached to back cover), plates, index, VG+ PKM 98461 £75
Berger, A ; Schneider, S ; Duplessy, Jean-Claude [Eds]: Climate and Geo-sciences. A Challenge for Science and Society in the 21st Century. Dordrecht: Kluwer 1989. (Nato Advanced Science Institute Series) 724p hb w/ white laminated cover, as new, some chapters printed from typescript, graphs, indexes, thick book, VG+ PKM 98460 £150
Turner, Charles [Ed]: The Early Middle Pleistocene in Europe. Proceedings of the SEQS Cromer Symposium, Norwich, UK, 3-7 September 1990. Rotterdam: Balkema 1996. 329p hb w/ laminated cover, as new, author index, clean pages, illustrations, VG PKM 98459 £60
Butzer, Karl ; Isaac, Glynn : After the Australopithecines. Stratigraphy, Ecology and Culture Change in the Middle Pleistocene. The Hague: Mouton 1975. 911p hb w/ dj, appendices, biographical notes, thick book, clean pages, graphs and diagrams, VG+ PKM 98453 £60
Arber, E A N : Plant Life in Alpine Switzerland. London: Murray 1910. 355p cloth w/ protective film wrapper, frontispiece, some light foxing, appendices, index, plates, VG PKM 98440 £15
Wright, H E ; Frey, David [Eds]: International Studies on the Quaternary. Papers Prepared on the Occasion of the VII Congress of the International Association for Quaternary Research, Boulder, Colorado, 1965. New York: Geological Society of America 1965. 565p brown cloth, ex lib, excellent condition, rebound, plates, clean pages, illustrated, fold-out graphs at back, uncommon title, VG PKM 98438 £40
Schlee, John [Ed]: Interregional Unconformities and Hydrocarbon Accumulation. Tulsa: American Association of Petroleum Geologists 1984. (AAPG Memoir) 184p hb w/ laminated dj, as new, A4 size, illustrations and photos, VG PKM 98436 £20
Walsh, G B ; Rimington, F C [Eds]: The Natural History of the Scarborough District. Vol 1: Geology and Botany. Scarborough: Pindar 1953. 296p red cloth, first edition, plates, excellent condition, foreword by Prof W H Pearsall, large fold-out map, VG PKM 98434 £25
Moret, Léon : Manuel de Paleontologie Animale. Paris: Masson 1948. 743p pb, large book, ex lib, illustrations and diagrams, clean pages, index PKM 98417 £20
Hayden, F V : Annual Report of The United States Geological and Geographical Survey of the Territories, Embracing Colorado. Being a Report of Progress of the Exploration for the Year 1873. Washington: Government Printing Office 1874. 718p cloth, good condition, ex lib w/ usual stamps, plates, pull-out maps and diagrams nice and detailed, some light foxing, thick book, uncommon, VG+ PKM 98414 £100
Humphrys, L G : Wonders of Life. Vols 1 - 4 Complete Set. Illustrated by Len Fullerton. London: Blackie 1960. 4 vols very well preserved with same dustjacket, excellent set PKM 97849 £18
Jefferies, Richard : Jefferies' England. Nature Essays, Edited by S J Looker. London: Constable 1945. 274p green cloth with dustjacket mostly present, many plates, VG PKM 96924 £5
Jefferies, Richard : The Open Air. Will Illustrations by Ruth Dollman. London: Chatto & Windus 1913. 234p green cloth, VG with nice colour plates PKM 96562 £10
New Zealand : Land of the Mist: The Story of Urewera National Park. Gisborne: Lands and Survey 1983. 110p paperback, many colour illus, map in back, VG+ PKM 94112 £14
Buddenbrock, W von ; Studnitz, G von : Vergleichend-Physiologisches Praktikum. Mit besonderer Berücksichtigung der niederen Tiere. Berlin: Springer 1936. 127p rebound in full brown cloth with gilt lettering to spine, many illusin the text, VG: A curious collection of experiments and tricks PKM 93989 £36
Vokes, Harold ; Vokes, Emily : Distribution of Shallow-Water Marine Mollusca, Yucatan Peninsula, Mexico. Santa Barbara: Mesoamerican Research Institute 1983. 183p large green paperback with card cover, library stamps, many plates, VG PKM 93009 £46
Junge, Friedrich : Der Dorfteich als Lebensgemeinschaft nebst einer Abhandlung über Ziel und Verfahren des naturgeschichtlichen Unterrichts. Dritte Auflage. Kiel: Lipsius & Tischer 1907. xxiv 291p orig cloth, front inner hinge weak and front endpaper detaching, else very little used, from a government library, VG PKM 92127 £14
Sandford, George [Ed]: Fauna of British Eastern and Central Africa. Proceedings of a Conference held in Nairobi, 8 & 9 Mai 1947. Nairobi: East Africa High Commission 1948. 74p red paper cover, folding map in back, staples firm, nice copy PKM 91341 £34
Stokoe, W J : The Observer's Book of Wild Flowers. London: Warne 1973. (Observer Books) small format, hardback with dustjacket, excellent condition but private shelfmark to spine, 4th reprint, No 2 on spine, PKM 90715 £7
Saunders, John ; Engesser, Burkart : Dinosaurs From China. York: Yorkshire Museum 1990. 32p oblong format, stapled, many colour illus, based on an exhibition in Basel PKM 90285 £8
Knapp-Fisher, H C : The World of Nature. London: Gollancz 1935. 512p rebound in blue cloth, nice illus by Joan Harrison, VG PKM 90251 £10
Gould, Stephen Jay : Ever Since Darwin - Reflections in Natural History. London: Penguin 1977. 285p paperback, a clean and useful copy PKM 90211 £5
Moroni, Antonio [Ed]: La Copertura Vegetale dei Boschi di Carrega. Aspetti vegetazionali, floristici, forstali, micologici. Parma: Artegrafica Silva 1979. (I Boschi di Carrega-Documenti) 109p paperback with coloured wrapper, VG+, many plates, also in colour PKM 90069 £14
Padian, Kevin : The Beginning of the Age of Dinosaurs Faunal Change across the Triassic-Jurassic Boundary. Cambridge University Press 1987. 375p cloth with dustjacket, an excellent copy, never used, almost as new, (jacket with small tear) first edition, not a reprint, hardback PKM 89319 £48
M'Alpine, D : Observations on the Movements of the Entire Detached Animal and of Detached Ciliated Parts of Bivalve Molluscs, viz Gills, Mantle-Lobes, Labial Palps and Foot. (=Proceedings of the Royal Society of Edinburg, vol 15, 1887 - 1888) Edinburgh: Neill 1888. 30p essay, removed from binding, two plates with many molluscs, partly uncut, two plates, VG PKM 88765 £14.4
His, Wilhelm : On the Principles of Animal Morphology. Letter to John Murray. (=Proceedings of the Royal Society of Edinburg, vol 15, 1887 - 1888) Edinburgh: Neill 1887. 12p essay, removed from binding, VG PKM 88757 £10.8
Griffiths, A B : On the Malpighian Tubules of Libellula Depressa. (=Proceedings of the Royal Society of Edinburg, vol 15, 1887 - 1888) Edinburgh: Neill 1887. 12p essay, with plate, and illus, removed from binding, VG, together with a second essay by Griffiths on the Hepatic Cells of the Araneia, Asteridea etc PKM 88753 £12.6
Brook, George ; Hoyle, W E : The Metamorphosis of British Euphausiidae (=Proceedings of the Royal Society of Edinburg, vol 15, 1887 - 1888) Edinburgh: Neill 1887. 8p essay, removed from binding, VG, included is a second paper by Brook on a Lucifer-like Decapod Larva PKM 88749 £10.8
Broom, Donald : Biology of Behaviour: Mechanisms, Functions and Applications. With Animal Drawings by Robert Gillmor. Cambridge University Press 1981. ix 320p large square cloth, index, bibliography, illustrations, sections on Body Regulation, Maintenace and Hazard Avoidance Behaviour; Functions of Social Behaviour and Dispersal; Reproductive Behaviour including Parent-Offspring Interactions, etc, a sl PKM 88240 £20
Regan , Charles Tate [Ed]: Natural History. London: Ward, Lock & Co 1936?. 896p red cloth, heavy book jacket present with loss boards, many illus and plates in the text, VG PKM 88153 £12.6
Newbigin, Marion : Animal Geography. The Faunas of the Natural Regions of the Globe. Oxford: Clarendon Press 1913. (Oxford Geographies) xv 238p blue cloth, plates, maps, index, hardly used, VG copy of the first edition, library bookplate PKM 87796 £10.8
Woronin, M : Die Sclerotienkrankheit der gemeinen Trubenkirche und der Eberesche (Sclerotinia Padi und Sclerotinia Aucupariae. Saint Petersburg 1895. (Memoires de l'academie imperiale des Sciences de St Petersbourg) 27p with 5 lithograph plates bound in plain black cloth, paper cover bound in VG PKM 87165 £32.4
Davy, John : Miscellaneous Observations on Animal Heat. London: Royal Society 1840. pp 57 - 64, includes measurements on fish, aged inhabitants of Grasmere etc PKM 87149 £9
Westell, W Percival : The Natural History of the Garden. London: A & C Black 1920. 87p grey hardback with illustrated patterned paper covered boards, spine missing but binding good, pages clean with illustrations, VG PKM 86107 £10.8
[Sotheby's]: Natural History, Scientific and Medical Books and Books from the Collection of the Late Irving Davis. Tuesday 2 April 1985, Wednesday 3 April 1985 at 11am Each Day. London: Sotheby's 1985. Unpaginated green paperback catalogue with illustrated card cover, little use, pages clean with plates throughout, VG PKM 85301 £16.2
Bailey, Norman : The Elements of Stochastic Porocesses with Applications to the Natural Sciences. New York: Wiley 1967. 249p hardback with white laminated jacket, dusty ex-lib copy, pages clean with references and solutions, VG PKM 85209 £22.5
Pisani, Vittore : Die Etymologie. Geschichte - Fragen - Methode. München: Fink 1975. 210p green and white paperback with card cover, some use, pages clean with notes, German language, VG PKM 85110 £12.6
Stewart Collis, John : The Moving Waters. London: Hart-Davis 1955. 246p hardback wwith bue paper jacket, scuffing to edges and corners, first edition, pages clean, VG PKM 84583 £8.1
Wynne Jones, Ivor : Llechwedd Slate Caverns. Llechwedd Slate Caverns 1997. 24p stapled pamphlet with pictorial laminated cover, as new, pages clean with photographs throughout, VG PKM 81600 £5.4
Taylor, Alison : Prehistoric Cambridgeshire. Cambridge: Oleander Press 1977. 48p yellow paperback with laminated cover, ex-lib with stickers and stamps, pages clean with photographs, VG PKM 81530 £6.3
Moorbath, S ; Windley, B F : The Origin and Evolution of the Earth's Continental Crust. London: Royal Society 1981. (Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society) pp. 183-487 cloth large format, ex lib with dustjacket, and protective transparent film, VG ex lib, no faults PKM 81317 £18
Basset, M G : Fossil Plants from Wales. Cardiff: National Museum of Wales 1982. 42 pages excellent ex lib copy PKM 81315 £5.4
Barber, K E : Peat Stratigraphy and Climatic Change: A Palaeoecological Test of the Theory of Cyclic Peat Bog Regeneration. Rotterdam: Balkema 1981. 220p hardback with dustjacket, an excellent ex lib copy hardly used, VG+ PKM 81296 £37.8
Gosling, William : The Kingdom of Sand: Essays to Salute a World in Process of Being Born. London: National Council for Educational Technology 1981. (Occasional Paper) 98p green and white booklet with laminated card cover, ex-lib, pages clean with tables throughout, VG PKM 77419 £7.2
Taiz, Lincoln ; Zeiger, Eduardo : Plant Physiology. First Ed. Menlo Park: Benjamin 1991. large and heavy hardback with laminated cover, VG ex lib copy, hardly used, VG PKM 77131 £18
Hart-Davis, Duff : When the Country Went to Town. The Countryside Marches and Rally of 1997. Ludlow: Excellent Press 1997. 150p hardback with white illustrated jacket, as new, pages clean with 2 sets of b/w plates, appendix and index, VG+ PKM 76526 £6.3
Willis, L J : The Fossiliferous Lower Keuper Rocks of Worcestershire. (Proceedings of the Geologists' Association, Vol 21, 1910) The Geologists' Association 1910. pp249 - 331 blue offprint with card cover, library stamp to cover, many pages uncut, clean with footnotes and platesm VG PKM 76409 £16.2
Pufendorf, Baron de : Le Droit de la Nature ed des Gens, ou Systeme General. Des Principes les plus importans de la Morale, de la Jurisprudence, et de la Politique. Basle: Thourneisen 1732. 2 Vols, 613p 506p, plus tables and treatise by Joannis Barbeyraci (20p) bound in back, full leather with gilt lettering and ornaments on panelled spine well gilt, covers show some rubbing with slight superficial damage at places, corners are slightly worn PKM 73909 £414
Marshall, P T ; Hughes, G M : Physiology of Mammals and Other Vertebrates. Second Edition. Cambridge University Press 1980. 343p red paperback with pictorial cover panel, 2nd edition, pages clean with diagrams, VG PKM 73652 £5.4
(No Author) : Nature in Cambridgeshire No. 21, 22, 24. Cambridge: Cambridgeshire and Isle of Ely Naturalists' Trust 1978 - 198. 3 Vols ca. 60 pages each, covers sl rubbed but text clean, VG, the set PKM 73296 £7.2
Keymer, I F : Investigations on the Duiker (Sylvicapra Grimmia) and its Blood Protozoa in Central Africa. (Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society of London. Series B, Biological Sciences, No 798, Vol 255, pp 33 - 108). London: Royal Society 1969. A4 with brown card covers, five plates, bibliography, VG+ PKM 73289 £13.5
West, R G et al: Coastal Interglacial Deposits of the English Channel. (Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society of London, Series B., Biological Sciences, No. 701, Vol. 243, pp. 95 - 133). London: Royal Society 1960. A4 brown card cover, two plates, VG+ PKM 73275 £13.5
Watters, W A : Contributions to the Geology and Palaeontology of Chiloe Island, Southern Chile. (Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society of London. Series B, Biological Sciences, No 853, Vol 263, pp 369 - 408). London: Royal Society 1972. A4 with brown card cover, two plates, VG+ PKM 73272 £13.5
Bell, Frances : Late Pleistocene Floras from Earith, Huntingdonshire. (Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society of London. Series B, Biological Sciences, No 826, Vol 258, pp 347 - 378). London: Royal Society 1970. A4 with brown card cover, two plates, VG+ PKM 73270 £13.5
Sparks, B W et al: Late Pleistocene deposits at Wretton, Norfolk I. Ipswichian interglacial deposits. (Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society of London. Series B, Biological Sciences, No 818, Vol 258, pp 1 - 30). London: Royal Society 1970. A4 with brown card cover, pull-out table, VG+ PKM 73269 £13.5
Kukkonen, Esa : Sedimentation and Typological Development in the Basin of the Lake Lohjanjärvi, South Finland. Otaniemi: Geologinen Tukimuslaitos 1973. (Geological Survey of Finland, Bulletin 261) 67p with grey card cover, 26 figures and 10 tables, ex-lib with shelf notes on front cover, otherwise as new, not used, VG PKM 73261 £9
Bütler, Heinrich : Some New Investigations of the Devonian Stratigraphy and Tectonics of East Greenland. Copenhagen: Reitzels 1935. (Meddelelser Om Grønland) 35p with blue card cover, 17 b/w illustr, ex-lib copy with stamps, as new, VG PKM 73259 £8
Huber, Walter : Geologisch-Petrographische Untersuchungen in der Innern Fjordregion des Kejser Franz Josephs Fjordsystems in Nordostgrönland. Copenhagen: Reitzels 1950. (Meddelelser Om Grønland) 80p with blue card cover, bibliogr, 22 b/w illustr, 1 plate, cover loose, rubbed, fingered and sunned, cover and textblock lose with pages 33-48 in duplicate, otherwise good, no markings in text, fold-out map intact PKM 73256 £13.5
Backlund, Helge ; Malmqvist, D : Zur Geologie und Petrographie der Nordostgrönländischen Basaltformation. Teil 1: Die Basische Reihe. Copenhagen: Reitzels 1932. (Meddelelser Om Grønland, Band 87, Nr. 5) 59p with blue card cover, bibliogr, 7 b/w illustr, 6 plates, cover sl sunned but otherwise as new, hardly used, fold-out maps intact, VG PKM 73254 £7.2
Bütler, Heinrich [Ed]: Beobachtungen an der Hauptbruchzone der Küste von Zentral-Ostgrönland. Ergebnisse von Untersuchungen ausgeführt in den Sommern 1955 und 1956. Copenhagen: Reitzels 1957. (Meddelelser Om Grønland) 76p with blue card cover, bibliogr, 10 b/w illustr, 1 plate, ex-lib copy with stamps, cover sl rubbed but otherwise as new, hardly used, VG PKM 73252 £14
Andersen, Torben [Ed]: Fortegnelse over Meddelelser om Grønland. Afsluttet I Oktober 1964. List of Publications. Copenhagen: Reitzels 1964. (Meddelelser Om Grønland) 91p with blue card cover, index, previous owner's name on front cover, cover partially sunned but otherwise as new, hardly used, VG PKM 73250 £9
Haller, John ; Kulp, J L : Absolute Age Determinations in East Greenland. Copenhagen: Reitzels 1962. (Meddelelser Om Grønland) 77p with blue card cover, 19 b/w illustr, 4 plates, ex-lib with stamps, sl rubbing to cover but otherwise as new, hardly used, fold-out maps complete and intact, VG PKM 73249 £9
Odell, N E : The Structure of the Keyser Franz Josephs Fjord Region. North-East Greenland. Copenhagen: Reitzels 1939. (Meddelelser Om Grønland, Bd. 119, Nr. 6) 51p with blue card cover, 22 b/w illustr, 6 plates, ex-lib with stamps, some marks to cover but text clean, no markings, fold-out maps complete and intact, VG PKM 73248 £14.4
British Museum : Serial Publications in the British Museum (Natural History) Library. Volume 1: A - F, Volume 2: G - Q, Volume 3: R - Z. London: British Museum 1980. 1436p large blue leather style volumes with gilt lettering and museum crest on cover and spine, unused, owner's ink inscription, printed from typescript, pages clean, very nice set, VG PKM 71992 £54
Formoso, Bernard [Ed]: The Link with Nature and Divine Meditations in Asia. Oxford: Berghahn 1996. (Diogenes Library) 169p black / grey / white paperback with laminated cover, as new, pages clean with notes, VG PKM 71896 £7.2
Read, H : Geology: An Introduction to Earth-History. Oxford University Press 1949. (Home University Library of Modern Knowledge) 248p sm red cloth, sl dusty copy, illustrations, sl weak inner hinges, VG ex lib copy PKM 71685 £6.3
Dakin, William ; Bennett, Isobel et al: Australian Seashores: A Guide for the Beach-Lover, the Naturalist, the Shore Fisherman and the Student. Sydney: Angus & Robertson 1952. 372p brown cloth with seahorse illustrationon on spine and blindstamped starfish on cover, wrapped in adhesive plastic, pages clean with plates and diagrams throughout, VG PKM 71383 £14.4
Birstein, Ya A : Freshwater Isopods. (Fauna of USSR, Crustacea, Volume 7, No 5) Translated from Russian. Tel Aviv: Israel Program for Scientific Translations 1964. 148p brown cloth with gilt lettering on spine, wrapped in adhesive plastic, pages clean with illustrations throughout, VG PKM 71382 £12.6
Connisbee, L R : A List of the Names Proposed for Genera and Subgenera of Recent Mammals from the Publication of T S Palmer's 'Index Generum Mammalium' 1904 to the End of 1951. London: British Museum 1953. 109p green cloth, hardly used first edition, pages clean, nice tight copy, VG PKM 71375 £16.2
Greenwood, P H : A Review of the Family Centropomidae (Pisces, Perciformes). Bulletin of the British Museum (Natural History) Zoology, Volume 29, No 1. London: British Museum 1976. 301p beige paperback, little use, owner's inscription on cover, pages clean with diagrams, VG PKM 71304 £10.8
Evans, I : The Observer's Book of British Geology. 182 Illustrations in Colour and Black and White. Foreword by H L Hawkins. London: Warne 1954. (Observer Books) 265p small cloth with white jacket, small inset picture of waterfall, jacket a little scuffed with some dust markings, binding beginning to stretch in places, pages clean with plates, VG PKM 70558 £5.4
Dowdeswell, W H : The Mechanism of Evolution. Historical Background, Darwinism and Modern Theory, Aspects of Variation, Natural Selection, Experimental Study of Evolution, Present Status of Evolutionary Theory. London: Heinemann 1955. 99p hardback with yellow paper covered boards, ex-lib, pages clean and unmarked with illustrations, VG PKM 70205 £6
Langley, Glynis : Dinosaur World. Illustrated by Mike Atkinson. Cliveden Press 1987. 61p large hardback with laminated illustrated cover, pages clean and unmarked with colour illustrations throughout, VG PKM 69540 £7.2
Ley, Willy : Dragons in Amber. Further Adventures of a Romantic Naturalist. London: Sidgwick & Jackson 1951. 328p black cloth with fading gilt lettering on spine, cover a little spotted and edges browning but pages clean and unmarked with occasional illustration, VG PKM 65341 £6.3
Burnett, W C [Ed]: Phosphate Deposits of the World, Vol 3 : Neogene to Modern Phosphorites. Cambridge University Press 1990. xvi 464p heavy A4 cloth, many illustrations, various contributors, bibliography, 'International Geological Correlation Programme Project 156', hardly used, in excellent condition, VG+ PKM 65062 £100
Notholt, A ; Sheldon, R [Eds]: Phosphate Deposits of the World, Vol 2 : Phosphate Rock Resources. Cambridge University Press 1989. xxix 566p heavy A4 cloth, many illustrations, index, 'International Geological Correlation Programme Project 156', hardly used, in excellent condition, VG+ PKM 65061 £100
Largen, M J ; Fisher, C T et al: Catalogue of Extant Mammal Specimens from the Collection of the 13th Earl of Derby, now in the Liverpool Museum. (= Archives of Natural History, Vol 13, Part 3, pp 225 - 344, Oct 1986). Society for the History of Natural History 1986. 47p article in Vol 13, includes various other contributions, illustrations, hardly used, VG PKM 64963 £9
Marquis de Nadaillac : The Unity of the Human Species. Washington: Government Printing Office 1898. (Smithsonian Institution) 20p removed from bound volume: Annual Report of the Regents of the Smithsonian Institution to July 1897, in protective sandwich bag PKM 64457 £7.2
Wheldon & Wesley : Wheldon & Wesley's Catalogue 181: Books on Natural History. (New Series 181, 1988). Hitchin: Wheldon & Wesley 1988. 102p stapled booklet, VG PKM 64434 £5.4
Lack, Eva ; Ziegler, Willi [Ed]: Ein Kontinent wird entdeckt. Pflanzen von Kapitän Cook's erster Weltreise 1768-1771. Frankfurt: Senckenbergische Naturforschende Gesellschaft 1984. (Kleine Senckenberg-Reihe) 64p booklet with large number of b&w plates, previous owner's name on back of front cover,very neat and clean copy, tight, hardly used, VG+ PKM 64052 £8
Christie's : Field Sports, Natural History, Medical and Science, Books and Prints. Wednesdat 19th December 1990 at 2pm. London: Christie's 1990. 32p paperback sale catalogue, stapled, pages clean and unmarked, some photographic examples throughout, VG PKM 63518 £5.4
Alexander, R : Drawings of Vertebrate Animals from the Collection of Charles Hamilton Smith (1776 - 1859). (Archives of Natural History, Volume 13, Part 1, February 1986). Archives of Natural History 1986. Whole issue of the journal, emphasis on natural history, includes work on Darwin in Chinese and sixteenth century accounts of the flora and fauna of the Soloman Islands PKM 63482 £9
Allaby, Michael [Ed]: Dictionary of the Environment. London: Macmillan 1986. (Second Edition) 529p hardback with dustjacket, clean unmarked pages, VG+ PKM 63381 £13.5
Woodward, B B : Catalogue of the British Species of Pisidium (Recent and Fossil) in the Collections of the British Museum (Natural History) With Notes on those of Western Europe. London: British Museum 1913. x 144 plus 30p of plates, orig brown cloth, front endpaper and title page removed, minor humidity marks, but text clean and plates too, British Museum Presentation Bookplate PKM 63371 £10.8
Cockayne, E A : Supernumerary Antennae in Insects. (= Transactions of the Royal Entomological Society of London, Vol 87, Part 16, pp 385 - 396, Oct 1938). London: Royal Entomological Society 1938. 11p plus one plate, large sewn paper covers, VG PKM 63077 £5.4
Darlington, P J : Experiments on Mimcry in Cuba, with Suggestions for Future Study. (= Transactions of the Royal Entomological Society of London, Vol 87, Part 23, pp 681 - 708, Dec 1938). London: Royal Entomological Society 1938. 29p large paper covers, one colour plate, index, VG PKM 63075 £12.6
Gibbins, E G : Uganda Simuliidae. (= Transactions of the Royal Entomological Society of London, Vol 85, Part 9, pp 217 - 242, June 1936). London: Royal Entomological Society 1936. 25p large paper covers, illustrations, bibliography, VG PKM 63072 £10.8
Cockayne, E A : Insect Teratology: Reduplication of Legs in Coleoptera, Diptera and Hymenoptera. (= Transactions of the Royal Entomological Society of London, Vol 86, Part 11, pp 191 - 200, Sep 1937). London: Royal Entomological Society 1937. 9pplus plates 1 - 6 large paper covers, illustrations, VG PKM 63067 £7
(No Author) : The Journal, No 21, Report for 1965. (Birkenhead School Natural History Society and Field Club). Birkenhead School 1965. 16p stapled card covers, VG PKM 63061 £4.5
White, Gilbert : The Natural History of Selborne. Arranged for Young Persons. A New edition with Notes. London: SPCK 1860. 338p blue cloth bound with blindstamped cover, spine torn but binding still solid, top of spine missing, illustrations throughout text including tissue covered frontispiece of Selborne by Fahey, ex lib, VG PKM 62455 £13.5
Maggs Bros : Catalogue 1090 comprising an Extensive Collections of Natural History, Science and Medicine including a Collection of Scholarly Botanical Books, with much Eastern European Material. London, Autumn 1988. London: Maggs Bros 1988. approx 60p stapled pb, 'from the Library of A Melderis, Erna Pinner, Françoise Haverschmidt', illustrations, hardly used, VG PKM 62269 £7.2
Hemming, Francis : The Generic Names of British Insects: Part 6, The Generic Names of the British Carabidae, With a Check list of the British Species. London: Royal Entomological Society 1939. 192p pb, VG PKM 62118 £12
Colbert, Edwin : The Dinosaur Book. Second Edition. New York: McGraw-Hill 1951. 150p large format, dustjacket (worn) an ex library copy which has been handled a bit, but is still complete and clean PKM 61352 £12.6
Sidgwick, Nevil Vincent et al: The Shapes of Molecules, etc. (= The Scientific Journal of the Royal College of Science, Vol 4, containing Papers read during the Session 1933 - 1934) London: Arnold 1934. 171p blue cloth, gilt on cover and spine, contributions from Chemistry, Natural History, Mathematics and Physics, various contributors, illustrations, VG PKM 59962 £13.5
Orr, A P ; Moorhouse, F W : Variations in some Physical and Chemical Conditions on and near Low Isles Reef; The Temperature of the Waters in the Anchorage, Low Isles; etc. With 7 Text-Figures, 1 Plate. (Great Barrier Reef Expedition 1928 - 29, Scientific Reports, Vol 2, No 4) London: British Museum 1933. (Natural History) pp 37 - 86 large A4 card covers, 'with the author's compliments', tables, very well preserved, VG PKM 59941 £14.4
Brough, Margaret ; Brough, J : Studies on Early Tetrapods: The Lower Carboniferous Microsaurs; Microbrachis, the Type Microsaur; The Genus Gephyrostegus. (Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society of London. Series B, Biological Sciences, No 776, Vol 252, pp 107 - 165) London: Royal Society 1967. 58p offprint A4 card covers, illustrations, photogr plates, bibliography, any dinosaurs perhaps ? VG PKM 59936 £21.6
Shotton, F W ; Kelly, M et al: The Pleistocene Succession around Brandon, Warwickshire; Floras of Middle and Upper Pleistocene Age from Brandon, etc. (Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society of London, Series B, Biological Sciences, No 796, Vol 254, pp 387 - 45) London: Royal Society 1968. 170p offprint A4 card covers, illustrations, bibliography, photogr plates, title ctd: The Fauna of the Channel Deposit of Early Saalian Age; An Insect Fauna from Mid-Weichselian Deposits at Brandon, Warwickshire, VG PKM 59935 £16.2
Jefferies, R P S ; Lewis, D N : The English Silurian Fossil Placocystites Forbesianus and the Ancestry of the Vertebrates. (Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society of London. Series B, Biological Sciences, No 990, Vol 282, pp 205 - 323). London: Royal Society 1978. 118p offprint A4 card covers, illustrations, bibliography, photogr plates, tables, VG PKM 59930 £25.2
Smith, J E : A Discussion on the Terrestrial Antarctic Ecosystem. (Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society of London. Series B, Biological Sciences, No 777, Vol 252, pp 167 - 392) London: Royal Society 1967. 225p offprint A4 card covers, illustrations, bibliography, photogr plates, tables, VG PKM 59929 £25.2
Baker, R R : A Possible Method of Evolution of the Migratory Habit in Butterflies. (Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society of London. Series B, Biological Sciences, No 787, Vol 253, pp 309 - 341) London: Royal Society 1968. 32p offprint A4 card covers, illustrations, bibliography, VG PKM 59928 £13.5
Harris, G W ; Edwards, R G : A Discussion on Determination of Sex. Organized by Harris and Edwards. (Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society of London. Series B, Biological Sciences, No 828, Vol 259, pp 1 - 206) London: Royal Society 1970. 206p offprint A4 card covers, illustrations, photogr plates, bibliography, various contributors, VG PKM 59920 £18
Corner, E J : A Discussion on the Results of the Royal Society Expedition to the British Solomon Islands Protectorate, 1965. (Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society of London. Series B, Biological Sciences, No 800, Vol 255, pp 185 - 631) London: Royal Society 1969. 446p offprint A4 card covers, illustrations, photogr plates, bibliography, contributors include K Lee, D Stoddart, P Gibbs, etc, VG PKM 59919 £32.4
Morton, J E : The Intertidal Ecology of the British Solomon Islands, 1: The Zonation Patterns of the Weather Coasts. (Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society of London. Series B, Biological Sciences, No 873, Vol 265, pp 491 - 542). London: Royal Society 1973. 51p offprint A4 card covers, illustrations, photogr plates, VG PKM 59892 £16.2
Yonge, C M : Form, Habit and Evolution in the Chamidae (Bivalvia) with Reference to Conditions in the Rudists (Hippuritacea). (Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society of London. Series B, Biological Sciences, No 775, Vol 252, pp 49 - 105) London: Royal Society 1967. 56p offprint A4 card covers, illustrations, bibliography, VG PKM 59887 £14.4
Marr, J W : Unstalked Crinoids of the Antarctic Continental Shelf. Notes on their History and Distribution. (Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society of London. Series B, Biological Sciences, No 734, Vol 246, pp 327 - 379) London: Royal Society 1963. 52p offprint A4 card covers, maps, tables, VG PKM 59885 £16.2
Mutch, W E S : Public Recreation in National Forests: A Factual Survey. London: HMSO 1968. (Forestry Commission Booklet) 100p large format pb, illustrations, tables, maps, cover beginning to detach from spine, ex lib copy PKM 59821 £8
Smith, S : A Word in Season or How to Grow Wheat with Profit. London: Ridgway 1858. 42p green cloth w/ gilt lettering, author a disciple of Jethro Tull, rebound with original title page bound in at back, author's inscription, 3 small lib labels on spine, bookplate, no foxing, VG+ PKM 59795 £36
Wales : Forestry in Wales. Cardiff: Forestry Commission 1969. 26p stapled booklet, photographs, map PKM 59315 £6.3
Kerney, M P : Late-Glacial Deposits on the Chalk of South-East England. With Appendices by J F Levy and K P Oakley. (Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society of London. Series B, Biological Sciences, No 730, Vol 246) London: Royal Society 1963. pp 203 - 254 offprint A4 card covers, illustrations, photogr plates, bibliography, VG PKM 59216 £16.2
Lund, J W ; Mackereth, F J H et al: Changes in Depth and Time of Certain Chemical and Physical Conditions and of the Standing Crop of Asterionella Formosa Hass in the North Basin of Windermere (Philos Trans of the Royal Society of London. Series B, Biological Sciences, No 731, Vol 246) London: Royal Society 1963. pp 255- 290 offprint A4 card covers, title ctd: 'of Windermere in 1947', diagrams, bibliography, VG PKM 59215 £14.4
Knowles, Francis ; Vollrath, L : Neurosecretory Innervation of the Pituitary of the Eels Anguilla and Conger. (Philos Transactions of the Royal Society of London. Series B, Biological Sciences, No 768, Vol 250). London: Royal Society 1966. pp 311 - 342 offprint A4 card covers, title ctd: The Structure and Ultrastructure of the Neuro-Intermediate Lobe under Normal and Experimental Conditions; The Structure and Innervation of the Pars Distalis at Different Stages of the Life-Cycle, illustrati PKM 59205 £18
Ullmann, Suzanne : The Origin and Structure of the Mesoderm and the Formation of the Coelomic Sacs in Tenebrio Molitor L (Insecta, Coleoptera). (Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society of London. Series B, Biological Sciences, No 747, Vol 248, pp 245 - 277) London: Royal Society 1964. 33p offprint A4 card covers, illustrations, bibliography, photogr plates, VG PKM 59202 £16.2
Ramsay, J A ; Grimstone, A V et al: The Rectal Complex of the Mealworm Tenebrio Molitor L (Coleoptera, Tenebrionidae); Further Studies on the Rectal Complex. (Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society of London, Series B, Biological Sciences, Vols 248, 253, Nos 748, 788) London: Royal Society 1964 - 196. 2 offprints pp 279 - 314 pp 343 - 382 A4 card covers, illustrations, bibliography, photogr plates, VG PKM 59201 £21.6
Thompson, T E : Studies in the Reproduction of Archidoris Pseudoargus (Rapp) (Gastropoda Opisthobranchia). (Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society of London. Series B, Biological Sciences, No 769, Vol 250, pp 343 - 375) London: Royal Society 1966. 32p offprint A4 card covers, illustrations, bibliography, photogr plates, VG PKM 59199 £16.2
Guthrie, D M : The Anatomy of the Nervous System in the Genus Gerris (Hemiptera-Heteroptera). (Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society of London. Series B, Biological Sciences, No 708, Vol 244, pp 65 - 102) London: Royal Society 1961. 37p offprint A4 card covers, illustrations, bibliography, photogr plates, VG PKM 59196 £16.2
Tutin, T G : The Percy Sladen Trust Expedition to Lake Titicaca in 1937 under the Leadership of Cary Gilson, 11: The Algae. (Transactions of the Linnean Society of London, Vol 1, Part 2, 1940) Linnean Society 1940. pp190 - 202 offprint A4 card covers, photogr plates, illustrations, VG PKM 58993 £16.2
Tutin, T G : The Percy Sladen Trust Expedition to Lake Titicaca in 1937 under the Leadership of Cary Gilson, 10: The Macrophytic Vegetation of the Lake. (Transactions of the Linnean Society of London, Vol 1, Part 2, 1940) Linnean Society 1940. pp161 - 189 offprint A4 card covers, photogr plates, tables, VG PKM 58992 £16.2
Walker, Charles Edward : Evolution and Heredity - Theories and Problems. London: A & C Black 1936. ix 222p cloth, dj, illustrations, VG+ PKM 58260 £18
Whales : Proposals Concerning the Cetacea: Second Meeting of the Conference of the Parties to the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora, San Jose, Costa Rica, March 1979. Nature Conservancy Council 1978. 144p large format spiral bound, VG PKM 58245 £16
Weizsäcker, C F von : The History of Nature. (Translated from the German by Fred Wieck) London: Routledge & Kegan Paul 1951. 180p blue cloth, index, VG+ PKM 58224 £10.8
Lubbock, John : Ants Bees and Wasps, A Record of Observation on the Habits of the Social Hymenoptera. London: Kegan Paul 1929. xix 377p green cloth w gilt lettering on spine, illustrations, tables, 4 coloured plates by A J E Terzi, inscription: "To ear Miss Delwege With much love from all the children at St Catherine's, Bexhill-on-Sea, Dec 17th, 1931, VG PKM 58134 £10.8
Jones, Eifion ; Williams, Ronald : The Seaweeds of Dale; and: A Key to the Genera of the British Seaweeds. Taunton: Field Studies Council 1968. 27p, 32p; 2 stapled offprints, illustrated, VG PKM 57976 £9
Berg, Edmund : Geschichte der Deutschen Wälder bis zum Schlusse des Mittelalters. Ein Beitrag zur Culturgeschichte. Amsterdam: Liberac 1966. 16x23cm viii, 360p green cloth gilt. Excellent. [facsimile reprint of Dresden edition, Schoenfeld, 1981] PKM 57018 £34
Souden, David ; Starkey, David : This Land of England. (Watercolours by Pam Williams) London: Muller 1985. xv 208p hb, dj, highly illustrated in colour and b&w, bibliography, index, faint pencil marks on a few pages, otherwise as new, VG+ PKM 56962 £7.2
Edington, John ; Edington, M Ann : Ecology, Recreation and Tourism. Cambridge University Press 1986. viii 200p laminated board hardback, illustrated, references, index, as new PKM 56883 £21.6
Forey, P L [Ed]: The Evolving Biosphere. Cambridge University Press 1981. (Chance, Change and Challenge) viii 311p 4to format, imitation leather, dj, maps, tables, indices, almost as new PKM 56769 £13.5
Clark, Grahame : World Prehistory in New Perspective. An Illustrated Third Edition. Cambridge University Press 1977. xx 554p large heavy cloth dj, many figures & maps in text, bibliogr, index, VG ex lib copy PKM 56698 £12.6
Broom, Donald : Biology of Behaviour: Mechanisms, Functions and Applications. With Animal Drawings by Robert Gillmor. Cambridge University Press 1981. ix 320p large square cloth dj sl sunned, index, bibliography, illustrations, sections on Body Regulation, Maintenace and Hazard Avoidance Behaviour; Functions of Social Behaviour and Dispersal; Reproductive Behaviour including Parent-Offspring Interaction PKM 56679 £28
Stott, Denis : Issues in the Intelligence Debate: A Juxtaposition of the Arguments and an Appraisal by D Stott of Intelligence: The Battle of the Mind by H J Eyseneck and L J Kamin. London: National Foundation for Educational Research 1983. 55p stapled pb, bibliography, hardly used, VG+ PKM 56668 £9
(No Author) : Dinosaurs and their Living Relatives. London: British Museum (Natural History) 1979. 71p large square hardback dj, illustrations, index, glossary, VG PKM 56662 £9
Sprung, Samuel [Ed]: Orchids from Curtis's Botanical Magazine. Cambridge University Press 1986. 525p numbered full green morocco bound copy, 4to format, boxed in slipcase, a virtually unused copy in excellent condition PKM 56206 £324
Deverall, Bian : Defence Mechanism of Plants. Cambridge University Press 1977. (Monographs in Experimental Biology) 110p hardback, dj, VG+ PKM 54714 £9
Zuckerman, Solly : Functional Affinities of Man, Monkeys, and Apes: A Study of the Bearings of Physiology and Behaviour on the Taxonomy and Phylogeny of Lemurs, Monkeys, Apes, and Man. London: Kegan Paul, Trench & Co 1933. xviii 203p red cloth, faint foxing, frontisp, index, bibliography, folding table, photogr plates, VG PKM 53147 £12.6
Edwards, Milne : A Manual of Zoology. Translated from the Last French Edition by R Knox. Second Edition with many Additional Observations, and illustrated by 572 Highly-Finished Wood Engravings. Edited by C Blake. London: Renshaw 1863. xix 564p sm red cloth, weak inner hinges, index, illustrations, nice and clean pages, library stamped, VG PKM 53131 £23.4
Klages, Ludwig : Ausdrucksbewegung und Gestaltungskraft: Grundlegung der Wissenschaft vom Ausdruck. Mit 41 Figuren. Dritte und vierte Auflage. Leipzig: Barth 1923. xi 205p large cloth, booklet 'Handschriftenproben zur Handschrift und Charakter', clean pages, VG PKM 53020 £10
Klages, Ludwig : Vom Sinn des Lebens: Worte des Wissens aus dem Gesamtwerk. Ausgewählt von Hans Kern. Jena: Diederichs 1943. (Deutsche Reihe) 86p rebound in blue cloth, original paper covers bound in, marginal wear, VG PKM 53019 £9
Bölsche, Wilhelm : Das Liebesleben in der Natur: Eine Entwicklungsgeschichte der Liebe, Folge 2. Mit Buchschmuck von Müller-Schönefeld. Leipzig: Diederichs 1900. x 394p limp cloth, hurts on spine, cover sl dusty, sl weak inner hinges, illustrations, clean pages, VG ex lib copy, letter "N" on cover reversed PKM 53016 £10.8
Wethered, H N : The Mind of the Ancient World: A Consideration of Pliny's Natural History. London: Longmans, Green & Co 1937. xv 302p blue cloth, first edition, engraved frontisp with tissue guard, index, bibliography, clean pages, excellent ex lib copy PKM 50685 £27
Sharp, David : Insects, Part 2. = The Cambridge Natural History, Vol 6. London: Macmillan 1899. xii 626p large green cloth, teg, index, notes, illustrations, ex lib copy, spine a bit worn, endpapers clacked, still very useful PKM 50170 £25.2
Fogg, G E [Pref]: Cell Differentiation. = Symposia of the Society for Experimental Biology, 17. Cambridge University Press 1963. vii 404p large cloth dj, indices, bibliography, illustrations, photogr plates, various contributors, VG+ ex lib copy with minimal library markings PKM 49452 £19.8
Roberts, A [Pref]: Neural Origin of Rhythmic Movements. = Symposia of the Society for Experimental Biology, 37. Cambridge University Press 1983. vii 503p large cloth dj, indices, bibliography, illustrations, various contributors, VG+ ex lib copy PKM 49451 £19.8
Jensen, W A ; Kavaljian, L G [Eds]: Plant Biology Today: Advances and Challenges. From Symposia sponsored by the American Association for the Advancement of Science and the Botanical Society of America. London: Macmillan 1966. x 208p large pb, remnants of paper labels on spine, corners sl worn, various contributors, on lichen symbiosis, evolution of ferns, measurement of time in plants, etc, illustrations, VG ex lib copy paperbvack edition PKM 47041 £12.6
Epstein, Emanuel : Mineral Nutrition of Plants: Principles and Perspectives. New York: Wiley 1972. ix 412p large pb, frontisp, indices, illustrations, bibliography, last section detached, spine a little tape-repaired, otherwise VG ex lib copy PKM 47040 £12.6
Haviland, Maud : Forest, Steppe and Tundra: Studies in Animal Environment. Cambridge University Press 1926. 210p green cloth, folding map, photogr pates, index, sm paper labels on spine, VG ex lib copy PKM 46613 £16.2
Newbigin, Marion : Plant and Animal Geography. With 39 Illustrations and Maps. London: Methuen 1950. xv 298p blue cloth, illustrations, maps, index, hardly used, VG ex lib copy PKM 46612 £7.2
Skaife, S H : South African Nature Notes. Cape Town: Maskew Miller 1930. 250p brown cloth, dj, inscribed by author, decorative chapter headings, figures in text, index, dj rather torn, VG PKM 46560 £7.2
Cragg, J B ; Pirie, N W [Eds]: The Numbers of Man and Animals. London: Oliver & Boyd 1955. viii 152p blue cloth, dj, essays on population, indices, VG PKM 46559 £9
Rendall, Robert : Orkney Shore. Kirkwall: Mackintosh 1973. 200p hb, gilt lettering to spine, amateur natural history in the Orkneys, notes, VG ex lib copy with minimal library marks PKM 46539 £16.2
Babington, Charles : Manual of British Botany, Containing the Flowering Plants and Ferms Arranged According to the Natural Orders. 8th ed. London: Van Voorst 1881. xlviii 485p olive embossed cloth, gilt lettering to spine, indices, sl hurts to ends of spine, VG ex lib copy, firm binding, little used PKM 46536 £13.5
Fitch, W H : Illustrations of the British Flora: A Series of Wood Engravings, with Dissections, of British Plants. London: Reeve 1924. xxvii 338p black cloth, very many illustrations, index, cover dulled, sunned, VG PKM 46461 £13.5
Kelman, Janet Harvey ; Smith, C E : Flowers: Shown to the Children. London: Jack 1930. (Shown to the Children) xii 154p green cloth, gilt lettering & decoration to spine & cover, floral colour illustration pasted to cover, frontisp, 18 colour plates, index, sl foxing to eps, VG pretty little book PKM 46001 £10.8
Morgan, Robert : World Sea Fisheries. London: Methuen 1956. xiv 307p light blue cloth, gilt lettering to spine, halftone plates, diagrams, appendix, index, cover sl sunned, VG ex lib copy PKM 45455 £12.6
Kingsley, Charles : Glaucus or the Wonders of the Shore. London: Macmillan 1887. 245p plus 45p publisher's catalogue in back, colour plates, frontisp w/ tissueguard, binding firm and fast, a nice and well preserved copy PKM 43174 £14
Furneaux, W : The Out-Door World, or The Young Collector's Handbook. London: Longmans, Green & Co 1928. xxviii 410p red cloth, gilt lettering to spine, frontisp with tissue guard, 15 vivid colour plates, figures in text, index, cover sl rubbed, sl hurt to base of spine, VG PKM 42403 £16.2
[(No Author)]: Edible and Poisonous Fungi. London: HMSO 1945. (Ministry of Agriculture & Fisheries Bulletin) iv 63p green cloth, dj, colour plates, dj sl torn, otherwise VG PKM 42295 £9
Goldsmith, Oliver : The Elephant: A Natural History. Cambridge University Press 1955. 10p stapled card wrappers, frontisp from woodcut by Thomas Bewick, no 23 of limited edition of 200, v sl foxing to one corner of cover, otherwise VG, charming little book PKM 42294 £27
White, D J B : Annotated List of the Flowering Plants and Ferns on Blakeney Point, Norfolk. 2nd Edition. London: National Trust 1967. 26p stapled, VG PKM 41783 £5.4
Oldroyd, Harold : Insects and their World. London: British Museum (Natural History) 1960. 139p paper cover, plates, VG PKM 41780 £7.2
Scott, Dukinfield Henry : The Evolution of Plants. London: Williams & Norgate 1918. (Home University Library) 256p brown cloth, illus, VG PKM 41772 £9
Fontaine, Maurice et al: Mururoa. Extrait des Cahiers du Pacifique Nos 12, 13. Direction des Centres d'Expérimentations Nucléaires, Service mixte de contrôle biologique 1969. viii 333p large pb dj, bibliography, tables, photogr plates, contributors include J-P Chevalier, M Denizot, M Pomier, Jacques Labeyrie, Général Thiry, etc, almost as new PKM 41383 £21.6
Maloy, Otis ; Murray, Timothy [Eds]: Encyclopedia of Plant Pathology. Vol 1. New York: Wiley 2001. xv 598p imit leather, gilt lettering to spine & cover, figures in text, VG+ as new unused copy PKM 40787 £72
(No Author) : Treatise on Invertebrate Paleontology, Part a Introduction (Fossilization, Biogeography and Biostratigraphy) New York: Geological Society of America 1979. cloth, shrinkwrapped, unused, small 4to format, large book PKM 40104 £40.5
Bassi, Agostino : Del Mal Del Segno. Edited, and with an Introduction, by G C Ainsworth, and P J Yarrow. Translated by P J Yarrow. St. Paul: American Phytopathological Society 1958. (Phytopathological Classics) xiii 49p black cloth, reprint, 1835 translation, re 'mark disease' in silkworms, VG PKM 39912 £21.6
Level, Brigitte : Le Poète et l'Oiseau: Vers une Ornithomythie poétique. Paris: Klincksieck 1975. 187p large pb, index, bibliography, extensive inscription by author, VG PKM 39286 £12.37
Thomson, J A : Darwinism and Human Life: The South African Lectures for 1909. London: Melrose 1909. xii 245p blue cloth, gilt lettering to spine, 1st ed, frontisp with tissue guard, marginal pencil & crayon markings & underlinings especially to "Web of Life", bibliogr, cover sl worn, small scuff-mark, VG- PKM 38917 £9
White, Gilbert : The Natural History of Selborne. London: Routledge 1970. viii 428p full red calf, gilt decoration to cover, 5 bands, marbled eps, frontisp, engraved plates, figures in text & chapter headings, index, front cover detached, spine detaching, spine sunned, cover scuffed, lovely volume in sad condition, good PKM 38861 £10.8
Williamson, Mark : The Analysis of Biological Populations. London: Arnold 1972. (Special Topics in Biology) xi 180p large pb, diagrams & maps in text, bibliogr, index, spiner sl sunned, VG PKM 38807 £7.2
Bingley, William : Useful Knowledge, or A Familiar Account of the Various Productions of Nature, Mineral Vegetable and Animal, Which Are Chiefly Employed for the Use of Man. Vol II: Vegetables. London: Baldwin & Cradock 1821. iv 292p full calf, hinges weak, embossed lettering to cover, 7 engraved plates, index, sl foxing to some pages, hurts to spine, edges of cover rubbed, VG PKM 38662 £28
Miall, L C : Round the Year: A Series of Short Nature-Studies. First edition. London: Macmillan 1896. viii 295p green cloth, gilt lettering to spine, gilt decoration to cover, figures in text, index, cover sl marked, faint traces of humidity at margin of pages, VG+ PKM 38655 £18
Willis, J C : A Dictionary of the Flowering Plants and Ferns. 7yh Edition Cambridge University Press 1966. xxii 1214p green cloth, dj (protected), dictionary of Latin names, VG ex lib copy hardly used PKM 38588 £10.8
Ruskin, John : The Ethics of the Dust: Ten Lectures to Little Housewives on the Elements of Crystallisation. New York: Wiley 1884. xvii 251p black cloth, lovely fresh gilt lettering & decoration to spine & cover, notes, spine sl scuffed, VG ex lib copy PKM 38525 £16.2
Jefferies, Richard : The Life of the Fields. A New Edition. London: Chatto & Windus 1889. 262p green printed cloth, short essays, binding warped, rubbed, foxing to eps, a few pencil marks, first printing in this form PKM 38271 £10
Kennedy, P G : A List of the Birds of Ireland. Dublin: Stationary Office 1961. 102p xi card cover, some ink notes incorpoprating corrections from a review, VG PKM 38025 £13.5
Weizsäcker, C F von : Die Geschichte der Natur: 12 Vorlesungen. Göttingen: Vandenhoeck & Ruprecht 1964. (Kleine Vandenhoeck-Reihe 1/ 1a) 134p pb, tables, notes, chronological table, VG PKM 37844 £5.4
Johnston, D R ; Grayson, A J : Forest Planning. London: Faber 1967. 541p large green cloth, dj (protected), figures, tables, appendices, glossary, index, VG ex lib copy PKM 36631 £27
Williamson, Henry : The Old Stag, and Other Hunting Stories. Illus C F Tunnicliffe. New York: Putnam 1948. xi 286p green cloth, gilt lettering to spine, 9 short stories by author of 'Tarka the Otter', frontisp, 24 other engraved illustrations, top of spine sl scuffed, VG ex lib copy PKM 36226 £6.3
Farmer, Bretland : Plant Life. London: Williams & Norgate 1913. (Home University Library) 255p 17cm orig petrol cloth, index, inner hinges weak but repaired with archival hinge repair tape, VG PKM 36011 £5.4
Whistler, Hugh : Popular Handbook of Indian Birds. London: Gurney & Jackson 1928. xxiv 438p green cloth, gilt lettering to spine, top edge gilt, 17 plates (4 in colour), 85 figures in text, index, cover rather marked & scuffed, sl hurts to spine, binding tight & text clean, still VG PKM 35414 £13.5
Darling, Frank Fraser : Wilderness and Plenty. Reith Lectures 1969. London: BBC 1970. 88p hb, dj, debate on man's responsibility for the environment, VG copy, hardly used PKM 35294 £8
Carson, Rachel : The Sea Around Us. London: Penguin 1956. 224p pb, index, VG, by the author of Silent Spring PKM 34978 £3.6
Holodkovskiy, N A : Atlas Chelovcheskih Glistov. Vipusk III. Skrebin (Aganthocephali) I Kruglie Glisti (Nemetoda). (Icones Helminthum Hominis) Saint Petersburg: Tipografiia Imperatorskoy Akademii Nauk 1899. pp. 35 - 66 very large 39cm original pb binding, large plates with many illus, inscr by Prof. Pawlowsky to Prof. Nuttall on cover, some pages uncut, spine edges partly split PKM 34651 £36
Holodkovskiy, N A : Atlas Chelovcheskih Glistov. Vipusk II. Lenteci (Bothriocephalidae) I Cocalshiki (Trematoda). (Icones Helminthum Hominis) Saint Petersburg: Tipografiia Imperatorskoy Akademii Nauk 1898. pp. 19 - 34 very large 39cm original pb binding (now rather fragile), large plates with many illus, some hand-coloured, inscr by Prof. Pawlowsky to Prof. Nuttall on cover, some pages uncut, cover torn near spine with small part missing PKM 34650 £36
National Academy of Sciences : Society for the Bibliography of Natural History, 1936 - 1983, Society for the History of Natural History, 1983 - 1990: Index to Publications 1936 - 1990. Society for the History of Natural History 1991. 137p large pb, bibliogrs, few marginal pen marks PKM 34515 £8.1
Simone, Franco : Eesti Mets, 1989 No 2, 1990 Nos 3 & 4, 1991 Nos 1 & 2. Tallinn: Eesti NSV Riiklik Looduskaitse 1989 - 199. 5 issues, 4 continuous, 64p, 64p, 64p, 64p & 72p stapled, format varies, few plates, half-tone & colour, & figures, few neat markings, VG PKM 34163 £9.9
Doorly, Eleanor : The Insect Man. Cambridge: Heffer 1936. xv 170p hb, subtitled 'A tale of how the Yew Tree children went to France to hear the story of Jean Henri Fabre in the places where he lived and to see the homes of some of the insects whose life-story he has written', intro by Walter de la Mare, woodcult PKM 33687 £9
Bracey, H E : People and the Countryside. London: Routledge 1970. xxv 310p brown cloth, dj, foreword by HRH the Duke of Edinburgh, frontisp, maps, 8 halftone plates, bibliogr, index, VG ex lib copy PKM 33649 £6.3
Laidler, Keith : Squirrels in Britain. London: David & Charles 1980. 192p hb, dj, appendices, index, VG+ PKM 33572 £10.8
Deming, H G : Water: The Fountain of Opportunity. New York: Oxford University Press 1975. xix 342p hb, dj, figures & tables in text, appendix, index, dj sl torn, otherwise VG ex lib copy PKM 33434 £7.2
Wallis, H F : The New Battle of Britain: A Conservation Handbook and Directory. London: Knight 1972. x 169p hb, index, VG ex lib copy PKM 33428 £4.5
Pagenstecher, H A : Beiträge zur Anatomie der Milben. Heft 1: Trombidium Holosericeum, Trombidium Tinctorium; Heft 2: Ixodes Ricinus. Leipzig: Engelmann 1860. folio format, two parts, part 1: 32 pages with 2 lithogr plates with many illus, part 2: 45p with 2 lithogr plates with many illus, some colouring on plates, orig printed paper cover on boards, also included typoscript (incompl) on subject, sl wear to cov PKM 32734 £60
Charig, Alan ; Horsfield, Brenda : Before the Ark. London: BBC 1975. 160p hb, dj (protected), colour plates, many figures in text, rather dated but entertaining book on fossils and dinosaurs, VG PKM 32229 £4.5
Braun, Max : Die Tierischen Parasiten des Menschen, die von ihnen hervorgerufenen erkrankerungen und ihre Heilung. I. Teil: Naturgeschichte der tierischen Parasiten des Menschen. 5th ed. Würzburg: Kabitzsch 1915. x 560p brown printed hb with cloth spine, photographic paper throughout, 407 figures incl plates, compreh bibliogr, indices, library bookplates in front cover & remains of library labels to spine, binding firm, ex lib VG PKM 31764 £18
Darwin, C G : "Logic and Probability in Physics," in: Discovery: The Popular Journal of Knowledge. New Series Vol 1 No 7. Cambridge University Press 1938. iv [52]p stapled, paper wrapper, complete issue with 8 articles + notes, letters & reviews, articles incl "Science on a Modern World" by Snow, "Tristan de Cunha: A Norwegian Expedition" by Erling Christopherson, "The Changing Outlook" by R V Southwell, nu PKM 31701 £9
Schierenberg : Recent Acquisitions of Rare and Illustrated Books on Natural History and Earth Sciences. Catalogue 76. Amsterdam: Schierenberg 1997. 238p pb, illus, as new PKM 31299 £5.4
Umbgrove, J H F : The Pulse of the Earth. 2nd ed. The Hague: Nijhoff 1947. xxiv 362p blue cloth, yellow top edge, gilt lettering to spine & cover embossed with gilt monogram, 204 figures & 12 tables, appendix, index & 8 partly-coloured plates, library bookplate on ffep, edges sl bumped, binding loosening at top & cover sl staine PKM 30886 £7.2
Fearnsides, W G ; Bulman, O M B : Geology in the Service of Man. London: Penguin 1945. 164p wartime pb, plates, appendices, index, VG PKM 30240 £3.6
Dury, G : The Face of the Earth. London: Penguin 1968. 238p pb, index, bibliogr, 102 figures, 82 half-tone plates, spine sl dulled, otherwise VG PKM 30052 £2.7
Lwoff, André : Biological Order. MIT Press 1962. (Karl Taylor Compton Lectures) x 101p cloth dj, diags, tables, short bibliogrs, VG+ PKM 28792 £18
(No Author) : Ciliata Reprints. Authors A - Z , 1897 - 1919. Collected by Nuttall and bound for him. (no imprint) 1897 - 1910. 31 offprints, bound together in cloth binding, leather label on spine, handwritten contents page, plates (some colour), illus, ex lib with Nuttall donation plate. Incl Calkins: Conjugation of Paramaecium Aurelia; França: Triconymphides; Martin: Acinetaria PKM 28435 £92.25
Kay, Marshall [Ed]: North Atlantic - Geology and Continental Drift: A Symposium. Papers presented at the International Conference on Stratigraphy and Structure Bearing on the Origin of the North Atlantic Ocean, held in Gander, Newfoundland, August 24 - 30, 1967. Tulsa: American Association of Petroleum Geologists 1969. (Memoir) x 1082p blue cloth with gilt title & publisher's monogram on cover, gilt lettering on spine, frontisp, 66 papers covering all coasts of the North Atlantic and points between, many figures, maps etc, bibliogrs to each paper, author & keyword indices arrang PKM 27960 £19.8
Lake, Philip ; Rastall, R H : A Text-Book of Geology. 4th ed. London: Arnold 1927. xiv 520p blue cloth with gilt title & highlights on spine, 57 plates & 134 figures & maps, tables, index, sl shelf-soil to top edge but otherwise tight clean & bright, near fine, with a letter PKM 27883 £18
Goddard, Russell : A Guide to the Farne Islands. 3rd ed. Newcastle-upon-Tyne: Reid 1947. 32p 18cm stapled, frontisp & 18 plates (of wildlife), of the islands, centrefold map, historical account of islands from 7th century to present day & guide to wildlife, esp birdlife & seals, back cover sl torn otherwise VG PKM 27829 £5.4
Darby, H C [Ed]: A Scientific Survey of the Cambridge District. London: British Association for the Advancement of Science 1938. vii 229p pb, tables, maps, cover marginally soiled. Incl 2 separate geological maps of the area PKM 27385 £12
White, Gilbert : The Natural History of Selborne, and The Naturalist's Calendar. New ed. Christopher Davies. London: Warne 1890. (Chandos Classics) xvi 470p cloth, frontisp, illus, index, VG PKM 27380 £9
Bristowe, W S : A Book of Spiders. London: Penguin 1947. (King Penguin) 34p paper covered boards, 24 colour plates, illus, VG PKM 27334 £6.3
Hayward, W R : The Botanist's Pocket-Book. 12th ed. London: Bell & Sons 1907. xxxv 226p cloth with tit |
