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Helland-Hansen, Bj ; Defant, A [Eds]: H. Cloos: Zur Tektonik der Azoren. (Bericht �ber die ozeanographischen Untersuchungen im zentralen und �stlichen Teil des Nordatlantischen Ozeans im Fr�hsommer 1938. Internationale Golfstrom Expedition) Berlin: de Gruyter 1939. (Abhandlungen der Preu�ischen Akademie der Wissenschaften) 6p plus plates, large format offprint with orange paper cover, slightly dusty PKM 144247 £12
Lehmann, W M : Neue Beobachtungen an Versteinerungen aus dem Hunsr�ckenschiefer. Berlin: de Gruyter 1939. (Abhandlungen der Preu�ischen Akademie der Wissenschaften) 16p plus 8 plates, large format offprint with orange paper cover, very good copy, nice illustrations PKM 144245 £18
Gajic, Milovan [Ed]: Flora Goca-Gvozdac. (The Flora of the Goc - Gvozdac) Belgrade: Sumarski Fakultet 1984. 254p large format hardcover, with white dustjacket, minor ex library treatment, illus and colour plates, very good PKM 144101 £36
Searle, S A : Environment and Plant Life. London: Faber 1975. 278p hardback with dustjacket, excellent copy, as new PKM 144072 £10
Barrow in Furness : The Natural Environment of North Walney and Sandscale Haws. Preface A R Hunter. London 1978. approx 80p, from typescript, letter format, spiral bound, mimeographed, ex library, extensive lists and counts, maps, very good copy PKM 143619 £28
Levyns, M R : A Guide to the Flora of the Cape Peninsula. First Edition. Cape Town: Juta 1929. 284p orig brown cloth, colour frontisp and 2 addtl colour plates, many b/w illus in the text, VG PKM 143311 £18
Rackham, Oliver : Hayley Wood. Its History and Ecology. Cambridge: Cambridgeshire and Isle of Ely Naturalists' Trust 1975. 222p paperback, ex library, very little used, a nice clean respectable copy, slightly used PKM 143238 £12
Rackham, Oliver : Hayley Wood. Its History and Ecology. Cambridge: Cambridgeshire and Isle of Ely Naturalists' Trust 1975. 222p rebound hardback with adhesive film over cover, ex library, very little used, a nice clean respectable copy PKM 143221 £14
Furneaux, W : Life in Ponds and Streams. With eight Coloured plates and numerous illustrations in the text. New Edition. London: Longmans, Green & Co 1897. xix 406p red cloth bright with frog gilt bright to front cover, all edges gilt, prize inscription ("good conduct"), nice fresh copy PKM 142962 £15
Eldjarn, Kristjan : One Hundred Years National Museum of Iceland. Reykjavik 1963. approx 200p half cloth, many illus and plates, some in colour, title in Icelandic type approximately translated as "One Hundred Years National Museum of Iceland", book represents 100 items with illustration and text, short English summary at back, with author inscription, VG PKM 142893 £24
Coates, Peter : Nature. Western Attitudes since Ancient Times. London: Polity 1998. 248p brown illus paperback in protective ex library sleeve, unused copy, clean and fresh, with library bookplate PKM 142642 £14
Thacker, Christopher : The Wilderness Pleases. New York: St Martin's 1983. 282p hardback with dustjacket, ex library copy, probably never used, excellent condition, rare title PKM 142563 £34
Kirby, W F : The Butterflies and Moths of the United Kingdom. Third Edition. London: Routledge 1920?. lii 468p bound in original illus cloth (green with gilt), excellent copy, VG PKM 142400 £20
Humphreys, H Noel : The Genera and Species of British Moths Popularly Described and Illustrated in a Series of Pitturesque Plates. London: Jerrard 1860. 206p 4to format, superb full calf binding (dark green) lavishly ornamented in gilt, with red title label to spine (5 bands), dentelles, marbeled endpapers, all edges gilt, old name on endpaper (D'Oyly), 62 excellent color plates with very minor browning on back of some, binding strong and intact without defects PKM 142392 £560
Furneaux, W : Butterflies and Moths (British). New Impression. London: Longmans, Green & Co 1932. (Outdoor World Series) 358p brown cloth, colour frontisp very many colour plates in the text, many figures in text, index, binding fresh, VG PKM 142388 £15
Furneaux, W : The Out-Door World, or The Young Collector's Handbook. London: Longmans, Green & Co 1932. (Outdoor World Series) xxviii 410p red cloth, spine sl dull, colour frontisp with tissue guard, 15 vivid colour plates, many figures in text, index, cover sl rubbed, sl hurt to base of spine, VG PKM 142387 £15
M�ller, Gottfried : Die Lagerungsverh�ltnisse der Unteren Kreide westlich der Ems und die Transgression der Wealden. Offprint 1903. 20p offprint old crease, "hochachtungsvoll vom Verfasser" PKM 142220 £12
Meunier, Fernand : Neue Beitr�ge �ber die fossilen Insekten aus der Braunkohle von Rott (Aquitanien) im Siebengebirge (Rheinpreussen) Offprint 1919. 20p plus plates in the back, VG+ PKM 142219 £12
Davies, Arthur : An Introduction to Palaeontology. First Edition. London: Murby 1965. 322p green boards, pages clean and unmarked, ex library, very good condition PKM 141641 £10
Westoll, T S : The Earliest Panzergruppen. Offprint 1942. 10p offprint, paper yellowing, VG PKM 141600 £8
Lack, David : Evolutionary Theory and Christian Belief. London: Methuen 1957. 128p red cloth with gilt lettering, ex lib with label on spine, bookplate on paste sheet, pages unmarked, binding firm, good condition PKM 141548 £14
Deer, W A ; Kempe, D R C : Geological Investigations in East Greenland. Part 11: The Minor Peripheral Intrusions, Kangerdlgssuaq, East Greenland. Copenhagen: Nordisk Forlag 1976. (Meddelelser Om Gr�nland) 25p plus 10 plates, blue paperback, tall format, VG+ PKM 141458 £24
Blossfeldt, Karl ; Nierendorf, Karl : Art Forms in Nature. Examples from the Plant World Photographed Direct from Nature. London: Zwemmer 1967. 112p large format green cloth hardcover, full page black and white plates, wonderful resource for artists/designers, ex library copy with usual library markings, stain to front board, binding firm, interior clean and fresh PKM 141038 £36
Whitford, H N ; Craig, R D : Forests of British Columbia. Ottawa: Commission of Conservation 1918. 409p paperback, brown paper cover repaired with tape, ex library with usual library markings, interior clean and firm, hinges repaired with tape, binding otherwise very firm, 1 large fold-out maps stuck to inside of back cover entitled ' Forest Stand Types in British Columbia PKM 140358 £12
Whitford, H N ; Craig, R D : Forests of British Columbia. Ottawa: Commission of Conservation 1918. 409p faded maroon cloth, gilt titles, boards very faded at edges, spine sunned, ex library with usual library markings, corners bumped, interior clean and firm, front hinge cracked, binding otherwise very firm, 2 large fold-out maps in pouch inside rear board entitled 'Limits of Principal Trees in British Columbia' and ' Forest Stand Types in British Columbia, maps in lovely condition PKM 140355 £20
Sims, R W [Ed]; Hollis, David [Ed]: Animal Identification. A Reference Guide. Volumes 1 - 3 (complete). Marine and Brackish Water Animals; Land a Freshwater Animals; Insects. London: British Museum 1980. 111p, 120p, 160p in fine condition, discreet stamps to flyleaves otherwise perfectly clean and fresh, an attractive set! PKM 139969 £15
Colquhoun, D : Variation in Sea Level on the South Carolina Coastal Plain. Second printing revised 1983. South Carolina University Press 1981. 206p large format, yellow card cover, binding firm, pages clean, prepared for the 1981 meeting of UNESCO, IGCP 61 Business meeting in conjunction with 'Sea-Level Variation, last 15,000 years' symposium sponsored by International Quaternary Association PKM 139947 £14
Randall, Richard [Preface]: Gazetteer of Undersea Features. Names Approved by the United States Board on Geographic Names. Published by the Defense Mapping Agency Washington, D.C. Third Edition. Washington: Defense Mapping Agency 1981. xi, 125p, 125p large format blue paperback, first section alphabetized, second section Coordinate Block Lists with Index Map, cover faded, previous owner's name to front, condition otherwise excellent PKM 139945 £20
Pirazzoli, Paolo [Ed]: Late Quaternary Sea Level Changes: Measurement, Correlation and Future Applications. Summary Final Report [IGCP Project 200 number 14]. Paris: CNRS 1987. (IGCP Project) 85p landscape large format blue paperback, black titles and spine, excellent condition PKM 139942 £12
Larson, Roger [Preface]: Report of the Conference on Scientific Ocean Drilling November 16-18, 1981. Washington: Joint Oceanographic Institutions 1982. 110p large format blue paperback, previous owner's name to front cover, binding firm, pages clean, illustrated PKM 139939 £12
Baas, Jaco : Dimensional Analysis of Current Ripples in Recent and Ancient Depositional Environments. Utrecht: Faculteit Aardwetenschappen 1993. (Geologica Ultraiectina) 199p dark blue paperback, light shelfwear to cover otherwise excellent PKM 139935 £56
Ross Heath, G [Preface]; Chinnery, Michael [Foreword]; Loughridge, Michael [Foreword]: Sedimentology, Physical Properties, and Geochemistry in the Initial Reports of the Deep Sea Drilling Project Volumes 1-44: An Overview [World Data Center A for Marine Geology and Geophysics Report MGG-1]. Boulder: National Geophysical Data Center 1984. (World Data Center A for Marine Geology and Geophysics) 236p large format green paperback, light bump to bottom right corner otherwise VG, firm and clean, first in a series of data reports aimed at the marine geoscience community, microfiche of the volume attached to inside back cover PKM 139933 £56
Domack, Eugene ; Domack, Cynthia : Cenozoic Glaciation. The Marine Record Established by Ocean Drilling. Washington: Joint Oceanographic Institutions. v, 49p large format booklet, laminated blue cover, stapled binding, aimed at geology undergraduates, collection of data gleaned from five Ocean Drilling Program high-latitude cruises (Legs 104, 105, 113, 119, 120) including large foldout colour poster illustrating pertinent core intervals, excellent condition, illustrations, glossary PKM 139928 £24
Shepard, Francis ; Phleger, Fred ; Van Andel, Tjeerd [Eds]: Recent Sediments, Northwest Gulf of Mexico. A Symposium Summarizing the Results of Work Carried On in Project 51 of the American Petroleum Institute 1951-1958. Tulsa: American Association of Petroleum Geologists 1960. 394p blue cloth, ex library first edition, no labels to spine, glue mark to front pastedown, typed synopsis attached to ffep, light wear to boards, binding firm, pages clean, many b+w illustrations and maps, valuable contribution to sedimentology PKM 139925 £15
Bell : The Path by the Window. London: Bodley Head 1952. 191p green cloth, first edition, no dustjacket, tea splash to front board, spine faded, interior VG+, clean fresh and firm PKM 139770 £10
Bertram, G C L : West Indian Immigration [Eugenics Society Broadsheet Number One]. London: Eugenics Society 1958. (Eugenics Society Broadsheet) 24p stapled booklet, green laminated cover, black titles, first edition ex library with usual library markings, VG PKM 139352 £20
Goodrich, Edwin : Living Organisms. An Account of Their Origin and Evolution. First Edition. Oxford University Press 1924. 200p green cloth with gilt lettering on spine, edges rough cut and foxed but pages clean and unmarked with illustrations throughout, b/w frontispiece portrait of Darwin without tissue guard, discreet ex lib markings including paper shelfmark to spine PKM 139271 £9
Bentham, George ; Hooker, J : Handbook of the British Flora: A Description of the Flowering Plants and Ferns Indigenous to, or Naturalised in, the British Isles for the use of Beginners and Anmateurs. Seventh edition. London: Lovell, Reeve and Co 1954. 606p ex library with blue dustjacket showing tape marks and usual library markings, dj attached to boards with tape, book itself in good order, binding firm, pages clean, 1954 reprint of the seventh edition PKM 139268 £9
Clapham, A R ; Tutin, T G ; Warburg, E F : Flora of the British Isles. Cambridge University Press 1952. 1591p green cloth with gilt lettering, sl wear to head and foot of spine, ex library copy with usual library markings, pages clean, binding firm, 5 page rather creased Errata slip laid in PKM 139266 £12
Kirkwood, Esther : Plant and Flower Forms. Studies of Typical Forms of Plants and Plant Organs. London: Sidgwick & Jackson 1923. 80p green cloth boards worn and stained with ugly brown tape repair covering spine, ex library with usual library markings, interior clean and fresh, 80p of black and white plates with clear and detailed botanical drawings, binding firm PKM 139257 £10
Thomson, Arthur : Problems of Bird Migration. London: Witherby 1926. 350p first edition, no dustjacket, ex library copy with minimal library markings and Perse School bookplate, head and foot of spine heavily rubbed, corners bumped, interior clean and fresh, nice collection ofornothological newspaper clippings from the 20s and 30s laid in PKM 139243 £12
Himmelfarb, Gertrude ; [Darwin, Charles]: Darwin and the Darwinian Revolution. London: Chatto & Windus 1959. 422p pink cloth, first edition, no dustcover, ex school library with minimal library markings, spine sunned, interior firm and clean, fold-out map of the Voyage of the Beagle in excellent crisp condition PKM 139240 £14
Ford, E B : Moths. London: Collins 1955. (New Naturalist) 266p green cloth, gilt titles, ex library copy with minimal library markings, nice old Perse School bookplate to front pastedown, no dustjacket, interior firm and clean, 77 colour photographs, 71 b+w photos taken by S. Beaufoy, 19 maps and diagrams PKM 139237 £16
Crothers, J : Dog-Whelks: An Introduction to the Biology of Nucella lapillus (L.) Field Studies 6 (1985) Offprint. Taunton: Field Studies Council 1986. (Journal of the Field Studies Council) pp291-360 white paperback offprint, ex library copy with usual library markings, condition a little worn and tatty especially to edges, interior clean and firm, serviceable copy PKM 139233 £9
Shipley, A E : More Minor Horrors. Illustrated. London: Smith, Elder & Co 1916. 163p brown paperback, ex library copy with tape to spine and front hinge, spine chipped and worn, binding shaken but holding, mosquito to front cover, rat's head to rear, scholarly yet humorous study of common household pests, 49 illustrations PKM 139226 £16
Levitt, Tom : Between the Tides. A Look at the Ecology of the Intertidal Zone for KS4 Science or 'A' level Biology Students [T717 Copy]. Peterborough: First and Best in Education 1995. 33p loose leaf unbound photocopy, blue card cover, excellent school library photocopy of a text published by First and Best, specialists in photocopiable resources for schools, pages clean and fresh PKM 139224 £9
Lipman, Jacob : Bacteria in Relation to Country Life. New York: Macmillan 1908. (Rural Science Series) 486p blue cloth, gilt titles and plough motif to front board, small oblong cut from ffep, presentation inscription to ffep, front hinge cracked, binding otherwise holding well, sticker mark to spine, possible ex library but not other library markings PKM 139223 £12
Kerner von Marilaun, Anton ; Oliver, F W [Transl]: The Natural History of Plants their Forms, Growth, Reproduction, and Distribution. Half-Volume 2. London: Blackie 1895. pp401-777 large format green cloth, gilt titles and Cam. Univ. Bot. Lab.gilt stamp to front board, bottom 6th of spine missing, tape repair to rear exterior hinge, , front hinge also almost detached, presentation inscription to the Perse School for Boys from the Botany School, signed H. Godwin, ex library markings to ffep, interior good, 5 colour plates and numerous woodcut illustrations PKM 139106 £36
Gamble, F W : Animal Life. London: Smith, Elder & Co 1908. 305p green cloth, gilt titles and 'bird in flight' motif to front board, ex library with usual library markings and foxing to endpapers, condition otherwise excellent, frontispiece with tissueguard, 63 illustrations PKM 138635 £10
Ealand, C A : Animal Ingenuity of To-Day. A description of the skill, clever devices and strategems of birds, reptiles, insects and other forms of animal life, and their means of subsistence and protection. London: Seeley 1920. (Science of To-Day) 306p red cloth, gilt titles, ex library with usual library markings in otherwise VG condition, clean and firm, with illustrations PKM 138622 £12
Woods, Henry : Palaeontology Invertebrate. Third edition. Cambridge University Press 1902. (Cambridge Natural Science Manuals) 360p hardcover, blue buckram, gilt titles, ex library with minimal library markings, front hinge slightly cracked but holding well, binding firm, pages clean, nice old copy of the third edition PKM 138504 £9
McClintock, David : A Guide to the Naming of Plants with Special Reference to Heathers. Written for the Heather Society. Second edition. Leicester: Heather Society 1980. 37p laminated white paperback booklet, stapled binding, ex library with college library stickers, condition otherwise VG PKM 138474 £5
Speight, M C D [Ed]: Outdoor Recreation and its Ecological Effects. A Bibliography and Review (Discussion Papers in Conservation 4) London: University College 1973. (Discussion Papers in Conservation) 35p large format paperback, yellow laminated cover, stapled binding, ex library copy with minimal library stickers, light wear to cover otherwise excellent condition PKM 138472 £9
Kent, Martin [Ed]: A Method for the Survey and Classification of Marginal Land in Agricultural Landscapes (Discussion Papers in Conservation 1) London: University College 1974. (Discussion Papers in Conservation) 33p large format paperback, yellow laminated cover, stapled binding, ex library copy with minimal library stickers, light wear to cover otherwise excellent condition PKM 138471 £9
Goldsmith, F B [Ed]: The Sea-Cliff Vegetation of Shetland (Discussion Papers in Conservation 9) London: University College 1974. (Discussion Papers in Conservation) 30p large format paperback, yellow cover, stapled binding, ex library copy with minimal library stickers, light wear to cover otherwise excellent condition PKM 138469 £9
Warren, Andrew [Ed]; Harrison, Carolyn [Ed]: A Proposed Nature Conservation Plan for Shetland (Discussion Papers in Conservation 7) London: University College 1974. (Discussion Papers in Conservation) 45p large format paperback, yellow laminated cover, stapled binding, ex library copy with minimal library stickers, light wear to cover otherwise excellent condition PKM 138467 £9
Common , M [Ed]: Economics and the Environmental Problem (Discussion Papers in Conservation 5) London: University College 1973. (Discussion Papers in Conservation) 19p large format paperback, yellow cover, stapled binding, ex library copy with minimal library stickers, light wear to cover otherwise excellent condition PKM 138462 £9
Brotherton, D I [Ed]: The Management of a Woodland Nature Reserve With Particular Reference to the Cohabitation of Tree Species (Discussion Papers in Conservation 6) London: University College 1973. (Discussion Papers in Conservation) 25p large format paperback, yellow cover, stapled binding, ex library copy with minimal library stickers, light wear to cover otherwise excellent condition PKM 138461 £9
Carter, Susan [Ed]: The Employment Situation for Ecologists. (Discussion Papers in Conservation 8) London: University College 1974. (Discussion Papers in Conservation) 39p large format paperback, yellow laminated cover, stapled binding, ex library copy with minimal library stickers, excellent condition PKM 138460 £9
Goldsmith, F B [Ed]: The Role of the Ecologist in Development for Tourism. A Case Study in the Caribbean. (Discussion Papers in Conservation 3) London: University College 1972. (Discussion Papers in Conservation) 29p large format paperback, yellow laminated cover, stapled binding, ex library copy with minimal library stickers, light wear at corners otherwise excellent PKM 138458 £9
Adams, W M ; Rose, C I [Eds]: The Selection of Reserves for Nature Conservation. (Discussion Papers in Conservation 20) London: University College 1978. (Discussion Papers in Conservation) 34p large format paperback, yellow laminated cover, stapled binding, ex library copy with minimal library stickers, light wear at corners otherwise excellent PKM 138457 £9
Buckley, Arabella : Botanical Tables for the use of Junior Students. London: Stanford 1900?. Small dark green cloth hardcover bordered and lettered in black, undated ex library with old Cambridge University library stickers, 2 foldout tables 1.Table of Some Common Terms used in Describing Plants. For the use of Junior Students of Botany 2. Table of the Chief Natural Orders of British Plants (Arranged According to Bentham and Oliver) very nice condition, only scattered foxing PKM 138415 £13
Boulger, G S : Wood: A Manual of The Natural History and Industrial Applications of The Timbers of Commerce. Second Edition. London: Arnold 1908. 348p blue cloth, ex-library, 2 labels on endpapers, tape remnant on spine,extremities rubbed, 43 illustrations in text, 48 plates, index, interior Good PKM 138172 £38
Eggeling, W J ; Dale, Ivan [Revised]: The Indigenous Trees of the Uganda Protectorate. London: Crown Agents for the Colonies 1951. 491p blue cloth, ex-library, 2 labels on front endpapers, taped shelfmark on base of spine, otherwise in excellent condition, numerous colour and b&w illustrations, fold-out map at rear, index of genera and species PKM 138166 £54
Tansley, A G : The British Islands and their Vegetation. 2 volumes. Cambridge University Press 1949. 2 large volumes 930p, green cloth, gilt titles, no dustjackets, ex library set with minimal library markings in excellent condition, boards a little rubbed but sound and firm, interiors very clean, 162 Plates containing 418 photographs and 179 figures in the text PKM 138018 £26
Ministry of Agriculture and Fisheries : Insect Pests of Fruit Trees. Collected Leaflets No. 2. London: HMSO 1934. Portfolio containing 27 leaflets , original brown card folder a little dusty and worn but still good, ex library stickers to spine and cover, scattered foxing to edges of leaflets otherwise clean and tidy, many b+w illustrations PKM 137059 £16
Stout, William : Dinosaur Sketchbook. Vol 3. Pasadena 2001. Letter format, cloth spine with label, numbered and signed copy, VG+ PKM 136659 £28
Doherty, Paul ; Moore, Patrick [Foreword]: Building and Using an Astronomical Observatory. Wellingborough: Stephens 1986. 232p blue paperback with illustrated cover, very good ex library with minimal library markings, pages clean, binding firm, many illustrations throughout text PKM 136104 £11
Reynolds, Sidney : The Vertebrate Skeleton. Cambridge University Press 1897. (Cambridge Natural Science Manuals) 559p blue cloth, gilt titles, VG ex library copy with minimal library markings, foxing to endpapers and page edges, some pages quite heavily spotted, binding firm, many b + w illustrations throughout text PKM 136102 £18
Clegg, John : The Freshwater Life of the British Isles. A Guide to the Plants and Invertebrates of Ponds, Lakes, Streams and Rivers, with an Additional Chapter on the Invertebrates. London: Warne 1952. (Wayside and Woodland) 351p green faux leather, gilt and black titles, VG ex library copy with minimal unobtrusive library markings, no dj, lovely book with 16 plates in colour, 51 half-tone plates from photographs by the Author and 95 drawings in the text, clean, firm condition PKM 136084 £14
Step, Edward : Bees, Wasps, Ants and Allied Insects of the British Isles . London: Warne 1932. (Wayside and Woodland) 238p brown faux leather, gilt and black titles, VG ex library copy with minimal unobtrusive library markings, no dj, front pastedown a little rubbed, lovely book with 44 plates in colour showing 470 figures, 67 plates showing 170 reproductions and text illustrations also 64 wing maps PKM 136083 £42
Fabre, J H ; Merrifield, F [Ed]; Prendergast Parker, M [Illustr]: Insect Life. Souvenirs of a Naturalist. Translated from the French by the Author of 'Mademoiselle Mori'. London: Macmillan 1913. 320p green hardback, ornamentation in darker green, gilt titles, very good ex library copy with minimal library markings, foxing to endpapers and very edges of pages, otherwise clean, binding firm, reprint of the 1901 first edition PKM 136079 £24
Fream, W : Soils and their Properties. London: Bell 1890. (Bell's Agricultural Series) 176p brown cloth, discreet ex lib markings, black titles, agricultural adverts (Jensen's Guano etc) to pastedowns and endpapers, frontispiece coloured geological map of GB with tissueguard, front hinge slightly cracked but hoding well, pages clean and fresh, a nice copy PKM 135893 £11
Veevers, J J : Phanerozoic Earth History of Australia. Oxford: Clarendon Press 1986. (Oxford Monographs on Geology and Geophysics) 418p red blue paperback, spine sl sunned, dedication signed by the author on ffep, pages unmarked, binding firm, VG PKM 135870 £60
Smith, Worthington : Diseases of Field and Garden Crops Chiefly such as are caused by Fungi. With 143 illustrations drawn and engraved by the author. London: Macmillan 1884. 353p dark green cloth, gilt titles, ex library with minimal library markings otherwise excellent, binding firm, pages clean, frontispiece with tissueguard (Darwin's potato Solanum Maglia) PKM 135849 £12
Eden, T : Elements of Tropical Soil Science. London: Macmillan 1947. 136p tan cloth, red titles, ex library with minimal library markings in otherwise excellent condition PKM 135848 £18
Russell, John : The Micro-Organisms of the Soil. With Diagrams. London: Longmans, Green & Co 1923. (Rothamsted Monographs on Agricultural Science) 188p brown cloth, black titles, ex library with minimal library markings, foxing to endpapers otherwise very clean and firm PKM 135847 £10
Ellis, E A : The Broads. London: Collins 1965. (New Naturalist) 401p green cloth, gilt titles, ex library with usual library markings, boards faded and spotted, front hinge cracked, binding a little loose but holding up well, pages clean, with 47 photographs and 68 maps and diagrams PKM 135825 £24
Heath, John ; Perring, Franklyn : Biological Records Centre. Cambridge: Institute of Terrestrial Ecology 1978. 20p stapled booklet, shiny dark green illustrated cover, ex library with usual library markings otherwise excellent PKM 135823 £12
Westell, W Percival [Ed]; Turner, Henry [Ed]: The Hedge I Know. Second edition. London: Dent 1912. (Dents Open Air Nature Books) 86p green cloth illustrated boards, decoration to front cover very well preserved with gilt titles and charming hedgerow design in black, spine sunned, previous owner's name to title page, very nice fresh and firm copy, 13 coloured and many b+w illustrations PKM 135706 £9
Craib, William : The Flora of Banffshire. Banffshire Field Club Transactions. Extra Number. Banff: Banffshire Journal 1912. (Banffshire Field Club Transactions) 111p rebound in brown cloth, gilt titles, boards shiny and new, new endpapers, binding excellent, pages clean PKM 135602 £16
Duncan, Ursula : Flora of East Ross-Shire. Edinburgh: Botanical Society 1980. 272p white paperback, spine faded, crease to top right corner, binding firm, pages clean PKM 135601 £12
Trail, J W H : The Flora of Buchan. From the Transactions of the Buchan Field Club, Vol 8, Part 1, 1904-05. Aberdeen University Press 1905. 128p rebound in dark green cloth with new endpapers and typewritten title pages, scattered foxing to page edges otherwise VG PKM 135600 £24
Buller, A H : Researches on Fungi Vol 1 An Account of the Production, Liberation and Dispersion of the Spores of Hymenomycetes treated Botanically and Physically Vol 2 Further Investigation upon the Production and Liberation of Spores in Hmenomycetes. [2 volumes]. London: Longmans, Green & Co 1909-22. 287p 492p 2 volumes, dark green cloth, black titles, spine ends bumped, binding otherwise excellent condition, ex library set with minimal library markings, many illustrations throughout, 5 fold out plates at end of vol 1 PKM 135599 £65
Knight, Margery ; Parke, Mary : Manx Algae. An Algal Survey of the South End of the Isle of Man (With two maps and 19 Plates) Liverpool University Press 1931. (LMBC Memoirs on Typical British Marine Plants and Animals) 155p, 19 plates, cream boards, red cloth spine, boards a little soiled, ex library with minimal library markings, excellent condition throughout PKM 135598 £9
Shoolbred, W A : The Flora of Chepstow [With Map of the Chepstow Area]. London: Taylor 1920. 140p green cloth, black titles, boards slightly faded but very firm and sound, endpapers tanned, pages otherwise clean, endpapers tanned, fold-out map of the area VG PKM 135597 £48
Roberts, E J : Fodder Conservation with special reference to Grass Drying. A Report prepared for the Committee on the Preservation of Grass and other Fodder Crops. London: HMSO 1939. 137p grey cloth, gilt titles, ex library with minimal library markings, pages clean, binding tight, excellent condition PKM 135594 £22
Ballantyne, G H ; Spragge, E F B [Foreword]: Wild Flowers of Kinross. The Flowering Plants of Kinross. A checklist, with locations, of past and present species. Second Edition. Kirkcaldy: Scottish Wildlife Trust 1985. 111p paperback, blue illustrated card covers, blue cloth spine, corners lightly bumped otherwise excellent PKM 135593 £9
Dallmann, A A ; White, J W ; Armitage, E ; Macmillan, Lord et al: Notes on the British Flora Vol 2 [including] The First Flora of Liverpool and its Author, The Preservation and Mounting of Flowering Plants, Dr Druce's Eightieth Birthday [15 offprints, short flora and obituaries in one volume in one volume) London 1905-1943. 15 offprints and short flora (Lancashire and Cheshire Naturalist,, Watsonia, Proceedings of the Linnean Soc etc) bound as one hardcover volume, boards excellent, binding tight, contents from the collection of the late Mr N Y and Mrs C I Sandwith, very good condition throughout, unique volume PKM 135583 £30
Godwin, H ; Harris, T M [Eds]: A Classification of Plants. Cambridge University Press 1955. 13p paperback, grey card covers a little spotted and sunned, page edges foxed, scheme of classification based on that prepared by Godwin and Harris 1932, revised by Turner and Richards 1938 and by Whitehouse and Sporne in 1950 PKM 135582 £16
Sandwith, N Y ; Sandwith, C ; Valentine, D H ; Beeby, W H et al: Species Studies in the British Flora Vol 2 [including] Amaranthus acutilobus, The Hornworts and their occurrence in Britain, The Distribution of the Sexes in the Butterbur, On som British Viola Forms [67 offprints and short flora in one volume) London 1884-1961. 67 offprints and short flora (Journal of Botany, Watsonia, Proceedings of the Linnean Soc etc) bound as one hardcover volume, boards excellent, binding tight, contents from the collection of the late Mr N y and Mrs C I Sandwith, very good condition throughout, unique volume PKM 135579 £48
Pugsley, H W ; Hall, P M ; Wright, E F ; Linton, E F et al: Species Studies in the British Flora Vol 1 and 2 [including] The Brassica of Lundy Island, The Irish Marsh Orchids, Notes on the Scottish Saginas and A Monograph of the British Willows [23 offprints bound as one volume) London 1884-1940. 23 offprints (Journal of Botany, Winchester College Nat Hist Soc, Proceedings of the Linnean Soc etc) bound as one hardcover volume, boards excellent, binding tight, contents from the collection of the late Mr N Y and Mrs C I Sandwith, very good condition throughout, unique volume PKM 135577 £48
Barkham, J P ; Gear, S ; Hawksworth, D L ; Messenger, K G : Foula, Shetland Volume 2 the Flora of Foula. Ambleside: Brathay Centre for Exploration and Field Studies 1981. (Foula, Shetland) 71p large format white spiral bound, comprehensive account of the Flora of Foula, foxing to page edges and some spotting to cover otherwise very good, first volume in the series PKM 135529 £20
Monckton, H W : The Flora of the District of the Thames Valley Drift Between Maidenhead and London. London: Spottiswoode 1919. 81p small format paperback, faded green card covers with inkspot to front, complete volume has been rebound within new endpapers and a green card cover, binding firm, pages clean PKM 135528 £7
Watson, W C R : Handbook of the Rubi of Great Britain and Ireland. Cambridge University Press 1958. 274p hardcover with pale blue dustjacket, dj sunned on spine and a little foxed, navy boards beneath are immaculate, excellent condition, binding tight and firm, pages fresh and clean, appears little used PKM 135527 £24
Uggla, Arvid ; Blair, Alan [Transl]: Linnaeus. Stockholm: Swedish Institute 1957. 32p booklet, cream card covers, green titles, short biog followed by 16 pages of photographic illustrations, previous owner's name to title page, good clean and firm condition PKM 135523 £8
[Wollaston, A F R]; Wollaston, Mary [Ed]; Newbolt, Henry [Foreword]: Letters and Diaries of A. F. R. Wollaston. Cambridge University Press 1933. 261p blue cloth, gilt titles, spine bumped at edges and frayed at ends, boards faded but clean, ex library with usual library markings, otherwise excellent condition, pages bright, fresh and clean, binding firm PKM 135521 £32
Dickinson, Carola ; Petts, Ernest [Illustr]: British Seaweeds. London: Eyre & Spottiswoode 1963. (Kew Series) 232p green cloth, gilt titles, ex library with usual library markings otherwise an excellent copy of this first edition, colourfully illustrated, pages clean binding firm PKM 135519 £10
Parihar, N S : An Introduction to Embryophyta. Volume 1 Bryophyta, Volume 2 Pteridophytes. Fourth Revised Edition. Allahabad: Central Book Depot 1961-2. 2 vols, 338p pink cloth, 302p red leather in very clean condition, vol 2 front hinge broken but binding is intact (2 loose pages) though shaky for first 30 pages, vol 1 binding VG, ex library with usual library markings, pages clean PKM 135512 £24
Garrett, S D : Biology of Root-Infecting Fungi. Cambridge University Press 1956. 293p brown cloth, gilt titles, ex library with usual library markings, spine very slightly cocked but binding still firm, edges of spine bumped, pages clean PKM 135508 £10
Druce, G C : The Flora of Northamptonshire being a Topographical and Historical Account of the Flowering Plants and Ferns [�] with short biographical notices of the Botanists [�] during the last three centuries. Arbroath: Buncle 1930. 304p brown cloth, rebinding in excellent condition with new endpapers, boards excellent, pages clean PKM 135506 £60
Dobson, Ruth : The Vascular Plants of Northern Ardnamurchan. Reprinted from The Glasgow Naturalist, vol 20 pp 313-331) Glasgow 1983. 19p [pp 313-331] offprint, blue card covers, stapled binding, excellent condition PKM 135503 £8
Frey, A E [Ed]; Lovatt, C M et al: The Historical Ecology of Leigh Woods, Bristol. [first article in] The Avon Gorge. British Naturalists' Society Special Issue No. 1. Reprinted from The Proceedings of the Bristol Naturalists' Society Volume 47,1987. Bristol: Grenfell 1989. (Proceedings of the Bristol Naturalists' Society) 96p paperback, cover shiny and fresh, pages clean, many b&w illustrations PKM 135501 £10
Rogers, W M : Handbook of British Rubi by William Moyle Rogers (Late Vicar of Bridgerule, Devon) London: Duckworth 1900. 111p red cloth, black titles, spine a little grubby, foxing to endpapers and page edges, pages otherwise clean and fresh, binding VG PKM 135500 £30
Hutchinson, G Evelyn : Survey of Contemporary Knowledge of Biogeochemistry. 3. The Biogeochemistry of Vertebrate Excretion [Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History Volume 96]. New York: American Museum of Natural History 1950. (Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History) 554p large heavy paperback, blue card covers chipped at the edges, ex library with minimal college library markings, pages clean, binding firm, 16 b&w plates at back of volume PKM 135496 £32
Percival, John : Agricultural Bacteriology. Theoretical and Practical. Second Edition. London: Duckworth 1920. 408p red cloth, black titles, minor shelfwear to boards, front interior hinge cracked, binding otherwise good, ex library with minimal library markings, b&w illustrations, pages very clean PKM 135446 £12
Mueller, H W [Ed]: The Solar System. Audiovisual Library Services Slidepack 06 P065. The Rickitt Encyclopedia of Slides. London: Rickitt Encyclopedia of Slides 1973. (Rickitt Encyclopedia of Slides) Green hardcover, laminated boards, contents page, 4 plastic pouches designed to hold 9 slides each (full set 36 slides), one missing (31862 Satellites of Saturn) 3 sheets of notes in pouch attached to back cover, very good condition PKM 135285 £24
Young, Andrew : A Prospect of Flowers. A Book About Wild Flowers. [With Dallas Kenmare's bookplate on front pastedown]. London: Cape 1945. 194p blue green cloth, Book Production War Economy Standard, the personal copy of Dallas Kenmare with her Pegasus bookplate, pp7-10 loose, binding otherwise very firm, scattered foxing, pages clean PKM 135156 £10
Machlis, Leonard ; Gillespie, Evan [Illustr]: Plants in Action. A Laboratory Manual of Plant Physiology. San Francisco: Freeman 1956. 282p paperback, grey card cover sunned and lightly soiled, ex library with usual library markings, pages tanned but clean, protectively encased within a rather attractive green folder with marbled pastedowns and title typed on label to spine, folder very worn on spine, binding VG, many b&w diagrams throughout text PKM 135134 £22
Burr, Sydney ; Turner, Dorothy : British Economic Grasses. Their Identification by the Leaf Anatomy. London: Arnold 1933. 94p large format (23x29cm) faded green cloth, worn and bumped around the edges, spine frayed at top, ex library with old College stickers, 34 full page black and white plates, pages clean, binding firm PKM 135131 £65
Knuth, Paul ; Ainsworth Davis, J [Transl]: Handbook of Flower Pollination Based Upon Hermann M�ller's Work 'The Fertilization of Flowers by Insects'. Vols 1 - 3 (complete) Oxford: Clarendon Press 1906. Vol 1 382p navy cloth, gilt titles 'Introduction and Literature' with 81 figures in the text, vol 2 703p 'Observations on Flower Pollination made in Europe and the Arctic Regions on Species belonging to the Natural Orders, vol 3 644p, hundreds of figures in text +portrait frontispiece of M�ller, ex library with usual library markings, foxing to endpapers, otherwise clean and sound PKM 135089 £150
Thatcher, Roscoe : The Chemistry of Plant Life. First edition, second impression. New York: McGraw-Hill 1921. 268p brown cloth, ex library with usual library markings, pastedowns foxed, pages fresh and clean, binding VG+ PKM 135077 £14
Walton, John ; Benoit, Peter ; Richards, Mary ; Allen, D E : Short Floras: [1]The Wild Flowers, Ferns and Mosses of the District Round Folkestone [2] A Contribution to a Flora of Merioneth 2nd ed [3] The Flowering Plants of the Isle of Man. Douglas: Manx Museum 1969. 3 books bound together, 40p red card cover, 69p cream card cover, 98p b&w card cover all with original covers, bound in pale green card wraps with typewritten title Short Floras: Folkestone, Merioneth and The Isle of Man, VG condition PKM 135076 £35
de Barros Neves, Jose : Contribuicao Para o Estudo Cario-Sistematico das Esp�cies Portuguesas do G�nero Ranunculus L. Signed by the author. Coimbra University Press 1944. 200p paperback, pale grey paper wraps with black title, typewritten titles taped to spine, spine sunned, pages clean, binding sound, signed 'With the Autor's Compliments Barros Coimbra 15 Jan 1971' 4 pages of photographic plates at rear, Portuguese language PKM 135067 £28
von Tubeuf, Karl ; Smith, William [Transl]: Diseases of Plants Induced by Cryptogamic Parasites. Introduction to the Study of Pathogenic Fungi, Slime-Fungi, Bacteria, & Algae. London: Longmans, Green & Co 1897. 598p green cloth, fraying to ends of spine, boards lightly worn and bumped aqt corners PKM 135065 £20
Lousley, J E : The Flora of the Isles of Scilly . Newton Abbot: David & Charles 1971. 336p hardcover, unclipped dustjacket present and in excellent condition, bb&w illustrations, pages clean, binding VG+ PKM 135063 £14
Stace, C A [Ed]: Hybridization and the Flora of the British Isles. London: Academic Press 1975. 626p hardcover with unclipped green dj, light edge-wear to jacket, book otherwise in excellent clean and sound condition PKM 135058 £48
Tansley, A G : Types of British Vegetation. Cambridge University Press 1911. 416p faded green hardcover, library binding with gilt titles, boards worn and bumped at corners, ex library with usual library markings, fold out diagram of 14 recognised British plant forms and their interrelation, binding firm, b&w illustrations throughout PKM 135057 £16
Strasburger, Eduard ; Hillhouse, W [Transl]: Handbook of Practical Botany for the Botanical Laboratory and Private Student. Revised by the Author and with many Additional Notes by Author and Editor. Second Edition Revised and Enlarged. With 116 Original and 33 Additional Illustrations. London: Sonnenschein 1889. 425p red cloth, gilt titles, spine detaching but still holding near base, hinges weak but holding well, binding good, scattered foxing, pages otherwise clean, ex library bearing old College library stamps PKM 134961 £16
Tansley, A G : Lectures on the Evolution of the Filicinean Vascular System [New Phytologist Reprint No 2. Cambridge University Press 1908. 143p maroon cloth, gilt titles, light edge wear, minor fraying to top of spine, endpapers tanned, ex library with discreet old College library stickers, a very few pencil marks, pages otherwise clean, binding very firm, 101 figures in the text PKM 134959 £19
Leslie, A C : Flora of Surrey. Supplement and Checklist. Guilford: Leslie 1987. 116p paperback, supplement to Lousley's Flora of Surrey, green illustrated cover uncreased, pages clean, binding firm PKM 134957 £18
Steele, Catherine : An Introduction to Plant Biochemistry. London: Bell 1934. 356p green cloth, gilt titles, light wear to boards, binding firm, ex library with usual library stickers, pages otherwise clean, very good reading copy PKM 134954 £17
Trow, A H : The Flora of Glamorgan including the Spermaphytes and Vascular Cryptograms, with Index. Prepared under the direction of a Committee of the Cardiff Naturalists' Society. Vol 1. Cardiff: Naturalists' Society 1911. 209p green cloth, gilt titles, spine soiled, foxing to endpapers and pastedowns, rust marks from paperclips to titlepage, pages otherwise clean, binding sound PKM 134953 £28
Baver, L D : Soil Physics. New York: Wiley 1947. 370p blue cloth, some marks and fading to spine, ex library with ususal library markings, binding firm, pages clean PKM 134946 £10
Dowling, R N ; Hall, Daniel [Foreword]: Sugar Beet and Beet Sugar. London: Benn 1928. 277p red cloth, gilt titles, spine faded, binding VG, ex library in very good condition but for the usual library stamps and stickers, pages very clean and fresh, 59 b&w photographic illustrations, features 7 pages of period adverts for sugar beet industry at back of book PKM 134933 £24
Gholz, Henry [Ed]: De l'Humanisme au Rationalisme. Piere Charron (1541-1603). L'Homme, l'Oeuvre, l'Influence. (French) Dordrecht: Nijhoff 1987. 226p white and black hardback, ex library with usual library stickers in otherwise excellent condition, pages clean and fresh, binding VG PKM 134932 £62
Poehlman, John : Breeding Field Crops. New York: Holt 1959. 427p green cloth, binding firm, pages clean, ex library with ususal library sstickers otherwise excellent PKM 134931 £14
Corbet, Steven : Biological Processes in Tropical Soils with special reference to Malaysia. Cambridge: Heffer 1935. 156p first edition, dark red cloth, gilt titles, ex College library with small and discreet library stickers, condition otherwise excellent, pages clean and fresh, binding firm PKM 134915 £20
Cutler, D W ; Crump, Lettice : Problems in Soil Microbiology. London: Longmans, Green & Co 1935. (Rothamsted Monographs on Agricultural Science) 104p brown cloth, black titles, ex library with discreet library stickers and stamps, first edition in very good condition, binding firm, pages clean, no underlining, only light wear to boards, scarce title PKM 134914 £38
Virtanen, Artturi : Cattle Fodder and Human Nutrition with special reference to Biological Nitrogen Fixation. Cambridge University Press 1938. 108p green cloth, gold titles, excellent clean condition, ex library so bears the usual small college library stickers, binding very firm PKM 134908 £18
Mandaville, James ; Field, Henry [Ed]; Gillis, William [Ed]: A Contribution to the Flora of Asir Southwestern Arabia by James P Mandeville, Jr. Arabian American Oil Company, Dhahran. Miami: Field Research Publications 1973. iv, 13p A4 stapled booklet, white card covers, scattered faint foxing to cover otherwise excellent PKM 134611 £28
Stearn, William : The Natural History Museum at South Kensington. London: Natural History Museum 1988. 414p large paperback, VG+ PKM 134340 £34
Flemming, N C : The Sea - Our Other World. Reading: Berkshire Printing Co. Ltd 1960s?. (Brooke Bond Picture Cards) ca 26p unpaginated small landscape format stapled booklet, brightly coloured, picture cards completed, edgewear to top edge of some pages otherwise good bright condition PKM 134238 £9
Darwin, Charles ; Darwin, Leonard [Foreword]: The Descent of Man. Part 1 and the concluding chapter of Part 3. Thinker's Library No. 12. London: Watts 1936. (Thinker's Library) 244 small format brown hardback, spine and top edge sunned, binding firm, pages clean PKM 133911 £12
Grigg, M A : A New Course of Plants and Animals. Book II. First Edition. Cambridge University Press 1958. 227p small hardback, cream and orange decorated boards, a couple of small pen marks to boards, previous owner's name to ffep, biro underlining on contents page otherwise very clean and sound, many b&w illustrations PKM 133897 £9
Willmer, E N : The River Cam. Cambridge: Bird's Farm 1979. 112p oblong format green card cover, VG PKM 133877 £24
Warburg, E F [Ed]: Watsonia. Journal of the Botanical Society of the British Isles. Vol 1 (1949) - 6 (1968). London 1949 -. 6 vols bound in plain blue cloth, format increases with vol 3, clean set, no library markings, VG+ PKM 133705 £240
Standley, Paul ; Steyermark, Julian : Flora of Guatemala. Part 4: (Trees) Fieldiana Vol 24, part 4. Chicago: Natural History Museum 1946. 493p hardback library binding in half morocco blue, VG+, clean firm copy PKM 133648 £120
Wahlenberg, W G : Longleaf Pine. Its Use, Ecology, Regeneration, Protection, Growth, and Management. Washington: Forest Service 1946. xxii 429p large format green cloth ex library, VG+ first edition, excellent confition PKM 133597 £240
Mackenzie, W S : Progress in Experimental Petrology. Fourth Progress Report 1975 - 1978. Manchester: Natural Environment Research Council 1978. 292p green paperback, VG+ PKM 133563 £24
Palaeontological Association : Palaeontological Association. Newsletter. No 57 (2004) - 66 (2007) London: Palaeontological Society 2007. 8 issues, single parts, approx 100 p each, VG, as new PKM 133561 £25
Deer, W A ; Kempe, D R C ; Wagner, L R : Geological Investigations in East Greenland. Part 8: The Petrology of the Kangerdlugssuaq Alkaline Intrusion, East Greenland. Copenhagen: Reitzels 1970. (Meddelelser Om Gr�nland) 49p plus 49 plates, blue paperback, tall format, VG+ PKM 133551 £28
Deer, W A ; Kempe, D R C : Geological Investigations in East Greenland. Part 9: The Mineralogy of the Kangerdlugssuaq Alkaline Intrusion, East Greenland. Copenhagen: Reitzels 1970. (Meddelelser Om Gr�nland) 95p plus 5 plates, blue paperback, tall format, VG+ PKM 133550 £36
Deer, W A ; Abbott, D : Geological Investigations in East Greenland. Part 10: The Gabbro Cumulates of the Kap Edvard Holm, Lower Layered Series. Copenhagen: Reitzels 1972. (Meddelelser Om Gr�nland) 42p plus 10 plates plus colour map blue paperback, tall format, VG+ PKM 133549 £26
Egerton, Francis : Transactions of the Manchester Geological Society. Vol 1. London: Simpkin, Marshall and Co 1841. 235p plain orig cloth boards detached, list of members (includes Lyell) in the back, 9 plates in the back (some folding or coloured) Origins of Coal, Trees found near Manchester, Bookplate by J E Forbes, Library stamp on endpaper PKM 133518 £120
Spencer, L J ; Hey, M H [Eds]: The Mineralogical Magazine and Journal of the Mineralogical Society. Vol 25 (1938) to Vol 36 (1968) Oxford University Press 1938. 12 thick vols strongly bound in black library cloth, excellent set, also included the Tilley Memorial volume for 1965 (=Vol 36) PKM 133511 £480
Deer, W A ; Wagner, L R : Geological Investigations in East Greenland. Part 3: The Petrology of the Skaergaard Intrusion, Kangerdlugssuaq, East Greenland. Copenhagen: Reitzels 1939. (Meddelelser Om Gr�nland) 352p blue library cloth, plates and folding maps, VG+, this copy has the signature of W A Deer and probably comes from his own library, first edition PKM 133510 £56
Zoological Society London : Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London, Series B: Vol 108 (1938), and Vol 109 (1939). London: Zoological Society 1939. 8 parts in 7 issues in orig paper covers, largely uncut, excellent condition, many plates: Ciliation in some Polychaete Worms, Larvae of Hispine Beetles, Algerian Sand Cat, Duthiersia, Mallophaga occuring on Gallinaceous Hosts, Gas Coal of Nyrany, Intestinal Protozoa of Some Mammals in the Gardens, Variations of the Birds of Paradise, Torres Straits collected by Haddon, Skin and Hair of the Australian Opossum, Cranial Muscles of the Gecko, etc PKM 133498 £40
Clark, A M : The Deer, Howie and Zussman Volume. Mineralogical Magazine, Vol 45, 1982. London: Mineralogical Society 1982. 285p nicely bound in half calf (green) with gilt lettering, VG+ PKM 133482 £34
Baker, Richard ; Smith, Henry : A Research on the Pines of Australia. Sydney 1910. very large volume in orig red cloth with gilt lettering, printed on art paper throughout, plates and illus throughout, lavish production, "with the author's compliments", ex library, a few pages detaching (prelims), VG, a very heavy book PKM 133476 £120
Cocks, L R : A Revised Review of British Lower Palaeozoic Brachiopods. London: Palaeontological Society 2008. (Monograph of the Palaeontographical Society) 276p 4to format, grey paper cover, 10 plates, as new PKM 133410 £34
Evans, David : The Lower and Middle Ordovician Cephalopod Faunas of England and Wales. London: Palaeontological Society 2005. (Monograph of the Palaeontographical Society) 82p 4to format, grey paper cover 6 plates, as new PKM 133409 £24
Willmer, E N : Laboratory Notebooks: Growth of Epithelium (1926), Marine Biology, Physical Chemistry and Unclassified Notes, Experiments in Tissue Culture (1929) not published 1926 - 1933. 4 notebooks, Marine biology (Plymoth Staion) with many beautiful drawings, the last two are substantial books of more than 100p with plenty of notes, all very legible PKM 133300 £60
Willmer, E N : Nature Diary of a Voyage to Guiana 1933. not published 1933. Cantab Series Notebook with approx 12p of neat MS entries regarding a trip to Guiana in 1933. Includes some drawings, also on the cover of the notebook PKM 133299 £20
Willmer, E N : [Nature Diary in Grantchester & Oleuddu: Birds and Plants]. not published 1968 - 1982. Waldorf Series Notebook with MS entries (dated between 1968 and 1981) regarding birds, plants, butterflies in Grantchester close to Cambridge (UK) and Oleuddu (Wales). Author was professor for Histology in Cambridge and published a book of Cambridge Sketches (The River Cam) in 1979 PKM 133297 £36
Seton, Ernest Thompson : Monarch. The Big Bear of Tallac. London: Constable 1927. approx 120p blue cloth sl dusty, many illus in the text, VG, first edition PKM 133168 £15
Browne, F Balfour : Insects. An Introduction to Entomology. London: Benn 1928. (Benn's Sixpenny Library) 80p sm paper covers, bibliography, clean pages, VG PKM 133150 £8
Ray, John : Ray's Flora of Cambridgeshire: Catalogus plantarum circa Cantabrigiam nascentium. Hitchin: Wheldon & Wesley 1975. 146p hardback w/ dustjacket, nice copy PKM 133099 £15
Oke, T R : Boundary Layer Climates. Second Edition. London: Methuen 1987. 435p paperback with laminated illustrated cover, ex-library copy in very good sound condition but for usual library stickers and stamps, no underlining or annotation PKM 132863 £32
Russell, George Hansby : Grit. A Story of the Wilds of South-East Africa. London: Murray 1910. 360p, orig terracotta cloth with floral frame, back hinge tearing but in place, Circulating Library Sticker to back board, which indicates well the general condition of wear for this title: It has seen a few readers, without major faults, still very useful PKM 131628 £46
Rink, Henry : The Eskimo Tribes. Their Distribution and Characteristics especially in Regard to Language 2 Parts. Copenhagen: Reitzel 1887. (Meddelelser Om Gr�nland) 160p, 124p bound in plain red cloth, ex library with oversized "Do Not Remove" label to back board, also bound in: Eug. Warming: Om Gronlands Vegetation (246p) , P Lauridsen: Bibliographia Groenlandica (247p) PKM 131563 £240
Spinosa, Aurora : Cammei e Coralli. Milano: Fabbri 1991. 80p large format journal style publication illustrated in colour, VG+{ PKM 131465 £15
Uggla, Arvid : Hos Linn� i Uppsala. Tr�dgarden och hemmet. Uppsala: Appelbergs 1961. 47p colour frontisp, nice copy, very well preserved PKM 128636 £34
Murray, Andrew : Economic Entomology. Aptera. London: Chapman & Hall 1910?. (South Kensington Museum Science Handbooks) 433p brown cloth with gilt lettering, spine worn and stained, corners bumped, ex lib with book plate and stamps on ffep, signature of prev owner on ffep dated 1919, pages unmarked with many b&w plates, index, binding firm, VG PKM 127795 £28
Raven, Charles : English Naturalists from Neckam to Ray. A Study of the Making of the Modern World. Cambridge University Press 1947. x 379p blue cloth, gilt lettering to slightly sunned spine, blue top edge, indices, ex lib with tags and stamps, cover shows a little shelfwear, very few pencil markings on pages, firm binding, very good condition PKM 126297 £54
K�lliker, Albert : Entwicklungsgeschichte des Menschen und der h�heren Tier. Zweite ganz umgearbeitete Auflage, erste H�lfte: Bogen 1-25. Mit 242 Figuren in Holzschnitt. Leipzig: Engelmann 1876. 1033p brown leather spine with gilt lettering and raised bands, lowest section of spine partially detached, 3 small library labels on spine, corners and edges of black cloth boards rubbed and bumped, library pencil marks on ffep and title page, pages unmarked, binding firm, very good condition, Sehr gut erhaltenes Exemplar mit kleinen Bib marken auf Buchr�cken, Deckel und R�cken angestossen, Seiten unmarkiert PKM 124898 £70
Pisanelli, Baldassare : Trattato della natura de' cibi et del bere. (Ristampa anastatica 1611) Bologna: Forni 1980. (Testi Antichi di Gastronomia) 180p sm cloth with illustrated dj, reprint of 1611 text, pages nice and clean, hardly used, VG PKM 124596 £20
Gillies, William : Nature Studies in Australia. Revised Edition. Melbourne: Whitcombe 1906. 308p cloth with a brown custom made jacket, end papers foxed, very good condition PKM 124106 £15
Gardiner, John : The Natural History of Wicken Fen. Cambridge: Bowes 1932. 652p grey paperback, creased spine, very good condition, may have some markings PKM 124094 £120
Imms, A D : A General Textbook of Entomology: Including the Anatomy, Physiology, Development, and Classification of Insects. London: Methuen 1951. 727p green cloth with gilt lettering, previous owner's signature inside front cover, many b&w illustrations, pages clean and unmarked, binding weakening near middle of book but otherwise very good PKM 124054 £15
Watson, E Vernon : British Mosses And Liverworts: An Introductory Work, With Full Descriptions And Figures Of Over 200 Species, And Keys For The Identification Of All Except The Very Rare Species. Cambridge University Press 1959. 419p cloth with green jacket, rubbed cover, very good condition PKM 123954 £28
Richards, Peter : Medieval Leper and His Northern Heirs. Woodbridge: Brewer 1977. 192p cloth with brown/white jacket, minor shelfwear, very good condition PKM 122583 £11
Lorenz, Konrad : Behind the Mirror. London: Methuen 1977. (University Paperbacks) 260p large pb, index, VG PKM 122345 £8
Boulenger, E G : Animals in the Wild and in Captivity. First Edition. London: Lock 1930. 224p green cloth with gilt lettering, boards slightly dull and rubbed, otherwise very good condition PKM 122164 £11
Cohen, J : The Privileged Ape: Cultural Capital in the Making of Man. Carnforth: Parthenon 1989. (Frontiers of Thought Series) 263p large cloth with blue jacket, ex library but near fine condition PKM 122054 £8
Frazier, J : Marine Turtles in the Comoro Archipelago. Amsterdam: North-Holland 1985. 196p black/white paperback, ex library, very good condition PKM 122037 £30
Joseph, Rhawn : Astrobiology, the Origin of Life, and the Death of Darwinism: Evolutionary Metamorphosis. California University Press 2000. 323p black paperback, ex library, pages unmarked, binding firm, very good condition PKM 121757 £22
Krasnegor, Norman : Mammalian Parenting: Biochemical, Neurobiological and Behavioural Determinants. Oxford University Press 1990. 520p cloth with green jacket, very good condition, ex library PKM 121714 £12
Savage-Rumbaugh, Sue : Kanzi: Ape at the Brink of the Human Mind. London: Transworld 1994. 249p cloth with white dustjacket, ex library, pages unmarked, binding firm, very good condition PKM 121713 £12
Kingdon, Jonathan : Self-made Man and His Undoing. London: Schuster 1993. 264p white/blue paperback, ex library, very good condition PKM 121704 £11
Jones, Thomas Rymer : A General Outline of the Animal Kingdom and Manual of Comparative Anatomy. London: Van Voorst 1841. 732p half calf with title label to spine, nice copy shoing minor wear to binding, and a blackening to spine which may have been the result of a fire(?). Many illus in the text, a tight and unused copy, all edges red PKM 121356 £38
Huxley, T H : A Manual of the Anatomy of Invertebrated Animals. London: Churchill 1877. viii 698p 17x11cm original terracotta binding in poor consition, faint humidity traces on endpapers, bookplate of the Cambridge Philosophical Library, "withdrawn" on title page 158 figures, binding breaking and some pages loose, a bit of a patient for a home for unwell books PKM 121349 £24
Cosentini, Francesco [Ed]: Enciclopedia pomba per le famiglie. A cura del Prof Francesco Cosentini. Torino: UTET 1925 - 1926. 960p 1073p large heavy quarto cloth, set of 2 vols, leather spines sl rubbed, gilt lettering on covers and spines, corners bumped and showing, spine of Vol 1 sunned, many b&w illustrations throughout, binding firm, clean pages, very well preserved set, VG, extra shipping charge may apply PKM 121315 £82
Nicholson, Henry Alleyne : A Manual of Zoology for the Use of Students. Sixth Edition. Edinburgh: Blackwood 1880. 847p largely unopened copy, red cloth, ex libris Kanthack in front, nice clean copy PKM 121151 £28
B�tschli, Otto : Dr H G Bronn's Klassen und Ordnungen des Thier-Reichs. Erster Band: Protozoa. Abteilung 1 (Sarkodina, Sporozoa), 2 (Mastigophora), 3 (Infusoria), 4 Vermes. Leipzig: Winter 1889. 4 large volumes boards covered with printed title, together 2032p + 925p, fine plates with explanations in the back (a few of the third vol are loose or detached), an excellent set well preserved with minimal library marks, plates are free of foxing or discolouration, some sections uncut PKM 121053 £460
Buffon : Histoire naturelle, g�n�rale et particuli�re. Nouvelle Edition. Paris: Imprimerie Royale 1769. complete set of 12 vols, bound in full tree calf, spines worn and many labels absent, 2 vol binding broken, many engraved plates bound in PKM 120514 £250
(No Author) : An Illustrated Atlas of Pests and Diseases Affecting Citrus Fruits. In Chinese. Sichuan: People's Publishing 1974. 185p black/white paperback, shelfwear to cover, spine creased, many colour plates, chinese simplified text PKM 120513 £20
Angus, R B [Ed]: Antenna. Volume 17. Number 1 and 2. 1993. Published 1993. 2 stapled booklets, as issued, very good condition PKM 120500 £8
Jones, T H : Antenna. Volume 20. Year 1996. Number 1,3,4. Published 1997. 3 stapled booklets as issued, near fine condition PKM 120467 £9
Jones, T H : Antenna. Volume 21. Year 1997. Number 1-4 Complete Set. Published 1997. 4 stapled booklets as issued, near fine condition PKM 120466 £12
Jones, T H : Antenna. Volume 19. Year 1995. Number 1-4 Complete Set. Published 1995. 4 stapled booklets as issued, near fine condition PKM 120465 £12
Jones, T H : Antenna. Year 1994. Published 1994. 4 small stapled booklets, near fine condition PKM 120463 £12
Bullock, J A [Ed]: Antenna. Volume 16. Number 4. October 1992. The Evolutionary Significance of Host-Mediated Conditioning. Published 1992. (Bulletin of the Royal Entomological Society of London) 134-210p orange stapled booklet, near fine condition PKM 120408 £6
Bullock, J A [Ed]: Antenna. Volume 16. Number 3. July 1992. The Establishment of Rare Insects in Vacant Habitats. Published 1992. (Bulletin of the Royal Entomological Society of London) 86-129p orange stapled booklet, near fine condition PKM 120407 £6
Bullock, J A [Ed]: Antenna. Volume 16. Number 2. April 1992. Systematics and the Global Biodiversity Strategy. Published 1992. (Bulletin of the Royal Entomological Society of London) 42-81p green stapled booklet, near fine condition PKM 120406 £6
Bullock, J A [Ed]: Antenna. Volume 16. Number 1. January 1992. Controled Droplet Application by Myco-Insecticides: An Environmentally Friendly Way to Control Insects. Published 1992. (Bulletin of the Royal Entomological Society of London) 39p blue stapled booklet, near fine condition PKM 120405 £6
Bullock, J A [Ed]: Antenna. Volume 15. Number 4. October 1991. The RES Library. Published 1991. (Bulletin of the Royal Entomological Society of London) 154-193p orange stapled booklet, near fine condition PKM 120404 £6
Bullock, J A [Ed]: Antenna. Volume 15. Number 3. July 1991. The Role of Intra-Specific Competition in Determining Insect Abundance. Published 1991. (Bulletin of the Royal Entomological Society of London) 102-148p orange stapled booklet, near fine condition PKM 120400 £6
Bullock, J A [Ed]: Antenna. Volume 15. Number 1. January 1991. Medically Important Mosquito-Borne Arboviruses. Published 1991. (Bulletin of the Royal Entomological Society of London) 52p blue stapled booklet, near fine condition PKM 120397 £6
Bullock, J A [Ed]: Antenna. Volume 14. Number 4. October 1990. Paint as a Sex Pheromone Mimic. Published 1990. (Bulletin of the Royal Entomological Society of London) 166-205p yellow stapled booklet, near fine condition PKM 120396 £6
Bullock, J A [Ed]: Antenna. Volume 14. Number 3. July 1990. The Curiosity of Children. Published 1990. (Bulletin of the Royal Entomological Society of London) 112-159p yellow stapled booklet, near fine condition PKM 120394 £6
Bullock, J A [Ed]: Antenna. Volume 14. Number 2. April 1990. Some Myths and the Reality of Scuttle Fly Biology. Published 1990. (Bulletin of the Royal Entomological Society of London) 52-108p green stapled booklet, near fine condition PKM 120390 £6
Bullock, J A [Ed]: Antenna. Volume 14. Number 1. January 1990. Prof J.W.Munro: The Founder of Imprerial College Field Stations and of Research on Stored Products Pests in the United Kingdom. Published 1990. (Bulletin of the Royal Entomological Society of London) 44p blue stapled booklet, near fine condition PKM 120389 £6
Bullock, J A [Ed]: Antenna. Volume 13. Number 4. October 1989. Why do Some Insects Have Such Bizarre Shapes? Published 1989. (Bulletin of the Royal Entomological Society of London) 158-193p orange stapled booklet, near fine condition PKM 120383 £6
Bullock, J A [Ed]: Antenna. Volume 13. Number 3. July 1989. Dipterists of Yesteryear: The Wainwright Correspondence. Published 1989. (Bulletin of the Royal Entomological Society of London) 86-153p orange stapled booklet, near fine condition PKM 120380 £6
Bullock, J A [Ed]: Antenna. Volume 13. Number 2. April 1989. Taxonomy: Survival in An Unstable Environment. Published 1989. (Bulletin of the Royal Entomological Society of London) 46-81p orange stapled booklet, near fine condition PKM 120379 £6
Bullock, J A [Ed]: Antenna. Volume 13. Number 1.January 1989. Desert Locusts Across the Atlantic. Published 1989. (Bulletin of the Royal Entomological Society of London) 1-43p orange stapled booklet, near fine condition PKM 120378 £6
Bullock, J A [Ed]: Antenna. Volume 12. Number 4. October 1988. Identifying Individual Insects by Means of Spot Codes. Published 1988. (Bulletin of the Royal Entomological Society of London) 150-186p orange stapled booklet, near fine condition PKM 120375 £6
Bullock, J A [Ed]: Antenna. Volume 12. Number 3. July 1988. Collecting Uncommon Species. South Georgian Entomology. Published 1988. (Bulletin of the Royal Entomological Society of London) 86-145p orange stapled booklet, near fine condition PKM 120374 £6
Bullock, J A [Ed]: Antenna. Volume 12. Number 2. April 1988. From Spitfires to Fleas. Twenty Years of Radar Entomology. Published 1988. (Bulletin of the Royal Entomological Society of London) 38-79p green stapled booklet, near fine condition PKM 120372 £6
Bullock, J A [Ed]: Antenna. Volume 12. Number 1. January 1988. Welsh Peatland Invertebrate. Published 1988. (Bulletin of the Royal Entomological Society of London) 35p blue stapled booklet, near fine condition PKM 120371 £6
Bullock, J A [Ed]: Antenna. Volume 11. Number 4. October 1987. Is the Honey-Bee Conscious? Published 1987. (Bulletin of the Royal Entomological Society of London) 126-165p orange stapled booklet, near fine condition PKM 120370 £6
Bullock, J A [Ed]: Antenna. Volume 11. Number 2. April 1987. Ground Beetles: Form and Function. Recollections of Fiji: Pre-War and Recent. Published 1987. (Bulletin of the Royal Entomological Society of London) 46-84p green stapled booklet, near fine condition PKM 120368 £6
Bullock, J A [Ed]: Antenna. Volume 11. Number 3. July 1987. Report of Council 1986/87. Published 1987. (Bulletin of the Royal Entomological Society of London) 88-122p orange stapled booklet, near fine condition PKM 120367 £6
Bullock, J A : Antenna. Volume 11. Number 1. February 1987. The Use by Insects of Adventitious Materials for Protection. Published 1987. (Bulletin of the Royal Entomological Society of London) 44p blue stapled booklet, near fine condition PKM 120364 £6
White, Gilbert : The Natural History of Selborne. With drawings by John Nash. London: Lutterworth 1951. 308p plain green cloth with gilt lettering on spine, no dj, b&w illustrations, frontisp, in excellent condition, VG PKM 120166 £20
White, Gilbert : The Natural History of Selborne. Abridged and edited by Edward Step. London: Dent 1920?. (Kings Treasuries of Literature) 256p sm red cloth with gilt lettering on spine, covers extensively water-stained, library stamps on ffep, pages clean, illustrated title page, still VG ex lib copy PKM 120164 £6
Living, Edward [Ed]: Animal Growth and Nutrition. Test London: Murray 1968. 402p green cloth, plates, VG and original: not a funny reprint edition test PKM 119858 £10
Living, Edward [Ed]: Discovery. A Monthly Popular Journal of Knowledge. Volume 3 Number 33 September 1922. Impressions of Greenland's Plant Life, Honey that Drove Men Mad. London: Murray 1922. 225-251p large grey stapled booklet, worn copy, binding lose, pencil and ink marking to cover, b/w illustrations, acceptable condition PKM 119857 £10
Living, Edward [Ed]: Discovery. A Monthly Popular Journal of Knowledge. Volume 3 Number 27 March 1922. The Discovery of History, Our Neighbour Worlds. London: Murray 1922. 57-84p large grey stapled booklet, worn copy, binding lose, pencil and ink marking to cover, b/w illustrations, acceptable condition PKM 119856 £10
Living, Edward [Ed]: Discovery. A Monthly Popular Journal of Knowledge. Volume 4 Number 37 January 1923. The First World Flight Attempt, Pencil Pigments in Writing. London: Murray 1923. 1-28p large grey stapled booklet, worn copy, binding lose, pencil and ink marking to cover, b/w illustrations, acceptable condition PKM 119855 £10
Living, Edward [Ed]: Discovery. A Monthly Popular Journal of Knowledge. Volume 3 Number 36 December 1922. The Economic Development of Central Australia, Revelations Concerning the Triple Alliance. London: Murray 1922. 309-334p large grey stapled booklet, worn copy, binding lose, pencil and ink marking to cover, b/w illustrations, acceptable condition PKM 119854 £10
Living, Edward [Ed]: Discovery. A Monthly Popular Journal of Knowledge. Volume 3 Number 35 November 1922. Gliding Flight, The Fear of Death. London: Murray 1922. 281-308p large grey stapled booklet, worn copy, binding lose, pencil and ink marking to cover, b/w illustrations, acceptable condition PKM 119853 £10
Living, Edward [Ed]: Discovery. A Monthly Popular Journal of Knowledge. Volume 3 Number 34 October 1922. The Migrations of the Eel, The Sacred Mountain of Pangaeum. London: Murray 1922. 253-278p large grey stapled booklet, worn copy, binding lose, pencil and ink marking to cover, b/w illustrations, acceptable condition PKM 119852 £10
Living, Edward [Ed]: Discovery. A Monthly Popular Journal of Knowledge. Volume 3 Number 30 June 1922. Some New Discoveries in Prehistoric Art, Taxation and Unemployment. London: Murray 1922. 141-166p large grey stapled booklet, worn copy, binding lose, pencil and ink marking to cover, b/w illustrations, acceptable condition PKM 119851 £10
Living, Edward [Ed]: Discovery. A Monthly Popular Journal of Knowledge. Volume 3 Number 26 February 1922. Directional Wireless, A New Chapter in the History of Egyptian Art. London: Murray 1922. 29-56p large grey stapled booklet, worn copy, binding lose, pencil and ink marking to cover, b/w illustrations, acceptable condition PKM 119850 £10
Living, Edward [Ed]: Discovery. A Monthly Popular Journal of Knowledge. Volume 4 Number 38 February 1923. Special Egyptian Discovery Number. The Life of King Tutankhamon, Garibaldi's Bride of An Hour. London: Murray 1923. 29-56p large grey stapled booklet, worn copy, binding lose, pencil and ink marking to cover, b/w illustrations, acceptable condition PKM 119849 £10
Living, Edward [Ed]: Discovery. A Monthly Popular Journal of Knowledge. Volume 2 Number 20 August 1921. Old Paintings and Polarised Light, Studying the Human Machine. London: Murray 1921. 193-220p large grey stapled booklet, worn copy, binding lose, pencil and ink marking to cover, b/w illustrations, acceptable condition PKM 119848 £10
Living, Edward [Ed]: Discovery. A Monthly Popular Journal of Knowledge. Volume 2 Number 24 December 1921. Latest Developments in Aeroplanes, The Raid on the Bruges-Ostend Canal. London: Murray 1921. 305-322p large grey stapled booklet, worn copy, binding lose, pencil and ink marking to cover, b/w illustrations, acceptable condition PKM 119847 £10
Living, Edward [Ed]: Discovery. A Monthly Popular Journal of Knowledge. Volume 2 Number 23 November 1921. Dante's Lyrical Poems, The Electric Arc in Chemical Industry. London: Murray 1921. 277-305p large grey stapled booklet, worn copy, binding lose, pencil and ink marking to cover, b/w illustrations, acceptable condition PKM 119846 £10
Living, Edward [Ed]: Discovery. A Monthly Popular Journal of Knowledge. Volume 3 Number 32 August 1922. Sex and Its Determination: 1, The Temples of the Later Stone Age at Malta. London: Murray 1921. 169-196p large grey stapled booklet, worn copy, binding lose, pencil and ink marking to cover, b/w illustrations, acceptable condition PKM 119845 £10
Living, Edward [Ed]: Discovery. A Monthly Popular Journal of Knowledge. Volume 3 Number 31 July 1922. The Progress of Aerial Photography. The Biology of Coral Reefs. London: Murray 1921. 169-196p large grey stapled booklet, worn copy, binding lose, pencil and ink marking to cover, b/w illustrations, acceptable condition PKM 119843 £10
Meyrick, Samuel : The History and Antiquities of the County of Cardigan Collected from the Few Remaining Documents Which Have Escaped the Destructive Ravages of Time, as Well as from Actual Observation. Hereford: Davies 1907. 380p large brown/black cloth, slightly sunned boards, rubbed corners, board scratched, minor foxing to end papers, very good condition PKM 119734 £98
Gardiner, Gerald [Illustr]; Crombie, Max [Ed]: The Chaffinch on the Bough. Northwood: Knights 1944. (Lute, Lyre and Lotus Minithologies) 24p slim pamphlet, well preserved, w/ illus PKM 119712 £8
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
Crabtree, J H : A Practical Guide to Nature Study. London: Jarrold 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
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 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
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
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
(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
Friis, Else ; Chaloner, W H et al: The Origins of Angiosperms and their Biological Consequences. Cambridge University Press 1987. 368p yellow hardback, as new PKM 114821 £20
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 £10
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
(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
(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 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. Taunton: South West Museums Council 1999. 42p pink/navy paperback, ex lib, some scratches to cover, very good condition PKM 113701 £10
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 orchids pressed inside series 3, otherwise very good PKM 112432 £28
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. Vol 1. 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
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 £20
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
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 Palaeontology. 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
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. Newcastle: 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
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
St�ber, 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. M�nchen: 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
Putnam, W G [Ed]: Dorset Natural History and Archaeological Society. Proceedings. Volume 99. 1997. Published 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
Priem, Fernand : L'Evolution des Formes Animales Avant l'Apparition de l'Homme. Paris: Bailli�re 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
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
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, with Woodward Museum stamp PKM 98499 £100
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. Salisbury: Geological Survey Office 1949. (Geological Survey Bulletin) 145p blue pb, ex lib, refs, plates, index, fold-out maps and charts, VG PKM 98486 £16
MacGregor, A M : An Outline of the Geological History of Southern Rhodesia. Salisbury: Geological Survey Office 1947. (Geological Survey Bulletin) 76p blue stapled pb, index, clean pages, ex lib, uncommon, VG PKM 98485 £16
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
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
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 rebound in plain brown cloth, ex library, 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
Moret, L�on : 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 £6
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 Ber�cksichtigung 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
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 £9
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
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
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 worn ex lib copy 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 £8
Woronin, M : Die Sclerotienkrankheit der gemeinen Trubenkirche und der Eberesche (Sclerotinia Padi und Sclerotinia Aucupariae. Saint Petersburg 1895. (M�moires 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
Pisani, Vittore : Die Etymologie. Geschichte - Fragen - Methode. M�nchen: 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
Champigneulle, Bernhard [Introducation]: Turpin's Little Orchard. London: Wolff 1957. (Emerald Series) 7p + 13 plates green paperback with illustrated cover, a little dusty but pages clean with very nice colour plates to rear, VG PKM 82130 £6
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 £4
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) Issued 1910. pp249 - 331 blue offprint with card cover, library stamp to cover, many pages uncut, clean with footnotes and platesm VG PKM 76409 £22
Deane, C V : Aspects of Eighteenth Century Nature Poetry. London: Cass 1967. 145p green cloth with gilt lettering on sunned spine, very occasional neat ink notes to margins otherwise as new, very nice copy, VG+ PKM 76158 £7
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, library marks to spine but no stamps, text clean and binding firm, an additional publication has been removed from the binding in the back, last pages of Barbeyraci's treatise missing (pp 1-20 extant), handwritten extracts from Plato's Laws on back pages of vol 1, very nice set PKM 73909 £480
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 £6
(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 Lohjanj�rvi, 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
B�tler, Heinrich : Some New Investigations of the Devonian Stratigraphy and Tectonics of East Greenland. Copenhagen: Reitzels 1935. (Meddelelser Om Gr�nland) 35p with blue card cover, 17 b/w illustr, ex-lib copy with stamps, as new, VG PKM 73259 £12
Huber, Walter : Geologisch-Petrographische Untersuchungen in der Innern Fjordregion des Kejser Franz Josephs Fjordsystems in Nordostgr�nland. Copenhagen: Reitzels 1950. (Meddelelser Om Gr�nland) 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 Nordostgr�nl�ndischen Basaltformation. Teil 1: Die Basische Reihe. Copenhagen: Reitzels 1932. (Meddelelser Om Gr�nland) 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
B�tler, Heinrich [Ed]: Beobachtungen an der Hauptbruchzone der K�ste von Zentral-Ostgr�nland. Ergebnisse von Untersuchungen ausgef�hrt in den Sommern 1955 und 1956. Copenhagen: Reitzels 1957. (Meddelelser Om Gr�nland) 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 Gr�nland. Afsluttet I Oktober 1964. List of Publications. Copenhagen: Reitzels 1964. (Meddelelser Om Gr�nland) 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 Gr�nland) 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 Gr�nland) 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
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
Jennings, D H ; Lysek, G : Fungal Biology: Understanding the Fungal Lifestyle. Oxford: Bios 1996. 156p hardback with illustrated laminated cover, ex-lib, pages clean and unmarked with diagrams throughout, VG PKM 69001 £12
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
Alexander, R et al: Drawings of Vertebrate Animals from the Collection of Charles Hamilton Smith. (= Archives of Natural History, Vol 13, Part 1, pp 1 - 104, Feb 1986). Society for the History of Natural History 1986. 31p article in Vol 13, includes various other contributions, illustrations, hardly used, VG PKM 64964 £12
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 Kapit�n 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
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
(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, Fran�oise 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
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
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
Wales : Forestry in Wales. Cardiff: Forestry Commission 1969. 26p stapled booklet, photographs, map PKM 59315 £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, illustrations, bibliography, photogr plates, VG 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) London: 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) London: 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 £8
Nature Conservancy Council : 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. New York: Nature Conservancy 1978. 144p large format spiral bound, VG PKM 58245 £46
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 W�lder 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
Kingsley, Charles : Yeast: A Problem. 8th Edition. London: Macmillan 1877. xvii 272p bright prussian blue binding with gilt and black ornaments, sl dusty but well preserved, binding tight, inner hinges not stessed PKM 56852 £14
Ross-Craig, Stella : Drawings of British Plants: Being Illustrations of the Species of Flowering Plants Growing Naturally in the British Isles. 3 vols parts 1-9. V1 Ranunculaceae to Crucirerae V2 Resedaceae to Aceraceae V3 Leguminosae and Rosaceae. London: Bell & Sons 1948-56. 3 volumes, blue cloth, gilt titles, excellent condition, appears little used, pages clean, binding firm, very nice set, many illustrations throughout PKM 56772 £42
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 Interactions, etc, in excellent condition 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
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. Ausgew�hlt von Hans Kern. Jena: Diederichs 1943. (Deutsche Reihe) 86p rebound in blue cloth, original paper covers bound in, marginal wear, VG PKM 53019 £9
B�lsche, Wilhelm : Das Liebesleben in der Natur: Eine Entwicklungsgeschichte der Liebe, Folge 2. Mit Buchschmuck von M�ller-Sch�nefeld. 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 £14
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
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
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 £15
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, bright 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, unusually well preserved PKM 46001 £12
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 £15
Salisbury, E J : 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 £8
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. Published 1969. viii 333p large pb dj, bibliography, tables, photogr plates, contributors include J-P Chevalier, M Denizot, M Pomier, Jacques Labeyrie, G�n�ral Thiry, etc, almost as new, published by Direction des Centres d'Exp�rimentations Nucl�aires, Service mixte de contr�le biologique PKM 41383 £24
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 Po�te et l'Oiseau: Vers une Ornithomythie po�tique. Paris: Klincksieck 1975. 187p large pb, index, bibliography, extensive inscription by author, VG PKM 39286 £12
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 £5
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
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
Weizs�cker, C F von : Die Geschichte der Natur: 12 Vorlesungen. G�ttingen: Vandenhoeck & Ruprecht 1964. (Kleine Vandenhoeck-Reihe) 134p pb, tables, notes, chronological table, VG PKM 37844 £5
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
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 £15
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) Russian Language. 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) Russian Language. 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
Hoeniger, F D ; Thompson, Craig : The Development of Natural History in Tudor England. Washington: Folger Shakespeare Library 1979. (Folger Guides to the Age of Shakepeare) 81p stapled, illus, bibliogr, VG, this is a library bound compilation of 3 (4) such booklets, the otheres are by C T and entitled Schools in Tudor England (48p, bound in twice) and Universities in Tudor England (46p), the volume has been bound in grey library cloth, with library stamps, on spine lettered Hoeniger, Thompson, Thompson, Thompson PKM 34512 £20
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
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 : Beitr�ge 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 cover, but VG preserved, library book plate PKM 32734 £60
Charig, Alan ; Horsfield, Brenda : Before the Ark. London: BBC 1975. 160p hb, dj, colour plates, many figures in text, rather dated but entertaining book on fossils and dinosaurs, VG with minor library markings PKM 32229 £8
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. W�rzburg: 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, numerous plates, front cover tearing at bottom of hinge and ffeps have been holed by staples, otherwise VG for age 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
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, Andr� : Biological Order. Cambridge: 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. not published 1897 - 1910. Collection of 31 offprints, bound together in cloth binding, leather label on spine, handwritten contents page entitled "Papers on Ciliata", plates (some colour), illus, ex lib with Nuttall donation plate. Incl Calkins: Conjugation of Paramaecium Aurelia; Fran�a: Triconymphides; Martin: Acinetaria (2x), Brumpt: Cycle Evolutif; Takenouchi: Cytolic Action; Prowazek: Glaukoma & Balantidiosis; Porter: Triconympha (1897); etc PKM 28435 £120
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 arranged horizontally, VG+ 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
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
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 title in gilt, appendix, index, inner hinges sl loose but binding still intact PKM 27290 £10.8
Darling, Lois ; Darling, Louis : Turtles. New York: Morrow 1962. (Morrow Junior Books) 64p cloth dj (sl yellowed, small silver label on spine), many illus, authors' incription, VG PKM 27289 £6
Oakley, Kenneth ; Muir-Wood, Helen : The Succession of Life Through Geological Time. 3rd ed. London: British Museum 1956. vii 94p pb, colour frontisp and maps, plates, illus, bibliogr, index, some splitting on spine, cover sl yellowed but text and plates fresh, VG PKM 27279 £3.6
Jesse, Edward : Gleanings in Natural History, Third and Last Series, to which are Added Notices of Some of the Royal Parks and Residences. London: Murray 1835. xi 310p orig cloth, frontisp, plate, cover sl worn, spine sl faded, edges marginally water-stained PKM 27225 £21.6
Jesse, Edward : Gleanings in Natural History (Vol 1), With Local Recollections, to Which are Added Maxims and Hints for an Angler. New Edition. London: Murray 1832. xi 313p orig cloth, plate (detached), cover sl worn, spine sl faded, edges marginally water-stained PKM 27224 £27
Wendt, Herbert : Out of Noah's Ark: The Story of Man's Discovery of the Animal Kingdom, transl Michael Bullock. London: Weidenfeld & Nicolson 1956. xii 464p red cloth, plates, illus, index, VG PKM 27216 £10.8
Gibbings : Blue Angels and Whales: A Record of Personal Experiences Below and Above Water. London: Penguin 1938. (Pelican Special) 117p pb, colour frontisp, plates, illus, bibliogr, spine sl yellowed PKM 27156 £3
Stendell, Walter : Die Hypophysis Cerebri. (Lehrbuch der vergleichenden Mikroskopischen Anatomie der Wirbeltiere 8). Jena: Fischer 1914. x 168p large pb, 92 figures, bibliogr, indices, markings and wear to cover & spine, otherwise ex lib VG PKM 27011 £24
Linstow, O von : Die Schmarotzer, die Menschen und Tiere. Leipzig: Quelle & Meyer 1932. (Naturwissenschaftliche Bibliothek f�r Jugend und Volk) viii 144p blue cloth with colour printed design stuck into black embossed framework, 127 figures, index, spine and bottom of back cover sl sunned, paper browning, donation bookplate in front cover, otherwise VG+ PKM 26867 £7.2
Kirby, William ; Spence, William : An Introduction to Entomology; or, Elements of the Natural History of Insects: Comprising an Account of Noxious and Useful Insects, of their Metamorphoses, Food, Strategems, Habitations, Societies, Motions, Noises, Hybernation, Instinct, etc. 7th ed. London: Longman, Brown, Green and Longmans 1856. xxviii 608p embossed green cloth with gilt beetle on front cover, entomological guide set out as series of letters to an interested exile to the country, chapter from Freeman's life of Kirby by Spence printed as appendix, spine sunned and top edge sl chipped but otherwise VG+ PKM 26688 £28
Hofmann, E : The Young Beetle-Collector's Handbook. London: Sonnenschein 1897. (Young Collector Series) 178p gilt embossed dark red cloth, intro by W Egmont Kirby, 20 colour plates with tissue guards, index, cover marginally soiled, corners and spine edges sl rubbed, a few beetler-watching notes, clearly a lovely copy PKM 25381 £21.6
Russell, Harold : The Flea. Cambridge University Press 1913. (Manuals of Science and Literature) xi 125p illus cloth, ornamented title page, frontisp with tissue guard, illus, bibliogr, index, spine sl yellowed PKM 25379 £10.8
Johnstone, James : Life in the Sea. Cambridge University Press 1911. (Manuals of Science and Literature) vii 150p illus cloth, ornamented title page, frontisp with tissue guard, illus, bibliogr, index, spine sl yellowed PKM 25375 £7.2
Warburton, Cecil : Spiders. Cambridge University Press 1912. (Manuals of Science and Literature) x 136p illus cloth, ornamented title page, frontisp, illus, bibliogr, index, spine sl yellowed PKM 25374 £9
Massart, Jean : Esquisse de la G�ographie Botanique de la Belgique. Bruxelles: Lamertin 1910. xi 332p sm 4to, original paper covers, bibliogr, illus, tables, index, binding split in two places, last few gatherings and back cover separated, edges sl worn, on pages pp 119 - 122 a few illustrations have been cut out leading to loss of text ("Eaux", cellular development), the Annexe (Phototypies) is not included PKM 25258 £23.4
Johns, C A : British Birds in their Haunts. London: SPCK 1885. xxxii 626p khaki cloth embossed in gilt and black, many fine illus (some small colour plates bound in), index, spine sl browned and incomplete at top and bottom with edges split in places PKM 25219 £16.2
Walters, Max : List of the Vascular Plants of Wicken Fen. Ipswich: Wicken Fen Local Committee 1967. (Guides to Wicken Fen) 8p stapled, alphabetical list of plants ID'd at Wicken Fen with appendix of species not seen since 1940, VG PKM 24877 £3.6
Hartmann, M ; Schilling, C : Die Pathogenen Protozoen und die durch sie verursachten Krankheiten. Berlin: Springer 1917. x 462p quarter cloth with title in black, illus (some colour), maps, tables, bibliogr, indices, spine sl dulled, small water stain at top left front cover, ex lib, Molteno Institute and Quick Laboratory Library bookplates PKM 24070 £30
Doflein, Franz : Lehrbuch der Protozoenkunde: Eine Darstellung der Naturgeschichte der Protozoen mit Besonderer Ber�cksichtigung der Parasitischen und Pathogenen Formen. 4th ed. Jena: Fischer 1916. xv 1190p cloth with title in navy blue, patterned endpapers, illus, bibliogrs, index, inner front hinge hurt, bottom edges sl soiled, ex lib, Molteno Institute and Quick Laboratory Library bookplates PKM 24067 £34
Smallwood, William ; Coon Smallwood, Mabel : Natural History and the American Mind. New York: Columbia University Press 1941. (Columbia Studies in American Culture) xiii 445p embossed cloth, plates, compreh bibliogr, index, VG+ ex lib PKM 24035 £12.6
Kohn, F G : In der Karlsbader Gegend beobachtete tierische Parasiten der Warmbl�ter und der Fische. Offprint, Prager Archiv f�r Tiermedizin, Vol 9. (no imprint) 1929. [16]p stapled, bibliogr, VG ex lib PKM 23961 £7.2
Neiva, Arthur ; Travassos, L et al [Ed]: Boletim Biologico, Parts 1 - 6. Sao Paulo: Faculdade de cina 1926 - 1927. 6 issues, as issued, illus, tables, blue pencil underlining on front covers, otherwise VG+, ex lib PKM 23939 £34
Wasielewski, Theodore von : Tierische Parasiten. Offprint, Enzyklop�die der mikroskopischen Technik, ed Rudolf Krause, 3rd ed, Vol 3. Wien: Urban 1927. [27]p stapled, illus, tables, bibliogr, red pencil underlining on front cover, ex lib PKM 23938 £10.8
Loghem, J J van : Ziekte en Parasitisme. Amsterdam: Van Looy 1919. 38p pb, some pages uncut, colour pencil underlining on front cover, back cover sl marked, ex lib PKM 23936 £12.6
Stunkard, Horace : Parasitism as a Biological Phenomenon. Offprint, Scientific Monthly, Vol 28. (no imprint) 1929. [14]p stapled, VG ex lib PKM 23934 £5.4
Freund, Ludwig : Parasiten. Offprints, Ellenberger-Sch�tz' Jahresbericht �ber die Veterin�r-Medizin, Vols 37, 39 - 45. Berlin 1919 - 25. 5 offprints, [13] + [9] + [25] + [24] + [22] + [11]p tape-bound, author's stamp on covers, Vol 43 incorrectly labelled 41 / 42, Vols 37, 39 / 40 sl yellowed, corners sl curled, ex lib: Annual bibliogrs on parasitology PKM 23920 £13.5
Pawlowsky, E N : Gifttiere und Ihre Giftigkeit. Jena: Fischer 1927. xvi 516p cloth, tables, illus, bibliogrs, index, spine sl soiled, sl damage to back cover, ex lib w/ author compliments addressed to Nuttall, Nuttall donation bookplate PKM 23853 £79.2
Chibnall, Albert : Protein Metabolism in the Plant. Yale University Press 1939. xv 306p cloth, tables, appendices, bibliogr, index, cover sl soiled, spine scratched, text VG, ex lib, 1st edition PKM 23843 £14.4
Lapage, Geoffrey : Parasitic Animals. Cambridge University Press 1951. (Cambridge Library of Modern Science) xxi 351p cloth, plates, illus, index, spine edges sl worn, ex lib with Nuttall bookplate PKM 23839 £7
Druce, G C : Hayward's Botanist's Pocket Book, 13th rev and enlarged ed. London: Bell & Sons 1909. xliv 280p 16cm gilt embossed soft cloth with rounded corners, index, sl yellowed but binding still firm: the characteristics of British plants arranged by order in tabular form PKM 23754 £14.4
Barlow, Frank [Ed]: Exeter and its Region. Exeter University Press 1969. xxii 343p hb dj, plates, illus, maps, tables, short bibliogrs, incl sections on geology, biology, archeology, history, economics and art, VG PKM 23732 £12
(No Author) : The Student and Intellectual Observer of Science, Literature and Art. (Vol 4). London: Groombridge 1870. [iv] 476p (page 471 mistakenly placed after 475) cloth, colour frontisps, plates, many illus, some in colour, tables, VG+: Use of Coca, Flower of Grasses, Meteorological Observations, Worms, Polyps, Moral Value of Natural History, Classical Allusions to Cicadae, etc etc: much marvelous material PKM 22974 £32.4
Irvine, Lyn : Field With Geese: A Book about the Domestic Goose. London: Hamilton 1960. 152p cloth dj, frontisp, plates, sl discolouring at edges of dj and pages but otherwise VG PKM 22838 £9
Badcock, J C : A Countryman's Calendar: The Years of Pilgrimage. Leicester: Vance Harvey 1973. 128p cloth dj, illus by author, set of nature articles some reprinted from Leicester Mercury, hardly used PKM 22829 £5.4
(No Author) : The Student and Intellectual Observer of Science, Literature and Art. (Vol 3). London: Groombridge 1869. iv 472p cloth, colour frontisps, plates, many illus, some in colour, tables, lavish volume, VG+: T Wright on Womankind, Marey on Velocity of Insect Wings; Colour in the Moon, Stone Circles, etc much marvelous material PKM 22772 £32.4
Darwin, Charles : The Expression of the Emotions in Man and Animals. Rev and abridged C M Beadnell. London: Watts 1934. (Thinker's Library) ix 179p illus hb, frontisp, fine illus and photos, index, VG, nice copy PKM 22235 £9
Gamow, George : Biography of the Earth. New York: Mentor 1957. [xiv] 194p pb with thin plastic cover (loose on spine), illus, maps, plates, index, sl yellowed PKM 22146 £7.2
Woodward, Marcus : My Own Nature Log Book. London: Pearson 1910. 128p cloth covered illus paper cover, 'M A Elliott' in pencil on front endpaper, incl 48 beautifully illus 'calendars' with space to record observations of nature (occasionally filled in), sl worn and creased PKM 22067 £7.2
Harris, Thistle : Wild Flowers of Australia. 4th ed. Sydney: Angus & Robertson 1956. xviii 204p 4to cloth, frontisp, many colour plates, bibliogr, index, a splendid volume, VG+ PKM 20787 £5.4
Walker, James [Ed]: The Natural History of the Oxford District. Oxford University Press 1926. viii 336p 18cm pb, 23 papers, cover sl shelf-worn but hardly used PKM 20768 £7
Fitch, W H ; Smith, W : Illustrations of the British Flora: A Series of Wood Engravings, with Dissections, of British Plants. 7th ed. London: Lovell, Reeve and Co 1908. viii 348p cloth, private paper dj, 1315 drawings, index, VG PKM 20748 £10.8
Peterson, Roger : A Field Guide to the Birds of Texas and Adjacent States. Boston: Houghton Mifflin 1963. xxxii 304p 18cm cloth dj, illus & colour plates, index, many signatures in front cover, VG PKM 20746 £4
Peterson, Roger : A Field Guide to the Birds: Eastern Land and Water Birds. 2nd rev ed. Boston: Houghton Mifflin 1963. xxvi 290p 18cm cloth dj, illus & colour plates, index, VG PKM 20745 £4.5
Peterson, Roger [et al]: A Field Guide to the Birds of Britain and Europe. London: Collins 1954. xxx 318p 18cm cloth, intro by Julian Huxley, many illus & colour plates, index, sl hurt to rear cover otherwise VG PKM 20744 £9
Parsons, T : The Materials of Life: A Simple Presentation of the Science of Biochemistry. London: Routledge 1930. 218p cloth, bibliogr, index, VG PKM 20507 £14.4
Henry, Thomas : Plant Alkaloids. London: Churchill 1913. vii 466p cloth, index, tables, name stamp, bookplates, VG+ ex college lib, paper label shelfmarks but hardly used PKM 18372 £77.4
de Almeida, A Antunes : Os Insectos do Tabaco Armazenado. Lisbon 1956. 120p hb, dj, VG+: based on the work of Brigada de Estudos da Defesa Fitossanitaria dos Produtos Ultramarinos PKM 18279 £10.8
Andrews, Henry : Studies in Paleobotany. New York: Wiley 1961. xii 487p cloth, plates index, bibliogr, VG+ ex lib hardly used PKM 18216 £14
Witherby, H F : The Handbook of British Birds. Vol 2: Warblers to Owls. London: Witherby 1945. xiii 352p cloth, many illus & colour plates, fresh ex library copy with shelfmarks (some removed) but not used PKM 18211 £13.5
Shipley, Arthur : Life. A Book for Elementary Students. Cambridge University Press 1925. xvi 204p red cloth, many plates and illus, index, VG+ PKM 17548 £9
Kearton, R : The Adventures of Cook Robin and his Mate. London: Cassell 1904?. 240p green cloth gilt, binding firm and clean, inner front hinge torn and open, bookplate, more than 120 photographs, one showing bookselling bird nesting in bookshelf PKM 17524 £10
Broughton, W B [Ed]: Colour and Life. (Symposia of the Institute of Biology, 12) London: Institute of Biology 1967. x 146p hb, dj (frail), index, illus, VG PKM 16273 £7.2
Moreau, M A : Memoire sur la Vessie Natatoire au point du vue de la station et de la locomotion du poisson. Paris: Lemercier 1874. Text & illus lithographically reprod from MS, 5p, 4 illus (instruments to measure movement of caged fish), plus offprint (in 3 parts) 1874/5 of the same title, different text and different illus, interesting set. Plus one similar offprint by the same PKM 15091 £18
Albrecht, Paul : Beitrag zur Morphologie des M.omo-hyoides und der ventralen inneren Interbranchialmusculatur in der Reihe der Wirbelthiere. Dissertation (gewidmet Karl M�bius). Kiel 1876. 105p many plates, folding tables, author inscription, VG removed from binding PKM 15083 £14
Dearborn, George : Notes on the Individual Psychophysiology of the Crayfish. Offprint 1900. 29p fresh PKM 15049 £8.1
Walden, Howard : Native Inheritance. The Story of Corn in America. New York: Harper 1966. xx 199p cloth, dj, as new ex lib PKM 15035 £6.3
Gotch, Francis : The Electromotive Properties of the Electrical Organ of Torpedo Marmorata. Offprint 1887. 40p illus, bibliogr, VG, removed from binding PKM 14939 £10.8
A L O E : Fairy Know A Bit, or, A Nutshell of Knowledge. London: Nelson 1875. by A L O E (so on spine) no titleplage, preface signed A L O E, illustrations include illus of salt mine, but emphasis seems to be on plants, foodstuffs and animals, no year, approx 1870. PKM 13077 £12.6
Ince, Henry ; Mudie, Robert : The Wonders of the World in Nature, Art, and Mind. London: Holmes 1854. 280p orig cloth blindstamped and gilt, 60 plates, aeg, inner hinges worn, a rich assemblage of wonderous things in all walks of life PKM 12965 £25.2
Grottewitz, Curt ; B�lsche, Wilhelm : Der Mensch als Beherrscher der Natur. Berlin: B�cherkreis 1928. 188p illus cloth, illustrations, VG: Deutsche B�ume, ausl�ndische Pflanzen, deutsche Tiere, deutsche Vogelwelt, Natur und Nation PKM 9425 £10.8
Christie's : Natural History. 11 Nov 1998. Sale Catalogue. London: Christie's 1998. 213p card cover, colour plates throughout, index, as new PKM 9140 £9.9
Wild, H : Common Rhodesian Weeds. Salisbury: Government Printer 1955. 218p cloth, label on cover, 102 illus, index, author inscription, VG PKM 8003 £6.3
Fitter, Alastair : Atlas of the Wild Flowers of Britain and Northern Europe. London: Collins 1978. 272p hb, dj (edges creased), indices, thousands of maps, not ex lib but stamped "withdrawn from stock" PKM 7648 £6.3
Laufer, Berthold : Introduction of Tobacco into Europe. Chicago: Natural History Museum 1924. 66p stapled, VG+ PKM 784 £5.4
Baro de la Valette St George, Adolphus : Symbolae ad Trematodum evolutionis historiam. Diss Inaug, Berlin 1855. Berlin: Kuehn 1855. 4to (26 x 33 cm), 38pp, [2], [2 hand-coloured plates]. Bound in green cloth boards, a little shaken, pages clean and fresh, a very good copy. Bookplate of the Molteno Institute for Research in Parasitology, from the library of Sir Arthur Shipley (Vice-Chancellor of Cambridge and renowned parasitologist). Large-format doctoral dissertation on the developmental history of parasitic trematode worms. The final leaf gives a brief biography of the author, Baron la Valette Saint George (1831-1910, developmental biologist). The large plates illustrate the life stages of several trematode worms, as well as details of the scoleces with which they attach to their hosts. Copies have been located in the UK at Imperial College and the Natural History Museum. An internet search through scholarly references shows that the work is not as infrequently cited as one might think. PKM 191 £55
Friedmann, Herbert : The Natural-History Background of Camouflage. Washington: Smithsonian 1942. (War Background Studies) 17p plus 16 plates, card cover, stamp, VG PKM 188 £9
Ault, Phil : Wonders of the Mosquito World. Kingswood: Windmill Press 1970. 64p cloth, photographs and charts, index, as new PKM 74 £9
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