Search Results: Authors starting with B from Pemberley Natural History Books

London: Eyre & Spottiswoode, 1948. viii, 104, frontis, text figs. 185x125mm. HB. Vg in price-clipped d/w (d/w with a few short marginal tears; in protective sleeve). Light foxing to rear endpaper and edges. Previous owner's name on front paste-down heavily inked out (but largely concealed under d/w flap).. 1st edition. 'How the amateur may install running water in rock gardens and the costruction of pools'. 'The purpose of this book … is to tell anyone how they can have running water in the garden, even if they live miles from the nearest stream. The cost will not be prohibitive, a ten pound note will cover it …' Illustrations by Watkins-Pitchford.

Paris, 1920. 342, 6 lithographic plates, 6 b/w plates, 2 folding col maps. . HB. 4to, rebound in recent qtr polished calf, raised bands to spine, wood-grained effect paper-covered boards (faded to top edge), marbled endpapers, front hinge cracked but firm. Fine craft binding by 'M.M.' (Monique Macaux).. Text French. Fine lithographic plates by A. Millot..

Brest, 1966. 438, 18 plates, 115 text figs. 4to. PB. Ex-lib: ink stamp to front wrapper. Text French. Dissertation.

London: Van Voorst, 1884-1886. [viii], 281, map frontis, 7 b/w plates. . HB. 8vo, orig. green cloth, double-ruled border stamped in black to front board, blind to rear, gilt title to spine. Owner's name to endpaper. Some foxing to prelims, occaisional light spotting elsewhere. Vg.. Reprinted from the <i>Proceedings of the Suffolk Institute of Archaeology and Natural History</i> Vol. V, nos iv and v.Mullens & Swann p. 33..

London: John van Voorst, 1869. viii, [4], 305, . . HB. 12mo, orig. blind-stamped cloth, neatly recased and rebacked preserving orig. backstrip, new endpapers. Some annotations and underlining to text; several small handwritten notes loosely inserted.. First edition. Charles Cardale Babington (1808 –1895) was a botanist and archaeologist. He studied at St John's College, Cambridge, and while there met Charles Darwin. In1829 they argued over beetle specimens that a local dealer was selling.Babington was later appointed chair of botany at the University of Cambridge in 1861. His major publications included: ’Manual of British Botany’(1843),’Flora of Cambridgeshire’(1860) and ‘The British Rubi’(1869). In the introduction to 'The British Rubi' , Babington states “It was intended that a series of Quarto Plates should accompany this Essay. But as after much unavoidable delay it is still impossible for them to be very soon ready for publication, the… Read More

London: John van Voorst, 1860. lvi, 327, 1 folding map. . HB. 8vo in 6s, orig. green cloth, blind ornamental border to both boards, minor mark to rear board. Author's obituary, reprinted from 'The Record', August 9, 1895, tipped-in before the Preface. A fine copy. Ownership inscription of E[dward] B[yles] Cowell to endpaper. Cowell (1826-1903) was ..... Pencil annotation to rear endpaper. From the library of Trevor James (1947-2020), Hertfordshire naturalist and coleopterist, with his bookplate.. First edition. Charles Cardale Babington (1808 –1895) was a botanist and archaeologist. He studied at St John's College, Cambridge, and while there met Charles Darwin. In 1829 they argued over beetle specimens that a local dealer was selling.Babington was later appointed chair of botany at the University of Cambridge in 1861. His major publications included: <i>Manual of British Botany</i> (1843),<i>Flora of Cambridgeshire</i> (1860), and <i>The British… Read More

London: John van Voorst, 1884-1886. [viii], 281, map frontis, 7 b/w plates. . HB. 8vo, orig. green cloth, , double-ruled border stamped in black to front board, blind to rear, gilt title to spine, slightly rubbed, minor wear to extremities, a few small marks to front board. Vg. From the library of Michael Bryant, Hampshire ornithologist, with his bookplate.. Reprinted from the <i>Proceedings of the Suffolk Institute of Archaeology and Natural History</i> Vol. V, nos iv and v.Mullens & Swann p. 33..

Bath: E. Collings, 1834. vi, 62, [6], . . HB. Sm. 8vo, cont. cloth, a few ink spots to front board. Front endpaper creased. Contemporary owner's name, Matthew B. Slater, to top of title page.. First edition. A folding, engraved map titled, 'A New Map of the Country twelve miles round Bath', '...made expressly for the Improved Bath Guide', has been mounted on a stub facing the title page.Charles Cardale Babington (1808 –1895) was a botanist and archaeologist. He studied at St John's College, Cambridge, and while there met Charles Darwin. In1829 they argued over beetle specimens that a local dealer was selling.Babington was later appointed chair of botany at the University of Cambridge in 1861. His major publications included: <i>Manual of British Botany</i> (1843),<i>Flora of Cambridgeshire</i> (1860), <i>The British Rubi</i>(1869), and the present book. Freeman 133..

BM(NH), 1974. 23-44, . . PB. Fine.. <i>Bulletin of the British Museum (Natural History) Entomology</i>, Vol. 31(2).

1950. 37, 6 paltes. . PB. Wrappers. Pages browned. Inscribed by author. Good.. Text Romanian. Analele Academiei Republicii Populare Române Vol. 3(11)..

The Hague: SPB Academic Publishing, 1988-1992. viii, 1-174; iv, 175-468, . . HB. 2 parts bound in one volume, 8vo, buckram, contrasting title piece to spine. Finely bound. From the library of Prof. J. Green (1928-2016) with his name to title pages.. Pars 7, Cumacea, Pt I (Fam. Archaeocumatidae, Lampropidae, Bodotriidae, Leuconidae); Pars 8, Cumacea Pt II (Fam. Nannastacidae, Diastylidae, Pseudocumatidae, Gynodiastylidae et Ceratocumatidae). Text French..

Bucharest: Editura Academiei Republicii Populare Romane, 1951. 93, 39 text figs. . PB. Wrappers slightly fadded. Paper browned. Good. From the library of Prof J. Green (1928-2016) with his name to title page.. Text Romanian..

USA: Gilmour-Vendco, 1976. 55, Line drawings. A4. PB. Vg.. Provides information on framing single and multiple specimens..

Washington, 1926. 18, 4 text figs, 5 tables. . PB. Vg copy.. J. Agri. Research. Vol. 33(5).

Omnes Artes, 2020. 102, col photos, col illustrations, b/w line drawings, distribution maps. . PB. NEW. . . [9788887989243]

Bruxelles: Institut des Parcs Nationaux du Congo et du Ruanda-Urundi, 1961. 202, 91 text figs. . PB. 8vo, orig. wrappers. Good ex-lib.: from an institutional library with neat ink stamps to title page and wrapper.. Text German. A study of the giraffe in zoological gardens and in its natural surroundings. Scarce..

Chapman & Hall, [1911]. 235, Frontis. . HB. 8vo, card boards with gilt block title to front board. Orig. paper label to spine. Spine slightly faded. School prize label to from endpaper. Vg.. The Books of the Verulam Club..

Chiswick: C. Whittingham, 1822. viii, 9-168, . . HB. Sm. 8vo, cont. full calf, gilt tooling to spine, leather title piece. Spine chipped to head, joints worn, front joint split with board attached by cords. Ownership stamp to blank fly-leaf.. .

John Beaufoy Publishing, 2020. 160, 300 col photos. . PB. NEW. . 2nd Edition. A photographic identification guide to 150 species of mushrooms most commonly found in Britain and Northern Europe. A user-friendly introduction includes an overview of distribution, the anatomy of a mushroom, nomenclature and useful information on hunting for and cooking with mushrooms. The identification section then divides into three categories: edible mushrooms, inedible (but not poisonous) mushrooms, and poisonous species. There is useful information on where and when mushrooms can be found, characteristic features and if edible, how best to cook the species.. [9781912081370]

John Beaufoy Publishing, 2015. 160, c. 200 col photos. 228x178mm. PB. NEW. . An easy-to-use identification guide to 150 species of mushroom most commonly found in Britain and Northern Europe. Fungi are divided into three descriptive groups for easy identification, covering edible, inedible and poisonous species.. [9781906780609]