Search Results: Titles starting with N from Pemberley Natural History Books

Amsterdam: KNNV, 1976. 100, . . PB. Covers a trifle worn.. .

Brussels: IRSN, 1985. 36, . . PB. Wrappers. Vg.. Text Dutch with scientific names in Latin. Institut Royal des Sciences Naturelles de Belgique Documents de Travail No. 19..

Graz: Naturwiss. Ver. Steiermark, 1884. 24, 2 lithographic plates. . HB. Bound in cloth. Ex-lib. (ZSL): ink stamp to foot of title page. Vg. Offprint from Mitt. Naturwiss. Ver. Steiermark, Jhrg. 1883.

Cambridge University Press, 2008. 434, 8 figs. 186x123mm. PB. NEW. . 4th edition. [9780521685535]

Bremen: GDO, 2014. 260, line drawings, distribution maps. . PB. NEW. . Text English. Illustrated key to exuviae and final stadium larvae of the dragonflies of Namibia. The key is also applicable to southern Angola, most of Botswana and the Northern Cape provice of South Africa. Checklist of the Odonata of Namibia with up to date distribution maps for 130 species..

Eltham, VIC: Busybird Publishing, 2015. xiii, 278, b/w text figs. . PB. Some pencil corrections/annotations by the reviewer (Peter Barnard, whose review of this book was published in <i>Archives of Natural History</i> 44 (2017): 373-374). Vg.. This is the first comprehensive attempt at an analysis of the names of Australian Odonata. Provides an alphabetical list of all taxon names, each entry including a comprehensive discussion of its etymology. Includes biographical accounts of authors, both living and deceased, who have named Australian dragonflies. Scarce.. [9781925260625]

London: Bloomsbury, 2005. 471, 158 col + b/w plates. 255x195mm. HB. Vg in d/w. Gift inscription to endpaper.. . [9780747579526]

Bloomsbury Publishing, 2014. 320, b/w illus. 198x129mm. HB. NEW. . Latin names - frequently unpronounceable, all too often wrong and always a tiny puzzle to unravel - have been annoying the layman since they first became formalised as scientific terms in the eighteenth century. Why on earth has the entirely land-loving Eastern Mole been named Scalopus aquaticus, or the Oxford Ragwort been called Senecio squalidus - 'dirty old man'? What were naturalists thinking when they called a beetle Agra katewinsletae, a genus of fish Batman, and a Trilobite Han solo? Why is zoology replete with names such as Chloris chloris chloris (the greenfinch), and Gorilla gorilla gorilla (a species of, well gorilla)? The Naming of the Shrew will unveil these mysteries, exploring the history, celebrating their poetic nature and revealing how naturalists sometimes get things so terribly wrong. With wonderfully witty style and captivating narrative, this book will make you see Latin names in a whole new light..… Read More

London: Bloomsbury, 2005. 471, 158 col + b/w plates. 255x195mm. HB. Vg in d/w (d/w slight fading to edges).. . [9780747579526]

London: HMSO, 1946. 33, 12 figs. Extra drawings tipped in at end of paper. . PB. Vg in wrapper. Ministry of Agriculture and Fisheries Bulletin 51.

Oxford: Ashmolean Society, 1835. 50, 3 plates, 1 map. . PB. 8vo, stitched booklet, orig. printed wrappers. Fine copy with gatherings still unopened. Vg.. Scarce. Charles Giles Bridle Daubeny (1795-1867) was professor of Chemistry and of Botany at University of Oxford. He made a number of field trips to European volcanic regions between 1819 and 1825. In this paper Daubeny describes a winter trip to the Apulia (Puglia) region in the south-east of Italy, which was rarely described by travel writers, and details a visit to Lake Amsanctus, mentioned by Virgil, and the extinct volcano Mount Vultur. This is a scientific work but also includes his observations on classical remains and rural life in southern Italy..

London: Folio Society, 1977. 360, col frontis, 11 col illus. . HB + Slipcase. Vg in slipcase (minor wear to corners).. being passages from the Narrative written by Captain Robert FitzRoy, R.N., together with extracts from his logs, reports and letters; additional material from the diary and letters of Charles Darwin, notes from Midshipman Philip King and letters from Second Lieutenant Bartholemew Sulivan..

1959. 5, 2 figs. . PB. Wrapper Vg.. Reprint from Proc. Zool. Soc. London., Vol 133(1)..

Leningrad: Nauka, 1987. 310, 146 line drawings. . HB. Some browning to pages. Vg.. Text Russian..

St. Petersburg: Nauka, 1994. 315, 48 text figs. . HB. Vg. Signed and inscribed by the editor to Gerry Tremewan Gerry Tremewan (1931-2016), renowned Cornish lepidopterist, and editor of the 'Entomologist's Gazette' for 52 years.. Text Russian with additional title page in English. This volume covers Lepidoptera.. [9785020259591]

Dublin: An Foras Forbatha, 1981. 166, 32 b/w photos. A4. PB. Wrapper a little worn. Ocasional highlighting to text. Good. Inscription to title page.. An inventory of habitats of scientific interest in Ireland.. [9780906120507]

Academic Press, 1995. 248, xviii, text figs. . PB. Vg.. Biological Journal of the Linnean Society, Vol. 56, Supplement A. Proceedings of a conference held in celebration of the National Trust Centenary, 1995.Contains papers on conservation of butterflies, bats, as well as conservation of pastures, woodland, moorland, etc..

South Africa, 1980. iii, 13, . . PB. Ex-lib.. Entomology Mem. Dep. Agric. Fish. Repub. S. Afr. No. 53. [9780621053296]

South Africa: Department of Agriculture, 1979. 21, . . PB. Vg ex-lib copy, stamps to front cover.. Entomology Mem. Dep. agric. tech. Repub. S. Afr. No. 52. [9780621053067]

South Africa: Department of Agriculture, 1978. iii, 15, . . PB. Ex-lib copy. Slight creasing and stamps to front wrapper.. Entomology Mem. Dep. agric. tech. Repub. S. Afr. No. 48.