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

Bononiae [Bologna]: Apud Io. Baptistae Ferronii, 1642. [6], 1040, [8 (of 12)], engraved title, 89 woodcuts, some full page. . HB. Folio (360x240mm), cont. calf boards, rebacked, raised bands to spine, new endpapers (with small window cut to show contemporary inscription on original endpaper beneath), corners restored, some scuffing. Recent tissue guards inserted between a few leaves at beginning and end; some old, mostly light, dampstaining (including to first 50 pages and margins towards end). Lacks two leaves from the indexes, a2 and a5.. Second edition. Colophon dated 1641. This volume, first published in 1621, includes cloven-hoofed quadrupeds, including, cattle, deer, pigs, antelopes, gazelles, goats, sheep, etc., and also with fine woodcuts of camels, a giraffe and a rhinoceros (the latter based on Dürer's famous woodcut of 1515).Nissen ZBI 76..

J. & A. Churchill, 1887. xv, 481, 46 figs (1 col folding). . HB. 8vo orig. cloth, slight wear to corners. Bookplate of the Herbert Lister Bowman Library, Laboratory of Mineralogy in the University of Oxford, otherwise unmarked, Vg.. 10th edition. Translated from the 15th German edition by Charles E. Groves.

London: J. & A. Churchill, 1876. xii, 524, 106 text figs. . HB. Half morocco, marbled endpapers. Vg. 7th edition translated from the 6th German edition. Vol. 1 (of 2).

London: J. & A. Churchill, 1876. xii, 524, 106 text figs. . HB. 8vo, orig cloth, worn, joint split, spine flapping. Ex-lib. with usual markings. Fair. Signature of Prof. Sir Henry A. Miers (1858-1942) to endpaper. Miers was Waynflete Professor of Mineralogy, Oxford University, Vice-Chancellor of the University of Manchester and Professor of Crystallography.. 7th edition translated from the 6th German edition. Vol. 1 (of 2)..

London: BM(NH), 1986. xlix, 420, . 155x215mm. HB. Vg. 2nd issue. [9780565009977]

Butterworths, 1967. xii, 256, text figs. . HB. Vg in d/w. Spine slightly faded.. 2nd edition..

Butterworths, 1967. xii, 256, text figs. . HB. Vg in d/w. Spine faded. From the library of Bernard Nau with his name to endpaper.. 2nd edition..

Dordrecht: Kluwer, 1991. viii, 280, text figs. . HB. Vg.. . [9789401074261]

London: John Churchill, 1864. , plates (some hand-col) + text figs. . PB. 3 parts (of 4). Orig. wrappers. Some water staining to plates. Poor.. .

London, 1853-1923. , lithographic + photographic plates, woodcuts. . HB. 75 vols (bound in 67), 8vo/roy 8vo, various bindings: Vols 1-8 + NS 1-8 bound in 8 vols, later qtr cloth, marbled boards, leather title pieces to spines, pages trimed with some plate captions shaved; vols 9-21, half leather, teg, rubbed, one vol with boards detached; vol. 22 rebound in buckram; vols 23-62, half leather, marbled end-papers, teg, some rubbed to hinges; 1 vol lacks spine, bds detached, 1 with rear hinge broken, 1 spine damaged; vols 62-67 buckram, gilt rules to spines to match the leather bound vols. A good run of this early journal on microscopy. Vol. 1 (Transactions, 1853, pp. 57-58) includes 'On the Application of Photography to the Representation of Microscopic Objects' by Joseph Delves, which is illustrated by an albumen print of photomicrographs, the first to appear in a British journal, prepared by J. Delves and Samuel Highley and illustrating the spiracle and tracheae of the silkworm and the… Read More

London: MacMillan, 1937. xxv, 478, 23 plates, 155 text figs. . HB. Orig. cloth. Owner's signature to endpaper. Vg.. 2nd edition..

Oxford: Blackwell Scientific Publications, 1973. x, 326, 1 folding plate, maps, text figs, tables. 240x320mm. HB. Fine in d/w.. 14th Symposium of the British Ecological Society, March 1972. [9780632091201]

Cambridge University Press, 1985. (ix), 83, text figs. . PB. Vg. . Published in 'Update'.

Pergamon Press, 1978. viii, 221, text figs. . HB. Vg.. . [9780080206011]

Boston: Allen & Unwin, 1985. xvii, 472, text figs. . PB. Fading to spine. Vg.. . [9780045510672]

Prague: Jan Farkac, 2017. 434, col plates, line drawings. . HB. NEW. . Text English. Taxonomic review of the 'quediine' subtribes of Staphylinini (Coleoptera: Staphylinidae: Staphylininae) of mainland China.. [9788090359086]

Malaysia: Southdene, 2016. x, 88, 61 col figs, 3 maps. 320x210mm. HB. NEW. . Provides an up-to-date account of the world's largest butterfly, bringing together what is currently known about the species from scientific papers, reports, notes, original letters, interviews with Government officers and anecdotal evidence. Sections on discovery, life cycle, distribution and conservation. The book is intended to provide a better understanding of the species' ecology and promote further research, supporting conservation and management. Due to the insects very restricted range and foodplant restrictions, among other reasons, this species, one of the most charismatic worldwide, is in serious danger of extinction. This book forms the basis of an appeal for funding to a total of $250,000 to fund a captive breeding programme. If successful, the plan proposes the establishment of up to 3 large breeding cages in different locations stocked with foodplants and nectar flowers. Adults will be paired, and… Read More

Oxford University Press, 1993. xii, 439, text figs. . HB. Vg.. . [9780198540571]

Spring Books, 1964. 228, 20 b/w illus.. . HB. Endpaper replaced. Good.. .

Brisbane: Jacaranda, 1961. 210, 29 col plates. 4to. HB. vg in slightly worn dw; ink inscription on ep. .