DARWIN Charles

The Various Contrivances by which Orchids are fertilised by Insects. Second Edition, revised. Fourth Thusand. NEAR FINE COPY WITH CORNWALLIS BOOKPLATE

John Murray,, 1885. 8vo., Second Edition, Fourth Thousand, with woodcut illustrations in the text; original arches-style green cloth, boards with Oxford frame in blind, gilt back, chocolate endpapers, uncut AND PARTIALLY UNOPENED, a remarkably bright, near fine copy. AN OUTSTANDING COPY. With the nineteenth-century engraved armorial bookplate of Fiennes Stanley Wykeham Cornwallis on front paste-down, and 32pp publisher's catalogue (November 1886) bound in at end. The second edition, first issued in 1877, truncates the title and omits the folding plate of the first edition but increases the number of woodcuts. Fiennes Cornwallis, 1st Baron Cornwallis (1864-1935), British Conservative politician; Chairman of Kent County Council; seat Linton Park in Kent. VERY SCARCE IN THIS CONDITION. Freeman 213 (but dated 1885 [bound 1886] rather than 1888).

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Book number: 48261

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Keywords: natural history, darwin, charles darwin, darwinism, orchids, fertilisation

DAVIS Charles C.

The Marine and Fresh-Water Plankton. AJB RUDGE's COPY IN UNCLIPPED DUSTWRAPPER

Michigan State University Press, [East Lansing MI],, 1955. 8vo., First Edition, with very numerous illustrations in the text; blue cloth, gilt back, backstrip lightly faded else a very good, bright, clean copy in unclipped dustwrapper. This copy was formerly in the library of AJB Rudge, naturalist, conservationist and member of the Nature Conservancy Council.. It bears his MS bookplate on front free endpaper. SCARCE.

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Book number: 26898

Catalogue: Natural History0

Keywords: natural history, marine biology, plankton, ajb rudge, charles c. davis, natural history, marine biology, marine, fresh-water, plankton

DE BEER Gavin

Charles Darwin. Lecture on a Master Mind. BRIGHT, CLEAN COPY

Henrietta Hertz Trust for the British Academy,, 1958. 8vo., original printed wrappers, sewed as issued, a near fine copy. Offprinted from the 'Proceedings of the British Academy', vol. XLIV.

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Book number: 2258

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Keywords: natural history, darwin, darwinism, evolution, gavin de beer

DE BEER Gavin

Vertebrate Zoology. An Introduction to the Comparative Anatomy, Embryology and Evolution of Chordate Mammals. With an Introduction by Julian Huxley. [Sixth Impression].

Sidgwick & Jackson,, [1945]. 8vo., Sixth Impression, with very numerous illustrations in the text, small neat signature on front free endpaper; original blue cloth, gilt back, a very good, bright, clean copy in unclipped dustwrapper. Gavin de Beer's classic survey was first published in 1928. All early printings are scarce in the dustwrapper.

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Book number: 15540

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Keywords: natural history, mammals, gavin de beer, julian huxley, evolution, gavin de beer, natural history, mammals, vertebrate, zoology

DENNIS R. W. G.

British Cup Fungi and their Allies. An Introduction to the Ascomycetes. Illustrated from the Collection of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. NEAR FINE COPY IN UNCLIPPED DUSTWRAPPER

Ray Society,, 1960. 8vo., First Edition, with 40 fine coloured plates and 20 full-page illustrations in monochrome, some light offsetting from fold-ins to free endpapers; original series binding of black cloth, upper board and backstrip lettered in gilt, a near fine copy in unclipped dustwrapper. VERY SCARCE IN THIS CONDITION.

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Book number: 49440

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Keywords: natural history, ray society, fungi, cup fungi, british cup fungi, ascomycetes

DES FORGES G.

A Guide to the Birds of Sussex. NEAR FINE COPY IN UNCLIPPED DUSTWRAPPER

Oliver & Boyd, Edinburgh,, [1963]. 8vo., First Edition, with plates, free endpapers and fore-edges very faintly spotted; green cloth, gilt back, a remarkably well-preserved, bright, clean copy in unclipped dustwrapper. Nice copy of an important Sussex avifauna. 'A very complete annotated species list' (Tate). Tate, p.209.

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Book number: 21286

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Keywords: natural history, birds, ornithology, avifaunas, sussex, g. des forges, d.d. harber, natural history, birds, guide, birds, sussex

DESMOND Adrian

Huxley: The Devil's Disciple [with] Huxley: Evolution's High Priest. [The definitive biography.] COMPLETE SET IN UNCLIPPED DUSTWRAPPERS

Michael Joseph,, [1994-97]. 2 vols., 8vo., First Edition, with 58 plates on 32; original cloth, gilt backs, a near fine set in unclipped dustwrapper. The definitive life of 'Darwin's bulldog' and unlikely now to be surpassed.

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Book number: 49530

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Keywords: natural history, evolution, darwin, darwinism, thomas huxley, biography, adrian desmond

DIXON Peter

Seaweeds of the British Isles. Volume 1 Rhodophyta. Part 1: Introduction, Nemaliales, Gigartinales. NEAR FINE COPY

British Museum (Natural History),, 1977. 8vo., First Edition, with very numerous illustrations in the text; pictorial wrappers, a near fine copy.

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Book number: 28258

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Keywords: natural history, marine biology, seaweeds, seaweed, rhodophyta, peter dixon, linda irvine, seaweeds, british, isles., volume, 1, rhodophyta

DONISTHORPE J.K.

British Ants. Their Life-History and Classification. SECOND [AND BEST] EDITION

Routledge,, 1927. 8vo., Second Edition, with 18 plates and 93 illustrations and diagrams in the text; red cloth, gilt back, a very good, bright, clean copy. Substantially enlarged and corrected version of the original edition published earlier the same year. Very scarce, especially in the second edition.

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Book number: 21573

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Keywords: natural history, insects, entomology, ants, donisthorpe, j.k. donisthorpe, natural history, insects, british, ants

DURMAN, ed. Roger

Bird Observatories in Britain and Ireland. Edited by Roger Durman. [Dustwrapper artwork by Ian Willis.] BRIGHT, CLEAN COPY IN UNCLIPPED DUSTWRAPPER

Poyser, Berkhamsted,, [1976]. 8vo., First Edition, with map as frontispiece, plates, and maps and plans in the text; brown cloth, gilt back, olive endpapers, a near fine copy in unclipped dustwrapper.

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Book number: 42532

Catalogue: Natural History0

Keywords: natural history, birds, ornithology, bird observatories, roger durman, ian willis

EALES N.B.

The Littoral Fauna of Great Britain. A Handbook for Collectors. With a Foreword by Stanley Kemp. [Second Edition]. NEAR FINE COPY IN DUSTWRAPPER

University Press, Cambridge,, 1952. 8vo., Second Edition, with frontispiece and plates; brown tweed buckram, gilt back, a near fine copy in price-clipped dustwrapper. With personal bookplate on front free endpaper.

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Book number: 26706

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Keywords: natural history, littoral fauna, n.b. eales, natural history, marine biology, littoral, fauna, great, britain

EASON E.H.

Centipedes of the British Isles. Wayside and Woodland series. NEAR FINE COPY IN UNCLIPPED DUSTWRAPPER

Warne,, [1964]. 8vo., First Edition, with coloured frontispiece, 4 plates in monochrome and many hundreds of illustrations and diagrams in the text, free endpapers faintly browned; original series binding of green cloth, upper board and backstrip blocked and lettered in gilt, green top, a near fine copy in unclipped dustwrapper. 'Probably fewer copies were printed than any other title in the series. The book is still the standard work on British centipedes and their relatives, and is in demand' (Marren). SCARCE, ESPECIALLY IN THIS CONDITION. Marren, pp. 186-187.

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Book number: 42402

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Keywords: natural history, ww, wayside and woodland, centipedes, eason

EDWARDS C.A.

The Principles of Agricultural Entomology. With a Foreword by Professor V.B. Wigglesworth. FINE COPY

Chapman & Hall,, [1964]. 8vo., First Edition, with very numerous plates and illustrations in the text; brown cloth, gilt back, a fine copy. SCARCE IN THIS CONDITION.

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Book number: 35333

Catalogue: Natural History0

Keywords: natural history, insects, entomology, agricultural entomology

EWART Ron

Fuchsia Lexicon. SIGNED BY THE AUTHOR

Blandford Press, Poole,, [1982]. 8vo., First Edition, with very numerous fine coloured plates; black cloth, gilt back, tape marks on paste-downs [only] else a near fine copy in unclipped dustwrapper. SIGNED BY THE AUTHOR ON FRONT FREE ENDPAPER. Detailed descriptions over 2,000 species, varieties and cultivars.

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Book number: 44778

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Keywords: natural history, plants, fuchsia, fushsias, ron ewart

FISHER James

Bird Recognition. [Volumes 1-3 complete. With numerous Illustrations by 'Fish-Hawk']. NEAR FINE SET IN ORIGINAL WRAPPERS

Penguin, [Harmondsworth],, [1947-1955]. 3 vols., 8vo., First Edition, with very numerous illustrations, maps and diagrams throughout; original pictorial wrappers, a very good, bright, clean set. Vol. I: Sea-Birds and Waders; (1947) Vol. 2: Birds of Prey and Waterfowl (1951); Vol. 3: Rails, Game-Birds, Perching and Singing Birds (1955). 'The three books in Pelican series are not really recognition books, but a most useful addition to bird literature' (Tate). A number of innovative features introduced here by a founding father of twentieth century ornithology are now standard techniques. COMPLETE SETS ARE SCARCE IN THIS CONDITION. Pelicans A175, A176, A177 respectively; Tate, p.182-3.

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Book number: 44130

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