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

London: Taylor & Francis, 1902. 856, . . HB. 8vo, orig. cloth, wear. Binding cracking between pp 2-3. Some browning to endpapers and title page.. Fifth edition..

London: Hodder & Stoughton, 1918. xxii, 296, . . HB. 8vo, orig. cloth, gt, minor wear; endpapers browned. Previous owners' names to endpaper. Good. Translated by Alexander Teixeira De Mattos..

London: Hodder & Stoughton, 1913. 477, . . HB. 8vo, orig. green cloth, slightly rubbed, light mark to rear board, slight bumped to fore-edge of front board. Endpapers browned. Good.. The present volume contains all the essays on Flies, or Diptera, from <i>Souvenirs Entomologiques</b>. Jean-Henri Fabre (1823-1915) was a French naturalist, entomologist, and author. He is best known for his observations of living insects and is considered by many to be the father of modern entomology..

London: Hodder & Stoughton, 1913. 477, . . HB. Orig. cloth, gilt (spine faded). Vg. Bookplate to front endpaper.. .

London: Hodder & Stoughton, 1922. [x], 322, . . HB. 8vo, orig. cloth, spine gt. Previous owner's name to endpaper. Good.. Translated by Alexander Teixeira De Mattos..

Paris: Delagrave, 1882-[1899]. 6 (of 10) vols, 1 b/w portrait frontis, text figs. . HB. 6 vols, 8vo, uniformly bound in cloth (slightly differing heights), gt title to spines. Occasional foxing. 1920s postcard showing a statue of J.H. Fabre, Avignon, inserted. Vg.. Text French. Ser. 1+3 - 2nd edition. Ser. 6 - undated [1899]. The first six of ten volumes. Serie 2 titled 'Nouveaux Souvenirs Entomologiques ...'.

Adam & Charles Black, 1914. x, 262, 6-ads, 12 b/w plates. . HB. 8vo, orig. dec. cloth, gilt title to spine, cloth slightly bubbled, a few small nicks to head of spine. Light spotting to page edges. Gift inscription to endpaper. Vg.. Translated by Alexander Teixeira de Mattos. Reprint (first published 1911)..

London: Hodder & Stoughton, 1919. viii, 488, . . HB. 8vo, orig. cloth, joints worn. Manchester Grammar school prize bookplate. Owner's name to endpaper. Good.. .

London: Hodder & Stoughton, 1916. viii, 427, . . HB. 8vo, orig. cloth, spine faded, with 1cm tear to head. From the library of the hymenopterist Robin Edwards, with his bookplate. Good.. .

London: Hodder & Stoughton, 1922. viii, 278, . . HB. 8vo, orig. cloth, gt, spine dulled; endpapers browned. Previous owner's name to endpaper. Good.. Translated by Alexander Teixeira de Mattos.

New York: Thomas Nelson and Sons, n.d. [c. 1920s]. 287, . . HB. 8vo, orig. red cloth. Vg in d/w with mounted colour illustration to front panel (d/w with minor wear, a few spots; in clear, removable protective sleeve). Endpapers browned.. Undated. Owner's name to endpaper, dated 1925..

London: Hodder & Stoughton, 1919. viii, 488, . . HB. 8vo, orig. cloth, gt, spine dulled, lightly soiled; endpapers browned. Good.. Translated by Alexander Teixeira De Mattos..

London: Hodder & Stoughton, [1918]. viii, 453, . . HB. 8vo, orig. cloth, gt, spine dulled; endpapers browned, tear neatly repaired. Good. Recent owner's bookplate.. Translated by Alexander Teixeira De Mattos..

London: T. Fisher Unwin, 1919. 320, 16 b/w plates. . HB. 8vo, orig. cloth, gt, slight fading to spine and edges of boards. Inner hinges cracked but firm. Endpapers browned. Good.. Fourth impression. Photographs by Paul H. Fabre. Translated by Alexander Teixeira de Mattos and Bernard Miall..

Charles Scribner's Sons, 1979. 108, col drawings. . HB. Vg in d/w.. Nature Classics. Illustrated by Stephen Lee.. [9780684159775]

New York: Tudor Publishing Co., 1935. x, 271, 12 col plates. . HB. Fine copy in fine d/w with orig. publisher's box; box with minor wear to corners, one corner split with archival tape repair to inside. Rarely found with original box. Original owner's book-plate (Louis J. Synck).. New edition. First printing of the Tudor re-issue. Fine mounted colour plates by E.J. Detmold. Jean-Henri Fabre (1823-1915) was a French naturalist, entomologist, and author. He is best known for his observations of living insects and is considered by many to be the father of modern entomology. Fabre combines what he calls 'my passion for scientific truth' with accurate observations and an engaging style of writing, which has contributed to the lasting popularity of his work..

London: Hodder & Stoughton, [1920s?]. 318, . . HB. small 8vo (175x115mm), orig. blue cloth. Vg in slightly worn d/w. Owner's name to endpaper.. A later edition. Copyright date 1913 (but 1920s?).The present volume contains all the essays on Flies, or Diptera, from <i>Souvenirs Entomologiques</b>. Jean-Henri Fabre (1823-1915) was a French naturalist, entomologist, and author. He is best known for his observations of living insects and is considered by many to be the father of modern entomology..

New York: D. Appleton-Century Company, 1938. xii, 239, b/w frontis, text illus. . HB. 8vo, orig. cloth, minor wear to spine; endpapers lightly foxed. Previous owner's name to endpaper. Good.. Edited, Annotated, and Translated by P.F. Bicknell. Illustrated with wood engravings by Robert Gibbings..

New York: Tudor Publishing Co., 1937. x, 271, 12 col plates by E.J.Detmold. . HB. Cloth gilt. Vg. Inscription to endpaper.. .

London: T. Fisher Unwin, 1918. 320, 20 plates b/w photos. . HB. 8vo, orig. cloth, gt. Minor tear to head of spine. A few spots to front cover, spine dull. Foxing to title page and occasionally elsewhere. Owner's name to endpaper.. 2nd impression, published same year as first edition. Photographs by Paul H. Fabre. Translated by Alexander Teixeira de Mattos and Bernard Miall..