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

[1783-1804]. , . . . Mounted, framed and glazed. Frame size 360x385mm, Image (to plate mark) 210x168mm.. Delicately hand-coloured, engraved plate from the work, <i>Natursystem aller bekannten in- und ausländischen Insecten: Schmetterlinge</i> (1783-1804), one of the most attractively illustrated entomological works of the period. This plate includes six figures (upper and underside) of three nymphalid butterflies, including the wet and dry season forms of the peacock pansy (from southeast Asia) (<i>Junonia almana</i>), named as <i>Papilio almana</i> and <i>P. asterie</i>, and the white peacock (from southeastern United States, Central and South America) (<i>Anartia jatrophae</i>) named as <i>P. jatrophe</i>..

University of Chicago Press, 1996. viii, 484, text figs. . PB. Vg. Owner's name to endpaper. .

Adelaide: R.E.E. Rogers, Gvt. Printer, 1925. 63, 2 folding plates, 20 b/w photos, 7 maps. . HB. Bound in buckram, wrappers retained. From an institutional library, with neat stamps to title page and verso of plates.. Robert Lockhart Jack ( -1964) was assistant government geologist of South Australia from 1912, he led an expedition to the Everhard and Musgrave Ranges in 1914. He also he worked in Europe, South Africa and China.This report concerns 'recently acquired information regarding the occurrence of underground water in the north-eastern portion of the State'..

Adelaide: R.E.E. Rogers, Gvt. Printer, 1921. 118, 7 b/w plates of photos, 2 maps (1 folding). . HB. Bound in buckram, wrappers retained. From an institutional library, with neat stamps to verso of plates.. Plates include one large, b/w folding map of the Hundreds of Melville, Dalrymple, and Moorowie. Robert Lockhart Jack ( -1964) was assistant government geologist of South Australia from 1912, he led an expedition to the Everhard and Musgrave Ranges in 1914. He also he worked in Europe, South Africa and China..

Lewes: Book Guild, 1999. 160, col illus. . HB. Vg in d/w.. . [9781857763393]

Zomba: Government Printer, 1958. 75, 6 pages of line drawings. . HB. Orig. cloth-backed boards. Vg. Signed by author.. Determination of specimens by C.E.Hubbard.

London: BM(NH), 1918. 26, one b/w plate. . PB. Vg.. .

Antique Collectors' Club, 1993, 1994. 143; 143, numerous col illus. . HB. 2 vols, 4to (280x220mm), orig. cloth. Fine in vg d/w's (small nick to foot of d/w spine - Vol. I).. First edition. Vol. I: The Old Masters; Vol. II: The Eighteenth Century..

BM(NH), 1962. 123-163, 13 plates. . PB. Wrappers, some wear to spine. Signed by author. Ownership stamp of Captain R.H.R Stevenson of Selukwe, South Rhodesia. Known as the first lepidopterist to "put some order in Rhodesian butterflies".. <i>Bulletin of the British Museum (Natural History) Entomology</i>, Vol. 12(3)..

Howard Timmins, 1980. 126, [6], 203 col photos, text figs. 300x230mm. HB. Vg in d/w. From the library of Prof. J. Green (1928-2016) with his name to endpaper.. . [9780869781944]

John Beaufoy Publishing, 2022. 272, 60 illus, 12 plates, 4 portraits. 230x152mm. HB. NEW. . A biography of William Yarrell (1784-1856), an influential naturalist at a time when natural history was becoming an important factor in 19th century society. He wrote two important books: <i>A History of British Fishes</i> and <i>A History of British Birds</i>, still being quoted as the authorities well into the next century and admired today, especially for their delightful wood engravings. He was a member and sometime Treasurer, Secretary and Vice-President of the Zoological, Linnean and Entomological Societies. He was known to, and greatly admired by, the leading naturalists; Charles Darwin sought Yarrell’s advice on several occasions. In addition to his key role as an organiser and disseminator of knowledge about the British fish and bird fauna, Yarrell also conducted significant original scientific research, being perhaps best known as the first person to recognise… Read More

London: Bossange, Barthes, and Lowell, 1833. xv, [1], 88, lithographic frontis. . HB. 4to, well bound in recent buckram, contrasting title-label to spine. A little browning to page margins, occasional spotting. Vg.. Physico-Geographical Essays. Essay I. Of Lakes. First edition. Scarce..

1999. 83, 9 figs (5 col), 39 maps. A4. PB. Vg.. Broads Authority Report (BARS 18)..

Field Studies Council, 1999. , colour illus. . Chart. As new.. Folding identification chart to garden birds.. [9781851538621]

Shetland Times, 2000. 74, col photos. . PB. Signed by author. Vg.. . [9781898852506]

Namur: Ministere de la Region wallonne, Service de la Conservation de la Nature, 1989. 48, col + b/w illus. A5. PB. . Text French..

Gembloux: Faculté des Sciences, 1990. 40, text figs. . PB. Vg copy.. Text French..

1947-1954. 19, 17, 27, 11, 4 col plates. . PB. Vg in wrappers.. Reprints from Proc.S. London Ent.Nat. Hist. Soc. 1947-55.

London: BENHS, [1978]. 170, 12 col plates, figs. . HB. 8vo, orig. cloth. Vg. From the library of British lepidopterist, Barry Goater (1930-2022), with his bookplate.. Reprinted from Proc. S. Lon. Ent. & Nat. Hist. Soc. (1944-57), in an edition of only 500 copies. Scarce..

London: BENHS, [1978]. 170, 12 col plates, figs. . HB. 8vo, orig. cloth. Vg. From the library of British coleopterist, Robert Angus, with his name pencilled to endpaper. Reprinted from Proc. S. Lon. Ent. & Nat. Hist. Soc. (1944-57), in an edition of only 500 copies. Scarce..