Allan, Mea. E.A. Bowles and his Garden, at Myddelton House 1865-1954.
1st. Ed. Pub. Faber & Faber. 1973 pp.264, with some colour and many b/w. plates. 8vo. Nr. fine hardback in vg. dw.
£10.00 [ref: 49630]
Allan, Mea. The Hookers of Kew. 1785-1911.
1st. Ed. Pub. Michael Joseph. 1967 pp.273 with col. frontis., b/w. photos. and illus., plus fold-out family tree. 8vo. Light spotting to fore-edge of text block o/w. contents fine. Cloth boards thor. vg. in vg. dw.
The major 20th Century biography of this famous family.
£30.00 [ref: 66960]
Allan, P.B.M. Moths and Memories.
1st. Ed. Pub. Watkins & Doncaster. 1948 pp.316 with b/w. frontis. 8vo. Hardback. Some spotting at ends and to text block edges o/w. contents fine. Original cloth boards thor. vg. with gentle sunning and some spotting. Scarce.
£45.00 [ref: 63716]
Allan, P.B.M. & Wilkinson, R.S. (Ed.). Leaves from a Moth-Hunter’s Notebook.
1st. Ed. Pub. E.W. Classey Ltd. 1980 pp.281 with portrait frontis. 8vo. Fine hardback.
Published posthumously, edited and with an introduction by Ronald S. Wilkinson. Philip Bertram Murray Allan (1884-1973) was the British lepidopterist, writer, and publisher who wrote many articles under the pseudonym Old Moth Hunter or O.M.H.
£49.50 [ref: 71541]
Allen, D.E. Rubus in Surrey (v.c.17). A list of the species considered reliably on record compiled by D.E. Allen 1997-2000 from the published literature, field records and searches of the relevant main herbaria.
Pub. D.E. Allen. 2001 pp.19. A4. Softback. With 3 pages of handwritten notes following a Rubus Meeting with David Allen on 29th July 2001 loosely inserted. Fine.
£15.00 [ref: 61626]
Allen, E.J. (Ed). Plymouth Marine Fauna. Being Notes of the Local Distribution of Species occurring in the Neighbourhood.
2nd. Ed. Pub. Marine Biological Assoc. 1931 pp.371 with fold out-map. Large 8vo. Hardback. Contemporary signature of J.E. Forrest Ph.D., F.Z.R., Dept. of Zoology, Queen Mary College, London to title page and his neat, informed notes, often indicating dates and locations where species seen, to margins and rfep. Contents nr. fine. More recently bound in green cloth, all in fine condition.
£40.00 [ref: 59467]
Allen, Glover M. The Mammals of China and Mongolia. Natural History of Central Asia Vol. XI.
1st. Ed. Pub. American Museum of Natural History 1938-40 Two volume set, with 20 photographic plates, 63 distribution maps and illustrations in text. 4to. Hardbacks. A nr. fine set in original yellow cloth boards. With loosely inserted publisher’s note explaining the need to issue this work in two volumes.
£750.00 [ref: 54660]
Allen, H.E. et al. (Eds.). Metals in Surface Waters.
1st. Ed. Pub. Ann Arbor Press. 1998 pp.xvi, 262 with figs. and tables. 8vo. Name to top of text block and ink underlining within contents pages, o/w. a fine hardback. RRP £110.00.
Presents research and applications on a range of subjects, including toxicity to aquatic organisms as well as humans, with an emphasis on metals speciation. Explores metal contamination of surface waters from several different disciplines, such as analytical chemistry, aquatic chemistry and toxicology.
£20.00 [ref: 59544]
Allen, Sarah. Bees Make Honey.
1st. Ed. Pub. Dinosaur. 1980 pp.24 with colour illus. Landscape 8vo. A nr. fine softback.
A lovely book directed at children to teach them about bees and honey.
£6.00 [ref: 52594]
Allman, G.J. A Monograph of The Fresh-Water Polyzoa, Including All The Known Species, Both British and Foreign.
Pub. Ray Society. 1856 pp.viii, 119 with 11 colour and b/w. plates. Folio. Scattered foxing to end-papers and plates (largely confined to margins). Neat repair to verso of half-title and fore-edge of 1 plate. Green cloth boards in nr. fine condition.
£85.00 [ref: 49196]