Beaglehole, J.C. (Ed.). Cook and the Russians. An addendum to the Hakluyt Society’s edition of The voyage of the Resolution and Discovery, 1776-1780.
1st. Ed. Pub. The Hakluyt Society. 1973 pp.9. 8vo. Nr. fine softback with gently sunned card covers, lower corner a little bumped.
£9.00 [ref: 66836]
Beaglehole, J.C. (Ed.). Cook and the Russians. An addendum to the Hakluyt Society’s edition of The voyage of the Resolution and Discovery, 1776-1780.
1st. Ed. Pub. The Hakluyt Society. 1973 pp.9. 8vo. Nr. fine softback with gently sunned card covers.
£10.00 [ref: 66844]
Beaglehole, Prof. J.C. Cook the Navigator.
1st. Ed. Pub. The Royal Society. 1969 pp.27-38. Large 8vo. Nr. fine softback.
A lecture commemorating Capt. Cook’s observation of the transit of Venus which took place on the first of his three voyages of exploration.
£20.00 [ref: 66843]
Beaglehole, Prof. J.C. Some problems of Cook’s biographer. The Eva G.R.Taylor Memorial Lecture.
Rep. Pub. The Mariner’s Mirror. 1969 pp.365-382. Large 8vo. Nr. fine softback.
£15.00 [ref: 66845]
Beckingham, Prof. C.F. 1. Text of the Talk by Professor C.F. Beckingham on ‘Arabic Texts and the Hakluyt Society’. 2. Annual Report and Statement of Acounts for 1979.
1st. Ed. Pub. The Hakluyt Society. 1980 pp.27. 8vo. Top corner crease o/w. fine softback.
£10.00 [ref: 66885]
Bell, Thomas, A History of the British Stalk-Eyed Crustacea.
1st. Ed. Pub. Van Voorst. 1853 pp.lxv, 386 with 174 fine wood engravings. 8vo. Signature. Very minor amount of spotting indeed, o/w. contents fine. Original cloth boards thor. vg. with two small closed tears to top of spine.
£20.00 [ref: 65623]
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Bingley, W. Animal Biography, or Popular Zoology;
5th. Ed. Pub. London in 4 volumes. 1820 4 volumes bound in half calf. VG.
£68.00 [ref: 24597]
Bisseru, B. Rabies.
1st. Ed. Pub. Heinemann Medical. 1972 pp.xiii, 480 with b/w. frontis., tables and illus. 8vo. Address label to ffep. Nr. fine hardback with good to vg. dw.
A very detailed work. This book maps the spread of rabies thoughout the world and describes the methods used in attempting to control the spread of this disease.
£17.50 [ref: 63404]
Blunt, W. The Compleat Naturalist. A Life of Linnaeus.
1st. Ed. Pub. Collins. 1971 pp.256 with colour and b/w. illus. Small 4to. Nr. fine hardback in nr. fine dw.
A lively biography of Carl Linnaeus with an account his adventures in Lapland and his major scientific achievements.
£15.00 [ref: 64476]