BB. A Summer on the Nene. Illustrated by D.J. Watkins-Pitchford.
1st. Ed. Thus. Pub. The Little Egret Press. 2005 pp.ix, 158 with b/w. illus. 8vo. Fine hardback in fine dw. A limited edition of 600 signed copies, this being copy No. 189.
“the story of a leisurely voyage down a Midland river, which began in May.....It finishes in the gold of October when the swallows have gone and the stubbles are bare, but when summer lingers in a last farewell”.
£60.00 [ref: 65731]

Beaglehole, J.C. The Exploration of the Pacific.
3rd. Ed. Rep. Pub. Adam & Charles Black. 1975 pp.viii, 346 with b/w. maps. 8vo. Fine hardback in fine dw. with gently sunned spine, price-clipped.
An account of Pacific exploration by navigators from Magellan to Cook.
£9.50 [ref: 66871]

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]