Bate, C.S. & Westwood, J.O. A History of the British Sessile-Eyed Crustacea.
1st. Ed. Pub. Van Voorst. 1868 Two vol. set with text figs. and vignettes. 8vo. Hardbacks. Contents exceptionally clean and nr. fine. Original cloth boards in fine condition with just a hint of sunning to spine. A most pleasing set.
£90.00 [ref: 65912]

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Bateman, J.A. Animal Traps and Trapping.
1st. Ed. Pub. David & Charles. 1971 pp.286 with b/w. photos & figs. Minor spotting to fore-edges of text block and to ends o/w. a fine hardback in vg. dw.
Begins with a historical introduction to trapping, then reviews the full range of devices available. Considers insect, bird, fish and mammal traps.
£7.50 [ref: 68821]

Bates, Tony. et al. The Natural History of Dorset.
1st. Ed. Pub. The Dorset Wildlife Trust/ The Dovecote Press. 1997 pp.167 with many colour photos. 4to. A thor. vg. softback, very gently sunned on front and spine of card covers.
£10.00 [ref: 52284]

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. (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, 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, 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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