Barrett, P.H. & Freeman, R.B.(Ed). The Works of Charles Darwin. Volume 14. Monographs of the Fossil Lepadidae and the Fossil Balanidae.
Pbk. Fac. Ed. Pub. New York Uni. Press. 1988 pp.6, vi, 123, v, 58 with b/w. reproductions of the original plates and illus. 8vo. Signature. Fine softback.
A very well produced reproduction of Darwin’s ‘Monograph on the Fossil Lepadidae’ (1851), and ‘A Monograph on the Fossil Balanidae’ (1854)
£15.00 [ref: 59587]
Barrett, P.H. (Ed.). The Collected Papers of Charles Darwin. 2 Volumes. With a foreword by T. Dobzhansky.
Pub. Uni. Chicago. 1977 2 Volumes with figs. throughout. A nr. fine set in sl. spine-faded dustwrappers.
£25.00 [ref: 42865]
Barrett, P.H. et al (Eds.). Charles Darwin’s Notebooks, 1836-1844. Geology, Transmutation of Species, Metaphysical Enquiries.
1st. Ed. Pub. Cambridge Univ. Press. 1987 pp.viii, 747 with b/w. frontis. 4to. Red cloth boards with gilt lettering and decoration. Fine hardback.
Through a series of vastly influential writings, Darwin revolutionised the content and direction of science and permanently altered the shape of modern culture. In this volume are the notes he kept in the course of creating his body of work. Taken together these notes contain the core of his most important writing.
£70.00 [ref: 67975]
Bartlett, E. (Ed. et al). The Breconshire Naturalist. Journal of the Brecknock County Naturalists’ Trust. Number 10 to 62.
1st. Ed. Pub. B.C.N.T. 1969-1987 Thirty five parts. 4to. Softbacks. VG. to vg. plus condition. Comprises all but three periodicals - Numbers 36, 46 and 51.
A periodical devoted to all matters concerning the flora and fauna of Breconshire.
£50.00 [ref: 63121]
Bartlett, J. The Pollen Landscape.
1st. Ed. Pub. NBB. 2020 pp.170 with colour photos. Large 8vo. New softback.
This book follows a colony of bees for a year through their pollen landscape, explaining what they do and why, and showing how the microscope reveals the beauty and variety of the different kinds of pollen they collect.
£16.50 [ref: 61018]
Barton, L.V. Seed Preservation and Longevity.
Pub. Leonard Hill. 1961 pp.xvii, 216 with text figs. throughout. Ex-Library copy with usual stamps and markings. Fore-edges of text block lightly stained. Overall a near vg. copy in same dustwrapper.
£10.00 [ref: 46161]
Bashir, Dr. E.A. (Ed.). Field Guide to the Birds of Qatar (Arabic Edition).
1st. Ed. Pub. Friends of the Environment Center. 2015 With col. illus. throughout. 8vo. Arabic edition. Fine softback With English and Latin Scientific names. Glossary dual English and Arabic. Scarce.
A comprehensive guide featuring 323 species.
£45.00 [ref: 72609]
Bashir, Dr. E.A. (Ed.). Field Guide to the Birds of Qatar.
1st. Ed. Pub. Friends of the Environment Center. 2015 pp.303 with col. illus. throughout. 8vo. Fine softback. Scarce.
A comprehensive guide featuring 323 species.
£45.00 [ref: 72608]
Bassett, M.G. (Ed.). Geological Excursions in Dyfed, South-West Wales.
1st. Ed. Pub. Nat. Museum of Wales. 1982 pp.327 with b/w. figs. & geological maps. 8vo. Fine softback with gently sunned spine and a light crease to rear.
The long coastline of Dyfed includes numerous sections of outstanding natural beauty, with magnificent outcrops of Precambrian and Palaeozoic rocks ranging up to the Triassic, so that the area has long been a centre of geomorphological and geological attraction. This book offers a collection of nineteen excursions in the area.
£50.00 [ref: 73014]