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Collectable and Antiquarian Books for Christmas - December 2025
Welcome to our first Newsletter of 2026!
As we begin the new year, the Pemberley Books team would like to wish all our customers around the world a joyful, healthy, and prosperous 2026. This year we are celebrating 25 of opening our bookshop in Iver, watch out for special anniversary offers which will be exclusive to our newletter subcribers.
Due in February, are two important new books on flies - orders may be placed now:
Photographic Guide to Flies of Britain and Ireland
RES Insect Identification Handbook - Dolichopodidae
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by Drake, M.C.
Cat No. : 62263, Published : FEB 2025, Illustrations : c. 1750 line drawings
Hardback £125.00
Covers British species of the family Dolichopodidae. These flies are often attractive both visually and in their behaviour so the larger species will be familiar to most naturalists. The sexes are (more)
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by Ashton, G.; Dimond, R.; Falk, S.J.; Creed, P.
Cat No. : 60886, Published : FEB 2026, Illustrations : 1500+ col photos
Paperback £22.95
£28.95 (Save £6.00)
With 1500+ stunning photographs this is the most complete photographic guide to flies ever published. The book covers over 1200 species from all fly families found in Britain and Ireland - from (more)
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by Sutton, P.; Beckmann, B.; Lewington, R. (Illus.)
Cat No. : 62365, Published : FEB 2026, Illustrations : 180 col illus, 100 col photos
Hardback £48.00
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A beautifully illustrated reference guide that will enable confident identification of British orthoptera. Grasshoppers are conspicuous for their giant leaping movements, bright colours and song. (more)
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by Séraphin, Gilles
Cat No. : 63920, Published : 2025, Illustrations : 123 col photos, numerous distribution maps
Paperback £125.00
Text French. A comprehensive overview of the genus Agrias from research based on useum collections as well as some of the most important private collections. Covers 550 taxa (7 new subspecies (more)
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by Deschamps-Cottin, M.; Duque, C.; Seguinel, L.
Cat No. : 63955, Published : 2025
Paperback £30.00
Text French. Marseille is home to dozens of butterfly species, sometimes found in a park, a wasteland or even on a flowery sidewalk. This guide invites you to observe them, recognise them and above (more)
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by Vincenot, P.
Cat No. : 63986, Published : 2023, Illustrations : c. 250 illus
Paperback £28.50
Text French. An easy-to-use and practical guide, ideal for walks in the Dordogne countryside of southwest France. * more than 130 species are included, including butterflies and the most common (more)
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by Su Jinping; Zhang Qiongyao; Zeng Zhiwei
Cat No. : 63203, Published : 2025, Illustrations : 3500 col photos
Hardback £210.00
Text Chinese with scientific names in Latin. Anyone who has studied butterflies in Taiwan knows about a group of ‘green jewels’ living in the mountain forests - the Theclinae butterflies. However, (more)
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by Dennis, R.L.H.
Cat No. : 63411, Published : 2025, Illustrations : col photos + text figs
Paperback £55.00
Cat No. : 41463, Published : 2020, Illustrations : col photos + text figs
Hardback £172.99
* Introduces a systems approach to butterfly biology * Includes succinct reviews of the key interrelationships in butterfly life history and behaviour * Illustrates more than 100 models to (more)
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by White, S.
Cat No. : 62970, Published : 2025, Illustrations : b/w illus
Paperback £8.99
Learn how to create a garden that works both day and night for moths and butterflies, attracting stunning species and helping both flora and fauna to thrive. Moths are a crucial but forgotten (more)
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by Queney, P.; Prevost, P.; Reisdorf, P. (Eds)
Cat No. : 63959, Published : 2025, Illustrations : col photos, b/w line drawings, col tables
Paperback £49.95
Text French. Following the success of the first volume dedicated to Polyphaga Hydrophiloidea, discover Vol. II of this reference work, this time dedicated to Polyphaga Staphylinoidea (more)
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by Štrunc, V.; Drumont, A.; Bouyer, T.
Cat No. : 62810, Published : JAN 2026, Illustrations : col potos
Hardback £95.00
This illustrated guide presents a comprehensive encyclopedia of the subfamily Prioninae, produced in collaboration with leading experts on this subfamily of Cerambycidae. It is a follow-up to the (more)
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by Štrunc, V.; Navratil, D.
Cat No. : 62809, Published : JAN 2026, Illustrations : col photos
Hardback £52.00
This pictorial guide presents a comprehensive encyclopedia of Cerambycidae, or Longhorn Beetles, from the western Palearctic region. 300 species from 184 genera are illustrated with high quality (more)
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by Beinhundner, G.
Cat No. : 63451, Published : 2025, Illustrations : col illus throughout
Hardback £369.00
This large book follows on from the author's Cetoniinae of Africa [Cetoniinae of the World 1], and is the first on non-African species (hence Vol. 1 to cover); includes species of flower (more)
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by Beinhundner, G.
Cat No. : 63457, Published : 2025, Illustrations : col illus throughout
Hardback £369.00
This large book follows on from the author's Cetoniinae of Africa [Cetoniinae of the World. Vol. 1], and is the second on non-African species (hence Vol. 2 to cover); includes species of (more)
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by Dasgupta, J.; Kumar Pal, T.; Hegde, V.D.
Cat No. : 63725, Published : 2026, Illustrations : illus
Hardback £78.99
This book deals with the Nitidulidae fauna of Northeast India, a biodiversity hotspot of the world, giving possible details of all available species, and extensive field exploration data of different (more)
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by Lebas, C.; Galkowski, C.
Cat No. : 63769, Published : 2025, Illustrations : col photos, col distribution maps
Hardback £34.95
Text French. In the spirit of Les Cahiers d'identification series, this guide offers highly precise identification tools for learning to recognise the different ant families, genera, and 245 (more)
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by Rothman, Julia; Hearst, Michael
Cat No. : 63933, Published : 2025, Illustrations : col illus throughout
Paperback £15.99
Get a close-up look at the world of insects with the sixth book in Julia Rothman's Anatomy series: a delightfully illustrated guide to the fascinating insects, bugs, arachnids, and other creatures (more)
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by Croisille, Y.; Lievin, A.; Verger, N.; Verger, D.; Vincenot, P.; Wagner, S.
Cat No. : 63960, Published : 2025, Illustrations : col photos
Paperback £28.95
Text French. A guide to the 63 species of dragonflies and damselflies found in the Dordogne region of southwest France, with species accounts, colour photographs and drawings. (more)
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by Samways, M.J.
Cat No. : 63410, Published : 2025
Paperback £55.00
Cat No. : 53596, Published : 2024, Illustrations : col photos, col illus
Hardback £159.00
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Dragonflies are among the most familiar and popular of all insects, deeply embedded in human cultural history. They are iconic and tell us much about the environments in which we and they live. Their (more)
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by Gardiner, T.; Benton, T.
Cat No. : 63917, Published : 2025, Illustrations : col photos, distribution maps
Paperback £21.50
This book presents the results of a 25-year survey (1996-2000) of the distribution of Essex Orthoptera, but more importantly documents the extensive body of research into the effects of climate (more)
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by Fretwell, P.; Fretwell, L.
Cat No. : 62411, Published : 2025
Hardback £14.99
A charming and beautifully illustrated book about the world’s most beloved bird, written by a leading scientist at The British Antarctic Survey, illustrated by his wife. There’s something about (more)
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by Slater, C.A.; Mundy, P.J.; Williams, R.B.
Cat No. : 61363, Published : 2025, Illustrations : 140 col illus
Hardback £39.99
This book details the life of John Henry Gurney (1819-1890) who became a successful banker when still young. His wealth enabled him to indulge his passion for collecting natural history specimens, (more)
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by Tañedo, M.; Constantino, A.; Constantino, T.; Hutchinson, R.
Cat No. : 63277, Published : JAN 2026, Illustrations : 300 col photos
Paperback £12.99
3rd Revised edition. This guide is an easy-to-use introductory photographic guide to 280 bird species commonly seen in the Philippines, and is perfect for residents and visitors alike. The third (more)
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by Taylor, M.
Cat No. : 61482, Published : 2025, Illustrations : 100 col photos
Hardback £20.00
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Second edition. A celebration of British raptors, following their fortunes as British breeding birds from historical times to the present day, illustrated with 100 colour photographs. This book is (more)
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by Birks, J.
Cat No. : 62121, Published : 2025, Illustrations : col photos, b/w illus
Hardback £20.00
2nd edition. Johnny Birks has extensively updated his acclaimed and comprehensive study of pine martens. With numbers now recovering after a close brush with extinction, the pine marten lifts our (more)
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by de Vos, A.; Hook, A. (Illus.)
Cat No. : 62359, Published : 2026, Illustrations : 100 col illus
Hardback £18.75
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A marvellously illustrated look at the life of the whale. Whales are the majestic giants of the ocean, yet much of their world remains a mystery to us. The routes of their vast oceanic migrations are (more)
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by Nguyen Van Sang; Ho Thu Cuc; Nguyen Quang Truong
Cat No. : 63865, Published : 2025, Illustrations : 709 col photos
Hardback £105.00
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Second expanded edition. Expanded reprint of the 2008/2009 edition, with a foreword by Prof. Dr Wolfgang Böhme and a chapter on the history of herpetology in Vietnam by Prof. Dr Kraig Adler. The (more)
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by Eipper, S.; Eipper, T.
Cat No. : 63055, Published : 2025, Illustrations : 300 colour photos
Paperback £12.99
3rd edition. This guide is an easy-to-use identification guide to all of Australia's 240 snake species and subspecies. This fully updated 3rd edition includes a new species, around 70 new photographs (more)
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by Law Ing, S.; Law Ingg, T.; Rasu, S.; Subaraj, S.; Ananthanarayanan, S.
Cat No. : 63482, Published : 2025, Illustrations : 500 col photos
Paperback £24.99
A Field Guide to the Reptiles & Amphibians of Singapore is the most comprehensive up-to-date field guide to the herpetofauna in Singapore, covering caecilians, frogs, lizards, snakes and turtles. (more)
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by Hall, Stephen S.
Cat No. : 63927, Published : 2025
Hardback £20.00
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A spellbinding scientific and cultural study of snakes, the fascination and fear they inspire, and how surprising new science is indelibly changing our perception of these stunning and frightening (more)
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by Razzetti, E.; Bruni, G.; Di Tizio, L.; Liuzzi, C.; Sindaco, R. (Eds)
Cat No. : 63991, Published : 2025, Illustrations : 310 col photos, 270 col distribution maps
Hardback £83.00
Text English and Italian. This volume is a comprehensive, up-to-date atlas of the distribution of all the amphibians and reptiles found in Italy. Detailed information on the biology, ecology and (more)
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by Rao Dingqi (Ed.)
Cat No. : 63787, Published : 2025, Illustrations : 950 col photos
Hardback £110.00
Text Chinese with Latin scientific names. This book provides a comprehensive, up-to-date account of the lizards of China and is divided into three sections: Overview, Species Accounts, and (more)
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by Liang Fei, Changyuan Ye
Cat No. : 63989, Published : 2025, Illustrations : c.3200 col photos, col + b/w illus, col distribution maps
Hardback £210.00
Text English. This book is the second part of a three-volume fauna based on decades of fieldwork research, laboratory research, and references to a large amount of literature. Volume II is divided (more)
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by Souza, R.M.
Cat No. : 63538, Published : JAN 2026
Hardback £72.99
Unabridged edition. With non-specialist language, this book educates the general public, students (high schoolers and up), teachers, and science journalists on the multipronged impact of roundworms (more)
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by Schlanger, Z.
Cat No. : 61480, Published : 2025
Paperback £10.99
This is a narrative investigation into the new science of plant intelligence and sentience from Zoe Schlanger, National Association of Science Writers Award winner and Livingston Award (more)
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by Yahr, R.; Stoakley, F.
Cat No. : 61980, Published : 2025, Illustrations : 800+ col illus, 132 distribution maps
Paperback £20.00
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An intuitive introduction to 200 of the most common and conspicuous species that beginners can learn to identify with nothing more than a magnifying lens and some practice. Lichens can be found all (more)
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by Kibby, G.; Docker, S.
Cat No. : 63620, Published : 2025, Illustrations : col photos + illus
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This guide covers 40 species, including mushroom-shaped fungi, jellies and brackets found in woodland, parks and churchyards. * Specially drawn colour illustrations highlight the main features to (more)
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by Gardiner, L.; Cribb, P.
Cat No. : 62991, Published : 2026, Illustrations : col illus
Hardback £20.00
Queen of the night, Darwin’s comet, lady’s slipper, little dragon, black chimaera - the otherworldly names of orchid species are as beautiful as these sought-after flowers themselves. From (more)
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by Hemery, G.
Cat No. : 63726, Published : 2026, Illustrations : 200 col photos, maps
Paperback £20.00
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A guide to exploring 380 of the most scenic, wildlife-rich and historically significant woodlands in England. From precious remnants of temperate rainforests to lesser-known wildwoods and urban (more)
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by Dennis, R.L.H.; Fattorini, S.
Cat No. : 62234, Published : 2025
Hardback £159.00
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Habitat is the fundamental unit for understanding species ecology and preserving biodiversity; it has always had a variety of meanings often not explicitly defined. This important book focuses on the (more)
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by Shersby, M.; Devey, H.; Gibson, R.; Rouse, D.
Cat No. : 62267, Published : FEB 2026, Illustrations : col maps and photos throughout
Paperback £16.00
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The best of British wildlife without the carbon footprint - where to go in search of wildlife by train, bus, bike and on foot. With carbon footprint now finally seen as a serious issue in the (more)
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by Grant, P.R.
Cat No. : 62232, Published : JAN 2026, Illustrations : 50 b/w illus
Paperback £15.00
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The extraordinary life story of the celebrated naturalist who transformed our understanding of evolution. This book is legendary ecologist Peter Grant’s personal account of his remarkable life and (more)
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by Wood, G.D.
Cat No. : 63169, Published : JAN 2026, Illustrations : 37 b/w illus
Hardback £18.75
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A scientific adventure story that dramatises how profoundly our oceans have changed over the past 150 years. In December 1872, HMS Challenger embarked on the first round-the-world (more)
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by Doucet, G.
Cat No. : 33677, Published : 2016, Illustrations : 200 photos, 10 plates
Paperback £24.50
3rd edition. Text French. Identification keys to the larval exuviae of the Odonata of France. Allows identification of 70 taxa (more than two thirds of the fauna known from France) (more)
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by Venkataraman, M.
Cat No. : 55631, Published : JAN 2026, Illustrations : 300 col photos
Paperback £12.99
A Naturalist's Guide to the Insects of India is a photographic introduction to 280 insect species commonly seen in India, Bangladesh, Bhutan, Nepal, Pakistan and Sri Lanka. (more)
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by Tañedo, M.; Constantino, A.; Constantino, T.; Hutchinson, R.
Cat No. : 63277, Published : JAN 2026, Illustrations : 300 col photos
Paperback £12.99
3rd Revised edition. This guide is an easy-to-use introductory photographic guide to 280 bird species commonly seen in the Philippines, and is perfect for residents and visitors alike. The third (more)
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by Hume, R.
Cat No. : 63281, Published : JAN 2026, Illustrations : col illus
Hardback £22.00
Enhance your birding adventures with this stunning visual directory - featuring removable prints and photos. With their enchanting songs and soaring flights, birds are a welcome source of joy in (more)
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by Gorman, G.
Cat No. : 62866, Published : FEB 2026, Illustrations : col illus
Paperback £24.99
A resonant hammering from the canopy, a flicker of black and white with a flash of red: surely the archetypal image of a woodpecker? This book describes the natural history of five European species, (more)
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by Rylands, K.; McMahon, S.
Cat No. : 62433, Published : FEB 2026, Illustrations : b/w illus, b/w maps
Paperback £22.50
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Sixth edition. The definitive guide to the birdwatching sites of Devon and Cornwall. Devon, Cornwall and the Isles of Scilly are on any birdwatcher's destination list, renowned for rare vagrants, (more)
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by Grimmett, R.; Inskipp, C.; Inskipp, T.
Cat No. : 62418, Published : FEB 2026, Illustrations : col plates, maps
Paperback £38.50
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Second edition. With a wide range of habitats and a dazzling and diverse avifauna, the Indian Subcontinent is one of the world's greatest birding hotspots. This second edition of Richard Grimmett, (more)
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by Cleere, N.; Nurney, D
Cat No. : 61280, Published : FEB 2026, Illustrations : 36 col plates, col photos, col distribution maps
Hardback £56.00
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Second edition. Nightjars are a beautiful and charismatic group, popular with birders around the world. Some species have developed spectacular tails and wing adornments, but the majority are fairly (more)
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by Lyons, G.
Cat No. : 62413, Published : FEB 2026
Paperback £39.99
Pan-species listing is a brilliant method to keep track of a lifetime of natural history sightings. A personal list, not just of birds but including every moth, beetle, lichen, sea-spider, liverwort, (more)
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by McPherson, S.; Golos, M.R.; Mey, F.S.; Brewer-Carias, C.; Wistuba, A.; Nerz, J.; Wrazidlo, M.; Fleischmann, A.; Plachno, B.
Cat No. : 60931, Published : APR 2026, Illustrations : 1100 col photos, b/w illus
Hardback £119.99
Three decades in the making, this is the seminal treatise on the beautiful genus Heliamphora. This work is crammed full of new discoveries, new observations, new information and hundreds of (more)
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by Marsh, Walter
Cat No. : 63428, Published : 2025
Paperback £16.99
A scientific true-crime caper stretching across the globe, The Butterfly Thief pieces together the bizarre story of one of the largest, most systematic, and baffling museum heists in the (more)
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by Uren, A.
Cat No. : 62657, Published : 2025, Illustrations : col photos
Hardback £25.00
The Avalon Marshes are a huge success story. In half a century, 1500 hectares of farmland and peatworks have been transformed into a vibrant wetland where birds, mammals, fish, reptiles, amphibians (more)
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