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Rare and Collectable Books - March 2026
This latest list features a selection of recently acquired rare and collectable titles, which we hope will be of interest to our customers.
This year marks 25 years since we first opened our bookshop in Iver, Buckinghamshire, a milestone we are delighted to celebrate with our customers. To say thank you for your continued support, every three months during 2026 all customers who have made a purchase during that period will be entered into a prize draw, and one lucky customer will receive a £25.00 Pemberley Books voucher.
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by Coleman, W.S.
Cat No. : 64300, Published : n.d. [c. 1870s], Illustrations : 14 col + 2 b/w plates
Hardback £75.00
First published 1860, this is an early undated reissue (pre-1880). Illustrations by the author, printed in colour by Edmund Evans, several figures with silver highlighting. (more)
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by Corbet, A.S.; Pendlebury, H.M.
Cat No. : 63858, Published : 1934, Illustrations : 2 col + 14 b/w plates, 2 maps, 34 text figs
Hardback £75.00
First edition. Scarce. (more)
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by d'Abrera, B.
Cat No. : 64288, Published : 1997-2009, Illustrations : col illus
Hardback £750.00
2nd (revised) edition. Part 1: Papilionidae, Pieridae, Acraeidae, Danaidae & Satyridae; Part 2: Nymphalidae, Libytheidae; Part 3: Lycaenidae, Riodinidae. Includes many new taxa described since the (more)
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by d'Abrera, B.
Cat No. : 64287, Published : 1982-1986, Illustrations : col photos throughout
Hardback £450.00
Complete set on the butterflies of the Oriental Region (including the scarce Pt I) from the Butterflies of the World series (more)
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by d'Abrera, B.
Cat No. : 64295, Published : 1986, Illustrations : col photos
Hardback £450.00
Based on a checklist by Alan Hayes and the collection he curated in the British Museum (Natural History). Now scarce. (more)
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by d'Abrera, B.
Cat No. : 64296, Published : 1995, 2012, 1998, Illustrations : 265 col plates
Hardback £400.00
Pt I: mainly American species. Arsenurinae, Ceratocampinae, Agliinae, Hemileucinae (part); Pt II: mostly African species; Pt III: mainly Asian and Australian genera (including Copaxa, Saturnia, (more)
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by Greene, Mott T.
Cat No. : 63716, Published : 2015, Illustrations : 42 line drawings, 28 bw illus
Hardback £45.00
Alfred Wegener aimed to create a revolution in science which would rank with those of Nicolaus Copernicus and Charles Darwin. After completing his doctoral studies in astronomy at the University of (more)
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by Hamilton, Edward
Cat No. : 63894, Published : 1896, Illustrations : 4 plates, text illus
Hardback £125.00
First edition. Rare. Illustrated by P. and P.J. Smit. A detailed and authoritative work on the natural history of the European wildcat. Hamilton provides a comprehensive study of the wildcat’s (more)
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by Henning, G.A.; Henning, S.F.; Joannou, J.G.; Woodhall, S.E.
Cat No. : 64298, Published : 1997, Illustrations : 600 col photos, 185 maps
£65.00
All published. (Five volumes were originally planned, but this is the only volume which was published). (more)
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by Henning, S.F.
Cat No. : 64294, Published : 1989, Illustrations : 750+ col illus
Hardback £300.00
An un-numbered copy of the Standard edition. (more)
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by Hickey, M.; King, C.
Cat No. : 64137, Published : 2000, Illustrations : 127 pages of line drawings
Hardback £65.00
A well illustrated glossary comprising over 2400 terms commonly used to describe vascular plants. The majority are structural terms referring to parts of plants visible with the naked eye or with a (more)
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by Hill, W.C.O.; Barker, W.; Stockley, C.H.; Pitman, C.R.S.; Offermann, P.B.; Rushby, G.G.; Gowers, W.
Cat No. : 63860, Published : 1953, Illustrations : double-page plate
Hardback £600.00
First edition. Rare. An important volume featuring chapters by leading naturalists, game wardens, and colonial-era hunters with first-hand experience of elephants throughout East Central Africa. Its (more)
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by Huxley, J.
Cat No. : 64259, Published : 1943
Hardback £28.00
Second impression (first published 1942). An important and influential work, in which Huxley presented his vision of a modern synthesis of evolutionary biology. (more)
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by Izersky, V.V.
Cat No. : 64322, Published : 1999, Illustrations : 23 col plates, 26 text figs
Hardback £59.00
Text English. (more)
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by Le Crom, J.F.; Constantino, L.M.; Salazar, J.A.
Cat No. : 64324, Published : 2002, Illustrations : 52 colour plates (30 double-page), colour photos, distribution maps, plates of genitalia and life cycles
£165.00
English edition. First of a planned series of 12 volumes. Includes illustrated identification keys. Species descriptions include diagonses, distribution and foodplant information. Descriptions of 5 (more)
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by Le Crom, J.F.; Constantino, L.M.; Salazar, J.A.
Cat No. : 64325, Published : 2004, Illustrations : col plates, photos + maps
£165.00
Text Spanish. Second of a planned series of 12 volumes. Includes illustrated identification keys. Species descriptions include diagnoses, distribution and foodplant information. Descriptions of 5 new (more)
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by McKerrow, J.C.
Cat No. : 63863, Published : 1937
Paperback £75.00
Scarce. James Clark McKerrow (1887-1965) was a British physician and philosopher, an original thinker and held unorthodox opinions. In this work he proposed a non-Darwinian view where evolution (more)
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by Mitchell, F.S.
Cat No. : 55145, Published : 1885, Illustrations : 11 plates (2 hand-col), 3 b/w illus, folding map
Hardback £85.00
First edition. The 'Large-paper edition', with list of subscribers at rear. With two fine hand-coloured plates by J.G. Keulemans, other illustrations by Victor Prout. Mullens & Swann p. 408. (more)
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by Newman, L.H.
Cat No. : 63450, Published : n.d. [1949], Illustrations : b/w photos
Hardback £25.00
Attractive dust-jacket design by Creina Glegg. With a forword by Peter Scott, the well-known artist and naturalist, and the author's colleague at the BBC. L. Hugh Newman (1909-1993) was one of the (more)
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by Oesau, Wanda
Cat No. : 63869, Published : 1937, Illustrations : 41 plates (2 col), map, text illus
Hardback £50.00
First edition. Text German. A classic regional maritime history, this richly illustrated volume offers a comprehensive account of the Arctic whaling and sealing voyages undertaken from (more)
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by Parsons, M.
Cat No. : 64292, Published : 1999, Illustrations : 136 col plates, 26 plates of line drawings
Hardback £500.00
Detailed description of the 820 species, with illustrations of all the forms and morphs, and 200 illustrations showing aspects of the life history and ecology. (more)
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by Petronievics, Branislav
Cat No. : 51300, Published : 1921, Illustrations : 2 folding plates
Paperback £50.00
An important paper by the Serbian paleontologist and philosopher, Branislav Petronivics (1875-1954) on the London specimen of Archaeopteryx. Also included are five further papers on Archaeopteryx: (more)
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by Pierce, F.N.; Metcalfe, J.W.
Cat No. : 64261, Published : 1960, Illustrations : 34 b/w plates
Hardback £38.00
Facsimile reprint of the original 1922 edition in a slightly reduced format. Scarce even in reprint edition. An account of the morphology of the male clasping organs and the corresponding organs of (more)
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by Poore, G.C.B.; Ahyong, S.T.; Taylor, J. (Eds)
Cat No. : 63963, Published : 2011, Illustrations : 24 col plates, col + b/w text figs
Hardback £95.00
Squat lobsters of the superfamilies Chirostyloidea and Galatheoidea are highly visible crustaceans on seamounts, continental margins, shelf environments, hydrothermal vents and coral reefs. About (more)
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by Pringle, E.L.L.; Henning, G.A.; Ball, J.B. (Eds)
Cat No. : 63634, Published : 1994, Illustrations : 210 col plates, map
£150.00
Second edition (revised and updated) of this definitive work devoted solely to southern African butterflies. Illustrated with 170 colour plates of the butterflies, as well as 40 detailed life-cycle (more)
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by Purser, B.
Cat No. : 63636, Published : 2015, Illustrations : col photos, maps
Hardback £40.00
This remarkable book discusses and illustrates the biogeography and enormous biodiversity of the butterflies found on the eastern slopes of the Andes from Colombia to Bolivia. Writing about (more)
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by Rackham, Oliver
Cat No. : 58898, Published : 1980, Illustrations : b/w frontis, text figs, endpaper maps
Hardback £120.00
First edition. (more)
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by Rice, Elizabeth Talbot; Harding, Marion
Cat No. : 63817, Published : 1989, Illustrations : col + b/w illus
Paperback £30.00
To accompany an exhibition held at the National Army Museum. (more)
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by Sharpe, R. Bowdler
Cat No. : 56542, Published : 1894-1897, Illustrations : 128 col plates, line drawings
Hardback £160.00
First edition. Attractive chromolithographic plates of British birds. Nissen IVB 863. (more)
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by Smith, D.S.; Miller L.D.; Miller, J.Y.
Cat No. : 64293, Published : 1994, Illustrations : col frontis, 32 col plates
Hardback £165.00
Scarce. This is a comprehensive guide to the remarkable array of butterflies from the biogeographical area comprising the West Indies and southern Florida. It includes every species and subspecies (more)
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by South, R.
Cat No. : 63966, Published : 1884
Hardback £45.00
Scarce. Was sold either 'Printed on one side only of the paper, for labels' Price 2s, or '...printed on both sides, for Reference' Price 6d. This copy printed on both sides. (more)
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by Spradbery, J.P.
Cat No. : 64213, Published : 1973, Illustrations : col frontis, col + b/w photos, 132 line drawings, distribution maps
Hardback £30.00
With particular reference to those species found in the British Isles. Foreword by O.W. Richards. (more)
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by Steele-Elliott, J.
Cat No. : 54117, Published : [1897]
Hardback £50.00
Printed for private circulation, 150 copies printed, of which this is no. 49. This is Part 1 (Birds of Prey) only (of five; the work was discontinued following publication of Part 5, which completed (more)
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by Taylor, J.E. (Ed.)
Cat No. : 64066, Published : 1876, Illustrations : 45 text figs
Hardback £35.00
First edition. (more)
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by Tennent, J.
Cat No. : 64326, Published : 2002, Illustrations : 90 colour plates
Hardback £80.00
The Solomon Islands, an archipelago of more than a thousand islands, stretches over 1000 miles in the south Pacific, and contains a large percentage of endemic butterflies. This book presents the (more)
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by Van Son, G.
Cat No. : 64290, Published : 1949-1979, Illustrations : 142 col + 41 b/w plates, 748 line drawings
Hardback £220.00
Scarce complete set. Part 1: Papilionidae & Pieridae; Part 2: Nymphalidae: Danainae & Satyrinae; Part 3: Nymphalidae: Acraeinae; Part 4: Nymphalidae: Nymphalinae. Transvaal Museum Memoirs No's: 3, (more)
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by Velez, J.; Salazar, J.
Cat No. : 63637, Published : 1991, Illustrations : col photos, col illus
Hardback £75.00
Text Spanish. Fine colour photographs of living butterflies and some early stages, and set specimens for each family. (more)
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by [Walker, F.A.]
Cat No. : 63712, Published : 1848
Hardback £35.00
First edition. Scarce. The second part acts as a supplement including additional species '... procured chiefly from Mr. F. Walker since the former part was publshed ...' and '... kindly prepared by (more)
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by Waterhouse, G.R.
Cat No. : 64302, Published : 1861
Paperback £20.00
Scarce. This work is noted for sorting the synonyms in Stephens’ earlier works. Horn Schenkling 23393. (more)
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by Wilson, Andrew
Cat No. : 55640, Published : 1882, Illustrations : frontis, 45 engraved plates, engraved head and tailpieces to chapters
Hardback £75.00
First edition. 46 charming engraved plates by Joseph Wolf (1820-1899) and Friedrich Specht (1839-1909). Dr Andrew Wilson (1852-1912) was a Scottish zoologist and author. He was a lecturer on zoology (more)
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by Wilson, E.O.
Cat No. : 64136, Published : 1976, Illustrations : b/w illus, text figs
Hardback £50.00
Fourth impression. A landmark work that pioneered the scientific study of social behavior across species, linking evolution, genetics, and ecology, and sparking enduring debates on the biological (more)
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