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Dive into the vibrant world of life with our captivating Biology collection. Uncover the secrets of living organisms, from the tiniest cells to the most complex life forms, and explore the incredible processes that sustain life on Earth. Journey through the wonders of nature’s design, the beauty of biodiversity, and the intricate balance of ecosystems that shape our planet’s living tapestry.

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  • A Familiar Introduction to the History of Insects;

    [ETOMOLOGY]. NEWMAN, Edward.
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    Beautifully bound Victorian book on insects. Second edition, an expanded and improved version of the text originally published in 1835 as the Gramm...

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  • Actinologia Britannica.

    GOSSE, Philip Henry.
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    Colour plates. First book edition of this attractive volume, written and illustrated by one of the foremost science popularisers of the Victorian e...

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  • An exceptional, early Victorian natural history manuscript.

    [NATURAL HISTORY] [ANON.]
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    Hundreds of watercolours including unusual animals and plants. A remarkable English natural history album of beautifully-executed watercolours and ...

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  • Essay on the Theory of the Earth.

    CUVIER, Georges L.C., Baron; KERR, Robert (translator).
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    Biology as a newtonian science. First English language edition of Cuvier's important essay establishing the role of cyclical geological catastrophe...

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  • Evidence as to Man's Place in Nature.

    HUXLEY, T.H.
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    The first book to apply darwinian evolution to humanity. First edition of the first book to apply Darwinian evolution to humans, just preceding Dar...

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  • History of British Birds [with] A Supplement to the History of British Birds, A General History of Quadrupeds [and] The Fables of Aesop.

    BEWICK, Thomas & John.
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    Magnificent imperial octavos. An exceptional imperial octavo set, one of only 24 copies of the Land Birds thus, finely bound in crushed morocco. Al...

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  • Journal of Researches

    DARWIN, Charles.
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    The definitive edition of Darwin's first published book, The Journal of Researches, containing the naturalist's last alterations to the text, incl...

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  • Naturhistorische Abhandlungen und Erläuterungen besonders die Petrefactenkunde betressend.

    TILESIUS, Wilhelm Gottfried.
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    Fine hand-coloured plates of fossils. The plates from the first and only edition of an early work on fossilised invertebrates by the German natural...

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  • On the Various Contrivances by which British and Foreign Orchids are Fertilised by Insects,

    DARWIN, Charles.
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    The first volume of supporting evidence for the origin of species. First edition, first issue, of this important contribution to Darwin's theory of...

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  • Our Book of Feathered Friends.

    HOYER, M.A.; WEEDON, L.L.; GASK, Lillian; BINGHAM, Clifton; COLLINS, Charles (illus.)
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    Lush bird illustrations. First edition of this charming, chromolithographic children's book of stories and poems about birds, from domestic poultry...

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  • Palaeontology or

    OWEN, Richard.
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    Inscribed presentation copy. First edition, presentation copy inscribed 'from the author' on the title and 'B Cockray, March 20, 1860, from Mr. Owe...

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  • Praktikum der Gewebepflege oder Explanation Besonders der Gewebezüchtung.

    ERDMANN, Rhoda.
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    Early work on tissue culture by a pioneering female cell biologist. First edition of 'the first German textbook that provided detailed instructions...

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  • Records of Parrots Bred in Captivity [together with] Additions.

    PRESTWICH, Arthur A.
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    Inscribed presentation copy. First edition of this scarce, comprehensive record of international parrot breeding, inscribed by the author on the fr...

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  • The Geological Evidences of the Antiquity of Man.

    LYELL, Charles.
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    Paleontological evidence of human evolution. First edition of this important contribution to the debate over Darwinian evolution, offering evidence...

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  • The Histogenesis of Cartilage and Bone in the Long Bones of the Embryonic Fowl

    FELL, Honor B.
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    Early tissue culture work by a prominent woman scientist. The rare offprint of the first major work by prominent cell biologist Honor B. Fell (1900...

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  • The Organization and Cell-Lineage of the Ascidian Egg.

    CONKLIN, Edwin G.
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    A milestone in embryology. First edition, first printing of a foundational work in our understanding of how fertilised eggs develop cell-by-cell. T...

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  • The Peregrine.

    BAKER, J.A.
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    A cult classic. First edition, first impression of this masterpiece of nature writing, cited by Ted Hughes, Andrew Motion, Werner Herzog, and other...

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  • The Prevention of Malaria.

    ROSS, Ronald, et al.
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    Preventing malaria by understanding its transmission. First edition of this comprehensive work on the epidemiology of malaria by the doctor who ide...

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  • The variation of animals and plants under domestication.

    DARWIN, Charles.
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    Survival of the fittest. Featuring the first occurrence of the phrase 'survival of the fittest'. Originally intended as the first two chapters in a...

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