Dear Lord Rothschild : birds, butterflies, and history by Miriam Rothschild - 1983

Balaban International Science Services. Used - Good. Used book that is in clean, average condition without any missing pages.

Glenside, PA: Balaban Publishers. Hardcover. 1983. 1st Edition. 8vo 398pp . Very Good in Good+ DJ. B&W and Color Photographs. DJ is stretched and has light edgewear . Lionel Walter Rothschild, 2nd Baron Rothschild, Baron de Rothschild (1868-1937), was a British banker, politician, zoologist and a scion of the Rothschild family. Rothschild studied zoology at Magdalene College, Cambridge. Meeting Albert Günther sparked his interest in the taxonomy of birds and butterflies. Although Rothschild himself travelled and collected in Europe and North Africa for many years, his work and health concerns limited his range, and beginning while at Cambridge he employed others - explorers, professional collectors, and residents - to collect for him in remote and little-known parts of the world. He also hired taxidermists, a librarian, and, most importantly, professional scientists to work with him to curate and write up the resulting collections: Ernst Hartert, for birds, from 1892until his retirement at… Read More

Balaban, 1983. hardcover. Very Good. 9x6x1. No marks noted in text, hc with djAND AS ALWAYS SHIPPED IN 24 HOURS; and emailed to you a USPS tracking number on all orders; all books are sanitized and cleaned for your protection before mailing

Very Good. Very good hardcover in a mylar-protected dust jacket. illustrated with many color and b&w photographs.

isi Press Book. Illus. by Over 90 illustrations. Almost Very Good. Hardcover. 1st Edition. 4to - over 9¾ - 12" tall. Internally fine with no name Shelflife to top edge of text block only (Just sat on the shelf) unclipped D/j with no tears or marks just very minor edgewear - Posting from Cornwall St141.

Balaban. Fine in Fine dust jacket. 1983. Hardcover. 086689019X . Previous owner's inscription. Edges lightly foxed. Jacket lightly rubbed at edge ; Large 8vo 9" - 10" tall; 398 pages .

hardcover. Good. Access codes and supplements are not guaranteed with used items. May be an ex-library book.

Philadelphia: Balaban, 1983. Presumed U.S. First Edition, First printing. Hardcover. Very good/Good. XX, [4], 398, [2] pages. Illustrated (genealogy) endpapers. 12 color plates 147 black and white photographs. Family Trees (fold-out), Maps. Notes. Bibliography Name in ink on fep. DJ has wear, front corner tear, and some soiling. Dame Miriam Louisa Rothschild DBE FRS (5 August 1908 - 20 January 2005) was a British natural scientist and author with contributions to zoology, entomology, and botany. During the 1930s she made a name for herself at the Marine Biological Station in Plymouth, studying the mollusc Nucula and its trematode parasites (Rothschild 1936, 1938a, 1938b). Because of her inherited wealth, she never had to apply for any grants or funding. As a result of this and her lack of formal education—all her doctorates were honorary—she would always be an "amateur". Prior to World War II, she pressed the UK Government to admit more German Jews as refugees from Nazi Germany. During the war,… Read More

Balaban, 1983-01-01. Hardcover. New. New. In shrink wrap. Looks like an interesting title!