Natural History & Science

This is a traditionally strong area of interest for Sotheran's, with our unparalleled collection of John Gould ornithological lithographs. We maintain a selection of fine antiquarian bird books in stock, together with sought-after and scarce works in the areas of botany and zoology both British and foreign. We also specialise in books relating to Darwinism, evolution, genetics and human biology.

Sotherans has a long tradition of dealing with fine science books stretching back to 1906, when work began on our Bibliotheca Chemico-Mathematica. This exhaustive bibliography, which was published between 1921 and 1952, remains an important resource. We now stock books across a broad range of scientific subjects, including geology, evolutionary science, physics, medicine, astronomy, mathematics and technology. We also have a good stock of the Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society and offprints from scientific journals.

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  • Surrey
    £150.00
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  • Reynard the Fox or The Ghost Heath Run
    £500.00
    £500.00
  • The Birds of North America
    £300.00
    £300.00
  • Asa Gray. American Botanist, Friend of Darwin
    £50.00
    £50.00
  • Evidence as to Man's Place in Nature
    £1,750.00
    £1,750.00
  • Prices and Production
    £6,000.00
    £6,000.00
  • Wild sport and some stories
    £100.00
    £100.00
  • Mereside Chronicle. With a short interlude of lochs and lochans
    £200.00
    £200.00
  • The Snow Bunting
    £200.00
    £200.00
  • Silent Spring
    £350.00
    £350.00
  • Intermediate Types among Primitive Folk
    £450.00
    £450.00
  • Nouvelles recherches sur les découvertes microscopiques, et la generation des corps …
    £600.00
    £600.00
  • The Village Book
    £150.00
    £150.00
  • The Goshawk
    £500.00
    £500.00
  • Amaryllis at the fair
    £250.00
    £250.00
  • A History of British Reptiles
    £125.00
    £125.00
  • The Descent of Man, and Selection in Relation to Sex
    £8,000.00
    £8,000.00
  • The Book of The Fly-Rod
    £250.00
    £250.00
  • Successful Bee-keeping
    £200.00
    £200.00
  • Birds in London
    £200.00
    £200.00
  • British Freshwater Fishes
    £2,000.00
    £2,000.00
  • A Treatise on the Art of Fly-Fishing, Trolling, etc., as …
    £400.00
    £400.00
  • The Fly-Fisher's Entomology, illustrated by Coloured Representations of the Natural …
    £300.00
    £300.00
  • North-Country Flies
    £500.00
    £500.00
  • The Dry-Fly Man's Handbook
    £200.00
    £200.00
  • Autumns in Argyleshire with Rod & Gun
    £200.00
    £200.00
  • Brook and River Trouting: A Manual of North Country Methods. With …
    £300.00
    £300.00