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.

467 items
  • Shell Life. An Introduction to the British Mollusca
    £80.00
    £80.00
  • Animal Life of the British Isles
    £100.00
    £100.00
  • A Treatise on the Culture of the Pineapple and the Management …
    £600.00
    £600.00
  • Life of the Wayside and Woodland
    £80.00
    £80.00
  • The Moths of the British Isles
    £80.00
    £80.00
  • Fishes of The British Isles, Both Fresh Water and Salt
    £80.00
    £80.00
  • The world in the past. What is was like & what it …
    £65.00
    £65.00
  • The Seas. Our knowledge of life in the sea and how …
    £70.00
    £70.00
  • The Caterpillars of British Moths
    £120.00
    £120.00
  • Practical Entomology. A guide to collecting butterflies, moths and other insects
    £70.00
    £70.00
  • The Birds of the British Isles and Their Eggs
    £100.00
    £100.00
  • British Pyralid and Plume Moths
    £150.00
    £150.00
  • Wayside and Woodland Trees
    £80.00
    £80.00
  • The Butterflies of the British Isles
    £120.00
    £120.00
  • Pink Floyd
    £70.00
    £70.00
  • Rock Sets. The Astonishing Art of Rock Concert Design
    £100.00
    £100.00
  • Genes, Girls and Gamow
    £350.00
    £350.00
  • Have You Been Vaccinated, and what protection is it against the …
    £200.00
    £200.00
  • Evolution and its Modern Critics
    £50.00
    £50.00
  • A Manual of Elementary Geology: or, the ancient changes of the …
    £1,550.00
    £1,550.00
  • Laws of Cricket …
    £1,500.00
    £1,500.00
  • Zoo Quest series
    £1,800.00
    £1,800.00
  • Flies of the Future. The Trout Fly Patterns of Dr J.C …
    £595.00
    £595.00
  • The Complete Angler's Vade-Mecum; being a perfect code of instruction …
    £600.00
    £600.00
  • The Natural Trout Fly and its Imitation. Being an Angler's Record …
    £150.00
    £150.00
  • The Way of a Trout with a Fly
    £180.00
    £180.00
  • Side-lines, side-lights & reflections. Fugitive papers of a chalk-stream …
    £150.00
    £150.00
  • Nymph Fishing for Chalk Stream Trout
    £150.00
    £150.00
  • Nymph Fishing for Chalk Stream Trout
    £60.00
    £60.00
  • Minor Tactics of the Chalk Stream
    £100.00
    £100.00
  • The Fly Fisher's Legacy
    £250.00
    £250.00
  • Fine and Far Off
    £30.00
    £30.00