Botany And Natural History from Abbey Antiquarian Books

Munich: Christian Kaiser 2nd edition, 1867-1868. Hardcover. Very Good. Hand-colored engravings & lithographs (400) by Weber. 4 Volumes complete set 139x95mm original green gilt pictorial cloth cover and spine (v.sl.rubbed to edges, worn corners) Vol. I 21pp +100 pls +16pp=index Vol. II 19pp + pl.101-200 +16pp=index Vol.III 19pp + pl. 201-300 +16p=index Vol.4 27pp +… Read more about this item

London: Gurney & Jackson (3rd edition), 1927. Hardcover. Very Good. Illustrations & figures (405) . Large octavo green leather spine green cloth sided (library rebind? not beautiful but servicable) Top Edge Gilt viii+834pp fully illustrated neat clean copy.

London: Cassell & Co revised edition, 1944. Hardcover. Very Good/Good. Color plates (48) . Octavo cloth in torn dust jacket (tips rubbed) xiii+258pp V.G+ in jacket lacking 1" sq.to head and some losses to spine still essentially OK

London: David & Charles 1st edition, 1988. Hardcover. Very Good. Color and b/w photos, diagrams, maps etc. throughout . Octavo brown boards (tips sl.rubbed) 271pp V.G+ *History of the breed, standards, care and breeding, training etc.

London: Muller 2nd edition, 1956. Hardcover. Very Good/Good. Illustrated by L.R. Brightwell. Small octavo boards in dust jacket torn without loss 57pgs slight foxing to enpapers else V.G.

Nairobi: Patwa News Agency 2nd revised impression, 1950. Hardcover. Very Good. Illustrations on 26 plates by Guggisberg. Duodecimo red cloth (tips sl.bumped/small snag to spine) 64pp inscription on FEP else V.G

London: Longmans 1st edition, 1968. Hardcover. Good. Plates on 12 pages . Octavo green cloth in dust jacket (tips slightly bumped/sl.marked with library number to spine) x+204pp ex library but no stamps except number to spine & EP, lacks outer 1/4 of FEP & the plates have suffered from dampness & have slight adhesion damage else the book… Read more about this item

London: Collins 1st UK edition, 1968. Hardcover. Very Good. Photos (168) by Emmy Haas to each opening. Small quarto boards in dust jacket (tips slightly rubbed) 115pp small bookplate removed from FEP else V.G+ in V.G jacket *New York's Bronx Zoo lion pride

London: Hamilton first edition, 1982. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. Illustrated with photographs, line illustrations & reconstructions . Large octavo boards in dust jacket (tips slightly rubbed) 87pp Price erasure on FEP else near Fine in V.G jacket. *Evolution of man.

USA: Geological Soc.of America Memoir 68, 1957. Hardcover. Very Good. Plates (15) + text illus. & maps + tables incl. 5 folding maps in pocket at rear (as listed) . Octavo plum cloth (tips slightly rubbed) 161pp inscription on FEP else V.G+

Edinburgh: A & C Black 1st edition, 1873. Hardcover. Very Good. Text engravings (150) . 16mo green blindstamped cloth (tips worn/head of spine chipped but no loss) xxi+634pp name & monograms on half title and "WITH THE PUBLISHER'S COMP'TS" on FEP, front inner hinge repaired else V.G

London: Collingridge 1st edition, 1967. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. Color plates & b/w photos . Octavo boards in dust jacket (tips slightly rubbed) 144pp V.G in V.G jacket + advert leaflet laid in

London: Chatto&Windus 1st edition, 1976. Hardcover. Very Good. Illustrations and maps throughout . Octavo boards in dust jacket (tips sl.bumped and rubbed) 224pp V.G+ in V.G jacket. *Impact of changes on farming, landscape & wildlife.

London: Collingride 3rd edition, 1959. Hardcover. Very Good/Good. Illustrated to nearly every opening . Large octavo boards in price clipped dust jacket (tips rubbed) 72pp slight foxing else V.G in edge chipped jacket

London: Shaw & Co Naturalists' library, 1896, 1897 approx). Hardcover. Very Good. Color lithographed plates (26 plates numbered 32-58 with full color backgrounds) + text wood engravings . Octavo red cloth spine gilt (tips rubbed) xviii+308pp A neat clean copy with fine plates of owls, ducks & geese, hawks and eagles and other birds of prey.

London: Collins & Harvill Press reprint, 1962. Hardcover. Good. Color & b/w plates . Octavo pictorial boards (1" repair to head of spine/tips rubbed and sl.marked) 160pp marginal damp towards the end but a clean neat copy.

London: Collins reprint, 1947. Hardcover. Very Good. Color plates (80)+ 30 illustrations . Octavo green gilt cloth (tips bumped & slightly worn/ spine & edges browned) 283pp front inner hinge strengthened else V.G

South Africa: White P & P Co. 7th edition, 1952). Softcover. Good. Line illustrations by Maberly. Paperback octavo 112pp slight rusting to staples and slight rubbing to edges else G+

London: Dent 1st edition, 1909. Hardcover. Very Good. Color (13) + 12 b/w plates + text line illustrations . Small octavo pictorial and gilt grey cloth (tips slightly rubbed) 86pp+booklist Prize Inscription on FEP free EP slightly foxed rest of book white and V.G+ *Animals and plants of the riverside.

New York: Dutton & Co 2nd impression same year as first, 1966. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. Text illustrations, drawings and maps throughout . Octavo cloth spined boards in price clipped dust jacket (tips sl.rubbed) 190pp 2 newspaper articles tipped to blank prelim. *Winner of the Dutton Animal Book Award for this work. V.G+ in V.G jacket