Natural History from lobstabooks

Hutchinson and Co London 1971 G/Vg(unclipped dj lightly worn upper edge and touch of yellowing, the green cloth boards are heavily damp stained, internally contents very clean bright and tight with no marks or inscriptions, smells a bit fusty) octavo 282pp. With nearly 200 drawings of the flora and fauna.

George Allen and Unwin London 1927 Good+ clean green cloth with evident sunning to the spine. edges show some rubs but no loss. gilt to top of the textblock. marked foxing to endpapers and into text, but to a lesser degree. right hand edge is untrimmed as issued.

Cambridge University Press 1970 Vg/Vg (light edgewear to unclipped dj and light browning edges, clean green cloth with bright gilt lettering on spine,a very good square clean bright copy with light dust speckles top page edges, no other marks) octavo 294pp. First edition.

University Botanic Garden Cambridge 1975 G (no dj, green cloth boards with rusty stain across top of both boards and gilt titles faded on spine, internally a fine unopened copy, very crisp tight and bright) 12mo 132pp.Memorial and tribute to the Cambridge Botanist, and Director of the University Botanic Garden.

St George Books Perth 1985 Vg/Vg (dj creased at upper edges, neat gift inscription front free endpaper else contents no fault) quarto 160pp. With distribution map and descriptive text, and hundreds of colour photographs.

Methuen and Co London 1925 G (no dj, brown cloth faded and spotted on spine,light browning to endpapers and spotting outside page edges only, contents no significant fault) 12mo 215pp. Popular Works on Science series, cheap edition. Chapters on marine life: including the Weymouth anemone, coral, marine worms, the heart-urchin, British jelly-fish, barnacles, bi-valves, sand-hoppers, a phosphorescent shrimp. With… Read more about this item

Macmillan and Co London 1954 Vg (no dj, green cloth with patchy yellow fading to both boards and spine, small neat signature front fixed endpaper, 2pp of index creased else contents no fault) 12mo 513pp. Deals mainly with the habits and external structure of common British invertebrate animals. With hundreds of drawings.

Terence Dalton Lavenham 1990 Near fine/fine (new unopened copy,`boards slightly bowed, one small insignificent bump to fore-edge of back board, small pencil numerals front flyleaf) large octavo 171pp. History of the Norfolk nature reserve, illustrated throughout with colour and b/w photographs, maps to endpapers.

The Country Book Club London 1961 Vg (no dj, red cloth lightly faded on spine and mark from library tape on spine, library markings front endpapers else contents clean tight and bright throughout) 12mo 320pp. The story of the introduced animals of Britain: birds, beasts, reptiles, amphibians, fishes.

Macmillan and Co London 1912 Vg (no dj, clean green cloth with gilt titles on spine,corners lightly bumped but cloth not broken, few speckles to rough-cut page edges browning to free endpapers and light scattered spotting prelims and last few pages, the occasional speckle in margins else a very good clean sound copy) large octavo 396pp plus 2pp publisher's adverts.… Read more about this item

Cambridge University Press Cambridge 1926 Good (no dj,green cloth very faded on spine and patchy fading to boards,marks to edges of endpapers, dusty edges to roughcut pages, browning prelims and endpapers only) octavo 218pp. Course of lectures given at Cambridge in 1924, on studies in the animal environments of the rain-forest, the steppe, the tundra, and the taiga. With 8… Read more about this item

Gowans and Gray London 1907 G (no dj, pictorial dj bound in over thin card covers, dj darkened round edges, shadow browning free endpapers and light foxing prelims and notes at back of book, the b/w plates are clean and unmarked and the binding very tight) 24mo. 60pp b/w photographs and 5pp notes. Publisher's adverts front and… Read more about this item

Alfred A Knopf New York 1968 G/G (dj chipped and worn around edges, few light stains to turquoise cloth covers, neat gift inscription else contents clean and bright) octavo 261pp.Collecting exotic sea creatures from the shore and the deeps for scientific use. A lively account of the commercial efforts of the collector-author and his friends. With 25 delicate pen-and-ink drawings… Read more about this item