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London and Harleston: Bartlett & Co. and R. R. Cann, 1888. Book. Very Good. Hardcover. First Edition. 8vo. pp. 157, frontispiece plate with tissue guard. Original cloth binding, very good, slight mark to the upper corner on the front board, gilt lettering tot he spine and front board, bright. Contents clean and tight, original endpapers, unmarked, no foxing, no inscriptions. A very good..

London: Longmans, Green and Co., 1931. Book. Very Good. Hardcover. Reprint. 8vo. "By A.A. Pienaar. Translated from the Afrikaans by B. and E.D. Lewis. With an introduction by Sir Percy FitzPatrick, K.C.M.G." 256 pages; b/w illustrations. Original black cloth hardback binding, very good with a little general wear. Contents clean and tight, neat contemporary gift inscription. A very good copy. "Swan Library Edition, Sept. 1931".

London: Printed for Richard Philips, 1804. Book. Good. Full Leather. Second Edition. 8vo. 'Second edition - With Considerable Additions and Corrections.' Three volumes; pp. vol. I: xxiii, [1], 504, [8 - index] with large folding, engraved plate of a lioness and her whelps; vol. II: [2], 554; vol. III: [2], 580. Contents vol. II quadrupeds, whales, birds; vol. III: amphibious animals, fishes, insects, worms. Contemporary half brown calf with marbled paper boards, red and black title labels to gilt decorated spine. Bindings good with a some rubbing to edges, several cracks to joints inconspicuously repaired and all boards firmly attached, light chipping to the heads of the spines and corners worn and bumped. Contents very good, clean and tight. Frontispiece to vol. 1 a little creased with several expert paper repairs to the underside. [Provenance: with the armorial bookplate and signature of Henry Birkbeck to the front end paper: Norfolk family of High House estate at West Acre, Norfolk,… Read More

Singapore: Singapore University Press, 1972. Book. Near Fine. Hardcover. First Edition. 8vo. Inscribed to Eric Hosking on the front free endpaper. 302 pages; colour & b/w illustrations. Original dust jacket very good, price clipped. Hard back binding fine. Contents clean and tight, neat inscription to Eric Hosking on the front free endpaper. A near fine copy in a near fine jacket..

London: Cassell and Company, Limited, 1922. Book. Very Good. Hardcover. First Edition. 8vo. pp. xii, 164 frontispieces numerus plates in photogravure. (Photographs by Cherry & Richard Kearton). Binding very good, bright gilt to spine and title in black to the front board. Contents clean and tight, a little fxing/ toning throughout but not effecting the plates, Bolton School bookplate to the front pastedown, prize inscription to the front free endpaper dated 1923 . A very good copy.

London: Temple Smith, 1984. Book. Fine. Paperback. Reprint. 8vo. 139 pages. Covers fine with minimal wear only. Contents clean and tight, no inscriptions. A fine copy, clean and bright..

London: Oliver & Boyd, 1955. Book. Near Fine. Hardcover. First Edition. 8vo. 391 pages, b/w frontispiece, b/w illustrations. Original dust jacket very good, some wear and chipping, now protected in a removable archival sleeve. Hard-back binding, fine. Contents clean and tight. A near fine copy with a very good dust jacket..

London: The Caxton Publishing Company, 1907. Book. Illus. by Charles Reid, Hugh Main and many More. Very Good. Hardcover. First Edition. 8vo. Fully Illustrated first edition [1908-13]. Complete in six volumes. Each volume with a colour frontispiece, numerous colour plates and and b/w plates, volume I, II, III, IV have colour overlay dissection models. Bound in the original publisher's green cloth, gilt lettering to the spine and front board, some decoration to boards, very good with just a little handling wear. Contents clean anf tight with just some spotting to the endpapers and half title, small stamp with previous owner's address, volume one has the bookplate from the private library of Eric Hosking, photographer..

Lyme Regis,: Serendip Fine Books, 1979. Book. Very Good. Soft cover. Signed by Author(s). First Edition. 8vo. Signed by Bob Young to Title Page. Just a little edge-wear. Contents clean and tight. A very good copy of this in-depth guide to the natural history of Box Hill..

Peoria, Illinois: J. W. Franks & Sons, 1884. Book. Very Good. Paperback. First Edition. Large 8vo. pp. 133, errata strip. Original very thin printed pink wrappers (none to the backK, good with some general wear and rubbing, a little chiped to edges and spine and a little dust soiled, partially cracked to front joint. Contents clean and tight, no inscriptions, a little edge-wear and a few corner tips bent over. For what is a fragile production, it is really very good. Scarce..

London: Carter Nash Cameron, 1978. Book. Illus. by Beningfield, Gordon. Fine. Hardcover. Signed by Author(s). First Edition Limited. Folio. pp.95, title page, contents, list of subscribers, forward by Robert Goodden, artist's introduction by Beningfield. A superb signed limited edition number 82 of 250. Complete with 20 tipped in colour plates by Beningfield printed by de Lange /van Leer, Holland, all very bright and clean without foxing or other marks, all edges gilt. Bound in half leather and contrasting textured cloth, gilt lettering to the spine, matching slip case, a little marked. Contents clean and bright, high quality heavy paper throughout with matching endpapers, signed by the author to the reverse of the title page, no foxing, no inscriptions, no handling wear. This is a superbly produced limited edition..

London: Frederick Warne and Co. Ltd., 1928. Book. Near Fine. Hardcover. First Edition, Eighth Impression. 12mo. 210 pages; numerous plates in full colour and b/w drawings. Original dust near fine, no loss or tears, spine a little toned, not price clipped, now protected in a clear removable archival sleeve . Hard back binding near fine, gilt on light blue textured cloth. Contents clean and tight, unmarked, no inscriptions. A near fine book in a near fine jacket..

London: Academic Press Inc, 1988. Book. Fine. Hardcover. Signed by Author(s). First Edition. 8vo. From the personal library of William Stearn, signed to the top of the front free endpaper. 242 pages. b/w illustrations throughout. Original dust jacket fine, not price-clipped. Hard back binding fine. Contents clean and tight, no marking. An interesting provenance. [Prof. William Stearn "doyen of British botanists" who wrote c. 500 papers and books, including the classic "Botanical Latin". He was an authority on Linnaeus and an expert on botanical illustration.].

London: Academic Press, 1970. Book. Fine. Paperback. First Edition. 8vo. Synopses of the British Fauna (New Series) No. 1. 92 pages, b/w illustrations. Covers fine and protected in a clear removable sleeve. Contents fine and tight, unmarked, no inscriptions. A fine copy that appears unread..

London: Academic Press, 1976. Book. Fine. Paperback. First Edition. 8vo. Synopses of the British Fauna (New Series) No. 6. 64 pages, b/w illustrations. Covers fine and protected in a clear removable sleeve. Contents fine and tight, unmarked, no inscriptions. A fine copy that appears unread..

London: Academic Press, 1974. Book. Fine. Paperback. First Edition. 8vo. Synopses of the British Fauna (New Series) No. 5. 64 pages, b/w illustrations. Covers fine and protected in a clear removable sleeve. Contents fine and tight, unmarked, no inscriptions. A fine copy that appears unread..

London: Printed by Order of the Trustees (British Museum), 1865. Book. Good. Hardback. First Edition. 8vo. pp. 365 + 25 plates. Original brown cloth binding with gilt lettering, good with light general wear and some rubbing, light chipping to head/tail of the spine. Contents good and tight, signature, plates toned with some foxing/spotting as usual. A good/very good copy..

London: Chapman and Hall, 1997. Book. Near Fine. Laminated Boards. Inscribed By the Author. First Edition. 8vo. A fine association copy with an inscription from the author, Peter Maitland to John Mitchell, New Naturalist author. 233 pages; b/w illustrations. Original laminated boards, fine. Contents clean and tight, a few spots to fore-edges, inscription from the author on the front free endpaper, from the library of John Mitchell and plate tipped into the pastedown. A near fine copy..

Derby: Bemrose & Sons, 1881. Book. Very Good. Hardcover. First Edition. 8vo. pp. 186; title page and frontispiece plate. Original green cloth binding, very good. Contents clean and tight, green endpapers not the original, no foxing, a few numbers in ink to the text within, no inscriptions. A very good book.

1878. Book. Illus. by Abbreviated. Fine. Paperback. Second Edition. 8vo. 127 pages. Covers fine. Contents clean and tight, unread, no inscriptions. A fine copy. This is an extraordinary copy that must have been put away and forgotten, it appears unread..