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LONDON, BELL AND DALDY,1870. THE SECOND (AND BEST EDITION). COMPLETE IN 6 OCTAVO VOLUMES. ORIGINAL BLIND-STAMPED GREEN CLOTH, GILT DECORATION TO FRONT BOARDS AND SPINES. 364 HAND-COLOURED PLATES (1 LACKING FROM VOLUME 4). SOME SPOTTED FOXING THROUGHOUT AND A COUPLE OF LOOSE PAGES, BUT OVERALL A GOOD TO VERY GOOD SET.

1861 ROUTLEDGE, WARNE AND ROUTLEDGE, LONDON. BEAUTIFUL COPY. HAS BEEN REBOUND. HALF LEATHER WITH MOTTLED COVER. ILLUSTRATED WITH ONE HUNDRED AND SEVENTY ENGRAVINGS BY DARRAUD, H. WEIR, ZWECKER, ETC. 1ST EDITION.

LONDON, WILLIAM MACKENZIE, [1879]. FIRST EDITION, FOLIO, TWO VOLUMES, 41 COLOURED LITHOGRAPHED PLATES. EACH SPECIES DRAWN FROM NATURE BY A F LYDON, PLUS NUMEROUS ENGRAVINGS. TISSUES GUARDS, OCCASIONAL MARKS, PUBLISHER'S RED BRICK CLOTH, OVER BEVELLED EDGED BOARDS, RUBBED AND STAINED. THE BINDING IS WEAK AND SO SOME PLATES ARE LOOSE. CONTENTS VERY GOOD, AS ARE THE PLATES, WITH THE EXCEPTION OF THE ONE ON LAMPREYS, WHICH HAS A SMALL WATER STAIN.

UNKNOWN, 1631. .......BEFORE THE RISING OF THE OTHOMAN FAMILIE WITH ALL THE NOTABLE EXPEDITIONS OF THE CHRISTIAN PRICES AGAINST THEM. THIS COPY LACKS A TITLE PAGE BUT A NOTE IN THE BOOK CLAIMS THE FOURTH EDITION, 1631. SMALL FOLIO, 1511 PAGES PLUS 'A BRIEF DISCOURSE ON THE GREATNESS OF THE TURKISH EMPIRE BY KNOLLES (15 PAGES), PLUS INDEX (INCOMPLETE). THE EARLY PAGES HAVE SOME LOSS TO THE EDGES WITH NO SIGNIFICANT LOSS OF TEXT, AND THESE HAVE BEEN RE-LAID AT SOME POINT. 34 ENGRAVED ILLUSTRATIONS. THE BINDING IS FULL LEATHER - POOR WITH LOSS TO THE SPINE AND WORMHOLES, BUT THE CONTENTS ARE GENERALLY GOOD, WITH THE DEFECTS DESCRIBED ABOVE TO THE EARLY PAGES. VERY SCARCE.

LONDON, CASSELL. A SUPER COPY, NEWLY REBOUND IN RED HALF-LEATHER OVER MAROON CLOTH, RAISED BANDS, GILT TITLES ON BLACK LABELS, NEW MARBLED ENDPAPERS, ELABORATE GILT DESIGN TO SPINE PANELS. NO DATE BUT CIRCA 1890. WITH 50 FULL COLOUR PLATES FROM PAINTINGS BY J W LUDLOW AND MANY OTHER ILLUSTRATIONS IN THE TEXT. EXTRA POSTAGE WILL BE REQUIRED.

LONDON, FOR THE AUTHOR, 1736. THE SECOND AND BETTER EDITION, WITH ADDITIONS. PRINTED FOR THE AUTHOR, AND FOR JOSEPH AMES AND PETER THOMSON, AND SOLD AT THE GOLDEN BALL IN PATERNOSTER ROW. QUARTO, MODERN SCARLET FULL-LEATHER RE-BINDING, GILT TITLES AND DECORATIONS, RAISED BANDS, NEW ENDPAPERS. FRONTISPIECE OF THE AUTHOR LAID DOWN AS IS THE TITLE PAGE. PLUS 25 PLATES, OTHER ILLUS. IN THE TEXT. INCLUDES A COLLECTION OF PAPERS, RECORDS REFERRED TO IN THE FOREGOING HISTORY .... pp. viii, 204, 124. AN EXCELLENT COPY, CLEAN AND TIGHT IN AN ATTRACTIVE QUALITY BINDING.

LONDON, LONGMANS, GREEN, 1920. FIRST EDITION, TWO VOLUMES COMPLETE, LARGE QUARTO, VERY HANDSOMELY BOUND IN HALF RED MOROCCO OVER RED CLOTH, RAISED BANDS, GILT TITLES AND DECORATIONS TO SPINE, T.E.G. WITH 50 COLOUR PLATES AND PEN AND INK SKETCHES IN THE TEXT. SOME SCUFFING OF THE LEATHER TO THE EDGE OF ONE BOARD. A VERY GOOD AND HANDSOME, CLEAN SET. POSTAGE AT COST.

1993 COLLINS, LONDON. 1ST EDITION. FINE COPY IN FINE DUSTWRAP. NUMBER 79 IN THE NEW NATURALIST SERIES. PLEASE CALL FOR FURTHER DESCRIPTION.

EDINBURGH, DAVID DOUGLAS, 1897. FIRST EDITION, 4 VOLUMES. FOLIO. VERY GOOD CONDITION IN HALF LEATHER BINDING BY CHARLES DAY OF LONDON. ILLUSTRATED BY THE CAMERA BY OSWIN A J LEE. EACH VOLUME HAS 40 FULL SIZE BLACK AND WHITE PLATES OF BIRDS, THEIR EGGS AND NESTS AND VIGNETTES BY THE AUTHOR. SOME WEAR TO THE LEATHER AND THE SPINE OF VOLUME 2 IS SLIGHTLY SPLIT. INTERNALLY AN EXCEPTIONALLY CLEAN SET. A SCARCE ITEM.

LONDON, EDWARD LLOYD, 1896. FIRST EDITION. TWO VOLUMES IN ONE. HANDSOMELY RE-BOUND IN QUARTER LEATHER, NEW ENDPAPERS, COLOUR PLATES, FRESH, TIGHT AND CLEAN.

LONDON, ROUTLEDGE, WARNE, 1861-3. THREE QUARTO VOLUMES FINELY REBOUND IN QUARTER RED LEATHER OVER RED CLOTH, NEW END PAPERS, BLACK AND RED LEATHER TITLE LABELS, RAISED BANDS. THE VOLUMES ARE: BIRDS, 786 pp; REPTILES, FISHES AND INSECTS, 804 pp; MAMMALIA, 796 pp. PROFUSELY ILLUSTRATED THROUGHOUT, WITH NEW DESIGNS BY WOLF, ZWECKER, WEIR....ENGRAVED BY THE BROTHER DALZIEL. SOME FOXING TO THE EARLY PAGES OF TWO VOLUMES, BUT A VERY GOOD SET, FIRM, IN FINE BINDINGS. EXTRA POSTAGE WILL BE REQUIRED.

MENSTON, THE SCOLAR PRESS, 1973. THE FACSIMILIE EDITION OF THE FIRST EDITON OF 1789. A FINE COPY, QUARTO, RECENTLY REBOUND BY SOTHERAN IN HALF LEATHER OVER ORANGE CLOTH, TEG, RAISED BANDS, MARBLED ENDPAPERS. ILLUSTRATED WITH ENGRAVINGS. BOOKPLATE ON FEP. A VERY HANDSOME COPY. EXTRA POSTAGE OVERSEAS.

YORK, FOR THE AUTHOR BY G. PEACOCK LONDON. 1790. FIRST EDITION. HALF LEATHER OVER MARBLED BOARDS. BOARDS AND LEATHER VERY WORN. SOME LOSS AT BOTTOM OF LEATHER SPINE. SOME DAMP STAINING TO ENDPAPERS AND TO FINAL 20 PAGES, OTHERWISE CLEAN. NO LIST OF SUBCRIBERS. ALTHOUGH BINDING ON THE WHOLE IS TIGHT, PAGES 3 TO 6 ARE LOOSE. A NOTE OF THE FEP SUGGESTS THE BOOK WAS BOUND 1835 AND NO 7 OF 91,EX HARTWELL LIBRARY. ILLUSTRATED BY FINE LINE DRAWINGS. 5 PLATES, INCLUDING 3 FOLD OUT PLANS OF HEATED GREENHOUSES. INDEX. A SCARCE BOOK AT A REALISTIC PRICE.

LONDON, COTES, 1610. FIRST EDITION, TWO VOLUMES. RECENTLY PROFESSIONALLY RESTORED AND RE-BOUND IN FULL CALF, RAISED BANDS AND GILT TITLES, NEW ENDPAPERS. HENCE A VERY ATTRACTIVE AND TIGHT SET. A NUMBER OF (MISSING) PAGES HAVE BEEN BY REPLACED BY FACSIMILIES, INCLUDING THE TITLE PAGE AND PRELIMS. OF VOLUME 1. PAGES 1631 TO 1648 ARE BOUND IN AFTER FINIS. THE INDEX (PAGES 1689 TO 17550 ARE PHOTOCOPIES. WITH NUMEROUS (OVER 2000) WOODCUTS IN THE TEXT. VOLUME 1, 874 pp, VOLUME TO 875 TO 1688, PLUS INDEX TO PAGE 1755. IN SUMMARY: A LOVELY BINDING OF A COMPLETE COPY BUT WITH MANY FACSIMILIE PAGES.

LONDON, ADAM ISLIP, JOICE NORTON, RICHARD WHITTAKERS, 1663. SECOND EDITION, ENLARGED AND AMENDED BY THOMAS JOHNSON. FOLIO, RECENTLY RESTORED AND REBOUND IN FULL LEATHER, WITH RAISED BANDS, RED AND GILT LABEL, NEW ENDPAPERS AND PRELIMS. MANY WOODCUTS IN THE TEXT. DURING THE RESTORATION SOME OF THE PAGES HAVE BEEN REPLACED WITH PHOTOCOPIES. THESE INCLUDE: THE TITLE PAGE AND THE ONE FOLLOWING, 5 PAGES IN THE TEXT, 1 IN THE INDEX, 6 IN THE TABLES OF VIRTUE, AND THE ERRATA PAGE. THE BOOK APPEARS COMPLETE AND INCLUDES: TITLE PAGES, DEDICATIONS, PREFACE FROM THE FIRST EDITION, GREETINGS TO THE READER, CATALOGUE OF ADDITIONS, THE HISTORY (1630 PAGES), INDEX, TABLE OF ENGLISH NAMES, SUPPLEMENT, BRITISH NAMES, TABLE OF VIRTUES ,ERRATA. SOME PAGES EDGES PROFESSIONALLY RESTORED, SOME EVIDENCE OF DAMP STAINING, BUT A VERY GOOD HANDSOME COPY OF THIS SCARCE WORK. THE BOOK WEIGHS 5.4 Kg.