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Natural history: a - gGeology, Medicine, Science, Cookery, Sport and Pastimes
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Second edition, 8vo, xvi, 334, (2 advertisement) pp, hand coloured engraved title (plate I) and 6 hand coloured folding plates, plate II torn and repaired - quarter inch strip lacking and laid down, slightly affecting main body of image, marbled endpapers and boards, later quarter morocco, edges worn. £650 One of the main exponents of gas lighting, who was appointed as one of the engineers to the London Chartered Gaslight and Coke Company in 1810. “...the prompt adoption of this mode of lighting in London and other large cities was greatly due to his ‘Practical Treatise on Gas Light,’ which was published in London in 1815...” (DNB).
Large 8vo, 2 pp, 3-19 ff, 20-29 pp. Engraved title and 18 coloured plates, a few spots to early leaves. Original cloth backed boards, title replicated to the upper board, some light wear otherwise a very good copy. £125 First published in 1816.
First edition, 8vo, 218 pp. 8 pages of colour photographs plus black and white illustrations in the text. Cloth, d.w., not price clipped, a fine copy. £250 New Naturalist series no. 93.
First edition, 8vo, 143, (1) pp. 20 black and white photographic plates. Cloth, d.w. with a further photographic illustration to upper wrapper, spine browned, some light soiling, a very good copy. £60
Large 8vo, (ii), 988 pp, with 27 fine hand coloured plates of plants and fruit, 5 double page, plus engraved plates and vignettes in the text, spotting to some plates, contemporary brown half morocco, extremities worn, head of upper joint cracked. £200
8vo, 419, (3) pp. Numerous illustrations, including 24 colour plates. Original wrappers, upper hinge cracked but sound, some wear and soiling. £80
Two volumes, 4to. 14 coloured plates and 2 folding maps. Cloth, d.w.’s with a further coloured illustration to upper wrapper, a couple of minor tears and light soiling, very good. £175
First edition, 2 volumes. Signature to fly leaves and upper covers. Original cloth backed printed boards, some light browning and marks, very good. £150 A collection of talks given by an international group of academics, including lectures on probability, Fortran and other modes of programming, speech recognition, learning in animals and medical applications.
Folio, (iv) pp, followed by 6 double page meteorological charts of Russia. Minor browning to edges, ink stamps of the Royal Society of Edinburgh to the paste down and title page. Later cloth, a few marks. £125 b - Back to top
First edition, 12mo, lvi, 327, (1) pp. Folding map. Original green cloth, spine very slight rubbed otherwise a near fine copy. £100 Freeman 137.
Third edition, 12mo, (xii), 200 [mispaginated as 198], (16), 111, (9) pp, engraved frontispiece and 6 smaller examples of game positions, signature on title, a very good copy in 18th century calf, gilt decorated spine, joints a little cracked, small piece missing from corner of upper cover. £350 A well-preserved copy of this scarce gaming book, with the rules laid out and many chapters on tactics.
Limited edition, one of 220 copies, 4to, (iv), 16, (4) pp. 6 engravings. Quarter cloth, patterned boards, a fine copy. £95 An essay originally published in 1625.
First edition, 8vo, (viii), 118 pp. Frontispiece plus 8 plates showing 12 photographs, 6 diagrams in the text. Original stiff card covers, a little soiled, corners and spine with some wear, fine illustration of the Author and the French aviator Roger Sommer in a biplane on upper cover. £100 In 1909 Bacon, with Roger Sommer piloting, became the first Englishwoman to fly and this book contains an account of that trip. The cover is said to be the first illustration of a woman in an aeroplane.
First edition, large 8vo, x, 138, 16 advertisement pp. 21 lithographed plates with tissue guards, 18 hand coloured, 2 bookplates to paste down. Original blind stamped cloth, gilt vignette to upper cover, spine and edges faded, top of upper joint splitting but sound. £200 Nissen 58. Pritzel 320. Freeman 149.
Two volumes, tenth impression and ninth edition revised respectively, 8vo pp. Frontispieces and 15 plates plus other illustrations in the text. Original decorated brown cloth, very slight bumping to extremities otherwise a very good bright set. £165
First edition, 8vo, xiv, 484 pp, 12 plates plus numerous illustrations in the text, occasional foxing, in the original brown cloth, extremities slightly rubbed. £105
Third edition, 8vo, xiv, 429, (1) pp, 11 plates and 52 text illustrations, some light spots, inscription dated 1977 on half title, fly leaf removed, original decorated brown cloth, spine very slightly rubbed. £45
8vo, xii, 348 pp. 52 photographic plates, small mark to the inner margin of the title and tissue to the frontispiece, occasional spots or light marginal browning, later signature to fly leaf. Original decorative brown cloth, slight rubbing to extremities, a very good copy. £40
First edition, 4to, (xxiv), 146 pp, with 76 coloured plates showing 761 birds, some light marginal foxing, bookplate, original cloth, spine and corners rubbed. £50
First edition, 8vo, 160 pp. Photographic illustrations in both colour and black and white plus drawings by Chris Turnball. Cloth, d.w., not price clipped, a fine copy. £80
First edition, large 8vo, 160 pp. Photographic illustrations in both colour and black and white. Cloth, d.w., price clipped, a near fine copy. £80
Fourth edition, “with an additional plate of the Solar Microscope” , 8vo, (ii), xvi, 311, (13 Index) pp. 15 mostly folding plates plus a folding table, copious manuscript observations in an 18th century hand to front and rear endpapers plus annotations throughout. Contemporary speckled calf, some light wear, recently rebacked with a black spine label. £350 First published 1742.
First edition, 12 volumes, 4to. 397 coloured plates with captioned tissues. Cloth, d.w.’s, typed label to the spine of volume II showing the species therein, labels removed from volumes I, III, IV and V, a few light marks otherwise a very good set. £400
First edition, 2 volumes, 8vo. 30 coloured and 24 black and white plates plus illustrations in the text. Cloth, d.w.’s, price clipped, some minor edgewear otherwise a very good set. £150
First edition, 12mo, (iv), 94, (1 advertisement, 1, 8 Index) pp, with 4 folding maps, of Europe, Asia, America and Africa, with minor loss to the upper corner throughout and to the covers as well, without loss to text, bound in the original paper boards, much of spine lacking, but sound with the original printed label. £60 Freeman 212.
Fifth edition, 8vo, viii, 352 pp, 191 text figures, bookplate of Philip Gosse, 1879-1959, Naturalist and writer and grandson of his more famous namesake, very good in the original cloth, a little rubbed. £45
Second edition, large 8vo, xvi, 766 pp. 20 plates, including 12 chromolithographs, 7 of these with tissue overlays, some light marginal browning, frontispiece recto spotted. Original quarter leather, some light rubbing, a very good copy. £200 An acclaimed book of gemology and mineralogy.
First edition, 8vo, 200 pp. Wood engraved illustrations, signature to fly leaf, another name and address to paste down, remains of a Boots Library label to rear paste down. Original cloth, further label to foot of upper cover, extremities a little worn. Surprisingly scarce. £225
First edition, 8vo, (vi), 281, (1) pp. Black and white engravings, map endpapers. Original green cloth, spine sunned. £30
First edition, 4to, (xii), 244 pp. 16 coloured plates plus black and white sketched chapter headings, contemporary inscription to fly leaf. Original gilt titled cloth, spine slightly faded, some light marks. £75
First edition, 8vo, (x), 198 pp, with illustrations by the Author, cloth, slight discolouration to spine ends, d.w., chipped with some soiling. £40
8vo, 58, (2) pp. Printed wrappers, slightly faded. £60 A modern facsimile of a very scarce pamphlet originally published in 1835.
Folio, (ii) pp, followed by 28 plates in landscape format, including 13 of apparatus, 6 graphs and 6 maps, light marginal damp staining to one corner of 10 plates. Original boards, spine lacking, covers loose. £200
First edition, 8vo, 270 pp. 8 colour plates. Cloth, d.w., a fine copy. £160 New Naturalist series no. 87.
Fifth English edition, 12mo, xii, 260, (4 advertisement) pp, with one engraved plate, some light foxing throughout, bound in the original boards, joints cracked but sound, loss to ends of spine. £125 The Author was part of the Vienna School of Ophthalmology, established in 1773, which was the foundation of the modern science. Welcome II p130.
First edition, 8vo, xxxix, (i), 1112 pp. Frontispiece, coloured second title and 12 coloured plates showing 47 dishes, plus a duplicate of the plate at page 513 bound in one leaf further on, some generally light foxing throughout, minor damp staining to the frontispiece and second title, outer edges of early leaves slightly bumped, marbled endpapers. Contemporary half morocco, marbled sides, gilt decorated spine with a maroon label, some wear to extremities and spine but otherwise a good sound copy. £1300 Perhaps the most famous cookery book of all. Endlessly reprinted to the present day, Mrs Beeton has become a byword for straightforward and wholesome cookery despite her death in 1865 at only 28.
BELL, Adrian. Men and the Fields. With Drawings and Lithographs by John Nash. London: B.T. Batsford (1939). First edition, 8vo, (iv), 155, (1) pp. Coloured frontispiece plus black and white illustrations in the text. Cloth, striking d.w. also by Nash, some minor rubbing to extremities, a very good copy. £40
Second edition, 8vo, xvi, 223, (1) pp, with a double page coloured geological map, ink stamps of the South-West Essex Technical College to the lower corner of the title page and some other text leaves, accession numbers to spine, later endpapers, original green cloth, rebacked retaining most of the original backstrip. £40
Fourth edition, 8vo, iii-xvi, 368 pp, bound without the half title. 53 wood engravings in the text after drawings by the Author, contemporary inscription on fly leaf, armorial bookplate on paste down, a few spots. Contemporary green morocco, joints and corners rubbed, covers with both ruled and decorative gilt borders, spine with raised bands and further gilt decoration, a.e.g., a very good copy. £195 Originally published in 1833 as the fourth Bridgewater Treatise. Bell was the first to make the distinction between motor and sensory nerves. Wellcome II p136.
First edition, 8vo, (viii), 483, (1, 13 advertisement, 1) pp. Frontispiece and a few illustrations plus 196 diagrams with accompanying text, edges of early leaves a little rubbed, outer edge of pp481/2 subtly repaired. Original gilt titled green cloth, a.e.g., rebacked retaining the original backstrip. £175
First edition, 8vo, (xii), 580 pp. Illustrations throughout, mostly in colour. Cloth, d.w., not price clipped, a fine copy. £120 New Naturalist series no. 98.
First edition, 8vo, xxxvi, 324, (24), 24 advertisement pp, 24 lithographic plates, all but one in colour, later bookplate, partly unopened in the original cloth, light discolouration of lower cover else an excellent well preserved copy. £100 Nissen 147. Pritzel 687. Freeman 294.
First edition, 8vo, 350 pp. 12 plates, 4 in colour. Buckram, d.w., price clipped, spine slightly sunned, a very good copy. £75 New Naturalist series no. 61.
Two volumes, 8vo, xxxix, (iii), xxxvi, 374, (4); xxiii, (i), 406, (2) pp. Numerous wood engravings, contemporary inscriptions to titles - one partly erased, later inscriptions to fly leaves. Original gilt titled green cloth, rather worn with some marks, loss to top of spine of volume II, lower joint of volume torn. £150
Small 8vo, (2 advertisement), (xx), 129, (3), 97, (3), 131, (2), 118, xxviii Index, (7), 6-17, 3 advertisement pp. Black and white illustrations, hinges cracking. Original gilt titled cloth, spine marked and dull, some light wear to extremities. £45 First published 1888.
First edition, 8vo, lxviii, (4), 167, (1 advertisement) pp. Contemporary speckled calf, covers with a panel of light colour calf and blind stamped borders and cornerpieces, spine with a red morocco label, slight cracking to the ends of the lower joint else a lovely bright copy. £375 Physician to King William, and later Queen Anne, Blackmore is perhaps better known for his literary and theological endeavours. This is one of a number of medical treatises he wrote in the last years of his life.
Fourth edition, small 8vo, 218 pp. 10 hand coloured plates, including 8 of chickens, plus 19 woodcuts in the text, slight cracking to upper hinge. Original gilt titled green cloth, top of spine a little worn, some other minor rubbing. £150
First edition, 2 volumes, 8vo. 64 coloured plates, some foxing to first and last few leaves only. Original grey-blue cloth, marked, spines faded. £75
First edition, large 8vo, xii, 334pp, with 12 hand coloured plates and 16 further illustrations, original gilt titled green cloth, hunting vignette in gilt and black to upper cover, covers damp stained, t.e.g. £85
First edition, 8vo, (xxxii), 304 pp. 47 colour and 32 black and white plates plus 61 illustrations in the text. Buckram, somewhat faded, d.w., price clipped, a little browned and soiled. £75 New Naturalist series no. 14.
Two volumes, 12mo, with 320 coloured lithographed plates, a few slightly frayed to edges, gilt decorated endpapers, original gilt titled green cloth, extremities rubbed, t.e.g. £100
8vo, iv, 324 pp. Engraved title and 14 fine hand coloured plates, some very light foxing. Contemporary half calf, marbled sides, slightly rubbed. £100
8vo, iv, 331, (1) pp. Engraved title and 15 fine hand coloured plates, a few with some staining. Contemporary half calf, marbled sides, slightly worn. £100
Second edition, 8vo, 86, iv, (4) pp, signature on title, offset on blank opposite, original red cloth with bevelled edges, extremities rubbed, a few marks, a.e.g. £80
Third edition, 8vo, (xii), 355, (1), 38, (2) advertisement pp. Graphs and tables, several folding. Original gilt titled blue cloth, slight wear to top of spine, one small dent to lower cover. £40
First edition, 8vo, xvi, 278, (2 advertisement) pp. 32 colour and 32 black and white plates. Buckram, d.w., price clipped, spine ends and corners with some closed tears and browning from old tape repairs, slight loss to one corner. £80 New Naturalist series no. 9.
Facsimile reprint of the first edition of 1661, small 8vo, (xx), 442, (2) pp, maroon quarter morocco, some minor discolouration of the cloth sides otherwise fine. £75 A landmark work in the advancement in the science of Chemistry. Printing and the Mind of Man 141.
First edition, 8vo, 320 pp. Black and white photographic illustrations. Cloth, d.w. with some browning, loss to the spine ends, small tear to the top edge of the lower wrapper. £40
First edition, small 8vo, 181, (1, 16 advertisement) pp. Original cloth, slight fading to spine else a fine copy. £100 A polemic upon the hardships inherent in farming, the first published work by the famous detective fiction writer.
KIDD, John. On the Adaption of External Nature to the Physical Condition of Man. WHEWELL, William. Astronomy and General Physics Considered... BELL, Sir Charles. The Hand. ROGET, Peter Mark. Animal and Vegetable Physiology. BUCKLAND, Rev. William. Geology and Mineralogy. KIRBY, Rev. William. On the Power, Wisdom and Goodness of God as Manifested in the Creation of Animals... PROUT, William. Chemistry, Meteorology and the Function of Digestion... London: William Pickering 1833-7. Eight works in twelve volumes, being first editions of Chalmers, Roget, Kirby (2 volumes each) and Prout, second editions of Kidd, Whewell and Buckland (2 volumes) and the fourth edition of Bell, 8vo. Volume II of Buckland with 87 plates, many folding and including a fine double page folding plate of strata, Kirby with 20 plates, Prout with a hand coloured folding map, plus some illustrations in the text. Owner’s inscription to the first text page in volume I, marbled endpapers and edges, armorial bookplates of John Rushout, Lord Northwick, some occasional light foxing. Contemporary full calf, double gilt rules, gilt spines with brown and green morocco labels, the final volume with a couple of small scuff marks to the lower cover otherwise a handsome set. £1250 A famous collection named after Francis Henry Egerton, Earl of Bridgewater, who had left £8,000 in his will to pay for essays on “The Power, Wisdom, and Goodness of God as manifested in the Creation”, the authors being selected by the President of the Royal Society. Several, in particular Buckland’s summary of the young science of Geology, became important works.
Second edition, 8vo, (xiv), 304, (2) pp. 4 colour and 32 black and white plates. Cloth, d.w., not price clipped, spine and inner part of upper wrapper sunned. £75 New Naturalist series no. 38.
Sixth edition, 8vo, 384 pp. Engraved illustrations, marks from a paperclip to the top margin of a couple of pages, small ink stamp to fly leaf. Original brown cloth, spine ends and tops of joints worn. £40
First edition, 4to, xii, 158, (2) pp, frontispiece and numerous black and white photographic illustrations as well as diagrams of manoeuvres, original gilt titled buckram, marked and rubbed, t.e.g. £120 The very scarce first edition of a book published several times later in America. No copy located in any major Library.
First edition, large 8vo, (viii), 248 pp. Numerous colour illustrations. Cloth, d.w., a fine copy. £40
First edition, 8vo, 32 pp. A few spots. Original printed wrappers, sewn as issued, edges slightly creased. £50
First edition, 8vo, (xiv), 400 pp. 16 black and white plates. Buckram, d.w., not price clipped, but with the original publisher’s plastic covering wrinkled to the upper flap, causing creasing to the foot of the flap, spine a little sunned. £40 New Naturalist series no. 60.
Three volumes, large 8vo, with 14 fine chromolithographed plates and 19 coloured maps and charts, plus a photographic plate, a few spots, otherwise a fine set bound in recent navy blue half morocco, patterned blue cloth sides, gilt banded spines with red morocco labels. £200 The striking plates include representations of the Aurora Borealis and views in the Antarctic, while the charts and maps include those showing distributions of plant life, salinity and the geological formations.
Nineteenth edition, 8vo, xliv, 750, (2 advertisement) pp. Contemporary signature to paste down. Contemporary calf, rather worn, rebacked retaining the original black spine label. £125 First printed in 1769, it was the first work of its kind to appear in Britain. This edition was the final one printed in the Author’s lifetime.
Second edition, 8vo, (x), 414, (6) pp, with a photographic frontispiece of the Author holding a large fish and 16 engravings in the text, light spotting to early leaves, original grey cloth, spine and lower cover marked, remains of a small label to spine. £75 A prolific writer on natural history, particularly fishing, Buckland’s enthusiasm and energy captured a huge audience for his newspaper articles.
Two volumes, being volumes III and IV only (of 4), 8vo, with 49 coloured plates and 6 monochrome plates, ex-Library copies with labels and some ink stamps, though not to plates, original blind stamped cloth, gilt motif on upper cover, slight fading of spines. £50 Freeman 573.
Volume XIX only (of 20), 8vo, (iv), vi, (ii), 514 pp. 39 (of 40) plates, all of birds and free of foxing, half title detached. Contemporary calf, worn, covers detached, small parts of the spine lacking. £150
Limited edition, one of 750 copies, small 4to, 320 pp. 127 black and white photographs and illustrations, label removed from paste down. Original red cloth, one small mark otherwise very good. £150
First edition, large 8vo, 320 pp. 127 black and white illustrations and diagrams, signature to paste down. Cloth, d.w., not price clipped, with some light edgewear, small mark to spine. £280
BURTON, John. A Treatise on the Non-Naturals. In which the Great Influence They have on Human Bodies [is] Set forth, and Mechanically accounted [for]. To which is subjoin’d, A Short Essay on the Chin-Cough: with a New Method of treating that Obstinate Distemper. York 1738. First edition, 8vo, xxiii, (1), 367, (1) pp. Signatures to title, one partly removed affecting a couple of the printed words, modern owner’s ink stamp to fly leaf. Contemporary calf, recently rebacked with a red label, some repair to corners also. £400 Burton lists the non-naturals as “1. Air; 2. Meat and Drink; 3. Exercise and Rest; 4. Sleep and Waking; 5. Things retain’d, that should be excreted; and too great an Excretion of what shou’d be retain’d; 6. Affections of the Mind.”, and examines the effect of climate and diet on the body. “Chin-cough” is a contemporary term for whooping cough. Wellcome II p277.
4to, (x), 105, (1) pp. 24 plates with tissues, showing 475 eggs, the tissue to the frontispiece torn with a couple of small pieces stuck to the inner part of the title, small tear to fly leaf, title page loose, but with all the plates in fine condition. Original gilt titled two tone cloth, spine with a small mark, ends worn. £250 c - Back to top
Folio, (16) pp, with 12 coloured plates, pictorial wrappers, a fine copy. £40 The plates illustrate (3 per sport) Fox Hunting, Fishing, Racing and Shooting and are taken from the first half of the 19th century, including 8 by Henry Alken.
Extracted from Philosophical Transactions.
CANDOLLE, M. de. Mémoire sur les Différentes Especes, Races et Varietés de Choux et de Raiforts Cultivés en Europe. Paris: Madame Huzard 1822. 8vo, 55, (1) pp. Uncut in the original wrappers, sewn as issued, some marks and browning, later paper strengthening to spine. £75
First edition, 12mo, xviii, 194 pp, with 4 partly coloured plates showing microscope slides, signature, crossed out, on fly leaf, original gilt decorated and blind stamped red cloth, spine ends and joints rubbed, otherwise a very good copy £75 Freeman 668.
Second edition, 8vo, xxiv, 370, (2) pp. One folding table plus numerous illustrations in the text, some minor foxing. Contemporary sheep, marbled sides, maroon spine label, some wear, foot of upper joint starting but sound. £90 Freeman 666. First published 1843.
First edition, 8vo, 224 pp, with 19 plates at the end, marbled endpapers, internally fine, in the original publishers black morocco, spine sunned, edges worn, a.e.g. £60
First edition, 8vo, 219, (5) pp. Black and white illustrations in the text. Cloth, d.w., not price clipped, a fine copy. £900 New Naturalist series no. 79.
Large 8vo, 325, (3) pp with some black and white illustrations and a 4 page poem printed on art paper, cloth, d.w., a fine copy. £50 Text in French.
Six volumes, being the second edition of the four volume dictionary, the Supplement and a later revised reprint of the Supplement, 4to. Numerous illustrations throughout. Cloth, d.w.’s, all but the final volume with some browning and wear to the tops of the spines. £95
Miniature book, covers measuring 50 x 70 mm, (viii), 333, (1, 18 advertisement) pp. Small ink stain to the fore edge. Original gilt titled green limp cloth, some light wear. £75
First London Edition, 8vo, xxii, 458, (xii Index) pp, with numerous illustrations from contemporary sources, portraits and photographs &c., some finger and other marks, inscriptions and library label on half title, front fly leaf removed, original cloth. £30
First edition, 4to, 147, (1) pp. Black and white illustrations, marbled endpapers, Prize label of the Nautical College, Pangbourne. Quarter dark blue calf, blue cloth sides, t.e.g., slight marking and fading of spine otherwise a very good copy. £40
8vo, (vi), 84, (36 blank) pp. 4 folding coloured maps, 2 partially torn and repaired, but lacking the 13 photographs usually found at the end. Gilt titled cloth, rubbed, neatly rebacked. £65
Fourth printing, 8vo, xxii, 581, (1) pp, a few illustrations in the text, signature on fly leaf, cloth, d.w., lightly browned, with price clipped from upper flap. £40
First edition, 8vo, xii, 563, (1) pp, portrait, bound by Frost in green half calf with matching cloth sides, gilt panelled spine with morocco labels, t.e.g., a lovely copy. £65 Combe (1797-1847) was a Scottish physiologist and phrenologist of considerable reputation. He published a number of medical works and was a firm believer in enlisting the aid of patients in furthering their own cures.
First edition, 8vo, (xviii), 238 pp. 4 colour and 24 black and white plates, brief inscription to fly leaf. Buckram, some fading, offsetting from the wrapper to the foot of the spine, d.w., price clipped, spine slightly sunned. £60 New Naturalist Series no. 47.
Second impression, 4to, (xii), 161, (3) pp. 13 plates - 3 in colour plus 38 illustrations in the text, later endpapers. Original green cloth, some marks, spine faded. £75
First edition, 3 volumes (Supplement one volume), 8vo, with in all 199 coloured and partly coloured plates, pp 129-48 detached in the Supplement, 2 volumes bound in contemporary maroon half calf, slightly worn, spines a little sunned with gilt raised bands and morocco labels, Supplement bound in the original green cloth, gilt spine still bright. £325 Freeman 794.
First edition, 8vo, (x), 246, (4) pp. 8 black and white photographic plates. Cloth, d.w. with some marks and slight loss to the lower edge. £45
Third edition, 8vo, (xvi), 340 pp, 16 plates, some foxing throughout, Prize label of Manchester Grammar School on front blank, marbled endpapers, bound in a Prize binding of green full morocco, gilt ruled and decorative borders to covers, gilt spine with raised bands, faded, a.e.g. £40 Freeman 821.
First edition, 8vo, xiv, (2), 348 pp. 20 plates. Original gilt titled cloth, spine ends worn, lower joint cracked but sound. £45 US Geological Survey, Miscellaneous Publications vol. VIII.
First edition, large 8vo, vi, xvi, 800 pp. 64 fine chromolithographs, a few with faint damp staining to the top margin, frontispiece with some foxing, upper hinge cracking. Original cloth, dull and rubbed, marbled edges. £100
Twelfth thousand, 8vo, 31, (1), 8 advertisement pp. Frontispiece and illustrations throughout. Original gilt titled purple limp cloth, spine and edges somewhat faded. £400 Drazin A12b.
8vo, (xxiv), 305, (1, 38 Indices) pp. Browning and old underlining throughout, outer edge of the title laid down with loss, some wear to the edges of the other preliminaries, final leaf cut down with slight loss of text. Recent full calf, green spine label. £600 An initially controversial translation of a work that the Royal College of Physicians would have preferred to remain in Latin, with Culpeper’s own notes added in, which proved massively influential in the development of British medicine. Wing C7532. Wellcome II p414. First published 1649. d - Back to top
First edition, 8vo, (xvi), 303, (1) pp. 32 colour and 32 black and white plates, owner’s inscription to fly leaf. Buckram, slightly faded, d.w., not price clipped, spine browned with some light wear to ends otherwise very good. £30 New Naturalist series no. 6.
First edition, 8vo, (xviii), 438 pp, frontispiece, double page map and 108 tables and illustrations, buckram, d.w., spine browned with slight wear to ends. £50
First edition thus, 8vo, (xvi), 336 pp. 4 colour and 24 black and white plates. Buckram, d.w., not price clipped, a couple of minor marks to the lower wrapper otherwise fine. £50 New Naturalist series no. 6. Originally published in 1947 as “Natural History in the Highlands & Islands”.
First edition, 8vo, 196 pp. 4 plates. Cloth, d.w., not price clipped, some tears and creasing. £50 A biography of one of the great golfers. Donovan & Murdoch 14130.
First edition, 4to, (xvi), 312 pp, coloured frontispiece, 4 other coloured plates plus black and white photographic illustrations, folding map of the Old Course at St. Andrews, signs of a large label removed from paste down, buckram, light marks to upper cover, d.w., creased, slight loss to top of spine. £80
Limited edition, no. 1,245 of 1,500 copies, 4to, (xx), 362, (2) pp, green quarter morocco, gilt spine, faded to brown, slipcase, a very good copy. £100
8vo, xix, (1), 1031, (1, 2 advertisement) pp. 78 illustrations in the text. Original light green cloth, slight wear to top of spine, lower cover marked. £80 Freeman 1008.
Second edition, 15th thousand, 8vo, xvi, 693, (1), 32 advertisement pp. 78 illustrations in the text, some foxing to early leaves. Original dark green cloth, a little wear to extremities, top of lower joint with a small tear. £175 Freeman 955.
Third thousand, 8vo, xxiv, 352 pp, marbled endpapers and edges, mostly unopened and bound in later brown half morocco, gilt banded spines with gilt flowers, t.e.g., a fine copy. £250 Freeman 1281.
Second edition, 8vo, viii, 487, (1) pp, tables in the text, marbled endpapers and sides, mostly unopened, bound in later brown half morocco, gilt banded spines with gilt flowers, t.e.g., some very minor rubbing else near fine. £275 Freeman 1251.
Third edition, 8vo, (xiv), 648 pp. 2 folding maps and 5 folding plates, including a hand coloured geological section, marbled endpapers and sides. Contemporary dark green half morocco, spine faded to brown, t.e.g. £300 Originally published 1842-6 in 3 volumes - Coral Reefs, Volcanic Islands and South America. Freeman 282.
First American edition, 8vo, x, 462, (8 advertisement) pp, 30 woodcuts in the text, light marginal browning, owner’s signature and bookplate of same on front endpapers, later owner’s ink stamp on paste down, original brown cloth, some wear to extremities. £250 Printed from stereos of and in the same year as the London first edition. Freeman 1220.
8vo, (xii), 500 pp. Portrait frontispiece. Recent dark green quarter morocco, black spine label, an excellent copy. £175 “It is impossible to overrate the influence of the voyage on Darwin's career: it was both his education and his opportunity. He left England untried and almost uneducated for science, he returned a successful collector, a practised and brilliant geologist, and with a wide general knowledge of zoology gained at first hand in many parts of the world” (DNB). The lessons learnt and specimens taken around the world led directly to “The Origin of Species” 20 years later. Freeman 83.
“New Edition from the sixth English edition”, 8vo, xxi, (1), 458 pp. Folding plate, light marginal browning throughout. Original russet cloth, some light rubbing otherwise a very good copy. £450 Freeman 404.
Sixth edition, 28th thousand, 8vo, xxi, (1), 458 pp. Folding plate, outer edge slightly chipped, contemporary newspaper cuttings tipped in to the endpapers, with some offsetting to the half title and final page, upper hinge slightly cracked but sound. Original dark green cloth, some minor marks and rubbing. £400 Freeman 416. An early issue of the final definitive text, which first appeared in 1876 (18th thousand).
Second edition, fifth thousand, 2 volumes, 8vo, 43 illustrations in the text, marbled endpapers and sides, bound in later brown half morocco, gilt banded spines with gilt flowers, t.e.g., small abrasion to lower hinge of volume II and light wear to one corner, else near fine. £350 Freeman 886.
DAVID, Elizabeth. A Book of Mediterranean Food. Decorated by John Minton. London: John Lehmann (1952). Fifth impression, 8vo, 191, (1) pp. Inscribed from the Author on the fly leaf. Cloth, spine rubbed, some other light marks and fading. £100
DAVID, Elizabeth. Dried Herbs, Aromatics and Condiments. London: Kitchen Utensils 1967. First edition, small 8vo, 20 pp. Printed wrappers, stapled as issued. Inscribed from the Author to the inside of the upper wrapper. £75
Seventh impression, 8vo, 247, (1) pp. Frontispiece, decorative title and illustrations in the text, contemporary inscription to fly leaf. Cloth, d.w., not price clipped, slight loss to spine ends, a near fine copy. £150
DAVID, F.N. & BARTON, D.E. Combinatorial Chance. London (1962). First edition, 8vo, (x), 356 pp, Foyles label on paste down, original faux-leather, d.w., price clipped and rather browned. £100
First edition, 4to, (viii), 99, (1) pp, 16 plates, marbled endpapers, owner’s signature on fly leaf, cloth backed boards, spine a little sunned, else a fine copy. £35
Second edition, 8vo, 260, 12, (4) advertisement pp, 8 plates, a little spotted, original gilt decorated blue cloth, spine ends worn. £40
First edition, large 8vo, xii, 170, (10 advertisement) pp. 7 diagrammatical plates, most folding, plus 34 diagrams in the text, with 3 leaves from the “Colliery Guardian” of 1918 loosely inserted, pencilled calculations in the margins throughout. Original gilt titled buckram, spine sunned, some light bumps and wear. £100
Sixth printing, small 4to, (x), 271, (1) pp, with 12 coloured plates tipped in, captioned tissues, gilt decorated green cloth, d.w. a little marked and soiled with loss to top of spine. £75
4to, xxiv, 469, (1) pp. 64 lithographic plates - 3 hand coloured and 2 double page, plus one further plate and a coloured extending map, plus illustrations in the text, a little foxing to the outer edge of a few plates, a couple of minor tears to the outer edge of the map, affecting the margin only. Partly unopened in recent quarter calf, a very good copy. £400 The best edition of this well-known work (first published 1850), which includes plates from Gideon Mantell’s Fossils of the South Downs (1822) and remains to this day an invaluable tool for the study of the South Downs.
12mo, (xxiv), 135, (iv Index, v advertisement) pp. Some light foxing, modern bookplate to fly leaf. Contemporary boards, a little worn, green morocco spine label. £200 Concerning a cure for gout by drinking milk. Not in Wellcome.
Eleventh edition, 8vo, viii, 416 pp, with much contemporary annotation in the margins and almost covering blanks at front and back, armorial bookplate and further booklabel pasted onto verso of title, contemporary blue calf, a little worn, recently rebacked, gilt ruled spine in compartments with morocco label. £100 Pritzel 2374.
Two volumes, 8vo, with 32 black and white photographic illustrations, cloth, d.w’s, some light browning else fine. £40
First edition, 8vo, xii, 628, (42) pp, 21 plates, each with explanatory leaf, some marginal dust marking, inscription on half title, bookplate, later quarter morocco, buckram sides, t.e.g., a near fine copy. £150 “...issued to the Subscribers to the Ray Society for the Year 1865” (on the half title). No second volume was published. “A large order of Insects, characterized by a suctorial mouth...” (OED). Freeman 1042. Entomological Society Library cat. p54.
Limited edition, no. 241 of 600 copies, 4to, (xii), 244 pp. 20 plates and a folding map. Original gilt titled cream cloth, spine very slightly browned, lower cover with a couple of scratches otherwise a very good copy, t.e.g. £80
First edition, small 8vo, 246 pp. Portrait frontispiece, hand coloured vignette title and 34 plates, 32 of which are hand coloured. Contemporary maroon half morocco, extremities slightly rubbed. £160 Volume XXIX of the Naturalist’s Library edited by Sir William Jardine.
Fourth edition, 12mo, (iv), iv, 363, (1) pp. Contemporary signature of a Cambridge student to fly leaf. Contemporary speckled calf, extremities a little worn, upper hinge starting but sound. £120 Duncan was Professor of Philosophy at Aberdeen University. First published 1748.
Large 8vo, (viii), 339, (1) pp. 47 illustrations, Prize label of the Islington Youths’ Institute to paste down. Original purple cloth, bevelled edges, spine ends bumped, gilt decorated blue roundel to upper cover. £50
Limited edition, no. 13 of 50 specially bound copies, from a total edition of 1,500, large 8vo, (xxxvi), 192 pp, 4 coloured and 12 black and white plates, plus in addition an original painting by McReddie tipped in at the front, marbled endpapers, finely bound in green morocco, gilt deer on upper cover, spine slightly sunned, marbled slipcase, a lovely copy. £195 First published in 1904 in an edition of only 100 copies. e - Back to top
Second impression (2 months after the first), 8vo, xvi, 240 pp. 4 colour and 24 black and white plates plus 15 maps, some spotting to endpapers. Buckram, d.w., price clipped, again with some spotting otherwise a good clean copy. £45 New Naturalist series no. 44.
Two volumes, first volume first reprint, second volume first edition, 4to, (xiv, 30; xvi, 42) pp, with 15 and 12 coloured plates respectively plus 14 black and white illustrations in the second volume. Cloth, d.w.’s, some light marks, loss to spine ends otherwise very good. £400
First edition, 15, (1) pp. Original printed wrappers, some light soiling, with pencil notes around the works advertised on the lower wrapper. £100
Third edition, 8vo, 171, (5 advertisement) pp. Fine armorial bookplate, dated 1736, of John [Russell], Duke of Bedford, to title verso, later bookplate to front blank. Contemporary speckled calf, double gilt rules, nicely rebacked to style retaining the original maroon label, gilt tooling. An excellent copy. £400 Ellis achieved great success and fame with his many books on country matters, although this suffered when the numerous visitors to his own farm at Little Gaddesden, Hertfordshire, found that he employed none of the modern techniques advocated in print. The fourth Duke of Bedford, Russell succeeded his brother in 1732 and became an influential whig politician, holding many important offices during his lifetime. First published 1759 as an abridgement of an earlier work, “The Modern Husband-man”.
Second edition, 8vo, xxii, 266, (2), (4 advertisement) pp, second title and 4 chromolithographs, 1 other plate, signature on title, a couple of leaves carelessly opened, in the original cloth, ends of spine worn with slight loss at top. £95
Second edition, folio, (xlviii), 171, 170-247, (5), 67, (1), 33, (3) pp, complete with the inserted leaf showing a missing table inserted between pp170-1, engraved arms to title, some light marginal browning, contemporary calf, rebacked with new endpapers, gilt tooling, red morocco label, a very good copy. £1100 First published in 1664 as a result of a series of Royal Society papers and discussions stemming from the shortage of timber for ship-building, this was the first serious English work on the subject, and one which proved hugely influential down the centuries. Two appendices, “Pomona” - concerning cider production; and his popular “Kalendarium Hortense” are included, with separate title pages. The latter was reprinted many times separately but the former never appeared on its own. Henrey I 133. f - Back to top
8vo, (iv), 384 pp, with 16 photographic plates, occasional light foxing, marbled endpapers and sides, contemporary green quarter calf, faded, slight wear to corners and spine. £30 Concerning beetles and crickets.
8vo, 287, (1) pp. A few spots, marbled endpapers, Prize label of Guildford Grammar School, Western Australia, to paste down dated 1931. Contemporary dark blue calf, double gilt rules, gilt decorated and title spine, t.e.g., slight rubbing otherwise an attractive copy. £35
Second edition, 8vo, (viii), 82, (2 Index, 3 advertisement, 1) pp, with a folding coloured plate showing brick kilns - this with some carefully repaired tears, 4 further coloured and 4 black and white plates plus 2 folding tables, original gilt titled cloth, spine ends slightly worn, some marks. £40
First edition, 4to, xii, 229, (1) pp, 16 coloured and 11 monochrome plates, signature on fly leaf, offset on paste down, otherwise a very good copy in the original cloth, ends of spine rubbed. £75
Sixth edition, 8vo, (iv), 247, (1), 106, (1), 107-111, (4) pp. 8 folding engraved plates, contemporary signature to title and fly leaf, internally a very good clean copy. Contemporary calf, joints cracked and with an old repair, maroon spine label, some wear, particularly to corners. £300 A popular work first published 1768, chiefly concerning the solar system as well as latitude and longitude and gravity. The plates illustrate the mechanics of eclipses, and the work concludes with a section on the use of globes.
First edition, 8vo, xvi, 320 pp. 8 colour and 40 black and white plates. Buckram, d.w., not price clipped, small piece torn from the foot of the upper wrapper, some other minor foxing and wear otherwise good. £80 New Naturalist series no. 28.
8vo, 287, (1) pp. 32 black and white plates, marbled endpapers, Prize label of Aldenham School to paste down with the name scratched out, dated 1937. Contemporary dark blue half morocco, blue cloth sides with the school arms in gilt to the upper cover, t.e.g., a handsome copy. £60
Second edition, 8vo, (xiv), 491, (1) pp. Black and white illustrations in the text, initials dated 15th December 1949 to fly leaf. Original green cloth, a very good copy. £30
Second edition, reprint, 8vo, xii, 212 pp, 11 pages of photographic illustrations, cloth, d.w., a fine copy. £25
First edition, 8vo, xviii, 349, (1) pp. 32 colour and 32 black and white plates, bookplate. Buckram, spine and outer edges faded, d.w., not price clipped, spine browned. £45 New Naturalist series no. 18.
First edition, 4to, (xii),144 pp. 54 plates. Original cloth, spine ends and corners worn, some marks. £50
First edition, 8vo, xviii, 162 pp. Frontispiece and 10 plates, including a folding map and 2 folding hand coloured sections, plus a folding table and engravings in the text, marginal foxing to the plates. 20th century quarter calf, marbled sides, a very good copy. £300 One of the Memoirs of the Geological Survey of Great Britain and of the Museum of Practical Geology.
First edition, 8vo, xiv, 368 pp. 48 colour and 24 black and white plates. Buckram, d.w., not price clipped, spine darkened, a few minor tears, very slight loss to spine ends. £35 New Naturalist series no. 1.
First edition thus, large 8vo, x, 144 pp, 12 colour and 12 monochrome plates, newspaper cutting tipped in to rear free endpaper, upper hinge a little cracked, in the original green buckram, t.e.g. £40
FORTESCUE, Hon. J.W. The Story of a Red-Deer. With decorations by Dorothy Burroughes. (Newtown): The Gregynog Press 1935 [but 1936]. Limited edition, no. 188 of 250 copies, large 8vo, (viii), 125, (3) pp. Title vignette and 11 coloured illustrations, two leaves heavily foxed with some light foxing to five further leaves. Original gilt titled red cloth with bevelled edges, gilt vignette of a deer to upper cover, foxing apart all in fine condition. £350 First published 10 years earlier. Loosely inserted are two letters, firstly from a former owned dated August 1983 to the Gregynog Press concerning the foxing. The reply from the warden, Glyn Tegai Hughes, mentions similar foxing to their own copy. Harrop 35.
8vo, xx, 364 pp. 23 plates, including 7 coloured plates of flies, signature to title. Original green cloth, spine sunned, slight wear to ends. £50
First edition, 8vo, xiv, 208, (2) pp. Coloured frontispiece and 24 black and white plates. Cloth, d.w., price clipped, spine slightly faded, one small tear and some light marking to lower wrapper. £300 New Naturalist series no. 40.
First edition, 8vo, 286 pp. 1 colour and 16 black and white plates plus maps and diagrams. Buckram, tips of spine faded, d.w., price clipped, slight browning of spine otherwise a very good copy. £60 New Naturalist Monograph no. 21.
First edition, 3 volumes, 8vo. 581 plates, of which 325 are hand coloured, perhaps by a skilful later hand. Recently rebound in quarter calf, marbled sides, a rare and excellent set. £450 g - Back to top
2 volumes in 1, 8vo, iv, 380; iv, 380 pp, printed in double columns with numerous textual illustrations, with 2 fine chromolithograph plates, late 19th century publisher’s cloth, titled in gilt on spine. £48
First edition, 8vo, xviii, 592 pp, 3 maps, 2 plates and a few illustrations in the text, marbled endpapers and edges, Prize label on paste down, an attractive copy bound in contemporary maroon half calf, gilt arms of Abingdon School to upper cover, some rubbing, wear to the lower corner of the upper cover, gilt spine with a green morocco label. £100
First edition, 8vo, xii, 426, (4 advertisement) pp, 2 photographic plates, remains of a Mudie Library label on paste down, original blue cloth, marked, spine ends bumped. £50
Fourth Edition, “revised and enlarged”, 2 volumes, 8vo, xxii, 702, (2); x, 705-1472 pp, extending frontispiece and 508 illustrations in the text, bookplates, small inscription on half title of volume I, original green cloth with some small marks and slight rubbing to spine ends, t.e.g. £70
Coloured folding map and a large (70 x 19 inches) folding section, a couple of repairs to the fold creases of the latter. Original cloth backed printed boards, browned and rubbed. £75
Three volumes, large 8vo, numerous maps and diagrams, many folding, tan half calf, cloth sides, red morocco spine labels. £105 Containing 15 reports on different rocks - Silurian, Cambrian, Devonian, Silesian etc - with the original wrappers still bound in. A typescript contents leaf is bound in at the front of each volume.
First edition, three volumes - volume II bound in two parts, 8vo. 72 plates, including 8 hand coloured maps and sections, plus 4 folding tables, a couple of plates with minor wear to the outer margin, the text largely unopened, half title in volume I carelessly opened. Original blind stamped cloth, a little rubbed, spines sunned. £450 A collection of 22 articles; the Authors including De La Beche and Playfair. Volume II part I consists entirely of John Phillips’ account of the Malvern Hills compared with the palæozoic districts of Abberley.
Eighth edition, 8vo, (ii), vi, (xxiv), 384, (24 Index) pp. Some occasional browning, Victorian signature to title, one leaf with a small closed tear. Recent half calf, marbled sides. £375 First published 1747 and a bestseller for nearly a century thereafter. Maclean p59.
First edition, 2 volumes bound in one, 8vo, (ii), xvi, 872, viii, 220 pp. Some light marginal browning. Contemporary black quarter morocco, marbled sides, joints a little worn. £100 Pritzel 3400.
First edition, 4to, (xvi), 259, (1) pp. 58 coloured and 9 black and white plates, signature to fly leaf and with an als. from the Director of Kew Gardens concerning several orchid species loosely inserted. Cloth, slightly marked, d.w. stained and chipped with loss to spine ends. £525
8vo, xii, 204, 48 pp. Photographic portraits and numerous advertisements. Original coloured paper wrappers, somewhat browned, slight wear to extremities, particularly outer edge of the upper wrapper. £75
First edition, 4to, 116 pp. Black and white cartoon illustrations, slight cracking to upper hinge. Original quarter cloth, edges rubbed, further cartoons to both covers, spine a little dull with some wear. £300 Donovan & Murdoch 31060.
First edition, 8vo, (72) pp, with 34 stanzas printed on versos and monochrome illustrations facing, coloured frontispiece, decorative endpapers, cloth, with some fading, d.w. a little worn with loss to spine and top edge. £40 Donovan & Murdoch 20090.
First edition, small 8vo, (x), 78 pp, frontispiece and 7 plates, 18 figures, some pencillings, original linen backed boards. £50 Interesting little book with three of its chapters relating to golf courses.
First English edition, 8vo, xvi, 429, (1) pp, frontispiece and 124 black and white illustrations, maps to endpapers, owner’s inscription on half title, original cloth, spine sunned. £45
Second impression, 8vo, 223, (1) pp. Frontispiece and 8 photographic illustrations. Original gilt titled green cloth, spine sunned with a couple of small marks, otherwise a very good copy. £50
First edition, 8vo, xxiv, 508, (2), 32 advertisement pp. 8 lithographic plates, several with some delicate hand colouring, some foxing to the plates. Original dark green cloth, rebacked retaining most of the original backstrip with new endpapers. £250 Freeman & Wertheimer 50 - “one of [Gosse’s] finest books, showing his powers as a field naturalist... it contains descriptions of twenty-four new species of vertebrates...”
Facsimile edition, one of 750 copies, this copy unnumbered, folio, (84) pp, with 30 fine coloured plates, original stiff paper wrappers, a fine copy. £125 Originally published in 2 parts in 1841-2.
First edition, large 8vo, 374, (2) pp. Black and white illustrations, inscription to half title. Cloth, some light marking, d.w., not price clipped, slight browning to flaps otherwise a very good copy. £120
Third edition, 8vo, x, 235, (1), 44 advertisement pp, with a folding lithographic frontispiece and 2 other folding plates, original green cloth, rubbed, head of spine a little worn. £150
First edition, 8vo, (xxii), 422 pp. Coloured frontispiece, 20 black and white plates and 2 coloured folding maps, plus 23 illustrations in the text, upper hinge cracked but sound. Contemporary half calf, marbled sides, extremities worn. £350 Not in Ofscansky, who lists later editions.
Fifth edition, 8vo, xii, 254 pp, library stamp on several leaves, stamp and remains of labels on front end papers, small presentation ticket at foot of title, original cloth. £40 The Author was Professor of Chemistry at the University of Edinburgh.
First edition, 8vo, 1001, (1) pp. Endpapers lightly foxed. Contemporary green moiré cloth, a little rubbed, maroon spine label. £125 Pritzel 3547.
First limited edition, no. 19 of 300 specially bound copies, limitations slip tipped in to half title and signed by the Author, small 4to, 208 pp, with over 140 illustrations both in colour and black and white, a near fine copy, full leather, slight rubbing to spine ends. £60
Folio, (ii), 101, (1) pp. Loss to lower corner of last few leaves, stamps of the Franklin Institute, Philadelphia, to title and one other leaf, library label, later bookplate. Original cloth backed printed boards, inscribed “With the Author’s compliments” to upper cover, edges worn with loss to the lower corner of the lower cover, some browning also. £85
8vo, 103, (15, 16 advertisement), 45 plates - 44 coloured, 23 further illustrations, owner’s signature to fly leaf, green cloth, slightly rubbed. £65
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