London: Printed by T. Bensley... for F.J. du Roveray, 1802. Two volumes, 8vo. Portrait frontispiece in volume I plus 9 (of 12) plates after paintings by Henry Fuseli, later bookplates. Contemporary red morocco, a.e.g., spines darkened and slightly worn with minor loss to the top of volume I, a few..... More
London: Smith, Elder, & Co., 1883. Two volumes, 8vo. Portrait frontispiece and engraved second title in volume I plus 39 plates. Marbled endpapers and sides, contemporary inscription to a front blank in volume I. Bound for Henry Sotheran in contemporary maroon morocco, t.e.g., spine slightly marked and faded, otherwise a...... More
London: Bradbury & Evans, [1849]. First edition, large oblong 8vo, (166) pp. 40 full page black and white illustrations. Handsomely bound in later dark blue full morocco, a.e.g., covers divided into panels with gilt rules and with the title running around the edge of the upper cover, a few small..... More
New York: Harcout Brace Jovanovich, 1977-84. Five volumes, volumes I, II and V first American editions, 8vo. Map endpapers in volume V. Cloth, d.w.'s not price clipped, some wear to spine ends. More
London: The Caxton Publishing Company, [c.1900]. Six volumes. 4to. Publisher's blue cloth, ornate gilt lettering and decoration to the spines and upper boards, replicated in blind to the lower boards, all edges gilt, early calligraphic ownership inscriptions to the versos of the front free endpapers. 38 colour plates, another 8..... More
(London): Faber and Faber, (2005). First limited edition, no. 757 of 1,000 copies signed by the author, 8vo, (viii), 263, (1) pp. Cloth, d.w., not price clipped, a fine copy in the publisher's slipcase. More
London: The Folio Society, (1968). First edition thus, 8vo, 221, (1) pp. Original black cloth decorated in red and silver, spine sunned, slipcase. More
London: Macmillan and Co., 1889. First edition, 8vo, xvi, 494, (2 advertisement) pp. Portrait frontispiece, extending coloured map and 37 text figures, contemporary owner's ink stamp to front blank and half title, the latter dated in ink Original gilt titled green cloth, spine slightly darkened and rubbed. Wallace's letter to..... More
London: John Lane, the Bodley Head, (1924). First edition, 4to, (xviii), 189, (1, 6 advertisement) pp. 36 colour and 121 black and white plates, slightly later inscription to fly leaf. Original buckram backed boards, corners bumped, a few marks. More
London: J.M. Dent & Sons, 1928. First edition, 4to, xxviii, 342 pp. 17 coloured and 23 black and white illustrations. Cloth, d.w. browned with loss to the spine ends and top edge. Howes, 18. More
London: Chapman and Hall, 1886. Small 8vo, (vi), 175, (1) pp. Frontispiece, engraved second title and 13 illustrations in the text, mostly by John Leech and Richard Doyle, advertisements to endpapers. Original gilt titled red cloth, some marks, spine darkened with slight wear to the foot. With the engraved title..... More
London: Macmillan and Co., 1898. 8vo, xviii, 428, (2) pp. 40 illustrations, contemporary inscription to front blank, yellow peacock endpapers. Original gilt decorated maroon cloth, a.e.g., mild rubbing to spine ends. First published with these illustrations the year before. More
London: Jonathan Cape, (1929). Second impression, 8vo, 448 pp. Portrait frontispiece and 7 plates, title verso and opposing page browned, errata slip tipped in at p. 396, contemporary signature to fly leaf. Original cloth, spine sunned. More
London: Cassell and Company Ltd; Secker & Warburg, 1949-53. Fourteen volumes. 8vo. Publisher's blue cloth, gilt lettered to the spines, uniform blue and white decorated dust jackets, one volume with a small neat ownership inscription to the front free endpaper. A few spines darkened with occasional slight wear to the..... More
London: Hodder and Stoughton, [1915]. First edition, 4to, 198 pp. 24 coloured plates tipped in, some foxing at the beginning and end. Original decorative green cloth, some minor marks and sunning. More
(London): V. & A. Publications, (2003). First edition, 4to, 464 pp. Numerous illustrations. Cloth, d.w., spine slightly sunned, top edge slightly bumped. More
New York: G.P. Putnam's Sons, (1906). First edition thus, 8vo, (24) leaves, printed on rectos only. 6 plates with captioned tissues plus vignettes to each leaf. Original decorative light blue ribbed cloth with bevelled edges, a.e.g., upper cover with light soiling, a very good copy. More
London: Anthony Treherne & Co., 1903. 32mo (covers measuring 65 x 50 mm), (80) pp. Marbled endpapers. Contemporary vellum, a.e.g., gilt rules and decoration, a lovely little copy. More
London: Archibald Constable & Co., 1897. First edition, 8vo, (ii), 288, (4 advertisement) pp. Frontispiece and 3 plates plus a few vignette illustrations, endpapers browned, contemporary bookplate and a small, more recent bookseller's label to the foot of the paste down, W.H. Smith blind stamp to the fly leaf and..... More
London: George G. Harrap & Company, (1933). First reprint, large 8vo, 255, (1) pp. 4 coloured plates plus black and white illustrations in the text. Original cloth backed pictorial boards, corners slightly bumped otherwise very good. More
London: William Heinemann, (1930). First English edition, 8vo, (viii), 295, (1) pp. Contemporary signature to paste down. Cloth, d.w. lightly soiled with some loss to the spine ends. More
London: Collins, (1980). First edition, 8vo, 380 pp. 8 colour and 16 black and white plates plus illustrations in the text. Buckram, d.w., not price clipped, spine slightly sunned and with the publisher's duraseal covering somewhat bumped and rubbed. New Naturalist series no. 64. More
London: Jonathan Cape, (1929). First English edition, 8vo, 349, (1) pp. Original gilt titled purple cloth, spine and top edge sunned. The second state, with the misprint to page 66 corrected. More
London: "Journal of Horticulture" Office, (1887). Second edition, 8vo, 128, (2, 16 advertisement) pp. Portrait frontispiece of Sir Trevor Lawrence, President of the Horticultural Society, and two double page plates, plus illustrations in the text, owner's small ink stamp to the foot of the fly leaf. Original gilt titled green..... More
Paris: Librarie Gallimard, [1928-31] & [1960s]. Fifteen volumes, 8vo. Original wrappers bound in, owner's inscriptions dating from the late 1920s and early 1930s and also from the 1960s, when this set was bound up in plain blue cloth, t.e.g., morocco spine labels. "Du Coté de Chez Swann", "Le Côté de..... More