London: John Murray, 1855. Fifth edition, "greatly enlarged". 8vo. xvi, 655, 32 pp. Publisher's blindstamped brown ribbed cloth, gilt lettered to the spine and with gilt vignette to the upper board, the attractive contemporary ownership inscription of a William Lang of Grampian House, Brighton tot he front free endpaper. Frontispiece... More
(London: Phaidon, 1975). First edition, 4to, 208 pp, 142 illustrations, many in colour, cloth, d.w., price clipped, else a fine copy in the original card slipcase. More
London: John Murray, 1846. First edition, 8vo, xvi, 144, (4), 8 advertisement pp. 12 hand coloured plates, light browning to the endpapers only. Original blind stamped green cloth, recently recased, spine and edges slightly sunned. Dean 184. More
London: Lupton Relfe, 1822. First edition, 4to, (xvi), 327, (1 advertisement) pp. 41 hand coloured plates (2 folding) plus a hand coloured geological map, light foxing to the half title and title page only, subtle repair to the outer edge of the frontispiece. Uncut in recent period style calf, gilt... More
London: Henry G. Bohn, 1854. Third edition, 8vo, (xxxii), 356, (2), 32 advertisement pp. 19 plates and a folding hand coloured geological map plus a folding table and 36 figures in the text, contemporary signature to paste down. Original blind stamped red cloth, spine a little sunned with a small... More
4to, (171)-181, (1) pp. 3 plates, text leaves unopened. Recent cloth. "Mantell's youngest son, Reginald..., collected the... fossils from cuttings and excavations made in association with the laying of the Great Western Railway. They establish, contra Owen, that the belemnoteuthis and belemnite are distinct". Dean 202. Published in the Philosophical Transactions. More
London: Henry G. Bohn, 1848. Sixth edition, 2 volumes, 8vo, xvi, 481, (1 advertisement); (vi), 483-938 pp. Frontispiece by John Martin and 6 plates - 3 coloured, plus 200 woodcuts in the text, small cancelled stamps of New College, University of Edinburgh, to title versos otherwise free of the usual... More
[N.p.: Offprint from the] Transactions of the Linnean Society, 1795. Sole edition. 4to. 30 pp. Recent brown buckram boards, gilt lettered to the upper cover. A plate and a folding table recording the date of the annual appearance and disappearance of 28 bird types over the preceding 11 years. Some... More
(London): Collins, (2009). First edition, 4to, (x), 310 pp. Coloured illustrations throughout, signed by both Authors on the title page. Original pictorial boards, wraparound title band, fine. More
(London): HarperCollins, (1995). First paperback edition. 8vo. 304 pp. Rebound in green cloth, gilt lettered to the spine, the original covers mounted to the upper and lower board, signed and dated by the author on the title page. 16 coloured plates and numerous black and white illustrations. Fine. New Naturalist... More
London: Country Life, (1938). First edition, 4to, xi, (i), 115, (1) pp. Coloured frontispiece, 16 black and white plates and 34 illustrations in the text, small mark to paste down. Original cloth, slight wear to top of spine otherwise very good. More
London: Collins, 1952. First edition, 8vo, xii, 410, (2 advertisement) pp. 16 colour and 48 black and white plates. Buckram, d.w., price clipped, a little browned with some creasing, small piece lacking to the foot of the spine. New Naturalist series no. 21. More
London: Collins, (1982). First edition, 8vo, 207, (1) pp. 16 black and white plates. Buckram, d.w., the publisher's original laminate covering with a small patch of wear, otherwise very good. New Naturalist series no. 68. More
London: Simpkin & Marshall, 1825-36. Six volumes, first editions, square 8vo, with engraved titles, an engraved dedication leaf in volume II, and 144 hand coloured plates (24 per volume), each plate showing 4 plants, some foxing to text leaves only - the plates being clean and crisp, bound in contemporary... More
London: Longman, Rees, Orme, Brown, and Green, 1828. Ninth edition. 12mo. (xii), 116, (4) pp. 20th century brown half calf over early boards. 5 plates, 4 of which are hand coloured. Some offsetting from the colour plates, a very good copy. More
Beekay Publishers, (1988). First edition, 8vo, 248 pp. Photographic illustrations. Cloth, d.w., a fine copy. More
London: Thomas Nelson and Sons, 1879. Large 8vo, 350 pp. Black and white engraved illustrations, some mostly light foxing, owner's ink stamp to half title. Original gilt and black decorated green cloth, a few marks, extremities a little worn, More
Edinburgh: Thomas Constable and Co., 1858. First edition, 8vo, (iv), 486, (5 advertisement, 1) pp. Later bookplate. Original cloth, some mild rubbing, gilt spine title slightly dull. More
London: J.M. Dent, (1922). 8vo, 363, (1) pp. Marbled endpapers and edges, prize label of Prince Henry's Grammar School, Evesham, to paste down. Contemporary dark blue full morocco, gilt spine and arms, slight sunning of spine otherwise near fine. More
Edinburgh: Thomas Constable & Co., 1859. First edition, 8vo, xxxvi, 358, (6 advertisement) pp. Faint signs of a small label having been removed from the pastedown, small bookseller's blind stamp to fly leaf. Original gilt titled brown ribbed blindstamped cloth, top of spine slightly bumped otherwise fine. More
Edinburgh: Thomas Constable & Co.; Shepherd & Elliot, 1857. Eleventh thousand, 8vo, (xii), 500 pp. Wood engraved frontispiece and 152 illustrations in the text, armorial bookplate to paste down. Original red cloth, some minor soiling, an excellent copy. First published in the same year. More
(London): HarperCollins, (2001). First edition, 8vo, 232 pp. 8 pages of coloured photographs and numerous black and white illustrations in the text. Cloth, d.w., not price clipped, a fine copy. New Naturalist series no. 88. More
London: T & A D Pyser, 2004. First edition. Large 8vo. 511, (1) pp. Publisher's blue cloth, gilt lettered to the spine, dust jacket. Illustrated in colour and black and white throughout. Fine. More
London: Hurst, Chance, and Co., 1831. Second edition, 8vo, lx, 592 pp. A few engravings in the text, signature to front blank. Original boards, recased with new endpapers, paper spine label, some mild rubbing. More
London: Routledge, Warne, and Routledge, 1860. 16mo, 124, (4 advertisement) pp. 12 plates. Original gilt titled brown cloth, some marks and rubbing. Moore's "Popular History..." originally appeared 1851, with this condensed edition being first published in 1859. Copac lists only one copy of this issue, at the Natural History Museum. More
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