Columbo: H.R. Cottle, 1921. First edition. 8vo. xxii, 581, (1) pp. Publisher's dark blue cloth, gilt lettered to the spine and upper board, publisher's notice tipped in at the title page and two errata slips at p. 1. Frontispiece portrait of the author's father, a folding table, folding colour map..... More
London: Macmillan and Co., 1897. 8vo, xvi, 494, (2 advertisement) pp. Portrait frontispiece, extending coloured map and 37 text figures, light foxing to the frontispiece. Original gilt titled green cloth, top of spine slightly bumped otherwise an excellent copy. Wallace's letter to Darwin from the far east in 1858 led..... More
London: Macmillan and Co., 1895. Second edition, reprint, 8vo, xx, 563, (1) pp. Three maps, one coloured, plus 23 further maps, diagrams and illustrations in the text, marbled endpapers and edges. Contemporary red calf, gilt spine with a green label, slightly sunned, gilt arms of the City of London School..... More
London: Macmillan and Co., Limited, 1900. First edition. Two volumes. xvi, 532; viii, 535, (3) pp. Publisher's green cloth, gilt lettered to spines and with circular gilt devices to the upper boards, publisher's circular "Presentation Copy" blindstamp to both title pages. 114 illustrations, some full page and 1 folding map..... More
London: Macmillan and Co., 1878. First edition, 8vo, xvi, 356, (2) pp. Armorial bookplate, some occasional light foxing. Original gilt titled green cloth, minor crease to the spine, some light marks. More
Stockholm: Almqvist & Wiksell, 1955. First edition, one of 1,500 copies, 2 volumes, large 8vo. 55 plates. Original buckram, one hinge with slight cracking, near fine. More
Chelmsford: Arlequin Press, 2000. Limited edition, no. 73 of 1,000 copies signed by the author. Oblong 8vo. Publisher's green cloth, gilt lettered to the spine, dust jacket, price list for original artwork loosely inserted. Illustrated in colour throughout. An excellent copy. More
London: John C. Nimmo, 1889. 8vo, (xvi), 445, (1) pp. Engraved illustrations. Original gilt titled cloth, spine slightly sunned. Coigney 143. More
[n.p.], (2009). Second edition, 8vo, 323, (1) pp. Numerous illustrations, inscribed from the author on the fly leaf. Cloth, d.w., an excellent copy. Originally published in 1991 as "A Piker's Progress." More
London: A. Johnston, 1882. Sole edition. 8vo. viii, 88 pp. Publisher's printed boards, illustrated to the upper cover. A handful of black and white illustrations in the text. The upper joint of the fragile covers cracked but subtly repaired, some light wear to the extremities, very good overall. A charming..... More
London: Collins, 1986. 8vo. 223, (1) pp. Publisher's green cloth, gilt lettered to the spine, dust jacket. 8 pages of colour photographs plus black and white illustrations in the text. A bright sharp copy. New Naturalist series no. 72. The Book Club issue with no price to the upper flap..... More
London: H. Woodfall, J. Rivington [et al]. 1767. Tenth edition. 12mo. (xii), 226, (2) pp. Recent period style plain boards, printed paper spine label, original front flyleaf preserved featuring early manuscript calculations on both sides. 7 engraved tables plus further figures in the text. Subtle tissue paper repair to the..... More
London: Cassell and Company, (1931). First edition, 4to, xvi, 895, (1) pp. 339 illustrations. Gilt titled buckram, d.w. with some tears to the edges and a little loss to the top corner of the lower wrapper. More
London: Printed for T. Payne, 1777. Fourth edition, 8vo, (viii), 257, (1) pp. Marbled endpapers. Contemporary calf with some wear, recently rebacked retaining the original backstrip. An important and popular early work on English gardening, originally published in 1770. More
London: Macmillan and Co., 1880. "New edition". 8vo. xxix, (iii), 480 pp. Contemporary prize binding by A.H. Bartlett for Dulwich College in tan full calf, spine with raised bands, gilt lettered label, the college crest in gilt to the upper board and their prize label to the front pastedown, endpapers..... More
London: Printed for Longman, Rees, Orme, Brown and Green [et al], 1829. Fifteenth edition, 12mo, xlvi, 23 plates, one folding and three hand coloured, leaf I6 (pp. 179-180) torn across and repaired without loss. Uncut in modern paper backed boards, printed spine label. More
London: Printed for J. and A. Arch; Longman and Co. [et al], [1837]. 8vo, (xxiv), 640 pp. Title vignette and engraved illustrations in the text. Modern half morocco, a handsome copy. Martin p.132. More
Cambridge: At the University Press, 1957. Second edition, fourth printing, three volumes, large 8vo. Cloth, d.w.'s, spine a little browned, tiny chip to the head of the spine of volume I. Originally published in 1910, the second edition first appeared in 1925. More
London: James Ridgway and Sons, 1835. First edition, 8vo, (viii), 360 pp. Two hand coloured plates, a few spots. Original dark green cloth, recased with new endpapers, spine sunned with light wear and browning to the paper label. Scarce, with OCLC only listing four copies; the 1836 issue is much..... More
Londoni [London]: Impensis Joannis Martyn, Regiæ Societatis Typographi... 1676. First edition. Folio. (xii), 307, (5) pp. Early full vellum, remnants of original handwritten spine title. 77 engraved plates plus two folding letterpress tables. Some worming to the rear free endpaper and pastedown but not affecting any other adjacent leaves, degrees..... More
London: H.F. & G. Witherby, (1952). Five volumes, 8vo. 147 plates, most in colour. Cloth, d.w.'s, spines browned and a little rubbed. More
London: Printed by Order of the Trustees of the British Museum, 1928, 1935, 1953. First editions. Three volumes. 8vo. Publisher's uniform brown cloth, gilt lettered to the spines, small later ownership inscription repeated to the front free endpapers, the original price on the title page of volume III ink stamped..... More
London: W. Wood, 1825. Second edition, 8vo, xxxii, (ii), 187, (1) pp, lacking a companion volume of plates. Slip concerning extra subscribers tipped in, bookplate of Thomas Stewart Traill, Scottish scientist, founder of several Liverpool institutions and Editor of the eighth edition of the Encyclopædia Britannica among many other positions..... More
(Shrewsbury): Swan Hill Press, (2006). First edition, 4to, 147, (1) pp. Signed on the half title by four of the eight artists involved - Terence Lambert, Jonathan Sainsbury, Ben Hoskyns and Keith Sykes. Numerous illustrations, bookplate to the fly leaf. Cloth, d.w., an excellent copy. More
London: Collins, 1953. First edition. 8vo. x, 276, (2) pp. Publisher's green buckram, gilt lettered to the spine, dust jacket, not price clipped. 16 colour and 24 black and white plates. Some wear to the head of jacket spine and, less so, to the corners, a very good bright copy..... More