London: C. Nourse; J.F. and C. Rivington; S. Crowder; [et al], 1788. Twelfth edition, "revised". 8vo. xviii, 370, x pp. Contemporary tree sheep, spine with gilt rules, gilt lettered red label, slightly later ownership inscription to the front free endpaper. Frontispeice plus a full page and 4 folding plates. Neat... More about The Gentleman's Farriery; or, a Practical Treatise on the Diseases of Horses; Wherein the Best...

London: Hollis & Carter, (1950). First edition, 4to, (xii), 244 pp. 16 coloured plates plus black and white sketched chapter headings, brief contemporary inscription to fly leaf. Original gilt titled cloth, spine slightly sunned, very good. More about Tide's Ending. Illustrated by D.J. Watkins-Pitchford

London: J. Bell, 1797. Three volumes. First English translation. Contemporary full speckled calf, spines with gilt rules, gilt lettered red title labels and dark green oval number labels, the later armorial bookplate of the Cobbold family of Ipswich to the front pastedowns of volumes II and III, all three volumes... More about A History of Inventions and Discoveries. Translated from the German by William Johnston

London: Ward, Lock and Tyler, [c.1869]. 197th thousand. 8vo. xli, (ii), 1139, (1) pp., bound without the advertisements. Contemporary black half calf over marbled boards, sometime neatly rebooked preserving the original spine and the gilt lettered maroon label, marbled endpapers, the front pastedown featuring an attractive gilt lettered label presenting... More about The Book of Household Management; Comprising Information for the Mistress, Housekeeper, Cook,...

London: Collins, (1985). First edition, second state, 304 pp. 20 coloured and 113 black and white illustrations. Cloth, d.w., not price clipped, very mild browning to the top edge of the lower wrapper and the spine, near fine. New Naturalist series no. 70. More about The Natural History of Orkney

Newcastle: Printed by Edward Walker, for T. Bewick, 1809. Third demy 8vo edition, two volumes bound in one, as issued, 327, (1), 360 pp. 454 wood engraved illustrations, some occasional light foxing. Contemporary diced calf, rebacked retaining the original gilt decorated backstrip. Tattersfield 1.18. Bewick commented of this edition "the... More about A History of British Birds. The figures engraved on wood by... the History and Description of...

Newcastle upon Tyne: Printed by Edward Walker, for T. Bewick and S. Hodgson, 1807. Fifth edition, demy 8vo, x, 525, (1) pp. 337 wood engraved illustrations, some mostly light foxing, marbled endpapers, armorial bookplate. Contemporary calf, light wear to extremities, neatly rebacked. Roscoe 5c. Tattersfield 1.5. One of 1,000 demy 8vo copies. More about A General History of Quadrupeds. The Figures engraved on wood by

Brighton: George Beal, 1876. First edition, (iv), 220 pp. Third edition of the 16 pp Index Catalogue (1894) tipped in at the front. 18 entries have been corrected with replacement text being pasted in. Original gilt titled green cloth, top of covers damp stained. More about Catalogue of Cases of Birds in the Dyke Road Museum, Brighton, Giving a few Descriptive Notes,...

Geneve et Bale, 1885. 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. More about Botanique Pratique Suisse et Savoie. Choix de... Plantes Alpines dessinées d'apres Nature

London: Collins, (1990). First edition, 8vo, 416 pp. 21 colour and over 150 black and white illustrations. Cloth, d.w., not price clipped, very slight sunning of spine, near fine. New Naturalist series no. 76. More about The Hebrides. A Natural History

London: The Arden Press, 1910. 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. More about The Art of Skating. Its History and Development with practical directions: by... former Champion...

Amstelædami [Amsterdam]: Joannem Walters, 1699. 8vo. (vi), 544 pp., lacking the final 14 pages. Recent half morocco over marbled boards, spine with raised bands, gilt lettered red label. Frontispiece, title vignette, 2 folding maps of the world and 12 illustrations in the text, some full page. Dampstaining to the rear... More about Telluris Theoria Sacra, Originem & Mutationes Generales Orbis Nostri

York: Printed by A. Staples... 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. Burton lists the... More about A Treatise on the Non-Naturals. In which the Great Influence They have on Human Bodies [is] Set...