![Item #33596 Original Photographs]. CORNISH MINING](/pictures/thumb/33596.JPG?v=1552483620)
[N.p., c.1880]. Ten original photographs mounted on card with printed maroon ruled borders, uncaptioned but for three photos having "Levant" or "Levant School Mine" written into the negative, one of the photos with the old handwritten name of "Mr J.B. Matthews" on the verso of the board. Significant fading and..... More
London: Sampson Low, Marston & Company, 1897. First edition, 8vo, (viii), 230 pp. 4 plates. Original blue cloth, light rubbing, a very good copy. More
London: Edward Arnold, 1897. 8vo, xv, (iii), 306 pp. Frontispiece and 16 plates, 6 in colour, armorial bookplate. Publisher's half vellum, t.e.g., marbled sides, spine marked with some wear to the maroon morocco label. First published in 1840, appearing here as part of "The Sportsman's Library" edited by Sir Herbert..... More
London: The Offices of 'Country Life' [and] George Newnes, Limited, [c.1900]. Volume I only (of 3). Fourth edition. Folio. xxiv, 298, (2) pp. Publisher's dark blue cloth with ornate gilt decoration and lettering, all edges gilt, pencilled ownership inscription dated 1910 to the front free endpaper. Black and white photographic..... More
London: Seeley, Service & Co., [c.1922]. 8vo, 163, (1) pp. 8 plates and an illustration in the text, one gathering proud but not loose, some foxing and browning, marbled endpapers and edges, Scarborough College Prize label to fly leaf, later bookplate to front blank. Contemporary maroon morocco, gilt spine and..... More
Bombay: Thacker & Co., (1950). First edition, 4to, xvi, (ii), 137, (1) pp. 59 colour and 39 black and white illustrations. Recently rebound in black morocco with marbled sides, gilt titled spine, a handsome copy. More
Boston & New York: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, 2015. First edition, 4to, (xiv), 359, (1) pp. Photographic illustrations. Pictorial boards, a fine copy. More
London: Printed for the Author, and sold at the British Directory Office, [1794]. 4to, xvi, 398, 76 pp. Portrait frontispiece (of Sibly) and 46 plates, a few cut close to the outer margin but without any loss to the image, frontispiece foxed with light wear to edges. 20th century black..... More
London: Printed for E. Ballard, L. Hawes [et al], 1775. 12mo, (xii), 387, (9 index) pp. One leaf (L5) with a closed tear, contemporary manuscript to the paste downs, new free endpapers. Contemporary sheep, corners worn, rebacked retaining the original backstrip, further manuscript to the upper cover. More
London: Bernard Quaritch for the Royal Horticultural Society, [1931]. Large 8vo, (xxii), 398 (2) pp. 100 portraits with accompanying biographical text, inscribed from Cuthbertson on the fly leaf, later inscription also. Original gilt titled brown cloth, slight bumping to spine ends, a very good copy. More
![Item #42526 The Animal Kingdom, Arranged in Conformity with its Organization... [Second title]...](/pictures/thumb/42526.JPG?v=1669986865)
London: Printed for Geo. B. Whittaker, 1827. Five volumes. 8vo. Contemporary aubergine half morocco over marbled paper sides, spines with gilt tooled wide raised bands, gilt lettered direct to two panels, a prior owner's inscription to the front of volume I and their small label to the rear of the..... More
London: Longmans, Green, and Co., 1905, 1900, 1897. Mixed impressions, third, "new" (i.e. second) and first printings respectively. Three volumes. Publisher's uniform dark green cloth, gilt lettered to the spines, contemporary monogrammed bookplate of a Frederic Weston to all three front pastedowns plus another's ownership inscription to the first half..... More
London: John Murray, 1888. Second edition, "revised and augmented", 22nd thousand, two volumes, (xx), 507, (1); (x), 528, (2) pp. Contemporary booklabel to paste downs, later signature to front blanks. Original gilt titled grey-green cloth, spines darkened, some minor rubbing and marks, foot of the upper joint to volume I...... More
London: John Murray, 1882. Second edition, 15th thousand, 8vo, (iii)-xvi, 693, (1) pp, bound without the half title and advertisements. 78 illustrations in the text. Modern gilt titled red half morocco, a handsome copy. Freeman 955. More
London: John Murray, 1913. 8vo, xix, (i), 1031, (1, 2 advertisement) pp. Contemporary inscription to fly leaf. Original light green cloth, spine slightly sunned, a very good copy. Freeman 1018. More
London John Murray, 1899. Second edition, 35th thousand, 8vo, xvi, 693, (1) pp. 78 figures in text, small booklabel to paste down. Original green cloth, slight darkening of spine, ends rubbed with a small split to the lower joint. Freeman 985. More
London: John Murray, 1888. Third thousand, 8vo, xxiv, 352 pp. Signature to front blank, front and rear blanks foxed, marbled endpapers, sides and edges. Contemporary half calf, some mostly light marks and rubbing. Freeman 1283. More
London: John Murray, 1888. Second edition, second issue, 8vo, viii, 487, (1), 32 advertisement pp. Tables in the text, later signature to front blank, marbled endpapers, sides and edges. Contemporary half calf, gilt spine, slightly darkened. Freeman 1254. First published in 1876, the second edition originally appeared in 1878... More
London: John Murray, 1892. Twelfth thousand. 8vo. (viii), 328, (2) pp. Contemporary prize binding from Rossall School, full maroon calf, spine with raised bands, twin gilt lettered labels with gilt decoration to the other panels, the college crest in gilt to the upper board, "Floreat Rossallia" lettered to the lower..... More
London: Smith, Elder & Co., 1891. Third edition, 8vo, (xiv), 648 pp. 2 folding maps and 5 folding plates, including a hand coloured geological section, light staining to the top edge of the plates at the end as folded, hinges slightly cracked but sound. Original gilt titled green cloth, mild..... More
London: John Murray, 1909. 8vo, 16, 521, (1, 6 advertisement) pp. 16 plates plus a few illustrations in the text, printed Christmas presentation slip from Henry S. Wellcome, pharmaceutical entrepreneur and founder of the Wellcome Trust, tipped onto the half title, pencilled initials to the fly leaf. Original gilt titled..... More
London: Ward, Lock and Co., 1891. "New Edition". Large 8vo. 492, (20) pp. Publisher's aubergine cloth, lettered in gilt to the spine and in black to the upper board, early ownership inscription to the half title. Frontispiece portrait and 15 plates. Freeman, 67. Published in the "Macaulay Library of Great..... More
London: John Murray, 1902. 8vo. (xvi), 521, (1) pp. Contemporary school prize binding of royal blue full calf by Relfe Brothers for Malvern College, spine with gilt tooled raised bands, gilt lettered red label, gilt tooling to other compartments and the edges of boards, endpapers and all edges marbled, the..... More
London: John Murray, 1887. Fifth thousand. Three volumes. 8vo. Publisher's grey-green cloth, gilt lettering to the spines, later bookplates to the front pastedowns. Frontispiece portraits, 2 plates and 2 illustrations in the text. Volume I neatly recased, some discolouration to the upper boards, a decent set overall. Freeman, 1453, almost..... More
London: John Murray, 1884. Sixteenth thousand, 8vo, x, 519, (1) pp. Top corner cut from the front blank. Original gilt titled dark green cloth, a little wear to extremities otherwise very good. "It is impossible to overrate the influence of the voyage on Darwin's career: it was both his education..... More