London: John Murray, 1860. Second edition, second issue, fifth thousand. 8vo. x, 502 pp. Contemporary tan half calf over marbled boards, spine with raised bands, gilt lettered red label, endpapers and all edges marbled, early armorial bookplate to the front pastedown. Folding table. Some mild rubbing to the extremities, very..... More
London: Ward, Lock & Bowden, [c.1900]. 8vo, xx, 549, (1) pp. Six plates, including two folding maps and a folding section, brief contemporary inscription to front blank dated 1902, marbled endpapers, sides and edges. Contemporary half calf, gilt spine with a black label, some rubbing to extremities. Freeman lists three..... More
London: John Murray, 1891. Sixth edition, 2 volumes, 8vo, xxvi, 365, (1, 1 advertisement, 1); (vi), 339, (1) pp. Portrait frontispiece and a folding plate. Original grey-green cloth, spines slightly dull, extremities a little rubbed. Freeman 437. Published the same year as the 41st thousand of the standard issue of..... More
London: John Murray, 1873. Sixth edition, thirteenth thousand. 8vo. xxi, 458 pp. Publisher's green cloth, gilt lettered to the spine, "Queen's Prize" bookplate of the Science and Art Department of the Committee of Council of Education dated 1874 to the front pastedown. Folding plate. Slight wear to the front hinge..... More
London: John Murray, 1891. Sixth edition, 41st thousand. 8vo. xxii, 432, (2) pp. Publisher's dark green cloth, gilt lettered to the spine, blind ruled to the boards Folding plate. Very good. Freeman, 438. More
London: George G. Harrap, (1937). First edition, 4to, 287, (1) pp. Frontispiece and 12 plates plus illustrations in the text, some occasional light foxing, marbled endpapers. Later quarter morocco, t.e.g., slightly dusty otherwise very good. More
La Haye [The Hague]: Imprimé pour l'Auteur... et se vend... Chez Adrien Moetjens, 1734. First edition. Folio. (viii), 256, (8) pp. Contemporary tree sheep, spine flat with gilt tooled bands, gilt lettered to one panel, the 19th century armorial bookplate of the Pauncefoot Duncombe baronets to the front pastedown. Frontispiece..... More
Barcelona: Lynx Edicions, (1992-2011). Sixteen volumes, 4to. Profusely illustrated in colour. Cloth, d.w.'s, some sunning to a few spines otherwise an excellent set. Lacking the final "special" volume, "New Species and Index" More
London: H.F. & G. Witherby, 1925. First edition, 8vo, 110 pp. Photographic portrait frontispiece. Recent quarter cloth with the original upper wrapper retained, an excellent copy. More
London: Longman, Brown, Green, and Longmans, 1850. First edition, 4to, xvi, xvi, 422, (2) pp. Coloured frontispiece and 44 lithographic plates showing close to 1,000 examples, two plates hand coloured and two double page, light foxing to the plates. Original dark green cloth, rebacked with new endpapers, retaining the original..... More
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Berlin: Verlag de Akademie der Wissenschaften, 1929. First separate edition, 8vo, 8 pp. Original printed orange wrappers, some very mild creasing otherwise an excellent copy. More
Edinburgh: Printed for E. Wingrove... and J. Balfour, 1793. Ninth edition thus, 8vo, 520 pp. 3 folding plates, marbled endpapers. Handsomely bound by Riviere and Son in early 20th century vellum, t.e.g., minor sunning of spine and some mild marks, a lovely copy. More
Princeton University Press, (2006). First edition, 8vo, xviii, (ii), 325, (3) pp. Cloth, d.w., a fine copy. More
London: T.C. & E.C. Jack, 1938. Two volumes, 8vo. 102 plates, signature to fly leaves. Original gilt titled cloth, slight rubbing of spine ends otherwise very good. More
London: Printed for W. Strahan, J. and F. Rivington [et al], 1771. Second edition, "with Additions". 8vo. xvi, 334, (2) pp. Recent half speckled calf, spine with raised bands, gilt lettered black label. 3 folding plates. Very good. One of Ferguson's later works, first published in 1767, having long since..... More
Glasgow: James Maclehose and Sons, 1906. First edition, 2 volumes, 4to, xxi, (iii), 487, (1); (iv), 598, (2) pp. Portrait frontispieces, some light foxing to endpapers, inscribed from Ferguson on the fly leaf of volume I. Partly unopened in the original buckram, spines slightly dull and rubbed. More
Cambridge University Press, 1982, 94. First edition, two volumes, 8vo. Black and white illustrations. Ferrier's own copy, with his signature in the first volume. Cloth, d.w.'s, mild sunning of spines otherwise fine. More
London: Re-printed by Benjamin Pardon, 1863. Second edition. 8vo. viii, 82, 157, (1) pp. Publisher's blindstamped red cloth, gilt lettered to the spine. A little light wear to the edges, a few minor marks, a very good copy overall. First published in 1836. More
London: Collins, 1952. First edition. 8vo. xvi, 496 pp. Publisher's green cloth, gilt lettered to the spine, discreet early owner's book label to the foot of the front pastedown, dust jacket, price clipped. 4 colour and 48 black and white plates plus further maps and drawings. Spine and rear panel..... More
Redditch: Henry Milward & Sons. 8vo, 80 pp. Numerous illustrations. Original wrappers, stapled as issued, slightly darkened and with a small tear to the top of the spine. More
Hull: A. Brown & Sons & Arbroath: T. Buncle & Co., 1931-38. 11 volumes, 8vo, including two issues of "Crepis Biennis..." One photographic plate and a folding map, some damp staining to inner margins, this causing significant damage to "The Old Oak Tree". Original wrappers, stapled as issued, these somewhat..... More
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London: William Innys, 1715. Fourth edition, 8vo, (xxii), 484 pp. Mild damp staining to the front and rear blanks only, upper hinge slightly cracked but sound. Contemporary panelled calf, spine with recent subtle repairs to joints and ends, red label, a very good copy. "...one of the most original physicians..... More
Washington, 1883. First edition, 4to, (xii), 144 pp. 54 plates. Original cloth, spine ends and corners worn, some marks. More
London: Collins, 1955. First edition. 8vo. (xx), 266, (2) pp. Publisher's green buckram, gilt lettered to the spine, dust jacket, not price clipped. 32 coloured and 24 black and white plates plus 12 maps. A hint of wear at the foot of the jacket spine, two short and almost imperceptible..... More
