The English Rock-Garden.
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
Natural History
Bibliotheca Chemica: A Catalogue of the Alchemical, Chemical and Pharmaceutical Books in the Collection of the late James Young of Kelly and Durris.
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
Memoranda, References, and Documents Relating to the Royal Hospitals of the City of London. Prepared and Printed under the Directions of the Committee of the Court of Common Council Appointed in Relation to the Said Hospitals.
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
The Fulmar.
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
Milward's Tackle. Stocked by all good dealers. Season 1938-39. Handbook No. 20.
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
The Desertion of Rookeries (with GREEN, James). Stoats and Blackbirds. Crepis Biennis L. in Yorkshire. Blackbirds and the Fruit of the Wild Rose. Weights and Measurements of Stoats and Weasels. Notes on the Hole of Horcum. Linnæa Borealis L. in England. Stoats and Weasels, Brown and White. Stoats, Brown and White: A New Record. The Martin, the Sparrow, and Man. The Old Oak Tree.
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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[Psychrolousia], or the History of Cold Bathing, Both Ancient and Modern. In Two Parts... the Genuine Use of Hot and Cold Baths. Together with the Wonderful Effects of the Bath-Water, drank hot from the Pump, in decay'd Stomachs, and in most Diseases of the Bowels, Liver, and Spleen &c...
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
Contributions to the Knowledge of the Older Mesozoic Flora of Virginia.
Washington, 1883. First edition, 4to, (xii), 144 pp. 54 plates. Original cloth, spine ends and corners worn, some marks. More
Moths.
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
Critical Approaches to the History of Western Herbal Medicine. From Classical Antiquity to the Early Modern Period.
London: Bloomsbury, (2015). 8vo, (xvi), 349, (1) pp. Black and white illustrations, owner's inscription to half title. Paperback, one corner bumped. More
The Great Auk.
(New York): Harry N. Abrams, (1999). First edition, 4to, 448 pp. Illustrated in colour and black and white throughout. Cloth, d.w., faint browning to spine. More
The Gardener and Practical Florist. First (Second) Volume.
London: Richard Groombridge, 1843. Two volumes bound in one, large 8vo, iv, 308, (v-viii), iv, 412, v-(viii) pp. Black and white illustrations in the text, contemporary inscription to front blank, marbled endpapers and edges. Contemporary dark green half calf, gilt and blind decorated spine with red labels, slight bumping of..... More
The Grafter's Handbook.
London: Faber and Faber Ltd., 1949. Second impression. 8vo. 223, (1) pp. Publisher's green cloth, gilt lettered to the spine, dust jacket. 24 black and white photographic plates plus numerous illustrations in the text. Edge wear with some small losses to the jacket, the spine of which is tanned and..... More
Autumns in Argyleshire with Rod & Gun. With illustrations by Archibald Thorburn.
London: Longmans, Green, and Co., 1900. First edition, 8vo, x, (ii), 228 pp. 8 plates. Original gilt titled buckram, spine slightly worn and sunned. More
Gerard's Herball. The Essence thereof Distilled by... from the Edition of Th. Johnson, 1636.
London: Gerald Howe, 1927. Limited edition, no. 132 of 150 copies on handmade paper, 4to, (iv), xx, 303, (3) pp. Black and white illustrations in the text, bookplate. Original gilt titled pigskin, t.e.g., a few minor marks, slight loss of gilt to the spine. More
The Herball of Generall Historie of Plantes. Gathered by John Gerarde of London, Master in Chirurgerie. Very Much Enlarged and Amended by Thomas Johnson, Citizen and Apothecarye of London.
London: Printed by Adam Islip, Joice Norton and Richard Whitakers, 1636. Second edition, revised. Folio. (xxxviii), 30, 29-30, 29-1630, [1631-32], (46) pp, bound without the front and rear blanks. Eighteenth century blindstamped reversed calf, spine rebacked to style and the original gilt lettered red label preserved, late 19th century book..... More
Catalogues of Stars for the Equinox 1900.0 from Observations Made at the Royal Observatory, Cape of Good Hope, During the Years 1900-1904, Under the Direction of...
Edinburgh: Printed for His Majesty's Stationery Office by Neill & Co., 1906. 4to. xiv, 123, (1) pp. Publisher's dark blue cloth, gilt lettered to the spine. Some wear to the spine ends, else very good. More
Wild Flowers. Botanising in Britain.
London: Collins, 1954. First edition, 8vo, (xiv), 242 pp. 32 colour and 24 black and white plates. Buckram, d.w., not price clipped, with a small tear to the foot of the lower flap, and faint browning to the spine otherwise a remarkably bright copy. New Naturalist series no. 5... More
Scepsis Scientifica: or, Contest Ignorance, the way to Science; In an Essay of The Vanity of Dogmatizing, and Confident Opinion. With a Reply to the Exceptions Of the Learned Thomas Albius.
London: Printed by E. Cotes, for Henry Eversden, 1665. Sole edition, 8vo, (xxx), 184, (16), 92, (4) pp, lacking the half title, and with two leaves of the preliminaries (imprimatur and advertisement) bound at the end. Engraved coat of arms of the Royal Society, title and subsequent leaf with some..... More
Complément de L'Histoire Naturelle des Lepidoptères ou Papillons de France... Iconographie des Chenilles. Tome Premier. Diurnes. 2e, 3e [and] 5e Livraison.
Paris: Méquignon-Marvis, 1832. Three parts, 8vo, 33-64, 81-112 pp. 9 hand coloured plates (3 per part), numbered 4-9 and 13-16, several with some soiling to the outer edge of the margin. Uncut in original printed wrappers, sewn as issued, small hole to one upper wrapper. More
Monograph & Iconograph of Native British Orchidaceæ. With... water-colour drawings... by Hilda M. Godfery.
Cambridge University Press, 1933. First edition, 4to, (xvi), 259, (1) pp. 58 coloured and 9 black and white plates. Cloth, slightly marked, d.w., spine browned, very minor loss to extremities and a few marks. More
The English Golf Union Year Book 1938.
Northwood: Rawlinsons Library. 8vo, xii, 204, 48 pp. Photographic portraits and numerous advertisements. Original coloured paper wrappers, somewhat browned, slight wear to extremities, particularly outer edge of the upper wrapper. More
Nature in Towns and Cities.
(London): William Collins, (2014). First edition, 8vo, (xii), 417, (3) pp. 237 illustrations. Cloth, d.w., not price clipped, a fine copy. New Naturalist series no. 127. More
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The Romance of Natural History. [First series]. Second series.
London: James Nisbet and Co,. 1861. Two volumes, second and first editions respectively, 8vo. 12 and 10 plates, some light foxing, both volumes with signature fairly neatly torn from the fly leaf. Original gilt and blind decorated green cloth, some light marking and rubbing. Freeman and Wertheimer 110 & 136b..... More