[N.p.]: Churchill Livingstone, Elsevir, 2008. Fortieth edition. 4to. xxiv, 1551, (1) pp. Publisher's gilt lettered glossy illustrated boards. Numerous colour illustrations. Some light wear, else very good. More
London: Printed and Published for the Royal Society by Harrison and Sons, 1925. 4to, 171-298 pp. Folding map and 3 plates. Original printed wrappers, an excellent copy. Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society of London, series B, vol. 213. More
Paris & Besançon, 1865-69. First edition, 8vo, 1001, (1) pp. Endpapers lightly foxed. Contemporary green moiré cloth, a little rubbed, maroon spine label. Pritzel 3547. More
(Caterham: Roy & Ann Grubb, (1966). Two volumes, large 8vo. Illustrations in both colour and black and white. Two tone cloth, original glassine wrappers with some tears and loss. More
Calcutta: Office of the Superintendent of Government Printing, 1894. Folio, (ii), 101, (1) pp. Loss to lower corner of last few leaves, stamps of the Franklin Institute, Philadelphia, to title and one other leaf, library label, later bookplate. Original cloth backed printed boards, inscribed "With the Author's compliments" to upper..... More
London: Guy Motors Limited, [1948]. Large 8vo, (44) pp. Black and white illustrations. Original wrappers, a little rubbed, ink date to the upper wrapper. A Wolverhampton car maker who closed in 1982. More
London: Collins, 1980. First edition. 8vo. 320 pp. Publisher's green buckram, gilt lettered to the spine, dust jacket with the original Duraseal plastic cover (this slightly dulled), not price clipped. 24 black and white photographic plates. Slight sunning to the spine, else very good. New Naturalist series no. 65. More
Gottingae [Gothingen]: Apud Io. Wilh. Schmid, 1749. Sole edition. 8vo. (viii), 396 pp. Later quarter calf over marbled boards, spine with raised bands, gilt lettered black label, all edges red. 5 folding plates. Upper half of the dedication leaf torn with loss of text, occasional minor soiling, else very good..... More
Edinburgh: Printed for Archibald Constable and Company [et al], 1818. Sixth edition, 8vo, xxxii, 223, (1) pp. Portrait frontispiece. Attractively bound in modern gilt titled half morocco, marbled sides. More
London: John Weale and J. Mann, 1828. First edition. 8vo. (ii), 104 pp. Publisher's pebbled purple cloth, rebacked preserving much of the original and its gilt lettering, early bookseller's ticket to the front pastedown. Frontispiece and 11 plates, one with an onlay. Occasional foxing, a little discolouration to the boards..... More
London: Henry G. Bohn, 1845. Third issue, 8vo, (xxiv), 456 pp, engraved title and 38 plates, Prize label of Lewes Grammar School on paste down with the edges partly torn away, contemporary green calf, double gilt rules, some marking and indentation, gilt spine with a red label, a.e.g. Lake &..... More
London: Collins, 1956. First edition. 8vo. xvi, 335, (1) pp. Publisher's green buckram, gilt lettered to the spine, dust jacket, not price clipped. 24 colour and 24 black and white plates. Small chip to head of the upper panel of the jacket, else a nice bright copy. New Naturalist series..... More
London: Collins, 1959. First edition, 8vo, xiv, 322 pp. 16 colour and 32 black and white plates. Buckram, d.w., not price clipped, spine and edges browned, lower wrapper foxed, some mild wear to extremities. New Naturalist series no. 37. More
London: Scriptum Editions in association with the Royal Horticultural Society, 2003. First edition. 4to. 336 pp. Publisher's pink rose cloth, white lettered to the spine, dust jacket. Colour illustrated throughout. Slight sunning to the jacket spine, very good overall. More
London: University College, 1891. First edition, 8vo, viii, 129, (1) pp. Folding map, errata slip bound in, lower corner of title torn and repaired. 20th century cloth. More
London: Collins, 1952. First edition. 8vo. (xvi), 268, (4) pp. Publisher's green buckram, gilt lettered to the spine, dust jacket, not price clipped. 32 colour and 16 black and white plates. Small chip to the foot of the jacket spine which is slightly tanned, generally an attractive bright copy. New..... More
London: Printed for the Author. And Sold by Messrs. Robson and Co... and Messrs. Dilly, 1776 [but c.1786]. Mixed edition, 4to, (iv), 166, (4 index) pp. "Scheme of Colours" plate and 50 plates of insects, all attractively hand coloured, plus the uncoloured key plate. Text leaves and tissue guards browned..... More
London: H.F. & G. Witherby, 1952. First edition, 8vo, xi, 121, (1) pp. Black and white illustrations, signed on the title page by the author. Cloth, d.w., slightly rubbed and soiled. More
London: Whittaker, Treacher, & Co. and G. Ridge [earlier] Whittaker & Co. [later], 1833-37. Five volumes. 8vo. Contemporary green half morocco over marbled boards, spines with raised bands, gilt lettered direct to two panels and with a gilt leaf device to the others, the ownership inscription of an Elizabeth Pilkington..... More
Printed for W. Frederick in Bath; London: J. Hinton, W. Johnston [et al], 1764. First edition, 8vo, xviii, (4), 213, (1), 232 pp. 5 engraved plates plus a few woodcuts in the text, some browning to the first and last few leaves, later signature to paste down. Contemporary speckled calf..... More
London: Simpkin Marshall, and Co., 1843. Second edition, reissue, small 8vo, (ii), ii, 228 pp. Contemporary inscription on fly leaf. Original cloth, rubbed with some marks, spine browned, remains of a label to the upper cover. Including detailed instructions on preparing a range of drinks, from raspberry wine to porter..... More
London: Collins, 1953. First edition. 8vo. xiv, 273, (1) pp. Publisher's green buckram, gilt lettered to the spine, dust jacket, not price clipped. 16 colour and 24 black and white plates. The jacket spine sunned, a small inconspicuous tear without loss at the foot, very good. New Naturalist series no..... More
London: Cassell and Company, 1903. Large 8vo, xx, 832, 16 advertisement pp. 804 illustrations in the text, hinges cracking but sound. Original gilt titled maroon cloth, a little marked and worn. Originally published the year before. More
London: Bantam Press, 1993. Limited edition, no. 301 of 500 copies. 8vo. x, 198 pp. Publisher's quarter black morocco over dark blue cloth boards, gilt lettered to the spine and ruled to the sides. Some black and white illustrations and diagrams. A lovely copy. A deluxe issue published to commemorate..... More
(London): William Collins, (2016). First edition, 8vo, (xii), 401, (3) pp. 182 illustrations. Cloth, d.w., not price clipped, faint soiling to the lower wrapper otherwise a fine copy. New Naturalist series no. 131. More