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London: Collins, (1974). First edition, 8vo, 256 pp. 24 black and white plates plus 54 illustrations in the text. Buckram, d.w., not price clipped, spine sunned. New Naturalist series no. 57. More
London: Collins, (1974). First edition, 8vo, 256 pp. 24 black and white plates plus 54 illustrations in the text. Buckram, d.w., not price clipped, spine sunned. New Naturalist series no. 57. More
London: J. & A. Churchill, 1908. Third edition. 8vo. x, 638, (16) pp. Publisher's maroon cloth, gilt lettered to the spine, early ownership inscription to the front free endpaper. 24 plates plus numerous figures and tables in the text. Occasional foxing, slight sunning to the spine, some mild rubbing to..... More
London: Groombridge and Sons, 1869. 12mo, (vi), 128, (16 advertisement) pp. Frontispiece and illustrations in the text, later signature to fly leaf. Original gilt titled blind stamped green cloth, recently recased, some mild rubbing. First published 1856, with a subsequent edition in 1869. Scarce. More
London: Printed for the Author, 1773. Second edition, "corrected and enlarged". Folio. (ii), iv, ii, 716 pp. Later tan half calf over early worn boards, gilt lettered green spine label, marbled endpapers, old inscriptions inked out to the verso of the front free endpaper, two old pieces of paper affixed..... More
London: Printed for E. Cox, 1839. Second edition, 12mo, (iv), iii, (i), 98 pp. Three folding plates, foxed and with an ink stain the top corners when folded - stain to the top corner of the title page too, the second plate missing a piece, some subtle repairs to fold..... More
Cambridge: John William Parker, 1840. Third edition. 8vo. (ii), xvi, 224 pp. Original green cloth backed drab boards, printed paper spine label. The rear free endpaper sometime neatly excised, otherwise a decent copy. More
London: Journal of Horticulture & Cottage Gardener Office, 1863-78. Eleven volumes, 8vo. 917 hand coloured plates, including one bis plate (no. 828) but lacking eight (661-668). Some occasional light foxing, armorial bookplates, marbled endpapers and sides. Contemporary dark green half morocco, the final three volumes faded with some wear, upper..... More
London: Published at the "Journal of Horticulture" Office, 1862-66. Five volumes, large 8vo. 83 splendid chromolithographic plates. Old pencilled signature to one title page, bookseller's blind stamp to one fly leaf. Original gilt decorated blue cloth, a.e.g., the first three volumes rebacked retaining the original backstrips. A lovely set. The..... More
7th March, 1901. Small folio. 7 pp. Original printed blue paper boards, paler blue cloth spine, small old inscribed library ticket pasted to lower corner of upper board. Five b/w plates. Slight cockling to paper boards, a few chips at edges, otherwise very good. Holland was Curator of the Botanic..... More
Philadelphia: David McKay, (1902). Large 8vo, (ii), xxxviii, (3), 16-932 pp. 44 plates, the majority in colour. Original cloth, a little browned and marked. More
Hildesheim: George Olms Verlag, 1970. Facsimile edition, small folio, (iv, viii), xxviii, 572, (30) pp. 6 folding plates. Original gilt titled green cloth. Volume III in the Collected Works. More
Oxford: Sold by Messrs. Fletcher and Co.; Messrs. Rivington; and Messrs. Murray and Highley, London, 1797. Sole edition. 8vo. (2), vi, (10), 129, (1) pp. Contemporary half calf over marbled boards, gilt ruled to the spine, gilt lettered black label, later neat ownership inscription to the front free endpaper, the..... More
London: Printed by W. Bulmer & Co., [later volumes] W. Nicol, Sold by J. Hatchard, 1812-30. Seven volumes. 4to. Contemporary green half morocco over marbled boards, spines with raised bands, gilt lettered direct to two panels and blind decorated to the others, volumes I-VI uniformly bound, volume VII in a...... More
London: Collins, 1956. First edition. 8vo. 256 pp. Publisher's green cloth, gilt lettered to the spine, dust jacket. Numerous black and white photographic illustrations plus further illustrations in the text. Jacket rather marked and worn with small losses, remnants of old tape to the verso. More
London: Printed for Baldwin, Cradock and Joy, 1817. Second edition, 8vo, xxvii, (iii), 400 pp. 6 plates, one extending, with some foxing. Original boards, rebacked retaining some of the original spine label. British Bee Books, 176. Originally published in 1815. More
London: Cassell and Company, [c.1900]. Seven volumes. 8vo. Contemporary plain olive cloth, gilt lettered maroon spine labels. 280 colour plates. Some light rubbing, very good overall. More
Charlottesville: Published for the Eleutherian Mills-Hagley Foundation by the University Press of Virginia, (1979). First edition, large 8vo, (xxviii), 606 pp. Black and white illustrations. Cloth, d.w., some faint rubbing otherwise a very good copy. More
London: Longman, Brown, and Co. [et al], 1846. Tenth edition, 8vo, lxviii, 368 pp. 20th century typescript notes on logarithms pasted to front and rear blanks, some older manuscript notes to a rear blank also, marbled endpapers. 20th century maroon half morocco, some light rubbing. More
London: Dawsons, 1966. Facsimile reprint of the first edition of 1673, 4to, (ii), (xiv), 162 pp. Original cream cloth, faint mark to the head of the spine otherwise fine. A landmark work in science, this book contains the first mathematical analysis of a pendulum as well as examining motion along..... More
Praha: Nakladatelstvi Ceskoslovenske Akademie Ved, 1956. 8vo. (276) pp. A fine bespoke binding of tan full morocco with a fold-over flap in the Middle Eastern style, elaborate gilt corner pieces with a matching circular roundel to the upper cover, a central leaved rosette with inlaid green and red morocco panels..... More
London: HarperCollins, 1999. First edition. 8vo. 287, (1) pp. Publisher's green cloth, gilt lettered to the spine, dust jacket, not price clipped. 8 coloured plates and numerous black and white illustrations. Just a hint of sunning to the brown on the spine, an excellent copy. New Naturalist series no. 85..... More
London: James Leath, 1850. First edition, 8vo, (ii), xx, 488 pp. Contemporary inscription to paste down. Original patterned black cloth, rebacked retaining the original backstrip. Very scarce with OCLC only listing 3 copies - two at the British Library and one in Oxford. More
Edinburgh: Printed by C. Stewart & Co., 1800. First edition, two volumes bound in one, 4to, xxvi, (ii), 243, (1, ii), iv, 289, (3) pp. 13 maps and views, several folding, some foxing. Recently bound in dark blue quarter morocco, gilt decorated spine. Professor of Natural History and Keeper of..... More
Worthing: Published under the Worthing Art Development Scheme by Aldridge Bros. 1946. First edition, 4to, 156 pp. Black and white illustrations. Original gilt titled cloth, d.w. with some soiling to the lower wrapper, otherwise very good. More
Billericay: The Grey Walls Press, 1941. Limited edition, no. 58 of 105 copies, signed by the Editor, tall 8vo, (iv), 86 pp. Original white cloth, with some mild staining and marks. More