London: T. Fisher Unwin, [1909]. First edition, 8vo, (xvi), 263, (1) pp. 65 plates, marbled endpapers and edges, prize label of Allhallows School, Honiton, to fly leaf. Bound by Relfe Brothers in contemporary green calf, gilt spine with a red label, sunned. More
London: David & Charles, (1989). First edition, large 8vo. Small chip to top of fly leaf. Cloth, d.w., slight sunning of spine. More
London: Charles and Edwin Layton, 1856. First edition, large 8vo, xxviii, 214 pp. Contemporary signature to title page and paste down, later ones to fly leaf. Original gilt titled blind stamped cloth, upper joint and spine ends with some subtle repair. More
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London: T. Fisher Unwin, 1895. "Authorized edition". 8vo. x, 377, (3) pp. Publisher's green buckram, gilt to the spine and upper board. Frontispiece portraits of the author and subject, Fading to the spine, else very good. A pioneering Russian mathematician, the book includes a translation of Kovalesky's own fictionalised account..... More
London: Published by Order of the Trustees of the British Museum, 1911. Second edition, 8vo, (viii), 302, (2), 30 advertisement pp. 200 illustrations, two to a plate, with a proportion in colour, contemporary inscription to fly leaf. Original gilt titled cloth, spine slightly sunned and rubbed. More
1847. 8vo. Three geological extracts: 97-132 pp., 1 double page plate and 6 full page; 41-96 pp., 1 folding plate and 6 full page; 40 pp., 1 folding plate and 6 full page. Early diced brown morocco backed marbled boards, gilt lettered red morocco spine label. Small chip to the..... More
Melbourne: Lansdowne Editions, (1978). Limited edition, no. 322 of 350 sets signed by Longhurst, two volumes, folio. 48 colour plates. Original gilt titled burgundy faux leather, volume II with some mild scuffing otherwise an excellent set. More
London: Groombridge and Sons, 1861. First edition, 8vo, (vi), ii, 144 pp. 60 chromolithographed plates, marbled endpapers, armorial bookplate. Contemporary full calf, gilt ruled and decorative blind stamped borders, a little marked and scuffed with recent restoration to the top of the spine and the label. More
London: Collins, 1954. First edition, 8vo, (xiv), 177, (1) pp, coloured frontispiece, 15 black and white illustrations and 13 drawings and maps. Buckram, d.w., not price clipped, spine browned with slight rubbing to the ends. New Naturalist Monograph no. 11. More
London: John Murray, 1841. Second edition. Two volumes. 12mo. xxiv, 437, (1); xii, 460 pp. Publisher's green beaded cloth backed drab boards, printed paper spine labels. Hand coloured frontispiece, 2 hand coloured folding maps and 5 folding plates (1 colour, 4 black and white). Slight wear to the labels, a...... More
London: John Murray, 1830-3. First edition. Three volumes. 8vo. Recent period style speckled dark calf, spines with raised bands, gilt lettered green and red labels, all edges speckled red, the old armorial bookplates of George Fortescue Wilbraham to the front pastedowns. Frontispieces to each volume including two hand coloured aquatints..... More
London: John Murray, 1840. Sixth edition. Three volumes. 12mo. Publisher's beaded purple cloth, original printed paper spine labels, 19th century, contemporary armorial bookplates of a J. Alexander Purson. 5 full page plates, 1 folding plate, 2 single page maps and 4 folding maps, of which one is hand coloured, plus..... More
London: John Murray, 1863. Third edition, 8vo, xvi, 551, (1), 32 advertisement pp. 2 plates and 58 text figures, a few spots to blanks and half title, small W.H. Smith blind stamp to fly leaf. Original gilt titled blind stamped green pebbled cloth, small hole to upper joint otherwise very..... More
London: John Murray, 1855. Fifth edition, "greatly enlarged". 8vo. xvi, 655, 32 pp. Publisher's blindstamped brown ribbed cloth, gilt lettered to the spine and with gilt vignette to the upper board, the attractive contemporary ownership inscription of a William Lang of Grampian House, Brighton to the front free endpaper. Frontispiece..... More
(London: Phaidon, 1975). First edition, 4to, 208 pp, 142 illustrations, many in colour, cloth, d.w., price clipped, else a fine copy in the original card slipcase. More
London: Robert Hale Limited, 1940. Second impression. 8vo. 282 pp. Publisher's green cloth, silver lettered to the spine which also features a pink flower illustration, dust jacket, not price clipped. Frontispiece and 14 black and white photographic plates. Losses to the spine ends of the jacket, slightly less so to..... More
London: John Murray, 1846. First edition, 8vo, xvi, 144, (4), 8 advertisement pp. 12 hand coloured plates, light browning to the endpapers only. Original blind stamped green cloth, recently recased, spine and edges slightly sunned. Dean 184. More
London: Lupton Relfe, 1822. First edition, 4to, (xvi), 327, (1 advertisement) pp. 41 hand coloured plates (2 folding) plus a hand coloured geological map, light foxing to the half title and title page only, subtle repair to the outer edge of the frontispiece. Uncut in recent period style calf, gilt..... More
London: Henry G. Bohn, 1854. Third edition, 8vo, (xxxii), 356, (2), 32 advertisement pp. 19 plates and a folding hand coloured geological map plus a folding table and 36 figures in the text, contemporary signature to paste down. Original blind stamped red cloth, spine a little sunned with a small..... More
Oxford University Press, 1940. First edition, 8vo, xii, 316 pp. 4 plates and a map, bookplate to fly leaf, signature to half title. Cloth, with some very mild marks, very good. More
4to, (171)-181, (1) pp. 3 plates, text leaves unopened. Recent cloth. "Mantell's youngest son, Reginald..., collected the... fossils from cuttings and excavations made in association with the laying of the Great Western Railway. They establish, contra Owen, that the belemnoteuthis and belemnite are distinct". Dean 202. Published in the Philosophical..... More
London: (I) Henry G. Bohn & (II) Bell & Daldy, 1864, 66. Two volumes, eighth and seventh editions respectively, 8vo, xxiv, 479, (1); xv, (i), (481)-1019, (1) pp. Frontispiece by John Martin and 6 full page plates of which 3 are coloured including a geological map of England and Wales..... More
[N.p.: Offprint from the] Transactions of the Linnean Society, 1795. Sole edition. 4to. 30 pp. Recent brown buckram boards, gilt lettered to the upper cover. A plate and a folding table recording the date of the annual appearance and disappearance of 28 bird types over the preceding 11 years. Some..... More
(London): Collins, (2009). First edition, 4to, (x), 310 pp. Coloured illustrations throughout, signed by both Authors on the title page. Original pictorial boards, wraparound title band, fine. More
(London): HarperCollins, (1995). First paperback edition. 8vo. 304 pp. Rebound in green cloth, gilt lettered to the spine, the original covers mounted to the upper and lower board, signed and dated by the author on the title page. 16 coloured plates and numerous black and white illustrations. Fine. New Naturalist..... More