Commercial Diving Manual.
London: David & Charles, (1989). First edition, large 8vo. Small chip to top of fly leaf. Cloth, d.w., slight sunning of spine. More
Natural History
Table of Quarter Squares of All Integer Numbers, up to 100,000, by which the product of two factors may be found by the aid of addition and subtraction alone.
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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Sonya [Sofia] Kovalevsky. A Biography by... And Sisters Rajevsky Being an Account of Her Life by Sonya Kovalevsky. Translated by A. de Furuhjelm and A.M. Clive Bayley. With a Biographical Note by Lily Wolffsohn.
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
A Monograph of the Mycetozoa. A descriptive catalogue of the species in the herbarium of the British Museum. Second edition, revised by Gulielma Lister.
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
CUNNINGTON, William. On the Fossil Cephalods from the Oxford-clay constituting the Genus Belemnoteuthis, (Pearce). May, 1847. [bound with] MANTELL Gideon Algernon. On the occurrence of a large Species of Unio in the Wealden Strata of the Isle of Wight. February, 1847. [and] WOOD, Searles. On the Discovery of an Alligator and of several new Mammalia in the Hordwell Cliff; with Observations upon the Geological Phenomena of that Locality. September, 1846. [plus another seven miscellaneous works unrelated to geology].
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
Hibiscus. An artist's collection of life portraits in full natural colour with historical texts by Leslie Beers.
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
Beautiful Leaved Plants; Being a description of the most beautiful leaved plants in cultivation in this country; To which is added an extended catalogue. Assisted by W. Howard.
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
The Heron.
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
Principles of Geology, Being an Attempt to Explain the Former Changes of the Earth's Surface, by Reference to Causes Now in Operation.
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
Principles of Geology: Being an Inquiry how Far the Former Changes of the Earth's Surface are Referable to Causes Now in Operation.
London: John Murray, 1834, 1841. Two works in six volumes. "Principles..." third edition. Four volumes. Small 8vo. Publisher's green moiré cloth backed drab boards, printed paper spine labels, early ownership inscription of an "R. Burdon" to the upper board of three volumes, contemporary small circular ticket of the bookseller "S..... More
Principles of Geology: or, the Modern Changes of the Earth and its Inhabitants, Considered as Illustrative of Geology.
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
The Geological Evidences of the Antiquity of Man, with an Outline of Glacial and Post-Tertiary Geology and Remarks on the Origin of Species...
London, 1873. Fourth edition, 'revised', 8vo, (xx), 572 pp. 2 plates and 56 text figures, with an engraving ("Femme Lacustre" by A. Anker) originally published in the Illustrated London News pasted to the rear endpaper. Presentation copy, inscribed "From the Author" in a secretarial hand to the fly leaf recto..... More
The Geological Evidences of the Antiquity of Man, with Remarks on Theories of the Origin of Species by Variation.
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
A Manual of Elementary Geology: or, the Ancient Changes of the Earth and its Inhabitants as Illustrated by Geological Monuments.
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 tot he front free endpaper. Frontispiece..... More
The Book of Birds. Five centuries of bird illustrations.
(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
Thoughts on Animalcules; or, A Glimpse of the Invisible World Revealed by The Microscope.
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
The Fossils of the South Downs; Or Illustrations of the Geology of Sussex.
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
Geological Excursions Round the Isle of Wight, and Along the Adjacent Coast of Dorsetshire; Illustrative of the Most Interesting Geological Phenomena, and Organic Remains.
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
The Journal of... Covering the Years 1818-1852. Edited with an Introduction and Notes by E. Cecil Curwen.
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
Observations on some Belemnites and other Fossil Remains of Cephalopoda, discovered by Mr. Reginald Neville Mantell in the Oxford Clay near Trowbridge in Wiltshire. Received March 2, - Read March 23, 1848.
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
The Wonders of Geology; Or a familiar exposition of Geological Phenomena... Revised and augmented by T. Rupert Jones.
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
Aves Sussexiensis; or A Catalogue of Birds Found in the County of Sussex, with Remarks, by... Read May 5, 1795.
[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
Art of the New Naturalists. Forms from Nature.
(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
The New Naturalists.
(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
The Compleat Indian Angler. Illustrated... by the author.
London: Country Life, (1938). First edition, 4to, xi, (i), 115, (1) pp. Coloured frontispiece, 16 black and white plates and 34 illustrations in the text, small mark to paste down. Original cloth, slight wear to top of spine otherwise very good. More