London: Printed by Order of the Trustees of The British Museum, 1939. 1st Edition. Soft cover. 5" x 8.5" British Museum (Natural History). Orig. green wrappers, saddle stitched. 20 pp., II plates, B&W figures. Covers darkened to edges, some light bumping and creasing, small nick to head of front cover..... More
London: Oxford University Press, 1953. D.V. Cowen. 1st Edition. Hardcover. 8vo (royal). Orange cloth, xviii, 435pp. With [32] colour plates and line drawings illustrated by D.V. Cowen. Light offsetting on endpapers from inner jacket covers, outer hinges and spine worn else near fine in a near fine, unclipped d/w with..... More
Secaucus, N.J. Wellfleet Press, 1989. Hardcover. 4to. Full black cloth boards, gold lettering to spine. 440 p.p. Copiously illustrated in colour. Foxing to top edge, scuffing to tail edge, one very small spot of wear to spine foot. Dust jacket has sticker ghost to upper front cover in the corner..... More
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New York: Johnson Reprint Corporation, 1966. Hardcover. 8vo. Facsimile edition. Green cloth with gilt lettering to the front board and spine. 110 pp. Illustrated throughout in B&W, 10 numbered plates; folding map frontis. Small dark stain to front board, white marks to rear, bumping and rubbing to spine head. A...... More
London: Printed for Andr. Bell, Ral. Smith, Dan. Midwinter, Tho. Leigh, Will. Hawes, Will. Davis, Geo. Strahan, Bern. Lintott, Ja. Round, and Jeff. Wale, 1704. 1st English Edition. Hardcover. 8vo. The practice of physick, reduc'd to the ancient way of observations containing a just parallel between the wisdom and experience..... More
London: T. Fisher Unwin, 1911. Hardcover. 8vo. xii, 13-315 p.p., [5]. Twenty-one B&W plates plus in-text illustrations. Black cloth boards with gilt lettering to spine and black and white raised vignette of an Australian Aborigine to front board. T.E.G. Edges of text block and interior are foxed. Spine ends are..... More
Newcastle Upon Tyne: Printed by and for S. Hodgson, R. Beiley, & T. Bewick, 1792. 3rd Edition. Hardcover. 8vo. Half calf, teal cloth boards. Marbled edges and endpapers. x, 483 pp. Engraved title vignette. Engravings in text. Recently professionally rebacked, new leather spine with gilt tooled compartments and new title..... More
New York: Holt, Rinehart and Winston, 1972. 1st Edition. Hardcover. The Rivers of America Series. Full tan cloth. xvii, 294 pp. B&W illustrations in text. Dust jacket is lightly edge worn with a few short tears and some chips to spine foot, with some tape repairs. Though Niagara Falls has..... More
Toronto: University of Toronto Press, 1978. 1st Edition. Hardcover. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall. Orig. yellow cloth with stamped black fungi to front board. xii, 131 pp. B&W photos in text. Dust jacket lightly rubbed and creased to extremities, crease to front flap, else fine overall. More
Saskatoon: Fifth House Publishers, 1994. Fadden, John Kahionhes, David Kanietakeron Fadden, Marjorie C. Leggitt, Carol Wood. 1st Edition. Hardcover. 8vo. Quarter navy cloth, tan paper boards. 265 pp. B&W illustrations. Light bumping to extremities of dust jacket, else a fine copy. Keepers of Life provides a complete program of study..... More
Toronto: Little, Brown & Company, 1969. 1st Edition. Hardcover. 8vo (small). Black and red quarter-cloth, 185pp. With beautiful headpiece illustrations at the start of each chapter, bookplate on ff/ endpaper, some slight bruising on spine ends, else fine in a near fine, unclipped d/w with some wear on edges and..... More
New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1964. 1st Edition. Hardcover. 8vo. Light blue cloth, decorated in dark blue cloth, spine lettered silver, xv, 258, index. With 16 illustrated plates. Light spine bruising on ends, else near fine in a near fine, unclipped d/w a bit faded, jacket spine lightly sunned. More
New York: Franklin Watts, Inc., 1969. 1st American Edition. Hardcover. 18mo. Original green cloth. 264 p.p. With over 400 colour pictures. Bumping and rubbing to spine ends and corners. Some foxing to edges of text block. Some chafing and soiling to dust jacket. Bumping to edges, creasing to rear flap..... More
Washinton, D.C. The Smithsonian Institution, 1943. 1st Edition. Soft cover. 8vo. Smithsonian Institution War Background Studies Number Ten. Orig. grey wrappers, staple bound. v, 37 pp. [16] pp. B&W illustrations, plus [1] colour illustrated plate. Wrappers sunned to edges, crease to rear cover. Ink owner inscription to head of front..... More
London: Animal Pictorial Ltd., 1938. First Edition. Soft cover. 12mo. 30 p.p. Original black-stamped stiff wraps. B&W photos. Sunning to covers, front cover bowed. Light foxing to covers and some pages. Offsetting from rear cover to last page. More
Paris: Librairie Ch. Delagrave. Paul H. Fabre. Hardcover. 12mo - over 6¾ - 7¾" tall. [191-?] Three-quarter brown calf over marbled boards, 273pp. With [16] plates of b/w photos of insects. Bookplate to front pastedown; Light wear on outer hinges, some scuffing to boards, otherwise fine. A French Naturalist, Jean-Henri..... More
London: T. Fisher Unwin Ltd., 1922. Hardcover. 8vo. 14th impression. Orig. red cloth. viii, 327 pp. With 14 plate illustrations. Foxing to edges of text block. Darkening to fore edge of front board. Mark to lower spine, appears to be removed tape. Ink ownership stamp of R.F. Anderson to ffep..... More
New York: The Modern Library. Hardcover. 16mo. (ca. 1916 or later per translator's note.) Full black pebbled cloth. Modern Library endpapers. 376 pp. Rubbing to extremities. Cracking to spine. Light age toning to pages. More
Erlangae: C. Heyderi, 1831. 1st Edition. Soft cover. 4to. Tan wrappers, 35pp, [Text in Latin, French and German], [2] colour folding plates of snakes. Bookplate on front inner cover; sporadic foxing wrappers a bit smudged with creasing at lower corners otherwise near fine. Covering the New Species of Dalmatian Snakes..... More
London: The Macmillan Company, 1969. 1st Edition. Hardcover. 12mo - over 6¾ - 7¾" tall. Quarter green cloth, black green boards. xv, 334 pp. Numerous B&W photos in text. Spine cocked. Chafing to extremities. Ink ownership inscription to front pastedown. Dust jacket is price clipped, sunned to spine, some bumping..... More
Toronto: McClelland and Stewart, 1984. 1st Edition. Hardcover. 10.25" x 10" SIGNED by both authors to title page. Full navy cloth, silver letting to spine and front board. 160 pp. Fine condition. Contains over 90 photographs capturing those rare moments when nature, through a chance conspiracy of light, colour and..... More
New York: Macmillan and Co., 1893. 1st Edition. Hardcover. 12mo. Orig. blue cloth. xi, 365 pp. [16] B&W plates. Spine slightly tilted. Light chafing to extremities. Ink ownership inscription to ffep. Bookseller ticket to rear pastedown. A few spots of light foxing. More
Calcutta: Zoological Survey of India, 1992. 1st Edition. Soft cover. 4to. State Fauna Series 3. White wrappers lettered in black, 381pp. Illustrated in-text, with [8] photographic plates, plus foldout map of important cultural sites in West Bengal, India. Wrappers somewhat soiled, creased at spine, else near fine with d/w that..... More
London: James Nisbet & Co., 1871. Hardcover. 18mo. Ninth edition. Blue publisher's cloth. xiv, 344 pp. [12] B&W engravings, frontis. has tissue guard. Spine sunned, chafing to extremities, staining to boards. Foxing to edges of text block, end matter, and sporadically to interior. Front hinge started. Gift inscription to ffep..... More
New York: W.W. Norton & Co., 1977. Hardcover. 8vo. Tan quarter-cloth over orange boards, 285pp. Light rubbing on spine, fine in near fine, somewhat sunned and rubbed wrappers. More