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189019745<p><strong>Charming and curious album by a butterfly hunter containing 76 pairs of finely arranged and glued wings completed with the body of each butterfly in gouache.</strong><br />The colors are very well preserved with iridescent hues rendered brilliant by the glue used. This is the same glue used to fix the colors of enhanced engravings from this period.<br />The last page features 11 butterflies made from natural leaves and flowers.</p>
188063938Chicago: Fleming H. Revell 1880. Second Edition slightly expanded and with 12 pages of advertisements added. Inscribed "To Capt. John Whytock from his comrade The Author" on front flyleaf. Octavo 20cm. Brown cloth stamped in black and gilt; grey and white patterned endpapers; 349148pp; 12pp publisher's advertisements at rear; black and white illustrations. Inscribed "To Capt. John Whytock from his comrade The Author" on front flyleaf. Ownership stamps of A. Taylor Smith to front endleaves. A straight copy with minor edgewear rough repair to cloth over upper spine front and rear endpapers thinly crcked at gutter but holding; mild toning: Good and sound.<br /> <br /> Bunnell 1824-1903 was a member of the Mariposa Battalion famous as the first non-indigenous group to enter Yosemite Valley where they burned Native American villages and forcibly relocated the inhabitants. Bunnell's book describes the discovery of an iconic American landmark and one episode in what is sometimes called the California genocide. This copy is inscribed by Bunnell to a fellow soldier. HOWES B954. 63938. Fleming H. Revell unknown
188088877Chicago: Fleming H. Revell 1880. First Edition. First printing. Octavo 20cm. Publisher's plum cloth decoratively stamped in black with gilt spine and cover titles; 331pp; portrait map and six leaves of unnumbered plates; text illus. Spine slightly sunned with dulling to gilt; a few unobtrusive stains to covers; occasional foxing to text still a tight complete sound copy Very Good.<br /> <br /> Bunnell 1824-1903 was a member of the Mariposa Battalion famous as the first non-indigenous group to enter Yosemite Valley where they burned Native American villages and forcibly relocated the inhabitants. Bunnell's book describes the discovery of an iconic American landmark and one episode in what is sometimes called the California Genocide. HOWES B-954. COWAN California p.83. Fleming H. Revell unknown
1890ZOOL0372Stuttgart, Hoffmann o. J. (ca. 1890). gr.-4°, Titels. u. Reg. fehtl, beginnend mit S. V des Registers, S. 133-188 Text im Spaltendruck (vollständig), m. 42 Holzschnitten, mit zahlr. Abb. auf 78 farb. Doppelfolio-Taf. (Käfer, Schmetterlinge, Immen, Gliederthiere, verschied. Flügler, Weich-, Schleim- und Strahlthiere), farb. ill. OHLn., Hln. rissig und zerschlissen, berieb., Buchblock vom Deckel gerissen, Taf. tlw. an Faltungen etw. eingeriss., papierbed. gebräunt, einige Braunflecken. (= Naturgeschichte des Thierreichs. Vierter Theil).
1858CZC-13348Illustré de 12 superbes planches coloriées imprimées en Chromos-Lithographie. Sommaire : la chasse aux papillons - Les crépusculaires - Les nocturnes. vol. in4, relié demi chagrin vert, frottements des plats, qq rousseurs sur les serpentes, très bel état intérieur, toutes tranches dorées, 396pp. Ouvrage recherché, peu courant. Paris, Librairie de A.Courcier , vers 1858
1858CZC-13348Illustré de 12 superbes planches coloriées imprimées en Chromos-Lithographie. Sommaire : la chasse aux papillons - Les crépusculaires - Les nocturnes. vol. in4, relié demi chagrin vert, frottements des plats, qq rousseurs sur les serpentes, très bel état intérieur, toutes tranches dorées, 396pp. Ouvrage recherché, peu courant. Paris, Librairie de A.Courcier , vers 1858
1899BUTTERFL019787Idler Office London. 1899. First edition first issue with ''Idler Office'' imprint at tail of spine. Octavo. pp iv 278. The first year of the periodical in the publisher's binding of cream buckram decorated in gilt. Contributors include Frederick Rolfe Laurence Housman Barry Pain et al. Illustrators include Max Beerbohm S.H. Sime Joseph Pennell Edgar Wilson et al.Free endpapers tanned. Covers slightly dusty. Corners a bit bumped. Very good indeed. Idler Office, London. hardcover
180819225paris Delance 1808 in-12 plein-veau reliure plein veau havane blond marbré in-douze (binding full calfskin duodecimo) (10,7 x 17,5 cm), dos long (spine without raised bands)filets or en place des nerfs et en tête et en pied, titre frappé or avec filets or ( title with gilt line), toutes tranches jaspéees bleues, orné d'une vigette en bas de la page de titre gravée sur bois en noir + 375 figures int texte gravées sur bois en noir par le célèbre PAPILLON, LVI +371 pages, 1808 à Paris et Vve Gueffier Editeurs,
18702110502150903620Matsunobe Do 1870. Soft Cover. Fine. Volume: 1 Matsunobe Do paperback
188765792Publié avec une introduction et des Notes par Ernest Boysse, 1 vol. in-8 cartonnage postérieur demi-percaline à coins vert, couverture conservée, Paul Ollendorff, Paris, 1887, 2 ff., 454 pp.
1900ZVC-8Paris, Schleicher Frères & Cie, sans date (vers 1900). Un volume à l'italienne, en pleine toile d'éditeur bleu clair de IV, 301 pages. Illustré de 48 figures et 54 planches en couleurs.
183863943Linz, Lithographischer Umdruck bey Jos. Hafner, 1838. Gr.-8°. 80 S., Marmor. Kart. d. Zt.
1875110471New York: D. Appleton & Company 1875. Hardcover. Good in boards. Toning throughout. Scuffing to panels. Bumped corners. Fading and wear to spine. Previous owner stamp to front endpage.; 8vo 8" - 9" tall. D. Appleton & Company hardcover
18742080502106603306Not Available 1874. Soft Cover. Fine. Volume: 1 Not Available paperback
1897LFA-126716355Un ouvrage de 467 pages, format 165 x 245 mm, illustré, relié cartonnage dos cuir, publié en 1897, Impr. et Lith. de Paul Jacquin (Besançon), bon état
18432081002108301073Nakagawa Kansuke 1843. Soft Cover. Fine. Number of pages: 50 Size: 17.5x12.0cm Nakamoto Nakagawa Kansuke paperback
18132111902158904334Takashi Itsuki kura-ban 1813. Soft Cover. Fine. Volume: 1 Takashi Itsuki kura-ban paperback
184837435P., E. Marc-Aurel 1848 2 parties en un volume in-8, demi-chagrin cerise, dos à nerfs, filets dorés et à froid, XXIII- 137- 3 pp. 29 fig. réunies en 12 planches hors-texte et 1 planches double en coleurs représentant tout le développement de la larve au Bombix. Rousseurs éparses. Deux planches couleurs manquent. En l’état.
1892060701Oxford: Oxford University Clarendon Press 1892. First Edition . Hardcover. Near Fine. FIRST EDITION. OXFORD : 1892. Clarendon Press Series . FINE BINDING. 2 Volumes bound-together; Vol. 1: Introduction and text. -- Vol. 2: Notes. Hardback. Red Morocco-leather; spine and corners; pebble-grained cloth sides. Raised bands; gilt lettered and tooled spine. Top-edge gilt. Marbled end-papers. Contemporary owner name' Alexander Miller. No internal markings. Bright tight and clean. NEAR FINE. lix 347 393 pages. Index.Will be well-packed for posting/shipping. 8vo. Oxford : At the Clarendon Press. SCARCE: Fine Binding; an attractive bright copy. <br/> <br/> Oxford University ( Clarendon ) Press hardcover
187216429s. l. Paris: Extrait de La Revue des deux mondes 1872. Fine. Extrait de La Revue des deux mondes s. l. Paris 1872 15.50 x 25 cm agrafé First edition. Plain paper cover. Rare. Extrait de La Revue des deux mondes unknown
187216429Extrait de La Revue des deux mondes | s. l. [Paris] 1872 | 15.50 x 25 cm | agrafé
1878018488Paris Librairie D'éducation / Amable Rigaud 1878 Grand In 8 Belle petite reliure en percaline ornée d'un globe terrestre et d'une couronne de lauriers . Dos et 4° plat décorés . Imprimé sur bon papier avec de rares rousseurs . Tranches mouchetées . Collection " Bibliothèque de la Science Pittoresque " . Cadeau original à offrir . - 216 p. , 550 gr
1874RO30121842DIDIER ET CIE. 1874. In-12. Broché. Etat d'usage, 1er plat abîmé, Dos abîmé, Rousseurs. 450 pages- annotation sur le premier plat. . . . Classification Dewey : 500-SCIENCES DE LA NATURE ET MATHEMATIQUES
1892146240NY/London: Oxford University Press 1892. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. Later. Very good. 2 Volume Hardcover set maroon cloth with gold stamping on spine both volumes show rubbing and bumping of spine ends cloth on spine ends starting to chip and fray on volume 2 and on the top spine end of volume 1 both spines lightly faded panels rubbed with some light scuffing vol. 2 shows small white stain and rub mark on bottom of spine former owners name and date in ink on front end papers page edges and end pages lightly browned 3 very small spots of cloth on outer edge of back panel of vol. 1 worn through some very minor notes in pencil in margins of a few pages of volume 1 both have sound bindings. Oxford University Press hardcover
1899WRCLIT81858London: Grant Richards & New Century Press 1899. Volume one #s1-6 of 12 published in two volumes. Large octavo. Later institutional boards original front wrappers and adverts only retained. Front wrapper of first number trimmed front wrapper of #6 largely sacrificed to make the pictorial label mounted on the upper board. Ex-library with release stamp on verso of front board and the acquisition number neatly stamped in corner of table of contents of first issue upper fore-tip bumped; still a reasonably sound lot in spite of the detractions. Edited by L. Raven-Hill and Arnold Goldsworthy as a successor to THE BUTTERFLY: A HUMOROUS AND ARTISTIC MAGAZINE 1893 - 10 numbers. Contributors to this volume include L. Housman Rolfe one of the "Toto" stories S.H. Sime Beerbohm Monkhouse Gale Hopper et al. NCBEL III:1853. COLBECK II:987. WOOLF C78. Grant Richards & New Century Press hardcover books