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1878018020London: John Murray 1878. Second edition revised. Very well illustrated with many engravings large thick octavo ppxxiv 548 the frontispiece title page and index pages a little foxed occasional light foxing here and there otherwise very clean and sound internally very tight and firm original blue cloth slightly worn and scuffed faded slightly marked here and there a few very small bubbles to the cloth the spine head with slight tears. Second edition. Cloth. Good. John Murray Hardcover
18836732689John Murray 1883. This is an ex-library book and may have the usual library/used-book markings inside.This book has hardback covers. In good all round condition. No dust jacket. Cloth bound gilt lettering on backstrip shelf wear bumped corners tight binding slight foxing throughout. Please note the Image in this listing is a stock photo and may not match the covers of the actual item1400grams ISBN: John Murray hardcover
1889017072Birmingham & London: Cornish Brothers; Simpkin Marshall & Co. 1889. Illustrated with four coloured plates several line drawings in the text small slim octavo pp 6 112 a few neat manuscript additions to the list of best cultivars similar notes on the rear blank and a manuscript recipe for Deans Insecticide on the final text page verys slightly age-toned traces of a label on the rear endpaper otherwise clean internally blue blind-stamped cloth with gilt lettering corners slightly bumped and rubbed lower cover a little marked the joints rubbed the spine faded and a bit worn lacking a tiny piece at the head. VERY SCARCE. Little if anything seems to be known of the author. First Edition. Cloth. Good. Cornish Brothers; Simpkin, Marshall & Co. Hardcover
1889017071Birmingham & London: Cornish Brothers; Simpkin Marshall & Co. 1889. Illustrated with four coloured plates several line drawings in the text small slim octavo pp 6 112 8 pages advertisements very clean internally blue blind-stamped cloth with gilt lettering the upper cover a little bleached lower cover a little marked the joints slightly rubbed. VERY SCARCE. Little if anything seems to be known of the author. First Edition. Cloth. Good. Cornish Brothers; Simpkin, Marshall & Co. Hardcover
18606699London: Longman Green Longman & Roberts 1860. Fine/No Jacket. Rebound in full green leather Rebound by Paul Delrue in full green leather with impressed design on cover and gilt title on spine; bookplate of Coleg Harlech retained no other signs of library use; former owner's signature and address on first page of text; attractively illustrated by Mackie. This work is a reissed extract from "Peaks Passes and Glaciers" edited by John Ball President of the Alpine Club. The author was a local director of the Geological Survey of Great Britain Professor of Geology at the Government School of Mines and a noted glacial geomorphologist. 10 116 4 pp. London: Longman, Green, Longman & Roberts hardcover
186002233211 Bouverie Street London: Bradbury & Evans 1860. Two volumes illustrated with 122 colour plates including 8 bis plates a little age-toning occasional foxing or light marking the plates are very slightly "waved a little more pronounced in the second volume an extra engraved title page in each volume with the date of 1859 one facing flimsy with a tear which has been repaired with archival tape rebound in modern green half calf the spine decorated in gilt and with red morocco labels. . First Edition thus. Half Leather. Very Good. Bradbury & Evans Hardcover
1839014817London: Hamilton Adams & Co 1839. Small slim 12mo pp 2 124 a hand-coloured frontispiece map pages age-toned but otherwise very clean and sound a little browning to the frontispiece and title page with the book label of Baronet Bron=mhead of Thurlby Hall on the front endpaper original green polished cloth with gilt decoration on upper cover showing an ornate vase of flowers slight marks and bumps the spine label appears to have been hand-written on paper but is now largely lacking. RARE AND A VERY GOOD COPY. Godfrey Howitt - 1800-1873 - was physician to the Nottingham General Hospital from 1829 to 1839 and was keenly interested in science and literature. He wrote this standard work The Flora of Nottinghamshire and discovered a new species of catchfly which grew on the Castle Rock. Professor John Wilson "Christopher North" of Edinburgh made the "Ettrick Shepherd" in Blackwoods Magazine described his as "Ane o' the best botanists in England an' a desperate beetle hunter." His ardent love for collecting accompanied him to Australia and he bequeathed his natural history collection and library to the Melbourne Museum The Howitt Collection. He also gave £1000 to found scholarships in Natural History in the University. In 1847 he became one of the first physicians to the Melbourne Hospital and had the experience of being paid his fees in gold dust by miners who consulted him professionally. . First Edition. Cloth. Very Good. Hamilton, Adams & Co Hardcover
18673991039Macmillan 1867. This is an ex-library book and may have the usual library/used-book markings inside.This book has hardback covers. In good all round condition. Re-bound by library. 8vo. Red cloth. Red speckled page edges. Frontispiece. Internally clean. Tightly bound. Please note the Image in this listing is a stock photo and may not match the covers of the actual item1400grams ISBN: Macmillan hardcover
1868055688San Francisco: H. H. Bancroft & Company 1868. 1st Edition . Hardcover. Very Good. 4to - over 9¾ - 12" tall. Small Quarto. xvo 696 2 pages. Hardcover bound in original green pebbled cloth. The binding shows some rubbing and wear but is sill fairly sound. The inner hinges are holding but this is a heavy work in which the inner hinges easily go. An early label not a full bookplate on the front pastedown bears the name "Rev. F. V. Norcross". Text is toned but clean. Contains 16 full page plates a few with two images per plate. The binding measures 10 3/8 inches tall by 7 1/4 inches wide. <br/> <br/> H. H. Bancroft & Company hardcover
1845009101Edinburgh: W. H. Lizars 1845. Book. Very Good. Hardcover. First Edition. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall. Frontispiece portrait and memoir of Cuvier with three title pages including engraved series title page. 3rd title page for The Natural History of the Feline title page states "illustrated by thirty-eight colour plates" however Contents page lists plates numbered up to 34 and there are 32 plates with tissue guards present. Bound in contemporary half calf over marbled boards brown end papers black calf labels with gilt lettering and rules back Very Good boards rubbed at edges evidence of small sticker removal front at end page small binder's stamp appears to read Walker Strand. Uncommon in the 1845 first edition. W. H. Lizars Hardcover
1869w210930594Edward O. Jenkins 1869. 380pp. Brown cloth hardback gold lettering and a person's head on spine and front cover spine slightly faded tiny insect holes on back cover spine edge small dark mark on front cover owner name on front end page index footnotes four colored plates map b&w illustrations throughout text The Natural History of the Human Races with Their Primitive Form and Origin Primeval Distribution Distinguishing Peculiarities Antiquity Works of Art Physical Structure Mental Endowments and Moral Bearing . Hard Cover. Very Good/No Jacket. Edward O. Jenkins Hardcover
18675811822Bell & Daldy 1867. This is an ex-library book and may have the usual library/used-book markings inside.This book has hardback covers. In good all round condition. No dust jacket. Re-bound by library. Exterior: 8vo re-bound cyan cloth gilt lettering to spine clean marbled edges. Interior: firm binding pages clean. Please note the Image in this listing is a stock photo and may not match the covers of the actual item750grams ISBN: Bell & Daldy hardcover
1893023361Huddersfeild & London: Various publishers 1893. Four volumes of this publication - rare as are all of Seth Lister Mosley's works. FIRST VOLUME. comprises Vol II number 13 July 1983 to number 24 June 1884; bound with Volume III number 24 July 1894 to Number 30 December 1894. Possibly lacking part 26 but the months are consecutive so almost certainly a printing error. SECOND VOLUME Vol IV number 31 January 1895 to Volume IV number 53 November 1896. Added at the rear is Swanton's paper on British Puff-Balls 6pp and Mosley's 'Catalogue of British Birds Nests and Eggs' 46pp. Signature again of Albert John Barnes contemporary cloth but hinges completely broken so the text block is sound but detached. THIRD VOLUME Volume VII number 67 January 1898 to number 80 February 1899 plus extra 57 pp of articles including Swanton's Monograph of British Boleti 13pp. Includes 6 colour plates of moths one of fungi and two of beetles. FOURTH VOLUME Volume X number 103 January 1901 to number 114 December 1901 text block completely detached from the contemporary cloth. Includes 5 colour plates two botanical two of lichens and one of moths. Some of the plates are certainly hand-coloured though fairly simple whilst others may be colour printed. There are other engraved illustrations within the text. Extremely scarce. First Edition. Cloth. Fair. Various publishers Hardcover
18964140876Blackie and Son 1896. This is an ex-library book and may have the usual library/used-book markings inside.This book has hardback covers. In good all round condition. No dust jacket. Large 8vo with olive cloth. Black lettering borders and illustrations on front board black illustration on back board. Gilt lettering and black illustrations on backstrip. Bumped corners. Interior is secure clean and clear. Trimmed. Please note the Image in this listing is a stock photo and may not match the covers of the actual item7000grams ISBN: Blackie and Son hardcover
1900008172London / New York: S. T. Freemantle / J. B. Lippincott Co. 1900. Book. Very Good. Cloth. Limited and Numbered First Edition. Thick 8vo. # 188 of 208 copies printed for America. Two volumes in publisher's original green buckram gilt lettering at spines top edges gilt. Profusely and wonderfully illustrated. Very Good spot of discoloration rear board Vol. II scattered light toning at end papers only. A handsome set of this classic of natural history. S. T. Freemantle / J. B. Lippincott Co. Hardcover
1900025140Sacramento California: A.J. Johnston Superintendent State Printing / California State Mining Bureau 1900. 3 volumes bound together: 1 THE MOTHER LODE REGION OF CALIFORNIA by W. H. Storms Bulletin No. 18 California State Mining Bureau 1900 First edition 154 pages. 2 METHODS OF MINE TIMBERING by W. H. Storms Bulletin No. 2 California State Mining Bureau 1901 Second edition 71 pages. 3 MINE DRAINAGE PUMPS ETC. by Hans C. Behr Bulletin No. 9 of the California State Mining Bureau 1896 First edition x 210 pages indexed elaborately illustrated with engravings line drawings and plans including two folding plates. Cover is in Good condition. Internally Very Good. Original wraps for all 3 titles are bound in. Tiny book label of Henry J. Pauly of Los Angeles. Pages are clean and unmarked. The binding is black cloth with gilt-stamped black leather spine and corners extremities rubbed. All gilt is bright and shiny. The front hinge is cracked but holding. PHOTOS UPON REQUEST. First Edition. Hardcover. Good - Very Good condition. Illus. by NOT a library discard. 3 vols: 154 71 x 210 pages. Great Packaging Fast Shipping. A.J. Johnston, Superintendent State Printing / California State Mining Bureau Hardcover
186916541Chicago: S.G. Griggs 1869. First edition. Hardcover. Good . Original green cloth. with gold lettering on spine. 443 pages index. Portrait of author tipped on verso of half-title page. Signed inscribed by author to his sister May 1 1869. Some offsetting on front and rear orange endpapers. Tear starting on rear pastedown near gutter. Edgewear on spine tips on bottom edges and on bent board corners. <br/><br/> S.G. Griggs hardcover
1895009267London: Balliere Tindall & Cox 1895. Book. Very Good Plus. Cloth. Second & Enlarged Edition. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Bound in original chocolate brown cloth gilt lettering. v111 207 8 42 pages illustration. Very Good Plus light rubbing at corners and spine ends rear board evenly faded 1/2" wide strip small bookseller's ticket front paste down. 8 pp. ads for microscopes followed by 42 pp. ads for Balliere Tindall & Cox publications. RARE in current commerce. Balliere, Tindall & Cox Hardcover
1887g8962London and New York: Offices of 'Engineering' and John Wiley & Sons. G : in good condition. Spine discoloured with end wear. Ex.-lib. 1887. First Edition. Maroon hardback cloth cover. 250mm x 150mm 10" x 6". xvi 558pp. Illustrations in the text and fold out plans. Heavy item - shipping supplement may apply for overseas. . Offices of 'Engineering' and John Wiley & Sons hardcover
18451160505.23Philadelphia: Lea and Blanchard 1845 1846. Hardcover. Good. 8vo hardcover no dj. Binds together the 12 monthly issues for each of 1845 and 1846: 24 issues total. Good condition. Quarter leather over brown cloth boards gilt spine lettering. Moderate interior foxing contents otherwise clean no markings binding & hinges firm. Reconditioned leather supple & smooth with pea-sized scuff spot at front edge of spine; gilt title lettering bright. 98 & 118 pp. incl's Index for each volume. Philadelphia: Lea and Blanchard hardcover
185911548William White London 1859. 1st edition. Fair/No Jacket. Rebound in full leather A rather crudely bound and repaired copy of the first edition. Pp. 565 onwards are partly detached. Reading copy only. William White, London hardcover
185916084William White London 1859. 1st edition. Good/No Jacket. Publisher’s cloth Edge wear to cover; bookplate and owner’s signatures. 575 pp. William White, London hardcover
18873958220Sampson Low Marston & Co. 1887. This is an ex-library book and may have the usual library/used-book markings inside.This book has hardback covers. In good all round condition. Re-bound by library. 8vo. Rebound. Foxing. Internally clean. Tightly bound. Please note the Image in this listing is a stock photo and may not match the covers of the actual item1350grams ISBN: Sampson Low, Marston & Co. hardcover
1835037486London: Longman Rees Orme Brown Green And Longmans 1835. 1st Edition . Hardcover. Fine. Frontispiece Illustrated Title Page Illustrations In Text. Viii 688 Pp. Full Year With "Corrections" On Last Page. Recent Full Green Cloth Red Morocco Spine Label Retaining Original Preliminary And Final Blanks. Articles By Edward Blyth At Pp 40 "An Attempt To Classify The 'Varities' Of Animals." P. 198 "A Few Remarks On Hybrids." P. 325 "Observations On The Cuckoo" P. 364 " A Notice Of A Very Remarkable Individual Of The Common Shrike."; Charles Waterton P. 166 251 322 361 453 451 663; W. J. Clarke P. 1 "On Certain Meteoric Phenomena"; Etc. The Blyth Article Is The First Extended Discussion Of The Basic Principles Of Natural Selection; Darwin Read Blyth's Work Carefully And Was A Friend Of Blyth; Loren Eiseley's "Darwin And The Mysterious Mr. X" Is An Account Of Their Relationship With Some Errors But Generally Correct. Binding As New; Preliminary And Final Blanks With Browning And Light Chipping At Corners; Contents Fine Clean Square Unworn. No Names Or Marks. <br/> <br/> Longman, Rees, Orme, Brown, Green, And Longmans hardcover
18889540542Longmans Green and Co 1888. This is an ex-library book and may have the usual library/used-book markings inside.This book has hardback covers. In fair condition suitable as a study copy. No dust jacket. Medium 8vo with yellow cloth. Black stamp and lettering on front board gilt lettering on backstrip. Tape covering backstrip. General wearing. Patterned end papers with tape in the crease. Frontispiece without tissue guard. Minimal foxing on pages. Interior is secure clean and clear. Trimmed. Please note the Image in this listing is a stock photo and may not match the covers of the actual item1600grams ISBN: Longmans Green and Co hardcover
