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2005039824Abu Dhabi: Trident Press 2005. VERY HEAVY-additional postage will be requested for orders outside Australia. 428pp index bibliography references hundreds col ills. Or green cloth in jacket. Near new. The most comprehensive book on the entire range of wildlife in the UAE written by 34 different experts in their fields. As well as mammals birds marine life reptiles amphibians and insects the book also covers geology fossils habitats plants and conservation. . First Edition. Hard Cover. Near Fine/Near Fine. Folio. Trident Press Hardcover
1886024132Washington: The Smithsonian Institution 1886. Book. Fine. Hardback. First Edition. Folio. From Smithsonian Contributions to knowledge vol. XXVI dated 1890; pp ix 1 186; 5 chromolithographic plates. Modern blue cloth binding fine. Contents clean and tight pages crisp discreet contemporary Geological Society of London stamps to the reverse of the plates and general title otherwise unmarked. A fine tight copy. The Smithsonian Institution Hardcover
1891023337Edinburgh: David Douglas 1891. Illustrated a double-page coloured map large octavo pp xxiv 314 top edge gilt the fore-edge lightly untrimmed very clean internally a decorated title page a 16-page publisher's catalogue at the rear original green cloth slightly faded a small private shelf number on the spine the spine frayed at the base lacking a small piece at the top a small split to the top of the upper spine. From the library of the naturalist and conservationist Richard Fitter with his stamp on the half-title. First Edition. Cloth. Good. David Douglas Hardcover
1912013084Dumfries: J. Maxwell & Son 1912. Large slim octavo pp xiv 80 a little age-toned top edge gilt other edges uncut folding map cloth slightly dusty spine slightly faded otherwise a very good copy. With two short typed letters to the notable ornithologist Rev F.L. Blathwayt signed by the author. RARE From the library of the naturalist and conservationist Richard Fitter with his stamp on the front endpaper. Signed letter from author. First Edition. Cloth. Very Good. J. Maxwell & Son Hardcover
2017025059Melbourne VIC Australia: CSIRO Publishing 2017. Illustrated laminated boards. 448 pages with colour illustrations. Australia is home to a diverse freshwater turtle fauna including more than 25 species and an array of side-necked turtle subspecies. . UPDATED EDITION. Hard Cover. Near Fine/No Jacket. Small Folio. CSIRO Publishing Hardcover
188842799London Harrison and Sons 1888. 4to. No wrappers as extracted from "Philosophical Transactions" 1886 - Vol. 177 - Part II. Pp. 471-480 a. 4 lithographed plates. Clean and fine. <br/><br/><em>First appearance of a classical paper in which Owen describes the two new finds of dinosaurs from Lord Howe's Island New South Wales. They belongs to the Megalania a word coined by Owen himself.Megalania Great roamer is a giant extinct goanna or monitor lizard.It was part of a megafaunal assemblage that inhibited Southern Australia during the Pleistocene and appears to have disappeared around 40.ooo years ago. The first aboriginal settlers of Australia may have encountered living Megalania. </em> unknown
1893036558Sydney: L. Bruck 1893. vi 85pp frontis portrait. Contemporary original brown cloth titled in gilt. Ex-museum library with several oval stamps throughout has cancelled stamp on front free endpaper faded spine label some minor surface abrasion to cloth. Some foxing to endpapers and preliminary blanks. Scarce Australian publication on snake venom its action and antidote. Includes historical overview and case studies. First Edition. Hard Cover. Near Very Good. 8vo. L. Bruck Hardcover
008916London: The Ray Society 1896-7. Two volumes with 24 plates of which 16 are coloured plus folding maps and text illustrations pp iii 210; 211-376 31; neat and tiny owner's signature and stamp on front endpaper of each volume original dark blue decorated cloth. The first volume is becoming weak internally otherwise this is an exceptionally clean copy in a very bright binding. Very scarce. . First Edition. Decorative Cloth. Very Good. The Ray Society Hardcover
1831022888Ave Maria Lane London: Whittaker Treacher & Co 1831. With specific descriptions by Edward Griffith and Edward Pidgeib. Large thick octavo pp 2 481 i 110 with 48 fine hand coloured lithograph plates and 7 plain plates slight offsetting from plates on to text the last plate and its opposing page have a dark small stain to their lower margins otherwise everything is stunningly clean internally recently bound in half green leather and marbled boards very good. Bound at the rear is the 110pp Synopsis of Species by J.E. Gray. First Edition thus. Half-Leather. Very Good. Whittaker, Treacher & Co Hardcover
1738012097Leipzig und Rudolstadt: Wolffgang Deer 1738. Book. Very Good. Vellum. 8vo 11 X 18cm. Multiple works all dated 1738 bound together. First work with separate title page and frontispiece plate; pp. 46 770 22 Second wirk title page printed in black and red also dated 1738 with frontispiece plate pp. 126 second title page pp. 142 third title page pp. 158 missing final leaf Contemporary full vellum binding with autographed title to spine. Binding very good with a little general wear and rubbing to extremities a little marked. Contents clean and tight. A very good tight copy. Scarce. Wolffgang Deer Hardcover
1702017826The Bible near the Piazza's of the Royal Exchange: J.R. for Ralph South 1702. Illustrated with a folding plate at the rear small octavo pp xiv 175 i age-toned endpapers unevenly browned but otherwise clean and sound internally contemporary calf rather worn and bleached rebacked at some point with the original spine laid down the corners repaired probably at the same time all still tight and sound. An early signature on the front endpaper - S. Smith Prior Park 1784. Richard Mead 1673 - 1754 was an English physician. His work "A Short Discourse concerning Pestilential Contagion and the Method to be used to prevent it "1720 was of historic importance in the understanding of transmissible diseases. The present work on poisons "fully displayed his commitment to Pitcairne's style of iatromechanics stating that mathematical learning would soon distinguish a physician from a quack. His most original contribution was his discussion of venomous snakes which had been instigated by his studies with Paul Hermann at Leiden. Mead dissected several vipers and accurately described the mechanism of the fang and its operation. He also confirmed Galen's observation that a puncture wound was necessary for the venom to take effect in part by swallowing a sample of venom without ill effect - ODNB". The other poisons and antidotes discussed cover tarantulas and rabid dogs through to poisonous minerals and plants opium and noxious vapours. First Edition. Full Leather. Good. J.R. for Ralph South Hardcover
1788024356London: Printed for J. Walker 1788. Book. Very Good. Hardcover. First Edition. 12mo. A very good four volume set in contemporary full tree calf binding with double lettering pieces in red and green. Complete pp. iii-vii 1 222; 2 206; 2 238 & 2 198. No half-titles which may or may not be wanting but the pagination for the prelims to vol. I might suggest that one is required Very good bindings with a little rubbing a couple of volumes slightly chipped to the head/tail of the spines corners lightly bruised. Contents clean and tight manuscript Greek initials to title pages dated 1788 otherwise unmarked no foxing paper crisp. A very good set. A Rare Eighteenth Century Novel. We have managed to located just one other copy at auction in the last thirty years and that at Sotheby's sale of July 21 1993 where it made £1000 on the hammer though seemingly not such a nice copy. Referenced by: ESTC T068744. Printed for J. Walker Hardcover
