Natural History from Bristow and Garland

April 1946 to December 1952. 7 volumes 4tp (10 x 7 1/2 inches). Pages: 164; 228; 230-500; 312; 326; 352 & 328. Mumerous illustration and illustrated advertisements. Non uniform ninder's cloth. The original wrappers of each issue retained. Bindings occasaionally marked, internally very good. Together with 5 pamphlets issued by Water LIfe on Hardy Reptiles, Aquatic Insects, The Bog-Garden, Land… Ler mais sobre este item

Government Printer, Allahabad, 1927. First edition. Folding map. 8vo (10 x 6 1/2 inches), 605-pages, original burgundy cloth. The spine very badly faded else very sound.

Journal of Horticulture Office, London, 1864. 18 attractive hand-coloured plates. 8vo (7 3/4 x 5 inches), 349-pages. Contemporary half green grained calf over marbled boards, spine gilt ruled on and at raised bands and gilt lettered direct, top edge gilt. Attractively and solidly bound, very good. Foxing to front free endpaper else very clean internally.

Journal of Horticulture and Cottage Gardener Office London, 1861. 4th edition. Plates. Small 8vo (6 3/4 x 4 1/4 inches), 296-pages. Original green cloth blocked in blind and lettered in gilt; all edges gilt. Very clean internally, A very pretty binding in very good condition. Armorial Bookplate

Square Peg, London, 2011. First edition. Plates. 8vo (8 3/4 x 5 3/4 imches), 305-pages. Original cloth; fine in fine price clipped dust jacket.

Collins., 1937. First edition. 4to (12 3/4 x 10 inches), 135-pages. Orginal green cloth, foxing to prelims. upper cover dust marked on lower margin else very good in worn and slit dust jacket. Signed by the author on title.

Bell & Daldry, London, 1865. 8vo (7 7/8 x 5 1/2 inches), 202-pages. Contemporary half burgundy calf, spine decorated and lettered in gilt. Endpapers discoloured, damp mark to rear free endpaper, very small patch of paper adhesion to title, old name on front free endpapr; overall good.

William Tegg and Co. London, 1856 Frontispiece & plates. Small 8vo (6 3/4 x 4 1/4 inches), pages: 337:2, pub.list). Contemporary half calf over marbled boards, with red letteing piece. Piece chipped from upper compartment of backstrip, base chipped, joints rubbed with some cracking but firm. Foxing to prelims. Paper of upper inner joint cracked but firm. Contemporary signature and… Ler mais sobre este item

Routledge Warne 1862. 22 coloured plates. Small 8vo (6 1/4 x 5 1/4 inches), 394-pages. Contemporary full calf, boards detached, lacks spine.

Cottage Garden Office, London, 1859. Black & white plates. Small 8vo (6 3/4 x 4 1/4 inches), 284-pages. Original red cloth blocked in blind and gilt. Front free endpaper removed, headband bruised else very good.

George Bell, London, 1870. The Nests and Eggs published 1879. The second (& best) edition. The Birds with 365 hand coloured plates; the Nests & Eggs with 232 hand coloured plates. In all 9 volumes 8vo (10 1/4 x 7 1/4 inches). Original green grained cloth blockedin blind and pictorially in gilt. Small chip in 2 headbands. Cracked at… Ler mais sobre este item

Frederick Warne, London, 1894. 12 volumes large 8vo (10 1/4 x 7 1/4 inches) - approx. 3,500-pages. Original green cloth blocked in black & gilt. Headbands a little bruised; overal a very nice set indeed.

George Bell, London, 1878. Exquisitely coloured frontispiece & title vignette to each volume and 17 coloured plaes of Birds and Eggs (as called for). Together with illustrations in the text. Two volumes 8vo (7 1/2 x 5 inches), pages: 422 & 440, original red cloth; one gathering loose at end of vol. 1 with a little wear to fore-edge of… Ler mais sobre este item

Approximately 150 specimens largely mounted 1 per page; a few specimens missing. In 7 of the volumes the location where "Found" is recorded, i.e. Found at : Lyme Regis; Bruton; West Camel; Godminster, etc. In the other two only the name of the specimen is given.

S.P.C.K. c.1880. 72 chromolitho plates. Small 8vo (5 3/4 x 4 3/4 inches), 350-pages, Contemporary half green calf over green grained boards. Damp mark to blank margin of last plate. Some rubbing but overall very sound. Gift inscription on front fly.

for Longman, Hurst, Rees, Orme. London. 1823. Title vignette and illustrations in the text. 8vo (7 1/4 x 4 3/8 inches), 389-pages. Contemporary half tan calf. Rubbed, snag at head of upper joint, lacks lettering piece. Internally very good. With the half-title. Very sound.

Alfred Mame, Tours, 1867. Frontispiece, plates, & illustrations. 8vo (8 1/4 x 5 1/2 inches), 346-pages. Contemporary grained black calf-backed hard grain boards, spine gilt in compartmenrs and gilt lettered direct. Excellent.

Cassell, London, n.d. c. 1890's. 320 coloured plates. 4 volumes 8vo (7 3/4 x 5 inches), original decorative green cloth lettered in gilt; very good.

Cambridge at the University Press, 1913. First edition. Frontispiece,39 plates, 5 maps (4 folding). 8vo (9 5/8 x 6 3/4 inches), pages xii:283:(1, C.U.P. list). Original grey/green cloth. Small scuff to upper cover, short nick in headband else good. Title-page perforated "Cambridge University Press Library, Fetter Lane"..

The Bermuda Book Stores, Hamilton, Bermuda n.d. The 2 volume set. Coloured plates. 8vo (6 5/8 x 4 1/4 inches, pages 79 & 55, original cloth-backed coloured pictorial boards. Backstrip of Trees dulled else fine in the original plastic dust jackets in the original, split, slipcase.