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UK: The Bryansground Press HORTUS, 1987. Book. Illus. by various. Near Fine. Paperback. First Editions. 8vo (21 x 14 cm). A long complete run from issue 1-125 also included 128,129,130 and 135 Issues as quarterly volumes and continues to be published by Bryansground Press in Wales. The first was published in 1987. Included with this run is the… Ler mais sobre este item

A la librairie encyclopedique de Roret Book. Very Good. Hardcover. Third Edition. 16mo. "TIGNY ( G.T. DE ) NATURAL HISTORY OF INSECTS" complete in ten volumes. 1830. Scarce, the only edition of The Suites to Buffon after: Reaumur, Geoffroy, Degeer, Roese,l Linnaeus, Fabricius. Reviewed, enlarged, and upgraded according to current knowledge ... (1830). A very good set with… Ler mais sobre este item

Liverpool: Printed for Private Circulation by Rockliffe Brothers, Ltd, 1893. Book. Very Good. Hardcover. No date but [1893]. Pp. 61, [1]; addendum slip inserted between pp. 48 & 49. 4 b/w lithographic plates, head and tail pieces. 4to. Hand-made paper with uncut edges. Original green cloth with gilt lettering and black titling and decoration to the front board. Re-backed… Ler mais sobre este item

London: Printed by Edward Couchman for the Proprietor, Samuel Curtis, 1845. Book. Very Good. Hardback. First Edition. Small 4to [24 x 15 cm]. Title page, dedication leaf, followed by 83 fine hand-coloured plates (plate nos. 2956 to 3038) of which 10 are double folding plates, each with supporting pages of text. Contemporary full polished calf binding with gilt lettering… Ler mais sobre este item

London: G. Kearsley, 1806. Book. Illus. by Mr. Heath; Mr. Griffith. Good. Hardcover. First Edition. 8vo. 2 volumes 157 x 218mm. Pp. (vol.I): xii, [2], 239, [1], vol.II: viii, [2], [241]-509, [1]. 2 hand-coloured title pages + 139 further hand-coloured engraved plates (but plate 76 is not present, a duplicate of plate 75 is bound in its place, though… Ler mais sobre este item

London: W. Wood, 1821. Book. Very Good. Hardcover. First Edition. 12mo. Two volumes bound in one; pp. vol. I: xvi, 118; vol. II; [2], 161, [3]; with 86 hand-coloured plates (complete). Fine binding of full tan calf with five raised bands to the gilt-decorated spine,red and black title labels, gilt dentelles to the inner boards, very good with… Ler mais sobre este item

London: W. Wood, 1821. Book. Very Good. Hardcover. First Edition. 12mo. pp. vol. I: xvi, 118; vol. II; [2], 161, [3]; with 86 hand-coloured plates (complete). Recent fine binding of maroon calf over green pebbled cloth boards, gilt and blind stamped decoration to the spines, original title labels incorporated, binder unknown but stamped with a very small gilt… Ler mais sobre este item

London: John Osborn and Thomas Longman, 1730. Book. Good. Hardcover. 2nd Edition. Folio - over 12 - 15" tall. Second edition, 2 volumes, folio, contemporary sprinkled calf, rebacked. Pp. (vol.I): [6], x, [4] (list of subscribers), [30] (index and supplemental index), 640; (vol. II): (4), 641-1153, [1] (blank). With 25 plates as called for by Upcott: engraved portrait frontispiece of… Ler mais sobre este item

London: J. and W. Paterson, 1848. Book. Very Good. Hardcover. First Edition. 8vo. pp. x 104; title page, index and tipped in errata slip. Original green cloth binding, very good, spine faded and a little brittle, Orkney written in ink to the spine. Contents clean and tight, original endpapers , torn at the hinge now professionally repaired, very lightly… Ler mais sobre este item

London: J. M. Dent & Co., 1903. Book. Very Good. Hardcover. Limited Edition. 8vo. An excellent bright set. Limited to 200 sets for sale in England, 100 for sale in America. This is No. 168 of the English Edition. Publisher's blue cloth boards and vellum spines, gilt lettering and decoration to the spines, Charles Lamb mono graph… Ler mais sobre este item

Consett: J. Dent, 1896. Book. Illus. by Bewick, Thomas. Very Good. Hardcover. First Edition. 8vo. pp. 64; title page and index, several in-text illustrations by engraver Thomas Bewick. Original red cloth binding, very good. Contents clean and tight, endpapers a little mottled, no foxing, no inscriptions. A very good book and a scarce copy of this title. Ref. Ballance… Ler mais sobre este item

Stuttgart: Alfred Kernen, 1924. Book. Very Good. Hardcover. First Edition. Folio (32 x 25 cm). The English edition. 2 volumes (text & plates). Pp. (text) viii, 1139, [1]; (plates) pp. vi, [4], + 202 very fine chomolithographed plates [the title states there are 203 plates, but the plates are numbered from 1 to 194, but the following 'B',… Ler mais sobre este item

Stuttgart: Alfred Kernen, 1913. Book. Very Good. Hardcover. First Edition. Folio (30 x 25 cm). The English edition translated by Dr. K. Jordan. Two volumes, complete text & plates. Pp. 479,+ 56 chromolithographed plates. The standard of printing of the plates is outstanding. Bound in contemporary half black morocco leather with cloth-coverd boards, good and strong with a… Ler mais sobre este item

London: Longmans, Green & Co., 1909. Book. Illus. by Thorburn, Archibald; Millais, J. G.. Very Good. Hardcover. Limited Edition. Folio. A sumptuous production in the tradition of the Victorian plate book with magnificent illustrations by Thorburn and Millais, beautifully produced and printed on thick paper, each plate with a tissue guard. Limited edition of 550 copies of which this… Ler mais sobre este item

London: Martin Secker, 1929. Book. Near Fine. Hardcover. Signed by Author(s). Limited Edition. 8vo. "Two Hundred and fifty special copies have been prepared, bearing the author's signature, of which this is No. 72." 154 pages. Original dust jacket very good, expertly repaired using Japanese archival paper, a little light rubbing to edges, now attractively presented in a… Ler mais sobre este item

London & Ireland: R. H. Porter [and] Edward Ponsonby, 1900. Book. Very Good. Hardcover. Signed by Author to Letter. First Edition. Royal 8vo (23.5 x 16 cm). Author, Richard Barrington, personally sent Walter Cave this copy. The correspondance from the author is pasted onto the rear endpaper. pp. xxv, 1- 285 [Analysis of the Irish Migration Reports 1881-1897)] 1 -… Ler mais sobre este item

Calcutta: A.O. Hume and C. H. T. Marshall, 1879. Book. Illus. by E. Neale. Very Good. Hardcover. First Edition. 8vo. Complete set of three. 144 colour lithographic plates. Original cloth bindings, very good, some rubbing and wear to corners, edges and spine, gilt bright with highly decorative front boards. Contents clean and tight, a little toned, numerous chromolithographic plates… Ler mais sobre este item

London: J. M. Dent & Co.,, 1908. Book. Illus. by Brock, C. E. (Charles Edmund). Near Fine. Hardcover. First Edition, Thus. 8vo. A near fine to fine, very bright volume in the publisher's highly decorative vellum binding, extravagent gilt-decoration to front board and spine (to Brock's design). Tissue-guarded, colour frontispiece plate, a total of 24 colour plates, internal… Ler mais sobre este item

London: J. M. Dent & Co.,, 1909. Book. Illus. by Brock, C. E. (Charles Edmund). Very Good. Hardcover. First Edition, Thus. 8vo. A very good to near fine bright volume in the publisher's highly decorative vellum binding, extravagent gilt-decoration to front board and spine (to Brock's design). Tissue-guarded a little foxed, colour frontispiece plate clean, a total of… Ler mais sobre este item

Oxford: printed by John Baskett, 1717. Book. Very Good. Hardcover. 310mm x 485mm. This, the famous and monumental Vinegar Bible also known as the Baskett full of errors, and generally acknowledged as the most magnificent Bible printed in England. The volume is complete in all respects. It comprises the complete text of the Old Testament, Apocrypha, and New Testament, along… Ler mais sobre este item