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William Applegate Gullick, John Spence, and Adam James Kent, Government Printers, 1903, Hardcover, Book Condition: Very Good, First

30cm x 23cm. 8 volumes. Blue cloth, gilt lettering. A complete set, being 75 parts in 8 volumes, containing over 3000 pages and 304 plates, 12 of which are in colour, and 4 of which are maps, of Joseph Henry Maiden’s masterpiece in the field of botanical research, and his major taxonomical work alongside his Forest Flora of New South Wales. The set is illustrated chiefly with ... More Text...

Angus & Robertson, 1939, Hardcover, Book Condition: Good, Dust Jacket Condition: Good, First

270 pages. 610 grams. Book is in good lightly marked condition with light foxing to endpapers. First Edition. 3 foldouts present, intact and in good order; one page facing the author's note neatly excised and not present. Dust jacket is in good condition, only lightly rubbed. Dust jacket condition preserved within new clear plastic protective non-adhesive removable covering. Size: Octavo (standard book size). 270 pages. Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: Under 1 kilogram. Category: Antiquarian & Rare; Australia; Natural History & Resources. Pictures of this item not already displayed here available upon request. Inventory No: 7383.

John Murray, 1862, Hardcover, Book Condition: Very Good, First

20.5cm x 14.5cm. vi, 366 pages, 32 advertisements, 1 folding plate, black and white illustrations in text. Aged reback with original spine laid down, original maroon cloth, gilt lettering with blind and gilt-stamped decoration. First edition, first issue, of Darwin's first published work after the Origin of Species, providing evidence supporting his theory of evolution through natural selection. Darwin believed this volume tackled the question ... More Text...

Pierre Bulliard, Hardcover, Book Condition: Very Good

25.5cm x 17.5cm. [x] leaves (printed recto only), 219 original water-colour plates. Quarter leather, marbled papered boards, gilt lettering, with gilt mushroom tool to spine. 219 manuscript watercolour plates by M. Walhein, a Member of French Mycological Society, from the originals by French physician and botanist Jean Baptiste Francois Pierre Bulliard (1752-1793). Bound in quarter leather with a typescript index to the plates. Some rubbing to leather. Very minor tanning. Shipped Weight: 1.5 kilos.

gedruckt mit Weissischen Schriften und in der Montagischen Buchhandlung in Commission zu haben, 1759, Hardcover, Book Condition: Good, First

22cm x 18.5cm. [vi], 59, [3] pages, 4 folding hand coloured plates, engraved title vignette, . Marbled boards, leather label, gilt lettering. Text is in German. Preliminary observations of the sponges around Regensburg: made and explained with four copper plates of painted illustrations by Susanna Sophia Betzin. The first exclusively mycological book in the German ... More Text...

Kawada Teijiro and Hatsubaijo Maruzen Kabushiki Kaisha, 1916, Hardcover, Book Condition: Very Good, Second

28cm x 20cm. [vi], 109 plates, [80] pages. Loose plates with book in wrappers housed in a contemporary blue cloth clasped box. Text is in Japanese with captions in Latin and English. The Tsuboi Bamboo Atlas comprises 109 loose colour lithographs of Japanese bamboo varieties with an English title page and index together with an 80 page book in Japanese. Presents examples of root systems, stems, with and ... More Text...

Printed for W. Strahan, T. Cadell and W. Creech, 1781, Hardcover, Book Condition: Very Good, Dust Jacket Condition: No, First

Complete set in matching full leather. gilt diagonal decoration on edges of covers and gilt letting on spine. Red leather title label on all spines. Covers and spines are a little marked, worn or scratched. Some bumping and wear to corners and spine ends. All covers are firmly attached, but some cracks on some cover joints. Binding in all volumes is sound apart from the frontis, ... More Text...

The Folio Society, 2016, Hardcover, Book Condition: Near Fine, First

57cm x 32.5cm. 264 full page colour illustrations (2 folding). Quarter leather, gilt lettering and decoration. vii, 42 page commentary volume. Blue cloth, gilt lettering and decoration. 3 colour prints in envelope. Cloth clamshell. Deluxe oversize Folio Society facsimile of the Second Edition of Nikolaus von Jacquin's Selectarum stripium Americanarum historia with a Commentary Volume by Christopher Mills and 3 prints. Limited to 750 numbered copies of which this is number 426. Books and prints are in Fine Condition. Very minor shelf wear to slipcase. Shipped Weight: 7.27 kilos.

Freemantle, 1800, Green Gilt Cloth, Book Condition: Very Good, Dust Jacket Condition: No, First

With an introduction by The Very Rev. S. Reynolds Hole with numerous illustrations by J.G. Keulemans, Herbert Railton, and Edmund J.Sullivan. Frontispiece of Gilbert White. With facsimilie letter .. Some slight foxing. Heavy books may incur extra postage Size: Octavo (standard book size). 2-volume set (complete). Category: Natural History & Resources;

Hardcover

Printed By Barnard and Farley, Skinner-Street for F. C. And J. Rivington; G. Wilkie & others, London, 1816. Rebound in half blue leather with contemporary marbled sides, and endpapers, original front free endpaper with name and date preserved, raised bands with gilt rule and dark red title label, date 1816 in gilt at foot of spine. 27 hand-coloured double page maps including folding map of the world, a very good copy, digital images supplied on request. ; 235 x 140mm

Marcel Dekker, 1992, Hardcover, Book Condition: As New, Dust Jacket Condition: No, First

Size: 4mo - over 9 3/4" - 12" tall. 774 pp. Pages are tight and clean. No significant flaws. Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: 3-5 pounds. Category: Natural History & Resources; Engineering, Industrial, Trade. ISBN: 0824786815. ISBN/EAN: 9780824786816. Pictures of this item not already displayed here available upon request. Inventory No: 610006.

BRITISH MUSEUM, 1913, 1ST

157 pp + 17 full page guarded plates. No 24 of an edition limited to 25. (British Museum label inside cover0. Green endpapers. Purple cloth with gilt BM motif. Title gt spine. Slight foxing to top edge ow Fine

Christian Kaiser, 1872, Hardcover, Book Condition: Very Good, Dust Jacket Condition: No, Third

A very tidy and presentable set. Original pictorial cloth and gilt bindings with some neat and almost invisible restoration. WITH the original matching slipcase ( quite rubbed at edges but also neatly restored ). Introductory text sections in German and English. Text blocks sound, small ownership inscriptions and other markings on front endpapers. A little light foxing, mainly around endpapers. Boards lightly ... More Text...

Macmillan, 1876

Photographs and engravings from drawings by P. H. Delamotte, 2 vols., 4to., green cloth, dark green morocco backs, with elaborate design to front cover incorporating "The Wakes" within decorative border, The binding is rubbed, internally very good. With fraying and rubbing to spine 2-volume set (complete). Category: Natural History & Resources;

Academic Press, 1981, 1st

359 pages. With illustrations, tables, maps and text figures. Ex reference library. 2 labels (1 blank) and stamp, o/w contents clean and bright. Illustrated boards, with shelf number taped to spine. VG

Journal of Horticulture and Cottage Gardener Office, 1866, Hardcover, Book Condition: Very Good, First

22.5cm x 14.5cm. vii, [47] pages, 24 hand coloured plates. Rebacked original red cloth, gilt lettering and decoration. Scarce 19th century British mycology text illustrated with 24 hand coloured lithographs by W.G. Smith, F.A.L.S. This copy with the bookplate of American zoologist Charles Atwood Kofoid (1865-1947). Rebacked with the original spineback laid on. Minor discolouration and rubbing to cloth. Minor foxing and tanning, moderate to first and last pages. Contemporary previous owner's name. Shipped Weight: .31 kilos.

Ministry of Agriculture & Agrarian Reform, 1976, Hardcover, Book Condition: Very Good, Dust Jacket Condition: Good, First

Size: 4to <12". xiv + 506pp. Single volume only of set or series. Internally clean. Couple of small knicks to front hinge. Dust jacket chipped and worn with slight loss. Edges slightly marked. Illustrated. Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: 1-2 kilos. Category: Natural History & Resources; Iraq; Environment & Ecology. Pictures of this item not already displayed here available upon request. Inventory No: 43930.

The Society for Promoting Christian Knowledge, 1857, Hardcover, Book Condition: Fair, Dust Jacket Condition: No, Second

Green cloth, approx. 159 (of 192) illustrations of flowers, (printed by William Dicks) (Baxter Licensee) 4to., green cloth, the first edition was published in 2 vols Size: Quarto. Slight wear to spine. Moderately foxed throughout. slight wear and bumps to corners. Category: Natural History & Resources; Britain/UK; 19th century;

J & J Pemberton, 1736, Hardcover, Book Condition: good, Dust Jacket Condition: No

Translated from the French by Mr Humphries, 60 engraved plates including a number folding, 2vols, vol 1 3rd edition, vol 2 second edition, thick small 8vo., full contemporary calf (the complete set of this translation which Humphries completed in 1784 eventually ran to 7 vols) Category: Natural History & Resources;

J. -B. Baillere & Fils, F. Savy, H. Baillere, C. Bailly-Baillere, and Baillere-Brothers, 1870, Hardcover, Book Condition: Very Good, First

31.5cm x 24.5cm. [ii], 164 pages, 24 plates (4 folding). Quarter leather, papered boards, gilt lettering. Text is in French. Illustrated Cryptogamy or History of the Natural Families of the Acotyledonous Plants of Europe: Coordinated According to the Latest Classifications and Completed by the Most Recent Scientific Researches. Fungi Family. Containing 1,700 figures, ... More Text...

Cassell, 1897, Hardcover, Book Condition: Very Good, Dust Jacket Condition: No, 1897

No date but all volumes inscribed 1897 by a previous owner. Some mild foxing around speckled outer page edges and endpapers, but each is internally very well-presented throughout with all plates present, and no significant marks or creases. Covers firm and secure with gilt titles and stamped designs remaining bright and attractive, and just some mild knocks and bumps to ends of spine. Why on Amazon do most sellers not ... More Text...

J. B. Lyon Company, 1908, Hardcover, Book Condition: Very Good, Dust Jacket Condition: No (as issued)

564 pages. Text unmarked. Hinges show superficial splitting to the papercovering but the book is well build and the hinges are still holding. I can repair the hinges with archival rice paper, or leave the damage for the buyer to handle as they choose. Slight age-toning to page edges but still very supple. Some bumping and rubbing to corners/edges. Some age darkening to spine. Paint or clay stain/smear to ... More Text...

John Murray, 1890, Hardcover, Book Condition: Good, Second . Revised. Fifth Thousand

20cm x 13cm. xvi, 300 pages, 32 advertisements. Green cloth, gilt lettering. Darwin's first published work after the Origin of Species, providing evidence supporting his theory of evolution through natural selection. Darwin believed this volume tackled the question of design in nature. He maintained that the complex internal arrangements and ornate ridges of orchids were not created for the sake of beauty, but for the ... More Text...

L. Reeve, Cloth, Reprint

Reprints from 1957-1963. 8 vols in 10 books. Blue cloth, spine faded in 3 vols, all very good copies. Vol. 1. Ranunculaceae to Connaraceoe. --vol. 2. Leguminosae to Ficoideae. --vol. 3. Umbelliferae to Ebenaceae. --vol. 4. Pt. 1. Oleaceae to Gentianeae. --vol. 4. Pt. 2. Hydrophyllacaea to Pedalineae. --vol. 5. Acanthaceae to Plantagineae. --vol. 6. Pt. 1. Nyctagineae to Euphorbiaceae. --vol. 6. Pt. 2. Ulmaceae to Cycadaceae. --vol. 7. Hydrocharideae to Liliaceae. -- vol. 8. Pontederiaceae to Cyperaceae. Heavy book set will require extra postage cost. ; 220 x 140mm

WARNE, 1893

6 volumes. 583 + 583 + 584 + 583 + 584 + 580 pp. Preface by PL Sclater. Illustrated with 72 coloured plates & 1600 engravings. Blue boards a bit marked/grubby/stained in parts. Some corners bumped. Edges dusty. Nice & tight. Contents clean & bright

Academic Press, 1981, 1st

235 pages. With illustrations and tables. Ex reference library. 2 labels (1 blank) and stamp, o/w contents clean and bright. Illustrated boards, with shelf number taped to spine and nick to top. VG

Warne, 1915

A descriptive Survey of the Geographical Distribution of Animals. With over 600 engravings & 120 studies in colour. 3 volumes. 464 + 426 + 457 pp. 2 pages creased & 1 sl torn at top vol 2 ow a very nice set indeed in blue cloth with title gt spines

Progressive Publishing Company, 1885, Hardcover, Book Condition: Very Good, First

18.5cm x 12cm. 48, 48, 47 pages. Green cloth, gilt lettering. An introductory work on Charles Darwin's theory of evolution by Karl Marx's son-in-law Edward Aveling. This volume is comprised of three separately paginated lectures: 'The Darwinian Theory', 'The Origin of Man', and 'Monkeys, Apes, and Men'. Minor rubbing to cloth. Title page tanned. Very minor foxing. Shipped Weight: .22 kilos.

Self published, 1939, Softcover, Book Condition: Good, First

Hand typed original copy of the thesis presented by Harris in 1939 to the Division of Geological Sciences at Harvard University, in partial fulfillment of the Requirement for the Degree of Doctory of Philosophy, June, 1939. Later published by the Oklahoma Geological Survey. Size: 4mo - over 9 3/4" - 12" tall. 224 pp. Text body is clean, and free from previous owner annotation, underlining and highlighting. Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: 2 - 3 pounds. Category: Natural History & Resources; Pictures of this item not already displayed here available upon request. Inventory No: 113367.

Warne, 1922, Hardcover, Book Condition: Very Good, Dust Jacket Condition: No, New

Complete six volume set. Vols. 1 & 2 Mammals, Vol. 3 Mammals & Birds, Vol. 4 Birds, Vol. 5 Reptiles & Fishes, Vol. 6 Intevertebrates. A handsome set in the publishers' 'deluxe' half morocco bindings. Raised bands to spines, gilt lettered and decorated, top edges gilt. Old ownership inscriptions. Some minor foxing around endpapers and text block edges otherwise very clean, tight and sound copy. Light fading to spines, a little ... More Text...

Wilowmead Publishing, 1998, Softcover, Book Condition: Near Fine, Dust Jacket Condition: No, First

May incur extra postage Size: Quarto. 2-volume set (complete). Category: Natural History & Resources;

John Murray, 1887, Hardcover, Book Condition: Very Good, Second (Twenty-First Thousand)

A clean and attractive copy, with some minor browning and spots of foxing around the outer page edges but minimal encroachment onto the contents, affecting only very occasional margins and title pages. Award bookplate inside front cover (South Kensington Comittee of Eduction, 1887) but no other significant marks, and no notable creases or signs of wear to page edges. Covers and binding are firm and secure, with some ... More Text...

Buncle for THE SUDAN GOVERNMENT, 1950

3 volumes. 237 + 485 + 579 pp. Index of Botanical Names. 435 text figures. Folding frontis map in Vol 1, which has cracked front hinge. Apart from this, a very good set. Minor foxing to top edges. Green cloth. Title gt spines

Prentice Hall, 2001, Softcover, Book Condition: New, 7th

New Condition, minimal wear from storage. Looks great. this is a Study Guide 236 pages. Quantity Available: 1. Category: Natural History & Resources; ISBN: 0130920312. ISBN/EAN: 9780130920317. Pictures of this item not already displayed here available upon request. Inventory No: ABE300495750.

Gulf Publishing, 1989, Hardcover, Book Condition: As New, Dust Jacket Condition: No

Size: 8mo - over 7 3/4" - 9 3/4" tall. 252 pp. No significant flaws. Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: 1 - 2 pounds. Category: Engineering, Industrial, Trade; Natural History & Resources. ISBN: 0872015882. ISBN/EAN: 9780872015883. Pictures of this item not already displayed here available upon request. Inventory No: 610138.

Privately Compiled, 1930, Hardcover Art Deco Bindings, Book Condition: Very Good, 1930

Please note that international shipping is unavailable on this item unless additional carriage is agreed. Item constitutes 2 volumes of collected publications (Pamphlets) 1924-1933 by zoologist and natural scientist Louis Giltay, privately compiled by an unknown editor. Both volumes have exceptional original leather Art Deco hardcovers in Very Good condition, with only minor wear and rubbing, and small knocks to corners ... More Text...

Winchester, 1888, 1888, Hardcover (Half Leather), Book Condition: Very Good, Dust Jacket Condition: No

4to., finely bound half green morocco gilt, Category: Natural History & Resources;

Oxford, 1978, Black cloth, Book Condition: Fine, Dust Jacket Condition: Near Fine, First

This volume inttroduces the Koobi Fora, a multidisciplinary research project involving a a large number of scientists investigating many aspects of of early man living to to 3 million years ago on the shores of Lake Turkana, Northern Kenya.With illustrations, price clipped. Size: Quarto. Category: Natural History & Resources;

James C. Beal, Government Printer, 1883, Hardcover, Book Condition: Good, First

22.5cm x 15cm. xxxii, 890 pages. Half leather, marbled papered boards, gilt lettering. A thorough catalogue of short descriptions for the identification of plants found in the colony of Queensland. FERGUSON 6498a. Recently rebacked. Foxing to edges and flyleaves. Shipped Weight: 1.18 kilos.

BRADBURY & EVANS, 1856

4 vols in two. 1135 + 1143 + 1083 + 1201 pp. Text drgs throughout. foxing front & rear. Hinges cracked. Name on prelim. Half leather. Raised bands on spine. Vol 1 rear board taped on. 2nd vol marbled boards Perhaps not matching pair. Edges rubbed/frayed.

W.H.Lizars, 1841, Hardcover (Original Cloth), Book Condition: Poor, Dust Jacket Condition: No, Reprint

34 hand-coloured plates of birds and eggs. Size: Small Octavo. Edges browned slightly. faded and worn covers. Illustrator: . Category: Animals & Birds; Natural History & Resources.

Methuen. Mass, 1883, Hardcover (Quarter Cloth), Book Condition: Very Good, First

Newly rebound in Brown Linen, With stone linen backstrip These memoirs which include "Fishing Biddeford Poole, Maine," and accounts of shore and deep-sea fishing on the New England coast, in the Methuen newspaper before assembling this collection. Ex Library Edition with Library stamps to Title page. Frontispiece portrait of author. Authors Signature laid in Size: Octavo (standard book size). Category: Natural History & Resources;

John Wiley & Sons, 1996, Hardcover, Book Condition: Very Good, Dust Jacket Condition: No, Second

Hardcover. 769 pages. *** PUBLISHING DETAILS: John Wiley & Sons, USA, 1996. Second Edition. *** CONDITION: This book is in very good condition but dust jacket is not included. More specifically: Edges of boards have superficial edgewear and corners are lightly bumped. Pages are clean and unmarked and in excellent condition. *** ABOUT THIS BOOK: Introduction to Wildland Fire, Second Edition provides a ... More Text...

Putnam, 1930, Hardcover (Original Cloth), Book Condition: Near Fine, Dust Jacket Condition: Good, 1st, Inscribed by Author

Scattered foxing, but text mostly clean. Dust Jacket chipped, torn. Dust jacket in mylar guard. Quantity Available: 1. Category: Alaska; Biology; Natural History & Resources. Inscribed by Author. Pictures of this item not already displayed here available upon request. Inventory No: 10315.

Microcosm, 2001, Hardcover (Printed Boards), Book Condition: Very Good

Hardcover (Printed Boards). 464 pages. *** PUBLISHING DETAILS: Microcosm, USA, 2001. *** CONDITION: This book is in very good condition. More specifically: Covers have superficial rubbing/wear. Edges of covers have superficial wear. Pages are clean and unmarked and in excellent condition. *** ABOUT THIS BOOK: Keeping live corals has been likened to "Bonsai for the Cousteau generation" and "the ultimate underwater gardening experience." ... More Text...

De Lore Baryta Company, 1920, Softcover, Book Condition: Good, Dust Jacket Condition: No, First, Illustrated By: O.E.Berninghaus

Book is in good lightly marked condition. Size: Quarto. Illustrator: O.E.Berninghaus. Quantity Available: 1. Category: Natural History & Resources; United States; Science & Technology. Pictures of this item not already displayed here available upon request. Inventory No: 8194.

Jonathan Cape, 1937, Quarter Leather, Book Condition: Near Fine with no dust jacket, First

1st ed., 352pgs last 5 blank, photographic illust's., fold out map. 4 appendices, post 8vo., Rebound in 1/4 dark green morocco leather - marbled boards, raised bands, gilt rule, title pieces. Very nice copy.; 205 x 140mm

Bataafsche Petroleum Maatschappu, 1956, Softcover, Book Condition: Good

Size: 4mo - over 9 3/4" - 12" tall. Pages are tight and clean. Cover is moderately soiled. Back cover is creased. Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: 2 - 3 pounds. Category: Natural History & Resources; Science & Botany::Geology; Pictures of this item not already displayed here available upon request. Inventory No: 109137.

Society of Exploration Geophysicists, 1998, Softcover, Book Condition: As New

This is a 2 volume set. Volume 1 is on Poststack Migrations, and Volume 2 on Prestack Migrations. They are from the Course Notes Series (No. 7 & 9) with Roger A. Young being the series editor. Size: 4mo - over 9 3/4" - 12" tall. 2-volume set (complete). Pages are tight and clean. Minimal shelfwear to the cover. Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: 5-6 pounds. Category: Natural History & Resources; ISBN: 0931830486. ISBN/EAN: 9780931830488. Pictures of this item not already displayed here available upon request. Inventory No: 001744.

LONGMANS GREEN, 1909, 1ST

An account of the Production, Liberation & Dispersion of the Spores of Hymenomycetes treated botanically and physically. 5 plates & 83 text figs. Ex Wharfedale Naturalists Society Library. Green cloth. Title gt spine. VG