Hutchinson, 1953-1955. 1st edn. 3 vols. Tall 8vo (9¼ x 6½ ins). Original gilt lettered blue buckram cloth, top edges blue (near Fine), dustwrapper (VG in protective covers, price clipped). Pp. xi + 492, 536, xiv + 464, illus with b&w plates (no inscriptions). More
Natural History Museum, 2017. 2017 reprint. Folio (13 x 8¾ ins). Original gilt lettered crimson cloth (Fine), dustwrapper (Fine). Pp. 448, illus throughout with coloured plates (no inscriptions). More
Clarendon Press Oxford University Press, 1949. 3rd edn 4th imp. 5 vols bound as 2. 8vo. Contemporary gilt lettered red quarter morocco, top edges gilt (near Fine), in rather battered case. Pp. xiv + 429 + xiii + 415 + 567 [&] xi + 521 + xiii + 252 +..... More
L. Upcott Gill, 1889. 1st edn. 2 vols bound in 1. 12mo (7¼ x 5 ins). Contemporary gilt lettered half calf (top corner of upper board worn - otherwise VG). Pp. viii + 134 [&] viii + 112, illus with 2 b&w plates and figures in text (previous owner's neat..... More
Johannesburg: 30 Degrees South, 2007. 1st edn. 4to. Original silver decorated green cloth (Fine), dustwrapper (VG). Pp. 544, illus with b&w and coloured photos anf coloured maps (no inscriptions). Lacks DVD. More
Hawstead: G.A. Blunden, 1930. Limited 1st edn (250). 12mo (7¾ x 5 ins). Original printed grey paper-laid boards with paper spine label (light wear at tail of spine - otherwise VG). Pp. [ii] + 83 + [4] blank (previous owner's gift inscription on front free endpaper). More
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John Murray, 1819-1821. 4 vols. 8vo. Contemporary black crushed morocco, raised ribbed spines gilt tooled in six compartments, boards blind-stamped with gilt ruled borders, board edges and returns gilt tooled, all edges gilt (some light wear at head and tail of spines and corners, and abrasions on boards - otherwise..... More
Joseph Mawman, 1815. 2nd edn with additions and corrections. 4to (12 x 10 ins). Contemporary half calf on marbled paper-laid boards, red sprinkled edges (VG). Pp. xii + 456 + 93 (endpapers spotted and crease on title page; no inscriptions). More
Bruxelles: Société Belge de Librairie, 1843. 4 vols. 12mo. (6¼ x 4¼ ins). Contemporary half calf on marbled paper-laid boards, spines gilt ruled with gilt lettered labels, red sprinkled edges (some discolouring on spines - otherwise a VG set). Pp. [iv] + 338 + [2] blank [&] [iv] + 370..... More
Printed for James Buckland, 1775. 2 vols. 8vo (8½ x 5¼ ins). Contemporary full calf, spines gilt ruled in six compartments with later gilt lettered labels, all edges blue (spines worn and rubbed at corners). Pp. [ii] + xxxii + 544 + [4] blank [&] [iv] + 560 + [4]..... More
Copenhagen: Royal Library [&] Vandkunsten Publishers, 2009. 1st edn. 4 vols. 4to. Original black lettered cream cloth, top edges black (Fine), dustwrapper (Fine). Pp. 331 [&] 124 [&] 292 [&] 61, illus with coloured and b&w plates, and 45 x 1.145 cm folding coloured plate in vol IV (no inscriptions)..... More
John Murray, 1819. 2 vols. 8vo (8½ x 5½ ins). Contemporary half calf on marbled paper-laid boards, spines blind-tooled in with monograms in top compartments, gilt lettered labels and red sprinkled edges (spines lightly faded and marked - otherwise a VG set). Pp. xvi + 415 + [1] blank [&]..... More
Macmillan, 1890. 1st edn. 8vo (9 x 6 ins). 2 vols. Rebound in recent half calf on marbled paper-laid boards, spines gilt tooled in six compartments with contrasting gilt lettered labels and new endpapers, with original cloth covers bound-in at rear of each volume (a hint of fading on spines..... More
Printed for Vernor Hood and Sharpe et al, 1807. New edn. 8vo (8¾ x 5½ ins). Contemporary full tree calf, spine gilt ruled in six compartments with gilt lettered label, gilt tooled board edges (indentation on spine label, some wear at tail of spine and corners and boards a little..... More
Florence: Typis Regiae Celsitudinis apud Tartinium et Franchium, 1727. 1st edn. Folio (13 x 9 ins). Contemporary half polished calf on marbled paper-laid boards, spine gilt tooled in six compartments with contrasting gilt lettered label, blue sprinkled edges (near Fine). Pp. xxxvi + 254 + [2], illus with engraved plates..... More
Printed for Thomas Wilkie et al, 1820. 8vo (8½ x 5½ ins). Contemporary half calf on marbled paper-laid boards, spine gilt ruled with gilt lettered label, red sprinkled edges (edges of spine a little discoloured, small nick at tail of spine and corners bumped). Pp. [iv] + vii + [1]..... More
Bloomsbury, 2013. 1st edn 1st printing. 6 vols. 4to (11 x 8¾ ins). Original gilt lettered brown cloth (Fine), dustwrapper (near Fine). Pp. various, illus throughout with coloured and b&w drawings and distribution maps (no inscriptions). More
Princeton University Press, 1991-1992. 1st edn. 3 vols. 8vo. Original gilt lettered grey cloth (vols I and II a little discoloured at edges of boards - otherwise VG), dustwrapper (VG in protective covers). Pp. xx + 475 [&] xv + 461 [&] xix + 654, illus with coloured and b&w..... More
William Heinemann, 1971-1979. Phoenix edn. 19 vols (incomplete). 8vo. Original uniform gilt lettered red cloth (spines of some vols lightly faded - otherwise a VG set), no dustwrappers. Pp. various (previous owner's neat inscription on front paste-downs of some vols). The White Peacock (1974); Sons and Lovers (1974); The Trespasser..... More
Macmillan, 1889 [&] 1890. 2nd edn. 5 vols. 8vo (8¾ x 5¾ ins). Contemporary half vellum on green cloth, spines gilt lettered morocco spine labels, all edges red, marbled endpapers; upper boards blocked in gilt with Keble College arms (VG). Pp. various (Keble College prize plates on front paste-downs and..... More
John Heywood, 1915-1920. 9 vols. Folio (14¾ x 10 ins). Original gilt lettered half morocco on green cloth with decorative endpapers and sprinkled edges (rubbed at edges - otherwise a VG set). Pp. various, illus throughout with b&w photos and maps (no inscriptions). More
Edinburgh: Printed by George Ramsay and Co. for Manners and Miller and A. Constable et al, 1810. 12mo (6½ x 4¼ ins). Contemporary full polished calf, spine, borders and returns elaborately gilt tooled, all edges gilt (lower board scratched and lightly marked - otherwise VG). Pp. [ii] + xxiv +..... More
Printed by C. Whittingham for T.N. Longman and O. Rees, 1800. 1st edn. 2 vols. 8vo (8¼ x 5¼ ins). Contemporary full tree calf with contrasting gilt lettered labels, blue sprinkled edges (outer joints tender and light wear at edges of boards). Pp. viii + 357 + [3] blank [&]..... More
London Review Bookshop [&] Jonathan Cape, 2014. Limited numbered 1st edition 1st printing (31 of 75) signed by author. 8vo (9¼ x 6 ins). Original quarter bound in Kaduna green goatskin on decorative paper-laid sides, top edge red (Fine), in matching patterned and leather-lined slipcase (Fine). Pp. 215 printed on..... More
Paris: Schlesinger, 1831. Folio (14 x 10¾ ins). Contemporary quarter calf on blue cloth (boards heavily worn and edges of spine chafed and rubbed). Pp. 407, with engraved title with tissue-guard (no inscriptions). More