Groombridge and Sons, 1871. 1st edn. 12mo. Original gilt and black decorated red cloth, all edges gilt (some light wear at edges and small mark on upper board). Pp. vii + 133 + index and publisher's cataolgue at rear, illus with coloured frontispiece with tissue-guard, 7 coloured plates and b&w..... More
Imperial Mycological Institute, 1945. 2nd edn. 8vo. Original gilt lettered blue cloth (spine lettering a little dulled - otherwise VG), no dustwrapper. Pp. 431 (no inscriptions), illus wiith b&w plates. More
Tryon Gallery [&] George Rainbird, 1966. Limited numbered edition (163 of 300) signed by author. Folio (21¼ x 14¼ ins). Original gilt lettered quarter morocco on marbled paper-laid boards, top edge gilt (Fine in torn glassine cover), slipcase (rubbed at edges with small marks on sides). Unpaginated, illus with 17..... More
George Smith [&] Ackermann & Co., 1833. Tall 8vo. Bound in contemporary gilt decorated full red calf, all edges gilt (bright VG). Pp. vi + 136 (no inscriptions), illus with 21 hand water coloured plates. More
Fernwood Press., 2001. 1st edn. 4to. Original gilt decorated green cloth (top edge a little spotted o therwise VG), dustwrapper (VG). Pp. 216, illus with coloured plates (no inscriptions). More
J.M. Dent & Co., 1900. Limited numbered large paper 1st edn (8 of 100). Tall 8vo. Original bevelled-edged gilt lettered green buckram cloth, top edge gilt (a little spotting at top edge of upper board - otherwise bright VG). Pp. xvi + 254, illus with coloured and b&w plates with..... More
Oxford University Press, 2007. 9780199232369. 1st edn 1st printing. 8vo. Original silver gilt lettered black cloth (small and unobtrusive indentation on upper board - otherwise near Fine), dustwrapper (Fine, not price clipped). Pp. vii + 130, illus with b&w diagrams (previous owner's neat inscription on half title page). More
Lutterworth Press, 1959. 1st edn. 8vo. Original gilt lettered green cloth (top edge spotted - otherwise VG), dustwrapper (lightly rubbed at edges - in protective wrapper, not price clipped). Pp. 168, illus with coloured and b&w photos and map (no inscriptions). More
New York: Macmillan, 1946. 4to. Original gilt decorated maroon cloth (VG), dustwrapper (chipped and torn at edges - in protective wrapper), illus with coloured plates (endpapers faintly spotted; no inscriptions). More
Bombay Natural History Society [&] R.H. Porter [&] Thacker Spink and Co., 1908. 1st edn. 4to. Original gilt lettered half morocco, top edge gilt (spine sunned and fore-edge of upper board worn; lower board lightly marked and some loose threads at edges). Pp. [13] + xi + [1] + 292..... More
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Edinburgh: Oliver and Boyd, 1953. 1st edn. 2 vols. Tall 8vo. Original gilt lettered red cloth, top edges red, deckled page edges (spine ends bumped - otherwise VG), dustwrapper (extrems worn; partial loss at head and tail of spine; tape repairs - in protective wrappers, not price clipped). Pp. xiii..... More
Hutchinson, 1923. 1st edn. 8vo. Original gilt lettered green cloth (VG), no dustwrapper. Pp. 288, illus with b&w plates (no inscriptions). More
T. & A. D. Poyser, 1973. 0856610038. 1st edn. 8vo. Original gilt lettered green cloth (slight toning on edges - otherwise VG), dustwrapper (light wear at extrems - in protective wrapper, not price clipped). Pp. 351, illus with b&w plates and drawings in text (no inscriptions). More
Fourth Estate, 2002. 1841157392. 1st edn 1st printing. 8vo. Original silver gilt lettered black board (Fine), dustwrapper (Fine, price clipped). Pp. xvi + 232, illus with b&w plates and with b&w photos and drawings in text (no inscriptions). More
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John van Voorst, 1837 - 1839. 1st edn with the companion volume (stated as proofs on binding but without any accompanying documentation). Tall 8vo. 2 Vols. Rebound in contemporary uniform gilt lettered and ruled full black morocco, top edges gilt (edges of spines rubbed and board scratched - otherwise a...... More
Richard Bentley, 1867. Volume I only. 8vo. Contemporary half calf on marbled paper-laid boards (poor- rubbed and worn at egdes and inner hinges split). Pp. vii + 414 with erratum slip tipped-in facing p. 1, (some spotting on prelims; previous owner's neat inscription in contemporary hand on verso of front..... More
Printed by Edward Walker for T. Bewick and E. Charnley [&] Longman and Co., 1821. 2 vols. 8vo. Contemporary full calf by Waters of Newcastle, raised ribbed spines with elaborate gilt tooling and contrasting labels (boards a little scratched and a little wear to outer joints ( bright VG set)..... More
Collins, 1950. 1st edn 1st printing. 8vo. Original gilt lettered green buckram cloth (cloth bubbling on fore-edge - otherwise VG), dustwrapper (tanned - in protective wrapper, not price clipped). Pp. xxxi +304, illus with 47 coloured & 32 b&w plates and b&w figures in text (endpapers tanned; previous owners' inscriptions..... More
John Lane Bodley Head, 1905. 1st edn. 8vo. Original gilt decorated green cloth, top edge gilt (small split at head of spine - otherwise VG). Pp. xiv + 276, illus with b&w plates (previous owner's neat 1904 inscription on front endpaper; front and rear prelims rather spotted). More
Collins, 1990. 1st edn. 8vo. Original gilt lettered green buckram cloth (Fine), dustwrapper (Fine in protective wrapper, not price clipped). Pp. 416 (no inscriptions), illus with 21 coloured and over 150 b&w photos. New Naturalist no. 76. More
Printed for W. Mears at the Lamb without Temple-Bar, 1721. 1st edn. 4to. Rebound in recent half calf, gilt lettered raised ribbed spine, marbled paper-laid boards with new endpapers (Fine). Pp. (xx) + 194 + (2), illus with 28 coloured plates and engraved head and tail pieces and decorative initials..... More
Madrid: Editorial Rueda, 1994. 847207062X. 1a reimpresion (1994). 8vo. Original pictorial boards (scuffed at edges), no dustwrapper. Pp. xiv + 376, illus with coloured photos and maps (no inscriptions). [Spanish text]. More
Phoenix House, 1962. 1st edn. 8vo. Original gilt lettered red cloth, top edge red (near Fine), dustwrapper (VG in protective wrapper, not price clipped). Pp. xi + 339, illus with b&w photos and folding map (some spotting on fore-edge and endpapers; no inscriptions). More
J.M. Dent & Sons, 1985. 0460046128. 1st edn 2nd imp. 4to. Original gilt lettered grey cloth (VG), dustwrapper (VG, price clipped). Pp. 150, illus with reproductions of author's ornithological drawings and paintings (no inscriptions). More
Bloomsbury, 1989. 1870630637. Reprint (1989). 8vo. Original gilt lettered cream cloth (VG), dustwrapper (small tear at head of spine - in -protective wrapper, not price clipped). Pp. xiv + 400, illus with b&w photos, diagrams and distribution maps (previous owner's neat name stamp on front free endpaper). More