Natural History

London: Edward Arnold, 1910 pp xvi + 416 + ii + 22. Over 200 b & w illustrations. A survey of wild-life. Internally in near fine condition subject to moderate browning to endpapers.Binding sound subject to a little cracking between inside covers and endpapers.Cover quite bright with some markings and a little sunning to the spine.Corners a little bumped and slight wear to extremities of spine.

London: John Van Voorst, 1851. Volume Four, complete (1851/1852/1853) in 3 parts bound together. These are the original first editions -- not cheaply-made modern reprints. The binding is Fair - Good condition because the green cloth covers are worn and no longer attached to the textblock. SEE PHOTOS. However the textblock could be easily recased with no sewing required since all pages are tightly bound together. Internal condition is Very Good with almost no foxing. Consists of VOLUME THE FOURTH (1851): pp. 1-392; VOLUME THE FOURTH, CONTINUED (1852): pp. 393-784; and VOLUME THE FOURTH, CONCLUDED (1853): pp. 785-1160.. First Edition. Hardcover. Fair - Very Good condition. Thick 8vo. xxviii, 1,160pp.

Shanghai: The National Review Office, 1911. Hardcover. Good. Shanghai: The National Review Office, 1911. First edition. Good. Rare. Original olive green boards with a few very minor marks, interior with some minor foxing to endpapers and foredge, otherwise clean and with sound binding, owner's signature to page iii.

LONDON, WHISTON AND WHITE, 1759. FIRST ENGLISH EDITION, QUARTO, 6 COPPER PLATES, FOUR FOLDING, NEW LEATHER SPINE WITH ORIGINAL FULL LEATHER BOARDS, NEW END PAPERS. BOARDS CHIPPED - AND WORN TO ONE CORNER, BUT A VERY ATTRACTIVE COPY, TIGHT AND VERY CLEAN.

London: Hurst and Blackett, 1865. Book. Very Good. Hardcover. 1st Edition. Vol. I and II. Octavo. Full dark blue levant morocco bindings with fancy gilt turn ins, full bright gilt edges, decorative spine with gilt lozenge design, red leather labels in compartments between raised bands and bound by Holloway. Bookplate on endpaper. Minor brown blemishes to the colour plates and on the pages opposite. Wear to the joints on v.2, front joint is cracked down to the first compartment, otherwise are tender, covers are lightly rubbed with scattered dark blemishes and minor wear to the gilt edges, top corners on both volumes are slightly chipped and bumped. Otherwise both volumes are both firmly bound and in very good condition. 504 & 643 pp. .

Reykjavik: Reykjavik Societas Scientarium Islandica, University of Iceland, 1988. First edition. Hard cover, issued without dust jacket. Published Reykjavik: Societas Scientarium Islandica, University of Iceland, 1988. 8vo., 139pp., illustrated with maps an b/w reproductions. Text in English. Fine. . 1st. Hard. Fine/No Jacket, As Issued. 8vo.

Franklin Design Bureau, 2011. Paperback. Used- Fine condition. Book is clean and tight. Book shows light shelf wear. Light bumping on the top and bottom of the spine. No markings on the inside of the book. Photos are of the book we have here at Barbed Wire Books."It is one of the few works that attempts fully to explain Colorado's water history. It is unusually well-written, with vivid descriptions of people, processes, events, and landscape features." Mark Fiege

BEWICK, THOMAS. A GENERAL HISTORY OF QUADRUPEDS. NEWCASTLE, 1807 8vo, wood-engravings, contemporary tree calf, spine gilt, neatly rebacked retaining original spine, slightly spottedEx Libris - NOVA VIRERE FRONDE - Harry Lupton, surgeon (d. 1861) author of LUPTON, Mr. [Harry]. The History of Thame and Its Hamlets; Including the Abbey of Thame, Prebend, Free School, etc. etc. Printed and Published by J. E. and F. Bradford. Thame. [1860]The Figures Engraved in Wood by T. Bewick. Newcastle upon Tyne:T. Bewick and S.Hodgson,1807. Fifth edition (pp. x, 525, advert). Octavo (20 cm) in full mottled leather, gilt decoration, title in compartment on spine. In the addenda, Bewick includes an early mention of two Australian species-- the figures and descriptions of two very rare animals, sent from New South Wales, by James Hunter, Esq. Governor of that settlement . The two animals are the Wombach (sic) and an as yet unnamed amphibious animal with a bill similar to that of a duck. Thomas Bewick (1753- 1828), a… Read More

Memoir of Thomas Bewick Written By Himself 1822-1828,with an introduction by Selwyn Image, Late Slade Professor of Fine Art, OxfordSixty-one illustrationsLondon - John Lane The Bodley Head LimitedPublished in 1924A clean, bright copy of a scarce classic. Illustrated with woodcuts by Bewick. first edition. Hard cover binding in grey cloth with black lining and pictorial decoration on front en black titels on spine. Frontispiece with portrait of Thomas Bewick opposite to titel page. Clean, tight bookblock xxxi and 246 pages tekst and a selection of the woodcuts in Bewick's "Quadrupeds" and "Birds" on pages 248 -274Extra; bookplate from previous owner Sir Edgar Wigram, Bt. on inner board and inscription "Edgar T. A. Wigram from his very loving mother H.M. Wigram ???? 1924" on first blank page.Sir Edgar Thomas Ainger Wigram (6th Baronet) was born on 23 November 1864 and died in 1935. He was also known for his beautiful watercolour paintings and the book "Northern Spain, Painted and Described by Edgar… Read More

The Natural History of the Eastern Borders Vol I: The Botany of the Eastern Borders, with the Popular Names and Uses of the Plants and of the Customs and Beliefs Which have Been Associated with ThemPublished by John Van Voorst, London, 1853. , xii, 336 pages, complete with frontispiece plate "Castlehills", black & white plate inserted at page 221, 13 numbered plates at the rear, and 14 small woodcuts throughout the text, 'Terra Lindisfarnensis' printed at head of one title page,First Edition , light foxing to some plates (see pics), textblock clean, book in good condition , green cloth with gilt titles on spine, Octavo, 23 x 15 cmContent:* First Front (blanc) End Paper with inscription (pon); Matthew J (James) Turnbull, Coldstream Sept 1853. Turnbull (1826-1894) was a MD from Edinburg University.* Frontispiece "Castlehill"* Titlepage The Botany* Titlepage Terra Lindisfanrensis - The Natural History* Dedication page* p. vii - x Preface* Explanation of 14 woodcuts* Explanation of the Plates… Read More

Papers presented at the Rubey Colloquium, held at the University of California, Los Angeles, Jan. 1986.It contains 40 chapters. Heavy volume.

London: Collins, 2011. 1st Edition 1st Printing. Hardcover in Slipcase. As New/As New. Gillmor, Richard (Dustjacket). A particularly attractive copy of this beautiful edition - one of a very small number reserved exclusively for contributors and lettered. 50 numbered copies were made available for sale to subscribers. Full leather gilt with the New Naturalist monogram to the upper cover, two raised bands and gilt titles at the spine. pp. x, 500, illustrated with colour photographs. Tipped-in limitation plate to the front endpaper which is signed by the author and, in addition, the traditional New Naturalist dustjacket is provided and has been signed directly by its artist and designer, Robert Gillmor. This copy is lettered "H" and was reserved for the late British botanist and New Naturalist series co-editor, Professor Richard G. West, with his printed name-plate fixed to the front paste-down. As New condition in dustjacket and slipcase. Provenance: from the library of Professor Richard… Read More

London: Collins, 2013. 1st Edition 1st Printing. Hardcover in Slipcase. As New/As New. Gillmor, Richard (Dustjacket). A particularly attractive copy of this beautiful edition - one of a very small number reserved exclusively for contributors and lettered. 50 numbered copies were made available for sale to subscribers. Full leather gilt with the New Naturalist monogram to the upper cover, two raised bands and gilt titles at the spine. pp. xii, 516, illustrated with colour photographs and diagrams. Tipped-in limitation plate to the front endpaper which is signed by the author and, in addition, the traditional New Naturalist dustjacket is provided and has been signed directly by its artist and designer, Robert Gillmor. This copy is lettered "E" and was reserved for the late British botanist and New Naturalist series co-editor, Professor Richard G. West, with his printed name-plate fixed to the front paste-down. As New condition in dustjacket and slipcase. Provenance: from the library of… Read More

Studies on Glaciers. Preceded by the Discourse of Neuchâtel, Agassiz, Louis. Translated and edited by Albert V. Carozzi. Published by Hafner, New York & London, 1967. First English Edition. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. 213 pp; 18 plates, textual notes. Black cloth with gilt spine titles, reading ribbon. A couple of small and light marks to margins of title page and otherwise volume is in fine condition with bright pages; binding is tight and square. Dustjacket is in very good condition with has several insect holes. A very rare edition in collectible condition. First published in 1840 as Études sur les Glaciers. Louis Agassiz (1807-1873), was a Swiss-born American biologist and geologist who is recognized as a scholar of Earth's natural history.

London: Collins, 2009. 1st Edition 1st Printing. Hardcover in Slipcase. As New. A particularly attractive copy of this beautiful edition - one of a very small number reserved exclusively for contributors and lettered. 150 numbered copies were made available for sale to subscribers. Full leather gilt with the New Naturalist monogram to the upper cover, two raised bands and gilt titles at the spine. pp. xiii, 384, illustrated with colour photographs and diagrams. Tipped-in limitation plate to the front endpaper which is signed by the author. This copy is lettered "C" and was reserved for the late British botanist and New Naturalist series co-editor, Professor Richard G. West, with his printed name-plate fixed to the front paste-down. As New condition in slipcase. Provenance: from the library of Professor Richard Gilbert West.