Zoology

The Leather Trades Review, 1913. First Edition. Hardcover (Original Cloth). Fair Condition/No Dust Jacket. Some edgewear, corners torn from title page, pages 236 & 238, but not affecting text or plates. In all other respects a solid copy. Size: Octavo (standard book size). Text body is clean, and free from previous owner annotation, underlining and highlighting. Binding is tight, covers and spine fully intact. All edges clean, neat and free of foxing. Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: Under 1 kilogram. Category: Farming & Rural Life; Antiquarian & Rare. All our pictures shown here are of the actual item, not stock photos. Inventory No: 5530. .

Woodbridge, Suffolk, England: Antique Collectors' Club. New in New Dust Jacket. 1996. First Edition. Hard Cover. 304 pages: 9.5 x 11 in.: 4.4: Signed by Author: KB#007639: Book is SIGNED BY AUTHOR, ELSPETH MONCRIEFF (directly confirmed by her) on the Title Page. Dustjacket now protected by a new Brodart Mylar Cover. Front and back endpapers are decorated with color plate illustrations. Scarce, Out Of Print, Book. "This is the first comprehensive study of an exceptional period in livestock experimentation and of the social and economic aspirations which led to the commissioning of these paintings. Over four hundred illustrations (325 in full colour) provide a unique record of rare or extinct animals which once grazed these lands. The paintings were commissioned by proud breeders to impress friends, clients and the world at large with their improved breeds and show ring triumphs." .

Philadelphia: Entomological Society of Philadelphia, [later the] American Entomological Society, Oct. 1865 - Sept. 1867. Vol. I, nos. 1-12; Vol. II, nos. 1-12. All published. Comprised of 23 issues, the final two numbers having been combined in the final issue. [4], 128, 121 pages, plus one or two leaves of ads at the end of each of the last six issues (for a total of [15] pages of ads.) Additional ads included in the pagination. Illustrated with occasional engravings in the text. [The preliminary matter consists of a series title page and index for vol. II. The subtitle of the periodical varies: Vol. I, nos. 1-5: “A Monthly Bulletin, Published by the Entomological Society of Philadelphia, for Gratuitous Distribution among Farmers and Agriculturalists." Vol. I, no. 6 – vol. II, no. 5: "A Monthly Bulletin, Published by the Entomological Society of Philadelphia, for the Dissemination of Valuable Knowledge among Agriculturalists and Horticulturists." (This change came… Read More

LONDON: L REEVE & CO., 1884 Plate volume only. In half leather binding with morocco leather and marbled boards. With 82 finely engraved colour printed plates of butterflies, caterpillars and their food plants. The binding has raised bands to the spine and gilt decoration and titles. It has some scuffing to the spine and wear, and wear to corners, removing the top surface of the leather. With matching marbled endpapers. The front pastedown endpaper has a small hole. The contents have some brown spotting - this mainly affects the initial leaves and early plates, but there is occasional spotting later on. The plates are not tissue guarded so there is some offsetting to the reverse of the preceding plate page. Page edges have browning.

Harper & Brothers. New York. 1885. 8vo. xix, (1), 536, 4pp adverts. Coloured frontispiece of Mrs Forbes Honey Eater with tissue guard, 14 plates, numerous text illustrations including 1 map, 3 coloured folding maps, I coloured map, 1 monochrome map. Original pictorial cloth, gilt and black, slight wear to head of spine. Uniformly toned, a tight crisp copy. Orientalia booksellers plate, New York to rep. A nice copy.
Henry O Forbes (1851-1932) Scottish explorer, zoologist and botanist. Travels and observations in The Cocos-Keeling Islands, Java, Sumatra, Moluccas and Timor-Laut, Buru, Timor etc

Stuttgart Verlag v. Krais & Hoffmann, Germany, 1868; Magnificent hand colored copper engraving of the colossal Macrodontia cervicornis or "Sabertooth Longhorn Beetle," pictured together with 20 additional species of exotic beetle. Macrodontia, native to the South American rain forest, is one of the world’s largest beetles, reaching an adult size of over 8 1/4". An original double plate illustration plate from C.F.A. Kolb’s Naturgeschichte des Tierreichs, published at Stuttgart in 1868. An engraved identification key in the bottom margin lists theLatin binomial and German common name for each beetle pictured. Hinged and matted entirely acid free, ready for framing. Full sheet 13 1/4" x 16", matte window 12 3/4" x 14 1/4", outside matte dimensions 18" x 19 1/2". Fine condition, clean, bright, colors vivid. Scarce.

THE FROZEN DEEP BY WILKIE COLLINS, AUTHOR OF "THE WOMAN IN WHITE" AND "THE MOONSTONE". PUBLISHED BY WILLIAM F. GILL AND COMPANY, BOSTON, 1874, 1ST AMERICAN EDITION. ILLUSTRATED BY ALFRED FREDERICKS. USED. GOOD- CONDITION Green cloth boards with Black and gold gilt titling and ornamentation that remains fairly bright. Tight binding, bright pages. There is a liquid spill on a couple of pages as shown in our photos.

London: John Murray, 1850. New edition. Small square octavo, pp xvi, 144, (4). + publisher's catalogue 8 pages, with 12 lithographed plates, delicately hand-coloured, all edges gilt, very clean internally, a contemporary signature on the front endpaper [Charles H. Hingeston, 1852], original blind-stamped cloth, gilt lettering on upper cover, slightly faded, a little worn at the corners, very neatly re-backed with a modern cloth spine, unlettered. Still a very pleasing copy of a work which is difficult to find in good condition. [In many ways a ground-breaking work, as was much of Mantell's opus. It alerted the Victorians to an aspect of natural history which had previously largely escaped them, and was a remarkable precursor to the germ theory.]. Cloth. Very Good.

Good copy of this beautifully illustrated book of classic fables with realistic animal studiesComplete with 56 etchings, drawn and engraved "from the life" by Samuel Howitt, with title page and list of platesPlate 32, The Dog in the Manger, bound opposite the title page as the frontispieceSamuel Howitt (1756–1822) was an English painter, illustrator and etcher, famous for his scenes with animals, hunting, horse-racing, sporting and landscapes. He is best known for his illustrations to Captain Thomas Williamson's Oriental Field Sports (1807). Other works include Thoughts on Hunting (1798), Miscellaneous Etchings of Animals (1803), British Field Sports (1807); The Angler's Manual (1808), Groups of Animals (1811), The British Sportsman (1812) and Foreign Field Sports (1819).Blue buckram spine, marble boards bumped and darkened, new endpapers, tissue guards, all plates with varying degrees of spotting and foxing, mostly outside the image, one with 10cm tear within image, first 25 plates with small… Read More

McCloskey, Robert: MAKE WAY FOR DUCKLINGS Publisher: The Viking Press, copyright 1941. Stated Fifth Printing Thus, May, 1944. Used. VG-/ Good- 2nd State$2.00 unclipped Dust Jacket. Jacket has some insect damage to back panel. Please see our photos. Caldecott Award winner for 1942. Unpaginated. 9 ¼ X 12 1/4. This title has been designated as the official children's book for the City of Boston.

Washington DC: Beverley Tucker. Very Good with no dust jacket; Owner name (Ralph S. Palmer) stamped on . front pastedown endpaper, pages toned, some light scattered foxing and a . few smudges.. 1857. Hardcover. Volume VIII of this multi-volume survey made for the US Secretary of War in 1853-56 to plan a railroad route from the Mississippi River to the Pacific Ocean is concerned with mammals found on some of the proposed routes. Red cloth binding titled in gilt on spine. Many wood-cut engravings in the text and engraved plates detailing skulls, teeth, and other anatomical details of various mammalian species. xlviii, 757pp + 43 engraved plates. Bound in circa 20th century red reinforced cloth, titled in gilt on spine. Index of common names, index of scientific names. ; 4to 11" - 13" tall .

Doyle, A. Conan. The Lost World.1912 Hodder And Stoughton/George H. Doran First U.S. Edition. THE FIRST PROFESSOR CHALLENGER ADVENTURE. RARE. Used. Good condition/ no DJ included. Maroon cloth-covered boards. Titling on spine worn off. Bright pages. Sixteen ochre and white plates (five by 'Maple White' and eleven by Joseph Clement Coll). All plates in nice condition and affixed to binding. 309 pages. 5 3/8 X 8. Summary: "The Lost World"chronicles the adventures of four men who travel to the jungles of South America. There they discover a plateau inhabited by dinosaurs and ape-men. It was Conan Doyle's ambition to write a popular "boy's book", a tale of suspense and adventure.

Book cover like new, slight shelf wear - pages clean, bright and unmarked, very small tear on fly page – spine like new.
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This is the third edition of the book which reviews all aspects of earthworm biology and ecology. The text has been extensively updated to include recent data and advances.

Los equinodermos fosiles de cuba paleontologia cubana por el dr mario sanchez roig y significacion estratigrafica de los equinodermos fosiles cubanos por jorge brodermann vignier primera edicion habana cuba 1949 libro illustrado con ilustraciones en blanco y negro.Mario Sánchez Roig. [habana 1890-1962].Fue un científico y eminente investigador cubano, nacido en La Habana, gran conocedor de la fauna marina de Cuba y autor de obras como "La Pesca en Cuba" (junto a >Federico Gómez de la Maza), "Notas inéditas sobre el grabado en Cuba", "Arácnidos de la isla de Cuba", "Crustáceos. Introducción a su estudio" y otras. Se desempeñó como director del Departamento de Paleontología del Instituto de Geografía y Geología de la Academia de Ciencias de Cuba. Falleció el 13 de junio de 1962.y Jorge Broderman Vignier (1889-1968). Ingeniero civil, arquitecto e investigador de la minería y la geología cubanas.Desde el 2 de enero de 1918 había sido electo presidente del Colegio de Arquitectos de La… Read More

Very good copy of one of two volumes on West African ornithology from Sir William Jardine's ambitious Victorian series The Naturalist's Library
Birds of Western Africa, William Swainson, Vol. II, 34 steel plates by William Lizars after illustrations by William Swainson, 32 hand-coloured, plus hand-coloured frontis and engraved portrait of French explorer Francois Levaillant
With list of volumes (up to Vol. XIX), half title, frontispiece portrait of Levaillant, hand coloured vignette title page with ring-necked parakeets, two title pages, advertisement 2pp, contents 6pp, memoir of Levaillant, text 263pp and 32 hand-coloured plates
Sir William Jardine (1800-1874) was a Scottish naturalist. He is best known for writing and editing the 40-volume series of natural history books, The Naturalist's Library from 1833 to 1866. "In addition to the description and depiction (mostly finely coloured plates) by various well-known contributors to almost the whole range of the subject, the series is supplemented by… Read More