8vo. 1st ed. 140mm x 212mm. 15 photographic plates, original wraps discoloured and split at spine. upper wrap stamped "Members Free Copy", slight dampstain on edge of last two plates (image unaffected) and last blank. (an6) View More...
Hardback, original blindstamped cloth. 16.5 x 10.5cm. vi, 142pp. First leaf publisher's ads. Title vignette and engraved head-pieces of rural scenes including angling, windmills, harvesting etc. for each chapter, most chapter having a tail-piece also. Previous owner's details front end-papers. A little spotting to end-papers. The occasional spot elsewhere but generally clean. Slight wear to extremities, spine age discoloured. A pleasing copy. View More...
D/J is good. The book is in good used condition. From exploitation, superstition and prejudice, man's attitude to his environment and the other creatures who inhabit it has changed radically over the past two hundred years. That it has done so hs resulted largely from the work of the naturalist pioneers, which first gradually dispelled ignorance and then replaced it with interest and sympathy. You will receive the book seen in the image. Size: 8vo - over 7" - 9" tall View More...
Hardback, recently rebound in blue cloth. New end-papers. Volume 2 only. 480pp. With 19 plates, some of which are folding. nd. [circa1794]. Wraps to No. 15, 16, 18, 21, 22, 23 & 24 bound in. Library stamp on verso of title page, no other library markings. Some occasional foxing to contents. A rather pleasing copy. (bs138) View More...
Hardback, recently rebound in blue cloth. New end-papers. Volume 3 only. 480pp. WIth 10 plates, some of which are folding - The plate 'Colossus of Rhodes' looks as though it was engraved by William Blake. nd. [circa1794]. Library stamp on verso of title page, no other library markings. Small soil marks to fore edges between pages 337-348. Water mark to inner corner of first 3 plates. A rather pleasing copy. (bs138) View More...
8vo. Edtion not known, 18.0 x 12.3cms. Text illustrations, original pictorial coloured paperback binding. Upper cover detached, lower cover soiled, corners frayed. Adverts at each end. View More...
8vo. no date c.1930. 56pp publicity booklet, vignette illustrations, pictorial paper cover slightly soiled. Limax was a patent slug remedy. (p6) View More...
8vo. 1st ed. 22.0 x 14.0 cms. Hand-coloured litho frontis, folding map, original cloth. Spine relaid, map torn along 2 folds but without loss. View More...
Hardback. 192pp. Illustrated by D. J. Watkins-Pitchford. No. 288 of a limited edition of only 675 copies. 1st edition 2012. An excellent copy. (bs103) View More...
Hardback with dust-wrapper. 252pp. Frontis. Illustrated by D. J. Watkins-Pitchford. 2012 reprint. Slightest wear. A very pleasing copy. (bs20) View More...
8vo. 1st ed. 138mm x 212mm. Folding map in rear pocket showing botanical districts outlined in red, signed and numbered 187 of a limited edition of 500. Original cloth with gilt lettering to spine. Spine relaid and inner hinges reinforced, fore corners slightly rubbed, map pocket repaired, map slightly worn. (p6) View More...
22.0 x 13.5 cm. Pp. lxxx, 126, 42 litho plates, 18 wood-cut text illustrations. Original cloth, gilt lettering. Extremities slightly rubbed, cloth slightly bubbled. View More...
200pp. Illustrated. Spine faded, discolouration extending to margins of boards. Light spotting to page edges. Private ownership. Immediate dispatch from the UK. (bs23) View More...