CUVIER, BARON GEORGES; GRIFFITH, EDWARD & PIDGEON, EDWARD

The Classes Annelida, Crustacea, and Arachnida,

London, Whittaker Treacher and Co. 1833, First Edition. Disbound, 285mm. x 225mm. Book, viii. 540 pages, 60 b/w plates. Upper board absent, rear board present but detached, splitting to spine, some pages uncut, some crudeley opened, small tears to some pages, some spotting, staining. Useful for reference or rebind. [662]. Fair.

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Book number: 016243

Catalogue: Natural History

Keywords: Natural History Illustration

GATTY, MRS ALFRED

Waifs and Strays of Natural History

London, Bell and Daldy. 1871, First Edition. Brown Cloth, Gilt, 170mm. x 115mm. Book, [viii] + 165 pages. Coloured frontispiece, b/w plate & several in-text illustrations. Some lightl spotting throughout, small bookseller sticker to front pastedown, contemporary ownership inscription to verso of front endpaper, small split to upper hinge, original gilt lettered cloth soiled with small gilt device to upper board, spine soiled, darkened and slightly bumped with some loss to head. Chapters include Coral, Coral Islands, Ahmeek the Beaver, Gum-Arabic, Zoophytes, Ostracods, Microscopic Objects, Sponges, The Red Snow plant, etc. Size - 170mm. x 115mm. Uncommon. [11428/738]. Very Good.

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Book number: 011428

Catalogue: Natural History

Keywords: Natural History Nature Oddities

GIBBINGS, ROBERT

Coming Down the Wye

London, J M Dent. 1955, Sixth Impression. Blue Cloth, Gilt with dust jacket, 220mm. x 150mm. Book, vi. 189 pages, b/w illustrations. Minor wear to covers, previous owner's name to front endpaper, otherwise unmarked, rubbing, edgewear to unclipped dustjacket. [761]. Very Good/Very Good.

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Book number: 018258

Catalogue: Natural History

Keywords: Natural History Travel

SCOTT, PETER

Wild Chorus

London, Country Life Limited. 1938, Limited. Blue Cloth, Gilt, 325mm. x 265mm. Book, xii. 118 pages, coloured frontis. & 23 colour plates, with titled tissue guards, & 64 b/w illustrations. Top edge gilt, others uncut. No. 259 of an edition of 1250, signed by Peter Scott to the limitation page. Some bumping, soiling, wear to covers, previous owner's heraldic bookplate to front endpaper, some age toning to pages. Size - 320mm. x 265mm. [15601/773]. Very Good/No Jacket. Signed by Artist.

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Book number: 015602

Catalogue: Natural History

Keywords: Art Painting Wildlife Birds Limited Signed

WOOSTER, DAVID

Alpine Plants: Figures and Descriptions of Some of the Most Striking and Beautiful of the Alpine Flowers

London, Bell and Daldy. 1872, First Edition. Purple Cloth, 260mm. x 190mm. Book, xii. 152 pages, 54 col. plates, as called for. Alpine Plants: Figures and Descriptions of Some of the Most Striking and Beautiful of the Alpine Flowers. Binding worn, soiled, split to spine, some offsetting to prelims. previous owner's name to front endpaper, some spotting, offsetting. [766]. Good.

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Book number: 016067

Catalogue: Natural History

Keywords: Nature Plants Horticulture History