Insect Manufactures

London, Printed for the Society for Promoting Christian Knowledge , 1847. First edition. Cloth. The first edition of this scarce and interesting copy on the insect manufacture of various materials such as silk and wax. The first edition of this scarce work. A fascinating study on the manufacturing of materials by insects, such as silk, focussing on different insects such as caterpillars, silkworm, and spiders; wax by the hive bee, humble bee, and the white wax insect of China; honey by the hive bee; cochineal by the coccus cacti; gum lac by the lac insect; and other insect productions useful to men. With various illustrations in text throughout. In the original publisher's cloth binding. Externally excellent with only minor shelf wear and a minor bumping to the head and tail of the spine and extremities. The cloth to the spine is faintly faded. With a small bookseller sticker and a minor puncture mark to the front pastedown. Internally, firmly bound. The pages are bright and clean. With an illustrated title page and various illustrations in text throughout. Very Good Indeed . Ill.: Unnamed. Very Good Indeed .

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Book number: 772A24

Catalogue: Natural Sciences

Keywords: insect scarce first editions illustrated scarce Unnamed

The Magazine of Popular Science and Journal of the Useful Arts, Third and Fourth Volumes

London, John W. Parker, 1837. Cloth. Presenting the third and fourth volumes of The Magazine of Popular Science and Journal of the Useful Arts, published in the early 19th century and heavily illustrated throughout. Including the third and fourth volumes of The Magazine of Popular Science and Journal of the Useful Arts, a fascinating nineteenth-century scientific periodical.Comprising of articles and papers on chemistry, physics, natural science, astronomy, and more. Containing numerous in-text illustrations and one folding plate to the third volume. Collated and complete. A scarce work. Uniformly bound in full cloth binding. Externally, smart, with some light shelf wear, and small tears to the cloth to the heads and tails of the spine. A small amount of loss to the cloth to the tail of the spine on the third volume. Internally, firmly bound. Some handling marks and a few spots to the endpapers, otherwise pages are generally bright and clean. Very Good . Ill.: Not stated. Very Good .

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Book number: 803J28

Catalogue: Natural Sciences

Keywords: science arts journal periodical arts 19th century Not stated

Les Papillons. Description de Leur Nature, de Leurs Moeurs Et Habitudes

Paris, Amedee Bedelet, 1844. Cloth. A very scarce charming French volume on butterflies and their nature, beautifully illustrated with hand-coloured plates. A very scarce work, in the original French.Illustrated with a hand-coloured frontispiece, and fifteen hand-coloured plates.A concise educational work on the nature and habits of butterflies, looking into the different kinds of butterflies found around the world and their beauties.The butterflies are exampled in this work through the beautiful and vivid colour plates. Undated, dated from WorldCat. Ink inscription of Holroyd Chaplin to the front paste down; Chaplin was a prosperous solicitor of the Victorian era. In the original publisher's cloth wraps. Externally, generally smart, with light marks, mostly to the front wrap. Minor rubbing to the spine and extremities, with a couple of small chips to the front joint. Damp stain to the head of the wraps. Prior owner's ink inscription to the front paste down. Internally, generally firmly bound, with some pages working loose. Pages are lightly age-toned and generally clean with scattered spots. Good . Ill.: Not Stated. Good .

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Book number: 884P9

Catalogue: Natural Sciences

Keywords: Les Papillons. Description de Leur Nature, de Leurs Moeurs et Habitudes butterflies papillons history butterflies Not Stated

Remarkable Insects

London , Religious Tract Society, 1842. First edition. Cloth. A first edition copy of this charming volume of Remarkable Insects. A first edition copy of Remarkable Insects. This volume contains details on the honey bee, the fly, ant, spider and gall inset. With in-text illustrations. In the publisher's original cloth binding. Externally, worn with the spine missing and marks to the boards. Previous owner inscription to the front free endpaper. Hinges are starting but remain firm. Internally, firmly bound with bright and clean pages. Good Only . Ill.: Not Stated. Good Only .

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Book number: 849B2

Catalogue: Natural Sciences

Keywords: Remarkable Insects honey bee fly ant honey bee Not Stated

Scientific Mysteries: A Collection of Simple and Effective Experiments Illustrating Chemical, Physical, and Optical Wonders

London, Offices of the Chemist and Druggist, 1891. Cloth. A fascinating collection of experiments and their outcomes, with illustrations throughout. Illustrated throughout. A collection of scientific experiments, with chapters on ancient chemistry, gases, phosphorus, metals, the development of colours, chemical magic, scientific application, and much more. With a table of elements and substances to the rear. In the original pictorial cloth binding. Externally, smart with light shelf wear and rubbing to the extremities. Fading to the spine and the odd mark to the board. Front hinge starting but firm. Internally, firmly bound. Pages are very bright and clean with the odd spot. Light age toning to the first and last few pages. Chemist ink stamp to the title page. Good . Ill.: Not Stated. Good .

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Book number: 884T66

Catalogue: Natural Sciences

Keywords: Scientific Mysteries Experiments Simple Mysteries Not Stated

Sketches in Natural History History of Mammalia

London , C. Cox , 1849. Leather. Two books containing six volumes of the History History of Mammalia, richly illustrated. Scarce works. Six volumes bound within two books. These six volumes are Sketches in Natural History, exploring the History of Mammalia. The first volume considers order-Carnivora: families, felidae and ursidae, volume two considers canidae, viverridae and mustelidae and volume three explores Pachydermata which are all bound within one volume. Volumes four, five and six are in the second volume and explore rodentia and edentata and ruminatia. All volumes are richly illustrated throughout the text. In half calf binding. Externally, smart with some rubbing to the spine and extremities and some marks to the boards. Front hinge of the second volume is loosening. Internally, both are firmly bound with bright and clean pages. Good . Ill.: Not Stated. Good .

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Book number: 844B56

Catalogue: Natural Sciences

Keywords: Sketches in Natural History History of Mammalia mammals animal natural history mammals Not Stated

The Sylvan Melodist; or, Cabinet of the More Familiar British Birds

London, William Darton and Son , c1840. Cloth. A very scarce natural history volume on popular British birds. Pocked sized and illustrated. A very scarce book held institutionally at the British Library only. Undated, dated from Jisc c1840.A little manual on British birds, in which the author shares observations on the individual bird species, based on various scientific works. A remarkable work with poems included, celebrating the beauty of the British natural world. Including the nightingale, the wren, the thrush, the blackbird, and many more. Illustrated with an engraving for each bird observed. In the original publisher's cloth binding. Externally lovely with minor shelf wear and a slight bumping to the head and tail of the spine. Inscribed by a previous owner to the front free endpaper, undated, with a small bookseller sticker to the front pastedown. Internally, firmly bound. Internally, firmly bound. Illustrated with a frontispiece and an engraving per bird species. Near Fine . Ill.: Not Stated. Near Fine .

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Book number: 771A37

Catalogue: Natural Sciences

Keywords: natural history birds illustrated very scarce birds Not Stated

A. Leith Adams

Field and Forest Rambles with Notes and Observations on the Natural History of Eastern Canada

London, Henry S. King & Co. 1873. First edition. Cloth. A smart first edition of this naturalist work on Eastern Canada, with illustrations and a folding map. First edition. Illustrated with a frontispiece, a colour folding map, one plate, and many in-text figures. Collated complete. A detailed account of the author's time in Eastern Canada, with chapters on birds and reptiles, fishes, geology, and the surrounding areas. Written by Andrew Leith Adams, a Scottish army physician, naturalist and geologist. Publisher's advertisements to the rear. In the original green cloth binding. Externally, smart with light shelf wear and minor rubbing to the extremities. Light fading to the spine and the odd small mark to the boards. Internally, firmly bound. Pages are very bright and clean with light scattered spotting to the first and last few pages. Very Good . Ill.: Not Stated. Very Good .

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Book number: 888T46

Catalogue: Natural Sciences

Keywords: Field Forest Observations Natural History Forest Adams Not Stated

Richard Adams

Nature and Night

London, Penguin, 1980 . Paperback. A signed example of this wonderful non-fiction study of the natural world, by Richard Adams, author of 'Watership Down&apos. Flat signed by Richard Adams to the title page.A 1980 edition of this work, which was first published in 1978.Illustrated throughout in colour by David A. Goddard, with scientific diagrams illustrated by Stephen Lee.Chapters in this delightful work include discussion of the meadow, sky, moorland, woodland, mountains and streams by day, and the still water, and the shore at dusk and nightfall. In the publisher's original paper wraps. A touch of shelf wear to back strip tail, with light rubbing to fold over front joint. Internally, firmly bound. Flat signed to title page. Pages clean and bright. Near Fine . Ill.: David A. Goddard; Stephen Lee. Near Fine .

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Book number: 892F32

Catalogue: Natural Sciences

Keywords: Nature Day and Night science watership down nature science David A. Goddard; Stephen Lee

Joy Adamson

Living Free: The Story of Elsa and Her Cubs & Forever Free: Elsa&Apos;S Pride

London, Collins & Harvill Press, 1961-1962. First edition. Cloth. Two smart first edition copies of these illustrated works exploring the author's life raising a lion named Elsa. Two volumes. Written by Friederike Victoria "Joy" Adamson, an Austria-Hungary-born naturalist, artist and author. These two volumes detail the life of a lioness named Elsa, rescued and raised by the author. After training Elsa to survive and hunt as best as she could, Adamson set her free and Elsa became the first lioness successfully released back into the wild, the first to have contact after release, and the first known released lion to have a litter of cubs. Adamson spent the rest of her life raising money for wildlife, thanks to the popularity of her first book Born Free. This book detailed her time raising Elsa and was followed by Living Free, which is about Elsa as a mother to her cubs, and Forever Free, which tells of the release of the cubs Jespah, Gopa and Little Elsa. This set includes: Living Free: The Story of Elsa and her Cubs, 1961. Illustrated with a colour frontispiece, seven colour plates, and many black-and-white plates from photographs. Collated complete. With an introduction by Sir Julian Sorell Huxley, a British evolutionary biologist, eugenicist, and internationalist. Forever Free: Elsa's Pride, 1962. Illustrated with a colour frontispiece, seven colour plates, and many black-and-white plates from photographs. Collated complete. In the original pictorial paper covered boards. Externally, very smart with light shelf wear to the extremities. Original unclipped dust wrappers are also smart with shelf wear and minor chipping to the extremities. Light sunning to the spines and small closed tears to the panel edges. The odd small mark. Some sympathetic repairs or reinforcements made to the internal side with tape. Internally, firmly bound. Pages are very bright and clean throughout. Contemporary ink inscription to the front endpaper. Near Fine . Ill.: Not Stated. Near Fine/Very Good.

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Book number: 890T53

Catalogue: Natural Sciences

Keywords: Living Free Forever Free Elsa Cubs Forever Free Adamson Not Stated

A. D. Q. Agnew

Upland Kenya Wild Flowers: A Flora of the Ferns and Herbaceous Flowering Plants of Upland Kenya

Oxford, Oxford University Press, 1974. First edition. Cloth. A smart first edition of this illustrated work on the ferns and flowering plants of upland Kenya. First edition. Illustrated throughout with various figures and maps. A detailed and comprehensive study into the ferns and herbaceous flowering plants of upland Kenya, with information to identify the plants growing in central and Western Kenya. It also covers the major flora of neighbouring Uganda and a large part of Northern Tanzania. Written by Andrew David Quentin Agnew, a British ecologist and plant biologist. In the original full black cloth binding. Externally, excellent. Original unclipped dust wrapper is very smart with light wear to the extremities and the odd small closed tear. Internally, firmly bound. Pages are very bright and clean throughout. Previous owner's ink stamp to the front endpaper. Fine . Ill.: Not Stated. Fine/Near Fine.

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Book number: 897T9

Catalogue: Natural Sciences

Keywords: Upland Kenya Wild Flowers Ferns Herbaceous Wild Flowers Agnew Not Stated

E. H. Aitken

Concerning Animals and Other Matters

London, John Murray, 1914. First edition. Cloth. A scarce first edition of this study on animals with illustrated from J. A. Shepherd. First edition. Scarce work. Illustrated with portrait frontispiece, seven plates, and sixteen in-text images. Collated complete. A collection of humorous animal writings, including: Bills of Birds, The Barn Owl, Snakes, The Panther I Did Not Shoot, The Coconut Tree, as well as a memoir of the author. Written by Edward Hamilton Aitken, a civil servant in India and founding member of the Bombay Natural History Society. Illustrated by William James Affleck Shepherd, an English illustrator best known for his anthropomorphic animal drawings and cartoons. In the original green cloth binding. Externally, smart with light bumping to the extremities. Fading tot he spine and the odd mark to the board. Internally, firmly bound. Pages are very bright and clean. Previous owner's bookplate to the front pastedown. Very Good . Ill.: J. A. Shepherd. Very Good .

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Book number: 859T87

Catalogue: Natural Sciences

Keywords: Concerning Animals Matters Aitken Animals J. A. Shepherd

Albert Alberg

Woodland Notes Tea-Time Tales for Young Little Folks and Young Old Folks

London, W. Swan Sonnenschein & Allen, 1880. Cloth. A scarce copy of Woodland Notes. From the Swedish of Richard Gustafsson by Albert Alberg, Author of Fabled Stories from the Zoo, Editor of Chit Chat by Puck and Roseleaves, by R. Gustafsson. With numerous black and white illustrations. In a decorative green cloth binding. Externally, generally smart, lightly rubbed in places. There is some minor bumping to the top and tail of the spine. Spine is also cocked. Internally, generally firmly bound. Pages are generally bright and clean with some scattered light foxing. There is an ink inscription to the recto of front free end papers. Good . Ill.: None. Good .

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Book number: GEN28-C-8

Catalogue: Natural Sciences

Keywords: Woodland Notes Albert Alberg Notes None

Salim Ali

The Birds of Sikkim

Oxford, Oxford University Press, 1962. First edition. Cloth. A smart first edition of this fascinating ornithological study from Salim Ali, with colour illustrations. First edition. Illustrated with twenty-six plates, seventeen of which are in colour. Collated complete. An indispensable work for both the expert and amateur birdwatcher of the Himalayan countries, with over four hundred species described in detail. Much of the information provided in this text has never been published before. Written by Salim Ali, an Indian ornithologist and naturalist referred to as the Birdman of India. Illustrated by four internationally reputed bird artists: David Reid-Henry, Robert Scholz, Paul Barruel, and Walter Ahrens. In the original blue cloth binding. Externally, very smart with light shelf wear to the extremities. Original price-clipped dust wrapper is also smart with light shelf wear to the extremities. Sunning to the spine and edges of the boards. Small closed tears to the head and tail of the spine. Internally, firmly bound. Pages are very bright and clean with the odd handling mark. Bookseller's label to the front pastedown. Very Good Indeed . Ill.: David Reid-Henry; Robert Scholz; Paul Barruel; Walter Ahrens. Very Good Indeed/Very Good.

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Book number: 882T20

Catalogue: Natural Sciences

Keywords: Birds Sikkim Ali Sikkim David Reid-Henry; Robert Scholz; Paul Barruel; Walter Ahrens

P. B. M. Allan

Talking of Moths

Newtown, The Montgomery Press, 1943. First edition. Cloth. A very smart, scarce, first edition of this study on moths. First edition. Scarce work. Illustrated with one plate. Collated complete. A detailed study of moths, with chapters on survival factors, mating, a matter of psychology, collecting, and notes for the novice. Written by Philip Bertram Murray Allan, a British lepidopterist and writer whose works were typically published under the initials "O.M.H." or "An Old Moth-Hunter". He is also known for running the publishing house Philip Allan and Company. In the original brown cloth binding. Externally, very smart with light shelf wear. Minor fading to the spine and the odd small mark to the board. Internally, firmly bound. Pages are very bright and clean with the odd spot, particularly to the endpapers. Very Good Indeed . Ill.: None. Very Good Indeed .

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Book number: 870T68

Catalogue: Natural Sciences

Keywords: Talking Moths Allan Moths None