FISHER James

Bird Recognition. [Volumes 1-3 complete. With numerous Illustrations by 'Fish-Hawk']. NEAR FINE SET IN ORIGINAL WRAPPERS

Penguin, [Harmondsworth],, [1947-1955]. 3 vols., 8vo., First Edition, with very numerous illustrations, maps and diagrams throughout; original pictorial wrappers, a very good, bright, clean set. Vol. I: Sea-Birds and Waders; (1947) Vol. 2: Birds of Prey and Waterfowl (1951); Vol. 3: Rails, Game-Birds, Perching and Singing Birds (1955). 'The three books in Pelican series are not really recognition books, but a most useful addition to bird literature' (Tate). A number of innovative features introduced here by a founding father of twentieth century ornithology are now standard techniques. COMPLETE SETS ARE SCARCE IN THIS CONDITION. Pelicans A175, A176, A177 respectively; Tate, p.182-3.

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FISHER (ed.)] [James

The New Naturalist: A Journal of British Natural History. A Journal of British Natural History. Woodlands. The Western Isles of Scotland. Migration. The Local Naturalist.

Collins,, [1948]. Roy. 4to., First Edition, with numerous coloured and monochrome photographs (many full-page) and maps in the text; original beige cloth, backstrip lettered in green, a very good, bright, clean copy in unclipped dustwrapper, the latter a little rubbed at extremities, and lightly browned at backstrip and on (predominantly white) rear panel. This bound volume contains the first four of the only six numbers of the Journal. 'So the New Naturalist Journal became another of the might-have-beens of the series. There would be nothing to compare with it for many years to come, not at any rate until the appearance of 'Animals' magazine in the 1960s; and not until the launch of 'British Wildlife' in 1989 has any journal bridged the divide between scientist and field naturalist half so effectively' (Marren). See Marren pp.216-218.

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FLEMING SNR R.L.

Birds of Nepal with Reference to Kashmir and Sikkim.

[Kathmandu,, 1976]. Sm. 8vo., First Edition, with a coloured frontispiece, very numerous coloured illustrations in the text and endpaper maps; cloth, covers a trifle faded else a very good copy in the dustwrapper, the latter slightly tanned at backstrip. Very scarce; especially in the dustwrapper

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FORD R. L. E.

Practical Entomology. A Guide to collecting Butterflies, Moths and other Insects. [Wayside and Woodland Series]. NEAR FINE COPY IN CLIPPED DUSTWRAPPER

Warne,, [1963]. Sm. 8vo., First Edition, with 12 plates, 36 illustrations in the text and pictorial endpapers; original series binding of blue faux-morocco cloth, upper board blocked and lettered in gilt, gilt back, a near fine copy in dustwrapper, THE LATTER WANTING BOTH FOLD-INS. This scarce title in Warne's famous 'Wayside & Woodland' series replaced Worthington-Stuart's 'Collecting & Breeding Butterflies and Moths' (1951). The jacket was a surprise - a colour photograph of the author and his son in the premises of Watkins & Doncaster, the 'butterfly shop'. It was itself later revised under the title 'Studying Insects. A Practical Guide' (published outside the W&W series in 1973). VERY SCARCE IN THIS CONDITION, ESPECIALLY IN THE DUSTWRAPPER. Marren, pp.184-186.

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Book number: 43796

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FOSSEY Dian

Gorillas in the Mist. NEAR FINE COPY IN UNCLIPPED DUSTWRAPPER

Hodder & Stoughton,, [1983]. 8vo., First Edition, with plates and pictorial endpapers; green cloth, gilt back, backstrip faintly sunned else a near fine copy in unclipped dustwrapper. Bright copy of one of the great animal classics of the twentieth century. The basis of Michael Apted's feature film (1988) starring Sigourney Weaver and Bryan Brown. INCREASINGLY SCARCE IN THIS CONDITION.

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Book number: 48048

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FREEMAN Richard Broke

Darwin Pedigrees. SIGNED PRESENTATION COPY

Privately Printed,, 1984. Roy. 8vo., First Edition, with facsimiles and pedigrees throughout; origjnal green cloth, upper board and backstrip lettered in gilt, a near fine copy. A PRESENTATION COPY FROM THE AUTHOR WITH HIS SIGNED HOLOGRAPH INSCRIPTION ON FRONT FREE ENDPAPER. Richard Broke Freeman (1915-1986), noted Darwinian scholar and bibliographer, was author of A Darwin Companion, the Darwin Bibliographical Handlist, British Natural History Books and several others related works. The present work combines a fine facsimile of Burke's 'Pedigree of the Family of Darwin' (1888) published in an edition of only 60 copies, and Freeman's Commentary. PRESENTATION COPIES ARE RARE.

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FRITSCH F.E.

The Structure and Reproduction of the Algae. Volume I. Introduction, Chlorophyceae, Xanthophyceae, Chrysophyceae, Bacillariophyceae, Cryptophyceae, Dinophyceae, Chloromonadineae, Euglenineae, Colourless Flagellata. [Fourth Impression].

University Press, Cambridge,, 1961. 8vo., Fourth Impression, with a frontispiece and many hundreds of detailed diagrams in the text; original green buckram, gilt back, a very good, bright, clean copy. The first volume of Fritsch's standard reference was first published in 1935.

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FURNESS Robert W.

The Skuas. Illustrated by John Busby. NEAR FINE COPY IN UNCLIPPED DUSTWRAPPER

Poyser, Calton,, [1987]. 8vo., First Edition, with title-vignette, and photographs, illustrations and maps in the text; blue cloth, gilt back, blue endpapers, a near fine copy in unclipped dustwrapper.

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Book number: 42523

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GALPINE John

A Synoptical Compend of British Botany arranged after the Linnean System. The Second Edition. With Corrections and considerable Additions, including the Linnean Order of Ferns, together with essential Characters and Types of the Genera of all the other Orders of Cryptogamia. REMARKABLY CRISP, CLEAN COPY

Printed for Samuel Bagster, No. 15 Paternoster-Row,, 1820. 12mo., Second Edition; strongly bound in contemporary half calf, marbled boards, expertly rebacked with original leather label laid down, a remarkably bright, clean, crisp copy. First published in 1806. Includes the Preface to both editions, but the plate included in the first was not carried forward in subsequent issues. SCARCE IN THIS CONDITION. Freeman 1295.

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GEIKIE Archibald

Geological Sketches at Home and Abroad. UNUSUALLY BRIGHT, CLEAN, CRISP COPY

Macmillan,, 1882. 8vo., First Edition, with 29 engraved illustrations in the text, half-title and rear endpaper spotted; original red cloth, expertly rebacked in cloth to style, covers lightly age-faded else a remarkably bright, clean, crisp copy. Pre-eminent among British geologists, Geikie remains the only one to have been appointed President of the Royal Society (1908-1912).

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GEIKIE Archibald

Landscape in History and other Essays. THE ORIGINAL EDITION IN FULL MOROCCO

Macmillan,, 1905. 8vo., First Edition; handsomely bound in full dark blue crushed morocco, sides with gilt frame border, back with raised bands, second and fourth compartments lettered and ruled in gilt, all other compartments tooled in gilt, gilt top, hand-made endpapers, ribbon marker, a most attractive copy ideal as a gift or for presentation. Elegant copy of the original edition of Geikie's classic collection. Collects ten essays: Landscape in History, Landscape and the Imagination; Landscape and Literature; The Origin of the Scenery of the British Isles; The Centenary of Hutton's Theory of the Earth; Geological Time; The Life and Letters of Charles Darwin; High Miller. His Work and Influence; Science in Education; The Roman Campagna. Pre-eminent among British geologists, Geikie remains the only one to have been appointed President of the Royal Society (1908-1912).

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Book number: 19783

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GEIKIE Archibald

Text-Book of Geology. Fourth Edition, Revised and Enlarged. BRIGHT, FRESH SET OF THE BEST EDITION IN ORIGINAL CLOTH

Macmillan,, 1903. 2 vols., 8vo., Fourth and Best Edition, with a large folding frontispiece and very numerous engraved illustrations in the text, some occasional and very light age-staining (rather heavier on half-titles and preliminaries); original ribbed green cloth, gilt backs, gilt tops, neatly recased, a remarkably bright, fresh, clean set. Nice set of the best edition of Geikie's classic survey. First published in 1882 and continually augmented. 'Great literature on great themes' (Challinor). Pre-eminent among British geologists, Geikie remains the only one to have been appointed President of the Royal Society (1908-1912). Challinor 249. (recording the first and present editions).

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Book number: 19774

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GEIKIE Archibald

Text-Book of Geology. Third Edition, Revised and Enlarged.

Macmillan,, 1893. 8vo., Third Edition, with a large folding frontispiece and very numerous engraved illustrations in the text, title lightly dust-soiled; original green cloth, very neatly rebacked with old backstrip gilt laid down, a very good, clean copy. With the trade ticket of Gilbert & Field on front paste-down and 3pp publisher's catalogue bound in at end. Geikie's classic text was first published in 1882 and continually expanded. 'Great literature on great themes' (Challinor). Pre-eminent among British geologists, Geikie remains the only one to have been appointed President of the Royal Society (1908-1912). Challinor 249. (recording the first edition).

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GEOLOGICAL SOCIETY OF LONDON

The Quarterly Journal of the Geological Society of London. Vols. 40, 41, 42, 43, 47, 53, 58, 59. [A small run of 8 volumes].

Geological Society of London,, 1884[-1903]. 8 vols., 8vo., First Edition with numerous illustrations, diagrams and maps throughout; strongly and uniformly bound in blue cloth, gilt backs, all in very good, bright, state.

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Book number: 14967

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GOLDSMITH Oliver

A History of the Earth and Animated Nature. With an Introductory View of the Animal Kingdom, translated from the French of Baron Cuvier, and copious Notes embracing Accounts of new Discoveries in Natural History; a Life of the Author by Washington Irving; and an Index to the whole Work. BRIGHT COPY OF GOLDSMITH'S 'ANIMATED NATURE'

Fullarton,, 1847. 2 vols., 8vo., First Edition thus, with engraved portrait frontispiece, frontispiece to second volume COLOURED BY HAND, engraved and printed titles (THE FORMER COLOURED BY HAND), and 69 engraved plates ALL FINELY COLOURED BY HAND, first few leaves of first volume lightly browned, a few margins mildly spotted; strongly bound in nineteenth century half calf, green ribbed cloth sides, backs with five flat bands tooled in gilt, second compartments with red leather labels ruled and lettered in gilt, all other compartments elaborately tooled in blind, red sprinkled edges, expertly recased with new grey endpapers to style, a very good, bright, crisp copy. With the nineteenth century engraved armorial bookplate oF M. Hamilton Graham on front paste-downs. Crisp copy of a richly illustrated work notorious for completeness and placement of plates. Here the plates are placed throughout the two volumes by taxonomy rather than numerical sequence. WANTING ONLY THREE PLATES (21,31, 38) AND THUS UNUSUALLY NEAR COMPLETE.

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