W. H. C.

Eccles Next the Sea, Norfolk and the Erosion of the East Coast

not stated , Not Stated, 1908. Cloth. A very scarce volume on the erosion of the east coast of England, with illustrations. A small very scarce volume on the erosion of the east coast in Norfolk. Eccles on Sea is an ancient fishing village in north-east Norfolk which has now been virtually swept into the North Sea. Illustrated with maps and drawings throughout the text. In the publisher's original cloth and paper binding. Externally, very smart with a few marks to the boards. Internally, firmly bound with bright and clean pages. Very Good . Ill.: Not Stated. Very Good .

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Boeknummer: 838B58

Catalogus: Natural Sciences

Trefwoorden: Eccles next the Sea, Norfolk and The Erosion of the East Coast geography sea Norfolk geography Not Stated

Peter Cameron

Hymenoptera Orientalis or, Contributions to a Knowledge of the Hymenoptera of the Oriental Zoological Region

Manchester, Manchester Literary and Pihilosophical Society , 1889-1897. Leather. A fascinating set of referential works, listing and evaluating all types of insects within the Hymenoptera order. Three collected volumes with volume one holding part I through to IV, volume two holding V, and volume three holding the remainder of V through to VI. Volume one features four plates, volume two has three, and volume three features two to the rear. All plates depicting various species of within the order of Hymenoptera. Peter Cameron was an English entomologist who specialised in Hymenoptera. An artist, Cameron worked in the dye industry and in calico printing, of which his works are featured within these volumes. Rebound in half calf bindings with cloth covered boards. Externally, calf is worn and there is shelfwear to the spines, cloth is smart. Hinges are all slightly strained. Internally, firmly bound with bright and clean pages throughout. Good Only . Ill.: None. Good Only .

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Boeknummer: SET35-F-4

Catalogus: Natural Sciences

Trefwoorden: insects Natural History Hymenoptera Entomology Natural History None

Roger A. Caras

North American Mammals Fur-Bearing Animals of the United States and Canada

New York , Meredith Press, 1967. First edition. Cloth. An extensive volume on North American mammals with colour illustrations. A first edition copy. Roger A. Caras was a well known wildlife photographer and writer and within this volumes he presents a striking and vivid account of North America's fur-bearing animals. With three colour plates and a colour frontispiece and other in-text illustrations.Collated, complete. With a bookplate for Desmond Morris to the front pastedown. From the library of Desmond Morris, a zoologist best known for his 1967 sociobiological work "The Naked Ape". Alongside achieving great acclaim as a zoologist, Morris was also known for being an ethnologist and surrealist painter, and for popular television programmes, including "Zoo Time".In the original unclipped dust wrapper. In the publisher's original cloth binding. Externally, generally excellent with light fading to the top of the boards and spine. With a bookplate for Desmond Morris to the front pastedown. Internally, firmly bound with bright and clean pages. In the original unclipped dust wrapper which is also generally excellent with light marks to the spine. Near Fine . Ill.: Not Stated. Near Fine/Near Fine.

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Boeknummer: 865B67

Catalogus: Natural Sciences

Trefwoorden: North American Mammals Fur-Bearing Animals of the United States and Canada mammals animals natural history mammals Not Stated

J. W. Carr

The Invertebrate Fauna of Nottinghamshire

London , Nottingham Naturalists' Society, 1916. First edition. Cloth. The first edition of this catalogue of Nottinghamshire fauna. Arranged by family, and containing distribuition, blooming dates, and common locations. In a blue cloth binding. Externally, generally smart, though with some rubbing and bumping. Internally, generally firmly bound. Front hinge slightly strained. Pages are bright and clean. Very Good Indeed . Ill.: None. Very Good Indeed .

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Boeknummer: GEN24-E-4

Catalogus: Natural Sciences

Trefwoorden: Nottinghamshire Fauna Science Fauna None

Agnes Catlow

Popular Field Botany

London, Reeve, Benham, and Reeve, 1848 . First edition. Leather. The uncommon first edition of this book of field botany with colour plates in leather binding. First edition of Popular Field Botany by Agnes Catlow in the half calf binding. A lovely illustrated botany book from the mid nineteenth century by the British science writer. Catlow is best known for her popular book on concology.With twenty beautiful colour plates. Collated, complete. In half calf binding and cloth boards. Externally, smart. There is some bumping to the head and tail of the spine and to the extremities. The front hinge is slightly strained but firm. Internally, firmly bound. The pages are bright and clean with some light spotting and age toning. Very Good . Ill.: Not Stated. Very Good .

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Boeknummer: 842W15

Catalogus: Natural Sciences

Trefwoorden: Popular Field Botany Agnes Catlow First edition Uncommon Agnes Catlow Not Stated

E. Caustier

Les Entrailles de la Terre

Paris , Vuibert et Nony, Editeurs, c1908. Leather. A french work on natural history and mining. With attractive marbled endpapers. Eugene Caustier was a prolific French author on natural sciences. In a half morocco binding with marbled boards and endpapers. Externally, very smart with just mild wear to the extremities. Internally, firmly bound. Pages bright and clean with just the odd spot, and age toning due to paper used. Small sticker to the front pastedown and a rubber stamp print of the date to the title page. Very Good . Ill.: None. Very Good .

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Boeknummer: FGN9-B-11

Catalogus: Natural Sciences

Trefwoorden: French Eugene Caustier Mining Natural History Eugene Caustier None

Lady William Cecil

Bird Notes from the Nile

Westminster, Archibald Constable & Co. Ltd. 1904 . First edition. Cloth. A very scarce first edition copy of this interesting book regarding the birds of Egypt. A very scarce first edition copy. In the publisher's original pictorial cloth binding. With a beautiful colour frontispiece, twelve full page plates and nine vignette illustrations. Collated complete. A fascinating guide to the birds of the Nile Valley in Egypt. Written by Mary Cecil, the 2nd Baroness Amherst of Hackney. Cecil was a British amateur archaeologist and ornithologist. She is best known for excavating the Tombs of the Nobles in Egypt, which were then referred to as the 'Cecil Tombs&apos. The half title page is present, alongside two pages of advertisements to the rear of the book. With the previous owner's neat gift inscription to the front blank, dated 1904. In the publisher's pictorial cloth binding. Externally, a trifle rubbed with some staining to the boards. Shelf wear to the edges and darkening to the spine. Marks to the upper paste-downs. Some offsetting and marks to the free endpapers. Internally, binding slightly strained but still firm. Pages lightly age-toned to the edges but otherwise bright and clear. Light offsetting to the title page, caused by the frontispiece. Previous owner's ink inscription to the front blank. The occasional small mark throughout. Light staining to the upper corners of the last six pages. Very Good . Ill.: Not Stated. Very Good .

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Boeknummer: 840G36

Catalogus: Natural Sciences

Trefwoorden: birds wildlife egypt mary cecil wildlife Not Stated

Bernard Germain de Lacepede [De La Cepede]; Comte de Buffon

Histoire Naturelle Des Quadrupedes Ovipares Et Des Serpens

Paris, Hotel de Thou, 1788-1790 . First edition. Leather. Volumes II, III and IV of the first edition of La Cepede's richly illustrated study of oviparous quadrupeds, reptiles and serpents. In the original French.Volumes II-IV of a four volume work, published between 1788 and 1790.A fascinating and richly illustrated study of reptiles by Count de Lacepede, who was chosen by naturalist Georges-Louis Leclerc, Comte de Buffo to be his successor, and continue his series 'Histoire Naturelle&apos.Volume II illustrated with fifteen plates. Volume III illustrated with eleven plates. Volume IV illustrated with eleven plates. Collated, complete.Volume II retaining the original half title, with errata leaf to rear.With the stamp of St. Hugh's Parkminster to each title page, with library markings to verso of front free endpapers.A richly illustrated first edition. In full calf bindings, with gilt detailing to back strips. Rubbing to back strip heads and tails and raised bands. Small instances of worming to tails of each spine. Small loss of leather to front board of volume II. Internally, firmly bound. Library stamps to title pages, with small library markings to versos of front free endpapers. Pages bright and generally clean. Good . Ill.: Not Stated. Good .

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Boeknummer: 871F29

Catalogus: Natural Sciences

Trefwoorden: snakes serpents reptiles natural history serpents Not Stated

Bernard Germain de Lacepede [De La Cepede]; Comte de Buffon

Histoire Naturelle Des Cetacees

Paris, Chez Plassan, 1804 . Leather. An early edition of La Cepede's richly illustrated and very scarce study of cetaceans. In the original French.Illustrated with sixteen engraved plates across the two volumes. Collated, complete.Published in the same year as the single volume first edition. Very scarce in all early editions.With each volume retaining the original half title.A richly illustrated study of cetaceans by French naturalist and freemason Count de Lacepede, who was chosen by naturalist Georges-Louis Leclerc, Comte de Buffo to be his successor, and continue his series 'Histoire Naturelle&apos. In full calf bindings, with gilt detailing to spines. Rubbing to back strip heads and tails, board perimeters, and joints. Minor loss of leather to rear board of volume I. Library stamps to title pages, with small library markings to versos of front free endpapers. Internally, firmly bound. Pages clean and bright. Very Good . Ill.: Not Stated. Very Good .

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Boeknummer: 871F23

Catalogus: Natural Sciences

Trefwoorden: Histoire naturelle des cetacees cetaceans whales animals cetaceans zoology Not Stated

Patrick R Chalmers

Birds Ashore and a-Foreshore

London, Collins, 1935. First edition. Cloth. Large ornithological volume by Patrick Chalmers and Winifred Austen, the first edition. The first edition of this work. Collated, complete with sixteen coloured plates. Enclosed in the original, price clipped dust wrapper.Ornithological study by Irish writer and banker Patrick R Chalmers. Featuring delightful chapters on the birds of the foreshore and estuary, accompanied by bird lore and legend from the Arctic Circle to the tropics.  With poems previously contributed to 'Punch' magazine added to the expert descriptions of the appearance, habits and flight of the various birds. With illustrations and watercolour plates by Winifred Austen, popular English illustrator and painter, known for her stunning paintings of birds. Here is the first book containing reproductions of her paintings. In the original publisher's full cloth binding. Externally smart with light bumping to head and tail of spine, closed tear along head of front joint, light bumping to extremity of boards. Dust wrapper sound with light loss to head and tail of spine and extremities, tape repaired to head and tail of spine internally to wraps. Internally, firmly bound. Pages bright and clean. Very Good . Ill.: Winifred Austen. Very Good/Good.

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Boeknummer: 854A59

Catalogus: Natural Sciences

Trefwoorden: birds ornithology first editions winifred austen ornithology Winifred Austen

Evelyn Cheesman

Everyday Doings of Insects

London, George G. Harrap & Co LTD, 1924 . First edition. Cloth. A very smart first edition of this scarce study of insects by Evelyn Cheesman, with illustrations. First edition, in the publisher's original cloth binding with an insect image in gilt to the front board. Very scarce. Written by Evelyn Cheesman, who was the curator of insects to the Zoological Society of London at the time. This work explores the habits and variation of insects, with information on how they grow, the meaning of colour in insects and stings and poisons, and much more. With illustrations throughout by Hugh Main, Dr Herbert Shirley, Peter Scott and Evelyn Cheesman.Prize inscription awarding the book to Ruby March by A. Bain Irvine Esq, from Bounds Green Girls' School, dated December 1926. In the publisher's original cloth binding with an insect image in gilt to the front board. Externally, very smart, with light bumping to the head and tail of the spine and a touch of fading to the cloth. Ink inscription to the front endpaper. Internally, firmly bound. Pages bright and clean throughout. Very Good Indeed . Ill.: Various. Very Good Indeed .

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Boeknummer: 883Q14

Catalogus: Natural Sciences

Trefwoorden: insects first edition evelyn cheesman illustrated first edition Various

Major R. E. Chessman

Lake Tana & the Blue Nile an Abyssinian Quest

London, Macmillan and Co. Limited, 1936. First edition. Cloth. The first edition of Robert Cheesman's interesting look at the Blue Nile and Lake Tana, illustrated with folding maps and plates. The first edition of this work. A geographical and educational look at Lake Tana, the source of the Blue Nile. It is the largest lake in Ethiopia With a folding frontispiece, two folding maps, and twenty-four plates. Written by Robert Ernest Cheesman, an explorer and military officer, and was awarded the Patron's Gold Medal in 1936 for his surveys and explorations of the Blue Nile and Lake Tana. Prior owner's ink inscription to the recto to the front endpaper, 'Christmas 1942, To Daddy, with our fondest love and best wishes, dear Sheila. I do hope you will enjoy this book and bring back 'flighty' memories&apos. Collated, complete In the original publisher's cloth binding. Externally, smart. Some light fading to the spine and to the rear board. A little bumping to the extremities. A couple of light spots to the spine. Prior owner's ink inscription to the recto to the front endpaper. Internally, firmly bound. Pages are bright with some scattered spotting. Very Good Indeed . Ill.: Not Stated. Very Good Indeed .

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Boeknummer: 642P13

Catalogus: Natural Sciences

Trefwoorden: lake tana blue nile abyssinian abyssinia blue nile cheesman Not Stated

A. H. Church

Introduction to the Plant-Life of the Oxford District Botanical Memoirs No. 13, 14 & 15

Oxford, Oxford University Press , 1922-1925. First edition. Cloth. A fascinating first edition copy of this work on Plant-Life of the Oxford Dictionary, illustrated throughout. A first edition copy of this volume which is three parts bound as one of an Introduction to the Plant-Life of the Oxford District, including the Botanical Memoirs, No. 13, 14 & 15. Botanical Memoirs No. 13 includes a general review published in 1922 describing the physical features of the Oxford district and the primary woodland and flora, No. 14 includes the annual succession (Jan-June) published in 1925 and No. 15 includes the annual succession for July-December published in 1925. The volume is illustrated with photographic plates Fifteen plates to No. 13, sixteen plates to No. 14 and sixteen to No. 15. Collated complete. In cloth binding. Externally, smart. Some fading to the spine and some marks to the boards. Rear hinge is starting but remains generally firm. Internally, generally firmly bound with generally bright and clean pages. Good . Ill.: Not Stated. Good .

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Boeknummer: 831B69

Catalogus: Natural Sciences

Trefwoorden: Introduction to the Plant-Life of the Oxford District Botanical Memoirs No. 13, 14 & 15 plant life botanical memoirs University of Oxford plant life Not Stated

P A Clancey

The Birds of Natal and Zululand

Edinburgh and London, Oliver and Boyd , 1964. First edition. Cloth. An excellent first edition of this fantastic volume exploring the avifauna of Natal and Zululand by P A Clancey. P A Clancey explores the avifauna of Natal and Zululand and all its immediately adjacent territories of south-eastern Africa in this extensive and comprehensive volume. The first edition of 1964. This book is packed with much information and detailed descriptions of each species. With a thorough and informative introduction on the ornithological exploration in Natal and Zululand, the physical conditions and vegetation of Natal and Zululand and their bearing on Avian Distribution, and some zoological considerations. The bird species are listed in a systematic arrangement. Richly illustrated with forty one colour plates,  a map, and various black and white text figures by the author, as well as seventeen photographic plates by Dennis Cleaver. Collated, complete. In the unclipped dust wrapper. In the original publisher's cloth binding. Externally, lovely with minor shelf wear only. The dust wrapper is unclipped and excellent with only minor shelf wear and a slight edge wear to the head of the spine. Internally, firmly bound. The pages are bright and clean. Richly illustrated with forty one colour plates,  a map, and various black and white text figures by the author, as well as seventeen photographic plates by Dennis Cleaver. Collated, complete.  Fine . Ill.: P A Clancey; Dennis Cleaver. Fine/Very Good Indeed.

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Boeknummer: 775A23

Catalogus: Natural Sciences

Trefwoorden: birds fauna first editons natural history fauna P A Clancey; Dennis Cleaver

Louisa Lane Clarke

Common Seaweeds of the British Coast and Channel Islands; with Some Insight Into the Microscopic Beauties of Their Structure and Fructification.

London, Frederick Warne and Co. c1881. Hardback. Louisa Lane Clarke's scarce guide to British common seaweeds with tinted plates. Reprint. First published in 1865. Illustrated with ten tinted plates, including a frontispiece. Collated complete. This work was written by British botanist and writer Louisa Lane Clarke who was best known for her work on microscopic plants. This work provides a description of various British seaweeds, with additional details on their microscopic spore bearing structure. In the publisher's original paper boards. Undated. Dated by copies held at the Haiti Trust Library.Advertisements to the rear pages and to the rear board. In the publisher's original paper boards. Externally generally smart with fading to the spine, slight marks to the boards, bumping to the head and tail of the spine, small closed tears to the head of the spine, spotting to the rear board and rubbing to the paper to the head and tail of the spine and to the joints. Light offsetting to the free endpapers with a bookseller's label to the front pastedown. Internally firmly bound with generally bright pages and the odd spot to the extremities only. A closed tear to the head of the frontispiece professionally repaired with binder's tape. Very Good . Ill.: None stated. Very Good .

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Boeknummer: 885Z4

Catalogus: Natural Sciences

Trefwoorden: Tinted plates Illustrated Seaweed Louisa Lane Clark Illustrated None stated