DU CANE, FLORENCE LOUISA (C.1870-1955) .

The Flowers And Gardens Of Japan. Painted By Ella Du Cane, Described By Florence Du Cane .

London: Published By Adam & Charles Black, Soho Square, MCMVIII. (1908) . 0. Publisher's illustrated green cloth binding, with only light wear. 8vo. 9.0" x 6.75" x 2.0" . pp. x./pp.249 / [3pp.] / pp.8 - Adverts. Plus 50 coloured plates as called for, all with captioned tissue guards. Green cloth. Front board with an illustration of a garden and gilt titles. Edges and corners bumped. Spine with similar decoration and gilt titles. Top & tail of spine beginning to fray. Clean endpapers, no previous ownership inscription etc. With a preliminary and final advertisement leaves. Half title present. Tiltle in green and black. Clean throughout. VG.

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Book number: 48612

Catalogue: Natural History

Keywords: 50046 Du Cane, Florence Louisa Adam & Charles Black the Flowers and Gardens of Japan / Painted by Ella Du Cane, Described by Florence Du Cane. Natural History

KEARTON, RICHARD (1862-1928) / KEARTON, CHERRY (1871-1940) .

Kearton's Nature Pictures Beautifully Reproduced In Photogravure, Colour, and Black and White from photographs By Richard and Cherry Kearton.

London: Cassell And Company, Limited, 1910 . 0. Deluxe half leather binding. First edition. 30cm x 23.0cm x 3.3cm. Matching black leather spine and corners over green buckram covered bords. Each spine 5 raised bands, gilt volume number and original red leather title label: "Keartons' Nature Pictures". Vol. I. : pp.6./pp.96 . Vol. II. :10pp./pp.97-192 . With a coloured frontis to each volume, plus a further 94 plates. A very good matching set. ** "Richard Kearton FZS, FRPS (2 January 1862 – 8 February 1928) and Cherry Kearton (8 July 1871 – 27 September 1940), brothers, were a pair of British naturalists and some of the world's earliest wildlife photographers. They developed innovative methods to photograph animals in the wild and in 1895 published the first natural history book to be entirely illustrated by wild photographs. Richard was a made a Fellow of the Zoological Society of London and Royal Photographic Society. Cherry later became a wildlife and news filmmaker, and friend to Theodore Roosevelt. The Royal Geographical Society created the Cherry Kearton Medal and Award in his honour." - See Wikipedia.

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Book number: 46411

Catalogue: Natural History

Keywords: Kearton, Richard Cherry Cassell and Company, Limited, Natural History

LAVER, HENRY (1830-1917) .

The Mammals, Reptiles, and Fishes of Essex: A contribution to the Natural History of the County. By Henry Laver... With Eight Full-Page, And Two Half-Page Illustrations.

Chelmsford: Edmund Durrant and Co. Buckhurst Hill: The Essex Field Club. London: Simpkin Marshall and Co Ltd, 1898 . 0. A very good original cloth binding. First edition. 8vo. 8.75" x 5.75" x 0.75". pp.viii./pp.138/6pp. (Essex Field Club Proceedings). Red cloth with black titles. Some dis-colouration to boards. Hinges carefully strengthened. Smooth spine with black titles. Patterned endpapers. Armorial bookplate to verso of the front board: "Adam Rivers Steele." Clean text and illustration throughout. VG. ** Adam Rivers Steele, 1843 - 1928.

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Book number: 49541

Catalogue: Natural History: : 19th Century

Keywords: 50796 Adam Rivers Steele the Mammals, Reptiles, and Fishes of Essex Edmund Durrant and Co Chelmsford Buckhurst Hill Natural History: : 19th Century

B. B. - WATKINS-PITCHFORD, D. J. (DENYS JAMES WATKINS-PITCHFORD 1905-1990 ) .

Tide's Ending by 'B,B,' Illustrated by D. J. Watkins-Pitchford .

London: Hollis & Carter, 1950 . 0. First edition with dustwrapper. 10.0" x 7.75" x 1.25". pp.xi/pp.244 . Illustrated dustwrapper with numerous edge tears and loss to top of spine. Now protected by a removable clear plastic cover. Clean grey cloth covers with gilt title to front board and spine. Light toning to endpapers. Dedication to front endpaper dated 1950. Clean text and illustrations throughout. G+/VG .

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Book number: 48663

Catalogue: Natural History

Keywords: 50096 Tide's Ending by 'b,B,' Illustrated by D.J. Watkins-Pitchford Denys James Watkins-Pitchford Natural History