W. J. Broderip

Zoological Recreations

London, Ward, Lock, and Tyler , c1872. Leather. Illustrated zoological studies by W. J. Broderip in a full calf binding. Dated from Jisc, a later edition of this work. A book of natural history with zoological studies of singing birds, owls, turkeys, swans, cats, dogs, apes and monkeys, elephants, dragons, &c. By English lawyer and naturalist William John Broderip. With a colourful frontispiece and numerous further black and white plates of illustrations. Brighton Grammar School Prize Binding presented to B. Henley for having passed the Cambridge local examination in 1873.  Rebound in full calf binding with gilt tooling to spine and boards, marbled edges and endpapers. Externally sound with some shelf wear, rubbed to joints and spine, head and tail lightly chipped. Front hinges slightly strained, holding firm. Internally firmly bound. Light spotting to title page affecting leaves of plates in particular, otherwise pages generally bright and clean. Good . Ill.: Not Stated. Good .

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Book number: 825A52

Catalogue: Natural Sciences

Keywords: broderip natural history zoology natural history Not Stated

W. J. Broderip

Zoological Recreations

Not Stated, Not Stated, c1848 . Cloth. A well-presented, early edition of this zoological study written by English lawyer and naturalist, William John Broderip. Bound in contemporary full cloth, with original spine labels reattached. Bound without the title page, edition page and publisher's advertisements. Dated c1848 using Jisc, from copies of the second and new editions held at the British Library. Pagination coincides with both the second edition and the new edition of the work.A book of natural history with zoological studies of singing birds, owls, turkeys, swans, cats, dogs, apes and monkeys, elephants, dragons and much more. Written by English lawyer and naturalist William John Broderip, who was known for his extensive collections, many of which are now found in the British Museum.With a 'Withdrawn' library stamp from Booth Museum of Natural History, Brighton. Bound in contemporary full cloth, with original cloth spine fragments adhered to the spine. Endpapers have been renewed. Externally, lovely, with the odd mark and slight fraying to spine labels. Library stamp to the front paste down. Internally firmly bound. Rebound without title page, advertisements or edition page. Pages are a little age toned, with the odd library stamp. Small tear to contents page near margin. Very Good . Ill.: None. Very Good .

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Book number: 906Q30

Catalogue: Natural Sciences

Keywords: W. J. Broderip Zoological Recreations zoology natural science Zoological Recreations None

Richard Brook

New Cyclopaedia of Botany and Complete Book of Herbs: Forming a History and Description of All Plants, British or Foreign Which Are Known to Be Useful to Man

London, Frederick Farrah, c1854 . Leather. A complete set of Richard Brook's botanical study, wonderfully illustrated with hand coloured plates and vignettes. Bound in half calf with cloth boards. Complete in two volumes. Undated, dated using Jisc from copies held at the National Library of Wales. Written by English publisher and bookseller, Richard Brook, who had a keen interest in botany, with a particular focus on plants that provided a practical use for everyday life. This charming work is comprised of comprehensive descriptions of numerous plant types, all of which have an accompanying illustrations. Brook explores the utility of plants, forming an overview of their history. Illustrated with ninety-nine hand coloured plates and a frontispiece. Collated, complete. Bound in half calf with cloth boards. Externally, sound,with slight rubbing to joints and extremities. Slight marking to spine and cloth. Front joint cracked to the head col volume II. Hinges are slightly strained, but holding. Front free endpaper adhered to the front paste down to volume II. Light age toning and spotting to endpapers. Internally, binding has split after title page to volume I and between pages 352 and 353 to volume II, with cords visible. Otherwise generally firmly bound. Page 733 has been misbound after page 731. Pages are a little age toned with the occasional handling mark. Label remnants to the verso of the title page to volume I. Good . Ill.: Not Stated. Good .

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Book number: 907Q1

Catalogue: Natural Sciences

Keywords: Richard Brook botany plants herbs botany Not Stated

William K. Brooks

The Oyster: A Popular Summary of a Scientific Study

Baltimore, The Johns Hopkins Press, 1905. Cloth. A smart second edition of this study of the oyster from American zoologist William Keith Brooks. Second edition, revised. Illustrated with sixteen plates. Collated complete. A scientific and practical study of the American oyster, with chapters on the possibilities of oyster culture, the anatomy of the oyster, the development of the oyster, and the artificial cultivation of the oyster, amongst others. Commissioned by the state of Maryland to study the American oyster, Brooks" findings led to the discovery that fertilization of this type of oyster, unlike the European form, occurred outside the body. Written by William Keith Brooks, an American zoologist who studied embryological development in invertebrates and founded a marine biological laboratory where he and others studied heredity. He is best known for this work first published in 1891. In the original full green cloth binding. Externally, smart with light rubbing and minor bumping to the extremities. Internally, firmly bound though lacking front free endpaper. Pages are very bright with the odd small spot or handling mark. Very Good . Ill.: Not Stated. Very Good .

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Book number: 961T66

Catalogue: Natural Sciences

Keywords: Oyster Scientific Study Brooks Scientific Not Stated

T. C. F. Brotchie

Glasgow Rivers and Streams Their Legend and Lore

Glasgow, James Maclehose & Sons, 1914. First edition. Cloth. A scarce first edition of this beautiful and charming work on the rivers and streams of Glasgow, illustrated throughout. The first edition of this work. A scarce work. This work documents the streams and rivers found in Glasgow, written inspired by the author's summer walks around the green hills and grey moorlands that lie around Glasgow. Illustrated with a frontispiece, vignette title page, three plates, and numerous in-text and full page illustrations. Written and illustrated by T. C. F. Brotchie. Collated, complete. In the original publisher's cloth binding. Externally, smart. A few marks to the rear board. Minor bumping to the head and tail of the spine and to the extremities. A couple of spots to the fore edge. Internally, firmly bound. Pages are bright and clean. Very Good . Ill.: T. C. F. Brotchie. Very Good .

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Book number: 680P5

Catalogue: Natural Sciences

Keywords: glasgow rivers streams glasgow rivers streams legends t. c.f. Brotchie T. C. F. Brotchie

H. Rowland-Brown [Henry Rowland-Brown]

Butterflies and Moths at Home and Abroad

London, T. Fisher Unwin, 1912. First edition. Cloth. A first edition copy of this popular work on butterflies and moths, colourfully illustrated throughout. The first edition of this work in the publisher's original cloth binding, with a colour plate to the front board. Illustrated with twenty-one colour plates. Plate III is displayed to the cover. Collated, complete. Henry Rowland-Brown (1865-1922) was an English entomologist who specialised in Lepidoptera. This is his popular work on butterflies and moths, with descriptions of genera and species; explanations of entomology and classification; and advice on rearing, breeding and collecting. Illustrated with beautiful colour plates. In the publisher's original cloth binding. Externally generally smart, though slightly faded with light shelf wear to the joints and extremities. Some faint marks to the rear boards. Offsetting to the end papers. Internally, firmly bound. Marginal age toning to pages, with the odd spot to the first and last few pages, and to the fore edge, affecting the occasional page. Transference from Plate II to page 28. Very Good . Ill.: Not Stated. Very Good .

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Book number: 883M9

Catalogue: Natural Sciences

Keywords: Butterflies Moths Rowland-Brown Moths Not Stated

Leslie Brown; Dean Amadon

Eagles, Hawks, and Falcons of the World

London, Country Life Books, 1968. First edition. Cloth. The first edition of this expansively illustrated ornithological study dedicated to eagles, hawks, and falcons of the world. The first edition.Complete in two volumes.In the original publisher's slipcase, in a very good condition.Leslie Brown and Dean Amadon's extensive study of eagles, hawks, and falcons. With detailed chapters concerning their classification and distribution, physical attributes and senses, moult and plumage, hunting methods, territory, display, breeding, and more. Each volume is profusely illustrated throughout, with forty-four colour plates and twenty-six monochrome plates to Volume I, and eighty colour plates, twenty-nine monochrome plates, and ninety-four maps to Volume II.Collated, complete. In the original publisher's cloth binding, in the original slipcase. Externally, smart. Only a couple of very light marks to the cloth. Internally, firmly bound. Pages are bright and clean. Slipcase is a little worn, with some rubbing and marks, in a very good condition. Fine . Ill.: Various. Fine .

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Book number: 924P10

Catalogue: Natural Sciences

Keywords: Eagles, Hawks, and Falcons of the World birds eagles hawks birds dean amadon leslie brown Various

David Alexander Brown

The Tertiary Cheilostomatous Polyzoa of New Zealand

London , The British Museum, 1952. Cloth. A first edition of this work on marine invertebrates. Illustrated throughout with 296 figures in the text. David Alexander Brown was a geologist who played an important role in developing the study of Geology in Australia. Brown was the president of the Geological Society of Australia and had a Bryzoan species named after him. In a cloth binding. Externally, smart with some light shelfwear and bumping. Spine sunned. Ink inscription to front free-endpaper. Internally, firmly bound. Pages bright and clean. Very Good . Ill.: None. Very Good .

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Book number: GEN35-A-10

Catalogue: Natural Sciences

Keywords: Marine Invertebrates Geology Invertebrates None

Patrick J. Brownsey; John C. Smith-Dodsworth

New Zealand Ferns and Allied Plants

Auckland, David Bateman, 1989. First edition. Cloth. The first edition of this study on the plants of New Zealand, complete with illustrations. First edition. Illustrated throughout with line sketches and photographs. A study into all ferns and allied plants which can be found in New Zealand. This would be a collection of roughly 193 species and subspecies, 88 of which occur in no other country. Written by Patrick J. Brownsey, an English historian and botanist, and John C. Smith-Dodsworth, an English botanist, both of whom now reside in New Zealand. Illustrated by T. N. H. Galloway. In the original black cloth binding. Externally, excellent with light shelf wear only. Original unclipped dust wrapper is very smart with light shelf wear to the extremities. Internally, firmly bound. Pages are very bright and clean throughout. Near Fine . Ill.: T. N. H. Galloway. Near Fine/Very Good Indeed.

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Book number: 848T71

Catalogue: Natural Sciences

Keywords: New Zealand Ferns Zealand T. N. H. Galloway

Francis T. Buckland

Curiosities of Natural History

London, Richard Bentley, 1857. First edition. Cloth. A very scarce first edition copy of this fascinating book on the curiosities of natural history. A very scarce first edition. In the publisher's original cloth binding with gilt detail. With an engraved frontispiece and two illustrated plates. Collated complete. An interesting work regarding the curiosities of natural history. With sections on rats, snakes and monkeys. Francis Trevelyan Buckland, also known as Frank Buckland, was an English surgeon, zoologist and popular natural historian. He was one of the key members and founders of the acclimatisation society in Britain. With an ink inscription dated 1857 to the front paste-down and another one dated 1858 to the title page. In the publisher's original cloth binding with gilt detail. Externally, smart with shelf wear to the edges and bumping to the spine. Some tears to the spine and marks to the boards. Contemporary ink inscription to the front paste-down. Hinges are strained but firm. Small tear to the front free endpaper. Internally, firmly bound, though creasing and wear to the binding throughout. Pages generally bright and clean with the odd spot and some light age-toning. Contemporary ink inscription to the title page. Good . Ill.: Various. Good .

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Book number: 831G7

Catalogue: Natural Sciences

Keywords: henry de la beche frank buckland natural history pondlife frank buckland Zoology Various

Francis T. Buckland

Curiosities of Natural History. First Series.

London, Richard Bentley and Son, 1890. Leather. A lovely leather bound copy of this fascinating work by Francis T. Buckland, the renowned English surgeon, zoologist, popular author and natural historian. Rebound in a lovely full polished calf binding with gilt crest of Ellesmere College to the front board, and attractive marbled endpaper and textblock. Featuring a prize bookplate tipped to front pastedown awarded to a 'F Austin Lidbury' from a 'Joseph Harrison' from Saint Oswald's College, dated '1891&apos. This copy is a 'first series', 'Popular Edition' copy. In a full polished calf binding with gilt embellishment to front board and spine. Externally, lovely. Slight fading to spine and minor marking to boards. Prize bookplate tipped to front pastedown. Internally firmly bound. Pages very bright and clean throughout. Light scattered spots only to first and last few pages. Very Good Indeed . Ill.: Various. Very Good Indeed .

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Book number: 630M22

Catalogue: Natural Sciences

Keywords: Leather Illustrated Buckland Natural History Illustrated Oswald's Various

Francis T. Buckland

Curiosities of Natural History

London, Richard Bentley, 1861-1868. Cloth. Two smart volumes of Buckland's extensive work on natural history, from the second and third series. Two volumes. Written by Francis Trevelyan Buckland, an English surgeon, zoologist, and natural historian born to a noted family of naturalists. These works offer a comprehensive study into the world of natural history, with commentary on minerals, statues, specimens, bird species, game-keeping, exhibitions, insects, identification of the skeleton, fish and fishing, and much more. This set includes: Curiosities of Natural History Second Series, 1861. New edition. Illustrated with frontispiece. Curiosities of Natural History Third Series, 1868. Second edition. In two volumes, this is volume two. Illustrated with one plate. Collated complete. In the original green cloth binding. Externally, sound with rubbing and light bumping to the extremities. Fading to the spine and the odd mark to the boards. Splits in the cloth to the head and tail of the spine of volume one. Rear hinge starting but firm to each volume. Internally, volume one is firmly bound while volume two is generally firmly bound with the textblock loosening in places. Pages are very bright and clean with the odd handling mark. Good . Ill.: Not Stated. Good .

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Book number: 878T16

Catalogue: Natural Sciences

Keywords: Curiosities Natural History Buckland Natural History Not Stated

Frank Buckland

Natural History of British Fishes; Their Structure, Economic Uses, and Capture by Net and Rod

London , Society for promoting Christian Knowledge , 1891. Cloth. An interesting second edition copy of the Natural History of British Fisheries written by Frank Buckland. This is the second edition of this book, the first being titled Familiar History of British Fishes and contains information on fish species, fisheries of both sea and river and the importance of these fisheries. The volume is illustrated throughout the text and has eight pages of publisher's adverts to the rear In the publisher's original decorative cloth binding. Externally, a little worn. The spine and joints are a little faded and there are some marks to the boards. There is a bookplate to the front pastedown. The hinges are starting but remain firm. Internally, firmly bound with generally bright and clean pages with the odd spot scattered throughout. Good . Ill.: Not Stated. Good .

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Book number: 820B53

Catalogue: Natural Sciences

Keywords: Frank Buckland natural history of british fishes natural history fish natural history of british fishes Not Stated

Frank Buckland

Natural History of British Fishes Their Structure, Economic Uses, and Capture by Net and Rod

London , Society for Promoting Christian Knowledge , 1891. Leather. A lovely bound edition of Natural History of British Fishes which is richly illustrated throughout. A lovely copy of Natural History of British Fishes that explores the structure of fish, economic uses and how to capture them by net and rod, by Frank Buckland. A second edition of this work, with the first edition being known under the title of Familiar History of British Fishes. Richly illustrated throughout. In prize binding for St Pauls Preparatory School. In full calf prize binding. Externally, very smart with some fading to the spine and a few marks to the boards. A prize bookplate to the front pastedown dated 1895. Internally, firmly bound with bright and clean pages. Very Good . Ill.: Not Stated. Very Good .

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Book number: 839B70

Catalogue: Natural Sciences

Keywords: Natural History of British Fishes Their Structure, Economic Uses, and Capture by Net and Rod fish fishing animals fish Not Stated

Frank Buckland

Natural History of British Fishes; Their Structure, Economic Uses, and Capture by Net and Rod

London, Society for Promoting Christian Knowledge, 1906. Cloth. A smart edition of this illustrated commentary on the fish of Britain. Reprint. Illustrated throughout. This study of British fishes contains information on various fish species, fisheries of both sea and river and the importance of these fisheries. Written by Frank Buckland, an English surgeon, zoologist, author, and natural historian. With publisher's catalogue to the rear. In the original blue cloth binding. Externally, smart with rubbing and light bumping to the extremities. 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. Scattered spotting to the publisher's catalogue to the rear. Very Good . Ill.: Not Stated. Very Good .

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Book number: 880T33

Catalogue: Natural Sciences

Keywords: Natural History British Fishes Fishes Economic British Fishes Buckland Not Stated