Karachi.
Oxford University Press, 1995.
First edition.
Quarto.
xxxiii, [1], 298pp. With 104 plates of colour photographs. Original publisher's cloth, lettered in gilt, pictorial dustwrapper. A trifle rubbed, short closed tear to foot of dustwrapper spine panel. Ink library 'damaged' stamp to title page, else internally clean and crisp. More >
£ 50.00
Antiquates Ref. 23214
[London].
Country Life & George Newnes Ltd., [1901].
First edition.
8vo.
xiv, 177pp, [1]. With 147 black and white photographic plates. Original publisher's green buckram, lettered in gilt. Lightly rubbed, spine sunned. Contemporary inked ownership inscription to half-title, else internally clean and crisp. More >
£ 150.00
Antiquates Ref. 21990
Lugduni [i.e. Leiden].
Apud Jacobum Roussin, 1596.
First edition, second issue.
8vo.
[16], 633pp, [1]. Title in red and black. Woodcut device on title, woodcut initials, head- and tailpieces, and several woodcut diagrams (chiefly astronomical). Contemporary gilt-tooled calf, later rebacked, partly preserving contemporary spine panel, contrasting red morocco lettering-piece, marbled edges. Rubbed. Decorated endpapers, bookplate with initials 'G. H.' to FEP, inked ownership inscription (with a Bible verse in Greek beneath) of Charles Hénault (1685-1770), conseiller au ... More >
£ 1,500.00
Antiquates Ref. 23029
[s.i.].
[s.n.], [s.d., c.1905]
8vo.
Manuscript on paper. Three volumes; two in contemporary gilt-ruled red morocco, marbled edges (predominantly filled, the second with numerous leaves excised); the third, black half-calf over marbled boards, marbled edges (with many leaves unused). Extremities a trifle rubbed. Internally clean and crisp. Bookplates of John Walker Ford to FEPs of both full-calf volumes. More >
£ 950.00
Antiquates Ref. 14484
London.
John Murray, 1877.
Second edition, revised.
8vo.
xvi, 300, 32pp. With a terminal publisher's advertisement catalogue. Original publisher's green cloth, stamped in gilt and blind. Recased, with new endpapers. Housed in modern green morocco-backed clamshell case. Extremities rubbed and a trifle marked. Scattered spotting. More >
£ 500.00
Antiquates Ref. 28345
London.
Faber & Faber, [1953].
First edition.
8vo.
238pp. Original publisher's green cloth, lettered in blue, pictorial dustwrapper. A trifle cocked, slight surface loss to head of spine and lower board, dustwrapper rubbed, spine panel chipped and sunned. Endpapers lightly browned. Presentation copy, inked ownership inscription to recto of FFEP: 'With all best wishes / from / Gerald Durrell / 1953'. More >
£ 750.00
Antiquates Ref. 26089
London.
Printed for the Society for Promoting Christian Knowledge, 1845.
8vo.
xii, 360pp. With an engraved frontispiece and a further 51 engraved illustrations. Original publisher's blind-stamped navy cloth, lettered in gilt. Lightly rubbed and marked. Armorial bookplate to FEP, frontispiece a trifle creased, else internally clean and crisp. More >
£ 50.00
Antiquates Ref. 22161
London.
The Casanova Society, 1926.
First British edition.
Quarto.
Limited edition of 1,500 copies on deckle-edged laid paper, of which this is copy number 346. x, 182pp, [2]. Unopened in original publisher's green cloth-backed cream paper boards, lettered in gilt, printed paper dustwrapper. Lightly rubbed and marked, dustwrapper browned and spotted, loss to head and foot of spine panel. Bookplate to FEP, else internally clean and crisp. More >
£ 85.00
Antiquates Ref. 24736
Taunton.
Published for the Society by Barnicott and Pearce, 1896.
First edition.
8vo.
lxi, [1], 437pp, [1]. With an illustrated frontispiece and a folding map of the county.
[Bound with:] MARSHALL, Edward Shearburn. A supplement to the flora of somerset. Taunton. Published by the Somersetshire Archaeological and Natural History Society, 1914. First edition. iv, 242pp.
8vo. Contemporary green cloth, lettered in gilt. Rubbed lower joint split.Inked ownership inscription to FFEP, else internally clean and crisp. More > £ 75.00 Antiquates Ref. 22039
[Bound with:] MARSHALL, Edward Shearburn. A supplement to the flora of somerset. Taunton. Published by the Somersetshire Archaeological and Natural History Society, 1914. First edition. iv, 242pp.
8vo. Contemporary green cloth, lettered in gilt. Rubbed lower joint split.Inked ownership inscription to FFEP, else internally clean and crisp. More > £ 75.00 Antiquates Ref. 22039
Petropoli.
Typis K. Wienhoberianis, 1843.
First edition.
8vo.
vi, 62pp. Original publisher's buff printed wrappers. Lightly rubbed, marked, and discoloured. Foxed. More >
£ 75.00
Antiquates Ref. 29044
London.
Printed for T. Cadell, 1789.
First edition.
8vo.
In two volumes. [2], xii, 13-19, [1], 334, [2]; [4], 380pp. Contemporary diced calf, richly tooled in gilt and blind, 'Newall' lettered in gilt to foot of spines. Rubbed and sunned. Paper strips pasted to half-titles in order to obscure early ownership inscriptions, inked ownership inscription of Thos: Clifton to title page of Vol. II. More >
£ 450.00
Antiquates Ref. 27397
Stockholm.
The Continental Book Company AB, 1946.
Fifth edition, eighth impression.
8vo.
700pp. With fourteenth illustrations and four maps. Original publisher's buff cloth. Without dustwrapper. A trifle rubbed. Internally clean and crisp. More >
£ 50.00
Antiquates Ref. 22038
[London].
[s.n.], [1838].
First edition.
8vo.
13pp, [3]. Loosely gathered in original publisher's printed tan paper wrappers. A trifle creased and dust-soiled, slightest of chipping to leaf edges. More >
£ 125.00
Antiquates Ref. 14691
Oxford.
Clarendon Press, 1887.
New edition.
8vo.
xii, 515pp, [1]. With 407 woodcut figures in the text. Contemporary dark green calf-backed green cloth boards, ruled and lettered in gilt. Extremities rubbed and a trifle marked. Early inked ownership inscription to FEP, very occasional spotting/creasing. More >
£ 50.00
Antiquates Ref. 23899
London.
Macmillan & Co., 1871.
First edition.
8vo.
xv, [1], 296pp. With a half-title and numerous engraved illustrations in the text. Original publisher's blind-stamped green cloth, lettered in gilt. Lightly rubbed and marked, slight chipping to head and foot of spine. Residue from removed bookplate to FEP, contemporary inked ownership to recto of half-title - later deleted with coloured pencil, inked private library shelf number to title-page, a trifle toned. More >
£ 450.00
Antiquates Ref. 18676
[s.l.].
[s.n.], 1848.
First offprint edition.
8vo.
11pp, [1]. With two engraved plates illustrating various specimens of Medusae. Stitched, as issued, in tan paper wraps. Some soiling to extremities, tearing to wrap edges. All leaves and plates creased down centre. More >
£ 75.00
Antiquates Ref. 13351
Bruxelles [i.e. Brussels].
[s.n.], 1808.
First edition.
8vo.
20pp. Uncut and unopened. Sewn, as issued, in original publisher's buff wrappers. Extremities a trifle creased and marked. Internally clean and crisp. More >
£ 250.00
Antiquates Ref. 30202
London.
Macmillan and Co., 1891.
New edition with corrections and additions.
8vo.
xii, 492pp. Original publisher's green cloth, lettered in gilt. Lightly rubbed and marked. Label of W. H. Smith Subscription Library to FEP, very occasional light spotting. More >
£ 200.00
Antiquates Ref. 29580
London.
Printed for J. Dodsley, 1775.
Third edition.
8vo.
xxxi, [1], 391pp, [1]. With 11 engraved plates (plate I duplicated). Contemporary calf, later rebacked. Boards rubbed. Early inked ownership inscription of Thomas Preston to head of title page, scattered spotting. More >
£ 100.00
Antiquates Ref. 27458
[s.i.].
[s.n.], [1916].
Quarto.
Manuscript on paper. [5] leaves, four written on one side only, the fifth on both. Recent red cloth, lettered in gilt. Armorial bookplate of John Davie Manson Robertson to FEP, horizontal and vertical creases to all leaves. More >
£ 200.00
Antiquates Ref. 18941