"BLACK PALMER" Scotch Loch-Fishing

William Blackwood, London,, 1882.

£150

Small 8vo. Original green cloth flexible boards, bordered in blind, titled in gold; pp.viii, 82 [2, advertisements]; light foxing to front and rear gatherings, a little shaky but…

 

"CECIL" [TONGUE, Cornelius]. Hunting Tours: descriptive of various fashionable countries and establishments, with anecdotes of Masters of Hounds and others connected with foxhunting.

Saunders, Otley and Co.. 1864.

£300

8vo. Original red cloth, gilt lettering annd decoration to spine; pp. xiv + 439 + [I, ads], 2 colour plates; very good.First edition. Jolly accounts of hunts around the country.

 

ABHEDÂNANDA, Swâmi. How to be a Yogi.

New York: The Vedânta Society, 1902.

£120

8vo. Original brown cloth with gilt-stamped insignia, pp. 188, [4, advertisements]; small closed tear p.171/172, otherwise in very good condition; provenance inscribed on half-title with…

 

ZOOLOGY

ADAMSON, Joy Born Free. A Lioness of Two Worlds. with Living Free. The Story of Elsa and her cubs.

Collins & Harvill Press. 1960-1.

£80

8vo. Original decorative cloth and dustjacket; pp. 160; pp. xiv + 146; bouth illustrated throughout with b&w photos; a little rubbing to extremities, very good.First editions. Adamson's…

 

AGASSIZ, Alexander Letters and Recollections of Alexander Agassiz.

Constable and Co, Ltd. 1913.

£80

8vo. Publisher's blue cloth, gilt lettering to spine, top edges gilt; pp xii + 454 + [4], 18 plates including frontispiece, 2 maps in front and back cover pockets; a little rubbing to…

 

AGASSIZ, Elizabeth Cary. Louis Agassiz His Life and Correspondence.

Boston: Houghton, Mifflin & Co. 1886.

£550

8vo. 2 vols. Original blue cloth, gilt lettering to spines; pp. xi, 400, [8, pubs. list of works by Agassiz] & ix, 401-794, [6, pubs. list of works by Agassiz], 8 plates, frontispiece in…

 

ALDINGTON, Richard The Strange Life of Charles Waterton.

Evans Brothers Limited. 1949.

£40

8vo. Publisher's cloth and wrapper; pp. 200, frontispiece illustration, ownership inscription to ffep; a little chipping to wrapper, otherwise very good.First edition of this very entertaining biography of the eccentric naturalist.

 

ALLEN, Grant. Flashlights on Nature.

George Newnes, Limited. 1899.

£30

8vo. Original green cloth, gilt lettering and design of a bee-eater to front, gilt lettering to spine; pp. viii + 312 + [24, ads], 150 illustrations by Frederick Enock; previous owner's…

 

ANATOMICAL MODEL. Human torso.

New. York: I.W. Wagner. 1912.

£120

247 x 177 mm, colour printed plate illustrating the anatomy of the human female torso, with flaps and fold outs depicting including the muscular, skeletal and digestive systems and the…

 

ANONYMOUS. Money; its nature, history, uses and responsibilities.

Religious Tract Society. [c. 1855].

£98

12mo. Original green cloth, glt lettering to spine, all edges gilt; pp. 4 + 192; very good. Provenance: ffep with ownership inscription of Crown Prince of Hanover, his library label to…

 

ANONYMOUS. Original painting of 25 moths.

n.d, 20th century.

£1650

On grey paper, 563 x 384 mm, gouache, 25 American moths arranged in a vertical line. Artist unknown. Tiny closed tear to bottom edge, otherwise fine.

 

ANONYMOUS British Fish and Fisheries.

Religious Tract Society. [c. 1855].

£98

12mo. Original green cloth, glt lettering to spine, all edges gilt; pp. 4 + 192; very good. Provenance: ffep with ownership inscription of Crown Prince of Hanover, his library label to…

 

ANONYMOUS Comparisons of structure in animals. The hand and the arm.

Religious Tract Society. [c. 1855].

£98

12mo. Original green cloth, glt lettering to spine, all edges gilt; pp. 4 + 192; very good. Provenance: ffep with ownership inscription of Crown Prince of Hanover, his library label to…

 

ANONYMOUS Remarkable Delusions; or, illustrations of popular errors.

Religious Tract Society. [c. 1855].

£98

12mo. Original green cloth, glt lettering to spine, all edges gilt; pp. 4 + 192; very good. Provenance: ffep with ownership inscription of Crown Prince of Hanover, his library label to…

 

ANONYMOUS The Geography of Plants.

Religious Tract Society. [c. 1855].

£98

12mo. Original green cloth, glt lettering to spine, all edges gilt; pp. 4 + 192; very good. Provenance: ffep with ownership inscription of Crown Prince of Hanover, his library label to…