Natural History from B & B Rare Books, Ltd., ABAA

New York: George L. Lockwood, [ca. 1870]. Three volumes. Illustrated with 155 hand-colored lithographic plates by W.E. Hitchcock and R. Trembly after J.J. and John Wodehouse Audubon. Fourth octavo edition. Royal 8vo. Publisher's original full brown morocco, with elaborate design in blind to borders of boards, spines with five raised bands, gilt lettering, and decoration in blind, red marbled… Read more about this item

London: John Murray, 1860 Second edition, second issue (with "fifth thousand" on title page), one of only 3000 copies and yet the largest printing of any edition or issue in Darwin's lifetime, and the last English edition to contain the whale-bear story. Folding lithographed plate, 32pp. of publisher's advertisements at rear. Original publisher's green cloth, covers stamped in blind, gilt… Read more about this item

London: John Murray, 1872 First edition, second issue with "htat" misprint on the first line of page 208. One of 7000 copies. Publisher's green cloth with decorative borders in blind to front and rear boards, titles and decorations in gilt to spine, green endpapers, seven Heliotype Plates numbered in Arabic. Very good or better with light wear to spine hinges… Read more about this item

London: John Murray, 1868 Two volumes. First edition, first issue. One of 1500 copies. Bound in three-quarter contemporary brown calf over red marbled boards, spines lettered and decorated in gilt, all edges marbled, marbled endpapers. A very good set with some wear and rubbing along edges and spines, former owner bookplate to front pastedowns, some foxing to the first… Read more about this item

Rotterdam: Arnold Leers, 1648 12mo. Fourth edition. With additional engraved title page and 2 full-page engraved illustrations. Contemporary speckled brown calf, double ruled in blind to covers, horizontal rules in blind and paper library labels to spine, red speckled edges. Very good, with shallow chipping to bottom of spine, light wear to hinges and corners, sound binding with strong hinges,… Read more about this item

London: George G. Harrap & Co. Ltd, 1961 Translated from the Welsh by Waldo Williams. First edition. 8vo. Publisher's blue cloth, lettered in blue; white dust jacket with black and green lettering. Near fine book with light wear and very light stain to rear board; dust jacket with light soiling, wear to spine, and a 1" closed tear to spine… Read more about this item

London: The Alpine Club, no date [circa 1962] From the library of mountaineer George Lowe. Single white leaf, lettered in black. Fine, with only some faint creasing to the extremities, otherwise clean and completely unused. A fresh piece of Himalayan mountaineering ephemera. This piece of letterhead stationery is an example of the sheets used for the 1962 British-Soviet Pamirs… Read more about this item

London: Macmillan & Co., 1883 First edition, first printing. Personal copy of mountaineer George Lowe, with his bookplate adhered to the front verso of the front free endpaper. Inscribed by Lowe on the half-title: "W.G. Lowe / 1950." Publisher's red cloth, lettered and decorated in gilt, ruled in black, black coated endpapers. Good ex-library (NZ) copy, with a large library… Read more about this item

Dunedin, New Zealand: New Zealand Alpine Club, Inc., no date [circa 1954] From the library of mountaineer George Lowe. Single cream leaf, lettered in black. Fine, with only a hint of faint soling, otherwise clean and completely unused. A bright piece of New Zealand mountaineering ephemera. This piece of letterhead stationery is an example of the sheets used… Read more about this item

Wellington, NZ: A.H. and A.W. Reed, 1966 First edition, first printing. Personal copy of mountaineer George Lowe, with his bookplate adhered to the verso of the front free endpaper. Signed by Lowe on the half-title. Presented to Lowe by his mother and inscribed to him by her on the half-title: "from Mum / 1967". Publisher's navy cloth, lettered in gilt,… Read more about this item

London: Weidenfield and Nicolson, 1976 Foreword by Magnus Magnusson. First edition, first printing. Personal copy of mountaineer George Lowe, with his bookplate adhered to the front pastedown. Inscribed by Lowe on the front free endpaper: "George Lowe. / 1982." Publisher's pale gray cloth, lettered in gilt; in the original pictorial dust jacket designed by Behram Kapadia, illustrated with color Arctic… Read more about this item