NATURAL HISTORY & FARMING from Fortuna Books

London: Longmans Green and co, 1923 Brown cloth with black decorated cover, gilt spine, surface and edges rubbed, spine lean, corners bruised. lacks free end paper, booksellers label to paste down, inscription to verso of frontis. tissue guard present xv+256 pp. illustrated in line, and wash by H A Aschenborn in a series of chapter heads, vignettes and plates.… Read more about this item

London: Ward Lock assumed first edition, undated but fep inscribed 1928, advertising endpapers, light foxing or browning to closed edges and sometimes into margins, decorative green cloth, gilt to spine, 384pp + plates in b&w and colour, complete guide to the garden from preparation and drainage to harvest. First Edition. Decorative Boards. Very Good/No Jacket. 8vo - over 7?… Read more about this item

London: Routledge, 1948 teal cloth with blind embossed falcon to upper board, gilt titled spine, unclipped DW some splits along the joints and folds, pasted colour plate to upper panel, small area of label lift hard to spot it, illustrated with 64 coloured plates and 251 figures, ' with a glossary of common and provincial names and of… Read more about this item

London: Witherby Ltd, 1952 very tidy brown paper (or cloth?) boards with gilt spine titling, top edge dusted plum, xxiii 424pp + plates, ' about 1,000 birds and over 200 eggs illustrated in colour', unclipped tan paper DW lightly rubbed to corners and spine ends, backstrip a bit darkened, small area of label lift hard to spot it, pasted on… Read more about this item

TFH Publications two separate books sold and shipped together, Amlacher is an English translation, pictorial boards, 89 + 302pp name stamp to endpapers, marine biology and fish diseases. Pictorial Boards. Very Good/No Jacket. 8vo - over 7? - 9? tall.

London: Partridge blue cloth with green and white decorative cover and gilt titling, rubbing to the edges and joints. Fep removed neatly, Newbolds Bookshop label to paste down, frontis and tissue guard half detached, rubricated title page. 320pp + 32pp publishers catalogue. Engraved illustrations throughout many full page. Third edition, undated, I would guess probably circa 1900. Includes animals… Read more about this item

London: Hart-Davis, 1960 unclipped dw has split at bottom half of lower joint, a few short edge tears, chipped spine ends, gift inscription to fep, light foxing to prelims and closed edges, 205pp with 41 line illustrations, author relates how he set up a zoo / wildlife park with much humour. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good/Good. Illus. by Ralph… Read more about this item

London: Thomas Nelson, 1851 pictorial gilt embossed backstrip detached, book needs rebacking and restoration, contents intact and tidy, one two leaf section stands proud, corners bumped and rubbed through at tips, blind embossed boards, hinges cracked, engraved title and frontis is foxed, xvi 716pp + engraved plates, all edges gilt, final leaf of contents and first leaf of book… Read more about this item

London: Cassell, 1971 second impression, DW unclipped , small pen mark over old price to fep and over the price on the DW flap, 3 digits in ink to rear paste down, minor tape residue mark to rear fep 302pp includes colour photos. English translation by J F Bernard. First Edition. Cloth. Very Good/Very Good. 4to -… Read more about this item

London: Cassell, 1977 small date to fep in pen otherwise clean, DW unclipped 296pp with maps , diagrams , colour photos. . First Edition. Cloth. Very Good/Very Good. 4to - over 9? - 12" tall.

London: Andre Deutsch, 1977 VG in VG price clipped DW, 332pp with vignettes by Tunnicliffe. The natural history of Orielton estate in Pembrokeshire,with its walled of park woodland,farm and cottages, birds and animals.. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good/Very Good. Illus. by C.F. Tunnicliffe. 8vo - over 7? - 9? tall.

London: Cape, 1984 faintly sunned DW spine, map endpapers, 218pp + plates, the foremost Indian naturalist surveys the history of the tiger in India including the problem of Man-Eaters. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good/Very Good. 8vo - over 7? - 9? tall.

Manakau: Matthews, 1983 VG copy in unclipped DW indentation mark to lower board and covering DW but no puncturing to the wrapper or board, 256pp many full colour botanical plates (paintings) a glossary and index as well as coverage of the following genera; Aulax Leucadendrons Leucospermums Mimetes Paranormus Proteas Serrurias, slipped in two catalogues from the Matthew's Nursery (3kg rate,… Read more about this item

Manakau: Matthews, 1983 VG copy in unclipped DW with light sunning to spine, gift inscription to reverse of fep (facing half title), 256pp many full colour botanical plates (paintings) a glossary and index as well as coverage of the following genera; Aulax Leucadendrons Leucospermums Mimetes Paranormus Proteas Serrurias (3kg rate, extra shipping required outside New Zealand). First Edition. Hard Cover.… Read more about this item

London: Batsford, 1948 Second impression (stated on DW flap) of first edition. DW has minor edgewear but has a faint stain down the front panel. Book has a light water stain to top edge and down to the top margin only, some minor scattered foxing throughout. 16 colour plates from 19th century works by Jane Loudon. The author traces… Read more about this item

Adelaide: Rigby, 1974 261pp many colour and b&w plates VG+ copy.. reprint. Hard Cover. Very Good/Very Good. 4to - over 9? - 12" tall.

London: Collins, 1964 second impression, DW unclipped, light spine fade, short tear top corner, l\some chipping head of spine, short tears spine folds at head, Book has three line inscription to fep otherwise tidy, 192pp + plates in b&w and colour, includes Himalayan territories of Sikkim, Bhutan and Nepal, wildlife as well as domesticated native animals. First Edition.… Read more about this item

London: Chatto & Windus, 1912 limp red grained leather gilt device to cover, gilt titled and panelled spine, all edges gilt, dec endpapers, rubricated title, assumed first thus, gift inscription dated 1914 to reverse of fep, 234pp + 1pp adverts (500 gram rate). First Edition. Full-Leather. Very Good/No Jacket. 16mo - over 5? - 6? tall.

London: Kegan Paul Trench, 1890 red cloth with black decotion to boards and gilt to spine, rubbed edges, some insect damage to surface of boards showing as lighter areas to cloth, spine ends chipped or frayed, original endpapers,name and date and number to verso of fep and to title page, part of the International Scientific Series, vi 339pp + 13… Read more about this item

London: Adam and Charles Black, 1913 decorative cloth with colour plate laid down to upper board, some minor water marking and bubbling to cloth, gilt dulled, rubber name stamp to fep and rear paste down, minor water mark to fore edge of some plates, col. frontis. with tissue guard, viii 86+10pp adverts + plates including some in colour, didactic… Read more about this item