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London: W. Wood, 1821. Book. Very Good. Hardcover. First Edition. 12mo. Two volumes bound in one; pp. vol. I: xvi, 118; vol. II; [2], 161, [3]; with 86 hand-coloured plates (complete). Fine binding of full tan calf with five raised bands to the gilt-decorated spine,red and black title labels, gilt dentelles to the inner boards, very good with… Read more about this item

London: W. Wood, 1821. Book. Very Good. Hardcover. First Edition. 12mo. pp. vol. I: xvi, 118; vol. II; [2], 161, [3]; with 86 hand-coloured plates (complete). Recent fine binding of maroon calf over green pebbled cloth boards, gilt and blind stamped decoration to the spines, original title labels incorporated, binder unknown but stamped with a very small gilt… Read more about this item

London: J. M. Dent & Co., 1903. Book. Very Good. Hardcover. Limited Edition. 8vo. An excellent bright set. Limited to 200 sets for sale in England, 100 for sale in America. This is No. 168 of the English Edition. Publisher's blue cloth boards and vellum spines, gilt lettering and decoration to the spines, Charles Lamb mono graph… Read more about this item

London: Martin Secker, 1929. Book. Near Fine. Hardcover. Signed by Author(s). Limited Edition. 8vo. "Two Hundred and fifty special copies have been prepared, bearing the author's signature, of which this is No. 72." 154 pages. Original dust jacket very good, expertly repaired using Japanese archival paper, a little light rubbing to edges, now attractively presented in a… Read more about this item

London: Hodder and Stoughton, 1913. Book. Illus. by Lewis Baumer. Very Good. Hardcover. First Edition. Large 4to (24 x 29). Signed Limited Edition of 350 copies of which this is number 60 signed by Baumer. With 20 tipped-in colour plates with captioned tissue guards. Original Publisher's full vellum, with gilt decoration and lettering, colour plate to front board with ornate… Read more about this item

London: Hodder and Stoughton, 1909. Book. Illus. by Detmold, E. J.. Very Good. Hardcover. Signed by Illustrator(s). Limited Edition. Large 4to (26 x 31cm). This edition limted to seven hundred and fifty copies, numbered and signed by the artist of which this is No. 102. Unpaginated. 25 fine tipped-in colour illustrations by Detmold, all with captioned paper guards and all… Read more about this item

Amsterdam: Antoins Michils, 1690. Book. Very Good. Full Leather. First Edition. 12mo. The very rare first edition; pp. [3-14), 15-360, [9]. Title page printed in red and black, preface, Esope in Belle Humeur (printed in red and black), La Vie D'Esope (The life of Aesop); Censure de L'Ordinaire. Numerous woodcut vignette illustrations in the text, plus head and… Read more about this item

Kingston Deverill: Fine Bird Books, 1980. Book. Fine. Hardcover. Signed by Author(s). First Edition Limited. Elephant Folio. Limited copy stamped no. 57 of 275 and signed by the author. A fine copy within a textured slip case with minimal wear. Original half red morocco, oatmeal cloth boards, gilt lettering to spine. Tipped in list of subscribers, twenty tipped in… Read more about this item

Melbourne: Hill House, 1995. Book. Fine. Hardcover. Facsimile Edition. Elephant Folio. Limited facsimile edition, this copy is very early in the sequence and stamped no. 006 to the front paste-down. A fine copy, cloth very slightly marked; contents clean and tight, unmarked. Original green Japanese Saifu cloth gilt, 82 fine coloured plates with accompanying text. Endpapers with a… Read more about this item

Melbourne: Hill House, 1990. Book. Fine. Hardcover. Facsimile Edition. Elephant Folio. Limited facsimile edition, this copy stamped no. 217 to the front paste-down. A fine copy with minimal wear, contents clean and tight, unmarked. Original green Japanese Saifu cloth gilt, 80 fine coloured plates with accompanying text. Endpapers with a repeating pattern of BM library stamps. One of… Read more about this item

Tokyo: The Toyodo, 1895. Book. Very Good. Hardcover. First Edition. 8vo. 10 double page woodblock illustrations printed in lithography, 8 english text pages, a comprehensive description of the plates. Bound accordion style, covers good with light general wear and a little creasing only. The paper covered boards are delicately decorated and to the front the title is in red ink,… Read more about this item

Tokyo: T. Hasegawa, Takejiro, 1898. Book. Very Good. Hardcover. First Edition. 12mo. Cover and internal pages are crepe, binding held with silk ties, spine somewhat rubbed but lettering still intact. Covers good with light general wear and a little creasing, decorated front and rear and shows no signs of fading, a couple of ink splashes to the front panel [Please… Read more about this item

Melbourne: Hill House, 1990. Book. Near Fine. Hardcover. Facsimile Edition. Elephant Folio. Limited facsimile edition, this copy stamped no. 208 to the front paste-down. A near fine copy, minimal wear, a few spots to the title page. Original green Japanese Saifu cloth gilt, 80 fine coloured plates with accompanying text. Endpapers with a repeating pattern of BM library stamps.… Read more about this item

[Printed by R. Schilders]: [Middelburg], 1606. Book. Very Good. Hardcover. First Edition. Quarto. Printer not cited - details from ESTC; pp. [6], [1], 2-66 [Signatures: A-I4]. Later Victorian [?] binding of black morocco with plain dark green pebbled-cloth boards, gilt lettering to the spine. Head/tail of the spine chipped otherwise very good. Contents remarkably good, clean and… Read more about this item

London: Printed by Stephen Couchman for W. Curtis, 1813. Book. Very Good. Half Leather. First Edition. 8vo (15 x 24cm). An excellent run with particularly generous margins and bright plates. 1813-1814 & 1816-1820; vols. 37-40 (bound in 2 vols.) & vols. 43-47, together 9 vols. bound in 7. 598 hand-coloured engraved plates of which some folding, plts. 1502-1680… Read more about this item

Melbourne: Hill House, 1988. Book. Fine. Hardcover. Facsimile Edition. Elephant Folio. Completed after the author's death by R. Bowlder Sharpe. Limited facsimile edition; Binding fine, contents clean and tight, unmarked. A fine copy. Original red Japanese Saifu cloth gilt; pp. [iv], iii plus 56 fine coloured plates with accompanying text (inc. cuckoo-shrikes, fairy-wrens, flycatchers and others). One of… Read more about this item

Unknown: Not Appropriate, 1869. Book. Good. Paperback. First Edition. 4to. An important 19th Century Herbarium album of predominantly Irish mosses, compiled by David Orr, containing many specimens not previously described from Ireland, and therefore historically, highly significant (though the reliabilty of some of Orr's specimens is questioned - see below). "These specimens marked thus X were found and identified… Read more about this item

Issued By the Entomological Research Committee (Tropical Africa), Appointed By the Colonial Office Sold By Longmans, Green & Co., et al., 1910. Book. Very Good. Hardcover. First Edition. Small 4to. An extensive run of this important entomological periodical from its inception in 1910 to 1964 comprising volumes 1-54, just missing volume 22. Various plates and folding maps, some… Read more about this item

London: The Graphic, 1889. Painting. Very Good. No Binding. First Edition. 69cm x 138cm. A spectacular, original, panoramic hand-coloured engraving of the West End of London. Large, measuring 44cm x 112cm (minimum dimension - not measured out of the frame). Tastefully framed, mounted and glazed (modern), the outer frame dimensions 69 x 138cm. Issued as a supplement… Read more about this item

London: Printed for J. Walker, 1788. Book. Very Good. Hardcover. First Edition. 12mo. A very good four volume set in contemporary, full tree calf binding with double lettering pieces in red and green. Complete pp. [iii]-vii, [1] 222; [2], 206; [2], 238 & [2], 198. No half-titles which may or may not be wanting, but the pagination for… Read more about this item