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Red cloth with gilt title to spine and front cover. Previous owner's name dated 1909 to front fly. 32 pages of ads to rear. A clean copy with no further defacements. Scarce. 5.75 x 8.25 in

Handcolored lithograph Plate XLIV from John James Audubon's Quadrupeds of North America.The image measures 9 x 6 in (23 x 15 cm) with the shrinkwrapped matte measuring 18 x 15 in (46 x 38 cm).

Black paper covered boards in a black dustjacket. A clean copy with no previous owners' names or other defacements. 12.5 x 12.25 in

Beige cloth with a dustjacket wrapped in mylar. A nice clean copy with no previous owners' names or other defacements. Scarce. 7.5 x 10.5 in

Green cloth covered boards. Seven chromoxylographic plates sans frontis, along with two bound out of order. Some pages uncut. Two pages of ads to rear. Wear to head and tail of spine (see image), as well as to top corners. No previous owners' names or other defacements. 6.25 x 9 in

Full red cloth with gilt title to spine. Third Edition with Authorized Edition printed to rear of title page. Numerous pages of ads to rear along with three fold-out maps, of which they have occational tears and previous owner's tape but are still intact. Previous owner's name to front fly dated 1896. Overall remains a clean and tight copy. 5.25 x… Read more about this item

Personal copy of John Burrough's signed by him to front fly. Light green cloth with silver detailing. Top edge gilt. Wear to head of spine (see image), but otherwise a clean copy with no defacements. 4.25 x 6.75 in

Full red cloth with gilt title to spine. No previous owners' names or other defacements. 6 x 8.5 in

Half green-to-brown Morocco over marbled boards. Eighteen hand-colored lithographs by W. Wing. Marbled endpapers and edges. Gilt title and detailing to spine. Mary Roberts was an English author who published fifteen books, most of which related to natural history, with this title being her last. She was the granddaughter of botanist Thomas Lawson and was one of the rare female… Read more about this item

Two volume set. Partially recassed with original red cloth. Gilt particulars to front covers and spines. Twelve plates. Previous owner's name and date to front endpapers. Wear to corners, as well as to heads and tails of spines (see image). Overall clean interiors with no other markings. Vol. I pp. 514 and Vol. II pp. 517 with 8 pages of… Read more about this item

Four volumes. Red pebbled cloth with gilt particulars to spine. Volume I is description (in Dutch) of assorted species of bird, while Volumes II-IV are entirely hand-colored lithographs of birds (vol. II, 118 plates; vol III, 118 plates; vol. IV 126 plates. Bookplate of H. Bradley Martin to front pastedown of all volumes. Marbled endpapers. Volumes I and II have… Read more about this item

String-tied loose leaf paper between dark green cloth-covered boards. Collection of leaves as well as detailed botanical illustrations of flora. Includes notes on experiments. All notes and illustrations are original and done by hand; there are actual leaves pressed within the pages. Though rather loosely and delicately bound (lacking strings), the interior is entirely readable and intact.

Full 13-volume set in various original bindings (see image). Volume I is in full calf, while Volumes II-XII are half calf over marbled boards. Although variables in collation amongst sets, this set appears to be complete. Volume XI contains folding maps with tears at connection to spine and joints. Not examined unfolded. Volume VIII contains 26 colored bird plates, with… Read more about this item

First illustrated edition limited to 110 large paper copies, in which this copy in numbered 13. Professionally re-cased with the original spine laid on. Full vellum with gilt title to spine and a gilt owl pastedown to front cover. Top edge gilt. No previous owner's name or other markings.

Dark blue cloth boards with a gilt particular of a mermaid on the front cover and title to spine. Gilt to top edge. Previous owner's name written neatly to front fly. Foxing to edges and initial pages. Very small bookseller's sticker to front pastedown. Forty-nine illustrations throughout. Four pages of advertisement to rear.

Two volume set. Original full speckled calf professionally rebacked in calf; pastedowns renewed; fly sheets and title mounted. Complete with 300 full-page hand-colored copper plates (2 folding). Miller was the chief gardener at the Chelsea Physic Garden, where many of the engravings were made under his supervision. Drawings were taken from living plants at their greatest… Read more about this item

Original 1830 hand-colored lithograph. From J.E. Gray's Illustrations of Indian Zoology. Drawn & Lithographed by Waterhouse Hawkins. Printed by Engelmann & Co. Paper size: 13 x 18 inches.

Full dark brown morocco with embossed decoration to boards, 5 raised bands with debossed decoration and gilt particulars to spine. All edges gilt. Stated in the preface to this edition: "The whole of the sheets of the last imprint were destroyed by a fire at the bindery, wither they had been sent for collation; but fortunately the French copper-plates were… Read more about this item

Blue cloth boards with image to front and white text to both front board and spine. Organized into 2 parts with sections within those, part 1 being Wetlands Functions and Values, and part 2 Wetlands Status and Management. The section titles are: Wetland Ecosystem Processes; Plant Community Development and Primary Productivity; Trophic Dynamics and Animal Utilization; Wetlands Status and Trends;… Read more about this item

Half mottled calf with faux mottled calf boards with gilt particulars and red and black morocco labels to spine. Dark blue page edges as published. Marbled endpapers. Contains 4 texts: Keglesnitslaeren i Oldtiden by H. G. Zeuthen; Spolia atlantica. Om nogle pelagiske Annulata. Med 1 Tavle by G.M.R. Levinsen; Selvregistrerende meteorologiske Instrumenter. Med 1 Tavle by G. Rung; De eucephale… Read more about this item