London: MacMillan, 1902. Third edition. Contemporary blind stamped cloth. Original green cloth, minor wear. Collation: xx, 563, [1-publisher] pp. 22 maps (one a colored frontispiece) and 4 diagrams. Text in very good condition. Pencil marks for several insects and mammals in section on Philippines provided by W. E. Clarke. These...
Ordnance College, Woolwich: 1914. Blue green cloth. 12th November 1914. 4to (22.5 X17.5 cm). Blue green lined notebook; some wear and minor loss to ends of spine and corners; front cover with border tooling. Collation: 183, [3] pp. Text with a number of color drawings of shells and other explosives...
Caprarola (Italy): 1683. Contemporary stiff vellum. 8vo (13.0 x 9.5 cm). Contemporary stiff vellum; Soiled; manuscript title, "Tractat/de/Orologis," in black on spine; institutional tag, "Mns/ 17th C" at base of spine; In writing on front cover: "Ms 78/ 741/?." Collation: [2 sketch on verso], 325, [261-blank] pp. + 2 folding...
Paris: 1901-1902. Contemporary green cloth. Folio (32.6 x 24.3 cm). Contemporary green cloth binding with author's initials in gilt on front cover; tooling on covers with dates in gilt; title on spine; minor wear to corners and ends of spine. Collation: [74] pp. with numerous drawings and text in fine...
[Dundee, Scotland]: 1754-1756. Contemporary wrinkled vellum. 8vo (20.3 x 15.3 cm). Contemporary wrinkled vellum binding brown paper notebook; stitching of notebook to vellum broken in places along spine, but still mostly intact. The note book has two brown covers. The front outer cover has alphabet written in calligraphic style whereas...
England: 1906-1913. Maroon cloth. Oblong 8vo (17.5 x 21.3 cm). Maroon cloth binding with gilt title on spine, vertical parallel line tooling on boards, minor wear to ends of spine and corners. Collation: [12-tipped in folded typed sheets], [c.250] pp., illustrating 488 pen and ink drawings with watercolor washes of...
(France): 1860. Half Black Morocco marble boards. 4to. Half black morocco with marble boards; gilt bordered panels on spine and label: "Tatin, 1860." Spine and boards with wear. Collation: [xii], 297, [3], 114 pp. This is an extensive etymological treatment of botanical terms, and names of plant genera with their...
London: Kent & Co., 1881. Original Cloth. Large paper uncut copy. 8vo (25.1 x 16.2 cm) Contemporary crimson cloth, expertly recased with original spine reinforced at head, darken color along hinges, gilt labeling on spine and front board, border and inner tooling with floral design in corners on both covers...
London: E. Lloyd and Son, 1824. Modern half Calf. 2 Volumes. 8vo (21.6 x 13.3 cm). Modern half calf and marble boards; raised bands, gilt panels, black morocco labels. Collation: Vol.1- li, [1], 354pp; Vol. 2- xii, 464pp. Marginal browning on title pages; occasional light foxing to text. The date...
London: Fleet Street, 1896. Fifth edition. 8vo (21.1 x 13.6 cm). Original brick-red printed boards; soiling on covers; rubbing on corners; foxing on fore edge of textblock. Collation: xii, 120, [4- Ads] pp. There is advertisement on the first leaf. The front cover and title page have vignette of Adam...
Oakland: Seulberger, [190-]. Contemporary printed wrappers. 4to. Original orange printed wrappers.
London: John Bale, Sons & Danielsson, Ltd, 1910. Original Printed Wrappers. 4to. Off Print. Original green paper covers with black printing on front cover. Collation: 1-38 pp. Covers have soime soiling. The text is from an address givin by Sir Almroth Wright as an "Introductory to a Discussion on the...
Nuremberg: Paulus Fürstens, 1672. Contemporary vellum. 4to(18.0 x 13.7 cm) 2 parts in 1 vol. Contemporary vellum on stiff boards. Plain spine. Soiling to spine and boards. Collation: [xii], 88pp.+17 (1 duplicate) engraved plates and engraved frontispiece; [2]3-74pp. with text table: Tabula Inscribendae Horologiis Dierum Lonfitudinis. In this two part...
Paris: Jombert, 1765. Contemporary calf. Two parts: Manuscript and Complete printed text for Ozanam's Trigonometrie. 8vo. (18.4 X 11.4cm). Contemporary mottled calf; raised bands; gilt floral designs in panels; leather label with gilt title; breaks along spine for both boards, affecting lower cord of rear board; corners rubbed with minor...
Roxbury: Walker & Company, [1859]. Original Wraps. 8vo (23.6 x 14.5 cm). Original pink printed paper wrappers. Engraving of fruit in bowl on pedicle. Some edge soiling and foxing to covers. Stitched text. Collation: 24 pp. The catalogue begins with an Advertisement about the nursery offerings followed by Hints for...
Dorchester, MA: Walter Baker & Co., 1913. Original Wraps. 12 mo (16.5 x 10.4 cm). Original color embossed covers with cocoa plant garnland as border on front cover and baker on rear cover. Collation: 64 pp. + 6 color plates. Rare copy containing "The Story of the Chocolate Girl" on...
Dorchester, MA: Walter Baker & Co., 1902. Original Wraps. 12 mo (14.4 x8.5 cm) Original color illustrated wrappers with soiling to covers and small loss to head of rear cover. Collation: 78 pp.+ 3 plates, 2 double sided color illustrations and 1 photo reproduction. Walter Baker received the Gold Medal...
DorchesterDorchester, MA: Walter Baker & Co., 1892(1893). Original Wraps. 12 mo (14.4 x8.5 cm) Original color illustrated wrappers with minor wear. Collation: 40 pp. Embossed color illustration on both sides of covers. Three illustrations are present in text which contains numerous recipes for chocolate preparations. The copyright date on title...
Lancaster, Concord: Science Press Printing Co.& Rumford Press, 1944-1948. Hardcover. 8vo. (25.4 x 17.3 cm) Complete 4 volume set with original plain brown paper covers for vol 2-4.. All in fine condition. Collation: Vol. 1- viii, 112pp. + 4 photogravure plates and 23 figures; Vol.2, Part I- x,112pp. + 4...
Rockford: The Shumway Company, 1971. Original Wraps. Folio (34.7 x 26.2 cm) Original color printed wrappers. Collation: (1), 56, (1)pp.
London: Methuen & Co., 1931-1940. blue cloth. 8vo.3 Vol. 1st editions. All volumes in very good condition. Spines of dj sunned. Some loss to dj along spine of Vol. I and at bottom of spine vof Vol. III. Minor gutter foxing along title page of Vols. I & III. All...
London: Hippolyte Bailliere, 1852-54. Green Pebble Cloth. 8vo Modern green pebble cloth. Collation: Vol. I- viii, 215, [1-Ads] pp + 159 in text figures; Vol. II- viii, 413 pp. with 264 figures in text. Binding and text in very good condition.
Antwerp: Joseph Jacobs, 1682. Contemporary calf. 4to(20.0 x 16.3 cm). Contemporary full black calf. Some breaks along spine, cords and boards firmly attached. Some wear to corners and ends of spine. Collation: [40], 296, [18] pp. +14 copper engraved plates, folded. Plates and frontispiece were engraved by Francois Ertinger. The...
London: Longman et al. 1819. Fourth Edition. Full Calf. 8vo(21.2 x 12.5 cm). Contemporary half caf, rebacked, on marble boards; tooled panels formed by paralle gilt lines; author and title gilt in upper panel. Collation: xix,[1], 407 pp. +15 copper engraved plates. The plates contain 214 numbered figures. Text block...
Erlangen: Johann Jacob Palm, 1802. Contemporary quarter calf. 4to.(24.4 x 20.2 cm). Contemporary quarter calf binding. Collation: [viii], [1]-114 + engraved beetle at top of p.1, scarab on p. 56 and 12 hand colored engraved plates at rear. The binding has small loss to top of spine and along rear...
