A Monograph of the Mycetozoa - a descriptive catalogue of the species in the herbarium of the British Museum [Limited edition] by Lister, Arthur (revised by Gulielma Lister) - 1911

Parrow: Cape Times Ltd. 1954. (4to) 247pp. Near fine, no dust jacket. Frontispiece, illustrations, distribution maps, references, index. Publisher series: Journal of South African Botany Supplementary Volume No.II. Locale: South Africa. (Natural History, Botanical Journals--South Africa, Botany--South Africa, Flowers, Muraltia--Plant, Wild Flowers--South Africa).

London: Longman, Brown, Green & Longmans.. Good. 1855. Hardcover. X-Lib. Marbled paper covered boards, cloth corners and spine with label. Covers with modest wear. Profusely illustrated with B/W drawings on every page. Contents. Specific Character, Descriptions, Culture, History, Application in the Arts. All the Plants Indigenous to, Cultivated in, or Introduced into Britain. Endpaper with tears. Library number on spine. Book-plate inside front cover. Title page with library's name in perforated lettering. Science, Plants; Ex-Library; B&W Drawing; Thick 8vo 8" to 9" tall; 1572 pages .

New York: Houghton Mifflin Company, 1918. Later Edition/Printing. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. In green pictorial cloth with green illustrations and titling. Light edgewear to spine ends. Owner's name, date, address and ""yosemite - 43"" to top of ffep. A small rectangular stain to bottom of ffep where something was laid in place for a while, also tape stains(not scars) to top and bottom of endpapers - assuming where protected jacket rested. Bug hole to top inside of front hinge and rear hinge is beginning to split at top, but still solid. Interior and exterior very clean otherwise. Jacket is very nice with just a few small chip/nicks to spine ends, corners and top edge of flaps, and two 1/2 inch closed tears to top of rear panel and top of rear flap. Later edition/printing based on date of book advertised on rear flap and owner's date - 1925 at the earliest. Three period photos from previous owner laid in.

New York: Harmony Books, 1996. Signed by Stephen Jay Gould. First edition / First printing. Black cloth spine, black paper-covered boards. Fine in a fine dust jacket.

Description des meilleures variétés de fruits à cultiver en Suisse romande, avec 48 reproductions photographiques en couleurs et résumé des principaux travaux à executer au verger.Neuchâtel: Victor Attinger, 1937. First edition, 8vo, pp. 112, [8] ads; original blue cloth, gilt lettering on front cover; 48 photolithographic plates: illustrations of apples, pears, cherries, and apricots with their horticultural characteristics, commercial value, defects, and other useful information. Seller welcomes reasonable offers.

Toronto, Viking/Penguin Canada, 1991, hardcover, xvi-200 pp, First Edition, First Printing by numberline, Very Good in Very Good+ dustjacket, Signed by the Author on the front endpaper. Straight, tight and clean with no markings, light corner bumps. Dustjacket unclipped with original price, light edge bumps, rubs, in new Brodart sleeve. An examination of diseases and other catastrophes that have decimated world populations throughout history. Illustrated throughout with black-&-white photographs and reproductions of artworks. Appended: Bibliography and Index. ISBN
9780670831227

N.p. [Caracas, Venezuela]: Editoral Lectura Caracas, 1962: Editoral Lectura Caracas. Hardcover. 4to. Red cloth, pictorial dust jacket. 102pp. Numerous color illustrations, line drawings. Near fine/very good. Mild jacket edgewear, with couple small edge chips. Tight, clean, attractive first edition of this heavily pictorial overview. The renowned orchid expert and orchid photographer (1905-88) handsomely inscribes and signs the title page in black fineline to another noted photographer: "To Archie Lieberman / With the author's warmest saludos -- / [stylized signature] / Caracas May 1967." ARCHIE LIEBERMAN (1926-2008) is a noted Chicago photographer and author of "Farm Boy." Signed copies of this title are rarely encountered.

Trenton, N. J: John L. Murphy Publishing Co.. Very Good. 1889-90. Hardcover. Geological Survey of New Jersey. Volume II, parts I & 2. Catalogue of minerals found in New Jersey; of plants; of insects and vertebrates. Clean black cloth with gilt lettering on spine. Texts tight, clean & intact . Part 2 with lightly bumped top corner and slightly darkened gilt lettering. Geology ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 1466 pages .

Australia: Harper Collins, 2001. First edition. Light card - illustrated.. Near Fine. Pages 164, illustrated - photos of Thylacines, expedition history, searcher's comments etc. Scarce First edition. Near fine, clean (175)
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Dublin:: Graisberry and Campbell, 1803., 1803. 4to. (Article): 21-43 pp. 2 engraved plates of giant's causeway. (WE OFFER: whole volume): 487, 172, 7 pp. Various engraved plates, articles; occasional light foxing. Original half calf, marbled boards; spine a remnant. AS IS. Content is very good. FIRST EDITION. Study of the geology of Whynn's Dykes in Ireland with 2 beautiful engraved plates of the geological area discussed. William Richardson was born at the Manse in Aberfoyle, Stirling, Scotland, on 1 October 1743, the first son of the Rev. James Richardson. He received his MA from the University of Glasgow, Scotland, in 1763, and attended a few sessions in Divinity before abandoning the idea of entering the Church. For four years he was tutor to the sons of Lord Cathcart and then secretary to His Lordship while Ambassador at St Petersburg. He became Professor of Humanity at the University of Glasgow in 1773, a post he held until 1814. His published writings include the following: Poems; Analyses of… Read More