NATURAL HISTORY from Addyman Books

George Routledge. London. No date (c1878). George Routledge. No date (c.1878). Cheap edition. Small blue hardback, decorated in gilt. Spine faded and slightly rubbed. 12 Coloured plates. B/w illustrations to text. Gift inscription dated 1878. Inner hinge mostly split between title page and frontis. though book feels sound. All edges gilt. Pages browned otherwise a clean copy. … Read more about this item

Faber and Faber, London. 1948. Faber and Faber, London. 1948. First edition. Hardback NO DW. Brown cloth boards rubbed and frayed at corners. Type to spine faded. Pages browned. A nice copy of this early environment work.

Anthroposphic Press, Hudson. 1998. Anthroposophic Press, Hudson. 1998. Paperback. 222 pages. Illustrations. Index. Clean and sound.

Methuen, Sydney/Frederick Warne, London. 1979. Methuen, Sydney/Frederick Warne, London. 1979. Small pocket-size hardback in laminated paper-covered boards. xx + 202 pages. Colour photographs throughout. Index. Very clean and sound.

Valadon Publishing, Australia. 1981. Valadon Publishing, Australia. 1981. First edition. Hardback with DW. Square 4to. Illustrated and with colour frontis. Brown cloth boards slightly bumped and creased. Wrapper slightly soiled and shelf worn. Pages edges browned. SIGNED presentation copy; "To Robin - Best wishes - Susanne Nov 1981" to the half title page. A nice clean copy.

W. H. Lizars. Edinburgh. 1839, 1840. W. H. Lizars. 1839, 1840. In Two Volumes. First edition. Small 8vo. Uniformly bound in half tan calf gilt. Marbled boards. Vol. I: Frontis., engraved vignette title page displaying two St. Bernards saving a man in the snow. General series title page and specific title page - Dogs. 267 pages. 33 hand-coloured plates.… Read more about this item

Collins, London. 1956. Collins, London. 1956. First edition. Hardback with DW. Illustrated. Green cloth boards bumped at head and tail of spine and browned around edges. Wrapper is price clipped, browned and worn and torn around edges with some loss. Back flap is torn with a large portion missing. Pages browned. A nice copy of this SCARCE book.

William Kimber, London. 1962. First edition. William Kimber, London. 1962. Hardback with dust-wrapper. Drawing frontis. 168 pages. B&w photograph plates. From the library of literary agent Robin Dalton - her note, "My most precious possession" - to front free end-paper. Dust-wrapper worn and torn with unskillful sellotape repair to rear panel; edges of cloth sl. disoloured.

Collins. London. 1969. Collins. 1969. Seventh impression of first edition. Hardback in DW. Illustrated. Pages slightly browned otherwise clean and sound in slightly worn wrapper.

Canongate, Edinburgh. 2002. Canongate, Edinburgh. 2002. First edition. Hardback with DW. Flat SIGNED by the author to the half title page. Bookshop sticker to front of wrapper, otherwise a nice clean copy.

Museum Press, London. 1953. Museum Press, London. 1953. Largeish hardback NO DW. Grey cloth boards, gilt type to spine. 32 pages + b&w photograph plates. Extremities v. sl. rubbed, browning to margins of boards; inscription to front free end-paper.

George Bell & Sons. London. 1884, 1884, 1887. George Bell & Sons. In Three Volumes. 1884, 1884 and 1887. First editions. Small 4to hardbacks in first issue blind-stamped aquamarine cloth, gilt with gilt parrot on leafy branch to upper boards. Outer edge of cloth lightly damp-mottled. 27 coloured plates by Benjamin Fawcett drawn by A. F. Lydon to each… Read more about this item

Hamish Hamilton, London. 1959. Hamish Hamilton, London. 1859. First edition. Hardback with DW. Illustrated and with black and white frontis. Blue cloth boards browned along edges. Wrapper browned and torn with some loss. Page edges browned but overall a nice copy.

Clive Holloway Books, London. 1984. Clive Holloway Books, London. 1984. Hardback with DW. Large 4to. Illustrated and with black and white frontis. Red cloth boards are faded along top edges and bumped at the corners. Wrapper a little shelf worn. Overall a nice clean copy.

Thorsons Publishing Group, Northamptonshire. 1989. Thorsons Publishing Group, Northamptonshire. 1989. Fully revised and updated edition. Illustrated. Wrapper is price clipped, bumped and shelf worn. Long ownership inscription to front end paper. A nice clean copy.

Folio Society, London. 2010. First edition in Folio Society, London. 2010. Two hardback vols. bound in quarter blue morocco with lovely blue feather-pattern paper-covered boards. lxv + 382 pages. xxviii + 432 pages. A lovely set, very clean and sound, in blue slipcase.

Macmillan, London. 1891. Macmillan, London. 1891. Lovely tree-calf prize binding. All edges and end-papers marbled. 297 pages. Extremities and small area of upper board sl. rubbed. A lovely volume.

Hope L. Bourne and The Aycliffe Press, Barnstaple. 1979. Hope L. Bourne and The Aycliffe Press, Barnstaple. 1979. Second impression. Hardback with DW. Illustrated. Maroon cloth boards are a little bumped around edges. Wrapper is browned and worn especially at head of spine. Publisher's stamp to front end paper. Flat SIGNED by the author to the half title page.… Read more about this item

The Crowood Press, Wiltshire. 2001. The Crowood Press, Wiltshire. 2001. First edition. Hardback with DW. 4to. Illustrated. Flat SIGNED by both authors to the title page. Also SIGNED as a presentation copy from one of the authors on the front end paper; "To Marya and the birds- and success with the breeding ! Chris." Small stain to top… Read more about this item

The British Waterfowl Association. 1999. The British Waterfowl Association. 1999. First edition. Hardback NO DW. Laminated illustrated boards. 4to. Illustrated. Boards slightly shelf worn. SIGNED presentation copy on the front end paper; "Best wishes from Chris Ashton Mike Ashton." A lovely clean and fresh copy.