Search Results: Natural History Exploration from Loe Books

London: UNESCO, 1961. Book. Near Fine. Paperback. First Edition. 8vo. pp. 112, numerous b/w illustrations. Original card wrapper, near fine with minimal wear. Contents good and complete, no inscriptions. A near fine copy..

London: James Nisbet & Co., 1879. Book. Good. Hardcover. New Edition. 8vo. Pp. ix, 421 + 10 adverts.b/w illustrations within. Original red pebbled cloth binding with lettering to spine and gilt vignette to the front board, blind stamped decoration. Binding showing signes of general wear, top and bottom of spine frayed, corners bumped, cloth a little marked. Contents good and tight, original end papers, paper torn and repaired to the hinges. A little light scattered foxing to first few pages, the name Michell 1880 to the top of the title page. A good new edition copy. Contains several papers, such as Lundy Island, Highwater Mark, Goby Hunting, Dartmoor and the Dart, a Day in the Woods of Jamaica; all to be read in isolation..

London: John Van Voorst, 1866. Book. Good. Hardcover. First Edition. 12mo. pp. 132 [ix] pages; frontispiece plate short eared owl and young, title page with vignette. Original green cloth bevelled boards with gilt to the spine and front board, very good. Top and bottom of spine and edges frayed, joints firm. Contents clean and tight, some foxing to the endpapers, no inscriptions. A good book.

London: James Nisbet & Co., 1898. Book. Very Good. Hardcover. First Series. 8vo. Pp. xiv, [2], 344 + 16 adverts. 4 b/w engraved plates (incl. frontispiece). Original blue cloth binding with heavy gilt lettering and decoration to spine and front board, also blind stamped decoration. Binding unusually bright with light wear only. Contents good and tight, with a school prize plate to the front pastedown dated 1905, no other marks. A very good first edition copy. [Referenced by R. B. Freeman and Douglas Wertheimer P. H. Gosse A Bibliography, item no 132a.].

London: Collins, 1985. Book. Fine. Hardcover. First Edition. Large 8vo (13 X 21cm). Edited by Miranda Weston-Smith, Photographs by Phillippa Scott. "In the last thirty years Peter Scott has travelled almost all over the world. wherever he has been he has kept a journal in words and pictures....they are a treasure house of knowledge, anecdotes, people and wildlife" . Dust jacket fine. Contents clean and tight, no inscriptions. A fine copy of Vol II..

London: B. Fellows, 1828. Book. Good. Hardcover. 2nd Printing. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Title continued - With original instructions for the perfect preservation of birds, &c, for cabinets of Natural History. 8vo. viii, 341 pp.. Contemporary full polished calf with tooled edges. Morocco label on spine which has four raised bands and gilt decoration. Marbled end papers. Engraved frontispiece, this edition does not have the further two engravings. Short cracks to top of hinges. Binding Firm. An element of damp staining to the front end papers. Discreet contemporary sig. Cockling of the paper within the main text of the book. This outstanding work on natural history contains one of the earliest descriptions, with observations, of birds and animals of the tropics, known in greater part only from museum species. The value of Waterton's work rests in the fact that he collected a quantity of poisons (curare) and gives an accurate account of their preparation. Included… Read More