London: printed for R. and J. Dodsley, 1761. First edition in English, 2 volumes, pp. viii, 382; viii, 380, [22] index; folding frontispiece map; very nice copy in contemporary (and probably original) full calf, simple gilt fillets on covers and spines, volume designation numbers in gilt on spines; joints barely..... More

Paris: E. Girard et A. Boitte, n.d., [ca. 1870s]. Large 8vo, pp. [8], 312; 40 wood-engraved plates (mostly with 2 illustrations per plate) and 80 wood-engraved illustrations in the text; original printed tan wrappers, neatly rebacked; some toning of the text, front wrapper with short split at bottom of front..... More

[Mountain View, Ca. Artichoke Editions, December, 1977. Edition limited to 100 copies, this no. 10 of the regular edition of 70 (there were 20 others on large paper, and 10 on Hayle Mill Linen), printed on Hayle Mill RWS, bound in linen-backed marbled boards; a prospectus is tipped in noting..... More

[Baltimore: Williams & Wilkins Company], 1938. First edition, 8vo, pp. xvii, [1], 244; frontispiece portrait, 16 illustrations on 11 plates, one graph, and a charming folding map of Tanager Hill in rear pocket; a fine copy in original red cloth, dust-jacket very slightly chipped at extremities. This copy with a...... More

London: Swan Sonnenschien and Co., n.d., [after 1883]. Large 8vo, pp. xiii, [3], 256; 16 full-p. wood-engraved illustrations from photographs by F. North, R. N., and from sketches by the author, identified on the title as Staff Surgeon in the Royal Navy; original pictorial green cloth stamped in gilt and..... More

Paris: Paul Dupont, 1855. Wood engraved portrait by Étienne Bocourt, on India paper, of a man surrounded by a frog, lizard, snake and turtle, mounted and laid in to a printed bifolium; wear to the top corners but not touching print, fine. Newberry records a book of this title with..... More

Salem, [MA]: Salem Press, December, 1877. 8vo, 56pp., orig. printed wrappers chipped at extremities, with a presentation from Dall to Alexander Winchell in top upper corner of the front wrap; some soiling, but a good copy or better, with pencil annotations by Winchell in the text. A discussion of the..... More

Jerusalem: Israel Program for Scientific Translations, 1968. 8vo, pp. ix, [1], 522; 240 illustrations in text; gray printed paper wrappers; wrappers a little sunned, bookplate of James Mead, Curator Emeritus of Marine Mammals at the Smithsonian, very good. More

Paris: Fain et Thunot, 1844. First edition, 8vo, pp. 127, [1]; green paper wrappers; spine partially perished, ink stain on lower edge of title page, not affecting text, textblock clean and sound. Inscribed on title page by Duméril to a fellow member of the Academy of Science, Mr. Francoeur. New..... More

London: John Camden Hotten, Piccadilly, 1867. Second edition, 8vo, pp. [2], xxii, 266, [32] ads; original blue cloth, upper cover and spine stamped in gilt; bookbinding ticket of W. Bone & Son on rear endpaper; chromolithograph title, 7 lithograph plates, additional illustrations in the text throughout; near fine. Contains descriptions..... More

Rangoon: Supdt., Govt. Printing and Staty. 1961. Tall 8vo, pp. [8], iii, [3], 323, [1], x; 35 illustrations in the text, tables; very good in original black cloth-backed blue printed paper-covered boards. This is the third edition; the book was originally published in 1901, and 1910, both times with 16..... More

London: Swarthmore Press, [1927]. Second edition, 8vo, pp. 326, [2] ads; frontispiece, 22 plates (many in color), plus a folding map; very good, sound copy in orig. blue cloth lettered in gilt on upper cover and spine. Plant-hunting in the French and Italian Alps. More

Paris: Paulin, 1841. First edition, 8vo, pp. [6], 287; bound with: Flourens, Examen de la phrénologie, Paris, Paulin, 1842, pp. [6], 10-115, [2]; contemporary quarter black morocco, gilt-lettered direct on gilt-paneled spine; very good copy. More