London: John Murray, 1882. First edition, 8vo, pp. xviii, 304, 32 (ads); folding map, many illus. in text throughout; orig. salmon-colored cloth stamped in gilt and silver; presentation copy inscribed "Chas. Wickliffe Berkam, Esq. with the author's compts." The binding is a bit soiled and worn, but overall this is..... More
New York: Century Co., 1901. Fourth impression, sq. 8vo, color frontis and 7 plates and many other illustrations in the margins after sketches or watercolors by the author; contemporary 3/4 red morocco over marbled boards, t.e.g., gilt spine with floral motif; minor rubbing, else very good. More
New York: Thomas R. Knox & Co., 1884. First edition, American issue, 8vo, pp. 29, [9]; original printed tan wrapper; rear wrapper reattached; front wrapper starting; spine paper missing; otherwise good and sound. A collection of articles originally sent to the London monthly Journal of Science. An introduction plus, The..... More
London & New York: Collins & Van Nostrand, 1953. First edition limited to 2000 copies, this one of 295 numbered and signed by the three authors and printed on Pannekoek mould made paper; large folio, pp. [8], 120; 16 plates in color; 22 full-page illustrations in black & white; generally..... More
London: Collins, 1956. First edition limited to 1750 copies, this being one of 295 copies on Amstel special mould-made paper, signed by Sitwell and Blunt; large folio, pp. x, 94; 20 plates in color, 16 in black & white; original half green morocco over marbled boards, gilt-lettered spine; fine copy..... More
Boston: Gould and Lincoln, 1851. First American edition, 8vo, pp. [2] ads, xiv, 15-423, [1], [8] ads; 11 lithographic plates depict phrenological illustrations of various races; original blind-stamped green cloth with gilt lettering; contemporary ownership signature on front endpaper; bookplate of James Mead, Curator Emeritus of Marine Mammals at the..... More
New York: Unknown, 1847. First edition; 12mo; pp. [3], 4-198; illustrated with an occasional diagram; original blindstamped brown cloth with spine stamped in gilt; very good with occasional spotting and a tiny dampstain to the lower cover. Gift inscription dated Denver, 1925 on the front free endpaper. An attempt to..... More
Londres & a Paris: Lacombe, 1769. First French edition, 2 parts in 1; 8vo, pp. [2], ii, liv, [2], 298; [4], xvi, 293, [1] errata; 9 engraved plates (6 folding); contemporary full calf, red morocco label on gilt-decorated spine; top of spine chipped level with text block, cracks starting at..... More
[Plymouth, U.K.]: Wild Nature Press, [2017]. First edition, 8vo, pp. 288; maps and illustrations throughout, some in color; fine copy in a fine dust jacket. Bookplate and ownership signature of James Mead, Curator Emeritus of Marine Mammals at the Smithsonian. The basking shark is the second largest fish on the..... More
London: John W. Parker, 1838. 2 vols., 12mo, pp. vii, [1], 259, [1], [4] ads; v, [3], 292, [4] ads; 2 frontispieces and 14 wood-engraved plates, a number of woodcut illus. in the text; slight cracking at the spine ends, most of the plates spotted, else very good in orig..... More
Chapel Hill & London: University of North Carolina Press, [2000]. First edition, review copy with publisher's slip laid in; 8vo, pp. xviii, [2], 337; fine copy in a fine jacket. More
London: Macmillan and Co., 1913. First edition, 8vo, pp. xv, [1], 379, [1], [6] ads; folding table giving particulars of 25 felled elephants, 27 photographic illustrations on 16 plates; some rubbing at the extremities, otherwise a very good copy in original red cloth, gilt-lettered spine. Czech, Africa, p. 156: "A..... More
[Erlenbach-Zurich and London: Rotapfel-Verlag, 1943]. Oblong 4to, pp. [4] and 16 color plates of minerals, mushrooms, plants and animals; quarter gray cloth over blue paper boards, paper label on upper cover; fine. Stoecklin was a well-known Swiss poster designer. More
New York: Natural Science Assn. of America, 1888. Large 4to, pp. [10], 182; title-p. printed in red and black; engraved portrait frontispiece, 119 chromolithograph plates "representing upwards of seven hundred different species and varieties of North American birds, including a popular account of their habits and characteristics." Original maroon cloth..... More
London: Chatto & Windus, ca. 1845. 12mo, pp. 256, illustrations and 31 hand-colored engraved plates; modern tan buckram spine over red cloth boards, blue and gilt-stamped spine; some shelf wear, otherwise a fine copy. More
London: Witherby & Co., 1913. 8vo, pp. xii, 266, [18]; full blue publisher's cloth, gilt title on spine; spine sunned, endpapers toned, text clean and sound, very good. More
San Francisco: Sierra Club, [1962]. Later printing, folio; illustrated throughout from photographs by Eliot Porter; very good in original cloth, dust-jacket with short tear to rear panel. Introduction by Joseph Wood Krutch. Selections from Thoreau by the photographer. Beautiful nature photographs by Porter in the spirit of Thoreau. More
Tokio: Observatoire météorologique central du Japon, 1899. First edition, 8vo, pp. [2], ii, [2], 69, [1]; 1 plates, 1 color plate of signal flags, 2 folding maps printed in color in rear cover pocket (pocket with splits at edges), plus a third folding "Weather Chart" printed on 2 sides, the..... More
[Colorado Springs]: The Press at Colorado College, 1989. Edition limited to 75 numbered copies (this, no. 25) signed by Jim Trissel; folio, pp. [52]; printed in ochre and black; illustrations throughout; fine in original gray cloth-backed linen boards, skull printed on upper cover. From the library of Kim Merker. More
Wien: Alfred Holder, 1905. 8vo, pp. xii, 682; 2 chromolithograph plates at the back showing optical interference patterns; 944 illustrations in the text throughout; contemporary and likely original quarter black morocco over marbled boards, gilt-decorated spine laid out in 5 compartments, gilt-lettered direct in 1; a near fine, sound copy..... More
Austin: W. Thomas Taylor, [1993]. Edition limited to 225 copies, 4to, pp. [iii]-xvii, [3], 213, [3]; illustrated throughout, much in color; original green cloth-backed pastepaper-covered boards, contained in a green cloth clamshell case with printed paper label on spine, the case with a recessed tray containing Original Plates from the..... More
[Tokyo: Midori Shobo Co., Ltd., 2019]. First edition, large 8vo, pp. 151, [1]; text in Japanese; illustrated throughout; original pictorial wrappers in pictorial dust jacket; bookplate of James Mead, Curator Emeritus of Marine Mammals at the Smithsonian on inner cover; fine. OCLC notes the NOAA, Princeton, Smithsonian, and LC copies..... More
Genéve: J.J. Paschoud, An XI - 1803. First edition, 4to, pp. [4], xv, [1], 284, [4]; 17 engraved plates at the back, all composite; contemporary quarter vellum, paste-paper boards, later black leather label lettered in gilt on spine; vellum a little cracked at the spine extremities, edges rubbed and worn..... More
Bonn: Max Cohen & Sohn, 1867. 8vo, pp. [8], 229, [1]; 10 color lithographs, each with a descriptive leaf of text; original green cloth, leather label on spine; near fine throughout. A study of the minerals that make up rocks as viewed through the microscope. "The work contains an abundance..... More
Paris: Béchet et Labé, 1839. First edition, 8vo, pp. [8], xlii, 496, 7; joints a little rubbed but generally a very good copy in contemporary black calf-backed marbled boards, gilt lettering direct on gilt-decorated spine. More
