Search Results: Natural History from Barter Books Ltd

Edinburgh: [Bell & Bradfute]. Worn condition. Page corners curled. Contents with varying degrees of thumbing foxing and some water staining, but content and plates in overall good condition. [1787]. Reprint. Limp card covers with paper covered spine. 180mm x 110mm (7" x 4"). 155pp. Illustrated with 56 pages of copper plates, containing 91 figures including frontispiece. Inscription on fep "Description of Above 300 Hundred Animals, Edinburgh 1787, possibly written after loss of title page. In the preface the author describes this as his second collection of Animals and Vegetables etc, written in response to the favourable reception of his first essay of this kind. A fascinating collection of descriptions and plates covering a wide variety of natural subjects, from tropical fish in the Bahamas, the Jacobine Pigeon and the Mermaid. Also includes a supplement on the Indian Lanthorn Fly, Glow Worm, and Ignis Fatuus. .

London: John van Voorst. VG : in very good condition. Slight foxing. 1860. First Edition. Dark green hardback cloth cover. 180mm x 110mm (7" x 4"). xl, 362pp + plates & ads. 12 plates (11 in colour). .

Ilfraombe: Arthur H Stockwell Ltd. VG: in very good condition with dust jacket. 2007. First Edition. Green hardback cloth cover. 230mm x 160mm (9" x 6"). 160pp. .

New York: McGraw-Hill Book Co Inc. VG: in very good condition without dust jacket. Slight fading to spine. 1939. Reprint. Buff hardback cloth cover. 240mm x 170mm (9" x 7"). xii, 434pp. B/w in-text illustrations. Signed, with dedication, by author on title. .

London: Bloomsbury Books. VG: in very good condition with dust jacket. 1990. Reprint. Cream hardback cloth cover. 220mm x 165mm (9" x 6"). xv, 268pp. 48 b/w plates. .

London: Hutchinson & Co. VG : in very good condition without dust jackets. 1904. First Edition. Green hardback cloth cover. 280mm x 220mm (11" x 9"). iv, 416pp; iv, 396pp + plates. 26 colour plates. Heavy srt – extra shipping needed for overseas. .

Edinburgh: David Douglas. G: in Good condition without dust jacket as issued. Cover worn. 1897. First Edition. Green paper cover. 230mm x 150mm (9" x 6"). 84pp. .

Edinburgh: David Douglas. G: in Good condition without dust jacket as issued. Cover worn. 1897. First Edition. Green paper cover. 230mm x 150mm (9" x 6"). 84pp. .

Edinburgh: David Douglas. G: in Good condition without dust jacket as issued. Cover worn and soiled. 1898. First Edition. Green paper cover. 230mm x 150mm (9" x 6"). 84pp. .

London: Collins. G : in good condition without dust jacket. Browning to pages. Slight spine lean. Spine faded. 1953. First Edition. Green hardback cloth cover. 210mm x 140mm (8" x 6"). xii, 179. .

London: News Chronicle. G: in Good condition without dust jacket as issued. Cover rubbed. Page edges browning. 1955. Reprint. Illustrated card cover. 130mm x 100mm (5" x 4"). 48pp. Some filling in. .

London: Dickens Press Ltd. G: in good condition without dust jacket as issued. Cover rubbed and marked. Pages browning. 1969. Reprint. Illustrated card cover. 130mm x 100mm (5" x 4"). 48pp. Partially filled in. .

London: Dickens Press Ltd. G: in Good condition without dust jacket as issued. Cover rubbed. Pages browning. 1969. Reprint. Yellow illustrated card cover. 130mm x 100mm (5" x 4"). 48pp. Some filling in. .

London: News Chronicle. Worn condition. Cover marked. Staples rusted. [1950]. First Edition. Illustrated card cover. 130mm x 100mm (5" x 4"). 48pp. .

London: Botanical Society of the British Isles by Thomas Nelson and Sons Ltd. G : in good condition with dust jacket and protective clear view cover affixed to jacket with tape. 1962. First Edition. Orange hardback cloth cover. 340mm x 280mm (13" x 11"). xxiv, 432pp. Illustrated with black and white distribution maps; with additional loose cellophane maps designed to be superimposed over the maps. Heavy item - shipping supplement may apply for overseas. .

Newcastle upon Tyne: The Hancock Museum. G: in good condition without dust jacket as issued. Cover rubbed. Spiral broken. 1985. First Edition. Spiral bound paperback. 300mm x 220mm (12" x 9"). 65pp. .

London: Botanical Society of the British Isles by Thomas Nelson and Sons Ltd. G : in good condition without dust jacket. 1962. First Edition. Orange hardback cloth cover. 340mm x 280mm (13" x 11"). 432pp. Illustrated with black and white distribution maps; with additional loose cellophane maps designed to be superimposed over the maps. N.B.: Heavy book- extra shipping needed for overseas. .

London: Gurney & Jackson. G : in good condition without dust jacket. Cover rubbed and faded. Eps browned. 1907. Second Edition. Brown hardback cloth cover. 230mm x 170mm (9" x 7"). xii, 458pp + plates. 26 b/w plates + colour fold-out map. .

London: Gurney & Jackson. G : in good condition without dust jacket. Cover rubbed and faded. Eps browned. Fep clipped. 1907. Second Edition. Fawn hardback cloth cover. 230mm x 150mm (9" x 6"). xii, 458pp + plates. 26 b/w plates + colour fold-out map. Heavy item - shipping supplement may apply for overseas. .

Stocksfield: The Spredden Press. VG: in very good condition with rubbed dust jacket. 1990. Reprint. Red hardback cloth cover. 220mm x 130mm (9" x 5"). xii, 286pp. B/w illustrations. Spredden Northern Classics. .