Wanderings In South America, the North-West Of the United States, and The Antilles, In the Years 1812,1816,1820, and 1824

1825 1ed Wanderings South America Natural History Darwin & Wallace Inspiration Charles Waterton (1781-1865) was a famous English naturalist, explorer, taxidermist, pioneering conservationist and overall polymath interested in anything and everything. first visited British Guiana with his father in 1804. He subsequently returned on 4 occasions between 1812 and 1824, during which time he travelled extensively in the Guianas and across the… Read more about this item

London: Printed for J. Mawman, 1825. First edition. Hardcover. Good + overall. A presentation binding of this work by the English explorer, naturalist and expert in taxidermy, Charles Waterton (1781-1865) with the frontispiece portrait of the strange creature he claimed to have witnessed, called "A Nondescript", part man and part animal. The work provided an early description of… Read more about this item

London: Macmillan and Co.. Fair with no dust jacket. 1879. New Edition. Hardcover. Xvi, 520 pages + 39 pages advertisements. Illustrated. Green illustrated cloth covers with gilt titles and pelican illustration on spine. "New Edition. Edited, with Biographical Introduction and Explanatory Index, by the Rev. J. G. Wood. " Subtitled: "With Original Instructions for the perfect… Read more about this item

London : Oxford University Press, 1973. First Edition. Hardcover. Fine cloth copy in an equally fine dust-wrapper. Particularly well-preserved overall; tight, bright, clean and especially sharp-cornered. Series: Oxford English memoirs and travels. Physical description: xxvi, 230p., [12]p. of plates : ill., ports. ; 24cm. Subjects: Natural history -- Guyana.

London: Charles Knight. Minimal wear. Crisp and tight. Lightly bumped spine, minor warping to boards. A little spotting to edge. An abridgement of the 1879 edition. . Very Good. Hardcover. 1973.

London: Macmillan & Co., 1885 A 'new edition' with a biographical introduction and explanatory index. 100 illustrations. Green cloth a little worn and marked, gold lettering and pelican to spine, black beasts and bird decorating the black title to the front board, black end-papers, some pages roughly opened, occasional grubby marks to pages, tight and sound, good.

London: Macmillan, 1880. Fine. New edition. Profusely illustrated with one hundred engravings. Charles Waterton, (1782-1865), was an English naturalist, traveller, explorer and taxidermist who invented his own method of taxidermy. Included in this fascinating account of his travels are chapters on preserving birds and taxidermy. Edited with new biography and explanatory dictionary/index by Rev J G Wood. Professionally rebound in… Read more about this item

London: J. Mawman, 1825. Book. Near Very Good. Three-Quarter Leather. First Edition. Three quarter leather with arbilized boards bumped corners modest cover wear. Interior has modest foxing and is missing the frontis. Size: 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall.

London : Unit Library, 1903. First Edition. Hardcover. Good copy in the original gilt-blocked cloth. Spine bands and panel edges somewhat rubbed and dust-toned as with age. Remains quite well-preserved overall: tight, bright, clean and strong. Physical description; xxiv, 259 p., 4 leaves of plates : ill., map ; 18 cm. Subjects; Taxidermy. Zoology — Guyana.

B Fellowes, 1852. Book. Poor. hardback. 8vo, blind stamped blue cloth lettered gilt to spine, extremities rubbed, upper hinge broken & binding cracked, b&w frontis, 280pp, as a rebinding or reading copy.

Paperback / softback. New. The naturalist Charles Waterton (1782-1865), whose family owned plantations in Demerara, travelled widely in South America and the Caribbean. This 1825 account of his expeditions, reissued here in its 1828 second edition, describes research on Amazonian poison, the capture of an enormous snake, and being attacked by vampire bats.

London: Macmillan, 1882. Hardback (No Dust Wrapper.). Good. Boards discoloured, upper slightly sprung. Pages lightly age-tanned. . Hardback. Physically 11” x 8¾” (0.8 kg); 64pp; Index; Includes: Black & white drawings; || The book is on my shelves and will be carefully packed and posted from the pastoral paradise of Peasedown St. John, Bath, by a real bookseller… Read more about this item

Sturgis & Walton. Good. 1909. Hardcover. Binding is solid, despite a little weakness. Pages unmarked but a little tanned. Green cloth cover is worn at corners and, especially, spine tips. Spine cover is dark, but title still legible. No dustjacket. .

London: B. Fellowes. Good with no dust jacket. 1839. Fourth Edition. Hardcover. Foxing to various pages throughout, cover corners turned in, some rubbing and fading to cover; few minor pencil markings .

London: Macmillan. Original green cloth nicely decorated with gilt animals and birds. Later Edition. Waterton's descriptions of a fight with a boa constrictor, capture of crocodiles, and other adventures aroused interest in the reading public. He was among the first to observe the birds and animals of the tropics. Slight wear at foot of spine, Very Good Plus. .… Read more about this item

Cambridge University Press, 2011. Paperback. New. 353 pages. 8.50x5.51x1.18 inches.

New. New Book; Fast Shipping from UK; Not signed; Not First Edition; The Wanderings in South America, the North-West of the United States, and the Antilles, in the Years 1812, 1816, 1820, and 1824: With Original Instruction.

London: MacMillan, 1893. Edited by Rev. J. G. Wood. Some light rubbing to boards, else an excellent copy.. 2nd Edition, 5th Printing. Hard. Very Good/No Jacket. 12mo.

Cambridge University Press, 2011-10-27. Paperback. Good.

Ulan Press, 2012-08-31. Paperback. Used: Good.