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Collins (Wilkie) THE WOMAN IN WHITE Ills: J. McLenan N.Y. 1860. 1st US edn. 2nd imp. Booklist before title. Orig. blind-tooled cloth gt. Spine worn, w

Boswell (James) LIFE OF JOHNSON Ed: G Birkbeck Hill Oxford 1887. 6 vols. Portraits, fldg. facsimile etc. Orig. quarter morocco gt. Heads of some spine

[Folio Society] Mann (Thomas) THE MAGIC MOUNTAIN Trans: J.E. Woods Ills: L. Rosoman 1995. Col. ills. Orig. pict. cloth. Slip-case. Plus 29 others, FOL

Laurence (John) A NEW SYSTEM OF AGRICULTURE....HUSBANDRY AND GARDENING 1726. 1st edn. Folio. Engr. frontis. 2 plates. Ex-library, with stamps to title

Wright (Lewis) THE NEW BOOK OF POULTRY. [1902]. 4to. 30 col. plates. B/w plates & ills. Cont. cloth gt. Rubbed at edges & joints. £100-...

Jardine (Sir William) GALLINACEOUS BIRDS (Naturalist's Library Vol III). Edin, 1836. Port. frontis. Hand-col. title vignette & 30 col. plate...

Swainson (William) THE NATURAL HISTORY OF THE BIRDS OF WESTERN AFRICA (The Naturalist's Library) Edn. 1837. 2 vols. 2 port. frontis. 2 hand-col....

Jardine (Sir William) & Selby (Prideaux John) ILLUSTRATIONS OF ORNITHOLOGY. Ills: E. Lear Edin. [ca 1826-35] Parts 3,4,5,6 & 8. 5 vols. 4to....

Wilhelm (Gottlieb Tobias) UNTERHALTINGEN AUS DER NATURGESCHICHTE - DER VOGEL Augsburg, 1795. 2 vols. Engr. titles. 84 hand-col. fldg plates with 2 or

Scott (Peter) MORNING FLIGHT 1935. 4to. Ltd edn [750]. Numbered & signed by the author. 16 Col. plates. B/w plates & ills. Orig. cloth gt. S...

Herklots (G.A.C.) HONG KONG BIRDS Ills: a.M. Hughes 1967. col. & b/w ills. Orig. cloth gt. D/w. Mackerras (I.M.) & others THE INSECTS OF AUS...

Floericke (Kurt) DEUTSCHES VOGELBUCH Stuttgart, 1907. 4to. 30 chromolitho plates, each with 4 subjects. Orig. cloth. Pict. onlay. £80-120

Morris (Francis Orpen) HISTORY OF BRITISH BIRDS. Vol 5. 1856. 55 (of 57) Hand-col. engr. plates. Cont. calf gt. As a collection of plates, w.a.f. &#...

Wilmsen (F.P.) HANDBUCH DE NATURGESCHICHTE Berlin, 1821. Oblong fo. 50 engr. plates - 46 hand-col. The coloured plates having 187 subjects. Title spot

Aitken (Henry) THE BEAUTIES AND DEFECTS IN THE FIGURE OF THE HORSE COMPARATIVELY DELINEATED n.d. [1816]. Engr. title & 18 hand.col. plates. some...

Hofmann (Ernst) DER SCHMETTERLINGSFREUND 1919. 23 chromolitho plates of butterflies. Orig. cloth. Pict. onlay. Joints rubbed. Haus

Tumpel (R.) DIE GERADFLUGLER MITTELEUROPAS Eisenach, 1901. 4to. 23 plates, 20 in col. Text-ills. Orig. pict. cloth gt. A definitive study of Dragonfli

Kirby (William Forsell) EUROPEAN BUTTERFLIES & MOTHS n.d. [ca 1896]. 61 parts, as issued. 62 plates, 61 hand-col. Advts. Orig. printed wraps. (6...

Lowe (Edward J) OUR NATIVE FERNS 1867. 2 vols. 79 col. plates. Wood engr. text ills. Cont. green half morocco. Gt. dec. spines in compartments. A.e.g.

[New Naturalist] Summerhayes (V.S.) WILD ORCHIDS OF BRITAIN 1951. 1st edn. Col. & b/w ills. D/w. Simms (Eric) WOODLAND BIRDS. 1971. 1st edn. B/w...

M'Intosh (Charles) THE ORCHARD.....1839. 1st edn. 16 (of 17) hand-col. plates. Lacks frontis and additional title. 19th Century half calf, a lit...

Maund (Benjamin) THE BOTANIC GARDEN 1825-36. Vols 1-4 ad 6. 5 vols. 4to. 120 hand-col. plates, each with 4 subjects. Engr. titles. Vols 1 & 2 in...

Sowerby (John Edward) & Johnson (C. Pierpoint) BRITISH WILD FLOWERS Ed: J.W. Salter 1843. 90 hand-col. litho plates. Later half calf gt. £1...

Massee (George) BRITISH FUNGI n.d. 40 col. plates. Orig. cloth gt. McAlpine (D.) SYSTEMATIC ARRANGEMENT OF AUSTRALIAN FUNGI. Melbourne, 1895. 4to. Mod

Dennert (Dr E.) PFLANZEN-ATLAS Stuttgart, 1918. 4to. 74 chromolitho plates. Orig. cloth-backed printed boards. £100-125

Dykes (William Ricketson) THE GENUS IRIS Cambridge, 1913. 1st edn. Folio. 48 col. plates. Library stamp to verso of title. Partly untrimmed. Orig. Qua

Robinson (William) ALPINE FLOWERS FOR ENGLISH GARDENS 1870. 1st edn. Engr. ills 32pp booklist. Orig. gt. dec. cloth. Ends of spine thumbed. Rohde (Ele

Archimedes OPERA. Ed: J. Torelli Oxford, 1792. Folio. Engr frontis. and title vignette. Errata on final leaf. Ex-library, with stamp to verso of title

Newton (Isaac) PHILOSOPHIAE NATURALIS PRINCIPIA MATHEMATICA Glasgow, 1822. 4 vols in 2. Jesuit's Edition . Half titles. Some light spotting. Con...

Euclid THE ELEMENTS Ed: J. Williamson Oxford, 1781. 2 vols in 1. 4to. Engr. diagrams occasional light spotting. Cont. half calf. Slight cracking of up

Lizars (John) A SYSTEM OF ANATOMICAL PLATES OF THE HUMAN BODY Edin. n.d. Folio. Engr. title with vignette. 2 large fldg hand-col. plates. 101 engr. pl

Hunter (William) THE ANATOMY OF THE HUMAN GRAVID UTERUS 1851. Folio. 34 engr. plates, most double-p. Linen-backed. Ex-reference library, with stamp to

[sectional models] Anon DISSECTED MODELS OF THE HUMAN HEAD AND THE HUMAN HAND n.d. [ca 1910]. 4to. 2 chromolitho mannikin illustrations. Orig. printed

Ellis (George Viner) & Ford (G.H.) ILLUSTRATIONS OF DISSECTIONS IN A SERIES OF ORIGINAL COLOURED PLATES THE SIZE OF LIFE .... 1867. Plate vol. o...

Buckland (William) RELIQUIAE DILUVIANAE; OR, OBSERVATIONS ON THE ORGANIC REMAINS CONTINED IN CVES, FISSURES, AND DILUVIAL GRAVEL..... 1824. 2nd editio

Hawkins (Thomas) THE BOOK OF THE GREAT SEA-DRAGONS, ICHTHYOSAURI AND PLESIOSAURI Ills: J. Martin 1840. Folio. Mezzotint frontis & 28 (of 29) lit...

House of Commons INVESTIGATION INTO THE CONDUCT OF HIS ROYAL HIGHNESS THE DUKE OF YORK, THE COMMANDER IN CHIEF.....1809. Folio. Modern quarter calf, g

[photographs - Heligoland] 10 ORIGINAL PHOTOGRAPHS. Taken during March 1920 by member of the crew of H.M.S. Coventry which brought the Allied Naval Ar

Fawcett (H.W.) & Hooper (G.W.W.) THE FIGHTING AT JUTLAND. [1920]. 4to. B/w plates (some mounted0 & maps. Partly untrimmed. Orig. quarter mor

Morley (C) FORTIFICATION PLATES [1800]. Oblong folio. 37 plates, some engr., some partly hand-col. lithos - a few are possibly original drawings. All

Elliot (Admiral George) & Ryder (Rear Admiral A.P.) and others. REPORT OF THE COMMITTEE ON DESIGNS FOR SHIPS OF WAR..... "CYCLOPS" A...

THE ROYAL ARTILLERY WAR COMMEMORATION BOOK 1920. Large 4to. Port. frontis. Col. & b/w plates. Text ills. Partly untrimmed. Orig. cloth gt. Sl. r...

FLUGZEUG - TYPENBUCH Ed: H. Schneider Leipsiz, 1941. B/w ills. Advts. Orig. cloth-backed printed boards. Minor wear to spine. £60-80

Middlebrook (Martin) & Everitt (Chris) THE BOMBER COMMAND WAR DIARIES. 1985. B/w ills. Inscribed by the author on t.p. Orig. cloth. D/w. Moyes (...

Mitchell (Gordon) R.J. MITCHELL : WORLD-FAMOUS AIRCRAFT DESIGNER 1986. 1st edn. 4to. Inscribed by the author on title page. B/w ills. D/w. Mason (Fran

Stuart (James) THE ANTIQUITIES OF ATHENS 1825-27. Vols 1-3. Folio. 2 port. frontis & 139 maps & plates (as called for). Some spotting throug...

Society of Dilentanti THE UNEDITED ANTIQUITIES OF ATTICA.....THE REMAINS OF ELEUSIS, RHAMNUS, SUNIUM & THORICUS 1833. 2nd edn. Folio. Member'...

Falkener (Edward) EPHESUS, AND THE TEMPLE OF DIANA 1862. 1st edn. Large 8vo. Plates and plans as called for. Fldg. plan in pocket. Ex-reference librar

Reade (Aleyn Lyell) THE READES OF BLACKWOOD HILL IN THE PARISH OF HORTON......A FULL ACCOUNT OF DR. JOHNSON'S ANCESTRY Privately printed, 1906. ...

Taylor (Arthur) THE GLORY OF REGALITY: AN HISTORICAL TREATISE OF THE ANOINTING AND CROWNING OF THE KINGS AND QUEENS OF ENGLAND 1820. L.P. edn. T.p. en