Lander, Richard & John. Journal of an Expedition to Explore the Course and Termination of the Niger; With a narrative of a voyage down that river to its termination.
1st. Ed. Pub. John Murray, London. 1832 Three volume set complete; each volume with frontis., plus two maps (one being fold-out), 4 further plates and 1-page of adverts at rear of Vol. II. Small 8vo. Hardbacks. Very minor spotting, o/w. contents exceptionally clean and fine. Bound in original light brown printed cloth boards, showing a little shelf wear, o/w. in fine condition. A very pleasing set.
Richard and John Lander's fascinating account of their expedition to the termination of the Niger. In addition to the plates and maps, there are some illustrations within the text and a 12-page section details the stores, medicines and surgical instruments they took with them.
£425.00 [ref: 61254]
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Lander, Richard & John. Journal of an Expedition to Explore the Course and Termination of the Niger; With a narrative of a voyage down that river to its termination.
1st. Ed. Pub. John Murray, London. 1832 Three volume set complete; each volume with frontis., plus two maps (one being fold-out), 4 further plates and 1-page of adverts at rear of Vol. II. Small 8vo. Hardbacks. Some spotting to fore-edges of text blocks and occasionally internally, o/w. contents clean and fine. Bound in original light brown printed cloth boards, showing a light shelf wear and a little darkening to spine, o/w. in fine condition. A very pleasing set.
Richard and John Lander's fascinating account of their expedition to the termination of the Niger. In addition to the plates and maps, there are some illustrations within the text and a 12-page section details the stores, medicines and surgical instruments they took with them.
£350.00 [ref: 61998]
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Lange, Jacob E. Flora Agaricina Danica.
1st. Ed. Pub. Recato, Copenhagen. 1935 Complete set. Five volumes bound as three, with 200 fine colour chromolithographed plates. Large 4to. Hardbacks. English text with Latin names. Contents in fine condition. Typed copies of the Indexes loosely inserted in Volume 3. Handsomely bound in period blue cloth; red title labels with gilt lettering to spines, all in fine condition. A very pleasing set indeed.
‘Flora Agaricina Danica is as thorough as it is beautiful. Lange illustrated nearly all the Danish Agaricales pictured within from life, often receiving more exotic species through the post from Colleagues’ (Chronophobia). G.C. Ainsworth wrote of the work ‘[the illustrations] are both scientifically invaluable and superb examples of modern printing’.
£1,600.00 [ref: 35042]
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Lattin, Frank H., [Barnes, R. Magoon]. The Young Oologist [The Oologist. For the Student of Birds, Nests and Eggs]. Volumes 1 to 58.
1st. Ed. Gaines, NY; [Albion, NY and Lacon, Ill.]. 1884-1941 Fifty-eight volumes with photographs throughout, plus plates and advertisements, bound in 15. 8vo. Hardbacks. A little spotting to top-edge of text block of six volumes. A handful of neat repairs, o/w. contents exceptionally clean and in nr. fine/fine condition. Handsomely bound in 20th century blue buckram, with gilt lettering. Prov: from the library of Fred J. Pierce (1902-1992) with his bookplates and his name in gilt to the foot of all spines. A large, rare run, no comparable set traceable.
An astonishing work. Originally published as a monthly journal entitled ‘The Young Oologist’ until January 1886 when its name was changed to ‘The Oologist’ and at the same time, became a bi-monthly publication. With a focus on Oology, it does touch on related subjects including taxidermy and the collection of other natural history specimens. Fred J. Pierce was editor of the highly respected journal ‘Iowa Bird Life’ for 30 years. In 1944 with his wife, he established the Pierce Book Company in 1944, with a focus on natural history books.
£5,500.00 [ref: 59225]
Lawson, William. A New Orchard & Garden. Or, The best way for Planting, Grafting, and to make any Ground good for a Rich Orchard...... With The Country House-wifes Garden for Herbs of Common use..... As also The Husbandry of Bees, with their several Uses and Annoyances.... The Art of Propagating Plants.
Pub. for Hannah Sawbridge, Ludgate Hill. 1683 pp.[iv], 102 with illustrated title-page, separate title-page for ‘The Country House-Wifes Garden’ and two further half-titles. With 6 plates (5 illustrating Knot Garden designs) and further woodcut illus. within text. 8vo. Hardback. TEG. Contents in nr. fine condition. More recently, handsomely bound in half leather with raised bands, gilt lettering and decoration to spine, all in fine condition. Prov: Neat private library stamp to front pastedown (Rothamsted, Lawes Trust). Scarce. Harding 20.
£1,750.00 [ref: 55024]
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Lightfoot, The Revd. J. Flora Scotica: Or, a systematic arrangement, in the Linnaean Method of the Native Plants of Scotland and the Hebrides.
1st. Ed. Pub. for B. White, London. 1777 Two volume set with printed title-pages, two illustrated title-pages and 35 fine copper engraved plates (9 being fold-out). 8vo. Hardbacks. Some spotting, o/w. contents fine. Marbled fore-edges. Early quarter calf binding with gilt floral decoration in good to vg. condition - externally the hinges show some wear, internally they are fine.
The “only professedly complete work on the plants of Scotland until 1821” (Henrey). The work begins with a section on the fauna of Scotland, a sketch of ‘Caledonian Zoology’ as Lightfoot called it in his Preface. The author of this part of the work was Thomas Pennant. Five of the fine copper engraved plates are ornithological depicting an Osprey, Hooded Crow, Knot, Sand-piper, Long-legged Plover, Black Headed Gull and Black Gull. The remainder are fine botanical.
£495.00 [ref: 61127]
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Lilford, Lord. Coloured Figures of the Birds of the British Islands.
2nd. Ed. Pub. R.H. Porter, London. 1891-1897 Eight volume set (includes Index vol.) with photogravure portrait frontis., and 421 chromolithograph or hand-coloured plates. Royal 8vo Hardback. TEG. Occ. spotting o/w. contents fine. Text leaves and plates neatly numbered in pencil. Marbled endpapers. Superbly bound by R.H. Porter in crimson half morocco over marbled boards with sewn headbands, all in nr. fine condition. Most pleasingly all original part wrappers are bound into the Index vol. These wrappers provide content information for ‘Coloured Figures’ and R.H. Porter adverts with period detail on the books advertised - titles include ‘Eggs of British Birds - Limicolae’ by Poynting, ‘Argentine Ornithology’ by Sclater and ‘Rough Notes on the Birds observed in the British Islands’ by Booth.
Just 450 sets of this edition were printed and in parts VII to XVII ‘various improvements were made, some of the plates being much improved’ (Mullens an Swann). The majority of the plates are by Archibald Thorburn or J.G. Keulemans, with the remainder executed by G.E. Lodge and W. Foster.
£2,950.00 [ref: 66599]
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Lilford, Lord. Coloured Figures of the Birds of the British Islands.
1st. Ed. Pub. R.H. Porter, London. 1885-1897 Seven volume set. With photogravure portrait frontispiece and 421 fine chromolithograph or hand-coloured plates. Royal 8vo. TEG. With armorial bookplate of Richard Heywood Thompson to front pastedown of each volume. Some spotting, and only very minor off setting, mostly confined to text o/w. contents in fine condition. Marbled endpapers. Original half morocco leather over marbled boards, bound by R.H. Porter, with gilt lettering, raised bands to spine and sewn headbands, all in nr. fine condition. A most pleasing set.
Very pleasing provenance. Richard Heywood Thompson was a subscriber to this work and he is mentioned as such in the List of Subscribers (page xxxiv). The majority of the plates are by Archibald Thorburn or J.G. Keulemans, with the remainder executed by G.E. Lodge and W. Foster.
£2,750.00 [ref: 64439]
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Loudon, J.C. An Encyclopedia of Gardening. comprising the Theory and Practice of Horticulture, Floriculture, Arboriculture and Landscape-Gardening.
New Enl. Ed. Pub. Longmans et al. 1835 pp.xl, 1270 wonderfully illus. with wood-engravings throughout, plus 1-leaf of errata and 16-pages of publisher’s adverts (dated London, 1834). 8vo. Hardback. Period signature to title page. Only very occ., very minor spotting o/w. contents fine. More recently superbly rebound in period style quarter leather over marbled boards all in fine condition. A super copy.
Includes ‘All the latest improvements; a general history of gardening in all countries; and a statistical view of its present state; with suggestions for its future progress, in the British Isles.’.
£300.00 [ref: 63902]
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Loudon, J.C. Arboretum et Fruticetum Britannicum; or, The Trees and Shrubs of Britain, Native and Foreign, Hardy and Half-Hardy, Pictorially and Botanically Delineated, and Scientifically and Popularly Described; with their Propagation, Culture, Management and Uses...
Pub. Longman, Orme, Brown, Green, & Longmans, London, 1838 Eight volumes bound in six with 412 b/w. engraved plates (19 of which are fold-out). 8vo. Hardbacks. AEG. Some spotting to text volumes, largely confined to ends and some spotting to plates, o/w. contents fine. Plates bound systematically. All title-pages present. Handsomely bound in green half moroco leather over green cloth boards, showing just light shelf wear, o/w. in thor. vg. to nr fine condition. With period bookplate of Richard Pemberton.
£600.00 [ref: 62675]
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