Harrison, Charles. A Treatise On The Culture And Management Of Fruit Trees.
2nd. Ed. Pub. for the Author. 1825 pp.xii, 356 with figs. in text. 8vo. Hardback. Marbled fore-edges. With period signature and personal roundel to title-page. Occ. minor spotting, title-page slightly trimmed, o/w. contents fine. Occ. period marginal annotation plus recipes for waterproof cement, a dressing for fruit-trees, paint for woodwork or walls, the Gilchrist Compound and zinc labels to rfep. Also loosely inserted are an advert for Gilchrist Compound ((c. 1859) featuring reviews of its effectiveness by Sir J.W. Hooker and Mr. Rivers) and a period article, with illus., for Grape Vine Mildew. More recently rebound in red-cloth, retaining original spine label, lightly spotted on rear, o/w. fine. A charming, unique copy.
A detailed, well illustrated treatise considering Apples, Pears, Plums, Cherry, Apricot, Peach and Nectarine trees. Also discusses Vines, Figs and the Gooseberry, Raspberry and Strawberry.
£175.00 [ref: 34581]

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Harvie-Brown, John (Ed.). A Vertebrate Fauna of Scotland. Complete set, [with], On the Avifauna of the Outer Hebrides 1888-1902.
1st. Ed. Pub. David Douglas, Edinburgh [- Oliver and Boyd]. 1887-1935 Twelve volumes bound in thirteen as published. Large 8vo and 8vo. Hardbacks and one softback. TEG. With bookplates of Howard Davis and T. Parkin. Neat ownership inscription of Anthony Vaughan. Minor amount of spotting, o/w. contents fine. All in original cloth. Bindings vg. plus to nr fine. With a 3-page typed list of the ‘Nesting Birds of the Clyde Area’ compiled by John Robertson (dated 9th June 1930) loosely inserted.
This set comes with a copy of Harvie-Brown’s ‘On the Avifauna of the Outer Hebrides 1888-1902’.
£1,550.00 [ref: 61230]

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Harvie-Brown, John (Ed.). A Vertebrate Fauna of Scotland. Complete set.
1st. Ed. Pub. David Douglas, Edinburgh [- Oliver and Boyd]. 1887-1935 Eleven volumes bound in twelve as published. Large 8vo. Hardbacks. TEG. Some with bookplates, most notably of John Cordeaux (1831-1899) and Michael P. Harris (Poyser author) with some period and later inserts. Very minor spotting, o/w. contents fine. All in original cloth except Argyll (contemporary half-calf). Bindings thor. vg. to nr fine. A very pleasing set.
Comprises: A Vertebrate Fauna of Sutherland, Caithness and West Cromarty; Outer Hebrides; Iona and Mull; Orkney Islands; Moray Basin; Argyll and the Inner Hebrides; Shetland Islands; North West Highlands and Skye; Forth; Tweed Area; Tay Basin and Strathmore.
£1,275.00 [ref: 59285]

Haworth, Adrian Hardy. Observations on the Genus Mesembryanthemum. In two parts containing scientific descriptions of above one hundred and thirty species, about fifty of which are new; directions for their management; new arrangements for the species; references to authors; and a great variety of critical, philosophical, and explanatory remarks.
1st. Ed. Pub. London by the Author. 1794 pp.[8], 480. 8vo. Hardback. From the library of Prof. Leonard E. Newton with his stamp to bottom margin of title. Contents fine. More recent half morocco binding in very pleasing, nr. fine condition. Charming handwritten letter bound in at front dated 20 Nov. 1876 from North Wales Central Botanic Gardens to a member of the public searching for a copy of this title.
Adrian Hardy Howarth (1768-1833) was a British botanist and entomologist being President of The Entomological Society of London from 1806 to 1822. During his lifetime he was the author of 60 publications, primarily concerned with succulent plants and lepidoptera. The facsimile of ‘Observations on the Genus Mesembryanthemum’ published in 1965 by Gregg Press was taken from this copy.
£1,750.00 [ref: 58668]

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Hay, W. Incubation and Rearing of Chickens. Artificial and Natural.
1st. Ed. Pub. J. and R. Parlane, Paisley. 1893 pp.125 with b/w. illus. Small 8vo. Hardback. Small tear to title page, contents very clean and nr. fine. Original illustrated cloth boards vg. Very scarce.
The author W. Hay was based in the village of Corrie, on the island of Arran, Scotland. In his preface, Hay wrote ‘This humble edition to Poultry Literature has been made at the request of many friends interested in Artificial Incubation, who have no practical experience in this fascinating subject.’. Hay employed the use of an Incubator manufactured by Charles Hearson of Regent Street, London and it is illustrated within his book. A most charming and very practical work.
£195.00 [ref: 70954]

Hedin, Sven. Trans-Himalaya. Discoveries and Adventures in Tibet. Vol. I and II.
1st. Ed. Pub. Macmillan and Co. 1909 Two volume set with each with b/w. frontis. photo, plus b/w. photos., col. & b/w. illus. and maps (incl. three fold-out). 8vo. Hardbacks. TEG. Blank bookplates to front paste downs. Gentle bump to top fore corner of Vol. II, o/w. contents fine. Original cloth boards with gilt motifs to front in thor. vg. condition. A very pleasing set.
Swedish explorer and travel writer Sven Hedin (1865-1952) made four expeditions to Central Asia, studying the topography and geology of the region, as well as both the prehistoric and modern culture. Painstakingly dedicated to his research, Hedin documented his travels thoroughly and "Trans-Himalaya" is an account of Hedin's exploration of Tibet, particularly the Transhimalaya, a 1,600-kilometre long mountain range.
£250.00 [ref: 67591]

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Hill, Sir John. Eden: or, a Compleat Body of Gardening. Containing Plain and Familiar Directions for Raising the several useful Products of a Garden, Fruits, Roots, and Herbage; From the Practice of the most successful Gardeners, and the Result of Long Experience.
Printed for T. Osborne; T.Tyre; S. Crowder & Co.; and H. Woodgate. 1757 pp.iv, 714 with 60 fine engraved plates and engraved frontis. Four plates repaired with small hole in plate 55. With short closed tear to two pages and small loss to margin of one further text page. Most of page 313/314 missing. Recently rebound in half brown morocco with marbled boards. A handsome copy.
Originally designed as a companion to his 'Compleat Body of Husbandry' (1756), Eden was published in weekly parts with instructions for work in the garden for the forthcoming week. Self-taught, Hill had a great interest in natural science, and was friends with many of the luminaries of the day including Sir Hans Sloane.
£3,650.00 [ref: 41550]

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Honourable Secretary (Ed.) Proceedings of the Bristol Naturalists’ Society Vols. I-VI.
1st. Ed. Pub. Bristol Naturalists’ Soc. 1874-1891 Six volume run with plates, map and illustrations (Plate IV in Vol. II loosely inserted). 8vo. Hardback. Ex-Lib. Historic staining to fore-edges of text blocks and occasionally internally o/w. generally very clean. Vols. I-V in uniform cloth binding with marking o/w. thor. vg., Vol. VI in quarter morocco, nr. fine. With original Part front covers bound in for Vols. I to V. Scarce.
Covers a broad range of scientific subjects, from the sound of bees wings to sewage to notes on Professor Bell's Articulating Telephone to the Severn Tunnel which is illustrated in a very impressive large folding colour geological cross-section (measures 60 inches x 16 inches).
£475.00 [ref: 63011]

Hooker, William Jackson. Musci Exotici. containing figures and descriptions of new or little known foreign mosses and other cryptogamic subjects
1st. Ed. Pub. Longman, Hurst, Rees, Orme, and Brown. 1818-1820 Two volume set; pp.viii with 176 fine hand-coloured, copper engraved plates, each with page of text, 31-page index plus Errata. Collated and complete. Large 4to. Some minor spotting and off-setting, o/w. contents in fine condition. Fore-edges marbled with matching end-papers. Very handsome, contemporary, panelled full-calf leather, richly decorated with gilt and blind-tooling. Professionally rebacked, with corners neatly repaired. Boards lightly rubbed in places, o/w. in thor. vg. condition. Prov: John Rous, 1st Earl of Stradbroke (1750-1827), his bookplate, and Coronet ink-stamp to verso of front endpapers. Large-paper copy. Scarce.
A very pleasing, large paper copy of one of Hooker’s earliest and most scarce works. A large number of the specimens illustrated were collected by Alexander Humboldt, whom Hooker met in Paris in 1814. Furthermore, there are also descriptions of rare mosses found by Archibald Menzies at Dusky Bay, New Zealand, during Vancouver’s 1791 voyage on the ‘Discovery’.
£3,950.00 [ref: 55354]

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Howard, Henry Eliot. The British Warblers. A History with Problems of their Lives.
1st. Ed. Pub. R.H. Porter, London. 1907-1915 Complete set in the original 11 parts with 35 chromolithograph and 51 photogravure plates (after Henrik Gronvold) and 12 maps. 4to. Hardbacks. A very pleasing set indeed. Some spotting, largely confined to fore-edges of text blocks and to borders of photogravure plates, o/w. contents fine. Comes with the Publisher’s advert for binding options and their costs. Original printed wrappers just lightly rubbed in places, a little more so to last part, o/w. in nr fine condition. A very pleasing set indeed.
Howard’s major work ‘combined very fine chromolitho plates with a detailed and pioneer account of the behaviour of this family.’ (Tate). Released in parts the earliest sets (like the set offered for sale here) included 11 parts made up of parts 1-9 and 6* and 9*. Later sets were issued in 10 parts [parts 1-9 + 9*] or 9 parts [parts 1-9].
£450.00 [ref: 72211]