Bolles Lee, A. The Microtomist’s Vade Mecum. A Handbook of the Methods of Microscopic Anatomy.
2nd. Ed. Pub. J. & A. Churchill. 1890 pp.xiv, 413. 8vo. Ex-Lib. Bookplate to front paste down. Author’s compliment slip attached to ffep. Contents fine. Original cloth boards good to vg.
£9.50 [ref: 68484]
Bolton, B. and Collingwood, A. Hymenoptera. Formicidae. Handbooks for the Identification of British Insects. Vol. VI. Part 3 (c).
Pub. R.E.S. 1975 pp.34 with text figs throughout. Thor. vg. softback.
£18.00 [ref: 46500]
Bolton, H. Insects from the Coal Measures of Commentry. Fossil Insects, No. 2.
1st. Ed. Pub. British Museum. 1925 pp.56 plus 3 pages of b/w. plates. 8vo. Hardback. Ex-Lib. Spotting to ends o/w. contents fine. Orignal printed boards with cloth spine nr. fine.
The coal measures of Commentry in the central plateau of France have yielded a very large number of fossilised insects.
£7.50 [ref: 36214]
Bond, J. Somerset Parks and Gardens. A Landscape History.
1st. Ed. Pub. Somerset Books. 1998 pp.175 with colour, b/w. photos. and illus. throughout. 4to. Bookplate of Sir Roy Strong to front pastedown. Fine hardback in fine dw.
Landscape archaeologist James Bond covers the fascinating history of Somerset’s parks and gardens which cover virtually the whole range of English styles and periods.
£50.00 [ref: 62729]
Bond, T.J. A Life in Detail. The Art of Terance James Bond. Wildlife Art Series.
1st. Ed. Pub. Langford Press. 2006 pp.179 illustrated throughout. Royal 4to. New hardback in new dw. Title Number 11 in the series. Last three copies.
The fourth published book of artwork by Suffolk-born nature artist Terance James Bond featuring 130 paintings from between 1996 and 2006. Accompanied by a detailed narrative by Bond on his working practices, inspirations and the reasons for his preoccupation with birds and their environments.
£35.00 [ref: 54580]
Bond, T.J. Birds: The Paintings of Terance James Bond.
1st. Ed. Pub. Athena Press. 1989 pp.87 with fine colour reproductions throughout. Folio. Fine hardback in fine dw. With an article on the beast of Bodmin moor loosely inserted.
This artist plays particular attention to detail. This is the first time his paintings have been collected together and published in book form.
£38.00 [ref: 60959]
Boney, A.D. The Lost Gardens of Glasgow University.
1st. Ed. Pub. Helm. 1988 pp.vi, 298 with illus. 8vo. A new hardback. RRP £14.95.
£5.00 [ref: 49926]
Bonhote, J. Lewis. Birds of Britain.
1st. Ed. Pub. Adam & Charles Black. 1907 pp.x, 404 with 100 col. illus. from Dresser’s ‘Birds of Europe’. Large 8vo. Hardback. TEG. Neat signature, dated 1907, to ffep. Spotting to fore-edges of text block, endpapers and occ. internally o/w. contents fine. Original richly decorated cloth boards with gilt lettering in especially pleasing nr. fine condition. A photocopy of Bonhote’s obituary (from the journal British Birds) is loosely inserted.
With his scientifically trained mind, J. Lewis Bonhote was regarded by colleagues as one of the most original thinkers in the realms of British ornithology and was one of the first to take up bird photography.
£120.00 [ref: 71578]
Boniface, P. In Search of English Gardens. The Travels of John Claudius Loudon and his wife Jane.
1st. Ed. Pub. Lennard. 1987 pp. 256 with b/w. photos. and colour illus. 4to. Nr. fine hardback.
Within [this book], we travel through early 19th century England in the opinionated and entertaining company of John Claudius Loudon (1783-1843) and his young wife, Jane.
£15.00 [ref: 63692]
Bonner, A. Plantes de les Balears.
1st. Ed. Pub. Editorial Moll. 1977 pp.138 with colour photos and line drawings. 8vo. Softback. Address label. Catalan with latin names. Some light pencil annotations to text and index o/w. contents fine with a few pressed examples. Covers lightly rubbed, o/w. thor. vg.
£5.00 [ref: 63318]