Millais, J. G. The Mammals of Great Britain and Ireland. Volumes I to III.
1st. Ed. Pub. Longmans, Green & Co. 1904-06 Three volume set with 62 photogravures, 62 coloured plates and 149 b/w. plates including photographs. Royal 4to. Ex-Cheltenham lib. With lib. stamps to contents, a little foxing, o/w. contents fine. TEG. Two-toned blue cloth with gilt lettering. Gently bumped on corners and lightly marked boards. Spines show light fading and spine ends of volume I show a little wear. Overall a vg. ex-lib. set.
A monumental work produced in a limited edition of just 1,025 copies, this being set No.926. Illustrations by J.G. Millais himself alongside Henry Gronwold, Archibald Thorburn, George E. Lodge and others.
£250.00 [ref: 50180]

Millais, J. G. The Mammals of Great Britain and Ireland. Volumes I to III.
1st. Ed. Pub. Longmans, Green & Co. 1904-06 Three volume hardback set with 62 photogravures, 62 coloured plates and 149 b/w. plates including photographs. Royal 4to. A minor amount of scattered foxing, o/w. contents in fine condition. With the heraldic bookplate of James B Gallie to the front paste-down of each volume. TEG. Bound in original two-toned blue cloth with gilt lettering to spines and front boards all in thor. vg. condition.
A monumental work produced in a limited edition of just 1,025 copies, this being set No.83. Illustrations by J.G. Millais himself alongside Henry Gronwold, Archibald Thorburn, George E. Lodge and others.
£485.00 [ref: 53467]

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Millais, J.G. British Deer and their Horns.
1st. Ed. Pub. Henry Sotheran. 1897 pp.xviii, 224 with many illustrations in text, coloured frontispiece, 6 full-page illustrations and 10 electro-etched plates. Folio. Hardback. The 10 electro-etched plates have some scattered foxing, very largely confined to their borders. Text very clean. Original illustrated binding lightly marked in places, showing a little rippling on boards, overall in vg. condition. Overall a vg. copy.
One of the first in-depth treatments of any group of British mammals. Superbly illustrated. J.G. Millais was a professional artist and dedicated naturalist. He spent years familiarising himself with the animals he illustrated in the interests of portraying them accurately.
£350.00 [ref: 32175]

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Owen, Charles. An Essay towards a Natural History of Serpents.
1st. Ed. Pub. Printed for the Author. 1742 pp.xxiii, 240 plus index. Illustrated with seven pages of copper engraved plates. Scattered, lightly coloured foxing to parts of the work. Overall contents in very good to fine condition. More recently rebound in half calf leather over marbled boards, replacement endpapers, raised bands, gilt lettering and decoration to spine, all in fine condition. A handsome copy of this scarce work.
£1,100.00 [ref: 43937]

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Richardson, Sir John et al. The Museum of Natural History. Being a Popular Account of the Structure, Habits and Classification of the Various Departments of the Animal Kingdom: Quadrupeds, Birds, Reptiles, Fishes, Shells, and Insects.
Pub. William Mackenzie. (c.1859-62) Two volumes bound in eight. Imperial 8vo. Hardbacks. Hand-coloured frontis., 77 hand-coloured and 57 b/w. plates. Hinges cracking (two Vols. with boards detached). Lacks one ffep, two loose and four plates loose (a little chipped), o/w. text blocks sound. Variable spotting, o/w. contents very clean. Corner of last leaf and rfep in one vol. torn away. Original boards showing varying degrees of wear and lifting. From the lib. of renowned naturalist Eric Hardy, with some related material inserted.
An important, very charming, detailed and informative Victorian work. The supporting plates are both finely delineated and beautifully coloured. Naturalist Eric Hardy loved his books, constantly referring to them, so the condition of this set is completely understandable.
£200.00 [ref: 56055]

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Rusticus, (Newman, E.). The Letters of Rusticus on the Natural History of Godalming. Extracted from the Magazine of Natural History, the Entomological Magazine, and the Entomologist.
1st. Ed. Pub. John Van Voorst. 1849 pp.viii, 164, with vignettes and b/w. illus. 8vo. Hardback. Contents fine, some pages uncut. Original decorated red cloth boards in nr. fine condition. A very pleasing copy.
£110.00 [ref: 56049]

Saville-Kent, William. The Naturalist in Australia.
1st. Ed. Pub. Chapman & Hall. 1897 pp.xv, 320 plus one page advert. Royal 4to. Illustrated with 50 full-page collotype plates and 9 coloured plates by Keulemans and others. Scattered foxing to photographic frontis., o/w. contents beautifully clean and in fine condition. Spine professionally relaid, boards beautifully clean; showing some minor rubbing on corners. Scarce; even more so in this condition.
William Saville-Kent (1845-1908) was an English marine biologist of high regard; a member of both the Zoological Society of London and the Linnean Society. Alongside this super work, he was author of ‘A Manual of the Infusoria (1880-82) and his excellent study, ‘The Great Barrier Reef’ (1893).
£525.00 [ref: 47705]

Schmid, H. & Stieler, K. The Bavarian Highlands and the Salzkammergut.
1st. Ed. Pub. Chapman & Hall 1874 pp.205 with many engravings by Diez, Closs, Raupp & others. Crown folio. Hardback. Bound in original decorated boards in thor. vg. condition. Armorial bookplate to front paste-down. Scattered foxing at ends and to verso of plates, o/w. contents fine. A vg. copy.
£90.00 [ref: 17332]

Sowerby, G.B. Illustrated Index of British Shells. containing figures of all the recent Species with names and other information.
2nd. Rev. Enl. Ed. Pub. Sowerby, Simpkin, Marshall & Co. 1887 pp.xvi, plus 25 fine hand-coloured copper engraved plates and supporting text. 4to. Hardback. Neat inscription dated 1906 to ffep. Minor amount of foxing and offsetting. Two tissue-guards with tears, o/w. contents in fine condition. AEG. Original red-cloth boards with gilt lettering and blind-tooled decoration in vg. condition; spine shows some darkening with age, a little wear.
£350.00 [ref: 35187]

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Thorburn, Archibald. British Mammals.
1st. Ed. Pub. Longmans Green. 1920 Two volumes with 50 illus. in colour and many line drawings. Royal 4to. TEG. Scattered foxing to end-papers, o/w. contents fine. Original red cloth boards in near fine condition. A very pleasing set.
£550.00 [ref: 38262]

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