Fripp M.D., Henry. The Compound Eye of Insects and Crustacea.
Pub. Popular Science Review, London. nd. mid 1800s pp.12-29 with two plates of illustrations. 8vo. With bookplate. Contents nr. fine. More recently bound in yellow boards, fine condition. Scarce.
A detailed study. Dr. Henry Edward Fripp M.D. was born on 10th June 1816 and passed away in Bristol on 23rd March 1880.
£50.00 [ref: 57763]

Gosse, P.H. Actinologia Britannica. A History of the British Sea-Anemones and Corals.
1st. Ed. 1st. Issue. Pub. Van Voorst. 1858 - 1859 pp. half-title, xl, 362 with 12 plates (11 coloured). 8vo. Hardback. A very minor amount of spotting, o/w. contents in fine condition. Contemporary half cloth over marbled boards (spine more recently professionally relaid) in thor. vg. condition. With ownership stamp of F.J. Bridgman to front paste-down. A single volume comprising all original 12 Parts plus Erratum slips. The seldom seen ‘Parts Issue’. Scarce.
‘Actinologia Britannica’ was first published in 12 Parts (referred to as the ‘Parts Issue’) between March 1st 1858 and December 1859. We offer for sale here, all 12 Parts (plus their original covers bound at the end) bound as one volume. Following completion of the Parts Issue, a single volume was published and despite it stating 1860 on the title page, it was released for the Christmas market in December 1859 (Williams 2017).
£375.00 [ref: 53645]

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Gosse, P.H. Actinologia Britannica. A History of the British Sea-Anemones and Corals. With coloured figures of the species and principal varieties.
1st. Ed. Pub. Van Voorst. 1860 pp.xl, 362 with 11 col. and 1 monochrome plate. 8vo. Hardback. With neat inscription to ffep., dated June 2nd 1891. Some spotting to fore-edge of text block, only a very minor amount internally o/w. contents fine. Gentle bump to front top fore-corner. Original decorated green cloth binding nr. fine. A very pleasing copy indeed.
The 'Actinologia' is widely recognised as Gosse's masterpiece - the finest of all his writings on natural history. It comprises coloured figures of the species and principal varieties of the then known British Sea-Anemones and Corals.
£150.00 [ref: 70211]

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]

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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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]

Hudson, W.H. The Collected Works of W.H. Hudson. In Twenty-four volumes.
1st. Ed. thus Pub. J.M. Dent. 1922-1923 Twenty-four volume set with illus. 8vo. Hardback. TEG. With bookplate of Moira Lyttelton to five vols. Some spotting to fore-edges of text block and to ends o/w. contents fine. Original green cloth bindings, with gilt illustration of Hudson to front board of each volume, in nr. fine / fine condition.
A wonderful opportunity to obtain the works of this much loved author, naturalist and ornithologist. This edition was limited to 750 sets for sale in England, 100 for sale in the US and 35 presentation sets.
£225.00 [ref: 68360]

Huxley, T.H. Collected Essays. Volumes I - IX.
1st. Ed. Pub. Macmillan. 1893-1895 Nine volume set with b/w. illus. 8vo. Bookplates to frontpaste down and ffep., of all vols. Brief notes to rfeps., of two vols. Occasional minor foxing, o/w., contents fine. Original burgundy cloth boards with gilt lettering to spine, in thor. vg. condition. A very pleasing set.
The volume titles are, in order:- Methods and Results; Darwiniana; Science and Education; Science and Hebrew Tradition; Science and Christian Tradition; Hume with Helps to the Study of Berkeley; Man’s Place in Nature; Discourses: Biological and Geological; Evolution and Ethics.
£350.00 [ref: 57964]

Jackson, John. The Practical Fly-Fisher. more particularly for Grayling or Umber.
4th. Ed. Pub. Gibbings and Co. 1899 pp. 72 with 10 plates of fine hand-coloured copper engravings and 4-pages of adverts. 8vo. Bookplate. Neat contemporary ownership inscription to title-page. Very minor spotting to fore-edges of text block, o/w. contents fine. Original green cloth with gilt decoration in nr. fine condition. A super copy.
A total of 120 flies, natural and artificial, are illustrated in the hand-coloured plates.
£225.00 [ref: 38899]

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