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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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]

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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Jeffreys, John Gwyn. British Conchology, Or an account of the Mollusca which now inhibit the British Isles and the Surrounding Seas.
1st. Ed. Pub. van Voorst. 1862-1869 Five volume set, each with colour frontis., plus 142 b/w. plates. 8vo. Hardbacks. Ex. academic lib. Very minor spotting to text, o/w. fine. Spotting to some plates, the majority clean and fine. More recent ochre cloth binding, gilt lettered spines, lib. labels neatly removed, o/w. in fine condition. A very pleasing set.
With four van Voorst catalogues bound in for December 1860, January 1863, one not dated (c. 1867) and May 1868.
£225.00 [ref: 61972]

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Krause, Ernst. Erasmus Darwin. With a Preliminary Notice by Charles Darwin.
1st. Ed. Pub. John Murray. 1879 pp.iv, 216 plus portrait frontispiece of Erasmus Darwin and two full-page woodcut illus. 8vo. Hardback. Signature to second ffep. Some sections unopened. Some spotting to endpapers o/w. contents fine. Original green cloth with gilt lettering in nr. fine condition. A most pleasing copy of this scarce work.
Charles Darwin said of the key role he played in the publication of this book "In 1879, I had a translation of Dr. Ernst Krause's Life of Erasmus Darwin published, and I added a sketch of his character and habits from materials in my possession. Many persons have been much interested by this little life, and I am surprised that only 800 or 900 copies were sold. Owing to my having accidentally omitted to mention that Dr. Krause had enlarged and corrected his article in German before it was translated, Mr Samuel Butler abused me with almost insane virulence..."
£1,295.00 [ref: 70714]

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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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.
£375.00 [ref: 61254]

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Macgillivrary, William (& Lankester, Edwin (Ed.)). The Natural History of Dee Side and Braemar.
1st. Ed. Printed for Private Circulation. 1855 pp.xx, 507 with fold-out hand coloured map, frontis., 5 further full page plates plus illus. in text. 8vo. Hardback. Limited print run by order of Queen Victoria after the death of the author for presentation only by The Queen and H.R.H. Prince Albert. With original presentation plate to the front free endpaper stating ‘This work printed by command of the Queen is presented to Sir John Forbes by H.R.H. Prince Albert’. Scattered spotting to contents which are o/w. in fine condition. Original red cloth binding, with gilt lettering to spine and armorial to front board, with spine professionally relaid all in thor. vg. condition.
A detailed natural history of this area of Scotland within which Balmoral Castle sits. Sir John Forbes (1787-1861) was physician to Queen Victoria from 1841 to 1861 and court physician to Prince Albert from 1819-1861.
£295.00 [ref: 68379]

Millais, J.G. British Deer and their Horns.
1st. Ed. Pub. Henry Sotheran. 1897 pp.xviii, 224 with colour frontispiece, 6 full-page illustrations, 10 electrogravure plates and 185 b/w. illustrations. Folio. Hardback. The 10 electro plates have some scattered foxing (very largely confined to their borders) and three have a short closed marginal tear. Some spotting to ends o/w. contents clean and fine. Original illustrated binding lightly marked in places, the cloth is showing some rippling, overall in thor. vg. condition.
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.
£275.00 [ref: 32175]

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