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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Lyell, Sir Charles. The Geological Evidences of the Antiquity of Man, with an outline of Glacial and Post-Tertiary Geology and remarks on the Origin of Species.
4th. Ed. Rev. Pub. John Murray. 1873 pp.xx, 572 with 20 page John Murray catalogue. Med 8vo. With signature ‘L. Sturrock, F.S.A, Dundee 1875’ to ffep. Scattered foxing at ends incl. half-title and last page of catalogue, o/w. contents in fine condition. In original, blind tooled green cloth with gilt-embossed illus. to front board and gilt lettering to spine. Very minor amount of rubbing, o/w. boards in near fine condition. A very pleasing copy.
£225.00 [ref: 50251]

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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 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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Mossman, Samuel. The Origin of the Seasons. Considered from a Geological Point of View.
1st. Ed. Pub. William Blackwood. 1869 pp.xvi, 472 with tissue-guarded double-page frontispiece map plus further illus., and 20-page publisher’s catalogue. 8vo. Hardback. Minor spotting to fore-edge of text block, o/w. contents fine. With period, 2-page, list of publications by David Page tipped onto ffep. Neat signature dated 1869 to front pastedown. Original green cloth, gilt lettered and decorated, with bevelled edges showing some discolouration to boards, o/w. nr. fine. Scarce.
£100.00 [ref: 61814]

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Nansen, Dr. Fridtjof. Farthest North. Being the Record of a Voyage of Exploration of the Ship Fram 1893-96 and of fifteen months’ Sleigh journey by Dr. Nansen and Lieut. Johansen.
2nd. Ed. Pub. George Newnes. 1898 Two vol. set with frontis. to each volume, plus plates and fold-out colour map (loosely inserted). Large 8vo. Map shows a little wear and some spotting (largely to underside), o/w. contents in fine condition. Spines gently rolled. Bound in green cloth boards, gilt lettered to spine in thor. vg. condition.
£90.00 [ref: 61813]

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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. Occ. spotting, o/w. contents fine More recently rebound in half calf leather over marbled boards, raised bands, gilt lettering and decoration to spine, all in fine condition. A handsome copy.
£1,000.00 [ref: 43937]

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