Peary, Robert E. Northward over the “Great Ice”. A narrative of Life and Work along the Shores and upon the Interior Ice-Cap of Northern Greenland in the Years 1886 and 1891-1897.
1st. English Ed. Pub. Methuen. 1898 Two volume set with portrait frontis., to each volume, large folding map, one folding panoramic photo., and nearly 800 illus., mostly photographic. 8vo. Hardbacks. Charming, neat dedication (dated 1907) to Vol. I. Original decorated, gilt lettered, publisher’s cloth. A nr. fine set.
£750.00 [ref: 56776]

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Peary, Robert E. The North Pole.
1st. Ed. Pub. Hodder & Stoughton. 1910 pp.[i], xii, 326 with 116 illustrations from photographs. 4to. Hardback. Neat inscription dated 1915 to ffep. Some light spotting, o/w. contents fine. Original decorated cloth boards exceptionally bright and in nr. fine condition. Comes with publisher’s illustrated presentation box, showing some age and neat restoration. Comes with 6 related newspaper articles (from 1925 to 2006) discussing ‘Peary and the Pole’ and attempts to recreate his feat. A very pleasing copy with the scarce presentation box.
£725.00 [ref: 56725]

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Plot, Robert. The Natural History of Oxford-shire, Being an Essay toward the Natural History of England.
1st. Ed. Pub. Printed at the Theater in Oxford. 1677 pp.[xii, 358, [xii] with magnificent map of Oxfordshire, illus. title-page, 16 full-page plates and imprimatur leaf. Small folio. Hardback. Charming bookplate of George Bowden. Small, light coloured, mark to inner corner of blank margin bottom edge, o/w. contents very clean, bright and nr. fine. Contemporary full calf boards with more recent morocco spine retaining original spine title label, corners neatly reapaired, all in vg. plus condition. A very pleasing copy.
£1,850.00 [ref: 65511]

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Roberts, Peter. The Cambrian Popular Antiquities; Or an account of some Traditions, Customs, and Superstitions, of Wales with observations as to their origin, &. &c.
Printed for E. Williams. 1815 pp.[ii], viii, 360 with 9 fine hand-coloured plates and 1 b/w. plate. 8vo. Hardback. Very minor indications of age, o/w. contents exceptionally clean and in fine condition. Recent handsome half leather over marbled boards, with gilt lettering to spine, very gently sunned to spine o/w. in fine condition. A very pleasing copy.
£250.00 [ref: 68557]

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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. Was £525.00.
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. In ‘The Naturalist in Australia’ he wanted to present ‘glimpses of the Faunal and Floral products of that magnificent component of our Empire - the Island Continent of Australia.’ He wanted to present the peculiarities that he observed over almost 12 years. His liberal use of quality photographs are important examples of the effective use of this medium for scientific illustration.
£450.00 [ref: 47705]

Smith, Sir Andrew. Illustrations of the Zoology of South Africa.
Ltd. Ed. Fac. Pub. Winchester Press, Johannesburg. 1977 Three volume set with 281 fine colour and b/w. plates (two numbered 8 in Vol. I as published). Large 4to. Hardbacks. Fore-edges of text block showing some spotting, o/w. contents fine. Bound in original full leather with gilt lettering and decoration in nr. fine condition. A limited edition of just 350 sets, this being No.69.
"This handsome and valuable work gives full particulars of the natural history subjects of South Africa, collected by Dr. Andrew Smith's expedition" (Mendelssohn), which explored... parts of Cape Colony, Natal and "Kaffirland". The plates, "of a very high order", were mostly executed by George Ford "from specimens either living or recently dead" (Preface).
£500.00 [ref: 58170]

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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 indeed.
£525.00 [ref: 38262]

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von Lendenfeld, Robert. A Monograph of the Horny Sponges.
1st. Ed. Pub. for the Royal Society by Trubner and Co. 1889 pp.iv, 936 with 51 plates. Large 4to. Hardback. Ex. academic lib. Minor spotting, very largely confined to three plates, o/w. contents exceptionally clean and fine. More recent camel colour cloth, gilt lettered, in nr. fine condition.
An important and comprehensive work dedicated to the study of the orders Monoceratina and Hexaceratina, published on behalf of the Royal Society.
£120.00 [ref: 61980]

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