Bewick, Thomas. A General History of Quadrupeds.
4th. Ed. Pub. Hodgson, Beilby and Bewick, Newcastle upon Tyne. 1800 pp.x, 525 and errata, with 325 fine wood engravings by Thomas Bewick. Imperial 8vo. Hardback. All edges marbled. Contemporary ink doodles to two pages. Contents exceptionally clean and fine. Very handsomely bound in half-calf, spine lettered and decorated in gilt, all in excellent, nr. fine condition. A very pleasing copy.
‘Apart from textual revisions and new cuts, the present edition is notable for the introduction of ‘Scientific names’, also as being the first edition of the Quadrupeds to appear in imperial 8vo form....’ Roscoe. Only 230 copies of this issue were taken.
£495.00 [ref: 56704]

Bewick, Thomas. A Memoir of Thomas Bewick. Written by himself. Embellished by numerous wood engravings designed and engraved by the Author for a work on British Fishes, and never before published.
Pub. Newcastle and London. 1862 pp.xix, [i], 344 with wood engravings. 8vo. Hardback. TEG. Bookplate and signature of Constance Herbert (1909). Contents in very crisp, fine condition. Original half-morocco, gilt spine, over green cloth in thor. vg. condition. A very pleasing copy.
£120.00 [ref: 56705]

Bracken, H. Farriery Improved: or, a Complete Treatise upon the Art of Farriery. Wherein is fully explain’d the Nature, Structure, and Mechanism of that Noble and Useful Creature, A Horse; the Diseases and Accidents he is liable to, and the methods of cure.
Pub. A. Miller. 1788 Volume one only. pp. 303 plus index. Scattered foxing to contents. Front board held in place by two of the original five cords. Rear hinge cracked. Bound in full calf leather, rubbed to board in places. Binding sound meaning the book can be read. With the inscription of William Guest dated April 17th 1793 to ffep. and rfep.
£75.00 [ref: 46805]

Brookes, Samuel. An Introduction to the Study of Conchology. Including Observations on the Linnaean Genera, and on the Arrangement of M. Lamarck; A Glossary, and a Table of English Names.
1st. Ed. Pub. J. Arch. 1815 pp.vii, 164 with 11 copper engraved plates of which 9 are hand-coloured. Folio. Hardback. The magnificent plates are in nr. fine condition as are the rest of the contents. More recently, very handsomely bound in brown half calf leather over marbled boards with 5 raised bands, gilt lettering and blind tooling. Sewn headbands. Binding in fine condition. Overall a near fine copy of this sought after work.
£1,000.00 [ref: 46023]

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Collingwood, Cuthbert. Rambles of a Naturalist on the shores and waters of the China Sea. Being observations in natural history during a voyage to China, Formosa, Borneo, Singapore, etc.
1st. Ed. Pub. John Murray. 1868 pp.[iv], xiii, [i], 443, [i], 2 (ads) with illus. frontis., two further plates plus 5 illus. in text.8vo. Hardback. Light spotting to blank end-papers, o/w. contents fine. Small blind-stamp of W.H. Smith (186 Strand) Lib. Some restoration to internal hinges. Original blue cloth in very good plus condition, with gilt decoration to spine and lozenge to boards, gently pulled and gently darkened spine. Scarce.
Collingwood (1826-1908) was an English naturalist, surgeon and physician. He was elected Fellow of the Linnean Society in 1853. Between 1866 and 1867, he served as surgeon and naturalist on HMS Rifleman and HMS Serpent during their voyages to the China Seas - his experiences led to the production of this fascinating, observational volume.
£800.00 [ref: 56752]

Darwin, C. On the Structure and Distribution of Coral Reefs.
3rd. Ed. Pub. Ward, Lock & Co. [1891] pp.xx, 549 with fold-out plates. Original peacock blue boards in vg. condition. Contents vg. to fine. Freeman 284.
£100.00 [ref: 43009]

Darwin, Charles. A Naturalist’s Voyage. Journal of Researches into the Natural History and Geology of the Countries Visited During the Voyage of H.M.S. ‘Beagle’ Round the World.
15th. Thou. Pub. Murray. 1882 pp.x, 519, 32 with b/w. illus. 8vo. Hardback. Contemporary signature to ffep. Bookplate. Scattered foxing at ends, o/w. contents thor. vg. Original green cloth boards, with gilt lettering in very good condition, showing some shelf-wear at spine ends. Freeman 38.
£325.00 [ref: 55956]

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Darwin, Charles. A Naturalist’s Voyage. Journal of Researches into the Natural History and Geology of the Countries Visited During the Voyage of H.M.S. ‘Beagle’ Round the World.
15th. Thou. Pub. John Murray. 1882 pp.x, 519, 32 with b/w. illus. 8vo. Light coloured Prison lib. stamp on ffep. Scattered foxing to first few pages. Some numbers written in pencil to rear paste-down, o/w. contents very clean and in thor. vg. condition. Original green cloth boards gently marked and rubbed in places o/w. vg. A vg. hdbk. Freeman 38.
£150.00 [ref: 53303]

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Darwin, Charles. Insectivorous Plants.
1st. Ed. 3rd. Thou. Pub. John Murray, London. 1875 pp.x, 462 with some figs. in text. Scattered light foxing at ends o/w. contents in fine condition. Original boards in thoroughly vg. condition. Freeman No. 1219. A nice, early copy.
£700.00 [ref: 42994]

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Darwin, Charles. The Descent of Man. And selection in relation to sex.
1st. Ed. 2nd. Issue. Pub. John Murray. 1871 Two volumes. Original green John Murray binding which has benefitted from professional repairs to the spine ends of both volumes, and repairs to the internal hinges. With bookplate of Nils Fries to the front paste-down of both volumes and his neat signature to ffep of both volumes also. Contents beautifully clean and seemingly unread. Boards very bright and with one minor scuff to the spine of volume 1; o/w. in thoroughly vg. condition. Board height 195mm. A nice set, hard to find in original bindings which are much preferred by Darwin collectors. Scarce. (Freeman 938).
The first issue of ‘The Descent of Man’ had a print-run of just 2,500 copies. It was published in February 1871, closely followed in March 1871 by the second issue printing of a further 2,000 copies. Controversially received like ‘Origin of Species’ before it, the word ‘evolution’ occurs here for the first time in any of Darwin’s works. It can be found on page 2 of the first volume.
£1,850.00 [ref: 46420]

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