Anon. Monmouth and its Neighbourhood. Containing an Account of the Town, Castle, and Scenery, Notices of the Parishes in the District, The Castles of Grosmont, Whitecastle, & Skenfrith, together with Tours down the Wye.
Pub. J. H. Clark. 1866 pp.44 with illus. frontis. 16mo. Softback. Inscription and library stamp to recto of frontis. Original green paper covers, showing some light wear, o/w. a thor. vg. copy. A rare survivor.
A fascinating little guide - among the more idiosyncratic entries is the description of the county gaol in Monmouth, including precise details of prisoner accomodation and punishment regimes, as well as a list of employees and their salaries.
£40.00 [ref: 55459]

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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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. 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. On the Origin of Species. By means of Natural Selection.
6th. Ed. Pub John Murray, London. 1902 pp.xxi, 703. 8vo. Original binding in fine condition, just a minor mark to front edge of rear board. Minor age-marking to fore-edges of text block, o/w. contents in fine condition. Neat private Blind-stamp to ffep and neat ownership inscription dated May 1937 to 2nd ffep. A very pleasing copy. Freeman 484.
£195.00 [ref: 50465]

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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Darwin, Charles. The Different Forms of Flowers. On Plants of the Same Species.
2nd. Ed. 3rd. Thou. Pub. John Murray. 1888 pp.xxiv, 352, plus 32 page publishers catalogue dated Feb. 1888. 8vo. Hardback. Two neat, historic signatures and one small book-label. Contents in fine condition with neat annotations to four pages of text. Original boards in nr. fine condition. A most pleasing copy. (Freeman 1283).
£350.00 [ref: 48708]

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Darwin, Charles. The Formation of Vegetable Mould. Through the Action of Worms.
1st. Ed. 11th. Thou. Pub. John Murray. 1888 pp.vii, 327 with text woodcuts, plus 32 page John Murray catalogue dated September 1888. 8vo. Light foxing to end-papers, o/w. contents in fine condition. A little spine lean. Original green cloth, in nr. fine condition. A nice copy. Freeman 1373.
In his bibliography of Darwin’s work, R.B. Freeman said of this work ‘The book was remarkably successful, selling 6,000 copies within a year, and 13,000 before the end of the century.’ In this, the 11th Thousand, Darwin included a reference to a work by P.E. Muller which he felt worthy of mention.
£125.00 [ref: 52997]

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