Adams, Arthur. The Zoology of the Voyage of H.M.S. Samarang. Crustacea, Part I & II.
1st. Ed. Pub. Reeve, Benham and Reeve. 1848-49 Two parts bound in one with 13 plates (four hand-coloured, nine uncoloured). Large 4to. Hardback. From lib. of Alexander Patience and more recently an academic library. With original wrappers bound in. Contents nr. fine. Period cloth boards with more recent library strengthening and labelling. Scarce.
Arthus Adams was assistant surgeon on board H.M.S. Samarang (an Atholl Class ship of the Royal Navy launched by the East India Company in 1822) during the survey of the Malay Archipelago between 1843 and 1846. Adams edited the ‘Zoology of the Voyage of H.M.S. Samarang and he collaborated with Adam White in the description of Crustacea from the survey.
£325.00 [ref: 62678]

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Adams, Henry and Arthur. The Genera of Recent Mollusca; Arranged according to their Organization.
1st. Ed. Pub. John van Voorst. 1858 Three volume set with 138 copper-engraved plates, 128 of which feature hand-colouring as published. Large 8vo. Hardback. Ex. Academic lib. the only indications of this being a stamp to each title-page and ffep, plus paper label to spine. Three pages a little clumsily opened, occ. minor spotting, o/w. contents fine. Publisher’s blue cloth, gilt lettered to spine, marked in places and a little shelf rubbed to extremities, o/w. thor. vg. Vol. III has benefited from sympathetic relaying of spine.
Preferred variant with hand-colouring to the soft tissue parts of the molluscs. Originally issued in Parts, this work has the text-leaf which indicates when each Part was published.
£395.00 [ref: 63124]

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Bellamy, J.C. The Natural History of South Devon.
1st. Ed. Pub. Jenkin Thomas. 1839 pp.xxvi, [ii], viii, 455 with line engravings, lithographs and five folding maps. 8vo. Hardback. Previous owner’s small label to ffep. Some spotting, minor marking and darkening, o/w. contents fine. Several subscribers’ names added to list at rear in period hand. More recently rebound in quarter cloth with printed label to spine, all in fine condition.
A detailed study written by one of the curators of The Devon and Cornwall Natural History Society concerning the geology, topography, flora and fauna of the region.
£225.00 [ref: 63551]

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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. Was £1,200.00.
£950.00 [ref: 46023]

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Buchanan White M.D., F. (Ed. (et al)). The Scottish Naturalist. A Magazine of Scottish Natural History.
1st. Ed. Perth, William Blackwood et al. 1871-1964 Sixty-nine volume set with maps, illus., and photos. 8vo. Hardback. Any spotting, which is minor, almost all confined to six vols., o/w. contents nr. fine to fine. Neat occ. annotation to title-pages. All bound in period cloth in thor. vg. to nr. fine condition (minor splash marks to three vols.) apart from six vols., more recently sympathetically rebound and in fine condition. All vols. from 1892 onwards have the charming bookplate of Dougal Graham Andrew (1926-2021), with a copy of his fascinating obituary from Scottish Birds loosely inserted. An excellent run. Scarce.
A fascinating insight into Scottish natural history. Early contributors included leading lights of the time - John Harvie-Brown, Prof. C.C. Babington, Mordecai, C. Cooke, J.P. Duncan and many others. Published thus - The Scottish Naturalist 1871/2 to 1891; The Annals of Scottish Natural History 1892-1911 and The Scottish Naturalist 1912 to 1964.
£1,495.00 [ref: 63161]

Buckland, The Rev. William. Geology and Mineralogy. Considered with Reference to Natural Theology.
2nd. Ed. Pub. William Pickering. 1837 Two volume set with 87 fine plates including the large fold-out hand-coloured plate of the Earth’s Crust by Thomas Webster. 8vo. Hardbacks. Some plates with scattered spotting, o/w. contents exceptionally clean and fine. Bound in original publisher’s cloth with very light shelf-wear, all in thor. vg. to nr. fine condition. From the library of Robert Berkeley, Esq. Spetchley, Worcestershire.
Buckland’s detailed contribution to the Bridgewater Treatises.
£500.00 [ref: 61816]

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Claridge, John. The Shepherd of Banbury’s Rules. To judge the Changes of the Weather, Grounded on Forty Years’ Experience; By which you may know the Weather for several Days to come, and in some Cases for Months.
New. Corr. Ed. Pub. Thomas Hurst, Edward Chance, & Co. 1827 pp.xi, [i], 56. 8vo. Hardback. Some spotting to ffep, o/w. contents fine. Contemporary quarter burgundy morocco over paper covered boards in nr. fine condition. A very pleasing copy.
£100.00 [ref: 61817]

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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]

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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.
17th. Thou. Pub. John Murray. 1888 pp.x, 519, with b/w. illus. 8vo. Hardback. A little marking to last few leaves, o/w. contents fine. More recently professionally rebound in green cloth over marbled boards with gilt lettering to spine, all in fine condition.
£125.00 [ref: 62855]

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Darwin, Charles. On the Origin of Species. By means of Natural Selection.
2nd. Ed. 2nd. Issue. Pub. John Murray, London. 1860 pp.ix, 502 with half-title, fold-out lithographic diagram plus 32-page John Murray catalogue (dated Jan. 1860). 8vo. Hardback. With ‘Fifth Thousand’ on title-page as called for by Freeman. With charming insc. ‘Clarence Harcourt, 1860, October’ to top blank margin of title-page. Front internal hinge very slightly tender. A very minor amount of spotting, o/w. contents fine. Original decorated green cloth (with binder’s ticket of Edmonds & Remnants, London) very bright, extremities very lightly rubbed. A most pleasing copy. Freeman 376, binding variant ‘a’.
The 1,250 copies of the first edition of 1859 were sold out almost immediately and this revised second edition (identified by ‘fifth thousand’ on the title-page) was published just three months later. In a very important addition to the text, Darwin here tries to reconcile the theory of evolution with the traditional conception of God’s creation of the world.
£8,500.00 [ref: 65484]

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