The cruise of the Avocet: in search of skuas and other things.
Adelaide: Reprinted from The Register, [1917]. Sextodecimo, photographs. Publisher's printed wrappers, very good copy, scarce. More
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The internal structure of fossil vegetables found in the carboniferous and oolitic deposits of Great Britain, described and illustrated.
Edinburgh: Adam and Charles Black, 1833. Quarto, 16 engraved plates. Contemporary full calf, expertly rebacked, a "prize" binding with a contemporary written inscription pasted in. Henry Witham (1779- 1844) was the first English person to investigate the internal structure of fossil plants by sectioning the specimens and was a founder..... More
The life and habits of wild animals illustrated by designs by Joseph Wolf, engraved by J.W. and Edward Whymper.
London: Alexander MacMillan, 1874. Folio, 20 wood-cut plates. Handsome contemporary (publisher's?) full blue morocco with gilt design, all edges gilt, some minor wear, a very good copy. More
Alpine plants: figures and descriptions of some of the most striking and beautiful of the alpine flowers.
London: George Bell and Sons, 1874. Tall octavo, 108 chromolithographed plates. Publisher's blue blindstamped and gilt decorated cloth, some flecking otherwise a bright crisp set. More