Ebers, G. / Birch, S. (Introduction) / Bell, Clara (Translator).

Egypt: Descriptive, Historical, and Picturesque.

Volume 1 ONLY! London, Paris, New York & Melbourne, Cassell & Company, 1887. 32 x 24 cm. xxiv, 314 pages. Illustrated thoughout. Original decorated cloth. Hard cover. Bevelled boards. Gilt title and decorations. Very good condition. Some shelf wear, rubbing and bumping. Edges and end papers age darkened. Occasional mild foxing internally, otherwise clean.

Edey, Maitland A. / Johanson, Donald C.

Blueprints. Solving the Mystery of Evolution.

Boston, Little, Brown & Company, 1989. 16.5 x 24 cm. X, 418 pages. Original Hardcover with original dustjacket. Excellent condition with only minor signs of external wear. Dustjacket and binding in very good condition. Pages tight and clean.

Ellison, Norman F.

The Mammals of Hilbre Islands.

Arbroath, T. Buncle & Co., [1955]. 21 x 14 cm. Eight page reprint of an article published in The North Western Naturalist Sep./Dec. 1955. Small pamphlet with brown paper covers with title on front cover. Very good condition. Slightly dust dulled. Staples corroded and rusty, causing stains around them. With inscription to Lord Alanbrook on front cover.

Fahy, Edward.

Child of the Tides. A Seat Trout Handbook.

First Edition. Dun Laoghaire, The Glendale Press, 1985. 24 x 17 cm. 188 pages. Illustrated. Original blue cloth. Hard cover. Inside original dust jacket. Very good in very good dust jacket. Name of previous owner on half title page. Internally bright and clean.

Fairley, James.

Irish Whales and Whaling.

First Edition. Belfast, Blackstaff Press, 1981. 21 x 15 cm. (12), 218 pages. Original cloth. Hard cover. Inside original dust jacket. Near fine condition. A bright clean copy.

Fortune, Robert.

Three Years’ Wanderings in the Northern Provinces of China. Including a Visit to the Tea, Slik, and Cotton Countries: with an Account of the Agriculture and Horticulture of the Chinese, New Plants, etc. With numerous Illustrations.

Second Edition. London, John Murray, 1847. 21.5 x 13.5 cm. xxiv, 420 pages. With a Map, illustrated title page, three tinted lithographed Plates and Illustrations in text. Illustrations complete, as listed. Later dark cloth (leather texture). Hard cover, with gilt title on spine. Later end papers. Very good condition. Minor shelf wear, rubbing and bumping. Edges and end papers dust dulled. Name of previous owner (made unreadable) on front paste down. Small book seller / binder paper label ( ‘Ye Olde Printerie, Ltd. China Building Hong Kong’ on front paste down (see image). Name and address of a previous owner on verso of frontispiece (see image). Internally mildly age darkened and occasionally foxed. See images. Large corner of page 415/416 missing and later repaired (see image). Overall a nice copy in a sturdy modern binding.

Freeman, Edward A.

The Historical Geography of Europe. In two Volumes. Volume 1: Text & Volume 2: Maps.

Second Edition. London, Longmans, Green, and Co., 1882. 21 x 14 cm. Vol.1: xlviii, 629 pages / Vol.2: viii, 65 coloured maps. Full contemporary calf. School Prize Binding (‘Schola Civitatis Londinensis’). Gilt titles and decorations. Marbled edges and end papers. Dentelles. Very good condition. Some shelf wear, rubbing and bumping. Small losses to spine labels of volume 2. Edges dust dulled. End papers age darkened. Name of previous owner neatly inscribed in ink in both volumes. Internally bright and clean. A very nice set.

Gosse, Philip Henry.

A Manual of Marine Zoology for the British Isles.

[First Edition]. Two Volumes. London, John Van Voorst, 1855, 1856. 16 x 10 cm. Vol.1: xi, 203 pages / Vol.2: iv, 239 pages. With B&W Illustrations in text. Uniform dark green cloth. Hard covers. Gilt titles and decorations on spine. Very good condition. Rubbed and bumped. Dust dulled. Name stamp of previous owner on end paper / title page.

Gosse, Philip Henry.

Life. In its Lower, Intermediate and Higher Forms: or, Manifestations of the Divine Wisdom in the Natural History of Animals.

Third Edition. London, James Nisbet and Co., 1870. 17 x 11 cm. viii, 363 pages. Illustrated throughout in B&W. Some full page illustrations. Original green cloth, with gilt, black and blind decorations to boards and spine. Very Good condition. Ex Library with library ‘ex libris’ on front paste down and some stamps inside. Some age darkening, browning and foxing. Minor rubbing and bumping to binding. Internally nice and clean. Small bookbinders sticker on rear end paper (Bound by Burn & Co.). A nice volume.

Gould, Stephen Jay.

The Lying Stones of Marrakech: Penultimate Reflections in Natural History.

First Edition. New York, Harmony Books, Crown Publishers Inc., 2000. 16cm x 24cm. 372 pages. Original hardcover with dustjacket. Excellent condition.