Bernard O’Hara (Ed.).

Mayo. Maigh Eo. Aspects of its Heritage.

First Edition. Galway, The Archeological, Historical and Folklore Society, Regional Technical College, 1982. 16 x 23 cm, 313 pages with numerous B&W photos, illustrations, tables etc. Original hardcover with dustjacket, now inside archival jacket. Very good in good dust jacket. Internally a bright and clean copy.

Darwin, Charles.

Journal of Researches into the Natural History and Geology of the Countries visited during the Voyage of H.M.S. ‘Beagle’ Round the World. Under the Command of Capt. Fitzroy.

Eighteenth Thousand. London, John Murray, 1888. 13 x 18 cm, x, 519 pages. With a few small B&W Illustrations in the text. Original decorated leather spine with gilt decorations and title on new boards and new marbled end papers. Professonally rebound in 2017. Marbled edges. Very good condition. New boards and marbled end papers. Original spine plate a little worn and darkened. Internally clean and bright. Some foxing, mainly to end papers and first / last pages. Gift insription on ‘half title’ page, dated 1943. A handsome little book.

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.

Grosvenor, G. & Wetmore, A. (Editors).

The Book of Birds. The first Work presenting in full color all the major Species of the United States and Canada.

VOLUME 1 ONLY. Washington D.C., National Geographic Society, 1937. 25 x 18 cm. viii, 356 pages plus two pages publishers list. Highly illustrated throughout in color and B&W. Original green cloth hard cover with gilt titles and decorations on front board and spine. Very good condition. Binding slightly rubbed and bumped with minor discolorations. Some dust dulling. Internally bright and clean.

Woodward, B.B.

The Life of the Mollusca.

First Edition. London, Methuen and Co, 1913. 19 x 12 cm. xi, 158 pages, 32 plates and a small fold out map. 33 pages publishers list. Original cloth with gilt titles on front board and spine. Very good condition. Binding rubbed, bumped, partially faded and a little stained. Internally age darkened and occasionally mildly foxed. All plates present and clean.

Himmelfarb, Gertrude.

Darwin and the Darwinian Revolution.

First Edition. London, Chatto & Windus, 1959. 21 x 13 cm. ix, 422 pages. With a frontispiece and a fold out map. Original red cloth with gilt title on spine. In original decorated dust jacket. Very good condition. Minor shelf wear, rubbing and bumping. Edges and end papers age darkened. Front hinge starting to open, but sound binding. Some edge wear to dust jacket, now in protective plastic jacket.

Bratby, Michael / Scott, Peter.

Through the Air. Adventures with Wild Fowl and Small-boat Sailing.

First Edition. London, Country Life, 1941. 24 x 18 cm. 127 pages. Illustrated with photographs and drawings by Peter Scott, including 20 original drawings in blue ink, of which one is a full page drawing. All drawings are signed or initialed. Blue Morrocco by Sangorski & Sutcliffe, London. Gilt line decorations and gilt title on spine. Raised bands. All edges gilt. Very good condition. Some rubbing and bumping to binding. Minor material losses to lower front board. Internally dust dulled and foxed. Text block clean. Inscribed by Michael Bratby ‘To the Field Marshal’. 20 original drawings by Peter Scott.

White, Gilbert.

A Naturalist’s Calendar. With Observations in various Branches of Natural History; extracted from the Papers of the late Rev. Gilbert White, M.A. of Selborne, Hampshire. Senior Fellow of Oriel College, Oxford.

First Edition. London, Printed for R. and J. White, 1795. 19 x 12 cm. iv, 170 pages plus six pages TOC. One coloured plate. Half calf over marbled boards. Gilt decorations and title on spine. Coloured end papers. Very good condition. Serious rubbing and bumping to corners, boards and spine. Age darkened and foxed throughout, some knicks and small tears, minor paper losses. Generally still a nice copy. Two Ex Libris on front paste down: Robert Wakefield and Alan Francis Brooke.

Harrisson, T.H / Harley, B.H.

Birds of the Harrow District 1925-1930 / Birds of the Harrow District. Two Volumes.

One hard cover and one pamphlet. Harrow, Harrow School, 1931 / 1949. 21 x 14 cm. 43 pages / 36 pages. Original dark cloth hard cover with black title on front board and spine / Paperback pamphlet with title and author one front board.. Very good condition. Front end papers stained from corroding staples of the pamphlet. Internally both publications and are bright and clean. The metal staples that were used for the pamphlet have corroded away completely, leaving some brown stains.

Lankaster, Owen.

The Human Body. A short Account of the Anatomical Arrangement and Physilological Functions of the Various Organs of the Human Body. Illustrated by Diagrams and a coloured Mannikin, containing the precise position and relative size of the various Organs of the Human Body, arranged in a movable form.

London, Allman & Son, Not dated. Preface dated 1892. 25 x 17 cm. 16 pages of text with B&W Illustrations. Stiff cardboard covers. Rear cover contains the ‘Mannikin’. Stiff illustrated cardboard covers with narrow red cloth ‘spine’. Very good condition. Some shelf wear, rubbing and bumping. Age darkened and a little stained in places. Some pencil annotations in text. Signature of A.F. Brooke R.F.A. on front board. Stapled text block separated from cover.