Shoberl, Frederic (author) / Landseer, Thomas (illustrator).

Natural History of Quadrupeds.

Second Edition. ND [c. 1840]. 13 x 10 cm. viii, 363 pages plus four pages publishers list. With a frontispiece and 31 other Plates. Contemporary black quarter morroco over marbled boards. Rebacked in 2022 using the original boards and the remains of the spine. New plain end papers. Very good condition. Rubbed and bumped boards. Parts of the original spine missing (see images). Edges age darkened. Occasional mild foxing. Internally clean. A nice little copy.

Sloane, Eric.

Look at the Sky.. and tell the Weather.

Revised and enlarged edition. New York, Funk and Wagnalls, 1970. 23 x 32 cm (oblong). xiii, (3), 90 pages. With Illustrations in Text and a large folding chart at the end of the book. Original blue cloth. Hard cover. Inside original price clipped dust jacket, now inside clear archival jacket. Very good condition. Ex Libris on half title page. Internally clean. A nice copy.

Stein, Amelia (Photography) / Banville, John (Foreword) / Sayers, Brendan (Introduction).

The Palm House [Signed]. [Signed by Amelia Stein, Brendan A. Sayers and John Banville, opposite title page. Hand numbered 6/100].

[Limited] Signed Edition (6/100). Dublin, The Lilliput Press, 2012. 28 x 28 cm. 127 pages. Original decorated paper covered boards. Hard cover. Fine, close to new condition.

Stringer, Christopher & Gamble, Clive

In Search of the Neanderthals. Solving the Puzzle of Human Origins.

New York, Thames and Hudson, 1993. 18cm x 26cm. 247 pages. Original Hardcover with dustjacket. Excellent condition with only minor signs of external wear.

Tannehill, Ivan Ray.

Hurricanes. Their Nature and History. Particularly Those of the West Indies and the Southern Coasts of the United States.

First Edition. Princeton, University Press, 1938. 23 x 15 cm. x, 257 pages. Illustrated. Original cloth with gilt title on front board and spine. Hard cover. Very good condition. Rubbed and bumped. Edges and end papers dust dulled. See images.

Thornton, Robert John.

Practical Botany. Being a New Illustration of the Genera of Plants, containing … The Whole arranged after the Reformed Sexual System.

First Edition. Volume 1 only. It appears that no other volumes were published. London, H.D. Symonds, J. White and J. Stockdale, 1807. 24 x 15 cm. Engraved Frontispiece, Title Page, Engraved Portrait of James Edward Smith, xviii, 85 text pages (see comments below), eight folding Tables and 102 engraved Plates. New (2022) half Buckram over marbled paper boards. Black morroco label with gilt title and author’s name. New plain end papers. Very good condition. New binding. Internally mildly age darkened / dust dulled, otherwise clean. Edge of one folding Table age darkened and frayed. Some Plates appear to be trimmed (actual page size is 23.8 cm x 15 cm). A very nice copy of this scarce Thornton publication. See images.

[Union Pacific System].

Geyserland. Yellowstone Grand Teton National Parks.

Omaha, Nebr., W.S. Basinger, Passenger Traffic Manager, Union Pacific System, ND [1935]. 25.5 x 17.5 cm. 48 pages. Illustrated throughout with B&W Photos. Two Maps. Original stiff paper covers. Gilt illustrations. Very good condition. Minor shelf wear and dust dulling. Stain and abrasion to back cover (see image). Internally bright and clean. A nice copy.

Upton, Sydney.

Australia’s Empty Spaces.

First Edition. London, George Allen & Unwin, 1938. 21 x 14 cm. 288 pages with a frontispiece and other B&W photographs. Original cloth in original dust jacket. Very good condition. Minor shelf wear, rubbing and bumping. Edges and end papers dust dulled. Minor browning/foxing to some pages. Dust jacket edge worn and dust dulled. Minor fraying to tail end of spine.

Von Michaelis, H. (Heinrich) / Allan Bird.

Our Birds. 8 Colour Plates.

Second Series. First Printing. Cape Town, ABC Press, Not dated (ca. 1960). 35 x 25 cm. A set of eight colour plates, mounted on stiff grey paper sheets. Together with a four page Introduction and Explanation. Plates and Introduction inside decorated cardboard presentation folder. Folder in plastic cover, as published. Very good condition. Some rubbing, dusting and age darkening to outer presentation folder. Colour plates are as new.

Waddington, C.H [Conrad Hal].

Organisers & Genes.

First Reprint 1947. Cambridge, at the University Press, 1947. 21.5 x 14 cm. x, (2), 160 pages with Illustrations and two Plates – complete. Original green cloth with silver title on spine. Inside original price-clipped dust jacket, now inside archival jacket. Very good in very good dust jacket. Minor shelf wear. Boards mildly faded. Dust jacket a little age darkened with short closed tear to top of spine. See images. Series: Cambridge Biological Studies.