Pouchet, F.A. / Ainsworth Davis, J.R. (editor).

The Universe. Or the Infinitely Great and the Infinitely Little.

New Edition. London, Blackie and Son, ND [c. 1900-1910]. 22 x 15 cm. xvi, 576 pages. Illustrated throughout. Original decorated cloth. Hard cover. All edges gilt. Very good condition. Some shelf wear, rubbing and bumping. Occasional very mild foxing. Internally clean.

Praeger, R.L. / Stewart, S.A.

A Supplement to the Flora of the North-East of Ireland of Stewart and Corry. Being and Appendix (No. 5 of Vol. 2) to the Proceedings of the Belfast Naturalists’ Filed Club. For 1894-95.

[Belfast], Belfast Naturalists’ Field Club, 1895. 21 x 14 cm. Paper cover, Title Page followed by pages 136-236. Paper covers with title on front cover. Plain rear paper cover in tatters. Held together by a white plastic tape (see image). Very good condition. Covers age darkened. Some paper loss to rear cover. Internall bright and clean.

Praeger, Robert Lloyd.

A Populous Solitude. [Signed].

First Edition. Dublin, Hodges, Figgis & Co., 1941. 18.5 x 12 cm. (8), 271 pages. Complete with nine Illustrations (incl. frontispiece). Original black cloth with title on spine. Very good condition. Minor shelf wear, rubbing and bumping. Edges and end end papers age darkened. Inscribed by the author on front free end paper, dated 1941. Internally bright and clean.

Praeger, Robert Lloyd.

The Way That I Went. An Irishman in Ireland.

First Edition. Dublin, Hodges, Figgis & Co., 1937. 24 x 16 cm. xiii, 394 pages. With a frontispiece, 38 photographic plates and a large folding map, as called for. Small illustrations in text. Original blue cloth, inside original pale dust jacket, now inside archival jacket. Deckle edges. Very good in good dust jacket. Some shelf wear, rubbing and bumping. Spine ends just starting to fray. Edges and end papers age darkened. Very mild spotting to first and last few pages. Internally bright and clean. Dust jacket with small paper losses to spine ends and corners. Now inside protective clear jacket. A nice copy in the rare dust jacket. See images.

Pratt, Ambrose.

The Lore of the Lyrebird. With a foreword by Sir Colin Mackenzie

Second Edition. Sydney, The Endeavour Press, 1935. 21.8cm x 13.9cm. 71 pages. With 16 illustrations. Original Hardcover. Very good condition with only minor signs of external wear.

Roland, Arthur.

Farming for Pleasure and Profit. Third Section. Tree-Planting for Ornamentation or Profit, suitable to every Soil and Situation.

London, Chapman and Hall, 1879. 20 x 13 cm. viii, 157 pages, plus 32 pages publishers list. Original green cloth with gilt titles on front board and spine. Black and blind decorations. Illustrated end papers. Very good condition. Minor shelf wear, rubbing and bumping. Edges and end papers dust dulled. Internally clean. A nice copy.

Saunders, Edward.

The Hymenoptera Aculeata of the British Islands. A descriptive Account of the Families, Genera, and Species Indigenous to Great Britain and Ireland, with Notes as to Habits, Localities, Habitats etc.

First Edition. London, L. Reeve & Co., 1896. 21 x 13 cm. viii, 391 pages. With three Plates in B&W. Green cloth hard cover with gilt title on spine. Very good condition. Some shelf wear, rubbing and bumping. Edges age darkened. Internally clean.

Scott, Peter.

Key to the Wildfowl of the World.

Slimbridge, Gloucestershire, Severn Wildfowl Trust, [1951]. 24 x 15 cm. Booklet consists of 23 Plates and text explanations on the opposite side. Pamphlet with light grey paper covers. Very good condition. Dust dulled throughout. Mild water staining on covers and first two pages.

Scott, Peter.

Morning Flight. A Book of Wildfowl. Illustrated with Reproductions from the Author’s Paintings and a Self-Portrait.

Signed Limited Edition. No. 199 / 750. London, Country Life Limited, 1935. 32 x 25 cm. xiii, (2), 138 pages. Illustrated throughout in colour and B&W. Original black and brown cloth with title and author on front board and spine. Top edge gilt, fore and tail edge deckle. In original decorated dust jacket. Very good condition in good dust jacket. Minor shelf wear, rubbing and bumping to corners, boards and spine. Binding dust dulled and faded. Edges and end papers dust dulled. Very faded inscription from Peter Scott to Alanbrooke (?), signed Peter and dated 3rd November 1935. Text mostly unreadable. Signed and numbered (199) by Peter Scott. Occasional mild foxing. Internally clean. Dust jacket worn and age darkened. Minor paper losses to top of spine. Now in protective jacket.

Scott, Peter.

The Eye of the Wind. An Autobiography – Association Copy.

First Edition. London, Hodder and Stoughton, 1961. 22 x 14 cm. xxii, 679 pages. Illustrated with B&W sketches in the text and several coloured plates. Original blue cloth with facsimile signature in gilt on front board. Gilt title on spine. In original price clipped dust jacket. Illustrated end papers. Very good condition. Cloth binding faded/discoloured. Minor shelf wear, rubbing and bumping. Edges dust dulled. Dust dulling and some edge wear to dust jacket. Inscribed by the author: ‘For Brookie with love and admiration from Peter. 19th June 1961’.