Collectable and Antiquarian Books on Entomology and other Natural History Subjects

Collectable and Antiquarian

British Entomology. Vol. I-VI

by Curtis, John

Cat No. : 47878, Published : 1824-1829, Illustrations : 290 hand-coloured engraved plates

Hardback £2,700.00

First six volumes only, with plates 1-289, 205* (the complete work consists of 16 volumes and 770 plates). The fine hand coloured engravings each include an insect along with a plant with which it is (more)

A Monograph of the Genus Teracolus. Pts I-XI (all published)

by Sharpe, E.M.B.

Cat No. : 47690, Published : [1898-1902], Illustrations : 44 hand-col plates

Hardback £850.00

Fine illustrated monograph on this group of Pierid butterflies. Originally planned in 24 parts, only 11 were published. The title page and index were issued in 1914. Fine hand-coloured plates are (more)

Varieties of British Butterflies

by Frohawk, F.W.

Cat No. : 47868, Published : [1946], Illustrations : 48 col plates

Hardback £110.00

Dated 1938, but this is the later reprint (remaining stock of the first printing was destroyed during the second world war). (more)

Monographia Pselaphidarum et Scydmaenidarum Britanniae: An Essay on the British Species of the Genera Pselaphus, of Hebst, and Scydmaenus, of Latreille

by Denny, Henry

Cat No. : 47508, Published : 1825, Illustrations : 14 hand-col plates

Hardback £350.00

First edition. Scarce. Engraved, hand-coloured plates by the author. With dedication page (to William Kirby), and a list of subscribers. This monograph treats the species of the beetle subfamilies (more)

The Birds of Travancore & Cochin

by Ali, S.

Cat No. : 47199, Published : 1953, Illustrations : 16 col + 6 b/w plates, endpaper maps

Hardback £100.00

This book is based on surveys carried out by the author in 1931-2 and 1947. More than 360 are described, and 101 species illustrated in colour. (more)

A Treatise on the Esculent Funguses of England, containing an Account of their Classical History, Uses, Characters, Development, Structure, Nutritious Properties, Modes of Cooking and Preserving, &c.

by Badham, Charles David

Cat No. : 47636, Published : 1847, Illustrations : hand-col frontis, 17 hand-col plates, 3 plain plates

Hardback £325.00

First edition. Charles David Badham (1805-1857) was an English naturalist, who wrote several books on insects, fish, and fungi. The present book is said to have introduced many varieties of mushrooms (more)

The Gardens and Menagerie of the Zoological Society Delineated. Vol. I: Quadrupeds; Vol. II: Birds

by [Bennett, E.T.] (Ed.)

Cat No. : 45567, Published : 1831, Illustrations : numerous woodcut illustrations

Hardback £300.00

Originally published in parts in 1830 by Thomas Tegg & N. Hailes (Vol. I) and John Sharpe (Vol. II), unsold stock of the completed work were bought by Charles Tilt and reissued with new titles in (more)

New Naturalist 70-83: 'The Golden 14': The Natural History of Orkney; British Warblers; Heathland; The New Forest; Ferns; Freshwater Fishes of the British Isles; The Hebrides; The Soil; British Larks, Pipits & Wagtails; Caves and Cave Life; Wild and Garde

by Berry, R.J.; Simms, E.; Webb, N.; Tubbs, C.R.; Page, C.N.; Maitland, P.S.; Campbell, R.N.; Boyd, J.M.; Boyd, I.L.; Davis, B.; Walker, N.; Ball, D.; Chapman, P.; Walters, M.; Majerus, M.E.N.; Marren, P

Cat No. : 46353, Published : 1985-1996, Illustrations : col+b/w illus

Hardback £3,600.00

A set of the New Naturalist 'Golden 14' - All first editions, published in short print runs - the rarest titles in the series.

70: The Natural History of Orkney (1985) by R.J. Berry, and (more)

A History of British Birds. Vol. I: Land Birds [and] Vol. II: Water Birds

by Bewick, Thomas

Cat No. : 47495, Published : 1816, Illustrations : text engravings

Hardback £320.00

Illustrated with wood engravings by Thomas Bewick. Printed by Edward Walker, for T. Bewick: Sold by him, and Longman and Co., London. Vol. I: Land Birds - 6th edition; Vol. II: Water Birds - 4th (more)

A Book of White Flowers

by Cameron, E.

Cat No. : 46521, Published : 1980, Illustrations : 24 col plates

Hardback £225.00

Scarce. The book was issued as a limited edition of 250 signed copies - this is an out-of-series, unnumbered and unsigned copy, sent for review. 24 fine colour plates by the botanical artist (more)

Moths of Great Britain and Ireland: A Field Guide to All the Macromoths [SIGNED]

by Clancy, S.; Top-Jensen, M.; Fibiger, M.

Cat No. : 45834, Published : 2012, Illustrations : 60 col plates, 1200 photos

Paperback £50.00

This field guide contains all 874 species of macromoth occurring naturally in Britain and Ireland. They are listed in a new systematic order and classified using the most recent nomenclature adopted (more)

A Fern Book for Everybody

by Cooke, M.C.

Cat No. : 47645, Published : 1889, Illustrations : 12 col plates, text figs

Hardback £85.00

Containing all the British ferns. With the foreign species suitable for a fernery. A late-Victorian guide to the study and cultivation of ferns. Scarce. Chromolithographic plates. Publisher's ads (more)

The Birds of Paradise and Bower Birds

by Cooper, W.T.; Forshaw, J.M.

Cat No. : 44831, Published : 1979, Illustrations : 60 col plates, b/w illus, maps

£275.00

Reprint. This book was first published in 1977. Fine colour plates by the Australian ornithological artist, William T. Cooper, depict all known species of birds of paradise and bower birds in their (more)

The Biology of the Coleoptera

by Crowson, R.A.

Cat No. : 47760, Published : 1981, Illustrations : b/w photos, 319 text figs, tables (1 folding)

Hardback £350.00

Scarce classic work. (more)

The Waterfowl of the World. Vol. 1-4

by Delacour, J.

Cat No. : 47143, Published : 1974, Illustrations : 66 col plates, distribution maps

£120.00

Reprinted 1974 (first published 1954-64). Illustrations by Peter Scott. (more)

Japonica Magnifica

by Elick, D.; Booth, R.

Cat No. : 47685, Published : 1992, Illustrations : 64 col plates (some double-page) + 2 signed col plates

Hardback £250.00

Edition limited to 210 numbered copies. This copy # 92/210. Includes two specially comissioned plates signed by the artist, Raymond Booth. (more)

Die Käfer Mitteleuropas: Systematik 1-13 [and] Katalog

by Freude, H.; Harde, K.W.; Lohse, G.A.; Lucht, W.H.

Cat No. : 47871, Published : 1964-2009, Illustrations : text figs

Hardback £650.00

Text German. Systematik 1-13 + Katalogue. Vol. 13 reprint (2009) by Spektrum. Lacking the final two supplementary volumes (14 & 15) of the Systematik series. (more)

The Myth of the Pent Cuckoo: a Study in Folklore

by Field, J.E.

Cat No. : 47189, Published : 1913, Illustrations : b/w frontis, 3 b/w plates

Hardback £50.00

First edition. ‘The first purpose of this work includes a scientific enquiry into the meaning and value of the wide-spread story of the men who pent, or hedged in, the Cuckoo, which appears in the (more)

Flintoft's Collection of the British Ferns in the English Lake District

by Flintoft, [Joseph]

Cat No. : 46126, Published : [c. 1858]

Hardback £650.00

37 leaves of dried, mounted specimens of ferns and allied plants (clubmosses, horsetail, etc.) found in the Lake District, each with manuscript caption giving Latin name, English name and locality. (more)

Text-Book of Geology

by Geikie, A.

Cat No. : 47522, Published : 1893, Illustrations : folding frontis, 471 text figs

Hardback £75.00

Third edition, revised and enlarged. (more)

Remarks on Forest Scenery, and other Woodland Views. Vol. I-II

by Gilpin, W.; Lauder, T.D. (Ed.)

Cat No. : 47646, Published : 1834, Illustrations : 20 plain lithographic plates (including map of the New Forest)

Hardback £150.00

A new edition published after the author's death, with additional material and illustrations. This book was first published in 1791 and partly relates to the scenery of the New Forest, Hampshire. (more)

Niger Flora; or an enumeration of the plants of western tropical Africa, collected by the late Dr. Theodore Vogel, botanist to the voyage of the expedition sent by Her Britannic Majesty to the River Niger in 1841, under the command of Capt. H.D. Trotter,

by Hooker, W.J.

Cat No. : 47194, Published : 1849, Illustrations : tinted lithographic frontis, 1 plain lithographic plate, 43 (7 double-page) folding plates, 1 map

Hardback £1,500.00

Including Spicilegia Gorgonea, by P.B. Webb Esq., and Flora Nigritiana, by Dr. J.D. Hooker, R.N., F.R.S., and George Bentham Esq., with a sketch of the life of Dr. Vogel. First edition. The German (more)

Flora of West Tropical Africa. Vol. I-III [with] Supplement

by Hutchinson, J.; Dalziel, J.M.; Alston, A.H.G.

Cat No. : 47193, Published : 1954-1972, Illustrations : 1 b/w frontis, 2 folding maps, 462 text figs

Hardback £195.00

Second edition. Vols. I-III (in 5 parts), with the Supplement, 'The Ferns and Fern allies of West Tropical Africa' (1959). (more)

Birds of Great Britain and Ireland. Pt. I-IV (Jardine's Naturalist's Library. Ornithology. Vol. IX, X, XII, XIV)

by Jardine, William

Cat No. : 47156, Published : 1838-1843, Illustrations : 4 portrait frontispieces, 4 engraved titles vignettes (2 hand-col), 129 hand-col plates, text engravings

Hardback £260.00

Parts I, III, & IV, first editions. Part II, a later undated re-issue by H.G. Bohn. Complete with all plates as called for. Pt 1: Birds of Prey (1838); Pt II: Incessores (n.d.); Pt III: Rasores and (more)

The Natural History of the Felinae The Naturalist's Library. Mammalia Vol. II

by Jardine, William

Cat No. : 47325, Published : 1834, Illustrations : engraved portrait frontis, engraved title, 36 hand-col plates, text woodcuts

Hardback £180.00

This volume contains a memoir of Cuvier with an accompanying engraved portrait. (more)

Humming-Birds. Vol. I-II (Jardine's Naturalist's Library. Ornithology. Vol. I)

by Jardine, William

Cat No. : 47512, Published : 1833-1834, Illustrations : 2 engraved portrait frontis, 2 hand-coloured title vignettes, 64 hand-col plates

Hardback £400.00

Vol. I, title-page dated 1834 (first published 1833), Vol. II, first edition, 1833. Include memoirs of Linnaeus and Pennant with accompanying engraved portraits.

Anker 223. (more)

British Conchology or an account of the Mollusca which now inhabit the British Isles and the surrounding seas. Vol. I-V

by Jeffreys, J.G.

Cat No. : 47511, Published : 1862-1869, Illustrations : 5 col frontis-pieces, 102 hand-col + 40 plain plates

Hardback £750.00

First edition, scarce with the 102 plates in Vol. V hand coloured, these more usually being found uncoloured. The 40 plain plates (8 in each volume) are never coloured. Plates by G.B. Sowerby. (more)

A Manual of the Infusoria. Vol. I-III

by Kent, W. Saville

Cat No. : 45576, Published : 1880-1882, Illustrations : col frontis, 52 plates

Hardback £300.00

'Including a description of all known Flagellate, Ciliate, and Tentaculiferous Protozoa, Britsih and Foreign, and an Account of the Organization and Affinities of the Sponges.' Vol. I-II: Text; Vol. (more)

The Botany of the Malvern Hills in the counties of Worcester, Hereford, and Gloucester

by Lees, E.

Cat No. : 45864, Published : [1868], Illustrations : col frontis

Hardback £75.00

With a succinct account of their geology, physical geography, climate &c.; the precise stations of the rarer plants, and the most interesting localities. Third edition, enlarged and (more)

Manwood's Treatise of the Forest Laws: Shewing Not only the Laws now in Force, but the Original of Forests, what they are, and how They differ from Cases, Parks, and Warrens; with all such Things as are incident to either

by Manwood, John

Cat No. : 45804, Published : 1717

Hardback £350.00

Fourth edition, corrected and enlarged. Manwood had a first version of his book printed for private circulation, in or about 1592, as A Brefe Collection of the Lawes of the Forest; an enlarged (more)

Thirty-Eight Plates, with Explanations; intended to illustrate Linnaeus's System of Vegetables

by Martyn, Thomas

Cat No. : 47491, Published : 1799, Illustrations : 38 hand-col plates

Hardback £325.00

… and particularly adapted to the Letters on the Elements of Botany [addressed to a Lady by the celebrated Jean Jacques Rousseau]. Third edition. Plates drawn and engraved by Fred. P. Nodder. In this (more)

Fragrant Flowers and Leaves: Interesting Associations Gathered from Many Sources, with Notes on their History and Utility

by McDonald, D.

Cat No. : 47631, Published : n.d. [c. 1900], Illustrations : 16 col plates

Hardback £60.00

With an introduction by W. Robinson. Attractive chromolithographic plates 'prepared by a first-class firm of horticultural printers' [Vincent Brooks, Day & Son] - Author's Preface. (more)

The Natural History of Ireland's Dragonflies

by Nelson, B.; Thompson, R.

Cat No. : 45722, Published : 2004, Illustrations : col photos

Hardback £45.00

Species accounts and images of all the Irish fauna. Chapters on biology, recording, field techniques and photography. Fine colour photos of adults, nymphs and habitats. (more)

An Illustrated Natural History of British Butterflies and Moths

by Newman, E.

Cat No. : 45860, Published : n.d. [c. 1880s], Illustrations : numerous woodcut illustrations in text

Hardback £125.00

A Field Guide to the Birds Britain and Europe [SIGNED]

by Peterson, R.; Mountfort, G.; Hollom, P.A.D.

Cat No. : 47287, Published : 1983, Illustrations : 77 col plates, line drawings, 362 maps

Hardback £65.00

4th edition, first printing. Introduction by Julian Huxley. This printing suffered from defective colour reproduction (of 7 plates) due to a technical error, and the publisher produced a booklet (more)

A Monograph of the Acanthodriline Earthworms of South Africa

by Pickford, Grace Evelyn

Cat No. : 45850, Published : 1937, Illustrations : 583 text figs, tables (1 folding)

Hardback £295.00

Rare. Part I of this monograph was originally presented as a PhD dissertation at Yale University. The author spent three years in South Africa making extensive collections. A further six years went (more)

British Ferns: An Introduction to the Study of the Ferns, Lycopods, and Equiseta Indigenous to the British Isles

by Plues, Margaret

Cat No. : 47637, Published : [1866], Illustrations : 16 hand-col plates, text illus

Hardback £55.00

Undated re-issue. Plates by W. Fitch. (more)

British Grasses: An Introduction to the Study of the Gramineae

by Plues, Margaret

Cat No. : 47588, Published : [1867], Illustrations : 16 hand-col plates, text illus

Hardback £45.00

Undated re-issue. Plates by W. Fitch.

Freeman, 3048. (more)

Eggs of British Birds, with an Account of their Breeding-Habits. Limicolae

by Poynting, F.

Cat No. : 46190, Published : 1895-1896, Illustrations : 54 col plates

Hardback £550.00

First edition. Published in four parts. The completion of the work was prevented by the death of the author. The published section deals with the Limicolae (plovers and sandpipers). The work is (more)

Elements of Conchology; An Introduction to the Natural History of Shells and of the Animals which form them

by Reeve, Lovell

Cat No. : 47635, Published : 1860, Illustrations : 62 hand-coloured lithographic plates

Hardback £700.00

Includes illustrations by G.B. Sowerby (Plates numbered A-I, K-Q, 1-31, XXXII-XXXVII, 38, XXXIX-XLVI). (more)

A History of the Vegetable Kingdom; Embracing Comprehensive Descriptions of the Plants most Interesting to Man and the Lower Animals; their application in the arts, manufactures, medicine, and domestic ecomony

by Rhind, W.

Cat No. : 47494, Published : 1868, Illustrations : engraved portrait frontis (of Linnaeus), additional hand-col engraved title-page, 45 steel engraved plates (22 hand-col), numerous wood text engravings

Hardback £285.00

Revised edition, with supplement. Colour plates by W. Fitch.

Nissen BBI, 1628. (more)

A Conchological Manual

by Sowerby, George Brettingham (II)

Cat No. : 47640, Published : 1852, Illustrations : hand-col frontis, 28 hand-col plates, 98 text figs, 2 folding tables

Hardback £350.00

4th edition. Attractive hand-coloured engraved plates by George B. Sowerby Jun.

Nissen ZBI, 3910. (more)

A History of Sussex Birds. Vol. I-III

by Walpole-Bond, J.

Cat No. : 47514, Published : 1938, Illustrations : 53 col plates

Hardback £165.00

Complete in 3 volumes. Coloured plates by Philip Rickman. (more)

Common Objects of the Sea-shore; including hints for an aquarium

by Wood, J.G.

Cat No. : 47258, Published : 1894, Illustrations : 12 col plates, woodcut figs + vignettes to text

Hardback £65.00

13th edition. Colour plates by [G.B.] Sowerby (numbered A-F, H, J-N, as called for). (more)

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