First Edition. Hardcover. New York: Summit Books, 1989. First Edition with full numberline. Octavo (8.75" x 5.75"); 379p. Illustrated dustjacket with original $19.95 price; book in blindstamped blue paper-covered boards with white cloth spine and black lettering. Jacket shows very light shelfwear and some toning along edges, but no chips..... More
Revised Edition. New York: Grosset & Dunlap, 1914. Revised Edition. Octavo. 422 pages plus advertisements. Olive green cloth stamped in black and red. Black and white illustrations throughout. Moderate wear at corners and some chips to spine ends. Rubbing at base of spine. Binding is sound. Loss to final..... More
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London: W. Strahan and T. Cadell, 1785. Volume III only. Octavo; 8.5" x 5.25"); [viii], 524pp. 11 plates (4 missing; note on contents suggests they were misbound in Vol 4). Full tree calf with gilt lettering to spine. Covers bumped at corners and spine ends with some chipping/splitting to leather..... More
Ugo Mochi. First Edition. Hardcover. New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1976. First Edition with full numberline. SIGNED by the author with brief inscription on front free endpaper and lengthy accompanying letter. Illustrated dustjacket with original $7.95 price; book in white paper-covered boards with black cloth spine and zebra illustration. 134p;..... More
Hardcover. New York: The Macmillan Company, 1898. Later Printing. Small octavo (7" x 4.5"); xv, 303p +3p ads. Blue cloth with gilt lettering to spine. Covers lightly edgeworn with a rust-colored smudge over spine, along with a smaller one to back along with a few light scuffs. Previous owner's bookplate..... More
Limited First Edition. Hardcover. Washington, D.C.: National Park Trust Fund Board, [c. 1954]. Limited First Edition, numbered 758 of 1000 copies with an extra color plate laid in at front. Octavo (9.5" x 6.25"); 73p. Color frontis with black and white photo plates throughout. Reddish-brown cloth-covered boards with dark green..... More
Menston: The Scolar Press Limited, 1973. Second Printing. Octavo; v + 468pp + Index, List of Plates, and Errata [all unpaginated, 13pp]. Fold-out frontispiece engraving of Selborne + second title engraved allegory + reproductions of six natural history images, for all of which the original 18th-century engravings were very fine..... More
First Edition. New York: D. Appleton and Company, 1930. First Edition with (1) on last page of text. Signed by the author to Captain R. S. Patton. Octavo (8" x 5.5"); x, 312p. Charts and illustrations throughout. Blue cloth with gilt lettering to spine. Spine a bit cocked, with boards..... More
Various, including engravings by Granville and Dürer. Stated First Printing. New York: Grossman Publishers, 1968. First Edition. Octavo; 119pp. Two-color illustrated dustjacket with $4.95 price intact. Extensive reproductions, many caricatural or witty, of zoological and other engravings throughout. Dustjacket is toned with minor chips missing from lower spine edge..... More
Various, including engravings by Granville and Dürer. Stated Ultimate Edition; First Thus; Third Expanded Edition of Original Title. New York: Viking, 1991. "Ultimate Edition," being the third edition of this title. Octavo; 325pp. 250 caricatural or witty reproductions of engravings. Two-color illustrated dustjacket; book in mauve paper-covered boards with darker..... More
New York: The Modern Library, 1930. Stated First Modern Library Edition. Signed by the author on dedication page with inscription "To Beatrice Heiman, this copy is inscribed to remind her of her vacation on a farm in October 1943, by her friends sally (her X mark) and Rockwell Kent. Asgaard..... More
New York: Vantage Press, 1990. Stated First Edition. Inscribed by author on front right endpaper: "January 5 ,1991, Jack--Thanks for your note and Christmas greetings. Hope you enjoy these ramblings. Bill Hall." Octavo; viii + 120pp. Illustrated two-color dust jacket. Ten B&W photographs. Burgundy cloth, minimally worn at spine edges..... More