Bombay: The Bombay Natural History Society [1948]. Octavo (9.75" x 6.5"); ix, 306pp. Four color plates, with black and white plates and illustrations throughout. Green cloth-covered limp boards with white lettering and illustration. Boards rubbed and scuffed along edges and joints, with bumping to corners and spine ends, patches of..... More
![Item #12978 North American Birds of Prey [Signed and Inscribed]. Alexander Sprunt Jr](/pictures/thumb/12978.jpg?v=1650993621)
New York: Harper & Brothers, 1955. First Edition, with code I-E (September 1955). Signed by the author on front free endpaper with inscription "Inscribed, with much pleasure, for Frederick Thomas, who knew many of the 'old timers' whose knowledge made a book like this possible. Alexander Sprunt, Jr., Okeechobee, Fla..... More
London: Bell & Daldy, 1870. Reprint. Octavo; publisher's red blind-embossed cloth, gilt-lettered spine; [4](ads),xxx,452pp.; facsimile frontispiece. Cloth rather unevenly faded, brief paint (?) splatters to front cover, spine significantly toned, corners bumped, tide stain at bottom of textblock fore-edge affecting frontispiece but otherwise not affecting internal leaves, later (1987) ownership..... More
Cambridge: Printed for the Members of The Limited Editions Club at the University Press, 1956. First Thus, Limited to 1500 copies of which this is no. 432. Quarto; publisher's decorative cream cloth stamped in brown, morocco spine label lettered in gilt, brown topstain, in original paper-covered slipcase; xvi,[2],489pp.; wood-engravings throughout..... More
New York: Atlantic Monthly Press, 1988. First Edition. Octavo (21.5cm.); publisher's two-toned boards in pictorial dust jacket; [12],192pp.; map endpapers. Light shelf wear, a hint of cockling to dust jacket, brief water spot to rear jacket panel, else Very Good or better. Warmly inscribed and signed by the author on..... More
New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 2009. First Edition (stated). Bookplate signed by Burns mounted to front free endpaper verso. Quarto. 404 pp. Profusely illustrated with color and black and white photographs. Lacking removable map. Photographic dust jacket. Gray boards stamped in silver. Unclipped dust jacket lightly rubbed along edges..... 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
Philadelphia: Christopher Sower Company, 1933. First Edition. 12mo; publisher's green cloth lettered in dark green; viii,9-192pp.; photographic illus. throughout, map endpapers. Extremities rather rubbed with brief exposure and fraying at corners and spine ends, contemporary ex libris to front pastedown (with "Withdrawn" rubber-stamp); overall Good to Very Good, internally clean..... More
Washington, D.C.: Counterpoint, 1995. First Printing, stated. Signed and dated by the author "For Tom" on half title. Octavo; [viii], 263pp. Illustrated dust jacket with $25.00 price intact; book in blue paper- and cloth-covered boards with gilt lettering to spine. Jacket is crisp with faint shelfwear but no chips, tears..... 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
![Item #13560 The Natural History of Selborne [Limited Edition, Signed by Illustrator]. Gilbert...](/pictures/thumb/13560.jpg?v=1658583561)
Ipswich, UK: The Limited Editions Club, 1972. Limited Edition of 1500 copies signed by John Nash, this volume out of series and labeled "Office Copy". Large octavo. 276 pp. Line drawings by Nash, many colored. Bound in calfskin over morning-glory patterned boards. Green topstain; light brown endpapers. Publisher's monthly newsletter..... More
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 showing light..... More
Philadelphia: J.B. Lippincott Company, 1961. Stated First Edition. Octavo. 192 pages. Illustrated dust jacket with original "$3.75" price present. Brown and green boards stamped in white. Dust jacket is worn with some light chipping and creasing to edges. One strip of tape repair to top of spine verso..... More
Philadelphia: Frederick A. Stokes, 1942. First Edition. Slim quarto; publisher's cloth in pictorial dust jacket retaining original price ($2.00); 98pp.; color frontispiece, illus. throughout, many full-paged. Shallow chipping and tiny closed tears to jacket extremities, flap folds and spine margins rather rubbed, light soil to cloth and faint bow to..... More
![Item #13244 Walden, or Life in the Woods [Signed by Steichen]. Henry David Thoreau, Edward...](/pictures/thumb/13244.jpg?v=1654890630)
Boston: Limited Editions Club / Printed at the Merrymount Press, 1936. Limited Edition of 1500 copies signed by Steichen at rear, this being #604. Large octavo. 290 pages. Black and white photographs of Walden Pond. Black cloth with illustrated paper covered boards. Green topstain. Slipcase with title label. Lacks glassine..... More
Boston: The Bibliophile Society, 1909. One of 10 copies printed for W.K. Bixby, from a total print run of 483. Two small quarto volumes. 208 pp.; 263 pp. Manuscript facsimiles, engravings, and photographs, all present and complete. Errata slip in volume one tipped in at p. xi. Vellum backed cloth..... More
![Item #12847 Tropical Blooms: A Portfolio of 40 Flower Prints from Photographs [Signed by Inn]...](/pictures/thumb/12847.jpg?v=1649798064)
Waikiki: Fong Inn's Limited, 1944. First Edition. Folio; cloth-backed pictorial string-bound chemise, printed paper element mounted to upper cover, containing staple bound pamphlet ([8pp.]) and 40 black and white photographic plates (31.5x24.5cm or the inverse), collated and complete. Chemise boards brittle and cloth splitting rather extensively along spine edges, margins..... More
Washington, D.C.: The Smithsonian Institution, 1942. First Edition. Small Octavo (23x15.5cm); 17pp, augmented with two additional inserts of B&W photographs, both of 8pp, for a total of 16 photographic plates. Flecked gray governmental card covers, saddle-stapled. Covers toned along spine, with light edgewear. Binding is sound and pages unmarked..... More
Philadelphia: David McKay Co, 1931. First U.S. Trade Edition. Large octavo. 224 pp. 12 full color plates with lettered tissue guards; black and white illustrations. Illustrated dust jacket. Green cloth stamped in gilt; pictorial endpapers; top edge gilt. Dust jacket shows a ringstain at front center -- more..... More
New York: The Limited Editions Club, 1948. First Thus; Limited Edition of 1500 copies signed by Gorsline, this being #432. Quarto. 316 pp. Copper engravings and wash-drawings. Bound in half ivory calfskin over charcoal paper with gilt decorating to spine. Dark topstain. Publisher's prospectus and monthly newsletter laid in at..... More
Santa Barbara, CA: Travelers Rest Farm / The Arabian Stud / T R Ranch, 1947. Octavo. Unpaginated. Black and white photographs. Illustrated wraps. Spine repaired with crude yet functional tape repair by previous owner. Staining and creasing to covers with curling to corners and page edges throughout. Binding..... More
Washington, DC: Focal Point / National Geographic, 2010. First Edition. Oblong quarto; publisher's cloth in black photo-illustrated dust jacket; unpaginated; color photographs throughout. Light shelf wear to jacket extremities, else Near Fine in Very Good jacket. More
![Item #12774 The Tree [Signed Bookplate Laid in]. John Fowles, Frank Horvat](/pictures/thumb/12774.jpg?v=1648300585)
London: Aurum Press, 1979. First UK Edition, stated, and with "Magus" misspelled "Magnus" at rear flap. Bookplate signed by Fowles loosely laid in at front. Oblong quarto. Unpaginated. Color photographs throughout. Photo-illustrated dust jacket. Glossy brown boards stamped in gilt. Unclipped dust jacket edgeworn with some general rubbing..... More
New York: Palgrave Macmillan, 2004. First Edition, stated, with full numberline. Octavo; [xvi], 217pp. Illustrated dust jacket over blue cloth with copper lettering to spine. Jacket a bit shelfworn and rubbed at spine ends, some fading and general scuffs and smudges along edges. Boards are square with nudging at spine..... More
Stockton, KS: Leonard Erle Muir, 1981. Stockton, KS: Self-published, 1981. First Edition. Signed by the author without inscription on half title. Octavo (8.5" x 5.5"); [viii], 85p. Maps and photos throughout. Printed paper wraps. Light bumping to top front corner with some creasing along bottom edge and a small ink..... More