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Click here to subscribe[Angling] British Fresh-Water Fish by Sir Herbert Maxwell with 12 coloured plates 1904 with British Salt Water Fish by F.G. Aflalo with coloured plates 1904 (both Woburn Library), The New Naturalist: An Angler's Entomology by J.R. Harris 1952 first edition in dust-wrapper, The Trout and The Salmon being 2 volumes in Fur Feather and Fin series 1898 illustrated cloth (5)
A Natural History of New and Rare Ferns containing Species and Varieties None of which are Included in Any of the Eight Volumes of "Ferns British and Exotic" by E.J. Lowe with coloured Illustrations & woodcuts published Groombridge 1862, bound in half leather with raised bands & gilt titles and The Ferns And Fern Allies of Wakefield and its Neighbourhood by T.W. Gissing Illustrated by Sowerby 1862 first edition with coloured plates in half leather (2)
The Eastern Arboretum or Register of Remarkable Trees, Seats, Gardens &c In The County of Norfolk with Popular Delineations of The British Sylva by James Grigor, Illustrated with 50 Drawings of Trees Etched on Copper by H. Ninham published Longman, Brown etc 1841 first edition, in original gilt lettered cloth
General View of the Agriculture of the County of Devon with Observations on the Means of its Improvement drawn up for the consideration of The Board of Agriculture and Internal Improvement by Charles Vancouver, printed for Richard Philips 1808 first edition with folding hand-coloured map, tables and 28 engraved plates (some folding and hand-coloured), bound in boards with paper covered spine & printed label (binding worn) and Discourses Explanatory of the Object And Plan of the Course of Lectures on Agriculture and Rural Economy by Andrew Coventry 1808 in boards (2)
[Exploration] Fighting The Polar Ice by Anthony Fiala illustrated from photographs by the author also eight from paintings, in colour, published Hodder & Stoughton 1907 first English edition with folding map at rear in gilt cloth, Discovery of The North Pole by Dr. Frederick A Cook and Commander Robert E. Peary illustrated 1909 and Finding The North Pole illustrated 1909 publishers cloth (3)
Pioneer Work in the Alps of New Zealand A Record of the First Exploration by Arthur P. Harper with Maps & Illustrations 1896, first edition in publisher's cloth, The Long White Cloud (Ao Tea Roa) by The Hon. William Pember Reeves Illustrated 1924, The Aryan Maori by Edward Tregear 1885 inscribed by author to Earl of Pembroke and New Zealand by Max Herz with 81 illustrations and map, publisher's cloth (4)
Picturesque Views and Description of Cities, Towns, Castles, Mansions and other Interesting Feature in Shropshire from Original Designs Taken Expressly for Thos Work, by Frederick Calvert Engraved on Steel by Mr. T. Radclyffe: With Historical And Topographical Illustrations by William West published by William Emans 1834 first edition bound in leather backed marbled boards - this copy does not contain all the plates listed on binder's note but then neither did another copy examined
[New Zealand] Ko Nga Mahinga A Nga Tupuna Maori He Mea Kohikohi Mai Na Sir George Grey Govenor in chief of The New Zealand Islands, 1854 first edition, The Maori King by J.E. Gorst 1864 with folding map & portrait bound in leather, A Dictionary of the New Zealand Language by William Williams 1852 and An Old New Zealander, or Te Rauparaha by T. Lindsay Buick 1911 in gilt cloth (4)
Practical Agriculture; or A Complete System of Modern Husbandry with The Methods of Planting and the Management of Live Stock by R.W. Dickson, printed for Richard Phillips 1805 first edition in 2 volumes with numerous full-page plates (some coloured), recently bound in half leather with gilt titles - Lacking a number of plates with Observations in Husbandry by Edward Lisle 1857 second edition being the second of two volumes (3)
The British Flora; or Genera and Species of British Plants: Arranged after the Reformed Serual System and Illustrated by Numerous Tables and Dissections, by Robert John Thornton printed J. Whiting 1812 first edition in 5 volumes, illustrated with many plates throughout, finely bound in full leather with gilt borders and gilt spine lettering and bands (5)
Kenneth Grahame The Wind In The Willows Illustrated by Charles van Sandwyk, published Folio Society 2005 first edition with colour illustrations many full-page and black & white drawings, bound in gilt and black decorated cloth with an inlaid illustration, in slipcase and a copy of Grimm's Fairy Tales Illustrated by Arthur Rackham, published Folio Society, in gilt illustrated cloth binding and slipcase (2)
[Signed] Peter Scott Morning Flight A Book of Wildfowl published Country Life 1935 first edition limited to 750 copies on handmade paper signed by the artist/author, copy 586, containing 16 coloured plates each with lettered guards and 48 black & white plates, bound in black cloth backed cloth boards with gilt titles in remains of dust-wrapper
[Bible] The Booke Of Common Prayer, with the Psalter or Psalmes of David, of their Translation which is appointed to to be used in Churches imprinted at London by Robert Barker printer to The Kings most excellent Majestie 1607, title page with decorative engraved border and with additional engraved titles to The Bible; The New Testament; and with titles to Two right profitable and fruitfull Concordances and The Whole Booke of Psalmes, bound in early full leather over thick boards with engraved blind stamped decoration, raised brass corner and centre pieces on both covers and metal clasps, raised bands with a gilt title on spine (Lacking one clasp and front board detatched, first few pages repaired at edges)
Lawson Wood Prehistoric Proverbs A series of 12 water-colour drawings, published Collier & Co (1907) first edition with large colour illustrations tipped onto lettered mounts, the titles including: Society Ballooning, Fore!, Exceeding the Limit, A Cause Celebre etc, bound in publisher's boards with colour illustrated onlay & lettering (lacking spine cover)
Botanologia: The English Herbal; or History of Plants containing: I. Their Names, Greek Latin and English. II. Their Species. III. Their Descriptions. IV. Their Places of Growth. V. Their Times of Flowering and Seeding. VI. Their Qualities or Properties. VII. Their Specifications. VIII. Their Preparations, Galenick and Chymick. IX. Their Virtues and Uses. X. A Complete Florilegium of all the Choice Flowers etc..Adorned with Exquisite Icons or figures by William Salmon MD, printed by I. Dawks 1710 first edition with full-page engraved title (loose), bound in leather over boards (worn & detached)
A General System of Horsemanship In All It’s Branches by William Cavendish Duke of Newcastle, taken from a copy first published in 1743 which had been kindly loaned by His Royal Highness The Duke of Gloucester, published Nottingham Court Press 1980 limited to 500 numbered copies sold in aid of The Save The Children Fund signed by the Duke of Beaufort illustrated folio bound in full leather with raised bands and gilt lettered title label
The Ancient History of South Wiltshire by Sir Richard Colt Hoare, Bart published William Miller 1812 and The Ancient History of North Wiltshire published Lackington, Hughes etc 1819 bound with Ancient Wiltshire Roman Aera first editions in 2 volumes engraved titles, embellished with 130 full-page engravings & maps (several folding), uniformly bound in cloth backed boards with printed title labels (2)
[First Editions] Lord Of The Rings Trilogy by J.R.R. Tolkien comprising The Fellowship of the Ring published George Allen & Unwin 1955 first edition 4th impression; The Two Towers 1955 first edition 2nd impression; The Return of The King 1955 first edition with all 3 volumes in publishers cloth & with maps at rear, the first volume in worn dust-wrapper (3)
The Shropshire Gazetteer, with an Appendix Including A Survey of The County and Valuable Miscellaneous Information, with plates printed & published by T. Gregory 1824 first edition with various engravings and a folding map by John Cary, bound in recent half-leather with History, Gazetteer and Directory of Shropshire by Samuel Bagshaw 1851 rebound and lacking map (2)
Travels Through The States of North America And The Provinces of Upper And Lower Canada, During The Years 1795, 1796 and 1797 by Isaac Weld Junior, Illustrated and Embellished with Sixteen Plates of Maps & Views printed for John Stockdale, Piccadilly 1799 first edition rebacked in leather with raised bands over original leather boards, lacking one plate and with several tears to folding hand-coloured map
Sylva Britannica; or Portraits of Forest Trees, distinguished for their Antiquity, Magnitude or Beauty, Drawn from Nature by Jacob George Strutt published Longman, Rees etc (1830) first edition deluxe issue with engraved plates on India paper and mounted cloth boards, re-backed with original spine laid down
General View of the Agriculture of Wiltshire Drawn up and Published by Order of The Board of Agriculture by Thomas Davis, printed for Richard Phillips 1811 first edition with portrait, folding hand-coloured map and engraving of a Wiltshire ram and bound in full morocco with raised bands, gilt decorated floral designs on cover and spine with gilt title
Poems by Christina Rossetti with Illustrations by Florence Harrison and Introduction by Alice Meynell published Blackie & Son (1910) first edition with 36 tipped-in colour plates on grey mounts with lettered guards, 34 black & white plates and head & tailpieces etc, bound in publisher's bright gilt decorated cloth
The Family Herbal, or an account of all those English Plants which are Remarkable for their Virtues and of the Drugs which are produced by Vegetables of other Countries; with their Descriptions and their Uses..by Sir John Hill embellished with 54 coloured plates, published by Brightly and T. Kinnersley 1812 first edition bound in full leather with gilt title label on spine
Dictionarium Botanicum: Or, A Botanical Dictionary for The Use of the Curious in Husbandry and Gardening containing The Names of the Known Plants in Latin, English &c Their Description, Their Culture or Management rendered easy and familiar, whether Domestick or Exotick; so that the Name of a Plant being known the proper Direction for its Improvement in the Garden is to be found in the same Article, A Work never before attempted, by R. Bradley printed for T. Woodward 1728 in 2 volumes first edition with engraved folding frontispiece in volume 1. Blind stamped calf re-backed in leather with raised bands and gilt lettered leather labels (2)
The Octavo Nature-Printed British Ferns: Being Figures and Descriptions of the Species and Varieties of Ferns found in the United Kingdom by Thomas Moore, Nature Printed by Henry Bradbury published Bradbury & Evans 1859 first edition in 2 volumes with 114 coloured plates, finely bound in full leather with gilt borders, raised bands with ornate gilt decorated spines and coloured leather title labels (2)
The Compleat Gard'ner; or Directions for Cultivating and Right Ordering of Fruit-Gardens and Kitchen-Gardens with Divers Reflections on Several Parts of Husbandry by the Famous Monsieur (Jean) De La Quintinye, to which is added His Treatise of Orange-Trees, with the Raising of Melons, omitted in the French Editions, Made English by John Evelyn, Illustrated with Copper Plates, printed for Metthew Gillyflower 1693 first edition (Folio), title printed in red & black and with 11 engraved plates (lacking front portrait), leather bound with title label
The First Folio of Shakespeare, based on folios in the Folger Shakespeare Library Collection prepared by Charlton Hinman, second edition with a new introduction by Peter W.M. Blayney, published according to the True Original Copies in facsimile by W.W. Norton 1996, bound in leather backed illustrated cloth, raised bands and gilt titles & devices, housed in gilt lettered slipcase
[India] An Historical Disquisition concerning The Knowledge which the Ancients had of India; and The Progress of Trade with that Country prior to the Discovery of the Passage to it by the Cape of Good Hope. With an Appendix by William Robertson, printed for A. Strahan and T. Cadell 1791 first edition with 2 large folding Maps Bound in full leather with gilt ruled borders raised bands and simple gilt decorated spine
[Medical] A Treatise on Ruptures by Percivall Pott (1714-1788), Surgeon to St. Bartholomew’s Hospital, printed for C. Hitch and L. Hawes 1756 first edition including the first description of Congenital Hernia, bound in full leather with raised bands and gilt lettered label (board detached)
[India] Narrative of a Journey Through The Upper Provinces of India from Calcutta to Bombay 1824-1825 (with Notes upon Ceylon) An Account of a Journey to Madras and the Southern Provinces 1826, and Letters Written in India by the Late Right Rev. Reginald Heber, published John Murray 1828 first edition in 2 volumes with 9 (of 10) plates, wood engravings and folding map, bound in half leather with ornate gilt decorated spine & title (2)
A Synopsis of British Plants in Mr Ray’s Method with their Characters, Descriptions, Places of Growth, Time of Flowering and Physical Virtues, According to the Most Accurate Observations and the Best Modern Authors Together with a Botanical Dictionary Illustrated with several figures by John Wilson, printed by John Gooding, on the side 1744, first edition with 2 engraved plates, bound in full leather with raised bands and gilt title label
Observations in Husbandry by Edward Lisle Esq. late of Crux-Easton in Hampshire printed by J. Hughs for C. Hitch & L. Hawes, J. Ribington & J. Fletcher etc 1757 first edition with a frontispiece engraved portrait (errata slip present), bound in half cloth over marbled boards with a gilt lettered spine
A History of British Forest-Trees, Indigenous and Introduced by Prideaux John Selby, Illustrated by nearly 200 Engravings, published John van Voorst 1842 first edition bound in half leather and The Practical Planter: Containing Directions for the Planting of Waste Land and Management of Wood: With A New Method of Rearing The Oak by Thomas Cruickshank 1830 first edition, recently bound in half leather with gilt spine (2)
Three all-world postcard albums dating from the first quarter of the 20thC containing approximately 950 cards. The albums were collected by commissioned officer Clifford Holt, Royal Navy (HMS Victory among other ships) and locations covered include Ceylon, Constantinople including shipping, street scenes etc (approximately 51), Athens (20), Haiffa (6), Lebanon, Bethlehem, Hebron, Damascus, Jerusalem, Syria, Beirut (approximately 19), Nazareth, Tiberias, Galilee, Volo, Skiathos, multiple Greek cards, Cyprus (10), Corfu (6), Bastia (8), St Florent (4), Zoagli (7), Porto, Palma, naval ships, Alexandria, Govenor of Egypt visiting HMS Cardiff, Egypt (16) North Devon (12), Barcelona (approximately 40), Alicante (12), Tarragona (30), bullfighting in Spain (20), Cartagena (9), Rosas (8), Genova (13), Portofino (4), Rapallo (17+), Margherita, Chiavari (9), Pisa (11), Capri, Napoli (40+) Pompeii (21), Livorno (12), Roma (10), Palermo (20), Mondello (16), Le Havre (15), passenger steamer (1), Marseilles (4), Malta scenery and people etc (30), Alexandria (18), Port Said and Suez (48), Holy Land etc (24), Cairo (12), Egypt (40), Aden (34), Algiers (24), Oran (25), Gibraltar (15), Valetta etc (12), India (15), Egypt etc (25), Edinburgh (19)
Thompson (George). History of the Fernie Hunt 1856/1987, published by Fernie Hunt Supporters Association, 1987, bound in blue cloth, with dust wrapper., Ellis (Colin). Leicestershire and the Quorn Hunt, published by Edgar Backus, Leicester 1951, first edition, bound in red cloth, and Morrison (Eric). Fox and Hare in Leicestershire, published by Eyre & Spottiswoode, London 1954. (3)
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![[Geology] S.H. Haughton The Geology of Some Ore Deposits in Southern Africa, published Johannesburg 1964 in 2 volumes first e](https://cdn.globalauctionplatform.com/1293449b-58d3-49c6-ba4e-ab6d0118aecb/8283d5df-422d-42e0-af1c-ab84011d0fc4/468x382.jpg)
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![[Signed] Peter Scott The Eye of the Wind: An Autobiography, published Hodder & Stoughton 1961 first edition with 4 colour](https://cdn.globalauctionplatform.com/1293449b-58d3-49c6-ba4e-ab6d0118aecb/da04e025-31e8-4ffd-81f5-ab84011d1d3f/468x382.jpg)
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![[Bible] The Booke Of Common Prayer, with the Psalter or Psalmes of David, of their Translation which is appointed to to be us](https://cdn.globalauctionplatform.com/1293449b-58d3-49c6-ba4e-ab6d0118aecb/3243d01f-fd52-4826-9ea0-ab84011bf35d/468x382.jpg)
![[Deluxe Cloth] Beatrix Potter The Tale of Two Bad Mice, London Frederick Warne & Co. 1904 first edition with coloured pla](https://cdn.globalauctionplatform.com/1293449b-58d3-49c6-ba4e-ab6d0118aecb/ccadc888-4b5d-488d-973d-ab84011bf71c/468x382.jpg)
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![[Korea] Corea or Cho-Sen The Land of The Morning Calm by A. Henry Savage-Landor, with Numerous Text and full-page Illustratio](https://cdn.globalauctionplatform.com/1293449b-58d3-49c6-ba4e-ab6d0118aecb/44ee9c76-1c85-4b05-9bd2-ab84011c2de0/468x382.jpg)
![[Signed] Sinclair Beiles Ashes of Experience (Poems) Pretoria A Wurm Publication 1969 first edition with lengthy inscription](https://cdn.globalauctionplatform.com/1293449b-58d3-49c6-ba4e-ab6d0118aecb/65805302-9305-4eb0-88ae-ab84011c3c21/468x382.jpg)
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![[Medical] A Treatise on Ruptures by Percivall Pott (1714-1788), Surgeon to St. Bartholomew’s Hospital, printed for C. Hitch a](https://cdn.globalauctionplatform.com/1293449b-58d3-49c6-ba4e-ab6d0118aecb/11b05a77-8d3d-4a9d-b803-ab84011c6169/468x382.jpg)
![[Pugin] The Present State of Ecclesiastical Architecture in England by A. Welby Pugin, Architect with Thirty-Six Illustration](https://cdn.globalauctionplatform.com/1293449b-58d3-49c6-ba4e-ab6d0118aecb/0b9a8010-2ac6-49e8-95b0-ab84011c6a9c/468x382.jpg)
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