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DARWIN, Charles, Insectivorous Plants. 1st edition, 1875 ...[more]

DARWIN, Charles, The Variation of Animals and Plants under Domestication, 2 vols, 2nd edition revised 1893. With The Expression of the Emotions i...

DARWIN, Charles, The Movement and Habits of Climbing Plants 3rd thousand 1885. Fine copy ...[more]

DARWIN, Charles, The Effects of Cross and Self Fertilisation in the Vegetable Kingdom, 1st edition 1876.With The Various Contrivances by which Orc...

DARWIN, Francis, The Life and Letters of Charles Darwin, including an Autobiographical chapter, 3 vols, 1st edition 1887 ...[more]

WALLACE, Alfred Russel, Editor, Australasia (Stanford's Compendium of Geography and Travel). 1st edition 1879. With 19 maps (of 20; lacks general ...

WALLACE, Alfred Russel. Studies Scientific and Social. 2 vols, 1st edition 1900 (2) ...[more]

WALLACE, Alfred Russel, Contributions to the Theory of Natural Selection. 1st edition 1870. With another copy, 1875, and Natural Selection and Tro...

WALLACE, Alfred Russel, The Malay Archipelago, 3rd edition 1872. Binding worn ...[more]

WALLACE, Alfred Russel, Darwinism, 1st edition 1889. With a copy of the 2nd edition, 1889, and a later edition. With other books by Wallace (10) (...

LEE, Ida, Early Explorers in Australia, 1925. With other books, including geology and evolution (2 boxes) ...[more]

GOSSE, Philip Henry. A collection of books by, including Birds of Jamaica, 1847, 8vo text vol only; The Canadian Naturalist, 1840; An Introduction...

YOUNGHUSBAND, Sir Francis, Wonders of the Himalayas, 1st edition 1924. Presentation copy from the author. Neatly re-cased, covers marked.With The ...

MURCHISON, Sir Roderick Impey, Siluria: A History of the Oldest Rocks in the British Isles and Other Countries. 5th edition 1872. Full calf prize ...

CUVIER, Baron Georges, The Animal Kingdom. New edition 1863. With 44 plates, most of them in colour. Full calf binding by Bickers. Very minor libr...

BATES, Henry Walter, The Naturalist on the River Amazons. A Record of the Adventures, Habits of Animals, Sketches of Brazilian and Indian Life, an...

HUBBLE, Edwin, The Realm of the Nebulae, New Haven, Yale University Press, 1936 ...[more]

LAWRENCE OF ARABIA. Portraits for Seven Pillars of Wisdom. Folio, Castle Hill Press, Fordingbridge, 2008. Limited edition no 129 of 220 copies.Wit...

BACON, Sir Francis, Essays, or Councils Civil and Moral. 1706, contemporary calf. Ownership inscription of Braithwaite Atkinson, 1750. He was keep...

HOGARTH, William, Works, 2 vols 4to with commentary by John Trusler, 1833, half morocco; The Lady's Magazine for 1794, half calf.With other books,...

FOX, John, Book of Martyrs, folio 1822. With engraved title and 32 plates. Bound in cloth, some staining. With the Self-Interpreting Bible with no...

RANSOME, Arthur, Swallows and Amazons, 1st edition 1930 (mark on title page, general fingering, tea and other stains to some pages, covers marked)...

ANDERSEN, Hans, Stories from Hans Andersen with Illustrations by Edward Dulac. 4to 1911, Edition De Luxe, one of 750 copies numbered and signed by...

RACKHAM, Arthur, Arthur Rackham's Book of Pictures, 4to 1913. Signed limited edition of 1030 copies. With 44 tipped-in colour plates. Publisher's ...

SHELLEY, Percy Bysshe, The Sensitive Plant. 4to [1911]. With 18 tipped-in colour plates and other illustrations by Charles Robinson. Cream boards ...

RACKHAM, Arthur, Mother Goose: The Old Nursery Rhymes. 4to, William Heinemann, 1913. Signed limited edition of 1130 copies. With 13 tipped-in colo...

SWINBURNE, Algernon Charles, The Springtide of Life. 4to, William Heinemann, 1918. With 8 tipped-in colour plates by Arthur Rackham. Signed limite...

BEWICK, Thomas, A General History of Quadrupeds, 5th edition, Newcastle Upon Tyne, 1807. Large paper copy, contemporary half calf; With 5 veterina...

SEEBOHM, Henry, Coloured Figures of the Eggs of British Birds. Sheffield 1896. With frontis and 60 plates.With LAWRENCE, T E, Seven Pillars of Wis...

BLACKBURN, Henry & CALDECOTT, Randolph, Breton Folk, An Artistic Tour in Brittany. 4to 1880, with 170 illustrations by Caldecott. With R Caldecott...

SHACKLETON, Sir Ernest. South: The Story of Shackleton's Last Expedition 1914-1917. William Heinemann, 1st edition, first impression 1919. With er...

BEATTIE, William, Switzerland Illustrated, 4to, 2 vols in 1, 1836. Illustrated by WH Bartlett. With engraved titles, folding map and 106 plates. C...

HOGARTH, William, The Works of Mr Hogarth Moralized. 4to, no date, circa 1830. J Goodwin, Upper Thames Street. Plates by Dent and Corbould & Dent....

WYATT, M Digby, The Industrial Arts of the Nineteenth Century. 2 vols folio, 1851-53. With 159 chromo plates (of 160, lacking plate 90). Rebound i...

ROBERTS, DAVID, The Holy Land, Syria, Idumea, Arabia, Egypt & Nubia. 4to, 1855-56, 6 vols in 3. Complete with 248 tinted lithographs and two maps....

ROBERTS, DAVID, The Holy Land, Syria, Idumea, Arabia, Egypt & Nubia. 4to, 1855-56, 6 vols in 3, with 247 tinted lithographs (of 248: lacking plate...

COBHAM, Claude Delaval, Excerpta Cypria: Materials for a History of Cyprus, 4to, Cambridge 1908. Wear to binding. ...[more]

WILLMOTT, Ellen, The Genus Rosa, 2 vols folio 1910 - 14. With 132 tissue-guarded colour plates. Original printed covers to the 25 parts bound in a...

COOK, Captain James, A Voyage to the Pacific Ocean, 4to, vol 2 only, 2nd edition 1785. With 11 plates, several folding. Worn contemporary calf, bo...

STOKER, Bram, Dracula. Archibald Constable and Company, Westminster, 1901. Pale green wrappers printed in dark blue. First edition of the revised ...

AUTOGRAPH LETTER, Signed by Sir George Kelly of Speldhurst, High Sheriff of Kent, authorising payment of £108 10s to Thomas Gregory of Cliffords I...

AUTOGRAPH LETTER, Kingston Jamaica, 2nd July 1795 from David Duncombe, partner in Bright, Millward and Duncomb. To William Tate of Lime Street, co...

QUEEN ELIZABETH II. A collection of black and white press photographs of the Queen, 1970s and 1980s, various sizes, most with date stamps to verso...

DICKENS, Charles, facsimile autograph letter signed. On 'All the Year Round' headed notepaper, 10th January 1860. Dickens writes to the Rev Stephe...

LAUREL & HARDY. Postcard signed by Stan Laurel (1890-1965) and Oliver Hardy (1892-1957). Also inscribed 'Hello Patrick!' by Stan Laurel ...[more]

SHAW, George Bernard (1856-1950), playwright and author. Signature on printed portrait in Malvern Festival Programme, 1930. Programme is loosely i...

SHAW, George Bernard (1856-1950), playwright and author. Signature on printed portrait in Malvern Festival Programme, 1929. With a photograph of S...

LAUREL & HARDY signatures in an album. Also including signatures of Margaret Lockwood, Harry Secombe, Norman Wisdom, Max Bygraves, Spike Milligan ...

THEATRICAL ARCHIVE. A small archive of music hall and theatre memorabilia c.1920-1946 belonging to George Blackburn of Malvern who performed under...

MANUSCRIPT. YACHTING ADVENTURES 1910-1913. 'Some Yachting Experiences' by Alan Edwardes, Folio, 118 pages with numerous sepia photographs interspe...

THE BOOKMAN, Portfolios for 1911-1929, lacking 1918, 1921 & 1922. Each issue contains tipped-in colour plates by Kay Nielsen, Edmund Dulac, E J De...

SMYTHE, Reg, Original Andy Capp cartoon, signed by Reg Smythe. Framed and glazed (glass cracked). With 2 Andy Capp cartoon books, one of them sign...

SIGNED CRICKET PRINTS, from the book Cricket Characters. Richard Hadlee, Rodney Marsh, Mike Gatting, Richie Benaud, Kapil Dev, Allan Border, Dean ...

BOSCOBEL BROADSIDE to the memory of Richard Pendrill. S Gamage & W Pendrill, Worcester, 31st July 1756. 390 mm x 275 mm.Richard Pendrill, known as...

INDENTURE, 1801, between Humphrey Jones of Machynlleth and Ann Baker of Pool, both in the county of Montgomery, concerning the sale of a dwelling ...

HOFNAGEL (or Hoefnagel), George, Map of Granada (Granata), dated 1563. Copperplate, early hand colouring, 325 mm x 510 mm. Probably from Braun & H...

BLAEU, Willem & Jan, Map of Cardiganshire, Amsterdam, 1645 or later. 380 mm x 500 mm. Hand coloured, German text to verso. Framed and glazed ...[...

DRAYTON, Michael, Map of Cardiganshire, Montgomeryshire and Radnorshire, 1613 or later. 255 mm x 335 mm. Hand coloured. From the Poly-Olbion. Fram...

LEA, Philip, Map of Radnor, Breknoke, Cardigan and Carmarthen Shires. Sold by George Willdey circa 1720. 365 mm x 465 mm. Hand coloured, framed an...

WELSH PRINTS AND MAPS. Circa 25 steel engraved views of Welsh scenes, with 20 lithographs from John George Wood's Landscapes, 1813, and 15 hand co...