Natural History from Riverrun Books & Manuscripts

1. Edwards, Sydenham. [Cover title:] A Catalogue of Books Quoted in the First Volume of the Botanical Register, and Index. London: James Ridgway, n. d. [Letterpress title:] The Botanical Register: Consisting of Coloured Figures of Exotic Plants, Cultivated in British Gardens; with the History and Mode of Treatment. London: James Ridgway, 1815. xi pages, unopened. Original printed wrappers, sewn.… Saber más sobre este artículo

London: Lyons & Burford, 1991. Some light spotting to sheet edges, previous owner's near address label on title and endleaves, cloth fresh and bright, binding strong, light shelfwear to jacket. 4to. 273 pages. Profusely illustrated. Original cloth; dust jacket. Revised and augmented edition. Dust jacket notes: "Trout Biology may be the most important book for a trout fisherman's… Saber más sobre este artículo

London: Thames and Hudson, 1992. Hardcover. A fine copy, the folding case with a few scuffs and light wear. 12 x 9.75 inches. Cloth; dust jacket; recessed cloth folding case.

New York: Harper Collins, 1985. An exceptional copy, very clean and bright. 8.5 x 7.25 inches. 89, [7] pages. Black-and-white photographs by George Ancona. Glazed pictorial boards. Inscribed by Brenner on the half-title: "To Steven - Another snakelover! Barbara Brenner." The first edition was published in 1970 by Addison-Wesley. Both are suprisingly uncommon.

Toronto: M. F. Feheley Publishers Limited, 1977. A near-fine copy, jacket price clipped and with a few small soft creases and soilmarks to spine panel. Folio (14 x 10 inches). Illustrations by J. Fenwick Lansdowne. Original cloth; pictorial dust jacket; publisher's plain card slipcase. First edition. With a chapter on fossil species by Storrs L. Olson. An exquisitely… Saber más sobre este artículo

New York: Cassell & Company, 1887. Cloth a little dull, gilt-lettering somewhat rubbed, some light fraying at corners and ends of spine, the plates and text clean and bright. Folio (31.2 x 23.7 cm). 64 pages. With half-title. 24 chromolithographs, including frontispiece. Original olive decorated cloth, all edges gilt. Provenance: 1894 pencilled gift inscription on flyleaf to Isabella… Saber más sobre este artículo

New York and Boston: Houghton Mifflin / The Riverside Press, 1959. First. 8vo. Original cloth (spine lightly sunned); original pictorial dust jacket (price-clipped, soft crease to inner flap). First edition, first printing.