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London: George Routledge & Sons, Ltd, 1908. Book measures 26x19.cm. viii, 234,[1]pp, 79 coloured plates, 1 double page plate. Bound in original publishers green cloth, with gilt images and lettering. Cloth lightly rubbed, some abrasion wear on edges. Binding in good clean condition. Internally, both endpaper joints split, but text block holding firm, tick in ink on description page of each plate. Pages and plates in good clean condition. A good copy. . Cloth. Good Plus. Large 8vo.

London : George Bell and Sons , 1876. Cloth. Good. 10" by 7". Not Stated. A richly colour illustrated copy of A History of British Butterflies. A fourth edition copy of A History of British Butterflies by the Rev. F. O. Morris. This is an extensive volume on the history of the British butterfly, including the Swallow-Tail, Brimstone, Large White, Holly Blue and many other species. With seventy two colour plates.Collated, complete. In the publisher's original cloth binding. Externally, with some splitting to the head of the spine and bumping to the tail of the spine. Some light marks to the boards. Previous owner bookplate to the front pastedown. Front hinge starting, though holding well enough. Pages 113 held by one thread. Internally, generally firmly bound with bright and clean pages. Good

London: George Bell & Sons, 1876. viii, 159pp, plus 24pp; 72 coloured plates, 2 un-coloured plates; light pencil notes to margins; newspaper cutting pasted to fep. dated 25th January, 1890, label inside front cover and remains of another label; blue decorative front board, decorated spine darkened and with bit missing from top edge, edgeworn, hinge cracked, foxing to front few pages, book intact. 4th Edition. Hard Cover. Fair. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall.

London: John C. Nimmo, 1891. Hardcover. Very Good. . Cloth cover with beautiful gilt decoration shows minor wear and rubbing, repaired spine ends. Pages are tanned with minor foxing/soiling.

London: John C Nimmo. G : in good condition without dust jacket. Cover rubbed with edge wear. Spine with end wear and at lower joint. Illustrations bright. Ex.-lib. with minimal marking. 1895. 8th edition. Green hardback cloth cover. 260mm x 190mm (10" x 7"). 234pp, + addenda. 79 hand coloured plates. Heavy item - shipping supplement may apply for overseas. .

London: George Bell and Sons, 1870. Book. Very Good. Hardcover. 5th or later Edition. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. Royal blue cloth, spine panel lettered and elaborately decorated in gilt, front cover illus. in gilt, covers with blind-stamped decoration. 5th edition: 1870. A solid copy with minor rubbing to corners and along joints, mildly rubbed extrems with narrow strip of cloth loss at head of spine. [v],160,24 pp., illus. w/ (72) hand-colored plates. Book plate of Peabody Institute (MA) mounted inside front cover, with small "E.D.S. Library/Peabody" stamp on blank verso of each plate (plates themselves unmarked)..

London: Bell and Daldy, 1870. Third Edition . Cloth - Hard Cover. Good/No Jacket. 256 pages, plus 24. 72 colored plates, plus two black and white plates. Blind stamped burgundy cloth, with gilt stamped butterflies on top cover, and lettering and decoration on spine. Spine is a little faded, and covers are rubbed and show a little wear at spine ends and corners. First plate, opposite title page, is torn out, though laid in place. Volume remains tight and other contents are clean and intact. All plates are accounted for and in very good condition.

London: George Routledge & Sons, 1904. Hardback (No Dust Wrapper.). Very Good. Gently bruised at the head, tail and corners of the binding. Slightly loose. A little age-toning to the edges of the text block. Pages gently tanned with scattered spotting throughout, but more so to the first few leaves including the frontispiece, with the rear hinge weakening. . ### IMPORTANT: Weighing 2kg. shipping beyond the shores of my utopian country will be by ParcelForce World Wide, and starts at £15.00 Europe/£30.00 Elsewhere (less the displayed cost) for a 5-7 day service, tracked, duties unpaid. ### Hardback. Physically 10½” x 7¼” (2 kg); (viii) 234pp; Index; 9th edition. Includes: Colour plates (71 including the frontispiece); Addenda; || The book is on my shelves and will be carefully packed and posted from the pastoral paradise of Peasedown St. John, Bath, by a real bookseller in a real book shop - with my personal guarantee and my beady eye on the Consumer Contracts… Read More

London: John C. Nimmo. Bound in blue cloth with two gilt butterrflies and plant motif to front board, this 1890 6th Edition is VG. Book has been rebacked but without title lettering. V111/184pp with 72 hand-coloured plates plus double page illustration of apparatus required for collecting and displaying. Both sides of second front endpaper are foxed, as is blank verso of frontis illustration. Second front endpaper carries an inscription, and rear second endpaper also foxed both sides. Board corners are sightly rubbed and rebacked spine has faded unevenly. Page 23 has horizontal 6 inch closed tear. Some faults but internally VG . Very Good. Hardback. Sixth Edition. 1890.

London: George Routledge & Sons, 1904. viii, 234, [2], 79 col + 2 plain plates. . HB. 4to (250x180mm), cont. half leather, minor rubbing to joints, corners slightly worn, raised bands to spine, gt tooling to compartments, teg, other edges uncut, marbled endpapers. Very good.. Ninth edition, with 79 plates specially corrected for this edition, and all coloured by hand; two additional uncoloured plates illustrating butterfly collecting equipment..

London: Bell and Daldy, 1870. Cloth. Good. 10.5" by 7.5". Not Stated. The third edition of the immensely popular study on the butterflies native to Britain by F. O. Morris, beautifully illustrated in colour throughout. The third edition of this popular work.Illustrated with seventy-two hand-coloured plates, and two monochrome plates.Collated, complete. Francis Orpen Morris' beautiful study on the butterflies of Great Britain, a wonderful technical exploration of the many different species and breeds, looking into their nature and lives.Morris was a parson-naturalist and pioneer for the movement to protect birds. In the original publisher's cloth binding. Externally, a little worn, with a small amount of loss and lifting to the head of the spine. Spine is faded, with a little fading to the front joint, and fading to the rear board. Minor bumping to the tail of the spine and to the extremities. Light marks to the boards and spine. Small bump to the fore edge of the front board. Front hinge is… Read More

London: Groombridge and Sons, 1860. viii, 168, 29, 71 col + 2 plain plates. . HB. Roy. 8vo, recased in orig. green cloth, gilt, minor rubbing. Occasional spotting/foxing. Very good.. Early reissue (first published 1853).McLean 15..

London: Groombridge & Sons, 1853. vi, 168, 29, 71 hand-col + 2 plain plates. . HB. 4to (260x160mm), cont. half-calf, some light wear, marbled boards, rubbed, recently rebacked, leather title piece. Light spotting/foxing to some plates. Publisher's printed advertisement slip for 'No. 1 of The Train A First-Class Magazine' tipped in at rear. A very good copy.. First edition. This book was the standard butterfly book of the second half of the 19th-centruy and went through many editions; it is now considered a lepidopterological classic. Plates printed by Benjamin Fawcett and coloured by hand. Francis Orpen Morris (1810-1893) was a Church of England clergyman and naturalist. McLean 15..

London:: George Bell & Sons,, 1870.. Fifth Edition.. publisher's green cloth with gilt-stamped butterflies and flowers on upper cover and spine. . Three preliminary leaves (including title) and front endpapers stamped with an English hotel ownership label; ink names on pastedown; several neat annotations relating to butterfly observations; joints starting but nevertheless sound; only occasional and very light foxing. . Small folio,. With seventy-two coloured plates. Tipped in is an A.N.s. from the author, relating to eggs.

London: Groombridge and Sons, 1857. viii, 168, 29, 71 col + 2 plain plates. . HB. Roy. 8vo, cont. full panelled morocco, gilt and black rules to both boards with decorative gilt corner motifs, raised bands to spine with gilt rules to compartments, aeg, marbled endpapers, gt inner dentelles. Some light rubbing/scuffing and a few very minor marks to rear board. Some heavy foxing to endpapers, title, the two plain plates and adjacent text leaves, occasional light spotting elsewhere, slightly heavier to one plate, which also has browning to inner edge where a bookmark has previously been located. One plate bound inverted. A finely bound copy. Very good.. First reissue (first published 1853). Fine hand-coloured plates, printed by Benjamin Fawcett.McLean 15..

London: George Bell & Sons, 1870. viii, 159, 24, 72 col + 2 plain plates. . HB. Roy. 8vo, cont. full red calf, rubbed/minor wear, raised bands to spine, gilt tooling to compartments, black leather title piece, marbled edges and endpapers, gt crest to boards. A few contemporary ink annotations to text; minor scattered foxing. Vg.. 5th edition. Francis Orpen Morris (1810-1893) was a Church of England clergyman and naturalist. The present book was the standard butterfly book of the second half of the 19th-centruy, and today is considered a lepidopterological classic. Text and plates printed by Benjamin Fawcett. McLean 15..

London: John C. Nimmo, 1891. viii, 159, 24, 2 plain + 72 hand-col plates. . HB. Roy. 8vo, rebound in recent half-leather, raised bands, gt tooling to spine compartments, leather title piece. Old, faint stain to fore-edge. Occasional marginal pencil annotations and foxing. Plates clean and bright. A very attractive copy. From the library of Michael Bryant, Hampshire ornithologist, with his bookplate.. Third edition. With attractive hand-coloured plates..

4to original blue green pictorial cloth, gilt lettering on spine and gilt illustration on spine and top cover, illustrated with 79 color plates, 234 pp. Binding is worn and frayed at extremities, spine split and torn, especially on at top edge, hinges a are weak, front endpapers are loose. a couple of preliminary pages with edge tears or folds, but not affecting plates or text, normal aging and browning; plates generally clean and bright. Morris' (1810-1893) work contains 79 hand colored plates, and a couple of black and white lithographs illustrating the tools of the trade for collecting butterflies. Each plate usually contains two or three illustrations, and is followed by a detailed description.