Natural History from Minotavros Books

Toronto: Toronto Ornithological Club, 1998. 1st Edition. Soft cover. Fine. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall. SIGNED with inscription to title. Soft cover. v, 136 pp. B&W illustrations and photos. Covers sunned and rubbed, crease to rear cover.

London: T. Fisher Unwin Ltd, 1922. Hardcover. Very Good/No Jacket. 8vo. 14th impression. Orig. red cloth. viii, 327 pp. With 14 plate illustrations. Foxing to edges of text block. Darkening to fore edge of front board. Mark to lower spine, appears to be removed tape. Ink ownership stamp of R.F. Anderson to ffep.

London: Printed for Thomas Tegg, 1839. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Good/No Jacket. 4" x 5" Green gilt-stamped morocco, inner edges dentelle, recently professional rebacked with green cloth. A.E.G. xii, 500 pp. Illustrated with numerous engravings. Orig. leather is rubbed, faded, some fatty bloom to front board, spotting and rubbing to rear board. Cracking and darkening to leather at spine.… Read more about this item

London: T. Fisher Unwin, 1900. 2nd Edition. Hardcover. Very Good/No Jacket. 18mo. Second popular edition. Contemporary red calf, gilt compartments and boards, outer and inner edges dentelle. Marbled edges and endpapers. xvi, 280 pp. Illustrated with 83 photographs taken direct from nature by the author. Spine darkened, light rubbing to extremities, a few scuffs to boards. Prize inscription… Read more about this item

London: James Nisbet & Co, 1871. Hardcover. Very Good/No Jacket. 18mo. Ninth edition. Blue publisher's cloth. xiv, 344 pp. [12] B&W engravings, frontis. has tissue guard. Spine sunned, chafing to extremities, staining to boards. Foxing to edges of text block, end matter, and sporadically to interior. Front hinge started. Gift inscription to ffep. Creasing to p. v. … Read more about this item

London: Printed by Order of the Trustees of The British Museum, 1939. 1st Edition. Soft cover. Very Good. 5" x 8.5" British Museum (Natural History). Orig. green wrappers, saddle stitched. 20 pp., II plates, B&W figures. Covers darkened to edges, some light bumping and creasing, small nick to head of front cover. Some very light foxing to interior.… Read more about this item

Ottawa: The Mortimer Co, 1915. 2nd Edition. Hardcover. Very Good/No Jacket. 8vo. Commission of Conservation Canada. Second edition. Orig. brown cloth. xxiii, 603 pp. Folding maps in pocket at rear. Chafing to extremities, a few white spots to boards. Spine cocked. Foxing to edges of text block. Ink marginalia and notations.

New York: Macmillan and Co, 1893. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Near Fine/No Jacket. 12mo. Orig. blue cloth. xi, 365 pp. [16] B&W plates. Spine slightly tilted. Light chafing to extremities. Ink ownership inscription to ffep. Bookseller ticket to rear pastedown. A few spots of light foxing.

London: Printed by Order of the Trustees of the British Museum, 1908. Soft cover. Very Good. 12mo - over 6¾ - 7¾" tall. Second edition, revised. Orig. wrappers. 85 pp. B&W illustration in text. Creasing to spine, chipping to spine foot, some damp staining to rear cover, toning to extremities. Pencil notation inside front cover and to text.… Read more about this item

New York: Rinehart & Co., Inc, 1950. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Near Fine/Near Fine. Kerr, Illingworth H.. 12mo - over 6¾ - 7¾" tall. The Rivers of America. Second printing. Orig. green cloth. Pictorial endpapers. 400 pp. B&W illustration. Fading and some light bumping to edges of boards. Ink ownership inscription to flyleaf. Dust jacket is price clipped, age… Read more about this item

Glendale, CA: The Arthur H. Clarke Company, 1976. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Near Fine/Near Fine. 8vo. Western Lands and Waters Series X. Orig. russet cloth. 287 pp. B&W photos in text, [1] fold-out map. Chafed to extremities, a few spots to boards. Dust jacket price clipped, a few short tears, lightly age toned, small stain to foot of rear… Read more about this item

New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1922. Hardcover. Very Good/No Jacket. 12mo. Orig. tan publisher's cloth. xxxiv, 521 pp. With 205 plates from photographs and 35 illustrations from drawings. Spine shaken and sunned, light general soiling to cloth, chafing to extremities. Bookplate to front pastedown, some offsetting to ffep.

Colombo: Messrs. A.M. & J. Ferguson, 1908. 3rd Edition. Hardcover. Good/No Jacket. 8vo. Third edition. Orig. red cloth. Floral endpapers. xvii, 204 pp. With plates and diagrams. Spine tilted, spotting and soiling to cloth. Age toning to interior. Foxing to end matter and edges of text block.

New York: Orange Judd Company, 1897. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Very Good/No Jacket. 16mo - over 5¾ - 6¾" tall. Orig. brown cloth, gilt turkey device to front board. viii, 159 pp. Copiously illustrated. Spine cocked, cloth damp stained. Rubbed to extremities. Some occasional foxing and staining to interior.

San Francisco: Printed by John Henry Nash, 1934. Limited Edition. Hardcover. Near Fine/No Jacket. 8vo (imperial). Limited edition, #597/2000. Quarter cream vellum paper, green paper boards. xii, 86; xxiv, 50 plates. With fifty-three illustrations. With a 5 pp. Supplementary History and Description of the Farallones, including Notes on their Plant, Bird, and Animal Life. Spines slightly sunned. Paper-backed… Read more about this item

London: Studio Editions, 1990. Hardcover. Near Fine/Near Fine. 4to. Full black paper boards. 138 pp. Illustrated with one hundred drawings by the author. Small spot of wear to head of front board, chafing to spine foot and lower corners. Dust jacket lightly faded at spine, bumped and chafed to spine ends. Near fine overall.

Newcastle Upon Tyne: Printed by and for S. Hodgson, R. Beiley, & T. Bewick, 1792. 3rd Edition. Hardcover. Very Good/No Jacket. 8vo. Half calf, teal cloth boards. Marbled edges and endpapers. x, 483 pp. Engraved title vignette. Engravings in text. Recently professionally rebacked, new leather spine with gilt tooled compartments and new title label. Light wear to extremities… Read more about this item

Bombay: Central Silk Board, 1962. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. 12mo - over 6¾ - 7¾" tall. Full brown cloth. vii, 398 pp., iv. B&W illustration in text. Light chafing and bumping to spine ends and corners. Foxing to edges of text block. Bookplate of John Paul Kramer, his ink inscription to ffep. Dust jacket sunned to… Read more about this item

London: John Murray, 1881. Hardcover. Very Good/No Jacket. 8vo (small). Second edition (fourteenth thousand), revised and augmented. Two volumes in one. Orig. green cloth, gilt title to spine, blind stamped borders to front board. xvi, 693 pp. With illustrations in text. Chafing to boards extremities. Spine darkened and tilted. A few spots of soiling and damp staining to… Read more about this item

London: The Macmillan Company, 1969. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. 12mo - over 6¾ - 7¾" tall. Quarter green cloth, black green boards. xv, 334 pp. Numerous B&W photos in text. Spine cocked. Chafing to extremities. Ink ownership inscription to front pastedown. Dust jacket is price clipped, sunned to spine, some bumping to edges, creased to foot… Read more about this item