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1961réf. 236047Moskva, Akad. nauk, 1961. M. 1 Portr. u. zahlr. Abb. 276 S. (Trudy Inst. morfol. zivotnych 35).
19292 vols., 8vo., First Edition thus, with numerous fine wood-engravings by Horace Bray in the text; original boards, buckram backs, backstrips lightly sunned, a very good, bright, clean set. EDITION LIMITED TO 285 COPIES. Printed by Robert Ashwin Maynard. Franklin, p.215.
18988vo., First Edition, with a portrait frontispiece in photogravure and 4 plates, neat contemporary inscription on half-title; original red cloth, gilt back, chocolate endpapers, uncut, a very good, bright, crisp copy. With 6pp publisher's catalogue bound in at end. A lovely copy. Prance A14.
1880Roy. 4to., First Edition thus , with fine chromolithographed frontispiece (original tissue guard present), title in red and black, 19 fine chromolithographed plates, 28 plates in monochrome (most containing several figures) and very numerous highly detailed wood-engraved illustrations in the text; handsomely bound in contemporary brown half calf, coarse wave-grain cloth sides ruled in gilt, back with five raised bands tooled in gilt, second compartment with red leather label ruled and lettered in gilt, all other compartments ruled in blind, marbled edges, one or two scuff marks on covers, joints lightly rubbed (but binding entirely sound), a remarkably bright, fresh, crisp, clean copy. Lovely copy of this exhaustive and impressive vade-mecum, a considerably extended and augmented version of Miles' original edition of 1868. Here the scope of the work is broadened to include cattle, sheep and pigs, together with coverage of plants of veterinary value and importance. Contributors inlcude J. Walker, S.P. Preston, C. Scott and J.I. Lupton. The fine coloured plates illustrate types and breeds. The highly detailed monochrome plates also show harness, manoeuvres and equipment, and notably include a fine series on the anatomy of the horse by Herring, engraved by Cowan. SCARCE IN THIS CONDITION
19353 vols., roy. 8vo., First Edition thus, with frontispieces; cloth, gilt backs, a very good, clean set. The first complete edition, including letters previously unpublished and others uncollected.
19528vo., First Trade Edition, with frontispiece and numerous illustrations in the text; maroon cloth, backstrip lettered in silver, a near fine copy in unclipped dustwrapper. The first (limited) edition was published a month earlier. 'That so considerable a piece of prose could have lain in MS at a publisher's for nearly a decade and then, though printed when Hardy's reputation was at a peak in the year after 'Tess', have gone unnoticed and disappeared from memory are facts as surprising as any in Hardy's bibliography' (Purdy: A Bibliography of Thomas Hardy). Uncommon in this condition. Purdy, p.301-3.
1925Sm. 8vo., First Edition, with a frontispiece and 6 plates, endpapers lightly browned, fore-edges dusty; boards, cloth back, paper label, uncut, a very good clean copy in unclipped dustwrapper, the latter lightly age-soiled and with some loss at edges. With the errata slip tipped-in facing p.59, and spare paper label at end. In addition to the editor, contributors include EV Lucas and Edmund Gosse.
19568vo., First Edition, with a sepia-toned frontispiece, 11 sepia-toned plates and a full-page map in the text; beige cloth, backstrip lettered in black, a very good, bright, clean copy in unclipped dustwrapper. With striking wrap-around dustwrapper artwork by Lynton Lamb. Uncommon in this condition.
19528vo., First Edition, with frontispiece and illustrations in the text; red cloth, backstrip lettered in black, a very good, bright, clean copy in unclipped, lightly age-soiled dustwrapper. With striking dustwrapper artwork by Lynton Lamb.
1979Roy. 8vo., First Edition, with a portrait frontispiece, 5 plates and very numerous facsimiles in the text; cloth gilt, gilt back, a fine copy.
1956Sm. 8vo., First Edition thus; original orange printed wrappers, small label scar on front wrapper else a good, firm copy. Penguin 1131
1930Sm. 8vo., with a portrait frontispiece; blue cloth, upper board and backstrip blocked and lettered in gilt, a near fine copy in price-clipped dustwrapper. First published in 1921.
19548vo. Third Impression with title-vignette and 8 full-page plates; dark red cloth gilt back a very good bright clean copy in unclipped dustwrapper the latter lightly sunned at backstrip.
19548vo., First Edition; red cloth, gilt back, a very good, clean copy in dustwrapper. Striking dustwrapper artwork by Lynton Lamb
1960Oblong 8vo., 18pp in typescript, neat signature on front wrapper; wire-stitched, covers lightly frayed else a very good, clean copy. The reverse of front wrapper reads 'This booklet is a word for word copy of the original, and any grammatical errors have not been corrected'. We have been unable to trace any original version; the MS is probably in private hands. RARE.
19978vo., First Edition, with plates; green cloth, gilt back, a near fine copy in unclipped dustwrapper.
19102 vols., 8vo., Eighth and Seventh Edition respectively, with frontispieces (original tissue guards present), titles in blue and black, and very numerous illustrations (16 and 14 full-page respectively) and head- and tail-pieces in the text; handsomely bound in navy half Chieftan morocco BY MORRELL, sides in blue cloth ruled in gilt, backs with five raised bands ruled in gilt, second and fourth compartments framed and lettered in gilt, all other compartments framed in gilt, gilt tops, pale blue laid endpapers, navy silk markers, uncut, a most attractive set ideal as gift or for presentation. The bindings are signed on front free endpaper versos. Brock's inimitable and much-loved 'Elia' illustrations to both works were first published in 1899. A FRESH, ELEGANT SET WITH CHARMING ILLUSTRATIONS IN A NOTABLE SIGNED BINDING. Skilton, p.160.
19808vo., with illustrations and maps in the text; green cloth, gilt back, a very good, bright, clean copy in unclipped dustwrapper. First published in the UK as 'War in a Stringbag' in 1977. Well-written account by a pilot who served in virtually every theatre in which the Fleet Air Arm was involved. Vivid coverage of Taranto. Enser, p.88; Law, 9782.
19112 vols., 8vo., Second Impression thus, neat contemporary signature pencilled on front free endpapers; original series binding of grey ribbed cloth, upper boards blocked in blind, gilt backs, pictorial endpapers, a very good, bright, clean set. First published in EL in 1909. SCARCE IN THIS CONDITION. EL 342, 342; Seymour 605.0, 606.0.
19558vo., First Edition, with title-vignette and illustrations in the text; patterned boards, green cloth back lettered in gilt, a near fine copy in unclipped dustwrapper very lightly browned at extremities. SCARCE IN THIS CONDITION.
