London: Swan Sonnenschein & Co. 1st. Cloth. The first 3 issues of "The Conchologist: A Quarterly Magazine for Conchologists". By the 2nd volume the magazine was renamed "The Conchologist: A Journal of Malacology" and by Vol. III just "The Journal of Malacology". All 3 volumes clean and solid. Each volume..... More
London: Longman and Co., 1859. Original Wraps. The 1859 issue ("Volume the Third") of Davy's Devon Herd Book. Solid and tight and VG- in its original printed blue wrappers. One stain at the lower fore-edge corner of the front wrapper and several other minor spots to the panels, otherwise very..... More
New York: Tudor Publishing Co., 1935. Decorative Cloth. A handsome copy of the 1935 Tudor re-issue, including 12 lavish tipped-in color plates by E.J. Detmold. Solid and VG in its green cloth, with bright gilt-design and lettering to the front panel and spine. And in a crisp, price-clipped, VG dustjacket..... More
Esslingen, Germany: Verlag Von J.F. Schreiber, 1867. Decorative Cloth. 1867 4th edition of this magnificent study in early chromolithography of the "savage" animals of the jungle. 30 detailed, full-page chromolithographed plates featuring 159 species of carnivores in various poses. A clean, well-preserved copy--all plates are in beautiful, unblemished condition. Folio..... More
Santa Fe, New Mexico: The Rydal Press, 1961. Cloth. 1961 1st edition. VG+ in a bright, VG dustjacket, with very light soiling at the front panel. Octavo, 284 pgs. More
Boston: Commissioners on the Zoological and Botanical Survey of the State, 1839. 1st. Cloth. The 1839 1st edition, re-bound in a clean, institutional red cloth, with bright gilt-titling along the spine and new endsheets as well. The original text has held up nicely: clear and relatively clean on bright pages..... More
Chipping Norton, Australia: Surrey Beatty & Sons Pty Limited, 1984. Cloth. A near-pristine copy of the 1984 1st edition. Clean and Fine in a crisp, Near Fine dustjacket, with just the slightest hint of light creasing along the spine base. Tall quarto, edited by Andrew Smith and Ian Hume. More
Washington, D.C. Smithsonian Institution, 1942. 1st. Original Wraps. INSCRIBED BY ARTHUR CLEVELAND BENT on the front panel. 1942 1st edition. Clean and VG+ in its original light-green wrappers. Very minor fraying at foot of spine, otherwise tight and well-preserved. Thick octavo, 555 pgs. Signed by Author. More
Washington, D.C. Smithsonian Institution, 1946. 1st. Original Wraps. INSCRIBED BY ARTHUR CLEVELAND BENT on front panel. A clean, well-preserved copy to boot of the 1946 1st edition. Bright and VG+ in its original light-green wrappers. Octavo, 495 pgs. Signed by Author. More
Washington, D.C. Government Printing Office, 1929. 1st. Original Wraps. INSCRIBED BY ARTHUR CLEVELAND BENT on the front panel. 1929 1st edition. Clean and VG- in its original light-green wraps, with fraying along the bottom half of the spine. Octavo, 412 pgs. Signed by Author. More
Washington, D.C. Government Printing Office, 1923. 1st. Original Wraps. INSCRIBED BY ARTHUR CLEVELAND BENT on front panel. 1923 1st edition. VG in its original wrappers, with light foxing to the front panel. Octavo, 250 pgs. Signed by Author. More
Washington, D.C. Government Printing Office, 1925. 1st. Original Wraps. INSCRIBED BY ARTHUR CLEVELAND BENT on the front panel. A crisp, well-preserved copy to boot of the 1925 1st edition. Clean and VG+ in its original light-green wrappers. Octavo, 376 pgs. Signed by Author. More
London: Hodder and Stoughton, 1921. Cloth. The 1921 1st UK edition, IN THE UNCOMMON DUSTJACKET. VG- (with foxing at the preliminaries and offsetting to the front and rear endpapers) in a bright, VG- dustjacket, with darkening along the spine and several small chips at the panel edges. Translated from its..... More
Norman, Oklahoma: University of Oklahoma Press, 1981. 1st. Cloth. INSCRIBED BY THE AUTHOR on the half-title. A very solid copy to boot of the 1981 stated 1st edition. Near Fine in a bright, Near Fine dustjacket. Octavo, 222 pgs. Signed by Author. More
The New York Botanical Garden, 1975. Cloth. A clean, very sharp copy of the 1975 1st edition of Volume II. Near Fine (with light foxing at the fore-edge) in a bright, Near Fine dustjacket. Tall quarto, 361 pgs., crisp color photographs thruout. More
New York: Modern Library, 1936. Cloth. A particularly clean, attractive copy of this 1936 stated 1st Modern Library edition. Tight and Near Fine in a crisp, Near Fine dustjacket, with one tiny chip --and just a touch of light creasing-- near the spine crown. A very sharp copy of this..... More
Indianapolis: The Bobbs-Merrill Company, 1900. Decorative Cloth. A handsome copy of the 1900 original edition of this exhaustive, highly-regarded examination of American fungi. The signed/limited "Author's Edition" to boot, #347 OF 750 COPIES SIGNED BY CHARLES MCILVAINE at the limitation. Solid and VG+ in its green cloth, with bright gilt-titling..... More
London: The Trustees of the British Museum, 1965. Joanna Webb and D.R. Rosevear. Cloth. A superb copy of the 1965 1st edition. Tight and Near Fine in a crisp, price-intact, Near Fine dustjacket, with just a touch of light creasing along the edges. Thick octavo, 418 pgs. "With two plates..... More
Chicago: Field Museum of Natural History, 1937. 1st. Original Wraps. A clean, well-preserved copy of this uncommon Field Museum study of the plants and drugs of Iran and Iraq. 1937 1st (and almost certainly only) edition. Crisp and VG+ in its original beige wrappers. Museum bookplates at the front pastedown..... More
Washington: Government Printing Office, 1898. 1st. Cloth. Part 4: The Asiatic Fur-Seal Islands and Fur-Seal Industry by Leonhard Stejneger. Solid and VG in its navy-blue cloth, with faded lettering along the spine and very light fraying at the spine ends. Quarto, 384 pgs., 86 plates and multiple fold-out maps (all..... More
London: The Zoological Society of London, 1902. Original Wraps. The 1902 1st appearance in book form, published in its original blue wrappers by the Zoological Society of London. Re-bound (with new endsheets but with original covers bound-in) in navy-blue cloth, with gilt-titling to the spine. Clean and well-preserved and solidly..... More
Boston: Houghton Mifflin Co., 1939. Cloth. 1939 Houghton Mifflin edition. Solid and VG+ in a bright, price-clipped, VG dustjacket, with light chipping at the spine ends and panel edges. Thick quarto, 554 pgs. plus 97 handsome color plates. More
New York: D. Appleton & Co., 1888. Decorative Cloth. A handsome example of the 1888 2nd American edition, complete in 2 volumes and edited by Darwin's son, Francis. Both volumes solid and VG in their russet cloth, with very light wear at the spine crowns. Gilt-lettering along the spines and..... More
Brussels: M. Weissenbruch, Imprimeur du Roi, 1881. Hardcover. A WONDERFUL COPY: 7 separate titles bound into 1 book. The 1881 1st edition of the Jules Colbeau biography ("Notice Biographique...."), SIGNED BY THE AUTHOR FRANCOIS ROFFIAEN on the title page. Plus the 1865 "Excursions et Decouvertes Malacologiques Faites en Quelques Localites..... More
Boston: Lee and Shepard, 1879 (1880). Decorative Cloth. A very pleasing copy of the 1879 1st edition. Clean and VG+ in its russet cloth, with lovely pictorial gilt-design and titling along the front panel and spine. Abrading and wear at the inner hinges (which are both still perfectly strong), a...... More
