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
London: George G. Harrap & Co., 1926. Cloth. A tight, well-preserved copy of the 1926 1st edition. Solid and VG (former owner name and small pasted-on newspaper column {"Rare Marsupials} at the front free endpaper) in a bright, price-clipped, VG dustjacket, with light creasing --and several small closed tears-- at..... 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, 1938. 1st. Original Wraps. INSCRIBED BY ARTHUR CLEVELAND BENT on the front panel. 1938 1st edition. VG+ in its original light-green wrapppers. Octavo, 480 pgs. Signed by Author. More
Washington, D.C. Smithsonian Institution, 1937. 1st. Original Wraps. INSCRIBED BY ARTHUR CLEVELAND BENT IN YEAR-OF-PUBLICATION on the front panel. A sharp copy to boot of the 1937 1st edition. Clean and bright and VG+ in its original light-green wrappers. Octavo, 409 pgs. Signed by Author. 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
New York Botanical Garden, 1986. Decorative Cloth. The 1986 revised edition of this sweeping study of the Intermountain Flora (Vascular Plants) of the Intermountain West of the United States. 5 of the 6 volumes present. All of the volumes are clean, bright and Near Fine in their pictorial, orangle cloth..... 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
London: L. Reeve, 1895. Cloth. Vol. II of the 1895 illustrated edition, which includes 46 color (chromolithographed) plates. Solid and VG in its green cloth, with bright gilt-design and lettering along the panels. Very light scuffing to the front panel, light wear to the spine ends, light, intermittent foxing to..... 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
Garden City, NY: Doubleday & Co. (for the American Museum of Natural History), 1960. 1st. Full-Leather. A handsome copy of the 1960 signed/limited. #177 OF 500 COPIES SIGNED BY THE AUTHOR CRAWFORD H. GREENEWALT on the limitation page AND BOUND IN A FULL DARK-GREEN LEATHER. Clean and Near Fine with..... 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
London: Ernest Benn Limited, 1964-1972. Cloth. A very handsome copy of the 1964 thru 1972 1st editions, complete in 3 volumes. All 3 volumes tight and Near Fine (tiny, discreet former owner stamp at the front pastedowns) in bright, price-intact, Near Fine examples of the wonderful pictorial dustjackets, with one..... More
