Irish Whales and Whaling.
First Edition. Belfast, Blackstaff Press, 1981. 21 x 15 cm. (12), 218 pages. Original cloth. Hard cover. Inside original dust jacket. Near fine condition. A bright clean copy.
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Journal of Researches into the Natural History and Geology of the Countries visited during the Voyage of H.M.S. ‘Beagle’ Round the World. Under the Command of Capt. Fitzroy.
Eighteenth Thousand. London, John Murray, 1888. 13 x 18 cm, x, 519 pages. With a few small B&W Illustrations in the text. Original decorated leather spine with gilt decorations and title on new boards and new marbled end papers. Professonally rebound in 2017. Marbled edges. Very good condition. New boards and marbled end papers. Original spine plate a little worn and darkened. Internally clean and bright. Some foxing, mainly to end papers and first / last pages. Gift insription on ‘half title’ page, dated 1943. A handsome little book.
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Key to the Wildfowl of the World.
Slimbridge, Gloucestershire, Severn Wildfowl Trust, [1951]. 24 x 15 cm. Booklet consists of 23 Plates and text explanations on the opposite side. Pamphlet with light grey paper covers. Very good condition. Dust dulled throughout. Mild water staining on covers and first two pages.
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Lettres A Sophie Sur La Physique, La Chimie et L’Histoire Naturelle. Avec Des Notes Par M. Patrin, De L’Institut.
Dixieme Edition. Four Volumes. Bruxelles, Aug. Wahlen, 1827. 11 x 7.5 cm. xxvi, 214 / 238 / 230 / 218 pages. With a Frontispiece in each volume. Uniform black half calf over cloth. Hard Covers. Very good condition. Some rubbing and bumping. Edges and end papers age darkened. Occasional mild foxing and dust dulling. A nice uniform set.
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Life. In its Lower, Intermediate and Higher Forms: or, Manifestations of the Divine Wisdom in the Natural History of Animals.
Third Edition. London, James Nisbet and Co., 1870. 17 x 11 cm. viii, 363 pages. Illustrated throughout in B&W. Some full page illustrations. Original green cloth, with gilt, black and blind decorations to boards and spine. Very Good condition. Ex Library with library ‘ex libris’ on front paste down and some stamps inside. Some age darkening, browning and foxing. Minor rubbing and bumping to binding. Internally nice and clean. Small bookbinders sticker on rear end paper (Bound by Burn & Co.). A nice volume.
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Look at the Sky.. and tell the Weather.
Revised and enlarged edition. New York, Funk and Wagnalls, 1970. 23 x 32 cm (oblong). xiii, (3), 90 pages. With Illustrations in Text and a large folding chart at the end of the book. Original blue cloth. Hard cover. Inside original price clipped dust jacket, now inside clear archival jacket. Very good condition. Ex Libris on half title page. Internally clean. A nice copy.
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Mayo. Maigh Eo. Aspects of its Heritage.
First Edition. Galway, The Archeological, Historical and Folklore Society, Regional Technical College, 1982. 16 x 23 cm, 313 pages with numerous B&W photos, illustrations, tables etc. Original hardcover with dustjacket, now inside archival jacket. Very good in good dust jacket. Dust jacket with minor losses to top of spine and small damage to front (removed sticker). Internally a bright and clean copy.
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Morning Flight. A Book of Wildfowl. Illustrated with Reproductions from the Author’s Paintings and a Self-Portrait.
Signed Limited Edition. No. 199 / 750. London, Country Life Limited, 1935. 32 x 25 cm. xiii, (2), 138 pages. Illustrated throughout in colour and B&W. Original black and brown cloth with title and author on front board and spine. Top edge gilt, fore and tail edge deckle. In original decorated dust jacket. Very good condition in good dust jacket. Minor shelf wear, rubbing and bumping to corners, boards and spine. Binding dust dulled and faded. Edges and end papers dust dulled. Very faded inscription from Peter Scott to Alanbrooke (?), signed Peter and dated 3rd November 1935. Text mostly unreadable. Signed and numbered (199) by Peter Scott. Occasional mild foxing. Internally clean. Dust jacket worn and age darkened. Minor paper losses to top of spine. Now in protective jacket.
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Natural History of Quadrupeds.
Second Edition. ND [c. 1840]. 13 x 10 cm. viii, 363 pages plus four pages publishers list. With a frontispiece and 31 other Plates. Contemporary black quarter morroco over marbled boards. Rebacked in 2022 using the original boards and the remains of the spine. New plain end papers. Very good condition. Rubbed and bumped boards. Parts of the original spine missing (see images). Edges age darkened. Occasional mild foxing. Internally clean. A nice little copy.
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Natural Phenomena. A Collection of descriptive and speculative Essays on some of the By-Paths of Nature.
[First Edition]. London and Edinburgh, Gall and Inglis, [1906]. 20 x 14 cm. xiv, 366 pages. Illustrated. Original textured cloth. Hard cover with gilt title on front board and spine. Very good condition. Minor shelf wear. Edges and end papers age darkened. Occasional very mild foxing, otherwise, internally clean
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