Bungay, Suffolk, England: C. Brightly and Co. and T. Kinnersly, [1754] 1812. Leather-bound. 8vo. 8 3/8 in. x 5 in. Contemporary tree calf, double-ruled in gilt chain pattern. Contrasting spine label - six compartments. Owner name Samuel S. Parkinson to front free endpaper. Note to front pastedown: "Collated May 30..... More

London, England: Printed for Benj. White, 1777. Thomas Pennant. Leather-bound. Octavo. Dark brown full diced calf (russia), bordered by blind stamped interlocking device. Rebacked in matching calf, ruled in gilt. Contrasting spine label (gilt on black). Marbled edges. Crabs, Lobsters, Worms, Shells. 93 plates. Very tight, pages unmarred, very clean..... More

London, England: B. and J. White at Horace's Head, Fleet-Street, 1796. Fifth Edition. Leather-bound. Small quarto, Contemporary mottled calf measuring 8 1/2" x 5 3/8". Front and rear boards each double-ruled in gilt with a continuous gilt device (appearing like tiny life preservers strung upon a striped rope), and a...... More

Paris, France: Dentu, Imprimeur,Libraire, 1809. First Edition. Leather-bound. NOTE: MISSING VOLUME IV AND ATLAS VOLUME Half-bound leather over lovely decorated blue boards with a geometric wave pattern. Appears that a previous owner (replaced the missing cornerpieces with the pastedown endpapers likely being replacements as well. The makeshift replacement corner protectors..... More

London, England: Routledge, Warne, and Routledge, 1859. "Mr. Sowerby" (George Brettingham Sowerby, II). Reprint. Hardcover. Duodecimo. 7 in. x 4 1/2 in. Green cloth, blind-stamped floral designs front and rear. Gilt lettering and designs to spine. Hand-colored frontispiece, tissue-guarded, after drawings by "Mr. Sowerby" after the wood engravings of E...... More