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On the Structure and Distribution of Coral Reefs; Also Geological Observations on the Volcanic Islands and Parts of South American.
By: Charles Darwin. Published year: undated, circa 1890.
Hard Cover.  In good condition, Green cloth binding. Black stamp design and lettering on

Biology, Geology, Natural History - Quantity: 1 - Book

Charles Darwin - On the Structure and Distribution of Coral Reefs - 1890

Scarce and hard to find, complete two volumes set of.
‘Life, Letters and Journals of Sir Charles Lyell’. 

Edited by his sister-in-law, Katharine M. Lyell, this collection provides an intimate look at the pioneering geologist's personal life and the development of his

Illustrated, Natural History, Collected works, Geology - Quantity: 2 - Book

Mrs. Lyell - Life, Letters and Journals of Sir Charles Lyell [In Two Volumes] - 1881

British Wild Flowers, Illustrated by John E. Sowerby; described, with an introduction and a key to the natural orders.
First edition, 1860.

Illustrated with a hand-coloured frontispiece and 80 hand coloured plates, octavo, pp xlix, 168, slightly age-toned internally, slight

Biology, Botany, Illustrated, Natural History, Nature, Science - Quantity: 1 - Book

John E. Sowerby & C. Pierpoint Johnson - British Wild Flowers Illustrated - 1860

Banks, Joseph (1743-1820)

The Endeavour Journal of Joseph Banks 1768-1771 (2 Vol Set)

Edited by J.C. Beaglehole.
Published by The Trustees of Public Library of NSW in association with Angus & Robertson, Sydney, 1962., 1962.
First Edition.
2 Vol. Set, super octavo (24.1 x 16.6

Travels, Science, Natural History - Quantity: 2 - Fold out maps or plates - Book

Joseph Banks - The Endeavour Journal of Joseph Banks 1768-1771 - 1962

Nice and substantial hardback beautiful illustrated work of British Birds from the golden age of illustrated natural history. British ornithological work by noted zoologist J. Lewis Bonhot. ‘Birds of Britain and Their Eggs’ in both informative and visually appealing. The book

Illustrated, Natural History - Quantity: 1 - Book

J. Lewis Bonhote - Birds of Britain and Their Eggs - 1930

The Book of Animals, illustrated by Harrison Weir, with descriptions and anecdotes by Frederica Graham.

Published by Addey & Co., London,  1857.

Large square octavo, c. 100 pages (not numbered), all edges gilt, illustrated with 24 impressive coloured woodblock plates (probably

Agriculture, Animals, Biology, Children's books, Fine Bindings, Illustrated, Natural History, Nature, Science - Quantity: 1 - Book

Harrison Weir;  Frederica Graham - The Book of Animals (with a signed binding) - 1857

Lot consisting of 2-volume set of the scientific encyclopedia Australian Marine Shells 

Volume 1: 408 pages (includes a color map split across two pages and no fewer than 44 full-page color plates featuring the main families such as Strombidae, Cypraeidae and Ranellidae).


Natural History, Biology - Quantity: 2 - Book

Barry Wilson - Australian Marine Shells - Volume nr 1 e nr 2 - 1994-1994

The Origin of Species by: Charles Darwin.
Published: London: Ward, Lock & Co. undated 

Condition:
Hardcover on original broad with gilt letterings and embossed front, in very good condition. 
Tight binding, top edge gilted, front cover a slightly rub. 
Text page is in a clean

Natural History, Collected works - Quantity: 1 - Book

Charles Darwin - The Origins of Species - 1920

Large volume contains series 7 and series 8, which are rarely become available for sell. This work contains thorough descriptions of each wild flower, as well as their habitats and uses in medicine. Each series with 160 pages, and forty colour plates, more like finished

Illustrated, Botany, Natural History - Quantity: 1 - Book

F. Edward Hulme - Familiar Wild Flowers (With 80 Coloured Plates) - 1902

IV, 54 pp.; 12 handcoloured lithographic plates, with two figures on each plate.
Orig. embossed cloth; spine with five raised bands nad gilt title; all edges gilt. Some plates with tissue guards.
Front cover detached, lower corner bumped; some foxing in the text, the plates

Botany, Illustrated, Natural History, Bibles - Quantity: 1 - Hand coloured illustrations - Book

John Hutton Balfour - The plants of the Bible : trees and shrubs - 1857

Michael Faraday.

The Chemical History of a Candle: A Course of Lectures Delivered Before a Juvenile Audience at the Royal Institution.  
Published by  Chatto & Windus.    Not dated, but c.1874.

Small octavo, illustrated with small text figures, 226 pages, marbled edges, very

Biology, Children's books, Chemistry, Fine Bindings, Natural History, Science - Quantity: 1 - Book

Michael Faraday - The Chemical History of a Candle: A Course of Lectures Delivered Before a Juvenile Audience at the - 1874

William H.G. Kingston and Charles Rathbone Low.

Great African travellers from Bruce and Mungo Park to Livingstone and Stanley.

First edition, Published London, Glasgow, Manchester and New York,  1890.

Very well illustrated, large thick octavo, pp 509. all edges gilt, a slight

Africa, Anthropology, Biographies and memoirs, Colonial history, Fine Bindings, History, Hunting, shooting and fishing, Illustrated, Natural History, Travels - Quantity: 1 - Book

William Kingston & Charles Low - Great African Travellers, from Mungo Park to Livingstone and Stanley - 1890

Charles Darwin.  On the Structure and Distribution of Coral Reefs; also, Geological Observations on the Volcanic Islands and Parts of South America Visited During the Voyage of H.M.S. Beagle.
With a critical introduction by Professor John W. Judd.

Not dated (c.1900). 


Biology, Geology, Geography, Natural History, Nature, Oceania, Science, Travels - Quantity: 1 - Fold out maps or plates - Book

Charles Darwin - On the Structure and Distribution of Coral Reefs / Geological Observations...during voyage HMS - 1900

Conversations on Botany.....With Plates.   1840.
Anonymous, but by Sarah Mary Fitton, aided by Elizabeth Fitton.

Ninth edition.

Thick 2mo, pp xvi, 285, + 32 page publisher's catalogue dated October 1845.    Very firm internally, a little offsetting of plate image onto text,

Biology, Botany, Children's books, Education, Illustrated, Natural History, Nature, Science - Quantity: 1 - Book

Sarah Mary Fitton - Conversations on Botany - 1840

An History of Animals Containing Descriptions of the Birds, Beasts, Fishes, and Insects of the Several Parts of the World.
By John Hill.
You are bidding on an edition from the publisher Thomas Osborne (London) from the year 1752. Bound in a modern half-leather binding with a back

Natural History, Science - Quantity: 1 - Book

John Hill - An History of Animals Containing Descriptions of the Birds,Beasts, Fishes, and Insects of the Serval - 1752

A landmark Astronomy book by Irish Astronomer, Sir Robert Stawell Ball (Sir Robert Stawell Ball (1840-1913) was an Irish Astronomer who founded screw theory). In this work, he provides a detailed study of the history and arrangement of the solar system, including planets, distant

Illustrated, Natural History, Astronomy - Quantity: 1 - Book

Robert Stawell Ball - The Story of the Heavens - 1891

Joseph Wolf.
History prints Birds of Prey.
Published By:  Studio Edns., 1991.
 It features 60 full-colour plates of prints and lithographs.
A collection that traces over 200 years of conchological illustration history through 60 full-page colour plates.
 Each plate is accompanied

Natural History - Quantity: 1 - Dust jacket - Book

Joseph Wolf. - 60 plates History prints Birds of Prey - 1991

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