TO WHICH IS ADDED A LETTER TO THE REV. WHITE KENNET IN DEFENCE OF THE ENGLISH HISTORICAL LIBRARY. THIS IS THE THREE PARTS BOUND IN ONE PLUS THE LETTER TO KENNET. QUARTO A MODERN BINDING IN FULL PLAIN LEATHER NEW ENDPAPERS PROFESSIONAL REPAIR TO TITLE PAGE MINOR RUBBING TO THE LEATHER OF THE SPINE. VERY GOOD.
LIMITED TO NUMBERED 550 COPIES OF WHICH THIS IS NUMBER 360. SIGNED BY WHISTLER. 47 PAGES OF TEXT AND 82 PAGES OF MONOCHROME ILLUSTRATIONS. VERY GOOD COPY IN BLACK CLOTH WITH BEVELLED BOARDS. SLIGHT FOXING TO THE FEP.
VERY GOOD HARDBACK IN FADED BROWN TO GREEN CLOTH. TOP OF SPINE IS FRAYED. WEAK BINDING. AN INTRODUCTION TO THE NATURAL HISTORY STRUCTURE PHYSIOLOGY AND CLASSIFICATION OF INSECTS. FIVE HAND COLOURED PLATES.
2ND EDITION. 12 HAND-COLOURED PLATES BY FITCH. MECHANICS INSTITUTE STAMP ON TITLE PAGE AND PLATE ON FIRST PAGE. SOME DAMAGE TO TOP OF SPINE . GREEN BOARDS GILT DECORATION ON FRONT.
REPRINT NICELY BOUND IN QUARTER LEATHER OVER GREEN BOARDS. A PRESENTATION COPY FROM EDWINA ASHLEY WIFE OF LORD MOUNTBATTEN TO THE COUNTESS OF BRECKNOCK MARJORIE MINNA JENKINS PRATT. SPOTTED FOXING TO FEP BUT VERY GOOD.
FOUR VOLUMES IN FINE CONDITION IN VERY GOOD SLIPCASE. INCLUDES: THE DESCENT OF MAN – AND SELECTION IN RELATION TO SEX. ON THE ORIGIN OF SPECIES – BY MEANS OF NATURAL SELECTION (OR THE PRESERVATION OF FAVOURED RACES IN THE STRUGGLE FOR LIFE. A NATURALIST`S VOYAGE – JOURNAL OF RESEARCHES INTO THE NATURAL HISTORY AND GEOLOGY OF THE COUNTRIES VISITED DURING THE VOYAGE OF H.M.S. BEAGLE UNDER THE COMMAND OF CAPT. FITZ ROY R.N. INTRODUCTION BY RICHARD DAWKINS. THE EXPRESSIONS OF THE EMOTIONS – IN MAN AND ANIMALS. EXTRA POSTAGE REQUIRED FOR OVERSEAS.
VERY GOOD HARDBACK. SLIGHTLY WORN DUST WRAP. FASCINATING COMPOSITE PORTRAIT IN WORDS AND PICTURES SEEKING TO DEFINE SOME OF THE ENGLISHMAN’S ATTITUDES. INSCRIPTION ON F.E.P.
FIRST EDITION LARGE QUARTO MANY TIPPED-IN COLOUR PLATES. NEAR FINE IN IVORY CLOTH SLIP CASE. ONE OF THE ART IDEAS HISTORY SERIES. EXTRA POSTAGE FOR OVERSEAS.