Keighley. Printed and sold by S. Billows. 1867. 16mo. 16cm, 15,[1]p., book ad on rear wrapper, cover title in publishers decorated frame border, printed self wraps, near fine. (Pol). ~ "Penny Histories for Children". William Wright (1836-1897), of Bingley, Yorkshire, was a very popular English satirist known as "The Yorkshire.....

Besancon de Bibliophile. 2014. 8vo. 23cm, 118p., title-page vignette, 19 facsimile leaves in sepia, extensive footnotes, some underlining, stiff blue/grey wraps with gilt crest on the cover, paper spine label, fine (bks.ds). ~ The Granvelle Library was instituted in 1546 and 1547 and was one of the most important private.....

N.p. Privately published. N.d. 8vo. 23cm, 65p., frontis portrait (author), facsimile illustrations, notes, printed green wraps, fine condition (gar). ~ John Goldie (1793-186) writes of a journey from Montreal, around Lake Ontario, on to Pittsburgh in 1819. Originally published privately in 1897 the only extant copy is in the Toronto.....

New York. Burt Franklin. 1970. 8vo. 22cm, reprint of 1923 first edition, xvi,351p., with 24 illustrations including frontis portrait, appendices, index, brown cloth, fine as new copy (bks). ~ In three parts: I-Existing Bibliographies. 2- Original Works & Translations. 3- Articles, Pamphlets, Reviews. The significant Introduction is by an associate.....

London. Royal Society. 1771/1772. 8vo. 22cm, pp.584-677, with 2 folding plates, on heavy stock paper, bound in quarter modern dark blue cloth and marbled boards, printed title labels on front & spine, small library stamp on verso of plates, last page of previous Transaction bound in, fine (scn). ~ An.....

Mansfield Centre, CT. Martino Fine Books. N.d. 8vo. 21cm, facsimile reprint of the 1909 first edition, 179p., double column, index of names, green cloth, gilt spine titles, as new (gar). ~ A facsimile Originally published in Kingson, Jamaica at The Institute of Jamaica in 1909 by its secretary and librarian.....

London. Henry S. King & C. Kegan Paul. 1877-1878. thick16mo, 16cm, vi,160 & vii,160 & 140pp., with 3 engraved frontis plates each with tissue guard, in contemporary full dark green morocco, raised bands, gilt decorated borders in the panels, gilt titles, gilt decorated borders and inner dentelles with gilt roll.....

Ottawa. King's Printer. 1924. 25cm, various paginations (over 300 pages), plus many plates and illustrations, (2 of the butterflies are in colour illustrating 42 specimens), original light green cloth, gilt titles and cover map illustrations, a fine bright copy (as new), in the original shipped box (gar).

New York. Harcourt, Brace and Company. 1948. thick8vo. 21cm, first trade edition, 1067p., blue/black cloth, gilt titles, colour illustrated jacket (some slight wear along top edge), very good to fine copy in very good jacket (not price clipped, one closed repair). "Signed by author" on front free fly (Lt). ~.....

Toronto. The Ontario Publishing Co. 1894. thick tall8vo, 24cm, vii,595,24pp., 6 monthly frontis pieces, numerous illustrations, ads., in half brown morocco and marbled boards, raised bands, gilt spine titles, very good to fine sound copy (cl.ds). ~ Includes: "Down the Yukon and Up the Mackenzie", "the Freezing of Northern Rivers".....

London. Sampson Low, Marston, Searle & Rivington. 1878. 8vo, 21.5cm, volume one only, xl,395p., with 3 original woodburytype photographic plates, text illustrations, wanting the folding map, ex-library, half black leather and marbled boards, spine cap taped with clear shipping type tape, the title page is trimmed along the fore-edges, text.....

London. Nattali & Maurice. 1968. tall8vo, 24.8cm, 150p., tipped-in frontis woodcut of one of Bewick's birds, many other woodcuts reproduced in the text, facsimile reproductions, one engraved portrait by Bewick, japon vellum backed yellow paper over boards with silhouette portrait, on the cover, gilt title along the spine, a very.....

London. Published by Edward Lumley. 1839. 8vo, 22.5cm, xviii, xii,[editors preface],326,(2)pp.ads., engraved frontis & vignette title page, numerous (wood block type) text illustrations, complete with half title, in the original blind decorated dark green cloth, gilt spine titles and gilt pictorial cover illus., hinges expertly restored, a fine copy (tr.ds).....