Antiquarian and Collectors’ Books

CADMAN, Arthur. Tales of a Wildfowler. London: Collins, 1957. First edition, 8vo (212 x 146mm.) Numerous illustrations by Peter Scott (Mild toning to margins.) Original green cloth (bumped to spine ends, browning to extremities, browning to front-free endpaper), dust-jacket (price-clipped, mild fading to backstrip). - And thirty-five other volumes on individual species of birds (including D.W. Snow, 'A Study of Blackbirds', 1958, first edition, 8vo) (36).

KENNEDY, P.G., Robert F. RUTTLEDGE, and C.F. SCROOPE. The Birds of Ireland… an Account of the Distribution, Migrations and Habits as Observed in Ireland. Edinburgh: Oliver & Boyd, 1954. First edition, 8vo (233 x 158mm.) 11 photographic plates. Original green cloth (softly bumped to spine ends), dust-jacket (mild chipping and shelfwear to extremities, a small date stamped to the rear inner flap). - And twenty other volumes on birds of the British Isles (21).

GRAHAM, Henry Davenport. The Birds of Iona and Mull. Edinburgh: David Douglas, 1890. First edition, 8vo (236 x 174mm.) Decorative title, numerous illustrations by the author. Original green cloth (softly bumped to spine ends). - And twenty-one other volumes on birds of the British Isles (22).

CLARKE, W.G. In Breckland Wilds… second edition, revised and re-written by R. Rainbird Clarke. Cambridge: W. Heffer & Sons Ltd., 1937. 8vo (224 x 151mm.) Frontispiece. (Spotting to preliminaries and fore-edge.) Original green cloth (bumped to extremities), dust-jacket (price clipped, some fading to spine and spotting to front and rear). - And nineteen more volumes on coastal ornithology (20).

THORBURN, Archibald. British Birds. London: Longmans, Green & Co., 1925. New edition, 4 vols., 8vo (223 x 148mm.) Colour frontispieces with tissue-guards, 192 colour plates. (Moderate spotting to all preliminaries and fore-edges.) Original red cloth, gilt titles to spine. Provenance: Alan Evans (his bookplate to all four front pastedowns) - And a duplicate copy of vol. 1 with dust-jacket (chipping and small tears to extremities), and six other volumes by Furneaux and Hudson (11).

GURNEY, J.H. The Gannet… a bird with a history. London: Witherby & Co., 1913. First edition, 8vo (223 x 160mm.) Coloured frontispiece. (Browning and mild spotting to the preliminaries and rear endpapers.) Original green cloth with centrepiece of a gannet in gilt, g.e. (marginal spotting to spine). Provenance: presentation inscription signed by the author to front-free endpaper.

KNOX, A.E. Ornithological Rambles in Sussex; with a Systematic Catalogue of the Birds of that County. London: John van Voorst, 1849. First edition, 12mo (188 x 120mm.) Frontispiece, 4 tinted-lithographed plates, 8pp. publisher's advertisements at rear, errata slip (a few pencil notes to rear.) Original green cloth blocked with a gilt heron in flight to upper cover (bumped to extremities, spine faded, residue of a bookplate to the front pastedown). - And six others on British Birds (including R. Bowdler Sharpe 'A Sketch-book of British Birds', 1898, 8vo) (7).

FINDLAY, W.P.K. Wayside and Woodland Fungi. London: Frederick Warne & Co., 1967. First edition, 8vo. (240 x 154mm.) Colour frontispiece, 58 colour illustrations by Beatrix Potter. (Minor finger-mark to fore-edge.) Original blue cloth (bumped to extremities, light foxing to front and rear covers), dust-jacket (price-clipped, crease to lower backstrip). - And fourteen other volumes, mostly on the natural life of British coastlands, published by F. Warne and Helm (15).

HARVIE-BROWN, J.A., and Thomas E. BUCKLEY. A Fauna of the Moray Basin. Edinburgh: David Douglas, 1895. 2 vols., first edition, 8vo (228 x 174mm.) 2 photographic titles with tissue-guards, 28 photogravure and lithographed plates, a folding linen-backed map at rear of vol. 2, a folding panorama. (Occasional spotting to preliminaries of vol. 2.) Original green cloth, t.e.g, integral book-marks, small stain to head of spine of vol. 1). - And twelve others on regional British fauna (including T.W. Gissing, 'Wakefield Fauna', 1876, first edition, 8vo). Note: T.W. Gissing was the brother of George Gissing the novelist (14).

DAVIS, James W., and Arnold F. LEES. West Yorkshire… an Account of its Geology, Physical Geography, Climatology, and Botany. London: L. Reeve & Co., 1878. First edition, 8vo (223 x 149mm.) Folding colour maps in pockets at front and rear, 16 Black and white plates and 5 folding colour plates, 16pp. publisher's advertisements to rear. (Several small crease tears to map in front pocket and spotting verso.) Original green cloth (bumped to extremities). Provenance: Edward Balme Wheatley-Balme (armorial bookplate to the front pastedown). - And nine other volumes about Yorkshire (10).

SPEIGHT, Harry. Romantic Richmondshire… being a Complete Account of the History, Antiquities and Scenery of the Picturesque Valleys of the Swale and Yore. London: Elliot Stock, 1897. First edition, 8vo (230 x 159mm.) Folding map as frontispiece with tissue-guard, 2 folding plans and 20 black and white plates with tissue-guards. Original blue pictorial buckram (bumped to extremities, some rolling of the spine). - And approximately forty-six other volumes on the history and geology of Yorkshire including two other volumes by Harry Speight (a quantity).

JAMES, Wilson. A Voyage Round the Coasts of Scotland and the Isles. Edinburgh: Adam & Charles Black, 1842. 2 vols., in 1, 8vo (208 x 126mm.) Frontispiece, 18 plates and map of St.Kilda (Preliminaries loosening.) Original maroon cloth blocked in blind, gilt illustration to spine (wear to head and foot of spine, joints split). - And four other volumes about the Scottish Isles (including A.A. Macgregor, 'A Last Voyage to St. Kilda', 1931, first edition, 8vo, dust-jacket) (5).

GORDON, Seton. Afoot in Wild Places. London: Cassell & Co.,1937. First edition, 8vo (223 x 145mm.) 48 photogravure illustrations. (Spotting to preliminaries and fore-edge.) Original green cloth (extremities bumped, some fading to spine), dust-jacket (price-clipped, chipping to spine ends). Provenance: G.M. Maitland (ink inscription to front-free endpaper). - And twenty-one other volumes by Seton Gordon (22).

ANDERSON, George, and Peter ANDERSON. Guide to the Highlands and Islands of Scotland… including Orkney and Zetland. Edinburgh: Adam & Charles Black, 1847. New edition, 12mo (163 x 103mm.) Folding map to the front pastedown, frontispiece with tissue-guard, 3 further folding maps, 2 engraved plates, and 40pp. publisher's advertisements to rear (Faint corner crease to first few pages.) Original green blind-stamped cloth (bumped to extremities). - And twelve other volumes about Scotland and the Scottish Islands (including Compton MacKenzie, 'The Book of Barra', 1936, 8vo) (13).

GORDON, Seton. Wanderings of a Naturalist. London: Cassell & Co., 1921. First edition, 8vo (240 x 170mm.) Frontispiece, 78 illustrations from photographs. (Spotting to fore-edge.) Original green boards, gilt design to upper cover (browning to front-free endpaper), dust-jacket (fading to spine and nicks to extremities). - And three others by Seton Gordon (4).

SCOTLAND. - Robert ATKINSON. Island Going. London: Collins, 1949. First edition, 8vo (222 x 149mm.) Map of North-West Scotland to front and rear pastedowns, frontispiece, numerous plates. (Mild spotting to fore-edge and front pastedown.) Original grey cloth (bumped to extremities with some spotting to spine), dust-jacket (price-clipped, adhesive tape repair to tears at rear). - And a quantity of other volumes on the geography, ecology, and travel within Scotland and its islands (a quantity).

BREADALBANE, The Marchioness of [Lady Alma.] The High Tops of Black Mount. Edinburgh & London: William Blackwood & Sons., 1907. First edition, 8vo (208 x 149mm.) Frontispiece from a drawing by J.G. Millais, tissue-guard, numerous illustrations from photographs by Olive Mackenzie (spotting to fore-edge, marginal spotting to a few pages.) Original pictorial green cloth (faded titles to spine, a mark to upper cover). - And five other volumes on hunting in Scotland. Provenance: Robert Crewe-Milner 1st Marquees of Crewe (Liberal politician and writer; armorial bookplate). Note: Robert Crewe-Milner was a close ally of Asquith during the First World War, he also hosted the party at which Churchill was to meet his future wife, Clementine (6).

BEEBE, William. Galapagos, World's End. New York & London: G.P. Putnam & Sons, 1926. 4to (265 x 286mm.) Colour frontispiece with tissue-guard. (Mild toning to margins.) Original blue cloth (bumped to extremities). - And twenty-eight other volumes on regions of wilderness, including nine volumes by Mike Tomkies (29).

GORDON, Seton. Amid Snowy Wastes… Wild Life on the Spitsbergen Archipelago. London: Cassell & Co., 1922. First edition, 8vo (240 x 166mm.) Frontispiece, 2 maps (1 folding) and numerous illustrations from photographs by the author. (Considerable spotting to the preliminaries, a review of the book tipped-in to the front pastedown, areas of spotting within text but not to the illustrations.) Original pictorial blue cloth (bumping to extremities), dust-jacket (chipping to spine ends). - And two others by Seton Gordon (including 'Days with the Golden Eagle, 1927, first edition, 8vo) (3).