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White, Rev. Gilbert, The Natural History of Selborne, edited by Edward Jesse, published Henry G Bohn, London, 1851 (1)

An extensive collection of books about evolution, natural history, the history of plant hunting and related subjects (three shelves)

Two boxes containing a collection of mixed books subjects include fossils, natural history, geographical, etc (2)

A mixed collection of 19th century and other books various subjects including literature, natural history, etc (22)

A 19th century miniature chest of drawers, enclosing a conchological collection of sea shells and natural history specimens, oversailing top above two short and three long graduated drawers, shaped plinth base, 48cm high, 43cm wide

Coward (T. A.) The Vertebrate Fauna of Cheshire and Liverpool Bay, 2 vol., first edition, frontispiece, plates, folding map at end, scattered spotting, original cloth, slight bumping to corners and extremities, 1910 § Carr (J. W.) The Invertebrate Fauna of Nottinghamshire, unopened, scattered faint spotting, original cloth, slight bumping to spine extremities, Nottingham, 1916 § Large (E. C.) The Advance of the Fungi, first edition, plates and illustrations, scattered spotting, bookplate, original cloth, light staining, chipping to spine extremities, 1940 § White (Gilbert) The Natural History of Selborne, frontispiece and illustrations by Claire Oldham, faint abrasion mark to front free endpaper, original cloth, dust-jacket, slight creasing to extremities, The Cresset Press, 1960; and others Natural History, v.s. (c.85)

Natural History.- Microscope with 3 boxes of glass slides, monocular "Service" model by W. Watson & Sons, approx. 70 glass slides of various natural samples, microscope approx. 321 x 145 x 180mm (12 3/4 x 5 3/4 x 7 in), [early 20th century].⁂ Samples include: Scorpion Fly, Soldier Beetle, Fibre of Flax, Tongue of Horse Cricket, Wasp's Wing, Louse of Chicken, and samples taken from various pines.

New Naturalist.- Fitter (R. S. R.) London's Natural History, first edition, scattered spotting, previous owner's ink inscription, small tear and loss to spine head, chipping to corners and extremities, 1945 § Stamp (L. Dudley) Britain's Structure and Scenery, first edition, short tears to edges,1946 § Imms (A. D.) Insect Natural History, first edition, slight chipping to spine extremities, 1947 § Pearsall (W. H.) Mountains and Moorlands, first edition, ex-library with usual ink-stamps, cracked hinges, small library label to spine foot, 1950; plates, original cloth, slight bumping to spine extremities, dust-jacket; and others from the New Naturalist series, mixed editions, 8vo (36)

Natural History.- Skues (G. E. M.) The Way of a Trout with a Fly, first edition, 1921; Minor Tactics of the Chalk Stream and Kindred Studies, first edition, 1910, frontispieces, scattered spotting, original cloth, gilt, slight rubbing to corners and extremities § Witherby (H. F.) A Practical Handbook of British Birds. 2 vol., 30 plates, of which 11 colour, illustrations, scattered spotting, near contemporary half-morocco, a little rubbed, 1920 § Coston (H. E. Towner), F. T. K Pentelow & T. W. Butcher. River Management, the Lonsdale Library vol. XXIV, frontispiece, plates and illustrations, previous owner's ink inscription, original buckram backed boards, slight bumping to corners and extremities, price-clipped dust-jacket, small tear to top edge, slight chipping and small loss to spine extremities, n.d.; and others similar, v.s. (c.40)

Birds.- Morris (Rev. F.O.) A History of British Birds, 6 vol., fifth edition, half-titles, 400 hand-coloured lithograph plates, lightly sunned spines, slight bumping to corners and extremities, 1903; A Natural History of the Nests and Eggs of British Birds. 3 vol., second edition, 232 hand-coloured lithographed plates, most with tissue-guards, original decorative cloth, water-staining and fading, bumping to corners and extremities, rubbed and worn, 1875, 8vo (9)

LYDEKKER R.  Catalogue of the Ungulate Mammals in the British Museum (Natural History). 5 vols. Illus. Orig. brown cloth. Ex lib., Royal Society of Edinburgh. 1913.

MORRIS REV. F. O. & TEGETMEIER W. B.  A Natural History of the Nests & Eggs of British Birds. 3 vols. Col. plates. Royal 8vo. Orig. olive green cloth gilt, some wear & rubbing. 1896.

HARRIS G. F.  Catalogue of Tertiary Mollusca - Vol. re. The Australasian Tertiary Mollusca. Plates. Orig. brown cloth. 1897; also 7 various Warne works re. natural history.  (8).

GUNTHER R. W. T.  Further Correspondence of John Ray. Illus. Orig. embossed blue cloth gilt. Bookplate of Natural History Society of Glasgow. Ray Society, 1928; also Romanes, Darwin, & After Darwin, 1893 & Hodgson, Flora of Cumberland, 1898.  (3).

A set of six gilt framed Natural History Museum limited edition reprints of Redoute's floral studies - all with certificates verso

Scrap Albums. A scrap album containing approximately 110 engraved illustrations, mid 19th century, many with contemporary hand-colouring, a few with juvenile colouring, trimmed and laid down on linen pages, many extracted from Victorian children's books, some published by Dean and Co. or Dean & Son, other themes include hunting, military, natural history, humerous, moral, castles and other architectural, pastoral, nautical and transport, including an image depicting an early diving bell beneath the sea with hot air balloons above, and an image of an early steam locomotive, occasional generally minor marks or dust-soiling, several creased, a few close-trimmed, one engraving with loss to lower right corner (torn away), one stained, front pastedown with ink manuscript inscription 'Arthur Rogers Winnington-Ingram, from his Aunt [...?], January 2nd 1852', contemporary maroon half morocco, worn, 4to, together with another similar scrap album, mid 19th century, containing approximately 55 engraved illustrations, most with contemporary hand-colouring, trimmed and laid down on linen pages, many extracted from Victorian children's books, publishers include Darton and Co., A. Park, W.G. Webb, the Society for Promoting Christian Knowledge, the majority depicting animals or birds, including stories involving them such as The Death & Burial of Cock Robin, and some natural history engravings by W.H. Lizars of Edinburgh, some dust-soiling, rubbing and marks, several creased, some fraying and wear to edges, a few losses, original linen wrappers, tied at spine and fore edge with pink silk ribbons, soiled with several losses, slim folio, plus Cinderella, illustrated by Roland Pym, [cover-title], c.1950, 6 peepshow scenes folded in carousel style, each fore edge with single staple (rusting), cloth ties (somewhat frayed), original cloth-backed boards, rubbed with a little wear, 8vo, and 4 other children's books, some defectiveQTY: (7)

Natural History Museum wallpaper whales and fish, 151cm.

Skues (G. E. M.). Minor Tactics of the Chalk Stream, 2nd edition, London: Adam and Charles Black, 1914, colour frontispiece, bookplate to the front pastedown, some light toning, small tear to the front endpaper, original green cloth, boards & spine slightly rubbed to head & foot, 8vo, together with;Lamond (Henry), The Sea-Trout, a study in natural history, London: Sherratt & Hughes, 1916, 9 colour plates & 62 monochrome illustrations, some light marginal toning, bookplate to the front pastedown, top edge gilt, original green cloth, boards & spine lightly rubbed to head & foot, large 8vo, plusBuckland (Frank), Natural History of British Fishes;..., London: Society for Promoting Christian Knowledge, 1891, black & white illustrations, bookplates to the front endpapers, some minor marginal toning, contemporary gilt-decorated tree calf prize binding, spine lightly rubbed, 8vo, and other late 19th & early 20th-century fishing & angling reference books, some leather bindings, mostly original cloth, overall condition is generally good, 8vo/4toQTY: (3 shelves)

Darwin (Charles). The Origin of Species..., 6th edition (twenty-second thousand), London: John Murray, 1880, bookplate to front pastedown, front gutter cracked at the title page, some light spotting throughout, publishers original green cloth, spine very lightly rubbed, 8vo, together with;Waterton (Charles), Wanderings in South America, 1st edition, London: Thomas Nelson and Sons, 1897, black & white illustrations, bookplates to the front endpapers, some light toning & spotting, publishers original gilt decorated red cloth, spine slightly faded & rubbed to head & foot, 8vo, plusRodgers (Joseph), The Scenery of Sherwood Forest with an account of Some Ancient People once resident there, London: T. Fisher Unwin, 1908, 50 monochrome illustrations, front gutter cracked at the half-title, some light toning & spotting throughout, top edge gilt, publishers original gilt decorated brown cloth, spine faded, boards lightly marked, large 8vo, and other 19th & early 20th-century natural history, sporting & travel/safari reference books, all original cloth, overall condition is generally good, 8vo/4toQTY: (6 shelves )

Natural History. A large collection of modern natural history & miscellaneous reference books, including The Ascent of Everest, 1st edition, by John Hunt, London: Hodder & Stoughton, 1953, 8vo, The New Poacher's Handbook, by Ian Niall, London: Heinemann, 1960, 8vo, Wonders of Natural History, by E. L. Grant Watson, reprinted, London: Pleiades Books, 1947, illustrated by Barbara Greg, 8vo, all original cloth, some in dust jackets, G/VG, 8vo/4toQTY: (6 shelves)

Haggard (H. Rider). A Farmer's Year being his commonplace book for 1898, limited 'large paper' edition, London: Longmans, Green, and Co., 1899, 37 black & white illustrations, bookplates to the front pastedown, some light toning, top edge gilt, publishers original white & blue paper boards, spine toned & slightly rubbed, boards slightly marked, 4to, 60/100, together with;Campbell (Walter), The Old Forest Ranger; or, Wild Sports of India..., 2nd edition, London: Jeremiah How, 1845, 7 monochrome engraved plates, bookplates to the front endpapers, some minor toning & spotting, contemporary gilt decorated full calf, boards lightly marked, spine slightly toned & rubbed, 4to, plusSurtees (Robert S.), Handley Cross; or, Mr. Jorrock's Hunt, London: Bradbury Evans, circa 1854, black & white illustrations by John Leech, lacks frontispiece, some water to the title page, some light toning throughout, contemporary gilt decorated half calf, boards slightly water damaged & marked, 8vo, and other 19th-century natural history reference, mostly in contemporary leather bindings, some gilt decorated, some odd volumes, overall condition is generally good, 8vo/ folioQTY: (3 shelves )

Berwickshire Naturalists' Club. A manuscript journal compiled by James Hardy of the Berwickshire Naturalists' Club, 1877-78, 112 pages with natural history notes and Club minutes and related observations, mostly written in ink in a legible hand with crossings out and corrections, a few vignette illustrations, some related mostly manuscript letters and ephemera loosely inserted, contemporary stitched plain buff wrappers, soiled and frayed, 8voQTY: (1)NOTE:James Hardy (1815-1898) was a Scottish naturalist and antiquarian. He formally joined the Berwickshire Naturalists' Club in 1863, and in 1871 was appointed its co-secretary, serving in that role until 1869 or later. At least two species have been named in his honour.

Lawrence (John). The Clergy-Man's Recreation: shewing, the Pleasure and Profit of the Art of Garden, three parts in one, 5th edition, London: printed for Bernard Lintott, 1717, [The Gentleman's Recreation, 2nd edition,1717 & the Ladie's recreation by Charles Evelyn, 1st edition, 1717], 6 engraved plates consisting of frontispiece to each part and three folding plates, a few marks, first part with some marginal stains towards front, contemporary paneled calf, marked and somewhat worn, 8vo, together with[Whately, Thomas]. Observations on Modern Gardening, illustrated by descriptions 4th edition, London: T. Payne & Son., 1777, pale water stain to lower outer edges, contemporary speckled calf, rubbed and some wear to joints and edges, plusCulley (George). Observations on Live Stock, containing hints for choosing and improving the best breeds of the most useful kinds of domestic animals, 1st edition, London: G. G. J. & J. Robinson, 1786, water staining to front and rear of volume, errata at end, contemporary half calf gilt-decorated spine, andTaylor (Samuel). Angling in all its Branches, reduced to a complete science: being the result of more than forty years real practice and strict observation throughout the kingdoms of Great Britain and Ireland, 1st edition, London: T. W. Longman and O. Rees, 1800, contemporary sheep with morocco label to spine, scuffed and some wear, plus other antiquarian interest, mostly natural history, but including Peter Walsch, Four Letters on several subjects, to persons of quality. The fourth being an answer to the Lord Bishop of Lincoln book, Entituled, popery, &c., 1686, W. Henry, Arthur & Alfred E. Hill, Antonio Stratavari, His Life and Work (1644-1677), 2nd edition, 1909, etc. QTY: (24)

Morris (F.O). A Natural History of British Moths, 4 volumes, London: Bell and Daldy, 1872, chromolithographic frontispieces, numerous chromolithographic plates, volumes 1, 2 & 4 with damp-mottling to preliminary leaves (volume 1 mottling throughout), a few leaves lightly spotted, contemporary red half morocco gilt, bindings worn and stained, 8vo, together with:Tegetmeier (W.B). The Poultry Book, London: George Routledge and Sons, 1867, colour frontispiece and illustrated title, numerous plates (some coloured), some spotting and offsetting, 1 plate frayed with short tears, contemporary black half calf gilt, lightly marked and rubbed, 8vo, withDaniel (W.B). Rural Sports, 4 volumes, London: Bunny and Gold, 1801-13, numerous engraved plates (however incomplete, lacking folding frontispieces to volume 1 & 2), toned & dust soiled, bookplates to front pastedowns, near-contemporary straight-grained red morocco gilt, marked & worn, 8vo together with 10 others relatedQTY: (19)

Morris (Francis Orpen). A History of British Birds, 2nd edition, 4 volumes (of 6), London: G. Bell & Sons, 1870, volumes 1,2,4 and 6, wood-engraved colour frontispieces and numerous plates, lightly spotted, tissue-guards to plates, hinges repaired, original green pictorial cloth gilt, volumes 1 and 6 rebacked with original spines laid on, 8vo, together with:Fearnside (William Graham). The History of London: illustrated by views in London & Westminster, London: Orr and Co, c.1840, steel-engraved frontispiece and vignette to additional title, 32 steel-engraved plates, lightly spotted, some dust-soiling to margins, library stamps throughout, bookplate of Henry Barrett Lennard to front pastedown, contemporary red half morocco gilt, all edges gilt, worn, 8voCalvert (Frederick). Picturesque Views, and descriptions of cities, towns, castles, mansions, objects of interesting features in Staffordshire & Shropshire, Birmingham: William Emans, 1830, engraved frontispiece and vignette to title, numerous engraved plates, spotted and toned, modern red half calf, 8vo, with other volumes and loose prints relating to British topography and natural historyQTY: (1 Carton)

Scrope (William). Days and Nights of Salmon Fishing in the Tweed; with a short account of the natural history and habits of the salmon, instructions to sportsmen, anecdotes etc, 1st edition, London: John Murray, 1843, additional lithograph title, 12 tinted and hand-coloured lithographic plates, additional title and plates with circular blindstamp of the Devon and Exeter Institution, their label and bookplate of Alan Thornton at front, occasional light spotting, contemporary marbled boards, modern morocco spine, covers a little rubbed, 8voQTY: (1)NOTE:Westwood & Satchell p. 191.

Africa. Spilhaus (Margeret Whiting), Pan-Africa, The Cape Times, Cape Town, 1944, a large lithographic pictorial map of the African continent, surmounted by a five-line quotation and facsimile signature of the South-African Premier, General Jan Smuts, varnished and toned overall, slight surface abrasion, 1060 x 825 mm, framedQTY: (1)NOTE:Margaret Whiting Spilhaus 's decorative pictorial map stresses the industry of the inhabitants and natural resources of the continent. She would produce five pictorial maps (Africa twice, Australia, North America and South America) with the idea of fostering and improving geographical and historical education, as well as generating international cooperation and world peace. Ambitions, no doubt encouraged by her upbringing in the Quaker boarding school in Sibford near Banbury in North Oxfordshire. Her parents emigrated to South Africa and she would eventually follow them in 1904. She settled in South Africa and would produce and illustrate nine books, primarily for children as well as her maps. She lived until 1981, dying at the age of 91, leaving a legacy of vibrancy and vitality to the teaching of geography and history. She lived by a principle, that is encapsulated in her own words "Waterloo may have been won on the playing fields of Eton, but the effect of teaching geography and history intelligently and in correlation in the schoolroom would be far-reaching and would contribute substantially to the avoidance of Waterloos in the future".

Natural History. A collection of approximately 140 prints, 18th & 19th century, engravings and lithographs of mammals, butterflies, insects, poultry & caged birds, snakes, bird's eggs and reptiles, various sizes and conditionQTY: (approx. 140)

Prints & Engravings. A collection of approximately 575 prints, mostly 19th century, engravings, lithographs, etchings, mezzotints and original drawings, including trades & professions, portraits, classical, topographical views, natural history, marine & military, historical, genre and sporting, various sizes and conditionQTY: (approx. 575)

Travel & Exploration. A collection of approximately 130 engravings, 18th & 19th century, engravings of topographical views, genre, trades and professions, costume, natural history and portraits including examples by or after Cook's Voyages (including Hawaii), Bankes's Geography, Ogilby and Schley, various sizes and condition QTY: (approx. 130)

Travel & Exploration. A collection of approximately 140 engravings, mostly 18th century, uncoloured engravings from various 'Geographies' of topographical views, natural history, maps, costume, genre, costume and portraits, including examples by or after Millar, Moore, Middleton, Cook, Bankes, Hogg and Baldwyn, occasional duplicates, each approximately 225 x 350 mmQTY: (approx. 140)

Natural History. A large collection of early 20th-century & modern natural history reference books, including Recollections of a 'Longshore Gunner, by Dennis 'B.B.' Watkins-Pitchford, 1st edition, Ipswich: The Boydell Press, 1976, original cloth in dust jacket, 8vo, Home and Garden..., by Gertrude Jekyll, 4th impression, London: Longmans, Green and Co., 1919, publisher's original gilt, decorated red cloth, 8vo, & publications by The Lonsdale Library, New Naturalist series, mostly original cloth, some in dust jackets, G/VG, 8vo/4toQTY: (6 shelves )

Antiquarian Books - [Clarke (Francis)], The Life of the Most Noble Marquis of Wellington [...], volume I only, [London]: J. and J. Cundee, [1813], contemporary sheep gilt over marbled boards, 8vo, (1); The Lyceum Officer's Manual, third edition, 1926, 8vo, (1); Essex Ballads, Colchester: 1919, (1); country dances; Botany, Step's Wayside and Woodland Blossoms, First-Third Series, London: Frederick Warne, mixed dates, illustrated, (3); further natural history, including ornithology; Firth's Highways and Byways of Derbyshire; poetry; children's books, including Ladybird and Beatrix Potter (no early 20th century, all second-half and later); pictorial dustjackets and board; primers; qty

16 natural history books including The Marvels of the Animal World 1926, Intelligence in Animals by Readers Digest etc [our ref: 270]

Approx 15 books on natural history, country, agricultural biology and animals, some large format including Animal Life of the World, and a rare British Birds and The Land of Footprints [our ref: 501b]

Approx 22 natural history and gardening books including Botany, Flowers and Farming [our ref: 331b]

15 natural history books [our ref: 497a]

14 natural history related books, mainly animals and mammals [our ref: 496b]

12 natural history books, mainly animals [our ref: 595b]

11 Natural History titles to include Nature by Night, 1931, Practical Zoology, 1916, The Naturalist in La Plata 1912, etc (271)

15 Natural History books (342)

17 volumes on Natural History (253)

16 bird/natural history books [our ref: 596a]

14 mainly large format Natural History books to include The Countryside Detective, and The Trials of Life by David Attenborough (334)

16 Natural History books to include The Natural History of Selbourne and Canaries and Caged Birds plus 4 x Romany books (277)

Sedes sapientiae; Spain, 12th centuryCarved and polychromed wood.Faults in the carving and polychromy. Damage by xylophages.Measurements: 44 x 15 x 10 cm.Devotional round sculpture representing the figure of the Virgin and Child. Its hieratic finish and the angular folds of its tunic indicate that it is a work made between the 13th and 14th century. The carving follows the Marian model of the "Sede Sapientae", dressed in tunic and mantle, welcoming the Child. The parallel and v-shaped folds, typically Romanesque, mark a regular rhythm in the drapery of the mantle, whose golden patterns on the red of the Passion give a luminous substance to the Marian figure. In the Romanesque, the Virgin Mary is merely the seat of divinity; she is not presented as the mother of God, so there is no affective relationship between her and the Child. In fact, at this time the Virgin is not yet an important figure in the Church. These Romanesque Virgin Thrones of God were always made in a size of between 50 and 100 cm in height, mainly in carved wood, and in them the Child is always the protagonist, despite the difference in size with his mother. Jesus always appears in front of the viewer, and normally in the centre, in this image we see that although Mary continues to have a more hieratic form, the Child is already represented in profile, and raising his arms towards his mother, in a more natural position which indicates a clear formal advance within the Romanesque, approaching the Gothic.The Annunciation is an episode that has been widely represented throughout the history of Christian art, given that it is one of the main dogmas of the church, that of the Incarnation. It is also included in both the cycle of the life of Christ and the life of the Virgin, which gives it renewed meaning as a narrative episode. With regard to the theme alluding to the Virgin of the Annunciation, the iconographic tradition includes a more narrative scene in which the Archangel Gabriel appears to the Virgin to tell her that she is pregnant. Normally the Virgin is placed behind an altar or table, where a book or white lilies, iconographic attributes associated with the Virgin, are usually placed. However, over the centuries the elements began to be reduced, as can be seen in important works that depict the same iconography of the Annunciation, based exclusively on the representation of the Virgin. An example of this is The Madonna of the Annunciation in Messina.

A COLLECTION OF BOOKS ON AGRICULTURE AND NATURAL HISTORY including some New Naturalist series

Two boxes of fossils and natural history specimens

Natural History specimens, including three ostrich eggs, taxidermy piranha, cased insects etc

(Natural history, entomology), a packet containing a quantity of 19th Century well executed pen, ink & watercolour drawings of various insects, and with corresponding manuscript notes, circa 1827, approximately 40 drawings in total including various beetles, butterflies, moths, caterpillars, flies, coleoptera, lepidoptera, diptera etc, some drawings on single pages, many on folding leaves with [2] or [3]pp manuscript notes facing and/or verso, paper mainly hallmarked 1827 and several pages with small blindstamps to corners

[Paul Jerrard] The Floral Offering. Jerrard [1851]. Large 8vo (18 X 26 cms). 14 lithographed leaves comprising chromolithographic illustrated title-page; 'Contents' leaf printed in gold; 12 full page chromolithograph illustrations of flowers (one for each month) with facing text in gothic script in gold. Original cloth gilt; upper board with mounted repeat of the title page illustration. Watered silk endpapers. Re-cased retaining original spine. Paul Jerrard was the publisher of a series of gift books of the highest quality. A fine selection of plates of flowers, combining natural history with high victorian design. Scarce. COPAC 1 copy.

Natural History, a collection of 11 volumes, including Owen & Eleanora Wilson: 'The Larvae of the British Lepidoptera and their Food Plants', London, Reeve, 1880, 40 tissue guarded coloured plates as called for, ex Repton School library, bookplate to front pastedown and inkstamp to title page, else leaves and plates clean/no markings, inner joint reinforced between front pastedown/FFEP, original cloth gilt; W.J. Lucas: 'British Dragonflies (Odonata).', L, Upcott Gill, 1900, 27 coloured plates + 57 in text figures as called for, xiv,356 + [4]pp ads at end, ex Repton School library, bookplate to front pastedown, ref no FFEP and inkstamp to title page, original pictorial cloth, inner joints weak; Sir William Jardine: 'The Natural History of Game-Birds', Edinburgh, Lizars, 1834, 1st edition, engraved port. frontis, added engraved hand coloured title page + 30 engraved hand coloured plates as called for, original cloth gilt (worn); F.E. Beddard: 'Animal Coloration', L, 1892, 4 coloured litho plates + ills. in text as called for, ex Repton School library, original cloth gilt; A. Mangin: 'The Mysteries of the Ocean', 1868, engraved ills. throughout, original cloth gilt, all edges gilt; 'Buffon's Natural History Abridged', 1821, 2 volumes, engraved frontises, added engraved titles, appears to be wanting small number of engraved plates (some also loose), original paper covered boards, printed paper lables to spines (worn); 'Hedges', Collins New Naturalist series No58, 1974, 1st edition in wrapper; Whymper 'Egyptian Birds', 1909, 51 coloured plates as called for, original decorative cloth gilt; plus 2 others (11)

William Ellis: 'Polynesian Researches, During a Residence of Nearly Six Years in the South Sea Islands; Including Descriptions of The Natural History and Scenery of The Islands - With Remarks on the History, Mythology, Traditions, Government...', London, Fisher, 1829, volume 2 only (of two volumes), viii,576pp, engraved frontis + 3 plates (Idols worshipped by inhabitants of South Sea Islands; Eastern part of Fa-Re Harbour, Huahine; Tomb of Pomare, at Papaoa, Tahiti; Settlement of Utumaoro, Raiatea', plus 7 wood engravings in text as called for, contemporary cloth backed boards very worn, together with another copy of volume 2 of the same work, plates and wood engravings as called for, but lacking pp361-368, contemporary cloth backed boards very worn, backstrip loosely inserted (2)

Natural History. Maund, B. - The Botanic Garden; &c. London: Groombridge & Sons. No date. Volume XI. Made-up volume with 12 colour plates of fruit and 11 colour plates of flowers (4 images per flower plate). (1)

Natural History and related. Includes; Newman, E. - British Butterflies and Moths; Ball, Sir R. - The Story of the Heavens (1897); etc. (11)

Natural History. Ornithology. Morris, Rev. F. O. - A History of British Birds. London John C. Nimmo, 1891. Third edition. In six volumes. 394 hand-coloured plates. Original cloth. VG set. (6)

Natural History. Robson, J. & Lewer, S. H. - Canaries, Hybrids and British Birds in Cage and Aviary. London: Waverley Book Co. Bound in a half leather. (1) Note: This book has been rebound, no details of binder.  There is no date for publication. A former owner has pasted several plates/illustrations of birds to the prelims.

ARTIST: Edward T Vebell (Illinois, 1921-2018)NAME: Fulton's Clermont SteamboatYEAR: 1980MEDIUM: acrylic on boardCONDITION: Very good. No visible inpaint under UV light.SIGHT SIZE: 20 x 21 inches / 50 x 53 cmBOARD SIZE: 26 x 27 inches / 66 x 68 cmSIGNATURE: lower rightNOTE: This painting is the original which was published on the Fleetwood Commemorative Cover for Epic Events in American History series issued in 1985. It was the English who invented the first steam engine and the first steam railroad but it was an American, Robert Fulton, who, in 1807, formally launched the steamboat era. Fulton was not the inventor, however, of the steamboat: that distinction belongs to poor John Fitch, a Connecticut Yankee and a veteran of the Continental Army who, as early as 1787, built and launched a forty-five-foot steamboat. But, alas, nothing came of that brave experiment. Fitch could get no financing for his invention and in the end gave up in despair and fled to the wilds of Kentucky where he died. Ten years later, the New York lawyer and diplomat, Robert Livingston, anticipating the role that steamboats might play in a vast nation whose only effective transportation was by water, persuaded his young friend Robert Fulton, with whose artistic and inventive talents he was familiar, to try his hand at building a steamboat. Fulton boasted a natural talent for engineering. He eagerly embraced Livingston's proposal and by 1807 was ready to launch The Clermont, named after Livingston's hometown. On its maiden trip, the boat steamed up the Hudson to Albany and returned five days later, having averaged a speed of five miles an hour. Successful as it was, it brought no great wealth to either Livingston or Fulton, for in 1824, John Marshall's Court pronounced their monopoly unconstitutional as an infringement on congressional power to regulate "commerce concerning the several states."PROVENANCE: Collection of James A. Helzer (1946-2008), Founder of Unicover Corporation.CATEGORY: antique vintage paintingAD: ART CONSIGNMENTS WANTED. CONTACT USSKU#: 120443US Shipping $75 + insurance.BIOGRAPHY:Ed Vebell (1921-2018) is an American illustrator, veteran, and Olympic athlete who attended the Chicago Institute of Art before enlisting. While serving in the Army, he was a contributing artist for Stars & Stripes magazine, working side by side with Bill Mauldin. His second major appointment was as courtroom artist for the Nuremburg Trials; his haunting portrait of Hermann Gering can be viewed at the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum in Washington D.C. Over the decades following the war, Vebell designed 16 circulated postage stamps for the US Postal Service, and enjoyed frequent commissions from Reader's Digest, Sports Illustrated, and Time.

Two volumes: The Westbury Cave, The Natural History Museum Excavations 1976-1984, ed P Andrews, J Cook et al, Cherub, Western Academic & Specialist Press Ltd, 1999.

Various books, to include Darwin, Charles; Journal of Researches into the Natural History & Geology, published by Nelson & Sons, Edinburgh, full bound in tan leather