Forster Comp (6 results)

Hardcover. Cover partially sun-faded, inscription on title-page; otherwise very good condition (no dust jacket). 275p., followed by 19 pages of Afterword and Notes. Facsimile of 1818 edition.

First edition. 8vo. ix, (6), 157 pp. Describes 854 items. Very good. Gray cloth. (10532).

Octavo softcover (VG+); all our specials have minimal description to keep listing them viable. They are at least reading copies, complete and in reasonable condition, but usually secondhand; frequently they are superior examples. Ordering more than one book will reduce your overall postage costs.

Cloth. Condition: Near Fine. xv 157p An annotated bibliography of published historical, literary and art material relating to whaling in the Pacific Ocean in the nineteenth century.

London: John Nichols and Son, 1827. 12mo. xlviii, 440 pages. Index; tables printed with the text. Contemporary quarter calf over marbled boards with calf tips; gilt lettering and fillets on spine; marbled endpapers. 18.5 x 11 cm. Light wear to joints and corners, but a very good copy. Sound and internally clean. Brief gift inscription dated 1850 on the front flyleaf and neat name of the recipient at the head of the title page. FIRST EDITION. In addition to weather and the movement of the seasons, the book includes information on botany, ornithology, astronomy, the rustic calendar, etc. Thomas Furly Forster (1761-1825) was an English botanist. "His natural history journals, which included weather prognostics, were published by his son in 1827 as 'The Pocket Encyclopædia of Natural Phenomena'." --Oxford DNB. His son, Thomas Ignatius Maria Forster (1789-1860), wrote on various scientific and philosophical topics. He was a proponent of phrenology, a term he is credited with inventing. He was also an early advocate of animal welfare, vegetarianism, and temperance (see Oxford DNB). Lowndes I, p. 821.

Leatherbound. Condition: NEW. BOOKS ARE EXEMPT FROM IMPORT DUTIES AND TARIFFS; NO EXTRA CHARGES APPLY. Leatherbound edition. Condition: New. Leather Binding on Spine and Corners with Golden leaf printing on spine. Bound in genuine leather with Satin ribbon page markers and Spine with raised gilt bands. Pages: 478. A perfect gift for your loved ones. Reprinted from 1854 edition. NO changes have been made to the original text. This is NOT a retyped or an ocr'd reprint. Illustrations, Index, if any, are included in black and white. Each page is checked manually before printing. As this print on demand book is reprinted from a very old book, there could be some missing or flawed pages, but we always try to make the book as complete as possible. Fold-outs, if any, are not part of the book. If the original book was published in multiple volumes then this reprint is of only one volume, not the whole set. IF YOU WISH TO ORDER PARTICULAR VOLUME OR ALL THE VOLUMES YOU CAN CONTACT US. Resized as per current standards. Sewing binding for longer life, where the book block is actually sewn (smythe sewn/section sewn) with thread before binding which results in a more durable type of binding. Language: German Pages: 478.