G E Warburton (4 results)
The Cambridge Natural History : Volume IV : Crustacea; Trilobites and Eurypterida; iNTRODUCTION TO aRACHNIDA, kING-CRABS, tARDIGRADA (wATER-BEARS) AND pENTASTOHIDA; Scorpions, Spiders, Mites, Ticks, etc.; Pycnogonida
Smith, G.; WELDON, W.F.R.; Woods, H.; Shipley, A. E.; Warburton, C.; Thompson, D'A. W
Published by Wheldon & Wesley, Ltd., Codicote 1968 1968
- Hardcover
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Facsimile reprint of 1904 edition. 8vo hardback, no dust jacket. 566pp., profusely illustrated in b/w. No annotations or markings. Spine rather faded and small ink blot to upper cover. Otherwise a Good Copy. (Shelf 200).
Published by Longman, Brown, Green and Longmans, London 1853
- Hardcover
- First Edition
Seller: Benjamin Books, Ottawa, ON, CanadaBenjamin Books
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Decorative Cloth. Condition: Good. 1st Edition. Ex-libris set.Two volume set.
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Published by Longmans, Green and Co., London 1894
- Hardcover
- First Edition
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Hardcover. Condition: Good. No Jacket. 1st Edition. 1894 FIRST EDITION. Two-Volume DELUXE LARGE PAPER LIMITED FIRST EDITION numbered by publisher on printed limitation page. Two volumes complete. Original orange cloth boards with gilt coat of arms on front covers, navy spines and corners with gilt lettering spines, TEG, original… dark greenish navy coated EPs, untrimmed fore-edge and bottom edge both volumes. Both volumes have loss of much of the spine covering (see photos), but bindings are very solid and not broken or cracked. This set is an obvious candidate for rebacking. The covers have significant rubbing along edges and corners but the boards are relatively clean and bright with a few faint dark smudges (nothing serious). Each volume has previous owner's bookplate and small bookseller ticket on front pastedown otherwise no owner marks or writing on any pages, Some fore-edge foxing is present but nearly all pages are completely free of foxing and are clean. Each volume measures 251mm tall x 200mm (compared to 195mm tall for the regular first edition). Volume one has 494 pages, 20 b/w full-page illustrations and photos, 57 b/w in-text illustrations and photos, index. Volume two has 483 pages, 13 full-page illustrations and photos, 56 b/w in-text illustrations and photos, index. Volume one covers hunting in the arctic (whacking a giant walrus with an ax from a small whaling boat), three chapters on hunting in the Caucasus, a chapter on Mongolia, two chapter on hunting chamois and stags in the Alps, a chapter on elk in Scandinavia, a chapter on big game throughout Europe, hunting in Spain and Portugal, hunting in India tigers, a chapter on travel/camping considerations, a chapter on rifles and ammo, a chapter on taxidermy, a small bibliography. Volume two mostly about hunting in Africa with specific chapters on various types of big game hunting: lions, antelopes, hippos, giraffes, ostriches, rhinos, buffalo, elephants, with several chapters on South Africa including some history, a chapter on travel with Livingstone, some chapters on East Africa including special hunting considerations regarding gear, routes, etc. Volume two concludes with one chapter on big game hunting in North America (bears, wapiti, moose, cougars, bison, deer, elk, caribou, bighorn, mountain goat, antelope mainly in British Columbia, Alaska, Colorado and Pacific NW), and a brief chapter on hunting musk ox. PHOTOS ARE OF THE ACTUAL BOOK BEING OFFERED. Charles Whymper, J. Wolf, H. Willink (illustrator).
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- Manuscript
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Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. Provnance:Warburton was at Parsonage House Academy (Workbook written 'Midsummer' 1863) Half leather binding with gilt lace decoration. Considerable wear to corners and spine but internally fine. Front board detached near top. Many worked out arithmetic questions. Approx 184 pages. Many worked out… problems in detail. 26cm. x 21cm. Handwritten in ink. Lovely penmanship. Rare item that gives insights into early mathematics. More photographs on request. A unique manuscript.
