Robert Stewart Illus (7 results)

Hard cover. Illus. With Photos (illustrator). First edition. Sewn binding. Cloth over boards. 366 p. Books in the American Trails. Audience: General/trade. book is clean and tight, jacket has a small stain on the bottom edge, light wear. Very good in very good dust jacket.

Condition: Good. Good condition. [ISBN 9780805400403] [christianity, religion].

Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good +. Chapel Hill, NC: Whispers Press, 1978. Limited First Edition of 300 numbered copies signed by Bloch, Stewart, Powers, and publisher Stuart Schiff, from a total limited signed run of 326. Octavo. 194 pp. Black and white illustrations. Illustrated dust jacket. Dark blue blind-stamped boards with gilt lettering to spine. Slate endpapers. Housed in publisher's slipcase. Unclipped dust jacket lightly rubbed along edges. Boards show mild shelfwear and gilt lettering to spine rubbed. Binding is sound and pages unmarked. Slipcase worn along edges with some very minor fraying, light spotting, and fading to edges; structurally stable.

Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. 1852 FISH ART Jardine Naturalist Ichthyology Guiana Natural History Gar FISHING A significantly rare first edition of volume five of Ichyology from Sir William Jardine s Naturalist s Library entitled, The Natural History of the Fishes of Guiana. Edited by Sir William Jardine and written by Robert H. Schomburgk, Esq., this work provides a fascinating 19th-century survey on aquatic wildlife. This scientific treatise provides 30 beautifully hand-colored engraved plates depicting a variety of fish native to the British Guianas such as, Gar, cychla, centrarchus, trygon, and much more! Also included is a portrait and memoir of Swiss traveller and Orientalist, John Lewis Burckhardt. Item number: #30560 Price: $499 SCHOMBURGK, Robert H.; [JARDINE, Sir William] (Editor); STEWART, Mr. (Illus.) The Naturalist s Library: Ichthyology. Vol. XL. Fishes of British Guiana Edinburgh: W.H. Lizars; London: Henry G. Bohn, 1852. Details: Collation: Complete o [14], 17-214 o 32 plates (including portrait frontispiece and vignette title page) 30 hand-colored plates References: Lowndes 1192 Language: English Binding: Hardcover; tight and secure o Red cloth Size: ~7in X 4.5in (17.5cm x 11cm) Our Guarantee: Very Fast. Very Safe. Free Shipping Worldwide. Customer satisfaction is our priority! Notify us with 7 days of receiving, and we will offer a full refund without reservation! 30560 Photos available upon request.

Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. 1st Edition. 1843 FISH Jardine FISHING Piranha Salmon Dorsa Ichthyology Africa Guiana ART A significantly rare first edition of volume five of 'Ichyology' from Sir William Jardine's 'Naturalist's Library' entitled, 'The Natural History of the Fishes of Guiana.' Edited by Sir William Jardine and written by Robert H. Schomburgk, Esq., this work provides a fascinating 19th-century survey on aquatic wildlife. This scientific treatise provides 32 beautifully hand-colored engraved plates depicting a variety of fish native to the Guianas located in Northeast South America such as porcupine acanthicus, shark-tailed hypostoma, black doras, tiger pimelodus, flat-headed platystoma, piranha saw-bellied salmon, carp, fishing implements, and much more! Item number: #30388 Price: $550 SCHOMBURGK, Robert H.; [JARDINE, Sir William] (Editor); STEWART, Mr. (Illus.) The Naturalist's Library: Ichthyology. The Natural History of the Fishes of Guiana. Edinburgh: W.H. Lizars; London: S. Highley; Dublin: W. Curry, Jun. and Co., [1843]. First edition. Details: Collation: Complete o 263, [1] o 34 engraved plates, 32 in color (including frontispiece and title page) o Several in-text illustrations References: Lowndes 1192 Language: English Binding: Leather; tight and secure Size: ~6.5in X 4.25in (16.5cm x 11cm) Our Guarantee: Very Fast. Very Safe. Free Shipping Worldwide. Customer satisfaction is our priority! Notify us with 7 days of receiving, and we will offer a full refund without reservation! 30388 Photos available upon request.

Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. 1st Edition. 1843 FISH ART 1ed Jardine Naturalist Ichthyology Fishing Guiana Natural History A significantly rare first edition of volume five of Ichyology from Sir William Jardine s Naturalist s Library entitled, The Natural History of the Fishes of Guiana. Edited by Sir William Jardine and written by Robert H. Schomburgk, Esq., this work provides a fascinating 19th-century survey on aquatic wildlife. This scientific treatise provides 30 beautifully hand-colored engraved plates depicting a variety of fish native to the Guianas located in Northeast South America such as porcupine acanthicus, shark-tailed hypostoma, black doras, tiger pimelodus, flat-headed platystoma, piranha saw-bellied salmon, carp, fishing implements, and much more! Also included is a portrait and memoir of Swiss traveller and Orientalist, John Lewis Burckhardt. Item number: #40644 Price: $599 SCHOMBURGK, Robert H.; [JARDINE, Sir William] (Editor); STEWART, Mr. (Illus.) The Naturalist s Library: Ichthyology. Vol. V. The Natural History of the Fishes of Guiana Edinburgh: W.H. Lizars; London: S. Highley; Dublin: W. Curry, Jun. and Co., 1843. First edition. Details: Collation: Complete o xv, [3], 17-214, [2] o 32 plates (including portrait frontispiece and vignette title page) 30 hand-colored plates References: Lowndes 1192 Language: English Binding: Hardcover; tight and secure o Brown cloth Size: ~7in X 4.5in (18cm x 11.5cm) Our Guarantee: Very Fast. Very Safe. Free Shipping Worldwide. Customer satisfaction is our priority! Notify us with 7 days of receiving, and we will offer a full refund without reservation! 40644 Photos available upon request.

Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. New York: Richard Lupoff, 1963. Second Printing. Signed by Lupoff, the publisher, with lengthy inscription under copyright. Additional signed typed letter from Lupoff in envelope with replied-to letter, along with original publisher's announcement for the first edition in another envelope and a later-added separate bookplate signed by Lupoff without inscription. Loose-leaf booklet (11" x 8.5"); 84pp. Green paper covers. Two-color map, special illustrated title page, and two illustrations. Covers a bit edgeworn from handling, with faint pencil erasure at top front and a shallow corner crease at top back. Interior pages also with some marginal signs of handling, but no chips, tears, or marks. Correspondence included between a collector and Lupoff. The collector has retained the original announcement for the first edition, with the subscription / order form missing at bottom, in an envelope postmarked Jan. 1963. Another envelope contains a reply from Lupoff to a previous letter, apologizing for having missed our collector's order and promising to make it up with a copy of the second printing, as well as a copy of a reply from our collector back answering a couple of Lupoff's questions. Lupoff refers to the mistake in his inscription. Additional Lupoff-signed bookplate added by a later collector.