Animals River: Signed (3 results)
Language: English
Published by Hammond & Stephens Co., Fremont, Ne.: 1935
- Hardcover
- First Edition
- Signed
Seller: Jen's Books, Douglas, U.S.A.Jen's Books
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Add to basketHardcover. Condition: Very Good. No Jacket. 1st Edition. Clean Tight And Square. Inscribed By Author On Ffp. No Other Markings. Little Toning To Pages With Very Good Hinges And Bump To Top Corner Of Boards. 1St Edition. Inscribed by Author(s).
- Softcover
- Signed
Seller: Gian Luigi Fine Books, albany, U.S.A.Gian Luigi Fine Books
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Soft cover. Condition: Very Good. Signed by Author(s).
More imagesPublished by London: John Murray, 1864 1864
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Seller: Peter Harrington. ABA/ ILAB., London, United KingdomPeter Harrington. ABA/ ILAB.
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Add to basketSecond edition, presentation copy, inscribed by Bates to a since-erased recipient - possibly the French naturalist Émile Deyrolle (1838-1917) - "with kind regards of his friend, the author". Copies inscribed by Bates himself, as opposed to bearing the publisher's presentation blind stamp, are scarce. The Naturalist is commonly a…cknowledged as "one of the finest scientific travel books of the 19th century" (DSB). Deyrolle was a prominent publisher and dealer of natural historical materials in the later 19th century, the period when Bates was assistant secretary at the Royal Geographical Society, patron of 18 international expeditions, and an energetic campaigner for geography in the scientific establishment. Deyrolle's connection with this copy is first recorded in the 1992 auction catalogue for Jeremy Norman's collection of books on evolution, where the inscription is already recorded as partially erased. Bates initially travelled to the Amazon with Alfred Russel Wallace in 1848, remaining behind when Wallace returned to England and staying for 11 years in total. He sent some 14,700 species back to England, 8,000 of which were unknown to science. Darwin encouraged him to write up his experiences, recommending him to John Murray, his own publisher. The resulting work was "an immediate success and travel classic" (ODNB), being translated into numerous languages. At once a personal diary, an account of the region, a guide to the customs of its inhabitants, and a detailed analysis of native fauna, The Naturalist "provides a fascinating record of the natural environment and wildlife of Amazonia before the major impact of the rubber boom. The book's enduring appeal lies in its elegant yet scientific pen-portraits of places, people, and wildlife". In his correspondence, Darwin deemed The Naturalist "the best work of natural history travels ever published in England" (Life and Letters, p. 381). Borba de Moraes I, p. 91; Sabin 3932a. Francis Darwin, ed., The Life and Letters of Charles Darwin, 1887. Octavo. Wood-engraved frontispiece, 10 integral plates, folding map, extensive illustrations in the text. With 2 pp. of publisher's ads at end. Publisher's pebbled green cloth, spine lettered and ruled in gilt, covers panelled in blind, front cover with central vignette in gilt, brown coated endpapers, binder's ticket of Edmonds & Remnants to rear pastedown. Twentieth-century bookseller's ticket of Henry Sotheran. Light bumping and rubbing, inner hinges split but holding firm, minor browning to contents: a very good copy.
