Practical Rabbit Keeper by Cuniculus, Used (6 results)

Hardback. Brown cloth boards, with gilt decoration to front and gilt lettering at spine. Near good, no d/w. Spine cocked and rubbed, damage and writing to endpapers, names on back of plate, pages browned and grubby, ink stain and marks to edge of pages. Please email for exact postage quote and information on any available discounts (PLEASE NOTE: International Economy shipping is by sea and may take up to 90 days to arrive).

ALL UK PARCELS SENT TRACKED! ALL OVERSEAS PARCELS SENT AIRMAIL, TRACKED! (S/hand, Hardcover, 1880). ND (1880) 1st edition. Small 8vo (125 x 187mm). Ppviii,216 + 16 pp publisher's catalogue at rear. Six engraved plates, 4 of them double-spread, text illustrations. Tan cloth, spine titled in gilt, gilt rabbit vignette to upper board. Slight wear and marks to cloth. A good copy. A scarce and important early work on rabbit keeping and breeding. The first printing was published by Cassell, Petter, Galpin & Company in 1880, so this may be an early reprint. .

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. No Jacket. 1st Edition. Very Good With Frontis Now A Tipped In Double Page Plate Removed From Page 96 ( No Frontis When Published) All Other Plates Intact. No Half Title Page Undated .Owners Inscription To Fep.Gilt Decoration On The Brown Cloth Is Sharp And Clear , Ditto Spine Tiles Pp 216 Index Publishers Catalogue At The Rear Illustrations In The Text. 3 Double Page Illustrations And 2 Full Page . Scarce.

Decorative Cloth. Condition: Very Good. A very good copy in the original decorative cloth binding with double page frontispiece, 3 further double page plates and 2 single plates. Numerous illustrations in the text. A very scarce work. Undated but probably 1890's. The binding, which has a gilt lop-eared rabbit on the front board and gilt titles to spine is in very good clean condition. There are a couple of small patches of cloth wear on the spine joints, a small lighter area on the back board and light wear to corners. The original endpapers are present - there is a signature 'Florence 16.9.10' to the fep. Contents very clean with light foxing in places (endpapers and margins). With 16 page publisher's catalogue at the rear. A very nice copy.

Orig. gilt dec. cloth. Condition: Fine. 1st. n.d. (c.1885), Folding frontis., 5 plates, 3 of which are folding, text illus., pp.216. VERY SCARCE. Size: 8vo.

Condition: Poor. No jacket, light shelf wear. Scuffs and small nicks along extremities. Title page is missing. No date. Both hinges cracked. Tanning and foxing.