Lot 306
Zoology
47 books, including
Rare Books, Manuscripts, Maps & Photographs
Auction: 30 September 2020 at 11:00 BST
Description
Bell, Thomas A History of British Quadrupeds. London: John van Voorst, 1874. Second edition, 8vo, original blue cloth gilt, inscribed to Professor Owen with "the Author's affectionate regards"; Murphy, Robert Cushman Bird Islands of Peru. New York: G.P. Putnam's Sons, 1925. 8vo, original green cloth; Sterndale, Robert A. Natural History of the Mammalia of India and Ceylon. Calcutta: Thacker, Spink, and Co., 1884. 8vo, original brown cloth gilt; Aflalo, F.G. British Salt-Water Fishes. London: Hutchison & Co., 1904. Large 8vo, original green cloth gilt, Signet Library bookplate; Shelford, Robert W.C. A Naturalist in Borneo. London: T. Fisher Unwin Ltd., [1916]. 8vo, original green cloth gilt, bookplate; An Accentuated List of the British Lepidoptera... London: Jan van Voorst, 1858. 8vo, original cloth, some browning; Dickerson, Mary C. The Frog Book. New York: Doubleday, 1906. 8vo, original green cloth gilt; Five small bound extracts from the Transactions of the Zoological Society of London, covering lepidoptera, with plates; Forbes, Edward & Sylvanus Hanley A History of British Mollusca. London: Jan van Voorst, 1853. 4 volumes, 8vo, original red cloth gilt, worn; and 31 others, sold not subject to return (47)