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386. Huxley (Leonard) life a n d le t t e r s o f th o m a s he n ry
hu x l e y, 2 vol., light foxing, 1900 § Owen (Rev. Richard) The
Life of Richard Owen, 2 vol., second edition, 1895 § Dobzhansky
(Theodosius) Genetics and the Origin of Species, second edition,
revised, New York, 1949 § Fisher (R.A.) The Genetical Theory of
Natural Selection, Oxford, 1999 § Jones (Steve) Almost Like a
Whale: The Origin of Species Updated, 1999 § Quammen (D.) The
Song of the Dodo; Island Biogeography in an Age of Extinctions,
New York, 1996 § Osborne (R.) The Floating Egg: Episodes in the
Making of Geology, 1998, plates and illustrations, original cloth or
boards, the first two rubbed, the first with faded spines, the rest with
dust-jackets; and c.40 others on evolution, geology etc., 8vo & 4to
(c.50) £200 - £300
387. Lankester (Edwin, editor) th e Co r r e s p o n d e n C e... [and]
fu rt h e r Co r r e s p o n d e n C e o f Jo h n ray , 2 vol., portrait (with
marginal water-staining), 1848-1928; Memorials of John Ray,
lithographed frontispiece, 1846 § Cornish (C.J.) Sir William Henry
Flower, C.E.Fagan’s copy with A.L.s. from the author to him tipped
in at beginning, 1904 § King-Hele (D.) Doctor of Revolution: The
Life and Genius of Erasmus Darwin, 1977 § Burgess (G.H.O.) The
Curious World of Frank Buckland, 1967 § Rothschild (Miriam) Dear
Lord Rothschild: Birds, Butterflies and History, 1983 § Gunther
(A.E.) The Founders of Science at the British Museum 1753-1900,
Halesworth, 1980, plates and illustrations, original cloth or boards,
the first three worn with faded spines, the rest with dust-jackets; and
c.25 others on naturalists, 8vo & 4to (c.30) £100 - £150
388. Medicine.- Keynes (Sir Geoffrey) th e life o f wi l l i a m
ha rv e y, Oxford, 1978 § LeFanu (W.R.) A Bio-Bibliography of
Edward Jenner 1749-1823, limited edition, light spotting, 1951 §
Fisher (R.B.) Edward Jenner..., 1991 § Gunther (R.T.) Early Science
in Cambridge, Oxford, 1937 § Montagu (M.F. Ashley) Edward
Tyson..., Philadelphia, 1943 § Wollaston (A.F.R.) Life of Alfred
Newton, 1921, plates and illustrations, original cloth or boards, the
first three with dust-jackets, the rest a little rubbed, the last two with
slightly faded spines; and 13 others, science and medicine, 4to &
8vo (19) £150 - £200
389. Oudemans (A.C.) th e gr e at se a-se r p e n t: an hi s t o r i C a l a n d
Cr i t i C a l tr e at i s e, some light spotting, Leiden and London, 1892
§ Buckland (Frank) Curiosities of Natural History, First & Second
Series (of 4), spotting, 1863-61 § Shepard (Odell) The Lore of the
Unicorn, 1930 § Carrington (R.) Mermaids and Mastodons, 1957 §
Benwell (G.) and Arthur Waugh. Sea Enchantress: The Tale of the
Mermaid and her Kin, 1961 § Burton (M.) The Elusive Monster: An
analysis of the evidence from Loch Ness, 1961 § Ellis (R.) Monsters
of the Sea, 1995, plates and illustrations, original cloth or boards,
the first with faded spine, the last four with dust-jackets, most a little
rubbed; and 11 others, similar, 8vo & 4to (19) £200 - £300
*** The first, an important work of cryptozoology, is a scientific
study investigating sightings of the sea-serpent, suggesting that it
was actually a prehistoric fish thought to be extinct. In 1938 it was
identified as the coelacanth.
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390. White (Rev. Gilbert, of Selborne) th e nat u r a l hi s t o ry o f
se l b o r n e, edited by Thomas Bell, 2 vol., 1877; Garden Kalendar
1751-1771, facsimile reprint, Ilkley, 1975; The Journals..., edited
by Francesca Greenoak, 1986-88 § Holt-White (Rashleigh, editor)
The Life and Letters of Gilbert White..., 2 vol., 1901; The Letters
to Gilbert White from...Rev. John Mulso, [c.1906] § Martin (E.A.)
A Bibliography of Gilbert White..., 1934 § Scott (W.S.) White of
Selborne and his Times, some spotting, 1946 § Mabey (R.) Gilbert
White, 1986, plates and illustrations, original cloth or boards, the
third and last two with dust-jackets, most a little rubbed; and a small
quantity of others by or about the same, some pamphlets, 4to & 8vo
(sm.qty) £200 - £300
391. Yarrell (William) a hi s t o ry o f british bi r d s, 2 vol., fourth
edition, contemporary half sheep, worn, spines defective, 1871-74 §
Willughby (Francis) The Ornithology..., facsimile reprint, Newprot
Pagnell, 1972 § Buckland (Frank) Log-Book of a Fisherman and
Zoologist, third thousand, upper hinge broken, 1876 § Browne
(Sir Thomas) Notes and letters on the Natural History of Norfolk...
Birds and Fishes, 1902 § Darling (F.Fraser) Natural History in the
Highlands & Islands, New Naturalist, a few additional plates tipped
in, 1947 § Lever (C.) The Naturalized Animals of the British Isles,
1977 § Young (J.Z.) The Life of Vertebrates, Oxford, 1950 § Starkey
(D.J.) & others. England’s Sea Fisheries, 2000, illustrations, all but
the first original cloth or boards, the second with slip-case (rubbed),
the last three with dust-jackets, most a little rubbed; and a quantity
of others, natural history, some pamphlets, v.s. (c.150) £150 - £200
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392. Whaling.- Bullen (Frank T.) th e Cr u i s e o f t h e “Ca C h a l o t”...,
third impression (second edition), 1899 § McNab (Robert) The Old
Whaling Days: A History of Southern New Zealand from 1830 to
1840, ex-library copy with stamps, very wor, Christchurch, 1913
§ Edwards (Everett J.) and J.E.Rattray. “Whale Off!” The Story
of American Shore Whaling, New York, 1956 § England (G.A.)
Vikings of the Ice being the Log of a Tenderfoot on the Great
Newfoundland Seal Hunt, browned, Garden City, NY, 1924 §
True (Frederick W.) The Whalebone Whales of the Western North
Atlantic, facsimile reprint, Washington, DC., 1983 § Schmitt (F.P.)
& others. Thomas Welcme Roys: America’s Pioneer of Modern
Whaling, Charlottesville, 1980 § Busch (Briton Cooper) “Whaling
Will Never Do for Me”: The American Whaleman in the Nineteenth
Century, Lexington, 1994, plates and illustrations, original cloth,
the first pictorial gilt, rubbed, the second very worn, the third
with slip-case, the last two with dust-jackets; and a small quantity
of others on whales and whaling, some pamphlets, v.s. (sm.qty)
£200 - £300
393. Whaling.- di s C o v e ry re p o rt s, issued by the Discovery
Committee, Colonial Office, London, on behalf of the Government
of the Dependencies of the Falkland Islands, c.35 parts only, maps,
charts, plates, illustrations and tables, original printed wrappers,
a few spines rubbed or browned,Cambridge, 1929-1973; and a few
others, similar, 4to (c.40) £200 - £300
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