[Rarebooks] Natural History

[Dennis Melhouse]

1.      [Dezallier d'Argenville, Antione Joseph].  L'HISTOIRE NATURELLE 
ECLAIRCIE DANS DEUX DE SES PARTIES PRINCIPALES. LA LITHOLOGIE ET LA 
CONCHYLIOLOGIE... Paris: De Bure, 1742. First edition. . [viii], 492p. 
Illustrated with 33 full-page copper-engraved plates. 4to. Bound in full 
contemporary mottled calf with marbled endpapers, the spine with extensive 
gilt panel ornaments. Endpapers and flyleaves heavily stained, probably 
from improper leather treatment, edges and corners worn, some cracks to 
hinges, but holding nicely, contents and plates clean.  Actually not a bad 
copy.  Nissen 144. (12772)    $2750.00

2.      Hudson, W. H. ADVENTURES AMONG BIRDS. London: Hutchinson, 1913. 
First edition. . viii, 316p. Gilt-titled green cloth. About 
fine.   (12479)     $100.00

3.      Hudson, W. H. FAR AWAY AND LONG AGO, A HISTORY OF MY EARLY LIFE. 
London & Toronto: Dent, 1918. First edition. . xii, 332p. Green cloth with 
titles and design in gilt and black. Slightest rub to spine foot. else fine 
in bright dust jacket that has separated at the front joint and has chips 
at three corners.   (12476)   $300.00

4.      Morris, F.O. A HISTORY OF BRITISH BIRDS. London: Groombridge, 
1851-57. First edition. . Six volumes. Illustrated with 358 hand-colored 
plates. Small 4to. Original publisher's green cloth with elaborate gilt 
spines including pictorial vignettes and with large vignettes of birds in 
gilt on the upper covers and in blind on the lower covers. Bindings have 
wear to extremes, but they are in very nice bright condition, contents 
mostly clean and bright, some moderate foxing. A most desirable 
set.   (11766) $2500.00

5.      Ripley, S. Dillon and Scribner, Lynette L.  ORNITHOLOGICAL BOOKS IN 
THE YALE UNIVERSITY LIBRARY INCLUDING THE LIBRARY OF WILLIAM ROBERTSON COE. 
New Haven: Yale University Press, 1961. First edition. Green-titled tan 
cloth. Fine in VG+ d.j.  (13106)        $125.00

6.      Walcott, Mary Vaux. NORTH AMERICAN WILD FLOWERS. Washington DC: The 
Smithsonian Institution, 1925. First edition, limited to 500 copies signed 
by Mary Vaux Walcott (this copy 412). Five volumes folio. Illustrated with 
400 color plates, each plate accompanied by a sheet of text. Plates laid 
loose in portfolios. Portfolios of quarter dark blue morocco gilt, with 
linen boards and silk ties, the covers with a metal Smithsonian medallion 
inset on each, each portfolio housed in a heavy card box. Library accession 
number on the table of contents in each volume, else fine. Nissen 2094. 
(13966)        $1250.00

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