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London: Cassell and Company, Limited, 1898. Illustrated by 180 pictures from photographs by Cherry Kearton. 368 pp. Four pages of advertisements at conclusion of text. Olive cloth covers with gilt lettering on front and spine, and image of author rappeling down cliff in gilt on front. Cover corners are bumped and rubbed, edges rubbed, significant rubbing/scuffing on back cover, fading to cover edges. Spine is faded from sun exposure, stains on bottom of spine, spine ends are bent. Gilt top page edge. Hinges broken. Cocked spine. Endpapers have foxing/mold and are browning. Interior pages have some light foxing and some stains to edges. Book in Good- condition.. Cloth. Good-. Illus. by Photographs by Cherry Kearton. Size: Approx. 6 " x 9 1/2". Nature.

New.

Paperback / softback. New.

Hardback. New.

Cassell and Company, 1898. Hardcover. Acceptable. 1898. Reprinted. 368 pages. No dust jacket. Green cloth with decorations. Black and white photographs throughout. Severe cracking to hinges causing boards to be loose. Pages and photographs have light tanning and foxing throughout. Water staining to some page edges, text remains unaffected. Previous owner's inscription to front free endpaper. Minor dog-eared corners. Boards have light shelf-wear with corner bumping. Light tanning to spine and edges with crushing to spine ends. Wear marks overall.

Hardback. New.

Cassell and Company 1902. TIDY EX-LIBRARY (MINIMAL MARKINGS), octavo, green buckram boards, gilt lettering & balck illus to spine, brown lettering & illus to front board, frontispiece with tissue guard, xvi + 368pp + 16pp publisher's publications, illus/photos, VG (light bruising & moderate scuffing to extrems, moderate fading to spine & board edges, light chafing & soiling to boards, light to moderate tanning to page edges, heavy crack to front gutter, moderate foxing to tissue guard, occasional light cracking to gutters)

London; Cassell and Company, Limited; 1898.. Second Printing; Med. 8vo; pp. xvi, 368, [4] advertisements; frontispiece, text illustrated with numerous b/w. photographs, index, bound in original green cloth, title lettered in gilt on spine and front board, gilt blind stamped decoration on spine and front board, previous owner's bookplate on front endpaper, hinges weak, but still a sound fair copy.

Melven Press, 1978. Paperback . Very Good. 1978 reprint of original 1897 edition Paperback. Very good copy with some tanning and slight marks to cover. Inscription to previous owner.

London : Cassell, 1902. 6th Edition. Hardcover. Good copy in the original title-blocked cloth. Boards dust-toned. Spine bands and panel edges slightly bumped and rubbed as with age. Internally, bright and clean. Remains quite well-preserved overall. Physical description: xvi, 368p. Subjects: Natural history Scotland. Birds Scotland. Genre: Zoology. Language: English.

London: Cassell and Company, Limited, 1902. Leather. Near Fine. 8.5" by 6". Cherry Kearton. The popular edition of Richard Kearton's natural history book, with photographs by Cherry Kearton, in a lovely full calf binding. The popular edition of this work in a full calf binding with gilt detailing to the spine and the gilt crest of 'The Incorporated Thames Nautical Training College' to the front board. Marbled end papers and edges. Richard Kearton (1862-1928) and Cherry Kearton (1871-1940) were brothers who were both British naturalists. They developed innovative methods to photograph animals in the wild. This volume was their most famous work, as it was the first natural history book to be entirely illustrated by photographs in the wild, with 180 photographs taken by Cherry Kearton. This work is devoted to their excursions to remote places such as St. Kilda, and is scarce in the first edition. In a full calf binding. Externally very smart, with just some fading to the spine and marks to the rear… Read More