Search Results: the natural history of selborne by white rev gilbert

Createspace Independent Publishing Platform, 2014. Paperback. Good. Former library book; Pages can have notes/highlighting. Spine may show signs of wear. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less.Dust jacket quality is not guaranteed.

Echo Library, 2007-04-01. Re Issue. Paperback. Good.

New York: John B. Alden. 1899. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall. Reprint Used. H Hard Cover. Good. In blue cloth with gilt titling, vol. II only, 12mo, 192pp. (Shelfwear, rubbing to outer cloth, corners bumped, pages browning from age).

George Routledge, 1854. Hardcover. Acceptable. 1854; London; blue cloth covered boards with gold titles; hinges are joint are broken; heavy rubbing and edge wear; red mark on front cover; Previous owner's name on front end papers and title page; gutter gap; foxing and discoloration throughout; 12mo - over 6 3/4" to 7 3/4" tall; 428 pages

CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform. Paperback. New. 9x6x0. Brand New Book in Publishers original Sealing

Harper & Bros.. Used - Acceptable. Acceptable condition. 1847 printing. (Selborne, England, Natural History) A readable, intact copy that may have noticeable tears and wear to the spine. All pages of text are present, but they may include extensive notes and highlighting or be heavily stained. Includes reading copy only books.

Frederick Warne Book. Very Good+. Hardcover. Circa 1900. A volume in the Chandos Classics. Paper label with titles on spine. Light rubbing to cloth..

London, United Kingdom: George Bell And Sons, 1890. Book. Illus. by Forty Color Engravings. Very Good. Hardcover. 12mo - over 6¾ - 7¾" tall. Small Red Private Library Stamp On Front Endpaper And Title Page, Otherwise Unmarked, Clean And Solid Copy Green Covers With Gold Lettering On Spine. Bohn Libraries And Emblem On Bottom Of Spine. Moderate/Normal Shelf Wear..

NY: Harper & Bros.. 1841. good+. Hardcover. The Family Library, No. 117. 235pp; b/w illustrated engravings; scattered foxing, heavier on eps; previous owner name on front ep & title pg; 6" tall; gilt lettering & decor on spine; light wear to dark brown cover .

London: Frederick Warne and Co. Circa 1890. Includes 2 early photographs mounted inside the covers, one being "The Wakes", Gilbert White's Home in Selborne "It is about to Sold and the British Nation may buy it". The other being The Parish Church at Selborne. " Where Gilbert White preached and where he is buried". Pencil notations on the endpapers, and occasionally in the book. Binding and hinges tight, in blue cloth, partial loss to paper spine label.

George Bell and Sons. Used - Acceptable. Acceptable condition. Former Library book. In polypropylene bag. (Nature, Natural History, Naturalist calendar) A readable, intact copy that may have noticeable tears and wear to the spine. All pages of text are present, but they may include extensive notes and highlighting or be heavily stained. Includes reading copy only books. Bundled media such as CDs, DVDs, floppy disks or access codes may not be included.

London, UK: George Bell and Sons. G/No Dustjacket. 1881. ........ Cloth. Additions and supplimentary notes by William Jardine. Edited, with further illustrations, a biographical sketch of the author and a complete index, by Edward Jesse. With 40 engravings. . 12mo., 416, 1-31 pp., Cover stained, spine browned, tips frayed; inside hinges cracked, shaken, foxed frontis and tp; uncut pages .

Edinburgh: Fraser & Co., 1836. Hardcover. Fine/No Jacket. Small hardback. Leather spine and corners. Boards are a a swirl of brown, green, pin, beige and other colors. Rubbing/wear to leather. Two fairly deep gashes on the front boards near the top; one is about 2 1/4" long, the other 1 1/4" long. They go through the top tayer. Another small area on the outer side of the front board, where the top layer is loose. The gold print and decorations on the spine and clear and crisp. PO's name on the inside front cover. The pages are tight; clean/unmarked, except for the backside of the last end page, which has some pencil squiggels on it. 356 pages. With illustrations. Only print info is the year on the bottom of the title page "MDCCCXXXVI" A lovely little book in Fine or better condition given its age. Size: 16mo - over 5¾" - 6¾" tall

London: Swan Sonnenschein & Co, 1891. Stereotyped edition. Full red cloth with beveled edges, aeg, no dust jacket. General wear to extremities, front and rear hinges cracked but still holding, very good, gilt decoration still bright and attractive.. Illustrated with engravings by Thomas Bewick and others.. The standard edition by E. T. Bennett. Thoroughly revised, with additional notes, by James Edmund Harting. With ten letters not included in any other edition of the work.

London: George Bell and Sons, 1881. Bohn's Illustrated Library Edition. Embossed cloth. Very Good +/None. White & Jesse. 8vo, green elaborately blind-stamped decorated green publisher's cloth, illustrated with 40 engravings, supplemented with sundry additions including a biographical sketch by Sir William Jardine & Edward Jesse,16 pp. for Standard Works of George Bell & Sons + xxiv Biography of Rev. Gilbert White + 416 pages + 31 pp. of adverts. for Bohn's Library. An UNCOMMON impressively edited and illustrated Bohn edition of White's natural history classic in the original elaborately embossed publisher's cloth. Frontispiece and other handsome full page engravings are unfoxed and clean. Many gatherings unopened and pristine; backstrip slightly faded with a lightly repaired tears affecting the head of the spine & small white spot mid-spine. Reprints the 1895 Bell edition.

London: Henry G. Bohn, 1854. Blindstamped cloth. Very Good. 8vo. xxiv, 416 pp. With 40 hand-colored illustrations and steel engraved frontis. The lovely animal plates are similar to those found in Jardine. Frontis has foxing. Otherwise, but for occasional light and trivial soiling, a clean and tight copy. Some fading of gilt decoration on spine. Repair along front gutter. Darkening along both gutters. Wear along spine tips.

London, England: Bickers and Son, 1884. Third Edition . Hardcover. Very Good. A stunningly clean & bright copy of the Third Edition (1884) of this classic work in natural history & ornithology, which originally appeared in 1789. This edition, "thoroughly revised, with additional notes,'' also contains 10 letters (to Thomas Pennant, Esq. & the Honourable Daines Barrington) not included in any previous edition, as well as fresh illustrations in the form of engravings by Thomas Bewick & others throughout the 568 pages. A Preface by James Edmund Harting from 1874 & the original Advertisement to the First Edition are included. With bright red cloth-covered boards & faded gilt design to front & spine, this hardcover is in VG condition: extremely clean, binding straight & strong; a bit of mottling to rear board & a few tiny dark spots there. Pages modestly tanned, heavier around edges, but very supple. Heavier foxing in front matter & all endpapers.… Read More

London: George Bell and Sons, 1878. Finely bound in stamp-signed Riviere and Son binding of dark green full polished calf, the back with red morocco labels and ornate gilt decorations, marbled end papers with ornate gilt inner dentelles, top edge gilt. Near Fine, the covers with a few faint rubs. xxiv, 416 pp. with 40 engravings. An uncommon later edition of this classic of natural history, WorldCat locates only two libraries with holdings. . Later Edition. Polished Calf. Near Fine. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

London: Printed for J. White by T. Bensley, 1802. Half Morocco. Very Good. 8vo. viii, 392, 300 pp. With two hand-colored ornithological plates, one of which is folding. Two other plates, one folding as well. Lovely copy of eighteenth century classic and seminal work of natural history which still makes for highly enjoyable reading. As important as the many specific observations White made is his example as a close observer of the natural world which all lovers of nature can still emulate as well as the enthusiasm and spirit he brought to the endeavor. The epistolatory form he chose, tantamount to a diary, works wonderfully stylistically by creating an intimacy between him and the reader, and thus the reader is likely to become enthralled. Minor soiling and foxing scattered in volumes. The leather is rubbed along joints, and is overall a tad on the dry side.

London: White, Cochrane & Co.. Good. 1813. Hard Cover. Bound in three-quarter morocco over marbled boards with five raised bands on the spine. Top edge gilt. With twelve engraved plates, including the hand-colored "Hybrid Pheasent" and the multifolding frontispiece panorama of Selborne. Front board is neatly detached from spine, though binding remains solid. Bookplate (John William Pease) on front pastedown. A few penciled notations in the margins. Foxing throughout with a minor damp stain to bottom of pages towards the end of the book, otherwise an excellent copy of this early printing of this ground-breaking work in natural history. A classic of English literature. No inked inscriptions. Not ex-library. ; 4to; x, 587 pages .