London: John Murray, 1889. x, 519, [1 blank page,] 4 ad’s pages. Portrait frontispiece; some illustrations within text. Original pictorial green cloth gilt. Octavo. Neat name and date on endpaper; some light foxing on endpapers, and a few spots on title; else a very good copy.

London: John Murray, 1889. x, 519, [1 blank page,] 4 ad’s pages. Portrait frontispiece; some illustrations within text. Original pictorial green cloth gilt. Octavo. Neat name endpaper; spine worn and beginning to split at head; corners a little worn; couple of light foxing spots on title; else a good plus copy.

London: Collins, 1954. Number 97 of 250 numbered copies, signed by both authors. Half black morocco gilt over marbled boards. Top edges gilt. Folio. Contained in a cloth and paper slipcase which is illustrated to one side. 20 pages, plus 25 full page tissue guarded plates printed in six and eight colours on mould-made paper made by Schut of Heelsum. Bound by Mansell of London. Head of spine and one corner lightly bumped; slipcase worn at entry points; else a fine clean copy. Please note this book is very heavy – nearly 4 kilo’s – and would be very expensive to ship abroad.

London: Collins. The New Naturalist Library number 106. Hardback. First edition. Mint in a like dust-wrapper.

Penryn: F. Chegwidden, 1909. lxxxviii; 570 pages. Nicely rebound at some time in green cloth gilt. Octavo. First edition. Coloured map spotted on blank verso and to borders; also strengthened from the rear at folds; else a very good copy. Loosely laid in is another work by Davey; A Botanical Report for 1909, 1910, reprinted from No. LVII Journal of the Royal Institution of Cornwall; inscribed by the author on the front cover: ‘Rev. H. Fox with the author’s kind regards.’

Cambridge: Macmillan and Co. 1855. [viii], 165, [3], 16 ad’s dated August 1855, pages. Engraved frontispiece. Original brown pictorial cloth gilt. Small octavo. Endpapers renewed at some time; frontispiece spotted and tissue guard browned; else very good.

Leipzig: Alfred Kroner, 1914. 72 pages. Original printed wrappers. First edition. A very good copy. Presentation copy inscribed on title: ‘Herr Hermann Scheffauer (Bank Point, Jackson’s Lane, Highgate, London) Freundschaftlich Ernst Haeckel.’

Leipzig: Alfred Kroner, 1914. 72 pages. Original printed wrappers. First edition. Covers worn and soiled. Presentation copy inscribed on title: ‘Frau Talbot-Scheffauer fur freundlichen erinnerung Ernst Haeckel Jena 15 September 1915.’

London: Hamish Hamilton, 1952. 242 pages. Illustrated with black & white plates. Orginal cloth gilt. Pictorial dust-wrapper. Octavo. First edition. A fine copy in a like, unclipped, dust-wrapper.

Paris: Gabriel-Francois Quillau, 1727. [2], 204, [16] pages. Illustrated with 9 etched plates by Caylus, of which two are folding; folding genealogical table; one engraving in the Errata. Bound in contemporary full calf gilt; red label to spine. First edition. Tear in blank margin of genealogical plate; binding repaired at spine; bookplate; else a very good copy. Necker 1377 : ‘First published in 1727 Les Chats is one of the earliest books written exclusively about cats. Because of the fame of its author and the ridicule with which it was received (due to its subject matter) the book was immediately popular and is often erroneously considered the “first cat book.” Other early cat books are lost in obscurity but Les Chats has become a classic in its field.’

Paris: Gabriel-Francois Quillau, 1727. [2], 204, [16] pages. Illustrated with 9 etched plates by Caylus, of which two are folding; folding genealogical table; one engraving in the Errata. Bound in contemporary full calf gilt; red label to spine. First edition. Tear in blank margin of genealogical plate; binding repaired at spine; bookplate; else a very good copy. Necker 1377 : ‘First published in 1727 Les Chats is one of the earliest books written exclusively about cats. Because of the fame of its author and the ridicule with which it was received (due to its subject matter) the book was immediately popular and is often erroneously considered the “first cat book.” Other early cat books are lost in obscurity but Les Chats has become a classic in its field.’

Berlin: Hans Schippel, 1913. Contains an article by Haeckel entitled, Die Grenzen der Naturwissenschaft. Original wrappers. Wrappers very worn and splitting at spine; staples rusty; generally tired. Inscribed at head of title to Hermann Scheffauer from Haeckel, and signed by him.

London: Virtue & Co, No date [circa 1850]. v, [1], 398 pages. Illustrated with an engraved portrait frontispiece and twenty hand-coloured engraved plates of herbs. Recently bound in half green morocco gilt over marbled boards. Quarto. 283 x 230 mm. A very good, clean copy.

London: John Murray, 1896. xvi, 693 pages. Original green cloth, gilt. Octavo. Front inner joint cracked, but firm; head & heel of spine and corners very lightly worn; neat name and date on endpaper; else a very good copy.

Bungay: C. Brightly and Co. Published also by T. Kinnersley, 1812. xl, 376 pages. Fifty-four hand-coloured engraved plates. Contemporary full calf gilt. Octavo. Binding a little rubbed and worn, but sound; mall piece missing from the blank margin of one leaf of text without loss; else a very good copy.

London: John Bale, Sons & Danielsson Ltd, 1921. Volumes I and II only; Ducks and Their Allies Swans, Geese and Ducks, with 30 coloured plates. Second Edition; Snipe, Bustards and Sand-Grouse, with 19 coloured plates. Each volume bound in half black roan gilt over green cloth. Small rub to the base of the spine of volume I, else a very handsome pair.

London: Gurney and Jackson, 1901. xxxii, (4), 782 pages. 15 coloured plates. Original pictorial red cloth. Octavo. The pages appear to be too numerous for the binding, and the first few gathers are prominent; the hinges are cracking and the spine is cracked at the lower joint; some foxing; else a very good copy.

London: R. H. Porter, 1906. xxxiii, (3), 762, xxxvi Index pages, plus the original pictorial wrappers and ad’s from all four parts bound in. 21 plates, 11 of which are coloured. Original pictorial red cloth. Top edge gilt. Octavo. Pictorial bookplate of Claude B Tycehurst to the front pastedown. Some very occasional patches of foxing; some of the coloured plates are lightly browned from the tissue guards some signatures unopened; else a very good, clean copy.

London: R. H. Porter, 1907. xxxiv, (2), 685 pages, plus the original pictorial wrappers and ad’s from all four parts bound in. 13 plates, 10 of which are coloured. Original pictorial red cloth. Top edge gilt. Octavo. Pictorial bookplate of Claude B Tycehurst to the front pastedown. Small patch of foxing to the title; some of the coloured plates are lightly browned from the tissue guards; some signatures unopened; else a very good, clean copy.

London: R. H. Porter, 1908. xxxii, (3), 680 pages, plus the original pictorial wrappers and ad’s from all four parts bound in. 13 plates, 10 of which are coloured. Original pictorial red cloth. Top edge gilt. Octavo. Pictorial bookplate of Claude B Tycehurst to the front pastedown. Some foxing to the title and occasionally throughout; some signatures unopened; else a very good, clean copy.