Boston: Houghton Mifflin Company, 1954. First edition. Hardcover. 8vo. [9], 2-120 pp. Beige cloth with brown lettering on the spine and brown and beige decorations on the front board. Illustrated with several black and white drawings, several full-page and in-text illustrations. Bright and vibrant illustrated endpapers and pastedowns, with color..... More
New York: The Viking Press, 1945. First edition. Hardcover. 8vo. [4], 5-265, [5] pp. Red cloth with decorations in blind on the front board, yellow lettering on the spine. Illustrated green endpapers and pastedowns. Price of $2.50 on the front flap of the dust jacket. Illustrated with in-text and full-page..... More
London: The Folio Society (2002), 2002. Third printing. Hardcover. 8vo. [4], v-xxxiii, [1], 1-375, [7] pp. Blue cloth with gold decorations on the front board and spine, gold lettering on the spine. Housed in a navy paper slipcase. Blue endpapers and pastedowns. Title page in blue and black. With double-sided..... More
London: The Folio Society (2003), 2003. Fourth printing. Hardcover. 8vo. [4], v-xxiii, [3], 3-389, [3] pp. Maroon publisher's cloth with gold decorations on the front board and spine, gold lettering on the spine. Housed in a navy paper slipcase. Maroon endpapers and pastedowns. Title page in black and maroon. Illustrated..... More
New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1934. First American edition. Hardcover. 8vo. [4], 5-412, [2] pp. Tan cloth with black lettering and green and black decorations on the front board and spine. Green maps on the endpapers and pastedowns. Price of $2.75 on the front flap of the dust jacket. Illustrated..... More
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New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1963. First American edition. Hardcover. 8vo. [8], viii-xxxvii, [12], 4-431, [2], ii-xxviii, [4], pp. Red cloth with gold lettering on the spine; green topstain. Price of $10.00 on the front flap of the dust jacket. Illustrated with a few in-text etchings, a full-page map and..... More
London: The Folio Society (2003), 2003. Fourth printing. Hardcover. 8vo. [4], v-xxxi, [1], 1-297, [5] pp. Purple cloth with gold decorations on the front board and spine, gold lettering on the spine. Housed in a navy paper slipcase. Purple endpapers and pastedowns. Illustrated with double-sided plates of colorful and black..... More
London: Chapman & Hall, LTD., 1893. First edition. Hardcover. 8vo. [5], vi, [3], 2-256, [2] pp. Half brown morocco over blue cloth boards, the spine in six compartments with gold lettering on the spine; top edge gilt. Marbled endpapers and pastedowns. Bound by Bayntun. Lacks the publisher's advertisements. Illustrated with..... More
New York: The Macmillan Company, 1943. First edition. Hardcover. 8vo. [6], vii-x, [2], 3-318 pp. Black cloth with yellow lettering on the spine. Price of $3.50 on the front flap of the dust jacket. Boards slightly bowed, top textblock a bit foxed; jacket has two closed tears and two tape..... More
New York: Random House [1944], 1944. First edition. Hardcover. 8vo. [6], vii-xlvi, [2], 3-358, [2] pp. Light green cloth with blue lettering and a gold rule on the front board, gold lettering blocked in blue on the spine; blue topstain. Maps printed on the endpapers and pastedowns. Title page printed..... More
New York: G.P. Putnam's Sons, 1938. First American edition. Hardcover. 8vo. [6], vii-xiv, [2], 3-257, [1] pp. Maroon cloth with black lettering and decorations on the front board and spine. Price of $2.75 on the front flap of the dust jacket. Illustrated with a frontis photograph of the author, and..... More
Madison: The University of Wisconsin Press, 1968. First edition. Hardcover. 8vo. [vi], vii-xii, [2], 3-285, [3] pp. Brown cloth with gold lettering on the spine. Price of $10.00 on the front flap of the dust jacket. Illustrated with seven black and white photograph plates, five tables, and one map. A...... More
Paris: Ch. Chadenat, 1890. First edition. Hardcover. 8vo. [6], 1-123, [1] pp. Bound with the original blue wrappers. Half smooth black morocco over marbled boards with the spine in five compartments, gilt lettering on the spine; top edge gilt. Marbled endpapers and pastedowns. Bound by François Le Boulenger. With eleven..... More
Paris: Ch. Chadenat, 1890. First edition. Hardcover. 8vo. [4], 1-123, [1] pp. Contemporary green pebbled cloth with borders in blind on each board, spine in six compartments with gilt decorations and gilt lettering on the spine. Marbled endpapers and pastedowns. With eleven plates, one of which is a folding map..... More
Paris: A. Hennuyer; Chadenat, 1889; 1890; 1891. First edition. Hardcover. 8vo. [5], 2-91, [7], 1-123, [4], 4-32, [2] pp. Quarter brown sheep over black cloth, spine in five compartments with gilt lettering. Marbled endpapers and pastedowns. A tan ribbon bookmark bound in. Bound without the wrappers. With over thirty plates..... More
London: Thames and Hudson (1966), 1966. First edition. Hardcover. 8vo. [5], 6-220 pp. Brown cloth with a gold publisher's device on the front board, gold lettering on the spine; brown topstain. Price of 35s on the front flap of the dust jacket. Illustrated with sixteen plates of black and white..... More
New York: D. Appleton and Company, 1910. First edition. Hardcover. 8vo. [8], ix-xiii, [5], 1-439, [1], [4] (pages of publisher's advertisements) pp. Navy cloth with gilt lettering on the front board and spine; top edge gilt. Illustrated with a frontispiece and several plates, all black and white photographs. A South..... More
London: The Folio Society, 2005. First edition thus. Hardcover. 8vo. [6], vii-xi, [3], 1-306 pp. Green cloth with gold and black decorations on the front board, gold lettering and gold and black decorations on the spine. Housed in a green paper slipcase. Green endpapers and pastedowns. Illustrated with double-sided plates..... More
New York: Harper & Brothers, 1848. Early Reprint. Hardcover. 2 vol. 8vo. [5], vi-xl, [3], 4-527, [3]; [5], vi-xix, [4], 4-547, [3] pp. Brown blindstamped cloth with gold lettering on each spine. Volume one illustrated with a frontispiece portrait of Pizarro and a map of Peru; volume two illustrated with..... More
Boston: Little, Brown, and Company, 1913. First edition. Hardcover. 2 vol. Large 8vo. [7], viii-xxiii, [1], 1-377, [3]; [5], vi-xvi, 1-439, [1] pp. Blue publisher's cloth with gilt lettering and gilt devices on each front board, gilt lettering and a gilt star on each spine; top edges gilt. Title pages..... More
New York: G.P. Putnam's Sons, 1895. First printing. Hardcover. 8vo. [4], vi-xi, [1], 319, [3] pp. Green cloth with gold lettering on the front board and spine. Illustrated by a frontispiece and fourteen additional plates. Warmly inscribed by the author to American biologist and naturalist Francis Harper, known for his..... More