Natural history

Natural history

A large collection of 72 volumes, including:

Brewster (David) More Worlds Than One: The creed of the philosopher and the hope of the Christian, First edition, 32pp. publisher’s catalogue at rear, contemporary gift inscription to front flyleaf verso, later signature and ink stamp to front free endpaper, cracking to joint internally, publisher’s gilt-stamped cloth, rubbed, some splitting to spine, John Murray, 1854; Powell (Rev. Baden) Essays on the Spirit of the Inductive Philosophy, the Unity of Worlds, and the Philosophy of Creation, two publisher’s catalogues at rear, adverts to endpapers, library bookplate to front pastedown, original pictorial cloth gilt, Longman, 1855; Stevens (Edward T.) Flint Chips. A Guide to Pre-Historic Archaeology, as illustrated by the Collection in the Blackmore Museum, lithographic frontispiece, publisher’s cloth gilt, fraying at head of spine, Salisbury, Bell and Daldy, 1870; Pearson (Hesketh) Doctor Darwin, First edition, Presentation copy inscribed by the author on the front free endpaper, portrait frontispiece, some spotting throughout, original cloth gilt, some fraying and spotting to spine, J. M Dent & Sons, 1930; with others similar, v.s. (72)