Ludlow: Excellent Press, 1999. Signed, limited edition, no. 66 of 1250 copies signed by the author, large 8vo., pp.x,150,xii(colour plates), blue hardcover, gilt; author’s autograph to title, a couple of spots of very light foxing to endpapers, else very good indeed, in vg+ unclipped dust-jacket, lightly sunned to spine, minor creasing to upper margin.

Leeds: printed for the Yorkshire Naturalists’ Union by Taylor Brothers, 1883. 8vo., pp. 190, blue hardcover, gilt, decorative gilt to front board, one colour plate in with prelims; foxing to endpapers, occasional spots throughout text, pages slightly coming away from lower gutter, light pencilling to pages 12-16, light wear to extremities of boards, especially to the corners which are lightly bruised, some light marks to boards, a good+ copy.

London: W. Law, A. Millar, R. Cater. 8vo., pp.(iv),210, full sprinkled calf, black gilt-lettered label to spine, complete with twenty illustrative copper-engraved plates by J. Fraser; armorial bookplate to front paste-down endpaper, 3cm tear to text of p.49/50 (not affecting legibility), small hole to text of p.45/6 (apx. 4x3mm; again, text remains legible), small closed tear to lower margin of final text-leaf (p.209/10), light foxing and a few light marks to plates, rubbing to spine and extremities, with slight loss to head and tailbands, spine worn and retouched, joints starting but remain firm, a good+ copy, which is internally very good.

London: T. Cadell, 1785. Second edition, 8vo., pp.xvi,233,(i), rebacked tree calf boards, spine in a modern tan leather, gilt-lettered; contemporary ink ownership autograph to front free endpaper, without original free endpapers or replacements: begins at prelim blank, internally fresh with minimal marking or spotting, light wear at corners of boards, a very good copy.

London: Martin Lawrence Limited, 1928. First edition, 8vo., pp.414, blue cloth, gilt, b/w frontispiece portrait with tissue guard; light foxing to prelims, light rubbing to extremities, a very good copy, in an edgeworn unclipped dust-jacket, which has 1cm loss at headband, chipping and closed tears to the edges, and staining/marking to the paper. Now in a protective cover.

London: Victor Gollancz, 1951. First edition, 8vo., pp.254, terracotta cloth lettered in black; foxing to endpapers, toning to edges, light rubbing and slight sunning to edges of boards, else a very good copy, in an unclipped dust-jacket, which is toned to the spine and margins, with water staining to fore-margins, closed tears and light chipping to upper edge. Now in a protective cover.

London: Routledge and Kegan Paul, 1961. First edition, 8vo., pp.xii,463, navy cloth, copper gilt, colour frontispiece and plates; toning to edges, light tobacco odour, a very good copy, in a good price-clipped dust-jacket, which is partially toned, with light chipping and small closed tears to extremities.

London: Harrap, 1974. 8vo., pp.138, brown hardcover, gilt, b/w illustrations; a very good copy, in a very good unclipped dust-jacket.

New York: Dodd, Mead & Company, 1952. 8vo., pp.615,xxi, green hardcover, quarter bound in contrasting green paper, gilt, decorative gilt to front board, uncut, pictorial endpapers, b/w illustrations; very light yellowing to leaves, very light rubbing to extremities, overall a very good copy indeed in a vg unclipped dust-jacket, which is rubbed to extermities, with closed tears to head and tailband, repaired with tape by previous owner, and minor chipping/creasing to extremities, and a few marks to rear.

London: Chapman and Hall Ltd, 1907. Sixth edition with an additional chapter, 8vo., pp.vii,341, red cloth, gilt, 2 in-text illustrations, folding plate to rear of volume; toning and foxing to prelims, occasional foxing within, neat ink ownership inscription to front free endpaper (dated [19]‘09), cloth split for 3cms at head of upper joint, light sunning to spine and rear upper margin, corners just lightly bruised, else very good.

Aldershot: Ashgate, 1998. 8vo., pp.vii,330, black hardcover, gilt; very good indeed, in very good unclipped dust-jacket.

London: Routledge, 2002. 8vo.,pp. xv,631, paperback, b/w maps and tables; light creasing to rear corners, a very good and clean copy.

York: T. Cooke & Sons, Ltd, 1921. 8vo., pp.123, boards quarter bound in contrasting paper, tan title inlay to spine, uncut, one b/w plate, b/w illustrations throughout, toning to margins, occasional pencilling, closed tears to pages, 73, 75, 77, light wear to boards, particularly to extremities, mark to front and rear board, overall a good copy.

Dundee: Dundee Highland Society, 1915. 8vo., pp.ii,140, green hardcover, gilt lettering to front board, b/w frontispiece with coloured lettering and borders, b/w illustrations; foxing to endpapers, light toning to margins, otherwise internally clean, lightly rubbed, small bruise to fore-edge of front board, light marks to front and rear boards, overall a very good copy.

London: Routledge and Sons, Limited, 1911. First edition, 8vo., pp.,551, pictorial green cloth, gilt, colour plates; a little mottling to cloth, rubbing to extremities, else very good. No dust-jacket.

Tuusula: The Finnish Academy of Science and Letters, 1998. 8vo., pp.470, paperback; ownership bookplate to front wrapper verso, light shelfwear to wrappers, a very good copy.

London: The Golden Cockerel Press, 1956. Limited edition, no. 188 of 300 copies, quarter bound in publisher’s leather, contrasting paper-covered boards with pictorial decoration in gilt to front board and gilt lettering to spine, engraved b/w frontispiece by Mark Severin, with line engravings accompanying text; very minor rubbing to extremities, a near-fine copy.

London: The Nonesuch Press, 1931. Limited edition, no. 1018 of a total of 1375 copies, two volumes, 8vo., pp.xxxviii,724;vi,708, deckle-edged paper, full Niger morocco bindings by the Leighton-Straker Bookbinding company, five raised bands, green leather title labels to spines and small inlaid medallions to front boards, gilt, t.e.g.; small scuff to title label and to uppermost band of Volume I, darkening to spines, slight marking to boards, a fresh and otherwise near-fine set.

Edinburgh: John Ballantyne And Co, 1810. 8vo.,pp. iv,90, half calf with decorative gilt and lettering to spine, marbles boards, new endpapers; toned and lightly foxed to margins, ownership autograph in pencil to title page, lightly rubbed to corners of boards, a very good, bright copy.

London: William Pickering, 1845. First edition, 8vo., pp. lxxxii,240, full calf, with decorative gilt to spine with burgundy title label and gilt lettering and five raised bands, b/w frontispiece and marbles endpapers and edges of text block; ownership bookplate to front paste down endpaper, mottled water damage to frontispiece, rubbed to extremities with light wear to head of spine and corners, otherwise very good.