BOOK
Title:
Familiar history of British fishes
Creators:
Buckland, Francis T. (Francis Trevelyan), 1826-1880 | Thomson, Keith Stewart | Society for Promoting Christian Knowledge (Great Britain) | Jas. Truscott & Son
Publication:
Society for Promoting Christian Knowledge, London, [1873?]
Notes:
Printer's mark on title page verso and at the end of the index. Publication date not specified in usual areas; preface is dated 1873. Illustration opposite the title page shows the Museum of Economic Fish Culture, South Kensington. "To the Boards of Conservators of the salmon fisheries in England, Wales, and Scotland, this little work is affectionately dedicated, with a grateful memory of many acts of kindness."
Extent:
xi, 396 pages illustrations 18cm
BOOK
Title:
The profitable planter: a treatise on the theory and practice of planting forest trees, in every description of soil and situation ; more particularly on elevated sites, barren heaths, rocky soils, &c., including directions for the planting and management of permanent screens ; with useful hints on shelter and ornament
Creators:
Pontey, William | Harding, James Duffield, 1798-1863 | Mawman, Joseph, 1759-1827 | J. White, Fleet-Street | Thomson, Keith Stewart | Smart, Thomas, 1765-1840 | Thordarson Collection
Publication:
T. Smart, Huddersfield, 1808.
Notes:
"Printed for the author by T. Smart; and sold by J. Harding, 36 St. James-Street; J. White, Fleet-Street; & J. Mawman Poultry, London" Includes bibliographical references and index.
Extent:
1 leaf with plate (numbered "page 177"), publishers' advertisements on [1-5] and 6-[8], 9-222 pages, 1 unnumbered leaf [2 pages] of publishers' advertisements, 2 unnumbered leaves : illustrations ; 22 cm
BOOK
Title:
A history of British fishes
Creators:
Yarrell, William, 1784-1856 | Thomson, Keith Stewart | Van Voorst, John, active 1833-1886 | Samuel Bentley and Co
Publication:
John Van Voorst, Paternoster Row, London, MDCCCXLI [1841]
Notes:
Publisher's advertisements for works by the same author
Extent:
2 volumes illustrations 22 cm
BOOK
Title:
A history of British butterflies
Creators:
Morris, F. O. (Francis Orpen), 1810-1893 | Groombridge and Sons
Publication:
Groombridge and Sons, Paternoster Row, London, 1860 [MDCCCLX ]
Notes:
"To the Hon. Mrs. Musgrave, Bishopthorpe Palace, this volume is by her permission most respectfully dedicated by her obliged and obedient servant, the author" Afterward called "Aphorismata entomologica" is about how to preserve insect specimens, etc.
Extent:
vi, [1]-168 pages, afterword from pages 1-29, 1 unnumbered leaf, colored plates numbered 1-71 (throughout book) ; 24 cm.