Category: Bibliography

The first volume of a series, arranged both geographically and then by date, with useful tables giving chronological sequences of major maritime expeditions to each continent as well as circumnavigations. Following the general index, there is an index to ships. xi, 403 pp. plus two undamaged fold-out maps at rear. Slight edge wear to jacket but otherwise near fine.
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Utlendingers reiser i Norge

By: Schiotz [Schioetz], Eiler H.

Price: £100.00

Publisher: Scandinavian University Press: 1970

Seller ID: 2600

Binding: Paper covers

Condition: V.g.

Cover sl. soiled and creased, slight edge wear, spine with reading creases, internally near fine. An invaluable bibliography of 'Norvegica', travellers' accounts of visits to Norway.
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Engraved bookplates: European Ex Libris 1950-1970

By: Severin, Mark & Reid, Anthony

Price: £30.00

Publisher: Private Libraries Association: 1972

Seller ID: 8206

ISBN: 0 900002 91 3

Binding: Hard covers

Condition: Fine

Scarcely used. The standard edition, no extra plates.176 pp.
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Russia: fine books, prints, maps and photographs re;lating to Russia, the Ukraine, the Caucasus and Central Asia

By: Shapero, B.

Price: £16.00

Publisher: Bernard Shapero Rare Books: 2007

Seller ID: 24424

Binding: Paper covers

Condition: Fine

Scarcely used.
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Die Bibliographie der Biologie

By: Simon, H.-R.

Price: £16.00

Publisher: Anton Hiersemann, Stuttgart: 1977

Seller ID: 24992

ISBN: 3 7772 7708 8

Binding: Hard covers

Condition: V.g.

Slight edge wear.
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A bibliographical index of the British flora (etc.)

By: Simpson, N.D.

Price: £24.00

Publisher: Privately printed; limited edition: 1960

Seller ID: 13252

Binding: Brown cloth, no jacket

Condition: V.g.

Slight corner wear; a tidy copy.
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Key works to the fauna and flora of the British Isles and north-western Europe

By: Sims, R.W., Freeman, P. and Hawksworth, D.L.

Price: £10.00

Publisher: Systematics Association / Clarendon Press: 1988

Seller ID: 13386

ISBN: 0 19 857706 0

Binding: Hard covers, no jacket

Condition: Fine

As new. xii, 312 pp.
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Tillotsons 1850-1950: centenary of a family business

By: Singleton, Frank

Price: £12.00

Publisher: Tillotson & Son Ltd., Bolton: 1950

Seller ID: 7250

Binding: Hard covers, dust jacket

Condition: Good

Some light foxing; slight edge wear to jacket. x, 94 pp.
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The library of the Stiftung fur (sic) Botanik, Liechtenstein

By: Sotheby & Co.

Price: £30.00

Publisher: Sotheby & Co., London: 1975

Seller ID: 1445

Binding: Boards

Condition: Good

Cover sl. soiled, lower tips of spines sl. bumped. One of the most sumptuous botanical libraries, amassed by Arpad Plesch, came up for sale on 16 and 17 June 1975 at a time of rip-roaring inflation in the UK economy; unsurprisingly, the books fetched record prices. This well-illustrated catalogue has become a collector's item. Includes list of prices realised and names of purchasers, loosely inserted: the sale fetched 197,237.
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The library of the Stiftung fur (sic) Botanik, Liechtenstein (3 vols.)

By: Sotheby & Co.

Price: £30.00

Publisher: Sotheby & Co., London: 1975

Seller ID: 15539

Binding: Boards

Condition: V.g.

One of the most sumptuous botanical libraries, amassed by Arpad Plesch, came up for sale on 16 and 17 June 1975 at a time of rip-roaring inflation in the UK economy; unsurprisingly, the books fetched record prices. This well-illustrated catalogue has become a collector's item. Unlike some copies, this set does not include the loosely inserted list of prices realised and names of purchasers. The sale realised 197,237.
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The Diaghilev-Lifar Library

By: Sotheby Parke Bernet

Price: £12.00

Publisher: Sotheby Parke Bernet Monaco S.A.: 1975

Seller ID: 10320

Binding: Hard covers

Condition: Fair

Tip of spine and front cover damaged. Corrigenda sheet and advice to bidders sheet loosely inserted. 217 pp.
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The Signet Library, Edinburgh, part II: 8-9 March 1979

By: Sotheby's

Price: £12.00

Publisher: Sotheby, Parke, Bernet & Co.: 1979

Seller ID: 15328

Binding: Paper covers

Condition: Good

Light edge wear. Duplicated list of errata loosely inserted.
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Taxonomic literature: a guide to botanical publications with dates, commentaries and types

By: Stafleu, F.A.

Price: £20.00

Publisher: IAPT / IDC: 1967

Seller ID: 24798

Binding: Hard covers

Condition: Fine

Ex-library copy but no damage, only a 'withdrawn' bookplate. A compact reference compared to its successor, the monumental seven-volume TL-2 which was compiled with the assistance of R.S. Cowan.
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