Natural History from Foster Books - Stephen Foster, ABA, ILAB, PBFA

San Jose, California: Supreme Grand Lodge of Amorc, Inc. 1973. 8vo. 226, [24] pp. Green hardcover with gilt lettering to the spine and front cover, in a dustjacket. This book not only discusses the ancient and folkloric histories of herbal medicine, but also contains 'an authoritative list of healthful, nutritious herbs with suggested simple recipes for their use'. Published by… Read more about this item

Norwich: Printed for the author by Bacon, Kinnebrook and Co. [1813]. Small 8vo.Pamphlet. 14, [2] pp. Original printed paper wraps. Sections loose, though all present. Liquid stain to front cover, affecting middle hinges of leaves, becoming more faint towards latter leaves. Lindley argues that the value of Mangel Wurzel in Britain is only considered in terms of it as a… Read more about this item

London: Collins 1980. 8vo. Green hardback in illustrated dust jacket, 320 pp. Very light sunning to spine ends of book, otherwise clean and bright internally in a vibrant jacket. Discusses all aspects of waders- birds of wetland areas. With graphs, maps and full-page and in-text b/w illustrations of birds throughout. Part of Collins' 'The New Naturalist' series. . Near Fine.… Read more about this item

London: Collins 1971. 8vo. First edition, green hardback in illustrated dust jacket. xxii, 391 pp. Light sunning to spine of jacket, otherwise clean and bright with minimal rubbing to extremities. Internally as new with no markings. Illustrated with 28 full-page b/w plates. A fantastic giftable volume for bird-watchers and lovers in an attractive dust jacket. Part of 'The New Naturalist'… Read more about this item

London: Ward Lock & Co 1910. 8vo. 389 pp. Publisher's green blindstamped cloth with art nouveau design and gilt decorated spine. Marking to binding. Bookplate of J. L. W. Duffield, otherwise internally clean. 18cms tall. . Good. Publisher's Cloth. 1910.

Wymondham: Brewhouse Press 1967. 4to.Private Press. Limited numbered edition, no. 43 of 333 copies. [vi], 39 pp, quarter black leather over paper and silk ; skeleton leaf laminated onto front board; gold-printed leaf to title page. Includes 5 full-page, colour tipped-in plates: Leonardo's description of nature printing in 'Codice Atlantico', An early eighteenth century English print, a mid-19th century printed… Read more about this item

Edinburgh and London: William Blackwood and Sons 1905. Large 8vo. Two volumes. xx, 506; xv, 642, [2] pp. Publisher's green cloth with gilt lettering and ruling to spine. Minimal bumping and rubbing to extremities and ink name to pastedown, otherwise internally clean. Covering all aspects of woodland management, the author was formely Conservator of Forests in Burma. . Very Good.… Read more about this item

Koln / London / Madrid / New York / Paris / Tokyo: Taschen 2000. Large 4to. 464 pp. Hardcover in illustrated jacket. Light rubbing and bumping to extremities. Light spotting to top and bottom edges. Internally clean. Prince Bishop Johann Konrad von Gemmingen founded the famous garden at Eichstatt in the early 17th century. It was documented in 367 copperplate… Read more about this item

Essex: 5M Books Ltd 2024. 8vo. xii, 348 pp. Illustrated softcover with photographic paste-downs. 'How has it come to this point in history that we hardly value the food we eat and the soil that it's grown in?' This book addresses the ecological costs of industrial farming: how it has impacted animals, the environment, farmers and the way we eat.… Read more about this item

London: Macmillan and Co. 1872. Small 8vo. Fourth edition. xvi, 653 pp. Half green morocco over marbled boards; gilt lettering to spine with raised bands; endpapers and all edges marbled. Minor rubbing to spine's extremities. Some scattered foxing throughout, mostly confined to page edges. Two fold-out colour maps (the first with 4 folds and the second with 2) showing Wallace's… Read more about this item

London: Collins & Harvill Press 1969. Large 8vo.Presentation Copy. Signed first edition. Presentation copy to the author Andrew Salkey and his family. 217, [6] pp. 12 pages of colour photographic plates and 64 black and white photographs. Decorative cloth in pictorial jacket; map endpapers. Some rubbing to jacket and short tear at rear panel. Light bumping to ends of book's… Read more about this item

London: Collins & Harvill Press 1962. Small 4to. Signed first edition. 192 pp. Illustrated boards in pictorial jacket; map endpapers. Some chipping and rubbing to extremities of jacket. Minor bumping to ends of book's spine. Internally clean. Colour photograph frontis. and numerous full page black and white photographs throughout. This work completes the story of Elsa the lion cub, raised… Read more about this item

London: The Nonesuch Press 1938. Large 8vo.Illustrated. 2 volumes in slipcase. xxxi, 311; viii, 356 pp. Publisher's gilt-decorated grey cloth. Gilt lettering and decoration to spines. Top edge gilt. In marbled paper-covered slipcase. Illustrated title-pages and illustrations throughout by Eric Ravilious. Folding map at rear of volume two. Slipcase worn and with some splitting and tape to the edges. Spines… Read more about this item

London: T. Nelson and Sons 1860. 12mo. viii, 412, [4] pp. Purple cloth with gilt decorative title to front. All edges gilt. Sunned spine. Tear to back joint, binding loose. Some general rubbing to extremities and marks to boards. Internally clean and unmarked, with 6 chromolithograph plates. Bookplate of award to front paste-down from St Andrew's, dated 1868. Organized by… Read more about this item

London: Anne Cobbett 1843. 12mo. 182, [1 index], 12 [ads] pp. Original boards with cloth spine and paper title label from 1843. Some wear to edges and corners, spine slightly tilted, small loss to title label. Occasional foxing to prelims and very occasionally inside. Uncut pages. A guide to keeping livestock, baking bread, brewing beer, using grass and grain to… Read more about this item

London: R. H. Porter 1891. 8vo. xviii, 385, [12] pp. 6 colour plates and colour map. Publisher's blue cloth with gilt lettering to spine and boards. Slight wear to extremities. Occasional foxing and previous owner's bookplate. . Very Good. Publisher's Cloth. 1891.

London: Cassell and Company 1907. 8vo. First edition. xii, 312, [8 plates] pp. Light green cloth with gilt lettering and debossed decorative design. Minor creasing and wear to spine ends, some foxing to prelims and occasionally throughout. Inscription to paste-down. A nice little book debunking a wide range of fallacious ideas- on history, the law, the human body, food, the… Read more about this item

London: The Society for Promoting Christian Knowledge 1850. Small 8vo. xii, 305 pp. Hand coloured folding map frontis, and chart at rear, with wood engravings throughout. Cloth with blind stamped decoration to boards and gilt lettering to spine. Wear and bumping to extremities, particularly at spine, which has darkened. Light marking to binding. Folding pages have wear to fore-edges. Pencil… Read more about this item

London: J. Johnson 1804. 8vo. First UK edition, following the first edition published in the United States in 1803. xii, [ii], 344, 35, plates. 30 hand-coloured plates, including frontis. Contemporary binding of half morocco over marbled boards; gilt lettering and devices to spine. Some rubbing and wear, bumping to corners. Offsetting to ffep. from previous owner's bookplate. Occasional light foxing… Read more about this item

London: Dulua & Co., Ltd. 1925. Small 4to. First Edition. [v], 496, [+20 plates] pp. Light brown cloth. Minor marks to boards, very slight rubbing to the extremities. Very occasional minor spots but generally internally clean. A large taxonomy of the birds of Ceylon, now Sri Lanka, with a fold-out map at the front and 20 tissue-guarded black & white… Read more about this item