Lubbock j g (12 Ergebnisse)

hardback. Zustand: Very Good. Zustand des Schutzumschlags: Good. hardback, new edition, octavo, a tightly bound copy, previous owner details an the small address label of another to the front free endpaper, the body of text clean and unmarked. The dust jacket chipped and now protected in a non-adhesive archival film sleeve. Illustrated, xix + 377pp.…

Zustand: Good. xx, 377, 4 col + 2 b/w plates, 31 text figs. . HB. 8vo, orig cloth, spine faded. Good. New edition, based on the 17th, edited and annotated by J.G. Meyers, with his Introduction (Lubbock as an Entomologist and Comparative Psychologist) and deatiled annotations extending to 118 pages. New colour plates in this edition are by A.J.E. Terzi. …

Zustand: Very Good. xx, 377, 4 col + 2 b/w plates, 31 text figs. . HB. 8vo, orig cloth; some spotting to fore edge, occasional light foxing. Vg. From the library of the British hymenopterist, Robin Edwards, with his bookplate. New edition, based on the 17th, edited and annotated by J.G. Meyers, with his Introduction (Lubbock as an Entomologist and Comparative Psychologist) and deatiled annotations extending to 118 pages. New colour plates in this edition are by A.J.E. Terzi.…

Cloth. Zustand: Good. First edition. The first edition of this observational study of insects with colour plates and illustrations. First edition thus of Ants Bees and Wasps: A Record of Observations on the Habits of the Social Hymenoptera by Sir John Lubbock in the original publisher's green cloth binding.A new edition based on the seventeenth edition edited and annotated by J. G. Myers.Illustrated throughout the text in black and white and with two monochrome plates to the rear and four colour plates by A. J. E. Terzi. Collated complete.Prior owner's ink inscription from 1930 to the first free endpaper. In the original publisher's cloth binding. Externally, sound. There is some bumping to the head and tail of the spine and to the extremities. There is a tear to the front joint and some loss to the cloth in this area. There are some light marks to the boards. Prior owner's ink inscription from 1930 to the first free endpaper. Internally, firmly bound. The pages are bright and clean with the occasional spot. Good. A. J. E. Terzi (illustrator). book.…

Hardcover. Zustand: VG+. Zustand des Schutzumschlags: VG-. 'New' based on 17th. col.f/piece+xx+377+plates V & VI, 3 further col.plates by Terzi, 31 text figs. Terzi's 4 col.plates replace Lubbock's original ills. sm.1943-dated inscrip. top corner fr.pastedown, otherwise an excellent copy being internally clean, tight &unmarked in bright, clean, unwor green cloth n covers; unclipped jacket quite clean but some fading and edge-rubbing/nicking. Lubbock's most popularly successful work, first issued in 1882 in the International Scientific Series and going through 17 editions, the later of these being quite common. This, apparently now scarce, edition however is in effect a new work since p.249 onwards contains Myers full annotations in the light of subsequent work by Wheeler, von Frisch etc. His intro. on Lubbock is a little patronising in tone. I think this is about the only Lubbock work which was re-issued after the Great War. A.J.E.Terzi (illustrator).…

hardcover. Zustand: fine. Limited. Original triple folding prints & text by the author. Thin folio, blue cloth decoratively stamped in silver; blue leather spine; publisher's patterned board slipcase. London: Bertram Rota (1986). Limited Edition. Fine. Number 85 of only 95 hand-bound copies printed at the Rampant Lions Press, and signed by the author/artist.…

Hard Cover. Zustand: Near Fine. Zustand des Schutzumschlags: Very Good. First Edition. Hardback, hand bound by George Perceval in quarter red morocco with gilt lettering, red cloth boards with gilt flower design, top edge gilt, complete with acetate dustjacket and marbled paper-covered slipcase.1990 First edition. 28.5 x 23.5 cms. Printed by Will Carter at the Rampant Lion Press, Limited edition, number 15 of 95 signed by the author/artist. 7 double-page and 2 single-page tissue-guarded colour illustrations by the author. The Illustrations are "hand made from copper plates, worked by deep etching and aquatint. The colours are printed in intaglio and relief and additional colour is applied to some pages by wash". With it loosely inserted : "J. G. Lubbock : exhibition to celebrate the publication of Love for the Earth, 24th May 1990." 4pp, containing two loose original photographs and one loose folding plate. An excellent copy. Signed by Artist.…

Hardcover. Zustand: Fine. 1st Edition. Text set in Bembo and printed in terracotta and black at the Rampant Lions Press, Cambridge. Number 52 of 95 copies signed by the author / artist, printed on Barcham Green handmade paper. Titling by Will Carter. Quarter bound in maroon morocco with silk-covered, by George Percival, upper board blocked in gold to a design by the artist. Top edge gilt, others uncut. Fine in Cockerell marbled paper-covered slipcase. Signed by Author(s).…

First edition. Folio. 26 pages. 4 triple fold-out coloured prints by the artist. Designed and printed by Will Carter at the Rampant Lions Press, Cambridge. Printed on hand-made paper. Original binding by George Percival of blue morocco-backed gilt decorated cloth. Top edge gilt. The prints are hand-made from copperplates worked by etching and aquatint. The colours are applied in intaglio and relief, and additional colour is applied to some pages by hand. Text by the artist.One of 95 numbered copies signed by the artist.Fine in fine patterned paper slipcase.…

Hardcover. Zustand: Fine. 1st Edition. Text set in Palatino. Hand-drawn lettering in blue for the title-page by Will Carter. Number 19 of 95 copies signed by the author /artist and printed in blue and black on Barcham Green paper at the Rampant Lions Press, Cambridge. Blue leather spine with blue silk-covered boards, by George Percival, covers stamped in gold with two of Lubbock's designs in the form of a sequence of waves and a mountain range. Top edge gilt, others uncut. Decorative slipcase. A fine copy. This is a book whose thoughts and images spring from such varied sources as the Himalayas and the Andes, the islands of the Galapagos and the icebergs of the Antarctic. Joe Lubbock muses on these land and seascapes and their fear on man's intellect and deeper emotions, whist expressing a fear for man's onslaught on the Earth which is expressed in a single sentence running over nine lines. Signed by Author(s).…

First edition. Quarto. 37 pages. Eight single-page and four double-page illustrations, with original loose tissue guards. Original binding of full blue morocco stamped in gilt, hand-bound by George Percival at Leicester. Top edge gilt. Designed and printed by Will and Sebastian Carter at the Rampant Lions Press, Cambridge. Printed on hand-made paper at the Richard de Bas mill at Ambert in the French Auvergne."The illustrations in this volume are hand-printed by the artist from copper plates worked by engraving, etching, aquatint, drilling and grinding; the colours are printed in both intaglio and relief, and some additional colour is finally applied by hand. The themes of the prints include aspects of nature to which science has drawn the artist's thoughts, such as the designs formed by atoms in minerals and living organisms, and the formations of stars in their galaxies. The accompanying notes consider some concepts of art relevant to the prints and in particular certain relationships between the spheres of art and science."One of 80 numbered copies signed by the artist.Fine in fine marbled paper-covered slipcase with blue leather at top and bottom.…

Hard Cover. Zustand: Very Good. Limited. Hardbacks, original teal goatskin, gilt titles and decoration. Gilt edges. 3 volume set. All in cloth slipcase, morocco label to spines. 31cm x 26cm. With an introduction by Alan Villiers. Facsimile edition, one of 50 copies specially bound from an edition of 100 copies by A. W. Lumsden, Loanhead, Midlothian, this copy signed by Alan Villiers to vol. 1 title page. Plates by J. Spurling, some in colour. Silk end-papers. Morocco labels on slipcase a little scuffed. A heavy set, additional postage may be required for orders outside the UK. Signed.…