New York: Francis P. Harper, 1898. First edition, one of 950 copies. Read More about The Journal of Jacob Fowler. Narrating an adventure from Arkansas through the Indian Territory,...

London: Henry Colburn, 1839. First edition. Darwin’s First Book. The account of the Beagle's two voyages, edited by Robert Fitzroy, who served as commander of both voyages. Volume three of this work represents the first edition of Darwin's account of the voyage which provided the basis for his work on..... Read More about Narrative of the Surveying Voyages of His Majesty's Ships Adventure and Beagle, between the Years...

Sep. 29 [no year]. Darwin lived at Down House from 1842 until his death in 1882. It was in the house and its ample gardens that he worked on his theory of natural selection. "He undertook his major works at home, fitting out his estate as a place for natural..... Read More about Autograph Note Signed

London: T. Nelson and Sons, 1903. Read More about Journal of Researches into the Natural History and Geology of the Countries Visited during the...

Philadelphia: Printed by T. Dobson, at The Stone House, 1797. First American Edition. A New Edition. UNCUT, IN ORIGINAL BINDING. “As a physician Erasmus Darwin was widely recognized as England’s finest medical doctor. He was asked several times to be personal physician to King George, although his lack of respect..... Read More about Zoonomia; or, The Laws of Organic Life. Second Part.l & Part II...with an Introductory...

Paris: 1825-1827. First edition. In Boards, with American Medical Provenance. This zoological manual of mollusks and conches (though de Blainville's definition was vague) contains impresive engraved plates by Prêtre and Turpin, the best French natural history artists of the period. The author, Henri Marie Ducrotay de Blainville (1777-1850), studied art..... Read More about Manuel de Malacologie et de Conchyliologie

Albany: Printed for Carroll and Cook, Printers to the Assembly, 1844. First Edition. Only 300 sets were hand-colored. Read More about Natural History of New York: Zoology of New York, or the New York Fauna; Comprising Detailed...

N.p: Privately Printed for Alfred Denison, 1872. Limited to 25 copies. Read More about A Literal Translation into English of the Earliest Known Book on Fowling and Fishing written...

London: John Lane The Bodley Head, 1922. First edition. Historical accounts of life and travel in India by the noted ornithologist. Wide ranging and well written. Read More about Bygone Days in India

Harper: Harper & Brothers, No. 82 Cliff-Street. Second edition, with additions and emendations. In 1837, Dr. Draper (1811-1882) took an appointment at New York University; he was elected professor of chemistry and botany the next year. He was a professor and founder of its school of medicine from 1840 to..... Read More about A Treatise on the Forces Which Produce the Organization of Plants. With an Appendix, containing...

Paris: Saillant Desaint, 1768. First Edition. Duhamel du Monceau, polymath and prolific author, became one of the outstanding botanists of the 18th century and made significant contributions to French agronomy with his TRAITÉ DE LA CULTURE DES TERRES and other studies. All of his works included “ideas as well as..... Read More about Traité des arbres fruitiers; contenant leur figure, leur description, leur culture, &c

Washington, D.C: Published by the Author, 1938. First Edition, one of 2500 copies. Read More about Flower and Fruit Prints of the 18th and Early 19th Centuries. Their history, makers and uses,...