Rackham Eds (4 results)

Hardcover. Condition: Good. 8vo, hardcover. No dj, brown cloth. Good condition. NOT ex-library. Prev. owner's name-stamp on endpaper & text-block edges; sparse highlight or underline (neatly done w/ a ruler) on just 5 pgs; remainder bright & clean, binding tight. xiv, 616 p., illus.

Soft Cover. Condition: F-. First Edition. 8vo. original printed paper wraps (a little rubbed & marked); pp. viii, 88, with illustrations. A near fine copy.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good-Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: VG+. 1st Edition. Black cloth with gilt spine lettering, fine. xi + 452, 13 plates (I make it) ex-pagination and numbered by chapter, numerous text figs numbered by chapter, only fault is a tear across centre half-title now closed on verso with transparent tear repair tape, otherwise clean tight and unmarked, reducing my rating from Fine to VG-Fine. Unclipped jacker clean and nearly unworn but hint of rubbing to top sp. and back edge and tiny nick to to top back outer corner (will add protective sleeve when ordered). 22 papers on a wide range of topics such as meteorology, submarine light and effects on numerous plant and small animal species, mostly reporting specific research findings.

10 vols., 12mo., pp.xiv, 378, 8; ix, [i], 662, 8; ix, [i], 616, 8; vii, [i], 556, 8; vii, [i], 544, 8; xxv, [i], 532, [ii], 8; xiv, 558, [ii], 8; vii, [i], 596, [ii], 8; vii, [i], 422, 8; xviii, 344, 8. 8-page catalogue at rear of each vol., most with some ms notes to rear endpapers. Red cloth, gilt titles to spines. Vols I-III and VII spines sunned, some endcaps a little rubbed, varying amounts of toning to endpapers, vol. VII a little cocked, very good overall. The 37 books of Pliny's Natural History in a set of ten volumes from the Loeb Classical Library, dated as follows (volumes I-V being reprints): 1958; 1947; 1956; 1952; 1961; 1951; 1956; 1963; 1952; 1962.).