Rev Gregory Bateman (5 results)

Condition: Good. Cover may have light wear or slight soiling. Pages may be slightly tanned. May contain inscriptions but text pages will be free from markings.

Condition: Good. Boards have some wear. Content has light toning. No DJ. 352pp.

Hardcover. Condition: Good. No Jacket. First Edition. "With full information as to the best water-plants and live stock to be kept, how and where to obtain them, and how to keep them in health; profusely illustrated." Modern rebinding of a rare first edition. First dozen leaves with significant foxing top top 1/3 of pates; several early pages have pencil marginalia of previous owner; else near fine. 316 pages. Book.

Hard Back. No Dust Jacket in Good condition. Green cloth boards highly decorated to front and spine with water plants, snails and spiders. Title in gold relief to both front and spine. Boards slightly rubbed, edges bumped with slight staining. Not Inscribed. There are 352 Pages together with many figures and illustrations within the text. There is a little internal cracking and damp staining to the bottom edge of a few pages. At the end of the text there follows a 17page catalogue of practical handbooks by l Upcott Gill. There is included full information as to the best water-plants and live stock to be kept, how and where to obtain them, and how to keep them in health. This work forms the First Division of 'The Aquarium Book'.

, viii, 352, 20 pages, adverts to front and rear, black and white illustrations throughout Second enlarged edition , slight wear to top and tail of spine and corners, presentation bookplate to front pastedown, pages clean, very good condition , green cloth with black and gilt illustration and title to front and spine , octavo, 19 cm x 13 cm Hardback ISBN: