John Stark F.R.S.A - Elements of Natural History, Adapted to the present state of the science, containing the generic characters of nearly the whole Animal Kingdom, and descriptions of the principal species. 1828 Edition. Cloth boards, uncut fore-edges
Circa 1880s publication. Hardcover with green cloth boards, pictorial / gilt front cover & spine. Gilt page edges. 717pp. Size: 12mo - over 6¾ - 7¾" tall
1844 'New Edition'. Original brown cloth board covers with gilt titles to spine. 460pp with illustrations. Original tissue guard to frontisepiece. Untrimmed page fore-edges. Previous owners heraldic bookplate to front paste-down.
Rare 1849 First Edition Publ. Benjamin L Green, London. Folio size hardcover, cloth boards, gilt titles to front. 12pp plus 6 illustrations with tissue guards.
Red cloth boards with unclipped d/j. 62pp. Published by Arthur H Stockwell Ltd, Ilfracombe, Devon. Undated but believed circa 1920s. Previously owned book. Good tight & tidy copy, some age toning & chipping to original dust cover