Boston: Benjamin B. Mussey, 1850-1851. Hardcover. First edition, 1850-1851, 2 volumes, first volume bound in original sea-green cloth gilt, frontispiece, 456 pp, with lithographed chart facing p.24 showing Davis's kooky delineation of the animal and vegetable worlds; 2nd volume bound in original dark brown cloth gilt, 396 pp. Good plus.....
Boston: Bela Marsh, 1858. Hardcover. Volume two only! Hardcover with brown cloth boards, 1858, octavo, 396pp., not illustrated. Book good with edgewear to spine ends, joints and corners that tears cloth, rubbing, title gilt on spine dulled but legible, binding tender, both flyleaves torn out, text shows toning and mild.....
Boston: Bela Marsh, 1857. Third edition. Hardcover. Third edition, 1857, hardcover with brown cloth boards, octavo, 328pp. + 8 pages of ads at rear, not illustrated. Book fair with rubbing and soil to boards, spine ends chipped, corners worn through, front joint cracked in middle, binding just tender, text has.....
Boston: Bela Marsh, 1856. First printing. Hardcover. Tall 8vo, original blind embossed black cloth, gilt stamped on spine, very good, some moderate soil and spottiness to endpapers, old ink stamp from a New Brighton PA art gallery, the old owner has lightly and neatly gilded the fore-edge and bottom edge.....