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Lanna Antique has an extensive range of high quality antiquarian and collectible books. We are also specialists in Asian art books, including Chinese art. We stock South East Asian Buddhist manuscripts and have many interesting publications and oddities for sale. We also aim to bring you interesting titles covering a wide range of subject matter, and update our online stock frequently.

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Joy Adamson; Born Free, Living Free, & Forever Free, 1960-1962, Complete Set

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Complete set of original hardbacks with their dustjackets; Born Free, Living Free, & Forever Free, by Joy Adamson: Born Free; A Lioness of Two ...

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Darwin's Theory Applied to Mankind, Alfred Machin, Longmans, 1937 first edition

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 A very smart book indeed, of the author's attempt to make sense of society in evolutionary terms. Rebound in modern green cloth bindings, this pre...

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Charles Darwin; The Various Contrivances by Which Orchids are Fertilised by Insects, 1885, Second Edition, Revised, Fourth Thousand,John Murray

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Charles Darwin; The Expression of the Emotions in Man and Animals, John Murray, 1904

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Charles Darwin; The Origin of Species by Means of Natural Selection, or the Preservation of Favoured Races in the Struggle for Life, 1888, Sixth edition, 33rd Thousand, John Murray

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Charles Darwin; The Descent of Man and Selection in Relation to Sex, John Murray, 1888, Second edition, 22nd Thousand

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The Life and Letters of Charles Darwin, 1887, 3 Volume Set; First edition - Fifth Thousand Revised.

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Salmon and Sea Trout; How to Propagate, Preserve, and Catch Them in British Waters, Sir Herbert Maxwell, 1905

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An attractive volume from Routledge's Country Books; The Angler's Library Series, Volume IV. Salmon and Sea Trout; How to Propagate, Preserve, and ...

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The Art of Deer-Stalking, William Scrope, Edward Arnold, 1897

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A fine copy of this beautifully illustrated book, which has been professionally rebound in teal cloth, and presents the book most handsomely. Free ...

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The Birds of Dumfriesshire, Hugh S. Gladstone, Numbered Limited Edition, 1910

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A very smart copy of this uncommon ornithological volume, which has been professionally rebound in maroon cloth, and presents the book most handsom...

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A Vertebrate Fauna of Sutherland, Caithness, and West Cromarty, J.A. Harvie-Brown & T.E. Buckley, 1887

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The New Forestry, or the Continental System Adapted to British Woodlands and Game Preservation, John Simpson, 1903

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A smart copy of this informative text on forestry practices (previously in the ownership of the Balfour family of Fife, well known for their contri...

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Great Naturalist Series; Gilbert White, by R.M. Lockley, H.F. & G. Witherby, London, 1954

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A very good copy of R.M. Lockley's biography of Gilbert White (1720-1793), a pioneering English naturalist and man of the Church. He was highly res...

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White of Selborne, Walter S. Scott, the Falcon Press, 1950

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The Natural History and Antiquities of Selborne in the County of Southampton, Gilbert White, Edited by Thomas Bell, John Van Voorst, 1877, 2 Vol Set

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A good blue cloth edition in 2 Volumes, of Gilbert White's 'Natural History of Selborne'. White (1720-1793) was a pioneering English naturalist and...

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A History of The Earth and Animated Nature, Oliver Goldsmith, Baron Cuvier, Washington Irving, Vol. 1, c. 1845

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A History of The Earth and Animated Nature, By Oliver Goldsmith. With an Introductory View of the Animal Kingdom by Baron Cuvier; Copius Notes of D...

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The Royal Horticultural Society Dictionary of Gardening, Fred J. Chittenden, Oxford, at the Clarendon Press, 1951, 4 Vols.

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A good 4 volume set of these authoritative, and substantial, gardening dictionaries. The Royal Horticultural Society Dictionary of Gardening; A Pra...

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A Sporting Tour Through the Northern Parts of England and Great Part of the Highlands of Scotland, Colonel T. Thornton, 1896 Limited edition

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A handsome and uncommon copy of this sporting travelogue, which first appeared in print in 1804. A Sporting Tour Through the Northern Parts of Engl...

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Nouveau Petit Larousse Illustré, Claude Augé, Soixante-cinquieme édition, Paris, 1928

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A good copy of this well illustrated vintage French Dictionary/Encyclopaedia. Nouveau Petit Larousse Illustré; Dictionnaire Encyclopedique. Publié ...

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The Natural History of Selborne, Gilbert White, With Notes by Richard Kearton and 85 Photographs, Arrowsmith, 1924

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A very good photographic edition of Gilbert White's 'Natural History of Selborne'. White (1720-1793) was a pioneering English naturalist and man of...

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The Natural History and Antiquities of Selborne, Gilbert White, Illustrated by Thomas Bewick, Swan Sonnenschein, 1889

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A good decorated green cloth edition of Gilbert White's 'Natural History of Selborne'. White (1720-1793) was a pioneering English naturalist and ma...

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The Natural History and Antiquities of Selborne, Gilbert White, Illustrated by Thomas Bewick, Bickers and Son, 1875

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The Discoverers; A History of Man's Search to Know His World and Himself, Daniel J. Boorstin, Gryphon Editions 1990

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The Natural History of Selborne, Gilbert White, Illustrated by Eric Dalglish, Thornton Butterworth, numbered limited edition with extra signed plate, 1929

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The Shores of Fife, William Ballingall, 1872

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A very attractive full leather volume, copiously illustrated with wood engravings, exploring the area along the picturesque shores of the county of...

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Ornithology; Handbook of the Birds of Europe the Middle East and North Africa, Oxford University Press, 9 Volumes complete, 1980 - 1994

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Ornithology; The Birds of Southern Africa, Claude Gibney Finch-Davies & Alan Kemp, Winchester Press, 1982. Limited edition.

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A very attractive book featuring 173 beautiful paintings of the birds of Southern Africa. The Birds of Southern Africa. Colour plates by Claude Gib...

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Ornithology; Gamebirds & Waterfowl of Southern Africa; 68 water-colours by C.G. Finch-Davis, Winchester Press, 1986. Limited edition.

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Ornithology; Roberts Birds of South Africa, Revised by McLachlan and Liversidge, John Voelcker Bird Book Fund, 1980

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Ornithology; The Birds of Scotland, Evelyn V. Baxter and Leonora Jeffrey Rintoul, 1953

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Ornithology; Birds in Scotland, Valerie M. Thom, Scottish Ornithologists' Club, 1986

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A comprehensive study and review of the birds of Scotland by Valerie Thom, editor of Scottish Birds and past-President of the Scottish Ornithologis...

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Ornithology; The Birds of Scotland, 2 Volume Set in Slipcase, Ronald W Forrester and Ian J Andrews, The Scottish Ornithologists' Club, 2007

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A beautifully produced 2 volume set, copiously illustrated in colour throughout. A highly respected key publication on Scottish ornithology. The Bi...

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Ornithology; Scottish Birds; The Journal of the Scottish Ornithologists' Club, 11 Volume set, 1958-1981

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A handsome library set of 11 volumes of this Scottish ornithological journal, spanning Volumes 1-11, from 1958 to 1981. Each volume combining multi...

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Chambers's Miscellany of Useful & Entertaining Tracts, bound as Vol VII (actually spanning Vols. XVIII-XX), 1847

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A charming bound copy of Chambers Miscellany containing a wealth of informative essays and features to interest Victorian readers. Still an enterta...

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Chambers's Miscellany of Instructive & Entertaining Tracts, Vols I-IV bound in 2 volumes, c. 1869

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Morphological Analysis of Land Forms; A Contribution to Physical Geology, Walther Penck, 1953, Printer's File copy

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Morphological Analysis of Land Forms; A Contribution to Physical Geology, By Prof. Dr. Walther Penck. Translated by Hella Czech, Ph.D. (Vienna), an...

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