Robert Dick Baker, of Thurso Geologist and Botanist by SMILES, Samuel

New York, NY: Harper & Brothers, Publishers, 1879. Not Stated, Ex-Private Lending Library. Hardcover. Fair. 12mo, Mauve boards with gilt letters and graphics. The corners, top and base of the spine are frayed. Part of the preface is missing as is the table of contents up to chapter twenty. The front hinge is cracked. Old cardpockets have been removed. There is a one inch chip and tear on the rear endpage. 436 pages

New York: Harper and Brothers, 1879. Hardcover. Very Good. First American edition (London edition the year before), Green cloth 8vo, very good, light foxing and wear. 435 pp, illus.

John Murray, London, 1878. Hardcover. 8vo, First Edition. Condition: Good. Moderate edgewear more so to top spine. Very clean interior. Solid binding. No Jacket. 1st Edition. 1st printing;.

London: John Murray. G+ : in Good condition plus without dust jacket. Some scattered browning. 1878. [First Edition]. Green/gilt hardback cloth cover. 210mm x 140mm (8" x 6"). xx; 436pp + ads. b/w engravings by author and Leitch, Skelton and Boot. B/w engraving of Robert Dick frontispiece. .

London: John Murray, 1878. 1st Edition . Very Good Minus. 5.75 x 8 inches (15 x 20.5 cm). First printing. Green cloth binding, panelled in black to both boards. Slight wear to ends of spine and corners of boards. Rubbing to boards and edges of spine. Page edges untrimmed. Good solid binding. Text has a little light foxing and some margin markings in light pencil. Illustrated. Overall condition is Very Good Minus. Size: 5.75 x 8 inches (15 x 20.5 cm). Hardback. Printed pages: xx, 432

London, Murray, 1878;. 1st Edition; HBk; xx, 436pp with a Portrait etched by Paul Rajon, and numerous Illustrations plus errata; Marbled endpapers with internal hinges repaired with heavy tape, back hinge cracked but firm. Heavy boards with gilt edge decoration ; Black old heavy tape on spine with makeshift paper label, internally very good. All edges gilt. The biography of a Scottish baker who became a self-educated naturalist and an authority on the geology and botany . .

With A Portrait Etched by Paul Rajon, and Numerous Illustrations

London, John Murray, Albemarle Street, 1878. . Tenth Thousand Edition; 8vo; pp. xx, 442; portrait frontispiece; profusely illustrated; index; original binding; original green cloth, lettered gilt on spine; page edges flecked, cloth faded, pages browned, a good copy.

London: John Murray, 1905. Leather. Good. 8" by 5". Paul Rajon. A interesting biography of Scottish geologist and botanist Robert Dick, by Samuel Smiles. Originally published in 1878. Contains a frontispiece portrait of Dick and several illustrations, both plates and vignettes, by Paul Rajon. Written by the author and reformer Samuel Smiles, who was catapulted into fame after the publication of his work 'Self-Help'. Robert Dick was a notable botanist, whose comprehensive herbarium of mosses, ferns and flower, is currently held in the museum of Thurso. In a half-morocco binding. Externally sound with slight rubbing and some wear to extremities. Front joint is starting. With bookplates of the Royal Colonial Institute Library to front pastedown and endpaper, awarded by the Right Honourable Earl Brassey in December 1917. Internally firmly bound. Pages bright and clean throughout. Good

London; John Murray, 1978. First Edition. Hardback. Very good copy in the original gilt-blocked paneled cloth. Panel edges somewhat dulled and dust-toned as with age. Corners sharp with an overall tight, bright and clean impression. ; 436 pages; Description: xx, 436 p. Illus. , plates, 2 port. (incl. Front. ) map. 20 cm. Subjects: Dick, Robert, 1811-1866.