Eyton, T.C.
A History of the Oyster and the Oyster Fisheries
London: John Van Voorst, 1858. First edition. 8vo. iv, (iv), 40, 15 (ads), (1, index) pp. Illustrated with six black and white and half-tone lithographs, by J. Erxleben, after drawings by Eyton. Full modern green niger, stamped in gilt; all edges gilt; light foxing to prelims and text; small closed tear in bottom edge of plate 4.

A previous cataloguer calls this a "crucial work on the oyster."

Together with:

Bolitho, Hector
The Glorious Oyster…
London & New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1929. First and limited edition, #1/25 copies, signed and numbered by the author. 8vo. (ii), x, 203, (1), (4, ads) pp. Edited by Maurice Burton. Illustrated with frontispiece. Three-quarter vellum over marbled paper-covered boards, lettered in black; all edges trimmed; bookseller’s ticket at bottom of front free endpaper, contemporary ownership inscription at top of same.