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1948ref. 039182London: Collins 1948. Book. Illus. by G. E. Lodge and H. Gronvold. Very Good. Hardcover. 1st Edition. 8vo. Association copy with a loosely inserted typed letter to A. W. Boyd signed from R. J. Politzer on Collins headed paper and signed 28th July 1948. The front free end paper is inscribed in James Fisher's Hand "James Fisher's copy." James Fisher the renowned naturalist writer and broadcaster was A. W. Boyd's nephew and inherited many of his uncle's books. He wrote an introduction to this book. Dust jacket good/very good with a little general wear a few nicks to edges lightly marked some fading to the spine now protected in a clear archival sleeve. A very good association copy. "With an Introduction by Julian Huxely and James Fisher and illustrations by G. E. Lodge and H. Gronvold". . Collins Hardcover
1832ref. 039225Newcastle: Printed by Charles Henry Cook For R. E. Bewick 1832. Book. Near Fine. Hardcover. 8vo. A very good set finely bound in half dark green morocco with gilt lettering and gilt eagle motifs to the spines; boards pages edges and end papers in matching red marbling. Volumes subtitles as follows: vol. I: "Containing the History and Description of Land Birds"; vol. II: "Containing the History and Description of Water Birds"; pp. vol. I: xl 386 2; volume II: xxii 424 2. Volume II includes the "appendix" on Foreign birds. Bindings very good and strong. Contents clean and tight light spotting to front blanks less so to title page otherwise minimal marking. A near fine set. Printed by Charles Henry Cook, For R. E. Bewick Hardcover
1959ref. 039233Stockholm: Nordisk Rotogravyr 1959. Book. Very Good. Hardcover. 4to - over 9¾ - 12" tall. 132 pages double-folding frontispiece colour and black and white illustrations throughout. Dust jacket rubbed to edges and a little discoloured. Hardback binding very good and bright contents clean and tight no inscriptions. A rare title showcasing the extraordinary artistic talent of the artist-author renowned for his bird drawings. Sten Regnell 1926-2006 was a Swedish artist illustrator writer and engineer. Known primarily for his detailed nature and wildlife studies he combined a professional career in marine engineering with a highly prolific artistic life frequently creating precise atmospheric graphite and charcoal drawings of birds and landscapes. Nordisk Rotogravyr Hardcover
2009ref. 039227Peterborough: Langford Press 2009. Book. Fine. Hardcover. Signed by Authors. Small Folio. The deluxe limited edition this copied numbered 123 of 205 and signed by the author. Bound in half burgundy morocco leather with marbled paper boards; burgundy cloth slipcase. Pp. ix 204. The definitive guide to the prints and proofs of Archibald Thorburn. A fine copy. Langford Press Hardcover
ref. 039200Boston: Houghton Mifflin Company 1947. Book. Illus. by Roger Tory Peterson. Very Good. Hardback. Signed by Authors. Second Revised Edition. 8vo. An important association copy of this important groundbreaking book the first of the field guides. This is the 1947 Second Revised and Enlarged Edition. Signed and inscribed by the author to the naturalist and author Bruce Campbell on the title page. "To Bruce Campbell with my best regards Roger Tory Peterson" Bruce Campbell has also signed his name to the title and half-title pages. 290 pages colour plates throughout decorative end papers. Cloth binding very good with a little general wear lettering faded to the spine. Contents clean and tight. A very good signed association copy. Houghton Mifflin Company Hardcover
1931ref. 039246Harrow: On Sale at The School Bookshop 1931. Book. Very Good. Hardcover. Signed by Authors. Royal 8vo. Inscribed and signed to the front end paper by the author "with compliments of Tom Harrisson". 43 pages. Binding very good contents clean and tight. A very good signed copy. On Sale at The School Bookshop Hardcover
1869ref. 039218London: Griffith and Farran 1869. Book. Good. Hardcover. Large 8vo. No date but 1869; pp. iv 141. With illustrations by Harrison Weir: black and white plates engraved by J. Greenaway Kate Greenaway's Father. Original red cloth binding with black and gilt and decoration gilt lettering; a little general wear and rubbing. Contents clean and tight neat presentation inscription to the verso of the front free end paper dated April 1872. Original brown end papers. A very good copy with 24 delightful plates by Harrison Weir. Griffith and Farran Hardcover
2025ref. 039146Suffolk : Benton Street Books in association with The Wildlife Gallery 2025. Book. Illus. by Eric Ennion. New. Hardcover. First Edition. 4to. Limited to 750 copies. pp. 72 colour frontispiece and numerous colour plates and illustrations superbly printed by The Lavenham Press Ltd. A Tenerife Diary focuses on Eric Ennion's trip to the island in the winter of 1961. Eric's writing is complemented by is distinctive and stylish artwork. This is one of four books edited by Bob Walthew. Eric Arnold Roberts Ennion 1900 - 1981 A British artist writer illustrator and radio presenter specialising in birds and other natural history subjects. Born 7th June 1900 at Kettering in Northamptonshire the son of a country doctor. In 1904 the family moved to Burwell on the edge of the Cambridgeshire fens where after studying medicine at Caius College and St Mary's Hospital he joined his father's practice in 1926.He held his first London one-man show of sporting pictures at the Greatorex Galleries in 1937. At the end of the war he became warden of the Field Studies Centre at Flatford Mill in Suffolk. After five years at Flatford he and his wife Dorothy established their own Field Centre and Bird Observatory at Monks' House in Northumberland. In 1961 they 'retired' to Shalbourne in Wiltshire. There Eric ran his own private courses on landscape and wildlife painting and continued to paint lecture and teach natural history until his death in 1981. A great champion of wildlife art he exhibited his own work widely and was especially keen to encourage young artists. He was the author of twelve books including the posthumously published Bird Man's River illustrating all but one of them himself and the illustrator of a similar number by other authors. Ennion was a founder member and Honorary Vice President of the Society of Wildlife Artists. Widely exhibited at the Greatorex Galleries Arthur Ackermann & Son Ltd West Mills Gallery and snapped up at auctions today. Benton Street Books in association with The Wildlife Gallery Hardcover
2025ref. 039147Suffolk : Benton Street Books in association with The Wildlife Gallery 2025. Book. Illus. by Eric Ennion. New. Hardcover. First Edition. 4to. Limited to 750 copies. pp. 72 colour frontispiece and numerous colour plates and illustrations superbly printed by The Lavenham Press Ltd. A Tenerife Diary focuses on Eric Ennion's trip to the island in the winter of 1961. Eric's writing is complemented by is distinctive and stylish artwork. This is one of four books edited by Bob Walthew. Eric Arnold Roberts Ennion 1900 - 1981 A British artist writer illustrator and radio presenter specialising in birds and other natural history subjects. Born 7th June 1900 at Kettering in Northamptonshire the son of a country doctor. In 1904 the family moved to Burwell on the edge of the Cambridgeshire fens where after studying medicine at Caius College and St Mary's Hospital he joined his father's practice in 1926.He held his first London one-man show of sporting pictures at the Greatorex Galleries in 1937. At the end of the war he became warden of the Field Studies Centre at Flatford Mill in Suffolk. After five years at Flatford he and his wife Dorothy established their own Field Centre and Bird Observatory at Monks' House in Northumberland. In 1961 they 'retired' to Shalbourne in Wiltshire. There Eric ran his own private courses on landscape and wildlife painting and continued to paint lecture and teach natural history until his death in 1981. A great champion of wildlife art he exhibited his own work widely and was especially keen to encourage young artists. He was the author of twelve books including the posthumously published Bird Man's River illustrating all but one of them himself and the illustrator of a similar number by other authors. Ennion was a founder member and Honorary Vice President of the Society of Wildlife Artists. Widely exhibited at the Greatorex Galleries Arthur Ackermann & Son Ltd West Mills Gallery and snapped up at auctions today. Benton Street Books in association with The Wildlife Gallery Hardcover
2025ref. 039148Suffolk : Benton Street Books in association with The Wildlife Gallery 2025. Book. Illus. by Eric Ennion. New. Hardcover. First Edition. 4to. Limited to 750 copies. pp. 72 colour frontispiece and numerous colour plates and illustrations superbly printed by The Lavenham Press Ltd. A Tenerife Diary focuses on Eric Ennion's trip to the island in the winter of 1961. Eric's writing is complemented by is distinctive and stylish artwork. This is one of four books edited by Bob Walthew. Eric Arnold Roberts Ennion 1900 - 1981 A British artist writer illustrator and radio presenter specialising in birds and other natural history subjects. Born 7th June 1900 at Kettering in Northamptonshire the son of a country doctor. In 1904 the family moved to Burwell on the edge of the Cambridgeshire fens where after studying medicine at Caius College and St Mary's Hospital he joined his father's practice in 1926.He held his first London one-man show of sporting pictures at the Greatorex Galleries in 1937. At the end of the war he became warden of the Field Studies Centre at Flatford Mill in Suffolk. After five years at Flatford he and his wife Dorothy established their own Field Centre and Bird Observatory at Monks' House in Northumberland. In 1961 they 'retired' to Shalbourne in Wiltshire. There Eric ran his own private courses on landscape and wildlife painting and continued to paint lecture and teach natural history until his death in 1981. A great champion of wildlife art he exhibited his own work widely and was especially keen to encourage young artists. He was the author of twelve books including the posthumously published Bird Man's River illustrating all but one of them himself and the illustrator of a similar number by other authors. Ennion was a founder member and Honorary Vice President of the Society of Wildlife Artists. Widely exhibited at the Greatorex Galleries Arthur Ackermann & Son Ltd West Mills Gallery and snapped up at auctions today. Benton Street Books in association with The Wildlife Gallery Hardcover
1903ref. 094702London and Benares: Theosophical Publishing Society 1903. 8th Edition 1st Printing. Hardcover. Good. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. Eighth edition annotated and enlarged by the author octavo hardback.Green cloth gilt xxivi 248 pages Good condition Previous owner's name on front end paper. Theosophical Publishing Society hardcover
1949ref. 094691London: Hamish Hamilton 1949. 1st Edition 1st Printing. Hardcover. Very Good/Good. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. First edition first printing octavo hardback. 200 pages Illustrated end paper maps End papers foxed otherwise Very Good condition in Good unclipped dust jacket now in protective transparent sleeve lacks a little material at top and bottom edges of spine area of jacket No inscriptions Hamish Hamilton hardcover
2025ref. 039152Suffolk : Benton Street Books in association with The Wildlife Gallery 2025. Book. Illus. by Eric Ennion. New. Hardcover. First Edition. 4to. Limited to 750 copies. pp. 72 colour frontispiece and numerous colour plates and illustrations superbly printed by The Lavenham Press Ltd. A Tenerife Diary focuses on Eric Ennion's trip to the island in the winter of 1961. Eric's writing is complemented by is distinctive and stylish artwork. This is one of four books edited by Bob Walthew. Eric Arnold Roberts Ennion 1900 - 1981 A British artist writer illustrator and radio presenter specialising in birds and other natural history subjects. Born 7th June 1900 at Kettering in Northamptonshire the son of a country doctor. In 1904 the family moved to Burwell on the edge of the Cambridgeshire fens where after studying medicine at Caius College and St Mary's Hospital he joined his father's practice in 1926.He held his first London one-man show of sporting pictures at the Greatorex Galleries in 1937. At the end of the war he became warden of the Field Studies Centre at Flatford Mill in Suffolk. After five years at Flatford he and his wife Dorothy established their own Field Centre and Bird Observatory at Monks' House in Northumberland. In 1961 they 'retired' to Shalbourne in Wiltshire. There Eric ran his own private courses on landscape and wildlife painting and continued to paint lecture and teach natural history until his death in 1981. A great champion of wildlife art he exhibited his own work widely and was especially keen to encourage young artists. He was the author of twelve books including the posthumously published Bird Man's River illustrating all but one of them himself and the illustrator of a similar number by other authors. Ennion was a founder member and Honorary Vice President of the Society of Wildlife Artists. Widely exhibited at the Greatorex Galleries Arthur Ackermann & Son Ltd West Mills Gallery and snapped up at auctions today. Benton Street Books in association with The Wildlife Gallery Hardcover
2025ref. 039153Suffolk : Benton Street Books in association with The Wildlife Gallery 2025. Book. Illus. by Eric Ennion. New. Hardcover. First Edition. 4to. Limited to 750 copies. pp. 72 colour frontispiece and numerous colour plates and illustrations superbly printed by The Lavenham Press Ltd. A Tenerife Diary focuses on Eric Ennion's trip to the island in the winter of 1961. Eric's writing is complemented by is distinctive and stylish artwork. This is one of four books edited by Bob Walthew. Eric Arnold Roberts Ennion 1900 - 1981 A British artist writer illustrator and radio presenter specialising in birds and other natural history subjects. Born 7th June 1900 at Kettering in Northamptonshire the son of a country doctor. In 1904 the family moved to Burwell on the edge of the Cambridgeshire fens where after studying medicine at Caius College and St Mary's Hospital he joined his father's practice in 1926.He held his first London one-man show of sporting pictures at the Greatorex Galleries in 1937. At the end of the war he became warden of the Field Studies Centre at Flatford Mill in Suffolk. After five years at Flatford he and his wife Dorothy established their own Field Centre and Bird Observatory at Monks' House in Northumberland. In 1961 they 'retired' to Shalbourne in Wiltshire. There Eric ran his own private courses on landscape and wildlife painting and continued to paint lecture and teach natural history until his death in 1981. A great champion of wildlife art he exhibited his own work widely and was especially keen to encourage young artists. He was the author of twelve books including the posthumously published Bird Man's River illustrating all but one of them himself and the illustrator of a similar number by other authors. Ennion was a founder member and Honorary Vice President of the Society of Wildlife Artists. Widely exhibited at the Greatorex Galleries Arthur Ackermann & Son Ltd West Mills Gallery and snapped up at auctions today. Benton Street Books in association with The Wildlife Gallery Hardcover
1910ref. 039004London: Witherby & Co. 1910. Book. Illus. by Thomas Baddeley. Very Good. Hardcover. First Edition. Small 4to. Volume 1 - The Mammals and Birds of Cheshire. Volume 2 - The Dee as a Wildfowl Resort The Reptiles and Amphibians of Cheshire and The Fishes of Cheshire and Liverpool Bay; pp. vol. I: xxxii 472; vol II: xx 210. Illustrated from b/w photographs by Thomas Baddeley folding map in colour. Publisher's green cloth binding with gilt lettering to the spines very good with minimal wear spines and gilt bright. Top edge gilt other edges uncut spotting to fore-edges . Contents clean and tight paper crisp and bright some fine areas of spotting to the first few pages but clean within. A very good clean set. Witherby & Co. Hardcover
1876ref. 038857London: Groombridge and Sons 1876. Book. Good. Hardcover. First Edition. 8vo. Pp. 238; 16 coloured plates including frontispiece illustrating 86 eggs original yellow endpapers. Publisher's decorative brown cloth blocked in black and gilt all edges gilt. Binding good with a little general wear and rubbing to head/tail of the spine. Contents clean and tight professional and inconspicuous strengthening of internal front hinge some pages spotted or foxed some plates lightly marked tissue guard to the frontispiece worn/toned small neat gift inscription to the front free end paper dated 1882. A good to very good copy. Bibliographic note: This edition combines the first and second series which were originally published in the 1850s numerous editions were published in a variety of different bindings. Groombridge and Sons Hardcover
1910ref. 038925London: Cassell and Company Limited 1910. Book. Good. Hardcover. First Edition. Folio 30 x 24 cm. pp. iv 1-96; 6 97-192 2 col frontispieces 72 plates in photogravure and numerous smaller photographs in the text. Photographs by Cherry & Richard Kearton. Leather spines with green cloth boards some wear to the surface of the leather but joints firm mottling and damp staining to the front board edges. Contents clean and tight no inscriptions. A very good complete set of two. Cassell and Company, Limited Hardcover
1972ref. 038910Cape Town: John Voelcker Bird Book Fund 1972. Book. Illus. by Norman Lighton and J. Perry & K. Hooper. Very Good. Hardcover. Third Edition. 8vo. Pp. xxxii 643; numerous colour and b/w plates. Original dust jacket very good toned to the spine with a little rubbing to edges not price-clipped now attractively presented in a loose-fitting clear archival sleeve. Hard-back binding very good. Contents clean and tight bookplate belonging to Eric Hosking tipped onto the front pastedown no inscriptions. A very good copy in a very good to near fine jacket. Particularly scarce with the jacket. Eric Hosking OBE Hon FRPS FBIPP 1909-1991 was widely acknowledged as one of the world's most eminent natural history photographers "Perhaps the most famous bird photographer ever to have lived" Gemma Padley. He was pioneering and developed new techniques especially the use of flash photography and automatic shutter release technology which enabled him to photograph birds at night and freeze birds in flight for the first time. Famously when just 28 he lost an eye to a tawny owl while climbing up to a hide in rural Wales the event which inspired the ingenious title of his autobiography "An Eye for a Bird" 1970. Over his exceptionally long career he photographed over 1800 species and his pictures have appeared in some 1000 books including the popular New Naturalist series of which he was photographic editor. Hosking was not only a photographer of birds but also a highly knowledgeable ornithologist. Peter Steyn -a lifetime devoted to the study of all things birds outstanding contribution to ornithological science. Peter Steyn's published books are: Eagle Days 1973; A Guide to the Common Birds of Wankie later Hwange National Park 1974 which remained in print for 25 years; his major work Birds of Prey of Southern Africa 1982 which ran to three impressions and still remains the definitive reference work on these raptors; A Delight of Owls 1984; Hunters of the African Sky 1990; Birds of Southern Africa 1991; his second major - and a lifetime's - work Nesting Birds 1996; and Antarctic Impressions - Seasons in the Southern Ocean 2007. John Voelcker Bird Book Fund Hardcover
1995ref. 038921Netherlands: Schuyt & Co 1995. Book. Fine. Hardcover. Inscribed by Authors. 1st Edition. 4to. Pp. 352 numerous colour photographic plates. Dust jacket near fine not price-clipped. Hardback binding fine. Contents clean and tight inscribed by the authors to Eric Hosking. A near fine to fine copy. Please note a large heavy book and small postal surcharge may apply. Eric Hosking OBE Hon FRPS FBIPP 1909-1991 was widely acknowledged as one of the world's most eminent natural history photographers "Perhaps the most famous bird photographer ever to have lived" Gemma Padley. He was pioneering and developed new techniques especially the use of flash photography and automatic shutter release technology which enabled him to photograph birds at night and freeze birds in flight for the first time. Famously when just 28 he lost an eye to a tawny owl while climbing up to a hide in rural Wales the event which inspired the ingenious title of his autobiography "An Eye for a Bird" 1970. Over his exceptionally long career he photographed over 1800 species and his pictures have appeared in some 1000 books including the popular New Naturalist series of which he was photographic editor. Hosking was not only a photographer of birds but also a highly knowledgeable ornithologist. Schuyt & Co Hardcover
1914ref. 038914London: Witherby & Co. 1914. Book. Very Good. Hardcover. First Edition. 8vo. pp. ix 3 305 3. Original dust jacket very good some wear and rubbing to the spine and spine ends. Green cloth hardback binding very good unmarked. Contents good and tight significant foxing/spotting to first and last few page and page edges. Bookplate belonging to Eric Hosking on the front pastedown. Eric Hosking OBE Hon FRPS FBIPP 1909-1991 was widely acknowledged as one of the world's most eminent natural history photographers "Perhaps the most famous bird photographer ever to have lived" Gemma Padley. He was pioneering and developed new techniques especially the use of flash photography and automatic shutter release technology which enabled him to photograph birds at night and freeze birds in flight for the first time. Famously when just 28 he lost an eye to a tawny owl while climbing up to a hide in rural Wales the event which inspired the ingeneous title of his autobiography "An Eye for a Bird" 1970. Over his exceptionally long career he photographed over 1800 species and his pictures have appeared in some 1000 books including the popular New Naturalist series of which he was photographic editor. Hosking was not only a photographer of birds but also a highly knowledgeable ornithologist. Witherby & Co. Hardcover
1983ref. 038907London: Macmillan 1983. Book. Very Good. Paperback. Inscribed by Authors. First Edition. 8vo. pp 461Colour and b/w illustrations throughout. Covers near fine with minimal wear only. Contents clean and tight inscribed and signed by the author to Eric and Dorothy Hosking in 1987 on the half title please see image. otherwise unmarked. A near fine copy with a good provenance. Eric Hosking OBE Hon FRPS FBIPP 1909-1991 was widely acknowledged as one of the world's most eminent natural history photographers "Perhaps the most famous bird photographer ever to have lived" Gemma Padley. He was pioneering and developed new techniques especially the use of flash photography and automatic shutter release technology which enabled him to photograph birds at night and freeze birds in flight for the first time. Famously when just 28 he lost an eye to a tawny owl while climbing up to a hide in rural Wales the event which inspired the ingenious title of his autobiography "An Eye for a Bird" 1970. Over his exceptionally long career he photographed over 1800 species and his pictures have appeared in some 1000 books including the popular New Naturalist series of which he was photographic editor. Hosking was not only a photographer of birds but also a highly knowledgeable ornithologist. Kenneth Newman co-authored the large work on the Birds of Africa published by Academic Press. Macmillan Paperback
1775ref. 038937London: Philosophical Transactions 1683-1775 1775. Book. Very Good. Hardcover. A New Edition. 8vo. Letter 1 of the House-Swallow Pp 258-276 ; Original extract carefully bound with cloth spine and boards title label to the front board near fine. Contents clean and tight very light foxing to the first and last endpaper no inscriptions or other marks. A very good copy of this extract Letter 1 of the House-Swallow. Philosophical Transactions (1683-1775) Hardcover
1999ref. 091504Corvina Kaido 1999. 1st Edition 1st Printing. Hardcover. Near Fine/Near Fine. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. First edition first printing thus octavo hardback 292 pages Illustrated Near Fine condition in Near Fine unclipped dust jacket. No inscriptions Corvina Kaido hardcover
1966ref. 038611Hertford: Stephen Austin & Sons Printers 1966. Book. Illus. by John R. Quinn; D. M. Henry; Malcolm Ellis; K. Knight; C. Talbot Kelly; J. C. Harrison; Karl Plath; J. W. Frohawk. Very Good. Soft cover. First Edition. 8vo 21.5 x 14.5 cm. A good run covering five years 1966 to 1970 each year made up of 6 original parts in wrappers apart from 1969 which has 7 parts as it includes the 75th Anniversary Special Supplement the cover of which designed by Robert Gillmor; 1970 consists of the first 5 parts missing part 3. So a total of 30 parts. Colour plates after various artists including John R. Quinn; D. M. Henry; Malcolm Ellis; K. Knight; C. Talbot Kelly; J. C. Harrison Additionally plates of b/w illustrations and numerous b/w photographic plates. Wrappers generally very good with a little general wear. Contents clean and tight. A very good run of this important avicultural journal. Stephen Austin & Sons [Printers] Paperback
1947ref. 038604Hertford: Stephen Austin & Sons Printers 1947. Book. Illus. by Roland Green D.M. Henry et al. Very Good. Soft cover. First Edition. 8vo 21.5 x 14.5 cm. A very good unbroken run of 7 years 1947-1953 all in the original parts with wrappers 6 parts per year = 42 parts. Some colour plates after various artists including d. M. Henry and Roland Green. Additionally plates of b/w illustrations and numerous b/w photographic plates. Wrappers generally very good with a little general wear some with original labels and notices attached. Contents clean and tight a few original inserts and adverts. A very good run of this important avicultural journal. Stephen Austin & Sons [Printers] Paperback
