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1983ref. 002216Harley Books 1983. Very good/Very good. 4to. 260 x 210mm 343 pages. B/w photos colour and b/w plates line drawings maps. Book condition: Very good clean green boards tight binding no inscriptions. Jacket condition: Very good clean bright not faded minor tanning to spine and adjacent covers not creased not clipped will be protected in removable clear sleeving upon sale. Comments: The 'Bible' for Lepidopterists; a classic high-quality volume from the Harley Books series covering families Micropterigidae - Heliozelidae. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good/Very Good. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. Harley Books Hardcover
1985ref. 002217Harley Books 1985. Very good/Very good. 4to. 260 x 210mm 460 pages. Colour and b/w photos colour plates line drawings maps. Book condition: Very good clean green boards tight binding no inscriptions. Jacket condition: Very good clean bright not faded very minor tanning to spine and adjacent covers not creased not clipped will be protected in removable clear sleeving upon sale. Comments: The 'Bible' for Lepidopterists; a classic high-quality volume from the Harley Books series covering families Cossidae - Heliodinidae. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good/Very Good. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. Harley Books Hardcover
1973ref. 000506Nairobi: East African Publishing House 1973. East African Publishing House Nairobi. 1973 paperback. Fair. 225 x 180mm 130 pages. Colour and b/w photos map. Book condition: Fair clean bright not faded creasing to coverse photo a little staining to lower corner on first few pages book plate of Jeffery Boswall BBC NH producer Signed by author on title page. An unusual study to determine the biology of East African Flamingos undertaken in Kenya by the author in the 1950s. Signed by Author. Soft Cover. Fair/No Jacket. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. East African Publishing House Paperback
1913ref. 022370Washington D.C.: National Geographic Society 1913. PHOTOS AVAILABLE UPON REQUEST. Good condition overall. Light soil/wear to the cover. Internally Very Good. Previous owner's name. Pages are otherwise clean and unmarked. Among the articles in this issue are: FIFTY COMMON BIRDS OF FARM AND ORCHARD WITH 50 ILLUSTRATIONS IN EIGHT COLORS; BIRDS MAY BRING YOU MORE HAPPINESS THAN THE WEALTH OF THE INDIES by Frank M. Chapman; CHINESE PIGEON WHISTLES; THE NATION'S CAPITAL by James Bryce; and CURIOUS SCENES IN OUT-OF-THE-WAY PLACES. Bound in the original yellow and white wraps stamped in black. First Edition. Softcover 7" by 10 ". Good-Very Good condition. Great Packaging Fast Shipping. National Geographic Society Paperback
190280p. + Plus frontis. Illustrated with photos and drawings. 8vo. Original full cloth binding with some staining. NH 2
1906pp. 80, (16) [Appendix], + Plus frontis. Illustrated with photos and drawings. 8vo. Original full cloth binding with some staining. NH 2
1815ref. 033188Bungay: Printed and published by Brightly & Childs. Published also by T Kinnersley 1815 A good 2 volume set in new half calf and marbled board bindings with 148 of 152 hand-coloured plates. This work is extremely rare and as is usual with the Bungay publications the paper quality is poor tending to attract dirt and staining. The collation of this work is generally haphazard and the plates are not numbered. The bindings are in fine condition with leather title labels and gilt lines to spines. Contents: Vol I: title; introduction i - xxxv; text pp 1-586 with 67 of 71 plates. Vol II: title dated 1820; text pp 1-700 with 81 plates Finis. The paper in both volumes is toned to varying degrees with some areas of offsetting marking or staining. Some page corners have been turned over. There is the occasional side edge tear and there is professional paper repair to the title page of Vol I and initial pages where there has been some worming. There is slight worming in the margin of xiii-xvi. The plates in these volumes are cleaner with better and more detailed colouring than usual and the plate paper is in better condition than the text paper. The plate of the Spoonbill in Vol II has some black ink splots on it - as does the opposing text page no 333. Please enquire if you would like to see additional images to better assess condition. Printed and published by Brightly & Childs. Published also by T Kinnersley hardcover
ref. 1334732035.Gpaperback. Good. Access codes and supplements are not guaranteed with used items. May be an ex-library book. paperback
ref. 0259561738.Gpaperback. Good. Access codes and supplements are not guaranteed with used items. May be an ex-library book. paperback
1794ref. 033347London : Printed for the Author and for F and C Rivington 1794 A complete set of Donovan's British Birds with 244 hand coloured plates. In contemporary half morocco leather bindings with marbled paper sides with the 10 volumes bound in 5. A mixed edition - with Vol III having a 'New Edition' title page dated 1815 and Vol V with a title dated 1820. The other 8 volumes have first issue titles. The bindings have highly decorative spines with 6 gilt compartments 4 with a gilt bird in the middle one with titles and one with volume numbers. The leather has occasional scuffing and surface loss particularly on the corners. There is rubbing to the spine joints and the first 2 volumes have closed splits at the joints extending 2 compartments down from the top. The marbled paper is quite scuffed on the surface and edges. Internally the endpapers have the same marbling. All the volumes have initial blanks; some have final blanks. Unusually the plates have thick slightly waxy paper guards instead of the normal tissue paper. These do not enhance the appearance of the volumes but they have protected the plates well and the colours are vibrant. The contents are not sewn in and a couple of plates and some guards are loose. Overall the text paper tends to be toned and with occasional spotting and browning around the edges - particularly the top edge. The plate paper is slightly toned but fox spots are rare. There is some offsetting to the guard paper. Contents tightly bound. Contents: Vol I/II - I - title 1794 with ink gift inscription at the top; text paginated for a few pages only; plates 1-29 with text. II - title 1795; index to Vol II 6pp; plates with text 30-48 19 plates; Index Vol I 9 pp Vol II alphabetical arrangement 1p. Guards loose to plates 4 45 and 46 plate 6 loose. Vol III/IV; III - title 'new edition' 1815; plates with text 49-72 25 plates; IV - title 1797; plates with text 73-100 28 plates; Index to III and IV. Plates 62 and 83 loose. Vol V/VI: V - title 1820; text with plates 101-124 24 plates; VI - 1816; plates and text 125-148 24 plates; index to V and VI. Guards to 136 140 and 147 with some damage; plate 148 loss top edge at gutter.Vols VII/VIII: VII - title 1816 plates with text 149-172 24 plates; VIII - title 1817; plates with text 173-196 24 plates; index to VII and VIII. Small paint spot on plate 158; guard to 159 loose; plates 174 and 180 with small paint runs. Vols IX/X: IX title 1818; plates with text 197-220 24 plates; index Vol IX; X - 1819; plates with text 221-244 24 plates; index to X; General Systematic Arrangement 15pp. Please enquire if you would like additional details and/or images Printed for the Author and for F and C Rivington hardcover
ref. 37530EDINBURGH LIZARS 1834-36. FIRST EDITION COMPLETE IN TWO VOLUMES. VOLUMES 1 AND 2 OF JARDINE'S NATURAL HISTORY. WITH A TOTAL OF 64 HAND-COLOURED PLATES NUMEROUS WOODCUTS. FRONTIS. OF LINNAEUS TO VOLUME 1 WITH A PORTRAIT. FRONTIS. OF PENNANT TO VOLUME 2 WITH A MEMOIR. NICELY BOUND IN HALF RED LEATHER OVER MARBLED BOARDS MARBLED ENDPAPERS T.E.G. MINOR WEAR TO TOP AND BOTTOM OF SPINES. FIRMLY BOUND AND VERY CLEAN. A HANDSOME SET. UNCOMMON. EDINBURGH, LIZARS, 1834-36 hardcover
ref. 37535EDINBURGH LIZARS 1839. FIRST EDITION VOLUME 10 OF JARDINE'S NATURAL HISTORY. WITH A TOTAL OF 32 HAND-COLOURED PLATES NUMEROUS WOODCUTS. FRONTIS. OF WILLIAM SMELLIE WITH A MEMOIR. NICELY BOUND IN HALF RED LEATHER OVER MARBLED BOARDS MARBLED ENDPAPERS T.E.G. MINOR WEAR TO TOP AND BOTTOM OF SPINES. FIRMLY BOUND AND VERY CLEAN. A HANDSOME COPY. UNCOMMON. EDINBURGH, LIZARS, 1839 hardcover
ref. 37532EDINBURGH LIZARS 1834. FIRST EDITION VOLUME 4 PART 2 OF JARDINE'S NATURAL HISTORY. WITH A TOTAL OF 30 HAND-COLOURED PLATES NUMEROUS WOODCUTS. FRONTIS. OF THOMAS RAFFLES WITH A MEMOIR. NICELY BOUND IN HALF RED LEATHER OVER MARBLED BOARDS MARBLED ENDPAPERS T.E.G. MINOR WEAR TO TOP AND BOTTOM OF SPINES. FIRMLY BOUND AND VERY CLEAN. A HANDSOME COPY. UNCOMMON. EDINBURGH, LIZARS, 1834 hardcover
1838ref. r8671bEdinburgh: W H Lizars. G: in good condition. Rebound cover with edge-wear. Spine cracked and scuffed with loss to top end. Outer hinges split. Occasional inner hinge cracking. Sporadic thumbing and marking. Page edge browning. Some tape strengthening to rear corners of portrait gutter of title page and rear corners of plate 33. Missing pages 15 & 16. Plate 34 missing. 1838. First Edition. Patterned hardback board cover with leather spine. 180mm x 110mm 7" x 4". 315pp. B/w frontispiece engraved portrait half-title page vignette b/w engravings and 33 of 34 hand coloured plates by Mr. Stewart. Missing plate 34; Snowy Owl. Includes a memoir of Sir Robert Sibbald. . W H Lizars hardcover
ref. 24160LONDON. LONGMANS GREEN AND CO. 1902. FIRST EDITION - LIMITED TO 600 COPIES OF WHICH THIS IS NUMBER 18. SMALL FOLIO BEAUTIFULLY REBOUND IN HALF GREEN MOROCCO MARBLED ENDPAPERS TEG WITH 6 PHOTOGRAVURES. 41 TISSUE-GUARDED COLOURED PLATES SOME BY THORBURN AND 25 OTHER ILLUSTRATIONS. SOME FOXING TO THE EDGES OF A FEW PLATES BUT A VERY NICE CLEAN AND FIRM COPY IN A LOVELY BINDING. A VERY HEAVY BOOK - EXTRA POSTAGE WILL BE REQUIRED FOR OVERSEAS. LONDON. LONGMANS, GREEN AND CO., 1902 unknown
ref. 1334680450.Gpaperback. Good. Access codes and supplements are not guaranteed with used items. May be an ex-library book. paperback
ref. 37531EDINBURGH LIZARS 1835. FIRST EDITION VOLUME 4 PART 3 OF JARDINE'S NATURAL HISTORY. WITH A TOTAL OF 30 HAND-COLOURED PLATES NUMEROUS WOODCUTS. FRONTIS. OF PLINY WITH A MEMOIR. NICELY BOUND IN HALF RED LEATHER OVER MARBLED BOARDS MARBLED ENDPAPERS T.E.G. MINOR WEAR TO TOP AND BOTTOM OF SPINES. FIRMLY BOUND AND VERY CLEAN. A HANDSOME COPY. UNCOMMON. EDINBURGH, LIZARS, 1835 hardcover
ref. 37533EDINBURGH LIZARS 1836. FIRST EDITION VOLUME 6 OF JARDINE'S NATURAL HISTORY. WITH A TOTAL OF 30 HAND-COLOURED PLATES BY LEAR NUMEROUS WOODCUTS. FRONTIS. OF BEWICK WITH A MEMOIR. NICELY BOUND IN HALF RED LEATHER OVER MARBLED BOARDS MARBLED ENDPAPERS T.E.G. MINOR WEAR TO TOP AND BOTTOM OF SPINES. FIRMLY BOUND AND VERY CLEAN. A HANDSOME COPY. UNCOMMON. EDINBURGH, LIZARS, 1836 hardcover
ref. 032666Edinburgh: W H Lizars A good to very good copy of the second 'Popular' edition of Pigeons with hand coloured vignette title and 30 hand coloured plates from drawings by Edward Lear. Undated but circa 1845. Improvements in printing and materials enabled Lizars to reissue the Naturalist's Library at lower cost while retaining the original text and plates. This volume has added text - a section on rearing feeding and management of domestic pigeons. The red cloth binding is in very good condition. It is complete sound and clean. The cloth is faded to the spine which is pulled - particularly to the top where there is the beginnings of a split and the corners have some bumping and wear. The original endpapers are present. Contents: half title; frontispiece with guard; vignette title; title; contents; memoir and text 252pp with 30 plates. Contents are very clean and bright. The gather at pp 114-226 has loose stitching. W H Lizars hardcover
ref. 25400BERKHAMPSTED POYSER 1973. FIRST EDITION VERY GOOD IN VERY GOOD DUSTWRAPPER. ILLUS. BY R GILLMOR DIAGRAMS MAPS CHARTS. A SCARCE POYSER. BERKHAMPSTED, POYSER, 1973 unknown
ref. 27705BERKHAMPSTED POYSER 1973. SOFTBACK EDITION WITH 'SPECIAL PAPERBACK EDITION NOT FOR SALE' PRINTED ON THE FRONT COVER. SLIGHT WEAR TO COVERS BUT VERY GOOD. ILLUS. BY R. GILLMOR DIAGRAMS MAPS AND CHARTS. A SCARCE POYSER. BERKHAMPSTED, POYSER, 1973 paperback
1838ref. 033186EDINBURGH: W H LIZARS 1838 A very good copy of the 1st edition of Part 1 of Birds of Great Britain and Ireland from the Naturalist's Library. In the original publisher's cloth binding with gilt titles to spine with 34 hand coloured plates as called for. Containing half title; list of volumes in the series; frontispiece portrait of Sir Robert Sibbald; black and white vignette title page 2 people hunting with birds; 2 further title pages; publisher's advert; contents listing; Memoir of Sir Robert Sibbald; text with black and white illustrations; and 34 hand coloured plates bound at the rear. The binding has been rebacked preserving the original spine and is sound and tight. There is fading to the spine and board edges and a couple of small marks to the front board. The top corners of the boards have light bumps. The original green endpapers are present with professional repair to the joints. The contents are very clean and the plates are well-coloured. The and plate paper has light toning. The tissue guards to the plates have occasional marks or spots and some offsetting. The tissue guard to plate 16 has a red paint mark at the edge. Plate 22 was originally badly bound making the image too close to the side edge so that the top edge of a bird's head has been removed. W H LIZARS hardcover
1842ref. 033183EDINBURGH: W H LIZARS 1842 A good to very good copy of the 1st edition in the original publisher's cloth binding with 34 hand coloured plates. With volume listing; frontispiece portrait of Rev Dr Walker; hand coloured vignette title page showing a spaniel and a heron; 2 further title pages; publisher's advert; contents listing; Memoir of Dr Walker; and text with black and white illustrations and 34 hand coloured plates bound at the rear. The binding has been rebacked relaying the original spine and the end papers repaired and retained. The binding has fading to spine and board edges and light wear to corners. The end papers have some marking at the joints where repaired. The text pages are generally clean with light toning and occasional marking and spotting mainly at the edges. All the plates are tissue-guarded and are very well coloured. There is some offsetting to the guards and the occasional nibble to the guard edge. There is an old crease to plate 29 and its tissue guard not affecting the image. W H LIZARS hardcover
1839ref. 033179EDINBURGH: W H LIZARS 1839 A very good copy of the 1st edition of Part II of Birds of Great Britain and Ireland in the original publisher's cloth binding. This volume covers a range of familiar birds from bullfinches to wrens. Contents: volume listing; half title; black and white frontispiece portrait of William Smellie with tissue guard; hand coloured vignette title page showing a robin; 2 further title pages; publisher's advert; contents listing; Memoir of William Smellie; text with black and white illustrations and 30 hand coloured plates bound at the rear. The original binding has been rebacked relaying the original spine and is sound and tight. There is slight scuffing to the boards which have light wear to corners and edges. There is fading to the spine and to the board edges. The original green endpapers are present with professional repair at the inner joints. Text and plate pages have light toning at the margins. The plates are clean and well coloured. The paint has splashed however in a couple of places eg at plate 16 where there is a small blue splot at the bottom of the plate and a blue splash at the back of the previous plate affecting the plate edge. Plates are without tissue guards and there is some offsetting to the backs of previous plates. W H LIZARS hardcover
1834ref. 033090EDINBURGH: W H LIZARS 1834 A good to very good copy of the 1st edition of Volume I of Gallinaceous Birds covering varieties of domestic and wild fowl eg turkeys pheasants in the publisher's brown cloth binding. Copy previously in the ownership of Francis Hemming the entomologist and with his book plate at the front pastedown. Contents with half title; black and white frontispiece portrait of Aristotle; hand coloured vignette title page with a picture of a cockerel; 2 further title pages; contents listing; Memoir of Aristotle; and text with black and white illustrations and 30 hand coloured plates 29 plates are listed in the contents index but there are 2 versions of plate 18. 32pp of advertisements and a 4 page yellow geographical works advert at the rear. The cloth binding has been rebacked relaying the original spine and is sound and tight. There is some slightly paler marking to the boards and the corners have light wear. The original green endpapers are present - the free endpaper is watermarked - and have professional repair at the joints. Contents are clean with toning to the margins including to the plate paper. Pages 169-172 have been roughly opened at the top edge and there is a small ink spot at the top edge of p 205. The plates are generally clean and very well coloured. Tissue guards tend to have some spotting or offsetting - Plate 1 has general toning and a very browned guard and the guard to plate 24 has a small area of paint from the bird on it. W H LIZARS hardcover
