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ref. 288441953 OLIVER & BOYD LONDON. FIRST EDITION 2 VOLUMES . A LOVELY SET IN VERY GOOD CONDITION RED BOARDS AND PROTECTED DUSTWRAPPERS. WITH A FOREWORD BY SIR ALAN BURNS G.C.M.G. VOLUME ONE:- STRUTHIONIDAE TO PICIDAE. VOLUME TWO:-EURYLAEMIDAE TO PLOCEIDAE. INSCRIPTION TO FRONT PASTEDOWN OF EACH VOLUME. EXTRA POSTAGE WILL BE REQUIRED OUTSIDE THE U.K. 1953 OLIVER & BOYD LONDON hardcover
ref. 19371OLIVER AND BOYD. 1953-61. COMPLETE IN 12 VOLUMES. A NICE VERY CLEAN SET. ORIGINAL OLIVE GREEN CLOTH. GILT TITLES TO SPINES. NO DUSTWRAPPERS. ILLUSTRATED WITH MANY COLOUR PLATES BY GEORGE LODGE. ADDITIONAL POSTAGE REQUIRED. OLIVER AND BOYD. 1953-61 hardcover
ref. 86451953 OLIVER & BOYD LONDON. FIRST EDITION 2 VOLUMES . VERY GOOD CONDITION. RED BOARDS. WITH A FOREWORD BY SIR ALAN BURNS G.C.M.G. VOLUME ONE:- STRUTHIONIDAE TO PICIDAE. VOLUME TWO:-EURYLAEMIDAE TO PLOCEIDAE. INSCRIPTION TO FRONT PASTEDOWN OF EACH VOLUME. EXTRA POSTAGE WILL BE REQUIRED OUTSIDE THE U.K. 1953 OLIVER & BOYD LONDON hardcover
ref. 2473LONDON OLIVER & BOYD 1953. FIRST EDITION. 2 VOLUMES. VERY GOOD CONDITION IN SLIGHTLY TORN DUSTWRAPPERS. WITH FOUR INTRODUCTORY CHAPTERS COMPRISING A DESCRIPTION OF SCOTLAND SOME FACTORS WHICH INFLUENCE OUR BIRD LIFE THE COMPOSITION OF THE SCOTTISH AVIFAUNA AND MIGRATION AS WELL AS THE HISTORY PRESENT DISTRIBUTION AND MIGRATION OF ALL BIRDS ON THE SCOTTISH LIST. ILLUSTRATED WITH PHOTOGRAPHS WITH TWO COLOUR FRONTISPIECES BY GEORGE LODGE. LONDON, OLIVER & BOYD, 1953 unknown
2002ref. 032006Philadelphia: The American Ornithologists' Union and The Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia 2002. Book. Very Good. Hardcover. First Edition Thus. Folio. Volume 17 from the set of 18. Nos. 641 Rough Legged Hawk to 680 Hawaii Creeper. Complete with table of contents. Slip-case near fine with very slight rubbing. Contents clean and tight unmarked no inscriptions pages crisp the staples are firm but show signs of rusting booklets appear unread. A very good volume from this huge work on The birds of North America in a very good slip-case. The American Ornithologists' Union and The Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia Hardcover
2002ref. 032005Philadelphia: The American Ornithologists' Union and The Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia 2002. Book. Very Good. Hardcover. First Edition Thus. Folio. Volume 17 from the set of 18. Nos. 641 Rough Legged Hawk to 680 Hawai'i Creeper. Complete with table of contents and cumulative index 1-680. Slip-case near fine with very slight rubbing. Contents clean and tight unmarked no inscriptions pages crisp the staples are firm but show signs of rusting booklets appear unread. A very good volume from this huge work on The birds of North America in a very good slip-case. The American Ornithologists' Union and The Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia Hardcover
ref. 38330ALNWICK HENRY HUNTER 1912. FIRST EDITION ORIGINAL BLUE CLOTH PICTORIAL FRONT BOARD. 726 PAGES 27 BLACK AND WHITE PLATES. AGE-TONING TO FEP SOME SPOTTED FOXING TO A FEW EARLY PAGES THEN CLEAN AND TIGHTLY BOUND. A VERY GOOD COPY. SCARCE. ALNWICK, HENRY HUNTER, 1912 hardcover
ref. 32234LONDON PORTER 1891. FIRST EDITION ORIGINAL BLUE CLOTH EXTERNALLY POOR INTERNALLY VERY GOOD. WEAR TO THE BOARDS AND SPINE WITH SOME LOSS WEAK HINGES. A GOOD READING COPY. BOOKPLATE TO FRONT PASTEDOWN. LONDON, PORTER, 1891 hardcover
ref. 341791982 ACADEMIC PRESS NEW YORK. VERY GOOD COPY IN VERY GOOD DUSTWRAP: SIGNATURE TO FEP. ILLUSTRATED BY MARTIN WOODCOCK AND PETER HAYMAN. THIS VOLUME IS THE FIRST OF A SET WHICH WHEN COMPLETE WILL COVER THE ENTIRE AVIFAUNA OF AFRICA ONE OF THE MOST VARIED AND INTERESTING IN THE WORLD. WHILE MANY REGIONAL GUIDES TO AFRICAN BIRDS EXIST THIS WILL BE THE FIRST COMPRHENSIVE GUIDE TO THE BIRD LIFE OF THE CONTINENT AS A WHOLE INCLUDING NORTH AFRICA. EXTRA POSTAGE WILL BE REQUIRED. 1982 ACADEMIC PRESS, NEW YORK unknown
ref. 716NEW YORK ACADEMIC PRESS 1982. VERY GOOD COPY IN VERY GOOD DUSTWRAP: ILLUSTRATED BY MARTIN WOODCOCK AND PETER HAYMAN. THIS VOLUME IS THE FIRST OF A SET WHICH WHEN COMPLETE WILL COVER THE ENTIRE AVIFAUNA OF AFRICA ONE OF THE MOST VARIED AND INTERESTING IN THE WORLD. WHILE MANY REGIONAL GUIDES TO AFRICAN BIRDS EXIST THIS WILL BE THE FIRST COMPRHENSIVE GUIDE TO THE BIRD LIFE OF THE CONTINENT AS A WHOLE INCLUDING NORTH AFRICA. EXTRA POSTAGE WILL BE REQUIRED. NEW YORK, ACADEMIC PRESS, 1982 unknown
ref. 28666ACADEMIC PRESS 1982. VERY GOOD COPY IN VERY GOOD DUSTWRAP FADED SPINE PREVIOUS OWNER'S SIGNATURE TO FEP. ILLUSTRATED BY MARTIN WOODCOCK AND PETER HAYMAN. THIS VOLUME IS THE FIRST OF A SET WHICH WHEN COMPLETE WILL COVER THE ENTIRE AVIFAUNA OF AFRICA ONE OF THE MOST VARIED AND INTERESTING IN THE WORLD. WHILE MANY REGIONAL GUIDES TO AFRICAN BIRDS EXIST THIS WILL BE THE FIRST COMPRHENSIVE GUIDE TO THE BIRD LIFE OF THE CONTINENT AS A WHOLE INCLUDING NORTH AFRICA. EXTRA POSTAGE WILL BE REQUIRED. ACADEMIC PRESS, 1982 unknown
1989ref. 030216British Ornithologists' Union 1989. Book. Fine. Hardcover. First Edition. 8vo. 170 pages; b/w illustrations. Original laminated boards fine and unmarked. Contents clean and tight unmarked no inscriptions. A fine copy as new . British Ornithologists' Union Hardcover
ref. 29826NEW YORK; THE AMERICAN MUSEUM OF NATURAL HISTORY 1932. PART 1 ONLY. GREY CARD COVERS 756 PAGES. ILLUSTRATED WITH PHOTOGRAPHS AND MAPS ONE FOLDING MAP. VERY GOOD. NEW YORK; THE AMERICAN MUSEUM OF NATURAL HISTORY, 1932 unknown
ref. 19601NEW YORK; THE AMERICAN MUSEUM OF NATURAL HISTORY 1932-54. 4 VOLUMES IN GREY CARD COVERS: PART 1 HAS SOME WATER STAINING THROUGHOUT. BULLETIN: VOLUME LXV 1932. PART 2 : VOLUME LXXV 1939.PART 3: VOLUME 75A 1953 PART 4: VOLUME 75B 1954. ILLUSTRATED WITH PHOTOGRAPHS AND MAPS. FOLDING MAP IN VOLUME 1. NEW YORK; THE AMERICAN MUSEUM OF NATURAL HISTORY, 1932-54 unknown
1890ref. 033859Chelmsford: Edmund Durrant et al 1890. Book. Illus. by Whymper Charles. Very Good. Hardcover. First Edition. 8vo. Inscribed by the author to a slip tipped on to the front free end paper "A. M. McAldowie Esq.re M.D. KC with the Author's compts July 1984" Very large bookplate stamped Ex. Libris A. M. McAldowie to the front paste-down. Alexander Morison McAldowie - Scottish physician folklore expert and ornithologist author of The Birds of Staffordshire 1893 engraved bookplate of F. C. S. N. The Daltry Library to the verso of the front free end-paper; pp. viii 302 6 - adverts; lithographic frontispiece plate with original tissue guard after Charles Whymper 2 b/w plates of plans of decoys with hand colouring in outline further full-page engravings of decoys; each bird species illustrated with a woodcut after those in Yarrell a few specially drawn by G. E. Lodge and several from other sources; list of subscribers. Original red cloth hardback binding with black lettering very good with a little light wear spine a little faded. Contents clean and tight no inscriptions. A very good copy. Much more than the usual avifauna with an excellent collection of biographies of the principal Essex ornithologists a chapter on wild-fowl decoys and wild-fowling in Essex plus chapter on Hawks and Hawking in Essex. Essex Field Club Special Memoirs - vol. II. Edmund Durrant et al Hardcover
ref. 29814EDINBURGH OLIVER AND BOYD 1964. 1ST EDITION. VERY GOOD COPY IN SLIGHTLY DAMAGED DUSTWRAP. CELLOTAPE TO CLOSED TEARS. ILLUSTRATED WITH 41 COLOUR PLATES A MAP AND 40 BLACK AND WHITE TEXT FIGURES BY THE AUTHOR AND 17 PHOTOGRAPHIC PLATES BY DENNIS CLEAVER. EXTRA POSTAGE WILL BE ASKED FOR. FOLDING MAP TO THE REAR. EDINBURGH, OLIVER AND BOYD, 1964 unknown
ref. 286451964 OLIVER AND BOYD EDINBURGH. 1ST EDITION. VERY GOOD COPY IN SLIGHTLY DAMAGED DUSTWRAP WHICH HAS BEEN PRICE CLIPPED. ILLUSTRATED WITH 41 COLOUR PLATES A MAP AND 40 BLACK AND WHITE TEXT FIGURES BY THE AUTHOR AND 17 PHOTOGRAPHIC PLATES BY DENNIS CLEAVER. EXTRA POSTAGE WILL BE ASKED FOR. FOLDING MAP TO THE REAR. 1964 OLIVER AND BOYD, EDINBURGH unknown
1964ref. 007077Edinburgh: Oliver and Boyd 1964. Color plates illustrations photos fold-out map index 511 pages. As is often the case the box with the title on the spine has partially rubbed off. Otherwise a nice tight copy. Hard Cover. Very Good/Very Good. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. Oliver and Boyd Hardcover
ref. 19858LONDON COLLINS. 1979. REPRINT. FOLIO A FINE COPY IN FINE DUSTWRAPPER WITH SLIPCASE. TEXT BY COOPER AND FORSHAW WITH MANY FINE FULL COLOUR PLATES BY COOPER MAPS LINE DRAWINGS 302 PAGES INCLUDING REFERENCES. SCARCE. LONDON, COLLINS. 1979 unknown
ref. 18444MANCHESTER SHERRATT AND HUGHES 1900. FIRST EDITION ORIGINAL GREEN CLOTH T.E.G. INCLUDES SIX PHOTOGRAVURE ILLUSTRATIONS AND A MAP OF THE COUNTY. A VERY GOOD FRESH COPY. MANCHESTER, SHERRATT AND HUGHES, 1900 hardcover
1950ref. way04abLondon: Frederick Warne & Co Ltd. VG : in very good condition without dust jackets. 1950. 7th edition. Brown hardback cloth covers. 170mm x 130mm 7" x 5". viii 412pp; viii 402pp; ix 326pp plates. 440 plates 230 in colour. Heavy item - shipping supplement may apply for overseas. . Frederick Warne & Co Ltd hardcover
ref. 33301CALIFORNIA SOUTH MOULTON COMPANY 1923. FORMAT DE LUX ONE OF 539 COPIES SIGNED BY THE AUTHOR. COMPLETE IN FOUR OCTAVO VOLS. GREEN BUCKRAM A FINE SET. WITH 260 COLOUR HALFTONE OR PHOTOGRAVURE PLATES WITH CAPTIONED TISSUE-GUARDS HALFTONE ILLUS. THROUGHOUT THE TEXT. A TYPESCRIPT SLIP TIPPED IN VOLUME 1 READING ' ALL MISSING PLATES INSERTED AFTER BINDING' SUPERSEDING THE PUBLISHER'S SMALL STAMPED NOTICE 'THIS VOLUME IS LACKING A FEW OF THE EXTRA INSERTED PLATES AND IS SOLD AS IS'. THE COLOUR PLATES ARE BY MAJOR ALLAN BROOKS. PLEASE NOTE THAT EACH VOLUME WEIGHS NEARLY 4.5 Kg SO POSTAGE AT COST. CALIFORNIA, SOUTH MOULTON COMPANY, 1923 hardcover
1964ref. 068482Narberth PA: Livingston Publishing Co. for the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia 1964. Book. Illus. by Earl L. Poole and George Miksch Sutton. Near Fine. Hardcover. 1st Edition. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Light green cloth lettered in gold foil. Near Fine text block edges a bit tanned by age otherwise about as issued. Color illus. dust jacket VG with mild foxing/soiling in a few areas mild surface rubbing corners and extremities a bit rubbed now in mylar. 2nd ptg. xvi430 pp. illus. Livingston Publishing Co. for the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia Hardcover
ref. 260831991 BRITISH ORNITHOLOGISTS` UNION HERTS. FINECOPY IN LAMINATED BOARDS. B.O.U. CHECK-LIST NO.12. MAPS BY EMILY MCGOWAN. 1991 BRITISH ORNITHOLOGISTS` UNION, HERTS hardcover
1916ref. 036991Cambridge: Cambridge at the University Press 1916. Book. Very Good. Hardback. First Edition. 8vo. pp. xii 275 includes erratum slip numerous illustrations. Bound in brown cloth with a illustration to front board title lettering in black to the spine very good. Contents clean and tight bookplate belonging to Eric Hosking to the front pastedown no inscriptions. A very good copy. Copy from the library of Eric Hosking.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. Cambridge at the University Press Hardcover