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1883réf. 036528London: Taylor and Francis 1883. Book. Very Good. Hardcover. Signed to a Slip. First Edition. 8vo. Volume 1 only Pp. 185; Extracted from the "Journal of the Northamptonshire Natural History Society" and printed for private circulation. Original green pebbled cloth binding with gilt lettering to the spine very good. Contents clean and tight some foxing to endpapers tipped into the front free endpaper an inscription from Lord Lilford to Lady Lyveden "from hers affectionately and ornithiologically The Author Lilford 1883". A very good copy. Taylor and Francis Hardcover
réf. 31782MELBOURNE OXFORD UNIVERSITY PRESS 1990. FIRST EDITION QUARTO FINE COPY IN FINE DUSTWRAP. RATITES TO PETRELS. 60 COLOUR PLATES PAINTED BY J.N. DAVIES. 735 pp. MELBOURNE, OXFORD UNIVERSITY PRESS, 1990 unknown
réf. 25245NEWCASTLE WALKER 1805. VOL. 2 IS THE HISTORY OF WATER BIRDS. REBOUND IN FULL LEATHER MARBLED ENDPAPERS RAISED BANDS AEG GILT TITLE. pp xxii 400. SOME RUBBING TO THE BOARDS EDGES. A VERY NICE CLEAN COPY. NUMEROUS WOODCUTS BY BEWICK. NEWCASTLE, WALKER, 1805 hardcover
réf. 28826BRUMBY & CLARK. LONDON. SIX VOLUMES COMPLETE. QUARTO BOUND IN GOLD CLOTH GILT TITLES TO SPINE AND FRONT BOARD. ALL EDGES GILT. ILLUSTRATED BY F.W. FROHAWK. WITH THE BOOKPLATE ARMORIAL OF ALFRED SWAINE LETHBRIDGE. WITH 24 FULL COLOUR PLATES OF EGGS . NO DATE BUT 1896-98. SOME FOXING TO TISSUE GUARDS AS USUAL. MINOR WEAR TO TOP AND BOTTOM OF SPINES BUT A VERY GOOD SET. POSTAGE AT FULL COST. BRUMBY & CLARK. LONDON. hardcover
réf. 264352003 LYNX EDITIONS BARCELONA. VERY FINE COPY IN VERY FINE DUSTWRAP. PROFUSELY ILLUSTRATED IN COLOUR AND WITH LINE DRAWINGS. 674 PAGES. 70 COLOUR PLATES. 236 PHOTOGRAPHS. 837 DISTRIBUTION MAPS. 13 FIGURES AND TABLES. C. 7000 BIBLIOGRAPHICAL REFERENCES. EXTRA POSTAGE WILL BE REQUIRED OUTSIDE THE U.K. 2003 LYNX EDITIONS, BARCELONA unknown
réf. 30379LONDON THRESHOLD/HARRAP1987. LIMITED TO 350 COPIES SIGNED BY PETER OLNEY THIS BEING NUMBER 12. TEXT BY OLNEY AND INTRODUCTION BY SCOTT. WITH 60 VERY FINE TIPPED-IN FULL PAGE PLATES IN COLOUR A BIOGRAPHICAL NOTE ON JONES APPENDIX GLOSSARY INDEX. OBLONF FOLIO BOUND IN HALF BLUE LEATHER OVER BLUE CLOTH. THERE IS SOME EVIDENCE OF DAMP-STAINING HAVING AFFECTED THE FIRST AND LAST PRELIMS. THE BINDING HAS BEEN STRENGTHENED FRONT AND BACK SMALL MARK TO CLOTH OF FRONT BOARD OTHER WISE VERY GOOD WITH THE PLATES CLEAN. PRICED ACCORDINGLEY. THE BOOK WEIGHS 5.3 Kg SO POSTAGE AT COST. LONDON, THRESHOLD/HARRAP,1987 hardcover
1967réf. j6768cLondon: Collins. VG : in very good condition with dust jacket. Jacket with tear at lower edge of front fold. Minor impact at top edge of fep of a paper clip. 1967. First Edition. Black hardback cloth cover. 210mm x 150mm 8" x 6". 191pp. . Collins hardcover
réf. 43100BOSTON CHARLES BRANFORD 1955. REPRINTED BY THE OXFORD UNIVERSITY PRESS. THICK QUARTO TRANSLATED AND EDITED BY CASEY WOOD AND MARJORIE FYFE. WITH 637 PAGES BIBLIOGRAPHY NOTES ROSTER OF BIRDS AND OTHER ORIGINAL CONTRIBUTIONS BY THE EDITORS. PROFUSELY ILLUSTRATED. WITH THE BOOKPLATE OF CHARLES EDWARD ROCKETT. A VERY GOOD COPY IN A PROTECTED DUSTWRASPPER WHICH HAS FOXINGTO THE SPINE AND EDGES. BOSTON, CHARLES BRANFORD, 1955 unknown
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1907réf. 022785Indianapolis Indiana: The Bobbs Merrill Company 1907. Good condition. Light to moderate rubbing/wear to spine ends and corners/edges. PHOTOS AVAILABLE UPON REQUEST. Endpaper professionally renewed. Inner hinges are sound. Previous owner's name in pencil. All other pages are clean and unmarked. 1907. First Printing of the First Edition. With 95 illustrations of which 16 are full-page colored plates including a tissue-guarded frontispiece. The plates are "of unusual accuracy and beauty" per a contemporary review quoted in MacLean 276. Includes a color plate affixed to the front cover for a total of 17 color illustrations. Subtitle: "Character Studies of Native American Birds Which Through Friendly Advances I Induced to Pose for Me or Succeeded in Photographing by Good Fortune with the Story of My Experiences in Obtaining Their Pictures." Bound in the original green cloth stamped in black. 18 cm wide by 24.5 cm tall. MacLean 276 1976. MacLean A3a 1987. MacLean 3a 1995. First Edition First Printing. Hardcover. Good condition. Illus. by NOT a library discard. xxii 258pp. Great Packaging Fast Shipping. The Bobbs Merrill Company Hardcover
1838réf. 045726London: John Van Voorst 1838. Book. Very Good. Hardcover. 1st Edition. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Dark green cloth lettered in gilt. Ex-library copy from non-circulating institutional library spine and joints clear-coated with handwritten call label on lower spine two book plates mounted on front fixed endpaper. vii684 pp. Cloth split and neatly mended along upper front joint. Front flyleaf slightly chipped along fore-edge and with minor loss to top corner. John Van Voorst Hardcover
1975réf. 17908London: Tryon Gallery. Fine in Fine dust jacket. 1975. Limited Edition. Hardcover. This is #65 in the limited first edition signed by both the author Brown and the illustrator Fennessy on the title page. Includes not only the slipcase in "fine" condition but mylar dust jacket which is taped in the upper right corner. ; Folio 13" - 23" tall; Signed by Author . Tryon Gallery hardcover
1973réf. 001719Chicago: American Library Association 1973. 526pp. ills. color frontis. The history and process of the creation of Audubon's "Birds of America" subscribers sets and costs; census and survey of extant complete sets variants; reproductions editions. Notes index. 1/2 green faux leather gold-stamped binding pictorial cloth cover. Small discolored price sticker mark on front cover. Interior front hinge paper partly cracked and reglued. Cover still tight bottom corners show wear spine ends lightly bumped. Still a very presentable copy. Scan can be emailed on request. First Edition. Decorative Cloth. Very Good. 8vo. American Library Association Hardcover
1928réf. 009717Boston: Boston Society of Natural History 1928. Color frontispiece 2 maps 11 full page plates bibliography pp. 489- 588. Inscribed "Dr Jonathan Dwight Kindest regards Alfred O. Gross". A very nice copy of a scarce title. Signed by Author. Hardcover. As New. Boston Society of Natural History Hardcover
1832réf. 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
réf. 29607LONDON WITHERBY 1959 1965. FIRST EDITIONS QUARTO VERY GOOD WITH DUSTWRAPPER. VOLUME 1 HAS A WORN DUSTWRAPPER AND SOME FOXING TO THE FEP. VOLUME 2 IS VERY GOOD. A SYSTEMATIC REFERENCE . LONDON, WITHERBY, 1959, 1965 unknown
réf. 31121LONDON PORTER 1895. FIRST EDITION TWO VOLUMES ORIGINAL GREEN CLOTH ILLUSTRATED BY THORBURN AND LODGE MAP TO THE REAR OF VOLUME 2. A PARTICULARLY ATTRACTIVE AND CLEAN SET LONDON, PORTER, 1895 hardcover
réf. 028370New York & Monaco: Sotheby's SEE OUR PHOTOS. Complete 9 volume set of the auction catalogues for the spectacular library of H. Bradley Martin. NEW in PERFECT condition. NO chips tears creases rubbing or fading. Bright and shiny. Sharp corners. Pages are fresh crisp clean and unmarked - obviously never read. First Editions The 9 sales were conducted between June 6 1989 and June 14 1990. Includes the 9 separate sets of auction estimates and sale results prices realized. Includes: 1 John James Audubon Magnificent Books and Manuscripts Sale No 5870; 2 Magnificent Color-Plate Ornithology Sale No 5871; 3 The Original Watercolors for Selby's Illustrations of British Ornithology Sale No 5872; 4 Highly Important French Literature; 5 Highly Important Illustrated and Scientific Ornitholgy Sale No 5953; 6 Highly Important American and Children's Literature Sale No 5971; 7 Highly Important Printed and Manuscript Americana Sale No 5972; 8 Highly Important English Literature Sale No 5998; 9 Highly Important Printed Books and Illuminated Manuscripts. Sale No 6036. Stunningly illustrated including many gorgeous full color plates. The set is uniformly bound in the original gilt-stamped green cloth each volume with a full color plate mounted on its front cover. The first 3 volumes have a green silk page marker bound in at the head of the spine as issued. The amount realized for just the 4 ornithological sales was $13 687 575. Oversize Hardcover. 8.5" wide by 11" tall by 8.75" thick measured together. This large very heavy 9 volume set 28 pounds before packaging will require SUBSTANTIAL extra postage at our cost depending on your location. First Editions. Hardcover heavy. New/No dust jackets as issued. 9 volumes complete. Great Packaging Fast Shipping. Sotheby's Hardcover
réf. 25721LONDON CASSELL. FOUR VOLUMES BOUND IN TWO. COMPLETE WITH 40 COLOUR PLATES AND OVER 400 ENGRAVINGS IN THE TEXT. QUARTO HALF LEATHER OVER BROWN BOARDS SOME RUBBING TO THE LEATHER AND ONE HINGE WEAK BUT A VERY GOOD SET. NO DATE BUT CIRCA 1867. EXTRA POSTAGE WILL BE REQUIRED FOR OVERSEAS. LONDON, CASSELL hardcover
réf. 38989LONDON FREDERICK WARNE AND CO. LTD. 1867. 2ND EDITION. A VERY GOOD COPY IN GREEN BOARDS DECORATED IN GILT. INSCRIPTION IN INK ON INSIDE FRONT BOARD. FEP AND TITLE PAGE ARE DETACHED. SOME SLIGHT FOXING THROUGHOUT WITH MAP WOODCUTS AND CHROMO ILLUSTRATIONS.SCARCE. LONDON, FREDERICK WARNE AND CO., LTD., 1867 hardcover
réf. 26556LONDON BEMROSE & SONS 1893. FIRST EDITION. VERY GOOD COPY IN ORIGINAL GREEN BOARD. FOLD-OUT MAP SLIGHT TEAR. AND SIX ILLUSTRATIONS. SOME WEAR TO THE TOP AND BOTTOM OF THE SPINE REAR HINGE WEAK BUT OVERALL VERY GOOD FOR THE AGE. SCARCE. LONDON, BEMROSE & SONS, 1893 unknown
réf. 148031929 NORTH-CHINA DAILY NEWS & HERALD LTD SHANGHAI. VERY GOOD HARDBACK IN ORIGINAL GREEN CLOTH GILT LETTERING AND TITLES DECORATION TO FRONT BOARD. A STUDY OF BIRD LIFE IN SHANGHAI AND THE SURROUNDING DISTRICTS. WITH 23 FULL COLOUR PLATES. THIS COPY IS NEAR FINE THE ONLY BLEMISH BEING A LITTLE FINGERING TO THE TOP AND BOTTOM OF THE SPINE. A LOVELY COPY OF A SCARCE BOOK. 1929 NORTH-CHINA DAILY NEWS & HERALD LTD, SHANGHAI hardcover
réf. 32303PHILADELPHIA PORTER AND COATES 1878. THE POPULAR EDITION THREE VOLUMES IN ONE. THICK SMALL QUARTO. pp. 214 390 426. CONTAINS A LONG ESSAY ON THE LIFE OF WILSON. REBOUND USING THE ORIGINAL RED BEVELLED BOARDS AND SPINE NEW ENDPAPERS REPAIRED TITLE PAGE. ILLUSTRATED WITH 103 PLATES ENGRAVED FROM DRAWINGS FROM NATURE FOUR PER PAGE. SOME SLIGHT WEAR TO THE BOARDS AND FOXING TO THE EDGES OF THE PLATE ONLY. CLEAN AND TIGHTLY BOUND. NO DATE BUT CIRCA 1878. VERY SCARCE IN THE UK. PHILADELPHIA, PORTER AND COATES, 1878 hardcover
1950réf. 19770AB1950. o.J. ca. 1950. 125 10 cm. 8 drawings coloured with aquatint and partly heightned in white with the monogram HS below the drawing the name of the bird in pencil. Mounted on cardboard. Very detailed and decorative drawings of different birds like Storck Brown Owl Song Trush Great White Egret Golden Eagel and others. All drawings with some details like the eggs or the young birds some details of the bird.etc. 'All drawings with the monogram HS and the name of the bird. Probably designs for a planned publication in a book. unknown