1959réf. 035375London: British Ornithologist's Union 1959. Book. Very Good. Hardcover. First Edition. 8vo 18 x 25.5 cm. Uniformally bound in the publisher's bright red cloth binding gilt vignette of an Ibis to the front board with some blind stamped detail. Bindings have some signs of silverfish damage to the surface of the cloth on the spines bright gilt lettering to the spines corners are a little bumped/rounded binding firm. Contents clean and tight a few spots to endpapers of volume 102 only otherwise unmarked. A great deal of interesting article photographic plates and charts within. A clean run of nine volumes 1959 to 1967 inclusive. Heavy set so a little surcharge may be required to cover the cost of using a courier service please enquire for more details. British Ornithologist's Union Hardcover

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REV TYAS ROBERT:Biblio.com

BEAUTIFUL BIRDS DESCRIBED

réf. 33575LONDON MADGWICK HOULSTON & CO. LTD. 3 VOLUMES IN VERY GOOD CONDITION COMPLETE IN GREEN DECORATED BOARDS. EACH VOLUME HAS A PREVIOUS OWNER`S STICKER ON INSIDE FRONT BOARD. 36 ILLUSTRATIONS BY JAMES ANDREWS. VOLUME 2 HAS A PRINTED ADDRESS ON FEP. LONDON, MADGWICK, HOULSTON & CO., LTD., hardcover

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SCOTT PETER:Biblio.com

OBSERVATIONS OF WILDLIFE

réf. 26449OXFORD PHAIDON 1980. 1ST EDITION. LIMITED TO 200 COPIES OF WHICH THIS IS NUMBER 16. SIGNED BY PETER SCOTT. FINE COPY QUARTO LEATHER OVER GREEN CLOTH WITH MATCHING SLIPCASE OXFORD, PHAIDON, 1980 hardcover

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Silva, Tony (Forward by The Lord McAlpine of West Green)Biblio.com

A MONOGRAPH OF MACAWS AND CONURES - Limited Subscriber's Edition No. 626 of 2000

1993réf. 039265Canada: Silvio Mattacchione and Co. 1993. Book. Illus. by Peake Eric. Fine. Hardcover. Limited Edition. Folio 24 x 35 cm. Subscriber's limited edition no. 626 of 2000. 380 pages. superb colour and black and white illustrations by Eric Peake. Original dust jacket fine. Hardback binding fine. Contents clean and tight. A fine copy. . Silvio Mattacchione and Co. Hardcover

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WATERS DAVID:Biblio.com

ARCHIBALD THORBURN: ARTIST AND ILLUSTRATOR THE PRINTS AND PROOFS 1889-1934

réf. 38045PETERBOROUGH LANGFORD PRESS 2009. 1ST EDITION. A FINE COPY IN GREEN MARBLED BOARDS AND HALF GREEN LEATHER OCTAVO. LIMITED TO 205 COPIES THIS BEING NUMBER 20 AND SIGNED BY THE AUTHOR. VERY SCARCE. CONTAINED IN A GREEN SLIPCASE WHICH HAS SOME FADING. PETERBOROUGH, LANGFORD PRESS, 2009 hardcover

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Whitlock, F B Annotated with Numerous Additions By Hutchinson, A SBiblio.com

THE BIRDS OF DERBYSHIRE WITH MAP AND SIX ILLUSTRATIONS Inscribed by the author

1893réf. 037264London: Bemrose & Sons Limited 1893. Book. Very Good. Hardcover. Inscribed by Authors. First Edition. 8vo. Inscribed by the author to the front free endpaper "The Editor 'Natural Sciences' With the Author's compliments Beeston Hall 11 April '93" pp. vi 239 frontispiece plate and fold out map five further plates very good corrigenda slip tipped in. Publisher's textured green cloth binding with gilt lettering very good with a little light wear. Contents clean and tight original patterned endpapers. A very good clean copy inscribed by the author. The Author Whitlock was convicted of embezzlement a wanted poster was published and eventually he was sentenced to 11 years in prison. Bemrose & Sons, Limited Hardcover

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Whitlock, F B Annotated with Numerous Additions By Hutchinson, A SBiblio.com

THE BIRDS OF DERBYSHIRE WITH MAP AND SIX ILLUSTRATIONS from the Library of James Fisher inscribed by the author

1893réf. 036996London: Bemrose & Sons Limited 1893. Book. Very Good. Hardcover. Inscribed by Authors. First Edition. 8vo. pp. vi 239 frontispiece plate and fold out map five further plates fine. Cloth binding very good with light rubbing this appears to be a slightly later binding. Contents clean and tight patterned endpapers original endpaper tipped in with James Fisher's signature and an inscription " from F. B. Whitlock Beeston Notts england 11 Dec. 1893" otherwise unmarked. A clean very good first edition. The Author Whitlock was convicted of embezzlement and sentenced to 11 years in prison. Loosely inserted is a facsimile of the £100 reward poster. Bemrose & Sons, Limited Hardcover

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Cordeaux, JohnBiblio.com

BIRDS OF THE HUMBER DISTRICT Provenance - From the library collection of Charles Francis Wyatt of Broughton Rectory

1872réf. 038272London: John Van Voorst 1872. Book. Illus. by Keulemans J. G. frontispiece. Very Good. Hardcover. First Edition. 12mo. pp. xii 231 pages; frontispiece plate"A Flamborough Trophy Fulmar Petrel." by Keulemans. Green cloth boards very good with a little general wear scuffed to the top and bottom of the spine binding is firm. Contents clean and tight the front endpaper is worn along the hinge but does not affect the binding bookplate belonging to Charles Francis Wyatt of Broughton Rectory Oxon a well known collector of the late 19th century two newspaper cuttings dated 1899 1888 tipped onto the front free endpaper. Ref: Ballance p203; Freeman 817; Mullens & Swann p.144. Charles Francis Wyatt 1820-1906 was rector of Broughton Oxfordshire and an antiquary. John Van Voorst Hardcover

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SWAINSON WILLIAM:Biblio.com

THE NATURAL HISTORY OF THE BIRDS OF WESTERN AFRICA 2 VOLS.

réf. 37534EDINBURGH LIZARS 1837. FIRST EDITION TWO VOLUMES. VOLUMES 7 AND 8 OF JARDINE'S NATURAL HISTORY. WITH A TOTAL OF 64 HAND-COLOURED PLATES NUMEROUS WOODCUTS. FRONTIS. OF BRUCE 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, 1837 hardcover

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Peterson, Roger Tory; Peterson, Virginia MarieBiblio.com

Audubon's Birds of America The Audubon Society Baby Elephant Folio

1981réf. 14453NY: Abbeville Press. Fine. 1981. First Edition; Second Printing. Hardcover. Limited edition bound in green leather and signed by both authors. Slightest shelf rubbing lower left on the front. This will take extra postage; it is a large heavy book. ; Folio 13" - 23" tall; Signed by Author . Abbeville Press hardcover

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Arthur G ButlerBiblio.com

Birds of Great Britain and Ireland. Order Passeres complete in two volumes

réf. 032374London : Caxton Publishing Company A good copy complete with 115 colour-printed plates in new quarter cloth binding with marbled boards. Undated but 1907/8. The plates by Henrik Gronvold and Frederick Frohawk are beautiful. The binding is 'as new' with new endpapers.Top page edges gilt remainder untrimmed. Contents - Vol I: 4 plates of eggs; title page; contents list; introduction; text with 56 plates; 210pp. Vol II: 4 plates of eggs; title page; contents; text with 51 plates; appendix; index 215pp. Text pages with some spotting particularly to top margins and light toning towards edges. Plates with tissue guards some of which are creased or with slight damage. Plates themselves clean and mostly not affected by spotting. Contents slight dusty smell on opening. Caxton Publishing Company hardcover

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Aves, ErnestBiblio.com

Co-Operative Industry

2013réf. x-0415734517Routledge 2013. Hardcover. New. 1st edition. 324 pages. 8.60x5.60x1.10 inches. Routledge hardcover

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Pearson, Henry JBiblio.com

THREE SUMMERS AMONG THE BIRDS OF RUSSIAN LAPLAND WITH HISTORY OF SAINT TRIPHON'S MONASTERY From the Library of Oologist John Emerson Griffith

1904réf. 036174London: R. H. Porter 1904. Book. Very Good. Hardcover. First Edition. 4to. A bright and fresh copy; pp. xvi 216; fold out map present chromolithographic frontispiece plate of a Great Black backed gull's nest and numerous others. Publisher's green cloth with gilt lettering bevelled edges bright slight wear a couple of light scuff marks to spine. Top edge gilt. Contents clean and tight bookplate belonging to John Emerson Griffith to the front pastedown light toning a few marks on page margins and fore-edges plates and text clean. A very good copy of this scarce title. Peasrson also wrote " Beyond Petsora Eastward". Provenance - John Emerson Griffith; Oologist specialising in waders former editor of the Jourdain Society Bulletin he held a senior post for over 30 years. R. H. Porter Hardcover

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L R BrightwellBiblio.com

Leonard Brightwell - THE BABES IN THE WOOD Squirrel and fledglings Dry Point Etching

1925réf. 038642United Kingdom 1925. Drawing. Illus. by Leonard Brightwell. Near Fine. Framed. Signed by THE ARTIST. Original. Etching dry point on laid paper signed and titled by the artist one of Brightwell's finest works of animal art completed around 1925. Published in London by the British company "James Connell & Sons" in a run of one hundred impressions. Plate 305mm x 220mm. Paper is lightly cockled but otherwise fine and unmarked with a deep acid free fine mount. Black stained wooden frame in fine condition. Framed dimension 530mm x 440mm. A characterful and humorous work. Biography - Leonard Robert Brightwell London Born 1889 - 1962 An outstanding British etcher illustrator and author of animal subjects Leonard Robert Brightwell studied at the Lambeth School of Art London. Countless visits to the Zoological Gardens however provided his most important artistic education. Brightwell became a Fellow of the Zoological Society of London in 1906 and a member of the Marine Biological Association in 1922. During the first half of the twentieth century he was commissioned by these associations and other museums to make scientific drawings of various forms of life including extinct animals. Brightwell's first illustrated book A British Dog in France was published in 1913. During the First World War 1914-1918 he served in the British Army. After 1920 Brightwell established himself as a major illustrator and as an author. Books written and illustrated by him include A Cartoonist among Animals 1921 On the Seashore 1934 The Zoo You Knew 1936 Neptune's Garden 1937 The Dawn of Life 1938 The Garden Naturalist 1941 The Zoo Story 1952 and Down to the Sea 1954.His cartoons often appeared in the Punch Magazine. . unknown

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The Ornithologist's Guide to the Islands of Orkney and Shetland.

1837réf. 033014London: Printed by Richard Tayor for the Author 1837 A good copy of the 1st edition in the original cloth binding with 2 folding maps at the rear. Robert Dunn titles himself as an 'animal-preserver' - which sadly does not mean that he was a conservationist. The book is a full account of his travels and the various species that he encountered and then shot and presumably stuffed when he was back home. The binding is complete and sound with pulling to spine ends bumped corners and some staining to the front board. There are the remains of a paper title label to the spine. Internally the original endpapers are present with 2 old signatures at the fep which has some light marking at the bottom. Contents with half title; frontispiece; title page; dedication; introduction; notice to subscribers announcing the addition of maps for those who wanted them; text 128pp; and folding maps of Orkney and Shetland. Contents are generally clean with light toning particularly to page edges and with the odd spot or mark. Pages 45-48 are badly opened with some loss to the side margin. The maps have some creasing at the side edges. Printed by Richard Tayor for the Author hardcover

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O'Dowd, Anthony, Birds, JohnBiblio.com

Encyclopedia of Insurance Law

réf. Z1-C-040-00354Sweet & Maxwell Ltd. Used - Good. Ships from UK in 48 hours or less usually same day. Your purchase helps support Sri Lankan Children's Charity 'The Rainbow Centre'. Ex-library so some stamps and wear but in good overall condition. 100% money back guarantee. We are a world class secondhand bookstore based in Hertfordshire United Kingdom and specialize in high quality textbooks across an enormous variety of subjects. We aim to provide a vast range of textbooks rare and collectible books at a great price. Our donations to The Rainbow Centre have helped provide an education and a safe haven to hundreds of children who live in appalling conditions. We provide a 100% money back guarantee and are dedicated to providing our customers with the highest standards of service in the bookselling industry. Sweet & Maxwell Ltd unknown

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(Birds) Pleske, TheodoreBiblio.com

Birds of the Eurasian Tundra

1928réf. 56275Boston: Boston Society of Natural History 1928. Memoiors of the Boston Society of Natural History Volume 6 Number 3. With 23 plates from photogrraphs including 6 in color. 1 vols. Folio. Original olive cloth fine. Memoiors of the Boston Society of Natural History Volume 6 Number 3. With 23 plates from photogrraphs including 6 in color. 1 vols. Folio. A large scholarly work based on the Russian Polar Expedition of 1900-1903 undertaken by the St.Petersburg Academy of Sciences. Boston Society of Natural History unknown

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THE GAME-BIRDS OF INDIA BURMA AND CEYLON VOLS. 1 AND 2

réf. 36691THE BOMBAY NATURAL HISTORY SOCIETY 1921. TWO VOLUMES. VOLUME 1: DUCKS AND THEIR ALLIES. VOLUME 2: SNIPE BUSTARDS SANDGROUSE. VOLUME 1 HAS 30 COLOURED PLATES BY GRONVOLD LODGEAND KEULEMANNS. VOLUME 2 HAS 19 COLOURED PLATES BY GRONVOLD 2 MAPS 6 BLACK AND WHITE PLATES. QUARTO HANDSOMELY BOUND IN QUARTER LEATHER OVER GREEN CLOTH TEG MARBLED ENDPAPERS RAISED BANDS. AN EXCELLENT SET. THE BOMBAY NATURAL HISTORY SOCIETY, 1921 hardcover

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BANNERMAN DAVID AND LODGE GEORGE:Biblio.com

THE BIRDS OF THE BRITISH ISLES 12 VOLUMES

réf. 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

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A HISTORY OF BRITISH BIRDS 2 VOLS.

réf. 32312NEWCASTLE WALKER 1809. THIRD EDITION TWO VOLUMES LAND BIRDS AND WATER BIRDS VERY NICELY BOUND IN HALF LEATHER OVER MARBLED BOARDS NEW ENDPAPERS RAISED BANDS GILT TITLES EXCEPTIONALLY CLEAN AND TIDY. NEWCASTLE, WALKER, 1809 hardcover

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NATURE DRAWINGS SIGNED LIMITED COPY

réf. 32016ESSEX ARLEQUIN PRESS 1993. LIMITED TO ONLY 50 SIGNED AND NUMBERED COPIES THIS BEING NUMBER 27. LOVELY BINDING IN HALF GREEN MOROCCO OVER MARBLED BOARDS. SMALL QUARTO. INCLUDES A SEPARATE DRAWING OF SEA OTTERS. COMPLETE WITH MATCHING SLIPCASE. A FINE COPY EXCEPT FOR A FEW MINOR MARKS OF FOXING TO THE PRELIMS. VERY SCARCE. ESSEX, ARLEQUIN PRESS, 1993 hardcover

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THE BIRDS OF THE BELGIAN CONGO.

réf. 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

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DUNN ROBERT:Biblio.com

THE ORNITHOLOGIST'S GUIDE TO THE ISLANDS OF ORKNEY AND SHETLAND

réf. 32258LONDON THE AUTHOR 1837. FIRST EDITION SMALL OCTAVO 128 PAGES. VERY GOOD IN RED CLOTH LEATHER SPINE GILT 2 FOLDING MAPS AND A FRONTIS. MINOR FOXING TO PRELIMS THEN VERY CLEAN. NAME TO FEP AND BOOKPLATE OF ALDERMAN JOHN BROWN OF HULL TO FRONT PASTEDOWN. DUNN WAS AN 'ANIMAL PRESERVER' FROM HULL. A NICE COPY OF A VERY SCARCE WORK. LONDON, THE AUTHOR, 1837 hardcover

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LILFORD LORD:Biblio.com

NOTES ON THE BIRDS OF NORTHAMPTONSHIRE AND NEIGHBOURHOOD

réf. 32332LONDON PORTER 1895. FIRST EDITION QUARTO THE LARGE PAPER VERSION WHICH WAS LIMITED TO 100 SUBSCRIBERS. TWO VOLUMES HALF LEATHER T.E.G. ILLUSTRATED BY THORBURN AND LODGE MAP TO THE REAR OF VOLUME 2. A HANSOME SET BUT WITH SEVERE SCUFFING TO THE LEATHER WITH SOME LOSS AT THE CORNERS. TIGHTLY BOUND AND CLEAN. FROM THE LIBRARY OF GERALD LONGLEY PARKER WITH HIS BOOKPLATE. HE WAS A SOLDIER AND SERVED AS THE PRIVATE SECRETARY TO THE GOVERNOR OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA AND WAS THE SON OF THE SIXTH EARL OF MACCLESFIELD. THE BOOKS WEIGH 5.6 Kg. VERY SCARCE. LONDON, PORTER, 1895 hardcover

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