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réf. 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
1951réf. 038612Hertford: Stephen Austin & Sons Printers 1951. 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 run of 3 years 1951-1953 all in the original parts with wrappers 6 parts per year = 18 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
1853réf. 033929London: H. G. BOHN 1853. Book. Illus. by Stewart James Hope; Edward Lear. Selby P. J. Very Good. Hardcover. First Edition Thus. 8vo 19 x 13 cm. "With Considerable Additions On Structure Migration And Economy Compiled From Various Sources By H. G. Adams. Incorporating The Whole Of Sweet's British Warblers"; pp. xvi 500; 38 fine b/w engraved plates after James Hope Stewart Edwear Lear Selby with further full page and in-text illustrations. Publisher's green cloth with extensive blind stamped decoration gilt lettering to the spine very good with light wear only spine slightly faded. Contents clean and tight original publisher's catalogue endpapers no inscriptions. A very good copy scarce in this condition. H. G. BOHN Hardcover
réf. 42096PETERBOROUGH LANGFORD PRESS 2006. FIRST EDITION. OCTAVO. A NEAR FINE COPY IN A NEAR FINE DUSTWRAP. SIGNED BY THE AUTHOR. PETERBOROUGH, LANGFORD PRESS, 2006 unknown
réf. 16783WELLFLEET. SECAUCUS. 1989. TWO VOLUMES IN ONE. QUARTO NEAR FINE HARDBACK IN A DUSTWRAP. WITH 125 COLOUR PAINTINGS AND NUMEROUS OTHERS. 950 PAGES OF INFORMATION AND REFERENCE. POSTAGE WILL BE EXTRA. WELLFLEET. SECAUCUS. 1989 hardcover
réf. 39183LONDON GURNEY AND JACKSON 1930. FIRST EDITION VERY GOOD COPY IN GREEN CLOTH NO DUSTWRAPPER. GILT TITLE ON SPINE. TEXT ILLUSTRATIONS PLUS COLOUR PLATES BY W.H. RIDDELL. WITH A MEMOIR BY GEORGE BOLAM. LONDON, GURNEY AND JACKSON, 1930 hardcover
réf. 286441985 WINCHESTER PRESS SOUTH AFRICA. 1ST EDITION. NEAR FINE COPY IN NEAR FINE DUSTWRAP. THIS BOOK IS THE SHOWCASE FOR 94 OF THE RAREST AND MOST VUNERABLE BIRDS TO BE FOUND IN SOUTHERN AFRICA.THIS IS A VERY HEAVY BOOK SO EXTRA POSTAGE WILL BE ASKED FOR. STANDARD EDITION. 1985, WINCHESTER PRESS, SOUTH AFRICA unknown
réf. 33595OXFORD UNIVERSITY PRESS 1988. FIRST EDITION NEAR FINE COPY IN DUSTWRAP. BOOKPLATE TO FRONT PASTEDOWN. THE COMPREHENSIVE HANDBOOK. EXTRA POSTAGE WILL BE ASKED FOR AMAZON AND ABE CUSTOMERS. SCARCE VOLUME IN THE SERIES OXFORD, UNIVERSITY PRESS, 1988 unknown
réf. 30401OXFORD UNIVERSITY PRESS 1988. FIRST EDITION VERY GOOD COPY IN VERY GOOD DUSTWRAP SLIGHTLY FADED SPINE. THE COMPREHENSIVE HANDBOOK. EXTRA POSTAGE WILL BE REQUIRED. OXFORD, UNIVERSITY PRESS, 1988 unknown
1973réf. 000154London: Collins 1973. Collins London. 1973 1st hardback. Very Good/Very Good. 215 x 145 mm 288 pages. B/w photos. Book Condition: Very good clean tight black boards neat owner's plate on front paste-down. Dust Jacket Condition: Very good price-clipped very minor rubbing to lower edge of rear jacket which will be sleeved before delivery. One of the 'classics' amongst bird monographs "The Dotterel" is the result of many years study by Nethersole-Thompson in upland Britain. . Birds Dotterel. Hard Cover. Very Good/Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Collins Hardcover
1881réf. 003646London: Longmans Green and Co. 1881. Good/Pictorial boards. 8vo. 220 x 140mm 548 pages. Chromopxylographs maps woodcuts. Book condition: Good clean gilt decorated and titled boards not faded tight binding not inscribed. Overall pretty good copy for it's age! Comments: A comprehensive study of the Arctic and Antarctic polar regions: animals birds marine life Iceland Westman Islands Norwegian coast Spitzbergen Bear Island Jan Meyen Novaya Zemlya The Lapps Siberia Kamtschatka Alaska Hudson's Bay Indian tribes Antarctica Patagonia and much more. Some super illustrations!. Hard Cover. Good/Pictorial Board. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Longmans, Green and Co. hardcover
réf. 32318GLASGOW THOMAS MURRAY 1871. FIRST EDITION ORIGINAL GREEN CLOTH. 520 PAGES 15 PLATES FRONT HINGE CRACKED GRUBBY PRELIMS THEN CLEAN SMALL LOSS TO FOOT OF SPINE AND SOME WEAR TO THE CLOTH BUT VERY GOOD OVERALL. GLASGOW, THOMAS MURRAY, 1871 hardcover
réf. 32319LONDON PORTER 1907. FIRST EDITION QUARTORED CLOTH COLOUR FRONTIS. 175 PAGES SMALL MAP. SOME AGE-TONING TO THE PRELIMS. BUT A VERY NICE FRESH COPY. LONDON, PORTER, 1907 hardcover
réf. 261461992 ACADEMIC PRESS LONDON. NEW BOOK IN DUSTWRAP. ILLUSTRATED BY ALAN HARRIS AND DAVID QUINN. PUBLISHED WITH THE SUPPORT OF THE BREHM FOUNDATION. EXTRA POSTAGE WILL BE REQUIRED FOR OVERSEAS. 1992 ACADEMIC PRESS, LONDON unknown
1986réf. 000656T & A D Poyser 1986. T & A D Poyser. 1986 1st hardback. Very Good/Very Good. 240 x 160mm 396 pages. B/w photos line drawings by Keith Brockie maps. Book Condition: Very good clean black cloth boards tight binding. Jacket Condition: Very good clean bright touch of fade to spine not creased not price-clipped. Comments: One of the more noted Poyser titles this monograph on the Sparrowhawk is an excellent comprehensive and detailed study by the author. . First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good/Very Good. Illus. by Keith Brockie. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. T & A D Poyser Hardcover
réf. 39219LONDON H.F. AND G. WITHERBY 1926. A VERY GOOD COPY IN RED BOARDS - SLIGHTLY FADED SPINE. SOME FOXING AT THE FRONT AND REAR AND PAGE EDGES. BEING AN ACCOUNT OF THE AVIFAUNA OF THE COTE D`AZUR FROM THE ESTEREL MOUNTAINS TO THE ITALIAN FRONTIER. SIX PLATES BY VARIOUS ARSTISTS AND TEXT FIGURES BY THE AUTHOR. SCARCE. LONDON, H.F. AND G. WITHERBY, 1926 hardcover
réf. 8985WILLIAMS & NORGATE. LONDON. 1926. VERY GOOD HARDBACK IN BLUE CLOTH GOLD TITLE ON SPINE AND FRONT BOARD. SLIGHTLY WEAK SPINE. FOXING THROUGHOUT. FULLY ILLUSTRATED IN COLOUR. 1ST EDITION WILLIAMS & NORGATE. LONDON. 1926 hardcover
2003réf. 002122London: Collins 2003. Fine. 8vo. 220 x 150mm 218 pages. Colour and b/w photos line drawings maps. Book condition: Fine clean bright not faded not creased tight binding no inscriptions protected in removable clear Lyfjacket. Comments: An excellent study of British bat species - their evolution biology feeding reproduction threats and conservation; illustrated. First Edition in paperback. Soft Cover. Fine/-. Illus. by -. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Collins Paperback
réf. 18280OLIVER AND BOYD. LONDON. 1954. FIRST EDITION VERY GOOD HARDBACK IN TORN DUSTWRAP. AN ACCOUNT OF THE DISTRIBUTION MIGRATIONS AND HABITS AS OBSERVED IN IRELAND. ILLUSTRATED WITH BLACK AND WHITE PHOTOGRAPHS. OLIVER AND BOYD. LONDON. 1954 hardcover
réf. 32521POYSER. 2010. REPRINT. FINE COPY IN FINE PROTECTED DUSTWRAPPER. INCLUDES CHAPTERS ON NOMENCLATURE RACES AND MORPHS BIOMETRICS NESTING INCUBATION CHICK REARING MIGRATION FEEDING FEEDING ECOLOGY. ILLUSTRATED BY ALAN HARRIS. POYSER. 2010 unknown
réf. 40025LONDON CHRISTOPHER HELM 2008. SECOND EDITION. A FINE COPY IN A FINE DUSTWRAP WITH A CONTRIBUTION ON MOLECULAR EVOLUTION BY MICHAEL WINK PETRA HEIDRICH HEDI SAUER-GURTH ABDEL-AZIZ ELSAYED AND JAVIER GONZALEZ. LONDON, CHRISTOPHER HELM, 2008 unknown
réf. 5722LONDON CHARLES KNIGHT 1850. BOUND IN HALF LEATHER VERY WORN TEAR AT THE BOTTOM OF THE SPINE. A CLEAN AND TIGHT COPY. WITH QUALITY ENGRAVINGS OF CONTEMPORARY SCENES AND FIGURES. ALSO THREE FOLD-OUT MAPS. 641 PAGES. MARBLED BOARDS. WOULD INCUR EXTRA POSTAGE IF SENT OVERSEAS. LONDON, CHARLES KNIGHT, 1850 hardcover
1977réf. 000127London: Collins 1977. Collins London. 1977 1st hardback. Very Good/Very Good. 225 x 155 mm 223 pages.Colour plates b/w photos line drawings. Book Condition: Very good clean tight green boards neat owner's plate inside cover. Dust Jacket Condition: Very good not price-clipped unfaded spine Mylar sleeving as published. One of the scarcer NN titles with a print run of only 4000 copies. The book investigates ants as insects types of British ant ant structure feeding nesting brood rearing ant communities etc. A nice clean copy in fine condition! . First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good/Very Good. Illus. by Gordon Riley. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Collins Hardcover
1892réf. 036071London: Gurney & Jackson 1892. Book. Illus. by G.E Lodge Victor Prout. Near Fine. Hardcover. Second Edition Revised. 8vo. Pp. 2 xxvi 271 4; large fold out map in text and plate illustrations throughout by Lodge and others. Green cloth binding very good and bright light rubbing to joints. Contents clean and tight no foxing original yellow end papers. Freddie Spencer Chapman's copy with his pencil initials and date to the front free end paper. A clean near fine copy. F. S. Chapman needs little introduction - war time hero and ornithologisht with an extraordinary story: for over three years during the second world war he "blew up trains bridges and enemy soldiers in the jungles of Malaya all the while studying birdlife and sending home seeds". Gurney & Jackson Hardcover
1917réf. 037215London: Macmillan and Co. Limited 1917. Book. Very Good. Hardcover. First Edition. 8vo. 691 pages the definitive bibliography for pre-1913 books on British birds. Original hardback binding very good gilt lettering to spine a little dulled. Contents clean and tight replacement front free end paper to match original unmarked no inscriptions. A very good tight copy. Outstanding and indispensable. Macmillan and Co., Limited Hardcover