Best.-Nr. 34065OXFORD UNIVERSITY PRESS. 1998. FIRST EDITION 2 VOLUMES IN FINE CONDITION IN A SLIPCASE. CONCISE EDITIONS. VOLUME 1: NON-PASSERINES AND VOLUME 2: PASSERINES. BASED ON THE HANDBOOK OF THE BIRDS OF EUROPE THE MIDDLE EAST AND NORTH AFRICA. EXTRA POSTAGE. OXFORD UNIVERSITY PRESS. 1998 unknown
Best.-Nr. 28312LONDON COUNTRY LIFE 1928. FIRST EDITION. LIMITED TO 950 NUMBERED COPIES THIS BEING NUMBER 847. QUARTO QUARTER VELLUM WITH 16 TISSUE-GUARDED PLATES BY SOUTHGATE AND 48 IN BLACK AND WHITE. PREVIOUS OWNER'S INSCRIPTION. A VERY GOOD COPY. LONDON, COUNTRY LIFE, 1928 hardcover
Best.-Nr. 44934PRINCETON UNIVERSITY PRESS 2013. QUARTO A FINE COPY IN A FINE DUSTWRAP. VERY WELL ILLUSTRATED. PRINCETON UNIVERSITY PRESS, 2013 unknown
Best.-Nr. 31122LONDON JOHN VAN VOORST 1865. THIRD EDITION THREE VOLUMES. ORIGINAL GREEN CLOTH 550 TEXT WOODCUTS. EACH VOLUME HAS STRENGTHENING TAPE VERY CLEAN INTERNALLY. A VERY GOOD SET. EXTRA POSTAGE WILL BE REQUIRED. LONDON, JOHN VAN VOORST, 1865 hardcover
1981Best.-Nr. 021310Washington D.C.: Smithsonian Instition Press 1981. VERY HEAVY. Four volumes complete. vii483; v605; iv 631; vi 670 pages; indices bw ills maps. Or green cloth in jackets. Prev owners name in each volume all jackets covered in clear plastic 'contact' moderate foxing to page edges some pages and jacket of V4. All except Volume 1 are first editions- volume one is a second printing. Volume 1:Tinamidae Tinamous to Rynchopidae Skimmers 1981 ISBN 0874740630. Volume 2: Columbidae Pigeons to Pictidae Woodpeckers 1968 . Volume 3: Passeriformes: Dendrocolaptidae Woodcreepers to Oxyruncidae Sharpbills 1972 ISBN 087474122x . Volume 4: Passeriformes: Hirundinidae Swallows to Frngillidae Finches 1984 ISBN 087474122x . Smithsonian Miscellaneous Collections Volume150 Parts I-IV. Compelte set of an important and massive work on the avifauna of Panama. Reprint. Hard Cover. Very Good/Very Good. 4to. Smithsonian Instition Press Hardcover
Best.-Nr. 849396154X.Gpaperback. Good. Access codes and supplements are not guaranteed with used items. May be an ex-library book. paperback
1942Best.-Nr. biblio1572This copy of what is a wonderful close up look at what was North Carolina's bird world in 1942 is signed by three of its authors and was the birding companion of Nancy B. Eliason Art Instructor at Campbell University. Usually marginal notes are annoying but these serve to add a welcome personal level to the text---there's even a poem! Photos on request. NC Department of Agriculture hardcover
1822Best.-Nr. 23414London 1822. Very good overall. A handsome hand colored copper engraving of an Australian falcon perched on a branch from Latham's 'General Synopsis of Birds'. Dr. John Latham 1740 - 1847 the leading British ornithologist of his time was a founding member of the Linnean Society and through his work with the society became acquainted with the leading naturalists and collectors of the day. Many specimens and drawings of Australian birds were arriving in Britain following expeditions to Australia. Latham gave the first published descriptions and scientific names of Australian birds including the emu lyre bird magpie and white cockatoo. A good strong impression on paper with wide margins. Faint smudging in the top margin only not affecting the image. 'Plate XI' upper left corner. Paper 8 1/4 x 10 1/2" unknown
1838Best.-Nr. 045893London: John Van Voorst 1838. Book. Good. Hardcover. 1st Edition. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Dark green cloth lettered in gilt. Horizontal crease/bend to upper front board with mended separation of cloth along upper front joint otherwise modest shelf wear. Toned endpapers clean interior. vii684 pp. Scarce. John Van Voorst Hardcover
1934Best.-Nr. 062512-ENew York: D. Appleton - Century Co. 1934. Book. Illus. by Various Artist. Very Good. Hardcover. 2nd. Revised Edition 1934 Red cloth hardcover with gilded lettering to the cover and spine . End page at front is color map and end page at back has ruler . Illustrated with some color plates and many black & white illustration and drawings . Condition : Very Good. with edge rubs and light fading at the spine and fading of a drinking glass ring on the back board. Size: 12mo - over 6¾ - 7¾" tall. D. Appleton - Century Co. Hardcover
1944Best.-Nr. 106710" x 7" x 0.25" 36 pages. Orange Card Stock Cover with Black Printing has watermark on the upper right corner in front and some water marking along the edge on the back cover. Appears to have a drip from a fountain pen near the hinge on the front cover. Otherwise cover in good condition with little shelf wear. 36 glossy pages with 1 color plate and 12 black and white full-page plates of the early work of Wallace Hughes "a promising young artists. Wallace Hughes is now in his early twenties" in 1944. 13 B&W photographs of birds at OWEN PARK in Tulsa Oklahoma included in an article "by the editor of Parks & Recreation" Will O. Dolittle after the Wallace Hughes text and plates. The twelve plates illustrate the park birds in Owen Park in each of the twelve months of the year. Book has had newspaper clippings stored within the pages as late as 1963 causing some discoloration to some of the pages. Clippings included in the sale. Application for membership in the Tulsa Audubon Society also inserted at the back of the book. Rare and precious find. Our personal family collection. Our book number 1067. Reprinted from Parks and Recreation Official Publications. From the press of Wilson-Hall Company, Rockford, Illinois paperback
1902Best.-Nr. 5378New York:: Forest Fish and Game Commision c. 1902. First printing. Fine condition. A Fine original chromolithograph printed on heavy coated stock. Quarto 9 x 12.5 Inches. Published as part of the unbound portfolio of prints. This is one of the finest of the late 19th to early 20th century American chromolithographs: a color-printed lithograph for which a separate stone was used for the application of each color thus requiring meticulous registration to recreate the subtle tones of blended color . Archivally double matted in Forest Green rag board sized to 14 x 18 inches suitable for framing. Forest, Fish and Game Commision, unknown
1936Best.-Nr. 012802New York: American Museum of Natural History 1936. This is the limited first edition #1175 of 1200 numbered copies. The Macmillan/AMNH edition was the trade edition. The plates are interspersed throughout the text rather than all bound together at the end. 1267 pages in two volumes illustrations photos maps 16 color plates. Geographic background hydrology field work family and species accounts include penguins albatrosses petrels storm petrels shearwaters tropic-birds pelicans boobies cormorants man-o-war birds oystercatchers ducks & geese skuas and jaegers gulls terns skimmers. Small rubber stamps inside cover/flyleaf otherwise a clean tight copy. First Edition Limited and Numbered. Hardcover. Very Good/No Jacket. Illus. by Jaques Francis L. ill. 4to. American Museum of Natural History Hardcover
1996Best.-Nr. Q-1564962407Rockport Pub 1996-01-01. Paperback. New. In shrink wrap. Looks like an interesting title! Rockport Pub paperback
Best.-Nr. 24192LONDON WITHERBY 1920. FIRST EDITION THICK OCTAVO BLUE CLOTH 558 pp. A VERY NICE COPY. PREVIOUS OWNER'S INSCRIPTION ON FRONT PASTEDOWN SOME REFERENCES TICKED IN PENCIL. LONDON, WITHERBY, 1920 hardcover
1969Best.-Nr. 018171Wynnewood: Livingston Publishing Company 1969. HEAVY. xiv 306pp illustrated throughout by tipped-in full-page colour photographs with five paintings by American bird illustrator John C Yrizarry line drawings distribution maps monochrome photographs bibliography gazetteer index. There is an erasure mark prev person's name at the centre of the front flyleaf. Original green cloth boards in dust-jacket. In this Joseph M Forshaw's definitive study of Australian parrots a detailed description of every species is provided together with information on classification and nomenclature flight call habitat distribution habits and movements. Details of the care and housing of parrots in captivity are also given. First American Edition. Hard Cover. Near Fine/Near Fine. Folio. Livingston Publishing Company Hardcover
2002Best.-Nr. 056649South Tweed Heads: ABK Publications 2002. 295pp index bibliography num col ills. Pictorial laminated boards. As new. Invaluable technical volume for breeders of parrots and extremely scarce in hardcover. First Edition. Hard Cover. Fine. 8vo. ABK Publications Hardcover
1966Best.-Nr. adb23aLondon: Michael Joseph / The Connoisseur. VG : in very good condition in marked brown patterned slipcase with ribbon marker. Edge-wear to slipcase with small split to top edge. 1966. First edition thus. Brown hardback cloth covers. 350mm x 280mm 14" x 11". lvi 200pp; 200pp 431 plates. 431 colour plates some double page. Heavy set extra shipping needed for overseas. . Michael Joseph / The Connoisseur hardcover
2007Best.-Nr. c3142Aberlady: The Scottish Ornithologists' Club. VG: in very good condition with green slipcase. 2007. First Edition. Illustrated hardback laminated board cover. 310mm x 230mm 12" x 9". xx x 1634pp. Colour illustrations and diagrams. Heavy set extra shipping needed for overseas. . The Scottish Ornithologists' Club hardcover
1792Best.-Nr. j7074London: P Elmsley; W Richardson. G: Good condition without dust jacket. Cover rubbed with loss to spine. Untrimmed. 1792. First Edition. Grey card cover. 230mm x 140mm 9" x 6". cxxii 160pp plates. Fold-out hand-coloured map b/w fold-out plate. . P Elmsley; W Richardson unknown
Best.-Nr. Toikka, OivaIn Pristine Condition. unknown
Best.-Nr. 84138-41New. unknown
Best.-Nr. 264361994 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. 1994 LYNX EDITIONS, BARCELONA unknown
Best.-Nr. 318071997 LYNX EDITIONS BARCELONA. FINE COPY IN DUSTWRAPPER. 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. 1997 LYNX EDITIONS, BARCELONA unknown
Best.-Nr. 238001999 LYNX EDITIONS BARCELONA. A FINE COPY IN LIKE DUSTWRAP. PROFUSELY ILLUSTRATED IN COLOUR AND WITH LINE DRAWINGS. 760 PAGES. 76 COLOUR PLATES. 406 PHOTOGRAPHS. 758 DISTRIBUTION MAPS. C. 8000 BIBLIOGRAPHICAL REFERENCES. EXTRA POSTAGE WILL BE REQUIRED FOR OUTSIDE THE U.K. 1999 LYNX EDITIONS, BARCELONA unknown
