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1959réf. 035373London: British Ornithologist's Union 1959. Book. Near Fine. 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 are unmarked with bright gilt lettering to the spines corners are a little bumped/rounded binding firm. Contents clean and tight endpapers unmarked no foxing. A great deal of interesting article photographic plates and charts within. A clean and little read run of eight volumes 1959 to 1964 inclusive. Haevy set to 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
2018réf. 0K-ELOV-EF0Y2018. Hardcover. 2018 Sweet & Maxwell hardcover 14th edition. Light reading wear else very good condition. hardcover
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
1901réf. 020302Edinburgh: Printed for Private Circulation 1901. Illustrated with three plates large octavo pp xiv ii 203 the top edge gilt the other two edges age-toned a few slight thumb/reading creases a few neat pencil notes in the margins the page listing the illustrations is foxed the endpapers age-toned the name of the original owner on the presentation page has been gemtly removed otherwise very clean internally blue cloth with only very slight signs of use. The Oates-Selborne copy with the bookplate of Robert Washington Oates. VERY SCARCE. First Edition. Cloth. Very Good. Printed for Private Circulation Hardcover
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
2013réf. x-0415734517Routledge 2013. Hardcover. New. 1st edition. 324 pages. 8.60x5.60x1.10 inches. Routledge hardcover
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
1957réf. 016139London: Collins 1957. Illustrated small octavo pp xii 176 fore-edge slightly foxed a signature on the front endpaper and an owner's small book label beneath the d.w. flap otherwise very clean internally green cloth with a very slight suggestion of fade along the top edge; the dustwrapper is not price-clipped it is slightly worn along its top edge and a little soiled on its rear cover the spine is a little faded and age-toned. . First Edition. Cloth. Very Good/Slightly worn and faded. Collins Hardcover
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
réf. 32250LONDON VAN VOORST 1886. FIRST EDITION LARGE OCTAVO ORIGINAL BLUE BOARDS BEVELLED EDGES FOLDING COLOURED MAP AND TEXT ILLUSTRATIONS SOME COLOURED. 214 PAGES PLUS ADVERTS. SMALL INOFFENSIVE STAMP TO HALF TITLE. VERY MINOR FOXING BUT A VERY NICE EXAMPLE OF THIS SCARCE WORK. LONDON, VAN VOORST, 1886 hardcover
réf. 7558JOHN VAN VOORST. LONDON. 1843. FIRST EDITION THREE VOLUMES. FINE MODERN THREE QUARTERS MOROCCO BINDING. GILT. 520 TEXT WOODCUTS. A MOST HANDSOME SET. PREVIOUS OWNER'S BOOKPLATE. EXTRA POSTAGE WILL BE REQUIRED. JOHN VAN VOORST. LONDON. 1843 unknown
