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1838réf. 033322EDINBURGH: W H LIZARS 1838 A good to very good copy of the 1st edition in the original publisher's cloth binding with 31 hand coloured plates and a hand coloured vignette title page. The binding is clean and sound with light fading to the spine and the board edges. The spine ends have some chipping and there is a small cloth split developing at the top end of the front spine joint. The corners are turned inwards. The original green endpapers are present and are bright and unmarked. Contents: volume listing; half title; black and white frontispiece portrait of Haller; hand coloured vignette title page with picture of Green Tody; 2 further title pages; advert; contents listing; Memoir of Baron Haller; text; and 31 hand coloured plates bound at the rear. This is an unusual copy in that all of the text remains unopened - in the state in which it came from the publishers. The text paper looks quite brown toned. The plates at the rear are all very clean. There is offsetting to the tissue guards. The tissue guard to the frontispiece has been torn out. W H LIZARS hardcover
1838réf. 033186EDINBURGH: W H LIZARS 1838 A very good copy of the 1st edition of Part 1 of Birds of Great Britain and Ireland from the Naturalist's Library. In the original publisher's cloth binding with gilt titles to spine with 34 hand coloured plates as called for. Containing half title; list of volumes in the series; frontispiece portrait of Sir Robert Sibbald; black and white vignette title page 2 people hunting with birds; 2 further title pages; publisher's advert; contents listing; Memoir of Sir Robert Sibbald; text with black and white illustrations; and 34 hand coloured plates bound at the rear. The binding has been rebacked preserving the original spine and is sound and tight. There is fading to the spine and board edges and a couple of small marks to the front board. The top corners of the boards have light bumps. The original green endpapers are present with professional repair to the joints. The contents are very clean and the plates are well-coloured. The and plate paper has light toning. The tissue guards to the plates have occasional marks or spots and some offsetting. The tissue guard to plate 16 has a red paint mark at the edge. Plate 22 was originally badly bound making the image too close to the side edge so that the top edge of a bird's head has been removed. W H LIZARS hardcover
1842réf. 033183EDINBURGH: W H LIZARS 1842 A good to very good copy of the 1st edition in the original publisher's cloth binding with 34 hand coloured plates. With volume listing; frontispiece portrait of Rev Dr Walker; hand coloured vignette title page showing a spaniel and a heron; 2 further title pages; publisher's advert; contents listing; Memoir of Dr Walker; and text with black and white illustrations and 34 hand coloured plates bound at the rear. The binding has been rebacked relaying the original spine and the end papers repaired and retained. The binding has fading to spine and board edges and light wear to corners. The end papers have some marking at the joints where repaired. The text pages are generally clean with light toning and occasional marking and spotting mainly at the edges. All the plates are tissue-guarded and are very well coloured. There is some offsetting to the guards and the occasional nibble to the guard edge. There is an old crease to plate 29 and its tissue guard not affecting the image. W H LIZARS hardcover
1839réf. 033179EDINBURGH: W H LIZARS 1839 A very good copy of the 1st edition of Part II of Birds of Great Britain and Ireland in the original publisher's cloth binding. This volume covers a range of familiar birds from bullfinches to wrens. Contents: volume listing; half title; black and white frontispiece portrait of William Smellie with tissue guard; hand coloured vignette title page showing a robin; 2 further title pages; publisher's advert; contents listing; Memoir of William Smellie; text with black and white illustrations and 30 hand coloured plates bound at the rear. The original binding has been rebacked relaying the original spine and is sound and tight. There is slight scuffing to the boards which have light wear to corners and edges. There is fading to the spine and to the board edges. The original green endpapers are present with professional repair at the inner joints. Text and plate pages have light toning at the margins. The plates are clean and well coloured. The paint has splashed however in a couple of places eg at plate 16 where there is a small blue splot at the bottom of the plate and a blue splash at the back of the previous plate affecting the plate edge. Plates are without tissue guards and there is some offsetting to the backs of previous plates. W H LIZARS hardcover
1834réf. 033090EDINBURGH: W H LIZARS 1834 A good to very good copy of the 1st edition of Volume I of Gallinaceous Birds covering varieties of domestic and wild fowl eg turkeys pheasants in the publisher's brown cloth binding. Copy previously in the ownership of Francis Hemming the entomologist and with his book plate at the front pastedown. Contents with half title; black and white frontispiece portrait of Aristotle; hand coloured vignette title page with a picture of a cockerel; 2 further title pages; contents listing; Memoir of Aristotle; and text with black and white illustrations and 30 hand coloured plates 29 plates are listed in the contents index but there are 2 versions of plate 18. 32pp of advertisements and a 4 page yellow geographical works advert at the rear. The cloth binding has been rebacked relaying the original spine and is sound and tight. There is some slightly paler marking to the boards and the corners have light wear. The original green endpapers are present - the free endpaper is watermarked - and have professional repair at the joints. Contents are clean with toning to the margins including to the plate paper. Pages 169-172 have been roughly opened at the top edge and there is a small ink spot at the top edge of p 205. The plates are generally clean and very well coloured. Tissue guards tend to have some spotting or offsetting - Plate 1 has general toning and a very browned guard and the guard to plate 24 has a small area of paint from the bird on it. W H LIZARS hardcover
1916réf. 003715New York: The University of the State of New York State Museum 1916. Reading copy with much wear and tear. Full page color plates by L.A. Fuertes. Marginalia lovers dream. It appears that the owner of this book used it to document in almost diary form throughout book what appears to be more than 20 years of bird watching from 1931 to 1953 with dated notes throughout: on blank pages reverso of plates etc even laid in sheets. Book has numerous flaws with serious wear and tear to cloth covers. Cloth is peeling from front boards and there is a split the length of front spine. Shaken. Multiple sheets laid in front of book were cello taped and are now loose and the cello tape has left a dark stain. There is evidence on about six pages in front of insect or rodent nibbling on bottom corner these are actually laid in lone pages not pages from the actual book. The color plates are bright but some have fingermarks or light foxed spots at least one page has ink transfer from the previous page. There are some plates with notes or marginalia on reverse. Cloth. Reading Copy/No Jacket. Illus. by Fuertes L.A. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. The University of the State of New York State Museum Hardcover
1840réf. 10158316mo 2 1/2 x 4 original paper wrappers illustrated 16 pp. Some staining and soiling to covers stitch a little loose slight tears along hinges a little browning and foxing. In pretty decent condition for such a delicate item. Scarce children's title OCLC locates only a couple of copies with bird wood engraved illustrations. Includes description and small illustrations of the Robin Golden Eagle Blue Bird Turtle Doves Owl Wild Goose Quail and Nightingale. OCLC. Bailey & Noyes,
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
1794réf. 033347London : Printed for the Author and for F and C Rivington 1794 A complete set of Donovan's British Birds with 244 hand coloured plates. In contemporary half morocco leather bindings with marbled paper sides with the 10 volumes bound in 5. A mixed edition - with Vol III having a 'New Edition' title page dated 1815 and Vol V with a title dated 1820. The other 8 volumes have first issue titles. The bindings have highly decorative spines with 6 gilt compartments 4 with a gilt bird in the middle one with titles and one with volume numbers. The leather has occasional scuffing and surface loss particularly on the corners. There is rubbing to the spine joints and the first 2 volumes have closed splits at the joints extending 2 compartments down from the top. The marbled paper is quite scuffed on the surface and edges. Internally the endpapers have the same marbling. All the volumes have initial blanks; some have final blanks. Unusually the plates have thick slightly waxy paper guards instead of the normal tissue paper. These do not enhance the appearance of the volumes but they have protected the plates well and the colours are vibrant. The contents are not sewn in and a couple of plates and some guards are loose. Overall the text paper tends to be toned and with occasional spotting and browning around the edges - particularly the top edge. The plate paper is slightly toned but fox spots are rare. There is some offsetting to the guard paper. Contents tightly bound. Contents: Vol I/II - I - title 1794 with ink gift inscription at the top; text paginated for a few pages only; plates 1-29 with text. II - title 1795; index to Vol II 6pp; plates with text 30-48 19 plates; Index Vol I 9 pp Vol II alphabetical arrangement 1p. Guards loose to plates 4 45 and 46 plate 6 loose. Vol III/IV; III - title 'new edition' 1815; plates with text 49-72 25 plates; IV - title 1797; plates with text 73-100 28 plates; Index to III and IV. Plates 62 and 83 loose. Vol V/VI: V - title 1820; text with plates 101-124 24 plates; VI - 1816; plates and text 125-148 24 plates; index to V and VI. Guards to 136 140 and 147 with some damage; plate 148 loss top edge at gutter.Vols VII/VIII: VII - title 1816 plates with text 149-172 24 plates; VIII - title 1817; plates with text 173-196 24 plates; index to VII and VIII. Small paint spot on plate 158; guard to 159 loose; plates 174 and 180 with small paint runs. Vols IX/X: IX title 1818; plates with text 197-220 24 plates; index Vol IX; X - 1819; plates with text 221-244 24 plates; index to X; General Systematic Arrangement 15pp. Please enquire if you would like additional details and/or images Printed for the Author and for F and C Rivington hardcover
1935réf. 32670Chicago: Popular Publications Inc. 1935. Tanning to text paper closed tears to first two leaves vertical crease along right front edge with tiny tears covers reglued a very good to nearly fine copy. 32670. Small octavo cover by Frederick Blakesee pictorial wrappers. Pulp magazine. "The Telsa Raiders" by Robert Sidney Bowen. The Dusty Ayres series was set in the near future. The world with the exception of the United States has been conquered by an Asiatic dictator. Reference: Tymm and Ashley Science Fiction Fantasy and Weird Fiction Magazines pp. 194-196. Popular Publications, Inc. unknown
1935réf. 32669Chicago: Popular Publications Inc. 1935. Mild tanning to text paper covers appear somewhat trimmed covers re-glued. A good to very good copy. 32669. Small octavo cover by Frederick Blakesee pictorial wrappers. Pulp magazine. "The Blue Cyclone" by Robert Sidney Bowen. The Dusty Ayres series was set in the near future. The world with the exception of the United States has been conquered by an Asiatic dictator. Reference: Tymm and Ashley Science Fiction Fantasy and Weird Fiction Magazines pp. 194-196. Popular Publications, Inc. unknown
1934réf. 32666Chicago: Popular Publications Inc. 1934. Tanning to text paper supple mild wear to yapp edges with tiny tears several creases pencil numbers to upper left front cover front cover over glued some spine edge rubs a good to very good copy. 32666. Small octavo cover by Frederick Blakesee pictorial wrappers. Pulp magazine. "The Green Thunderbolt" by Robert Sidney Bowen. The Dusty Ayres series was set in the near future. The world with the exception of the United States has been conquered by an Asiatic dictator. Reference: Tymm and Ashley Science Fiction Fantasy and Weird Fiction Magazines pp. 194-196. Popular Publications, Inc. unknown
1935réf. 32668Chicago: Popular Publications Inc. 1935. Text paper tanned but readable mild edge wear to covers with a few tiny tears a number of pin holes to front cover near spine and also rear cover covers re-glued. A very good copy. 32668. Small octavo cover by Frederick Blakesee pictorial wrappers. Pulp magazine. "The Troposhere F-S" by Robert Sidney Bowen. The Dusty Ayres series was set in the near future. The world with the exception of the United States has been conquered by an Asiatic dictator. Reference: Tymm and Ashley Science Fiction Fantasy and Weird Fiction Magazines pp. 194-196. Popular Publications, Inc. unknown
réf. 9403513683.Gpaperback. Good. Access codes and supplements are not guaranteed with used items. May be an ex-library book. paperback
réf. 1144842824.Gpaperback. Good. Access codes and supplements are not guaranteed with used items. May be an ex-library book. paperback
réf. 9403503017.Gpaperback. Good. Access codes and supplements are not guaranteed with used items. May be an ex-library book. paperback
1914réf. 51184Albany NY: University of the State of New York. Good with no dust jacket; Boards worn foxing waterstain to head of . volume one and to lower corners of volume two with some stuck lower page . corners to index of volume two. 1914. Second Edition. Hardcover. Vol. 1 published in 1910 Vol. II published in 1914. Indices. A two volume set illustrated with a total of 148 color plates by Louis Agassiz Fuertes including many birds no longer found in New York or extinct like the Passenger Pigeon. Green cloth binding with gilt lettering on spines. An important ornithological reference. ; 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall; 1218 pages . University of the State of New York hardcover
1853réf. 033269London : Reeve and Co 1853 A good copy of the 2nd edition in the original decorative cloth binding with 20 hand coloured plates. Popular British Ornithology was part of Reeve's Popular Natural History series which was produced to give young students a proper grounding in natural history subjects. The binding is sound and clean. The spine is faded with light pulling to the ends. Boards have some mottling to the cloth but the gilt decoration on the front board is bright. There are a couple of small dents in the side edge of the back board and 2 slightly darker scuffs on the front board. There is some splitting at the front endpaper joint but the book is sound. Contents are in very good clean condition with light toning and occasional spotting to page edges. The plate list is slightly confusing because the frontispiece is not numbered and plate 14 is placed earlier than it should be. Reeve and Co hardcover
1858réf. 033219London: Lovell Reeve 1858 A very good copy of the 1st edition in the original decorative cloth binding with 20 hand coloured plates. Part of Lovell Reeve's Popular Natural History series where a number of authors were chosen to introduce their subjects to young people in a way that would give a good foundation while inspiring them to study further. This copy is in the original binding which is very bright and clean. The gilt decoration on the front board is slightly dulled. Spine ends have light pulling and there is light wear to corners. Contents complete with hand coloured frontispiece and 19 further plates. 1 page ad for the Literary Gazette at the rear. There is an ink inscription at the front free endpaper. Top and side page edges rough with the occasional very small edge tear. Contents are clean with light spotting which occasionally affects plates. Light marking to endpapers. Lovell Reeve hardcover
1964réf. 724734PN. New. 1964. Soft Cover. Date is original print. This is a reprint edition. . PN paperback
1815réf. 033188Bungay: Printed and published by Brightly & Childs. Published also by T Kinnersley 1815 A good 2 volume set in new half calf and marbled board bindings with 148 of 152 hand-coloured plates. This work is extremely rare and as is usual with the Bungay publications the paper quality is poor tending to attract dirt and staining. The collation of this work is generally haphazard and the plates are not numbered. The bindings are in fine condition with leather title labels and gilt lines to spines. Contents: Vol I: title; introduction i - xxxv; text pp 1-586 with 67 of 71 plates. Vol II: title dated 1820; text pp 1-700 with 81 plates Finis. The paper in both volumes is toned to varying degrees with some areas of offsetting marking or staining. Some page corners have been turned over. There is the occasional side edge tear and there is professional paper repair to the title page of Vol I and initial pages where there has been some worming. There is slight worming in the margin of xiii-xvi. The plates in these volumes are cleaner with better and more detailed colouring than usual and the plate paper is in better condition than the text paper. The plate of the Spoonbill in Vol II has some black ink splots on it - as does the opposing text page no 333. Please enquire if you would like to see additional images to better assess condition. Printed and published by Brightly & Childs. Published also by T Kinnersley hardcover
1982réf. 0005345University Press of Kansas 1982. First edition. Hardcover. Near Fine/near fine. Facsimiles plates in color and b&w. Quarto 416pp. green cloth; white dust jacket. This is the first comprehensive reference work on this superb artist and ornithologist. Facsimiles plates in color and b&w. University Press of Kansas hardcover
1959réf. 000652London: Collins 1959. Collins London. 1959 1st hardback. Very Good/Good 220 x 145mm 208 pages. Colour and b/w photos line drawings. Book condition: Very good clean green buckram boards firm binding dedication on endpaper minor corner bumps. Comments: A classic NN volume on the biology of various species of Bumblebees. . First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good/Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Collins Hardcover
réf. 21369Boston: D. Lothrop 1882. unpaginated 63pp a.e.g. frontis. salmon cloth 8vo w/gilt titles & decorations: about Good/no dj hinges are cracked but holding; spine strip is age darkened with wear @ ends; endpp. show some foxing; else a clean & complete copy A charming woodland jaunt written for juvenile readers by the New Hampshire writer Amanda Bartlett Harris 1824-1917 with 14 illustrations including 12 full page sketches. Boston: D. Lothrop hardcover
1893réf. 033264Washington: U S Department of Agriculture 1893 A good copy of the 1st edition in the original cloth binding with 26 coloured plates. The binding is sound and bright with gilt titles to spine and textured cloth boards. There is some pulling to spine ends and light wear to corners. The back board has 4 tiny spot marks and a slightly paler area at the top close to the spine. The contents are complete with 26 coloured plates as per the plate listing which places plate 26 before plates 24 and 25. The text paper and endpapers are lightly toned and there is some spotting to the foredge which is occasionally visible internally at the page edge - including plate pages. The plates are tissue-guarded - the guard to plate 9 has small loss from a side edge. There is small stain at the bottom gutter edge which is visible at the rear endpapers and on plates 1 24 and 25. This does not affect the images. A sliver of text surface from p 96 has attached itself to the back of plate 14 - this affects some words but it is possible to work out what they are from what remains. Please enquire if you would like to see additional images. U S Department of Agriculture hardcover
