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1978réf. 57542NY: Oxford University Press. Very Good in Good dust jacket; Jacket tattered edges foxed. 1978. First Edition. Hardcover. 0197141048 . Index bibliography appendices. Seaside author photo with binoculars on rear jacket flap. Aberdeen University Studies Series No. 154. Numerous black and white photographs and illustrations. The author provides a comprehensive look at the sulids encompassing their breeding adaptation selection pressures taxonomy morphology and behavior. Blue cloth binding. ; 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall; 1012 pages . Oxford University Press hardcover
2002réf. 053153Nerang Qld: Petaurus Publishing 2002. 85pp bw ills. Pictorial card. Moderate edge wear to covers bottom front corner creased. SIGNED and inscribed To Steve by compiler David Fleahy's daughter on title page. David Fleahy first to breed the platypus in captiviy and pioneering Australian conservationist has his writings on Australia's largest raptor compiled in this volume by his daughter. Signed & Inscribed by the Compiler. First Edition. Soft Cover. Very Good/None as Issued. 4to. Petaurus Publishing Paperback
1895réf. 052720Philadelphia: David McKay Co 1895. 278pp index bw ills. Pictorial brown cloth. Very slight flecking to rear cover slightest of edge wear to covers light even toning to page edges. A most attractive copy. This edition with additions and a chapter on American incubators included for the first time. First Thus. Hard Cover. Very Good/None as Issued. 8vo. David McKay Co Hardcover
2002réf. 002118London: Collins 2002. Fine. 8vo. 220 x 150mm 310 pages. Colour and b/w photos line drawings. Book condition: Fine clean bright not faded not creased tight binding no inscriptions. Comments: A classic New Naturalist title on Moth species their biology habitats conservation. Moths are the second-largest order of organisms after beetles worldwide!!. First Edition in paperback. Soft Cover. Fine/-. Illus. by -. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Collins Paperback
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
1971réf. 56491NY: Harper and Row. Very Good in Good dust jacket; Page bottoms foxed owner name on front . pastedown endpaper jacket price-clipped with tape repair on the reverse . of the front panel. 1971. First Printing. Hardcover. 0060127759 . Cream cloth. xi 220pp. Foreword black and white illustrations and colored plates. In addition to sixty handsome plates there are also reproduced dozens of sketches in pen and ink pencil and stunning black-and-white wash which show Fuertes at his informal best. rear jacket panel. Foreword by Dean Amadon introduction by Roger Tory Peterson. ; Folio 13" - 23" tall . Harper and Row hardcover
1999réf. 004405New York: Harry N Abrams Inc 1999. 448pp/200 colour plates other illustrations. Every aspect of the Great Auk's natural-and unnatural-history is covered with special chapters devoted to its life cycle and the years during which it dwindled to extinction. Other chapters concern prehistory archaeological finds and areas where the bird made its home. This fascinating historical catalogue covers every known specimen and surviving egg and is a handsome production. Clean. First Edition. Hard Cover. Near Fine/Very Good. Folio - over 12" - 15" tall. Harry N Abrams Inc hardcover
1822réf. 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
1839réf. 21239Philadelphia: J. T. Bowen 1839. Very good condition. Hand colored Audubon lithograph Oppenheimer edition of 'The Birds of America' the octavo edition. No. 4 Pl. 7 and "Drawn from Nature by J. J. Audubon F.R.S.F.L.S." at the lower left. Audubon based these octavo prints on the folio drawings of 'Birds of America' but made some modifications due to the smaller format. With the male and female birds perched on tree branch. Faintly toned upper right edge of print. 6 x 10" J. T. Bowen unknown
1766réf. 20596Florence Italy: Giuseppe Vanni 1766. Print. Very good condition. Contemporary hand colored copper engraving. From the Natural History of the Birds Treated Systematically and Adorned with Copperplate Engraving Illustrations in Miniature and Life-Size 1766-1777. The work carries some interesting historical importance according to Peter Dance: "The production of its five massive folio volumes must have been one of the most remarkable publishing ventures ever undertaken in Florence. Begun in 1767 and based on birds taken from the collection of Giovanni Gerini it was completed ten years later. It was larger better engraved and more vividly coloured than any previous work on birds but these are not its only claim to fame. The attitudes of the birds themselves give this book its unique character. Strutting parading posturing and occasionally flying.are birds whose real-life counterparts would surely disown them and not without reason for Manetti seems in these pictures to be depicting the human comedy the habits and mannerisms of contemporary Italian society. His book may still be rated among the very greatest bird books if only for its magnificent comicality" S. Peter Dance The Art of Natural History: Animal Illustrators and their Work. London 1978. Approx. 10 5/8 x 13 1/2" platemark on watermarked paper measuring 14 1/2 x 18". The original images were drawn by Lorenzo Lorenzi Violante Vanni or Manetti himself. Giuseppe Vanni unknown
1678réf. 30181LONDON : Andrew. Clark. for John Martyn 1678 A very good copy in a high quality full leather binding. With title page in red and black ink; preface; text in 3 books with 2 plates of bird traps bound in and 2 tables which serve as early identification keys; an appendix; summary of falconry; index and 78 plates of birds including the dodo at the rear. This is the first English edition translated from the original Latin which was published in 1676 four years after Willughby's death by his friend and colleague John Ray. It marks one of the first attempts to take a rational scientific approach to classifying birds. It is a matter of debate and current research as to whether Willughby or Ray played a greater part in its development. Ray supervised the publication. The illustrations were commissioned from a number of sources and some birds are depicted twice where the initial image was not very good.This copy lacks the original endpapers - perhaps lost during the later rebinding - but is complete including the additional falconry material. There is some browning to page edges. Some of the plates have some fraying at the very edges where the paper is more fragile. This is most marked in plates LXXVI and LXXVIII - which also has a slight crease. A[ndrew]. C[lark]. for John Martyn hardcover
réf. 032666Edinburgh: W H Lizars A good to very good copy of the second 'Popular' edition of Pigeons with hand coloured vignette title and 30 hand coloured plates from drawings by Edward Lear. Undated but circa 1845. Improvements in printing and materials enabled Lizars to reissue the Naturalist's Library at lower cost while retaining the original text and plates. This volume has added text - a section on rearing feeding and management of domestic pigeons. The red cloth binding is in very good condition. It is complete sound and clean. The cloth is faded to the spine which is pulled - particularly to the top where there is the beginnings of a split and the corners have some bumping and wear. The original endpapers are present. Contents: half title; frontispiece with guard; vignette title; title; contents; memoir and text 252pp with 30 plates. Contents are very clean and bright. The gather at pp 114-226 has loose stitching. W H Lizars hardcover
1969réf. 54993Melbourne: Lansdowne Press. Very Good in Very Good dust jacket; Jacket lightly worn owner name . stamped three times on front free endpaper. 1969. First Edition; Second Printing. Hardcover. xiv 306pp. Green cloth binding. Five paintings by John C. Yrizarry and numerous other color photos of parrots tipped-in. Other black and white photos and maps. Bibliography index gazeteer. A wonderful compendium of information about these colorful parrot species. ; Folio 13" - 23" tall . Lansdowne Press hardcover
2011réf. 051617Heidelberg: Springer Verlag 2011. xvii 263pp index references bw & col ills diagrams. Green boards. As new. The care and breeding of ratites such as ostrich and rhea in a farming situation. First Edition. Hard Cover. Fine. 8vo. Springer Verlag Hardcover
1912réf. 47922Mohonk Lake NY: Mohonk Salesrooms. Very Good; Covers toned. 1912. Softcover. Stapled color illustrated card covers with red cord tie at spine. 52pp 4pp publishers ads. 40 color illustrations of birds. Comes with remains of original color illustrated cardboard gift box. Field guide to some of the common wild birds of New York State. . Mohonk Salesrooms paperback
1857réf. 032907London: Willis and Sotheran 1857 A good set in contemporary rebacked cloth bindings with 322 colour plates of birds 102 colour plates of eggs and 8 black and white plates. The original cloth was probably a shade of green but it has sunned. It has been rebacked in a dark green relaying the original gilt-decorated spines which are mostly complete. The bindings are therefore sound and tight but there is a lot of wear to corners with varying degrees of bumping corner turning fraying and loss of cloth. Newer marbled endpapers have been added and each volume has an armorial bookplate of K I Beynon to the front pastedown with the motto 'Gwell Dysg Na Golud' the original motto of Llandovery College. Internally the volumes are complete and the plates are well-coloured. All the title pages have a small ink signature of Spencer Nicholl to the top. There is sporadic light marking which is mostly to margins particularly the side margin and occasional foxing to text. The top margin has dark toning at the top edge. Vol I: title; contents; preface; text pp 3-320 with 45 bird and 14 egg plates in colour and 6 black and white plates. There is a small top edge tear to plate 22; small loss from the side edge of p 119; and the text pp vary from white to toned with some spotting. Vol II: title; contents; text 233pp with 46 bird and 12 egg colour plates. Plate at p 45 lacks guard; plate at 86 has a creased guard; plate at 107 has a loose guard and there is a small paint run to plate at p214. Vol III: title; contents; text 240pp with 45 bird and 13 egg colour plates. Some spotty text and odd marks to guards or verso of plates. Vol IV: title; contents; text 215pp with 45 bird and 15 egg colour plates. Some marking to plate 160. Vol V: title; contents; text 192pp with 45 bird and 15 egg colour plates. Small repaired paper hole at p49. Vol VI: title; contents; text 185pp with 44 bird and 15 egg colour plates and 1 black and white plate. Light foxing. Vol VII: title; contents; text 198pp with 52 bird and 18 egg colour plates and 1 black and white plate; index pp 199-206. Paper repair to top edge p 49; offsetting to guards. Willis and Sotheran hardcover
1936réf. biblio8959xxiii 317 p. incl. facsim. front. plates. Includes: Illustrations Plates Facsimiles. Nature The MacMillan Company hardcover
1870réf. 030898LONDON: George Bell & Sons 1870 A nice set of the second edition of Morris's History of British Birds. In 6 volumes with original decorative cloth bindings and 365 hand coloured plates as called for. The bindings are all clean with bright gilt pictures of birds to each front board and gilt titles and decoration to spine. There is some wear: volume I has some cloth splitting at the hinges and splitting at the rear endpaper with rubbing to corners; volumes II III and IV have very slight pulling to top and bottom of spine and a little rubbing at corners; volume V has very small splits at the top and bottom of the spine; and volume VI has a 1 inch tear at the top of the spine with no loss and scuffing at the corners. Internally all have the original endpapers; the first section including the frontispiece is becoming loose on volumes I II and III; volume IV is sound but the stitching is looser than on the others. There is a little spotting to some plates and text pages but in general the contents are very clean looking unread and the plates are bright and well coloured. A few plates in volume III lack tissue guards and the plate of the Whitethroat is present but detached. Volume 5 has 4 plates present but detached: the Little Stint Schinz's Sandpiper Pochard and Polish Swan - and pages 131-134 the same. A few pages have been roughly opened and a few have darkening to edges. Overall the set is complete with bright bindings and well coloured plates. George Bell & Sons hardcover
1996réf. 051395Boroko: Papua New Guinea National Museum. 1996. 352pp index references maps. Pictorial glossy boards in jacket. As new. Trade cycles in south east asia in particular the plume trade and spice trade and in regard to PNG and Indonesia until 1920. The plume trade highly influenced conservation measures in Irian Jaya and New Guinea. First Edition. Hard Cover. Fine/Fine. 4to. Papua New Guinea National Museum. Hardcover
1996réf. 051410Sydney: Angus & Robertson 1996. HEAVY. x 301 pages illustrated throughout with colour photographs line drawings distribution maps index bibliography. Near new. The book while providing a serious and comprehensive reference also captures the beauty and charm of these Australian birds. One of the scarcer titles in the series: National Photographic Index of Australian Wildlife. First Edition. Hard Cover. Fine/Fine. 4to. Angus & Robertson Hardcover
réf. 31214to. Pp. 194. Original cloth leather label on spine gilt titles on spine and top board with a black & white photograph pasted-on. The cloth is showing signs of use and shelfwear. There is some occasional faint spotting to the text pages. With 21 mounted photographs on heavy tinted paper and 65 illustrations in the text all by the author. Nicholl was at the Royal Naval College Osborne House and wrote the work to interest Osborne cadets in the bird life around the Isle of Wight. Newport, 1916 hardcover
1886réf. 013815New York: American Ornithologists' Union 1886. Ex-library edgewear hinges repaired with linen tape 392 pages. Binding is tight insides clean. Original binding. First Edition. Hard Cover. Good. Ex-Library. American Ornithologists' Union Hardcover
1940réf. 17391Very Good HC no DJ. Green calico-grain cloth over boards gilt stamped titles on front cover and spine. Clean square covers and spine; lightly scuffed; tightly bound; clean interior. 12mo 120 pp; illustrated. Cf OCLC #33435289. Boston: Meador Publishing hardcover
2014réf. 051069Sydney: New South Wales Bird Atlassers 2014. VERY HEAVY. VOLUME 1 ONLY of 3. xvi 720pp references appendices gazetteer glossary tables distribution maps. Glossy pictorial boards. As new. This volume presents information on 183 species of resident and migrant birds. Details for each birds include current distribution breeding distribution seasonal and historical range changes and current status. Some analysis alo on breeding season and changes in reporting over time. An impressive scholarly work. First Edition. Hard Cover. Fine/None as Issued. 4to. New South Wales Bird Atlassers Hardcover
2016réf. 051070Sydney: New South Wales Bird Atlassers 2016. VERY HEAVY. VOLUME 2 ONLY of 3. xiii 673pp references appendices gazetteer glossary tables distribution maps col ills. Glossy pictorial boards. Very small bumps to top corners otherwise as new. This volume presents information on 165 species of resident and migrant birds. Details for each birds include current distribution breeding distribution seasonal and historical range changes and current status. Some analysis alo on breeding season and changes in reporting over time. An impressive scholarly work. Also includes a brief history of ornithology in NSW and the ACT. First Edition. Hard Cover. Fine/None as Issued. 4to. New South Wales Bird Atlassers Hardcover
