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réf. 2O-AIC0-612YThis is the OVERSIZED softcover stated Houghton First Edition from 1966. Both the cover and the book are in excellent condition. There are no rips tears markings etc.---and the pages and binding are tight see photo. Note: All books listed as FIRST EDITIONS are stated by the publisher in words or number lines--or--only stated editions that include only the publisher and publication date. Check my feedback to see that I sell exactly as I describe. So bid now for this magnificent impossible-to-find BIRD-WATCHING COLLECTIBLE.Like New paperback
1903réf. 9150Bobbs-Merrill Indianapolis 1903. HBNODJ ISSUED May 1903 1st edition 1st issue Red Tweed Buckram cloth lettered Gold Gilt Cover minor Rub Wear Interior Minor Fox O/W Nice Tight Clean 163 pgs NF/VG AS-IS NOJACKET .Recent research has Revealed that her first book a novel is actually "a Strike at Shane's" 1893 issued anonymously but Later Attributed to her. So its Debatable as to which is her 1st Bk published. First Edition. Hard Cover. Bobbs-Merrill Indianapolis hardcover
18861 vol. in-4 reliure de l'époque demi-chagrin rouge, dos à 5 nerfs, plat sup. de la couv. conservée, Imprimerie Nouvelle Typo-lithographique A. Bellier et Cie, Bordeaux, 1886, 120 pp. et 50 planches (chromolithographies) Ouvrage d'une extrême rareté, ce traité prévu à l'origine comme le premier d'une série de volume demeura le seul publié. Library of Bradley Martin, 1358 & 1359 : "First edition, Extremely Rare : not in Ayer/Zimmer, Copenhagen/Ankr, Ellis/Mengel, McGill/Wood, Trinity/Breit, or Yale/Ripley". Ronsil, L'Art Français, 85, qui critique la qualité des planches mais affirme que l'ouvrage "n'a d'autre intérêt que sa rareté". Etat très satisfaisant (accroc en coiffe sup., rel. lég. frottée, bon état par ailleurs). Français
19464to., First Edition, with a frontispiece and 83 full-page photographs in the text, small neat signature on front free endpaper; cloth, backstrip lettered in black, a good, clean copy.
19068vo., First Edition, with a frontispiece (original tissue guard present; lightly spotted) and numerous sepia-toned photographs (a number full-page) in the text, contemporary inscription on front free endpaper; original buckram lettered in gilt, photograph mounted in gilt frame on upper board, gilt back, a very good, bright, clean copy.
19102 vols., sm. folio, First Edition, with coloured frontispieces, 22 coloured plates, 72 plates in photogravure and numerous smaller photographs in the text, front free endpapers mildly browned; original green cloth, upper boards elaborately framed, blocked and lettered in gilt and blind, gilt backs, red sprinkled edges, a remarkably bright, fresh, clean set. Arguably the finest work of the two pioneers of wildlife photography. Cherry Kearton's photographs are perfectly complemented by brother Richard's text. 'It is confidently believed that the work will form the finest gallery of sun pictures of wild birds and beasts, taken amidst their natural surroundings, ever published in this or any other country' (Preface). To this day, the Royal Geographical Society's Kearton Medal is awarded for outstanding work in the field of natural history. Uncommon in this condition.
19314to., First Edition, with frontispiece and 68 fine full-page plates in the text, some very faint occasional spotting, neat contemporary signature on front free endpaper; blue , upper board framed in blind and lettered in gilt, gilt back, a very good, bright, clean copy.
1892Folio, First Edition, with portrait frontispiece (of Bewick; original guard present), 16 fine coloured plates (all original guards present), 18 plates in autotype (all original guards present) and 30 wood-engraved illustrations (by the author and George Lodge) in the text, neat contemporary signature on front paste-down; original red straight-grained half morocco, red coarse-grain cloth sides blocked and lettered in gilt, gilt back, gilt top, blue-grey endpapers, uncut, joints and corners very faintly rubbed else a near fine, crisp copy. Lovely copy of Millais' well-known monograph on the four primary species: Capercaillie, Blackgame, Grouse and Ptarmigan. A number of the text-illustrations are by George Lodge. Freeman 2583; Jackson p.25; Mullens & Swann, p.405; Tate p.247.
19278vo., First Edition, with title-vignette and numerous illustrations in the text, endpapers lightly spotted, neat contemporary signature on half-title verso; green cloth gilt, gilt back, backstrip a trifle sunned, two corners very lightly bruised else a very good, clean copy. Kirkus 31a.
18808vo., First Edition, with a fine autotype portrait frontispiece (original tissue guard present) and a large folding map, fore-edges very lightly spotted, neat contemporary signature on front free endpaper; original pictorial cloth blocked in gilt and black, gilt back, uncut, backstrip chipped at head and tail else a very good, clean copy. The first dedicated avifauna of the county, edited by Harting after the author's death. Rodd's splendid collection passed to his nephew F R Rodd of Trebartha Hall, Launceston. Scarce in any condition. Mullens & Swann, p.495; Tate, p.217.
183312mo., text in double-column, with engraved title-vignette and very numerous fine woodcut illustrations in the text; handsomely bound in black full roan, sides with debossed multiple frame border stopped at corners by rosettes all in blind and enclosing Coape crest blocked in gilt, back with four raised bands, second compartment lettered in gilt, gilt edges, gilt doublures, red endpapers, a most attractive copy ideal as a gift or for presentation. WITH THE FINE NINETEENTH CENTURY ENGRAVED ARMORIAL BOOKPLATE OF JAMES COAPE ON FRONT PASTE-DOWN. Harris's 'Natural History' was first published in 1793. This scarce edition is, we believe, the first issue with the title 'Dictionary'. 'In the present edition of Dr. Harris's valuable work it has been deemed advisable to throw the Appendix into the general alphabet. No other alterations have been made; but some important corrections and copious additions have been introduced, both the in the body of the work and in the notes' (Advertisement following title). A DELIGHTFUL AND HIGHLY DESIRABLE COPY OF AN ELEGANT AND EXTREMELY SCARCE EDITION PRINTED AT THE CHISWICK PRESS.
1923Sm. 8vo., First Edition, endpapers lightly browned; cloth gilt, gilt back, uncut, covers a trifle age-marked else a sound, clean copy. Published as a companion to the bird volumes of 'The Fauna of British India' . Scarce
1875Roy. 8vo., Second Edition, with 12 fine engraved plates in monochrome by Keulemans, one or two short marginal tears in blank margins of a few leaves; attractively bound in navy blue cloth, navy blue calf back lettered and ruled in gilt, uncut AND PARTIALLY UNOPENED, beige endpapers (original yellow free endpapers preserved), a very good, bright, clean copy. Wanting (blank) pages 856-866 as usual. The first edition of Layard's standard monograph was first published in Cape Town in 1867. This second and best edition was prepared by Sharpe and dedicated by him to Layard. The superb plates by Keulemans (sometimes coloured by hand; uncoloured in the present copy) appear here for the first time. A lovely copy of a scarce and standard reference. Mendelssohn I, p.872; Tate p.203.
18433 vols., First Edition, with 579 splendid wood-engraved illustrations and tail-pieces in the text, free endpapers moderately spotted; attractively bound in contemporary green morocco, gilt backs, a very good, bright, notably clean set. A milestone in ornithological literature which served as the standard work for field ornithologists for almost the rest of the century. First published in 37 parts between July 1837 and May 1843, it appears here in book form for the first time. Yarrell had been much impressed with Bewick's format a generation earlier and determined to illustrate his own work with engravings of suitable quality. He spared no effort, for the splendid woodcuts were engraved by the Thompsons (father and sons) from drawings by Alexander Fussell. Fussell came from a celebrated family of artists; John Thompson, a former pupil of Branston, was one of the most distinguished wood-engravers of the period. Interestingly this division of labour was not absolute, for several of the illustrations are signed 'Thompson del et sc.' which seems to indicate that occasionally Thompson was responsible for both parts of the process. A supplement, separately published in 1845, is not present with this copy which is complete in itself. Jackson, pp.71-90; Mullens & Swann, p.670; Tate ('Birds, Men and Books'), pp.41-42.
1935Roy. 8vo., Best Edition, with a coloured frontispiece, 4 fine coloured plates, 15 monochrome plates and numerous illustrations in the text, neat contemporary signature on half-title, wanting front free endpaper; ribbed cloth, gilt back, gilt top, UNCUT AND LARGELY UNOPENED, covers slightly rubbed, crease in lower board with corresponding short split in lower joint, else a very good, sound, clean copy. The first edition of this important avifauna appeared in 1928 and was quicly out-of-print. This new edition is materially enlarged and updated. Tate (1985), p.65
19858vo., First Edition thus, with 6 coloured plates and 177 illustrations, diagrams, maps and plans in the text; original pictorial wrappers, a very good, bright, clean copy. New Naturalist 71. Dustwrapper artwork by Clifford and Rosemary Ellis.
19518vo., Second Impression thus, with 23 monochrome plates of drawings by the author; original printed wrappers, sewed as issued, covers lightly age-marked else a clean, firm copy. This seminal work, a true classic of modern ornithology, first appeared as a paper in the Second Annual Report of the [then] Severn Wildfowl Trust, 1948-49. It was first printed separately in 1950; this second impression with important revisions appeared in the following year. An edition with coloured plates was published in 1957
19658vo., Third Edition thus, with 23 coloured plates of drawings by the author and numerous illustrations and maps in the text; original pictorial wrappers, a very good, clean copy. This seminal work, a true classic of modern ornithology, first appeared with black-and-white illustrations in the Second Annual Report of the [then] Severn Wildfowl Trust, 1948-49. It was reissued as a separate book in 1950 with a revised edition in 1951. This coloured version first appeared in 1957 and amounts to an entirely new publication. Substantial revisions have been made to the text and there has been further extensive revision in the light of the most recent taxonomic opinion. Yet further revision in included in the 1965 edition as here.
18938vo., First Edition, on laid paper, title in red and black; cloth, gilt back, front cover blocked with design of birds partly enclosing title and author's name, publisher's initials blocked in brown on lower cover, uncut, backstrip a little faded else a very good, clean copy. PUBLISHER'S SCARCE ALTERNATIVE BINDING. Freeman 1810; Payne, A8 variant 2; Tate, p.223; Wilson 9
19834to., Third Impression, with a coloured frontispiece, title-vignette in monochrome, and numerous coloured, tinted and monochrome illustrations in the text; cloth, gilt back, a near fine copy in unclipped dustwrapper, the latter lightly sunned at backstrip.
19504to., First Edition, with a coloured frontispiece, title in blue and black, title-vignette in monochrome, 15 coloured plates and numerous monochrome illustrations in the text, small 'dog-ear' (without loss) at lower corner of front free endpaper and half-title, some very mild offsetting from fold-ins to free endpapers; original decorative buckram gilt, gilt back, a remarkably bright, crisp, clean copy in unclipped dustwrapper, the latter lightly frayed at tail of backstrip (not affecting lettering) and with some light soiling against the (predominantly white) lower panel. An unusually nice copy of BB's classic work, free from inscriptions and price-clipping. With a small early twentieth century trade ticket on front paste-down.
19858vo., with a portrait frontispiece and plates; cloth, gilt back, a fine copy in unclipped dustwrapper, the latter sunned at backstrip. Much-needed re-issue, with foreword by the curator of the Gilbert White museum, of a classic biography first published in 1950
19508vo., First Edition, some light offsetting from fold-ins to free endpapers, small neat signature on front free endpaper; original green cloth, gilt back, a very good, bright, crisp copy. With fragments of dustwrapper loosely inserted. First appearance of Murray's renowned translation.
19978vo., First Edition, with 48 plates of coloured paintings, and numerous illustrations and maps throughout; cloth, a near fine copy in the dustwrapper.
20078vo., First Edition, with title in yellow and black, and very numerous coloured and monochrome photographs throughout; original series binding of green cloth, gilt back, a near fine copy in unclipped dustwrapper. New Naturalist 104. Dustwrapper artwork by Robert Gillmor.