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1951Roy. 4to., First Edition, with a coloured frontispiece, 15 fine coloured plates and very numerous illustrations (a number full-page) in the text, and endpaper maps; blue cloth, upper board blocked in blind and lettered in gilt, gilt back, covers unevenly sunned at head and tail of backstrip else a very good, bright, clean copy in unclipped but very worn dustwrapper, the latter with loss at upper edge of front panel (eliminating most of title) and upper edge of rear panel. Beautifully illustrated studies of seabirds and sailing. Scarce, especially in the dustwrapper.
19638vo., First Edition, with 16 plates, an illustration in the text and a folding map; cloth, gilt back, a sound, clean copy in the dustwrapper, the latter frayed at edges
1976Sm. 8vo., First Edition, with a coloured frontispiece, very numerous coloured illustrations in the text and endpaper maps; cloth, covers a trifle faded else a very good copy in the dustwrapper, the latter slightly tanned at backstrip. Very scarce; especially in the dustwrapper
19688vo., First Edition, with plates, faint tape marks on free endpapers; cloth, a very good copy in price-clipped dustwrapper. With a bookplate. The first comprehensive county avifauna since Smith in 1869. Tate praises it as ' a full and detailed systematic list'.
19798vo., First Edition, with 47 monochrome plates on 18 and very numerous illustrations, diagrams, maps and plans in the text; original series binding of green buckram, gilt back, a near fine copy in unclipped dustwrapper. New Naturalist, 62. Dustwrapper artwork by Clifford and Rosemary Ellis.
19638vo., First Edition, with plates, free endpapers and fore-edges very faintly spotted; green cloth, gilt back, a remarkably well-preserved, bright, clean copy in unclipped dustwrapper. Nice copy of an important Sussex avifauna. 'A very complete annotated species list' (Tate). Tate, p.209.
19394to., First Edition, with a coloured frontispiece, 23 coloured plates, 64 plates in monochrome and several illustrations in the text, fore-edges lightly spotted; original cloth, gilt back, covers very lightly age-soiled else a very good, clean copy in lightly age-soiled dustwrapper. First Trade Edition, and scarce in this condition
19688vo., Fourth Edition thus, with 23 coloured plates of drawings by the author and numerous illustrations and maps in the text; blue cloth, gilt back, a near fine copy in unclipped dustwrapper, the latter [only] lightly damp-marked. 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 1968 edition as here. The damp-marking is undeniable but far from offensive. The clothbound copy is very scarce, especially in the dustwrapper.
1979Oblong 4to., First Edition, with a coloured title-vignette and very numerous fine coloured and monochrome illustrations throughout; brown cloth, upper board and backstrip blocked and lettered in black, a near fine copy in unclipped dustwrapper.
19978vo., First Edition, with coloured endpaper maps; blue cloth, upper board blocked in blind, gilt back, a near fine copy in unclipped dustwrapper.
1899Sm. 8vo., Sole Trade (and Best) Edition, on laid paper, with a frontispiece and a plate, some minor foxing to endpapers, preliminaries and title only, neat signature on front free endpaper; cloth gilt, gilt back, uncut, a most attractive copy of a scarce Central Wales avifauna. The first publicly available avifauna of the county, being a substantially revised and enlarged edition of the author's first, privately printed, list. NOT RECORDED BY TATE
19778vo., First Edition, with 5 coloured plates on 4 and 28 monochrome plates on 20, inscription on front free endpaper; green cloth, gilt back, a very good, clean copy in dustwrapper.
1899Sm. 8vo., First Edition thus, on laid paper, with a frontispiece (original tissue guard present) and a plate, some minor foxing to endpapers preliminaries and title only; blue cloth, upper board and backstrip lettered in gilt, a near fine copy. The first publicly available avifauna of the county, representing a substantially revised and enlarged edition of the author's first, privately printed, list of 1882. Not recorded by Tate.
19982 vols., 4to., First Edition thus, with titles in green, orange and black, many hundreds of coloured and monochrome illustrations and maps, and coloured endpaper maps; black cloth, gilt backs, a near fine set in unclipped dustwrapper, the whole housed publisher's illustrated board slip-case. Based on the nine-volume Handbook of the Birds of Europe, the Middle East, and North Africa. The set comprises: Vol. I: Non-Passerines; Vol. II: Passerines. Nice copy of a standard reference.
19988vo., First Edition thus, with title-vignette, coloured plates, photographs and illustrations in the text; blue cloth gilt, gilt back, blue endpapers, a near fine copy in unclipped dustwrapper. SIGNED BY ROGER TORY PETRSON ON HALF-TITLE. SIGNED COPIES OF THE UK EDITION ARE SCARCE.
1895Roy. 8vo., Second Issue, with a frontispiece, 17 plates and 50 illustrations in the text (the plates and illustrations from photographs by T.A. Cotton), half-title lightly browned; original pictorial pale blue cloth, upper board with three goldeneye and title to an art nouveau design in dark blue, gilt back, uncut, a remarkably bright, clean copy. Published in the same year as the first edition. A lovely copy of a scarce work. . Cotton) half-title lightly browned; original pictorial pale blue cloth upper board with three goldeneye and title to an art nouveau design in dark blue gilt back uncut a remarkably bright clean copy. Published in the same year as the first edition.
1931Roy. 8vo. Second Edition with folding map; original cloth a very good clean copy. Scarce especially in this condition.
19708vo., First Edition, with numerous coloured and monochrome illustrations in the text; terracotta cloth, backstrip lettered in red, a very good, bright, clean copy in price-clipped dustwrapper. With personal stamp in blind on front free endpaper.
19798vo., First Edition, with plates; blue cloth, gilt back, a near fine copy in unclipped dustwrapper.
1985Roy. 8vo., First Edition, with very numerous photographs, illustrations, diagrams and maps (a number full-page) in the text; blue cloth, gilt back, blue endpapers, a fine copy in unclipped dustwrapper. Lovely copy of this invaluable standard reference.
19748vo., First Edition, with coloured plates and endpaper maps, small initial on front free endpaper; green cloth, gilt back, a near fine copy in price-clipped dustwrapper. With personal bookplate on half-title verso.
19744to., First Edition, with coloured frontispiece and large folding map; original printed wrappers, a near fine copy.
1969Oblong 8vo., First Edition, with numerous photographs, illustrations, pland and diagrams; coloured p[ictorial wrappers, a near fine copy.
19898vo., First Edition, with illustrations and diagrams in the text; grey cloth, backstrip lettered in black, a near fine copy in unclipped dustwrapper, the latter with one short closed tear.
1952Sm. 8vo., First Edition, with 16 coloured plates; original series binding of pictorial boards, a near fine copy in unclipped dustwrapper. King Penguin 67. SCARCE IN THIS CONDITION.