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19779 vols., 4to., First Edition, with titles in red and black, and many hundreds and coloured plates, illustrations and maps, small neat signature on front free endpaper versos; black cloth, gilt backs, a near fine set in dustwrapper. The standard reference, compiled and published over nearly two decades. The set comprises: Vol. I: Ostrich to Ducks (1977); Vol. II: Hawks to Bustards (1980); Vol. III: Waders to Gulls (1983); Vol. IV: Terns to Woodpeckers (1985); Vol. V: Tyrant Flycatchers to Thrushes (1988); Vol. VI: Warblers (1992); Vol. VII: Flycatchers to Shrikes (1993); Vol. VIII: Crows to Finches (1994): Vol. IX: Buntings and New World Warblers (1994). COMPLETE SETS IN THIS CONDITION ARE SCARCE
19518vo., First Edition, with coloured frontispiece, numerous coloured and monochrome plates by EME Glenister, and photographs by the author, neat contemporary signature on front free endpaper; green cloth, gilt back, a very good, bright, clean copy in unclipped, lightly age-soiled dustwrapper. 'A useful guide in a convenient form to the birds of a large region' (Tate p.69). SCARCE IN THIS CONDITION. Tate, p.202.
18936 vols., roy. 8vo., First Edition, with 6 fine chromolithograph frontispieces (all original tissue guards present), 66 fine coloured chromolithograph plates (all original tissue guards present), 1600 superb monochrome wood-engravings (57 full-page) in the text and terracotta endpapers; uniformly bound in full navy buckram, gilt backs, red sprinkled edges, a very good, bright, clean, remarkably well-preserved copy. Nice set of this classic survey of the animal kingdom at the end of the neneteenth century. The plates and illustrations are by Kuhnert, Specht, Smit, Muetzel, Elwes, Wolf, Gambier Bolton and many other leading wildlife artists of the period. The set comprises: vol. I: Mammals; vol. II: Mammals; vol. III Mammals-Birds; vol. IV: Birds; vol. V: Reptiles, Fishes, etc., vol. VI: Invertebrates. Freeman 2362.
19532 vols., 8vo., First Edition, with 30 fine coloured plates, 24 plates in monochrome and over 430 illustrations in the text; original burgundy cloth, gilt backs, red tops, uncut, fore-edges mildly spotted else a near fine copy in unclipped dustwrapper, one wrapper chipped with minor loss at head and tail of backstrip. Bright, crisp copy of a standard reference. The set comprises Vol. I: Struthionidae to Picidae; Vol. II: Eurylaemidae to Ploceidae. Tate p.200.
1984Roy. 8vo., First Edition, with illustrated title and numerous coloured and monochrome illustrations throughout, neat signature front free endpaper; white cloth, gilt back, terracotta endpapers, a near fine copy in unclipped dustwrapper.
19508vo., with coloured frontispiece and numerous plates toned in sepia; original series binding of brown cloth boards, brown buckram back blocked and lettered in gilt, brown top, a near fine copy in unclipped dustwrapper, the latter with mounted illustrations (repeated from text) on upper panel and backstrip.
19448vo., First Edition, with frontispiece and numerous plates, endpapers lightly spotted; original series binding of brown cloth boards, brown buckram back blocked and lettered in gilt, brown top, fore-edge lightly spotted else a very good, bright, clean copy in unclipped dustwrapper, the latter with mounted illustrations (repeated from text) on upper panel and backstrip.
19928vo., First Edition, with title-vignette, and numerous photographs and illustrations in the text; terracotta cloth, gilt back, brown endpapers, a near fine copy in unclipped dustwrapper. The story of the author's lifelong study of sparrow species throughout the world. An enteraining complement to the author's several monographs. EXTREMELY SCARCE.
19758vo., First Edition, with title-vignette, coloured plates , and illustrations and maps in the text; green cloth, gilt back, green endpapers, a near fine copy in unclipped dustwrapper.
19828vo., First Edition, with title-vignette, plates, and illustrations and maps in the text; green cloth, gilt back, green endpapers, a near fine copy in unclipped dustwrapper. With dustwrapper artwork by Killian Mullarney.
19768vo., First Edition, with map as frontispiece, plates, and maps and plans in the text; brown cloth, gilt back, olive endpapers, a near fine copy in unclipped dustwrapper.
19768vo., First Edition, with title-vignette, and very numerous illustrations and maps in the text; red tweed cloth, gilt back, olive endpapers, top lightly spotted, a very good, bright, clean copy in unclipped dustwrapper.
19828vo., First Edition, with title-vignette, plates and very numerous detailed illustrations in the text; grey cloth, gilt back, grey endpapers, a near fine copy in unclipped dustwrapper. A classic guide by a seabird master.
19768vo., Second Edition, with illustrated title-spread, numerous plates, and illustrations in the text; black cloth, gilt back, red endpapers, a near fine copy in unclipped dustwrapper. Augmented version of the original edition of 1974. SCARCE IN THIS CONDITION.
19838vo., First Edition, with title-vignette, and illustrations and maps in the text; dark red cloth, gilt back, maroon endpapers, a near fine copy in unclipped dustwrapper.
19908vo., First Edition, with title-vignette, and photographs, illustrations and maps in the text; blue cloth, gilt back, blue endpapers, a near fine copy in unclipped dustwrapper. VERY SCARCE, ESPECIALLY IN THIS CONDITION.
19908vo., First Edition, with portrait frontispiece, title-vignette, and photographs and illustrations in the text; terracotta cloth, gilt back, brown endpapers, a near fine copy in unclipped dustwrapper.
19788vo., First Edition, with title-vignette, and photographs, illustrations and maps in the text; brown cloth, gilt back, terracotta endpapers, a near fine copy in unclipped dustwrapper.
19818vo., First Edition, with title-vignette, and photographs, illustrations and maps in the text; blue cloth, gilt back, blue endpapers, a near fine copy in unclipped dustwrapper.
19878vo., First Edition, with title-vignette, and photographs, illustrations and maps in the text; blue cloth, gilt back, blue endpapers, a near fine copy in unclipped dustwrapper.
19788vo., First Edition, with title-vignette, coloured plates, illustrations and maps in the text and pictorial endpapers; brown cloth, gilt back, a near fine copy in unclipped dustwrapper.
19918vo., First Edition, with title-vignette, and photographs, illustrations and charts in the text; grey cloth, gilt back, red endpapers, a near fine copy in unclipped dustwrapper. SCARCE IN THIS CONDITION.
19908vo., First Edition, with title-vignette, photographs and tables in the text; green cloth, gilt back, green endpapers, a near fine copy in unclipped dustwrapper. With personal bookplate on front free endpaper. SCARCE IN THIS CONDITION.
19918vo., First Edition, with title-vignette, coloured plates, and illustrations, maps and tables in the text; blue cloth, gilt back, grey endpapers, a near fine copy in unclipped dustwrapper. SCARCE IN THIS CONDITION.
19868vo., First Edition, with title-vignette, plates, and illustrations and tables in the text; terracotta cloth, gilt back, terracotta endpapers, a near fine copy in unclipped dustwrapper. SCARCE IN THIS CONDITION.