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1985rif. 002024Viking Penguin 1985. Very Good/Very Good. 4to 250 x 195mm 267 pages. Superb colour plates by David Wilson detailed line drawings. Book condition: Very good clean black boards tight binding faint bumping to edge of first couple of pagesnot significant!. Jacket condition: Very good clean bright not faded not creased price-clipped will be protected in removable clear sleeving prior to sale. Comments: An excellent colour illustrated guide to moth species of Britain 42 plates show over 1600 specimens. A quality sought-after guide particularly in this VG/VG condition. Hard Cover. Very Good/Very Good. Illus. by David Wilson. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. Viking Penguin Hardcover
1992rif. 000672CBC Publishing 1992. CBC Publishing. 1992 1st edition hardback. Very Good/Very Good. 250 x 310mm 176 pages. Stunning colour photos. Book Condition: Very good clean grey gilt cloth boards. tight binding discrete stamp on endpaperduck minor corner bumps. Jacket Condition: Very good clean bright touch of fade to spine not creased not clipped. Comments: The authors have lived and worked in the Zambezi Valley for over 30 years and have recorded the amazing wildlife which is resident describing the landscape the animals and their life. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good/Very Good. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. CBC Publishing Hardcover
1977rif. 000127London: Collins 1977. Collins London. 1977 1st hardback. Very Good/Very Good. 225 x 155 mm 223 pages.Colour plates b/w photos line drawings. Book Condition: Very good clean tight green boards neat owner's plate inside cover. Dust Jacket Condition: Very good not price-clipped unfaded spine Mylar sleeving as published. One of the scarcer NN titles with a print run of only 4000 copies. The book investigates ants as insects types of British ant ant structure feeding nesting brood rearing ant communities etc. A nice clean copy in fine condition! . First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good/Very Good. Illus. by Gordon Riley. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Collins Hardcover
1965rif. 27351Caracas Venezuela: Banco Central De Venezuela. Near Fine in Poor dust jacket. 1965. Hardcover. DJ is badly rubbed & chipped around the edges ; Folio 13" - 23" tall; 138 pages . Banco Central De Venezuela hardcover
1962rif. 0008021Chicago: R. Hunter Middleton ca. 1962. New edition. Fine. Thomas Bewick. 4to measures 7.25 x 9.75 inches / 18.5 x 25 cm image size of 10.5 x 8.2 cm. This was print no. 1 in the series of Thomas Bewick's wood engravings which were exhibited at Letterio Calapai's Studio in Glencoe IL. in 1969. In editions of Bewicks BRITISH BIRDS prior to 1847 this bird was mis-identified as a Ring-tailed Eagle and not as now Golden Eagle Immature. This impression was made from Bewick's original wood block by R. Hunter Middleton at Chicago. R. Hunter Middleton unknown
1899rif. 5870Chicago: American Field Publishing Co. Very Good with no dust jacket. 1899. First Edition. Hard Cover. Some wear to edges & corners owner's stamp dated 1899 on title page & fep.; 5 1/2x7 1/2" . American Field Publishing Co. hardcover
1986rif. 3687Dover Publications 1986. New Improved edition. Hardcover. Very Good/very good. Thick quartos 264 409 383 489 pages gray cloth solid. Unabridged from the original 1920s edition but in this edition all of the color plates have been reproduced in new color inserts as well as appearing in black-and-white versions at or near their original locations. The corrections noted in the Errata of the original edition have been incorporated into the text eliminating the need for the Errata page. Frontispiece by Frank W. Benson famed duck artist. A classic. Dover Publications hardcover
1997rif. WA6811New York: New-York Historical Society / Barnes and Noble 1997. New edition. Hardcover. Fine/very good. Tall quarto 382 pages cloth; short closed tear in dj at spine. A heavy book which will require a higher shipping fee. Essays by Theodore E. Stebbins Jr. Annette Blaugrund Amy R. W. Meyers and Reba Fishman Snyder. These essays accompany this catalogue of Audubon's original watercolors for a first-time traveling exhibition of the original drawings owned by the NYHS. New-York Historical Society / Barnes and Noble hardcover
1925rif. DEMO010638IJoliet: P. F. Volland Company 1925. First edition. Hardcover. Very Good. Katherine STURGIS. 12mo unpaginated pictorial green boards a few marginal tears tips rubbed. The Sunny Book series. P. F. Volland Company hardcover
rif. 0901F256115Very Good. Vol. I only to plate 422: US REPRINT of 1962 edition. Bright colors. Publisher's NOTE: "This special edition of Rex Brasher"s BIRDS AND TREES OF NORTH AMERICA is made possible by the use of plates printed at the same time as our 1962 edition which sold for $500 in the limited edition and $200 in the regular edition. There were inevitable variations in the number of plates printed and it is economically impossible to reprint at this time. As a result this psecial edition does NOT contain the following plates: 37-54; 127-144; 163-180; 331-338. Oversized oblong hardcover volume no dustjacket. No names or marks; clean no creases. Vol. I only: complete as printed. Suitable for framing. GOOD/GOOD New York: Rowman and Littlefield Inc. 1962 hardcover
1902rif. 17978Boston: Houghton Mifflin and Company. Very Good. 1902. First Edition; First Printing. Hardcover. If it wasn't xlib I would rate the book near-fine. A very nice copy with an owner's inscription on the fep dated 1902.; Ex-Library; Small 8vo 7½" - 8" tall; 512 pages . Houghton, Mifflin and Company hardcover
1902rif. 5378New York:: Forest Fish and Game Commision c. 1902. First printing. Fine condition. A Fine original chromolithograph printed on heavy coated stock. Quarto 9 x 12.5 Inches. Published as part of the unbound portfolio of prints. This is one of the finest of the late 19th to early 20th century American chromolithographs: a color-printed lithograph for which a separate stone was used for the application of each color thus requiring meticulous registration to recreate the subtle tones of blended color . Archivally double matted in Forest Green rag board sized to 14 x 18 inches suitable for framing. Forest, Fish and Game Commision, unknown
1902rif. 5377New York:: Forest Fish and Game Commision c. 1902. First printing. Fine condition. . A Fine original chromolithograph printed on heavy coated stock. Quarto 9 x 12.5 Inches. Published as part of the unbound portfolio of prints. This is one of the finest of the late 19th to early 20th century American chromolithographs: a color-printed lithograph for which a separate stone was used for the application of each color thus requiring meticulous registration to recreate the subtle tones of blended color . Archivally double matted in Forest Green rag board sized to 14 x 18 inches suitable for framing. Forest, Fish and Game Commision, unknown
rif. Z1-C-040-00354Sweet & Maxwell Ltd. Used - Good. Ships from UK in 48 hours or less usually same day. Your purchase helps support Sri Lankan Children's Charity 'The Rainbow Centre'. Ex-library so some stamps and wear but in good overall condition. 100% money back guarantee. We are a world class secondhand bookstore based in Hertfordshire United Kingdom and specialize in high quality textbooks across an enormous variety of subjects. We aim to provide a vast range of textbooks rare and collectible books at a great price. Our donations to The Rainbow Centre have helped provide an education and a safe haven to hundreds of children who live in appalling conditions. We provide a 100% money back guarantee and are dedicated to providing our customers with the highest standards of service in the bookselling industry. Sweet & Maxwell Ltd unknown
rif. 4C-JQWX-HCATNew. Excellent copy that has been discounted due to a minor spine tilt and a bent corner from improper storage. unknown
rif. 2222252ca. 1910. First edition 5 1/4" x 3 1/2". Full color pictorial sewn cloth wrappers. Fine. 10 pages. No signatures or bookplates. Cope page 76 No. 118. Dean's Rag Book Co., Ltd. unknown
1845rif. 01111262Concord NH: Rufus Merrill c1845. 16 pp. booklet with original yellow paper wraps with 9 woodcut illustrations. Nine 9 identified illustrations include Lyre Bird swallow Boat Bill Roseate Spoon bill Blue Jay Hoopoe Robin Belted Kingfisher and doves. Accompanied by narrative description and rhyming verse. 2 3/4" x 4 1/2" chapbook. Make-do sewing repair along back strip. Rufus Merrill paperback
1975rif. 17908London: Tryon Gallery. Fine in Fine dust jacket. 1975. Limited Edition. Hardcover. This is #65 in the limited first edition signed by both the author Brown and the illustrator Fennessy on the title page. Includes not only the slipcase in "fine" condition but mylar dust jacket which is taped in the upper right corner. ; Folio 13" - 23" tall; Signed by Author . Tryon Gallery hardcover
1899rif. 15099Chicago: American Field Publishing Co. Good with no dust jacket. 1899. First Edition. Hard Cover. Usual xlib marks. The inside of the back cover is damaged from a pocket being removed. Covers wrinkled worn on the edges. Out of a YMCA library there is an original worl war one "War Service Library" bookplate inside the front cover. The famous one with a soldier holding an entire stack of books. Owner's inscription on the fep. ; Ex-Library; 5 1/2x7 1/2"; 131 pages . American Field Publishing Co. hardcover
1890rif. 032681Edinburgh: David Douglas 1890 A good to very good copy illustrated with numerous drawings by the author. In the original green cloth binding with gilt titles to spine. Top page edges gilt. The spine is faded with pulling and some fraying to the top and bottom. Both boards have slight marking with the back board having a small cloth scuff. Corners lightly bumped and with wear. Internally there is some early splitting at the front endpaper joint. Contents: title with signature to top decorative title with crease to tissue guard prefaces contents and illustration list pp xv; half title Memoir text pp 3-34; half title letters; text pp 37-186; half title extracts from diaries; text pp 189-276; index 277-279; and publisher's catalogue dated October 1890 at the rear. Memoir and diary extracts profusely illustrated with Graham's drawings. Original page marker present - detached. Contents generally in very good clean condition. David Douglas hardcover
1942rif. biblio1572This copy of what is a wonderful close up look at what was North Carolina's bird world in 1942 is signed by three of its authors and was the birding companion of Nancy B. Eliason Art Instructor at Campbell University. Usually marginal notes are annoying but these serve to add a welcome personal level to the text---there's even a poem! Photos on request. NC Department of Agriculture hardcover
2005rif. P16BKOR24X17Hardback with dust-wrapper. 304pp. Numerous colour illustrations. Text in Arabic and English. A little wear to edges of dust-wrapper. Book itself is very good. Previous owner's private bookplate to the front pastedown. A heavy book additional postage will apply outside the UK. P16. Bookseller Inventory # P16BKOR24X17 privately published hardcover
rif. 032374London : Caxton Publishing Company A good copy complete with 115 colour-printed plates in new quarter cloth binding with marbled boards. Undated but 1907/8. The plates by Henrik Gronvold and Frederick Frohawk are beautiful. The binding is 'as new' with new endpapers.Top page edges gilt remainder untrimmed. Contents - Vol I: 4 plates of eggs; title page; contents list; introduction; text with 56 plates; 210pp. Vol II: 4 plates of eggs; title page; contents; text with 51 plates; appendix; index 215pp. Text pages with some spotting particularly to top margins and light toning towards edges. Plates with tissue guards some of which are creased or with slight damage. Plates themselves clean and mostly not affected by spotting. Contents slight dusty smell on opening. Caxton Publishing Company hardcover
1975rif. 18722London: Tryon Gallery. Fine in Fine dust jacket. 1975. Limited Edition. Hardcover. This is #67 in the limited first edition signed by both the author Brown and the illustrator Fennessy on the title page. Includes not only the slipcase in "fine" condition but mylar dust jacket. ; Folio 13" - 23" tall; Signed by Author . Tryon Gallery hardcover
1996rif. 16033Kuala Lumpur Malaysia: Tenaga Nasional Berhad. Fine in Near Fine dust jacket. 1996. Hardcover. 9839291009 . 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 154 pages . Tenaga Nasional Berhad hardcover
