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1947réf. 038604Hertford: Stephen Austin & Sons Printers 1947. Book. Illus. by Roland Green D.M. Henry et al. Very Good. Soft cover. First Edition. 8vo 21.5 x 14.5 cm. A very good unbroken run of 7 years 1947-1953 all in the original parts with wrappers 6 parts per year = 42 parts. Some colour plates after various artists including d. M. Henry and Roland Green. Additionally plates of b/w illustrations and numerous b/w photographic plates. Wrappers generally very good with a little general wear some with original labels and notices attached. Contents clean and tight a few original inserts and adverts. A very good run of this important avicultural journal. Stephen Austin & Sons [Printers] Paperback
1951réf. 038612Hertford: Stephen Austin & Sons Printers 1951. Book. Illus. by Roland Green D.M. Henry et al. Very Good. Soft cover. First Edition. 8vo 21.5 x 14.5 cm. A very good run of 3 years 1951-1953 all in the original parts with wrappers 6 parts per year = 18 parts. Some colour plates after various artists including d. M. Henry and Roland Green. Additionally plates of b/w illustrations and numerous b/w photographic plates. Wrappers generally very good with a little general wear some with original labels and notices attached. Contents clean and tight a few original inserts and adverts. A very good run of this important avicultural journal. Stephen Austin & Sons [Printers] Paperback
1926réf. 038616Hertford: Stephen Austin & Sons Printers 1926. Book. Illus. by Roland Green Neville Caley Gronvold et al. Very Good. Soft cover. First Edition. 8vo 21.5 x 14.5 cm. 18 monthly parts of The Avicultural Magazine as follows: 1926 Nos. 2 5 6 7 8 9 10 & 11; 1927 Nos. 2 3 6 8 9 & 10; 1928 Nos. 8 9 10 & 11. All in the original wrappers. With colour plates after various artists including artists including Roland Green and Gronvold. further b/w illustrations and photographic plates. Wrappers generally very good contents clean a few original inserts. A very good yearly run. Stephen Austin & Sons [Printers] Paperback
1905réf. 038617London: R. H. Porter 1905. Book. Illus. by H. Gronvold & H. Goodchild. Very Good. Soft cover. First Edition. 8vo 21.5 x 14.5 cm. A very good copy of The Avicultural Magazine for 1905 11 of 12 monthly parts missing part 2. With 7 colour plates 5 of which exquisite hand-coloured lithographs after H. Gronvold H. Goodchild and Astley 3 chromolithographic plates some spotting further b/w illustrations and photographic plates. Original printed wrappers generally good one with an ink stain to the front wrapper. Contents generally clean and tight a little spotting. A very good collection of 11 original monthly parts with outstanding colour plates. R. H. Porter Paperback
1961réf. 038605Hertford: Stephen Austin & Sons Printers 1961. Book. Illus. by D.M. Henry; C. E. Talbot Kelly et al. Very Good. Soft cover. First Edition. 8vo 21.5 x 14.5 cm. A good run of 5 years 1961-1965 all in the original parts with wrappers 6 parts per year part nos. 4 & 5 missing from 1962 otherwise all years complete = total 28 parts. Some colour plates after various artists including D. M. Henry and Chloe Talbot Kelly. Additionally plates of b/w illustrations and numerous b/w photographic plates. Wrappers generally very good with a little general wear some with original labels and notices attached. Contents clean and tight a few original inserts and adverts. A very good run of this important avicultural journal. Stephen Austin & Sons [Printers] Paperback
1943réf. 038620Hertford: Stephen Austin & Sons 1943. Book. Illus. by D. M. Henry Roland Green. Very Good. Soft cover. First Edition. 8vo 21.5 x 14.5 cm. This collection of 33 monthly parts no duplicates includes: Jan-Feb 1943 Nov 1944 Jubilee Supplement March-April 1945 May-June 1945 July-August 1945 Sept-Oct. 1945 Nov-Dec 1945 Jan-Feb 1948 March-April 1948 May-June 1948 Sept-Oct 1948 Nov-Dec 1948 Jan-Feb 1949 March-April 1949 May-June 1949 July-August 1949 Sept-Oct 1949 Jan-Feb 1951 March-April 1951 May-June 1951 July-Aug 1951 Sept-Oct 1951 Jan-Feb 1952 Mar-April 1952 July-Aug 1952 Nov-Dec 1952 Jan-Feb 1953 March-April 1953 May-June 1953 Nov-Dec 1953 Jan-Feb 1956 Mar-April 1956 & Nov-Dec 1958. Coloured plates by various artists including D. M. Henry and Roland Green further b/w illustrations and photographic plates. Original printed wrappers generally very good a few with original labels one with the stampd of the British Trust for Ornithology. Contents clean. A good collection of 33 odd issues in their original wrappers. Stephen Austin & Sons Paperback
1898réf. 038619London: R. H. Porter 1898. Book. Illus. by H. Gronvold & H. Goodchild. Very Good. Soft cover. First Edition. 8vo 21.5 x 14.5 cm. This collection of 18 monthly parts no duplicates includes: vol IV no. 48 October 1898; vol. VIII no. 6 April 1902; New Series vol 1 no. 1 November 1902 no. 4 February 1903 no. 6 April 1904 no. 7 May 1903 no. 8 June 1903 no. 9 July 1903 no. 10 August 1903; New series vol. II no. 10 August 1904; new series vol. III no. 2 December 1904; third series vol 1 no. 7 May 1910; third series vol. 2 no. 2 December 1910; third series vol. III no. 5 March 1912; vol IV no. 4 February 1913 no. 5 March 1913; third series vol. V no. 1 November 1913 & no. 2 December 1913. With 10 exquisite hand-coloured lithographic plates mainly by H. Gronvold further chromolithographic plates b/w illustrations and photographic plates. Original printed wrappers generally good a few marked the wrappers to the two earliest parts are chipped and detached. Contents generally clean. A good collection of odd issues some scarce and with selection of wonderful hand-coloured plates. R. H. Porter Paperback
1925réf. 038642United Kingdom 1925. Drawing. Illus. by Leonard Brightwell. Near Fine. Framed. Signed by THE ARTIST. Original. Etching dry point on laid paper signed and titled by the artist one of Brightwell's finest works of animal art completed around 1925. Published in London by the British company "James Connell & Sons" in a run of one hundred impressions. Plate 305mm x 220mm. Paper is lightly cockled but otherwise fine and unmarked with a deep acid free fine mount. Black stained wooden frame in fine condition. Framed dimension 530mm x 440mm. A characterful and humorous work. Biography - Leonard Robert Brightwell London Born 1889 - 1962 An outstanding British etcher illustrator and author of animal subjects Leonard Robert Brightwell studied at the Lambeth School of Art London. Countless visits to the Zoological Gardens however provided his most important artistic education. Brightwell became a Fellow of the Zoological Society of London in 1906 and a member of the Marine Biological Association in 1922. During the first half of the twentieth century he was commissioned by these associations and other museums to make scientific drawings of various forms of life including extinct animals. Brightwell's first illustrated book A British Dog in France was published in 1913. During the First World War 1914-1918 he served in the British Army. After 1920 Brightwell established himself as a major illustrator and as an author. Books written and illustrated by him include A Cartoonist among Animals 1921 On the Seashore 1934 The Zoo You Knew 1936 Neptune's Garden 1937 The Dawn of Life 1938 The Garden Naturalist 1941 The Zoo Story 1952 and Down to the Sea 1954.His cartoons often appeared in the Punch Magazine. . unknown
1894réf. 037149London: Gurney & Jackson 1894. Book. Very Good. Hardcover. First Edition. 8vo. pp. 92 4. Green cloth binding very good. Contents clean and tight original pale yelllow coated endpapers no inscriptions a little spotting to first few pages. A very good first edition copy. Bibliographic note: the last four pages are the publisher's catalogue which lists various books on birds and natural history published by Gurney & Jackson arranged under the titles "Books of Local Observation on Birds" "Other Books about Birds" An Illustrated Manual of British Birds by Howard Saunders" and "Standard Works on British Natural History". Gurney & Jackson Hardcover
1806réf. 037175London & Edinburgh: Longman Hurst Rees and Orme and William Blackwood 1806. Book. Very Good. Hardcover. First Edition. 12mo. Pp. 248. Bound in later pebbled plum cloth with title label to spine taken from original binding very good. Contents good no inscriptions a little foxing along the gutter edge of the title page top edge dust marked. A very good copy. Longman, Hurst, Rees and Orme and William Blackwood Hardcover
1917réf. 037215London: Macmillan and Co. Limited 1917. Book. Very Good. Hardcover. First Edition. 8vo. 691 pages the definitive bibliography for pre-1913 books on British birds. Original hardback binding very good gilt lettering to spine a little dulled. Contents clean and tight replacement front free end paper to match original unmarked no inscriptions. A very good tight copy. Outstanding and indispensable. Macmillan and Co., Limited Hardcover
2007réf. 037183London: Maggs Bros. and Peregrine Books 2007. Book. Fine. Hardback. Limited Edition. Folio. This is copy number 87 of 120 Standard Copies There were also 40 De Luxe Copies. Pp. xv 257 42 tipped-in colour plates facsimiles of lists of subscribers and original wrappers printed on pink paper. Dust jacket with a little rubbing to edges slightly creased at head of spine. Hardback binding of plum buckram fine; contents clean and tight unmarked no inscriptions. A fine copy in a very good dust jacket. Maggs Bros. and Peregrine Books Hardcover
1893réf. 037264London: Bemrose & Sons Limited 1893. Book. Very Good. Hardcover. Inscribed by Authors. First Edition. 8vo. Inscribed by the author to the front free endpaper "The Editor 'Natural Sciences' With the Author's compliments Beeston Hall 11 April '93" pp. vi 239 frontispiece plate and fold out map five further plates very good corrigenda slip tipped in. Publisher's textured green cloth binding with gilt lettering very good with a little light wear. Contents clean and tight original patterned endpapers. A very good clean copy inscribed by the author. The Author Whitlock was convicted of embezzlement a wanted poster was published and eventually he was sentenced to 11 years in prison. Bemrose & Sons, Limited Hardcover
réf. 038280London: Self published by the author 1902. Book. Very Good. Soft cover. First Edition. 8vo. 1902 Part I 1-498 1903 Part II 499-922. Original card wrappers professionally laid on reinforcement card a little loss to the original card spines at the base minimal wear. Contents clean and tight edges uncut name scribbled over in pen to the top of the front free endpaper to both volumes otherwise unmarked. A very good copy of this set in original covers. Self published by the author Paperback
1899réf. 038275London: R. H. Porter 1899. Book. Illus. by Meinertzhagen Dan. Very Good. Hardcover. First Edition. 8vo. 143 pages and 27 b/w etchings by Meinertzhagen to the rear; frontispiece plate and portrait of Meinertzhagen b/w photographic plates throughout. Original hardback binding very good with a little general wear and some rubbing to the spine. Contents clean and tight slipped in is the obit. paper cutting for Meinertzhagen Feb. 17 1898previous owner's name tot he front free endpaper and very light spotting no inscriptions. A very good complete copy. R. H. Porter Hardcover
1872réf. 038272London: John Van Voorst 1872. Book. Illus. by Keulemans J. G. frontispiece. Very Good. Hardcover. First Edition. 12mo. pp. xii 231 pages; frontispiece plate"A Flamborough Trophy Fulmar Petrel." by Keulemans. Green cloth boards very good with a little general wear scuffed to the top and bottom of the spine binding is firm. Contents clean and tight the front endpaper is worn along the hinge but does not affect the binding bookplate belonging to Charles Francis Wyatt of Broughton Rectory Oxon a well known collector of the late 19th century two newspaper cuttings dated 1899 1888 tipped onto the front free endpaper. Ref: Ballance p203; Freeman 817; Mullens & Swann p.144. Charles Francis Wyatt 1820-1906 was rector of Broughton Oxfordshire and an antiquary. John Van Voorst Hardcover
2011réf. 038197London: Benton Street Books in association with The Wildlife Art Gallery 2011. Book. Illus. by Eric Ennion. New. Hardcover. First Edition. 4to. More than seventy years after Eric Ennion began work on the title Bird Man's river Bob Walthew has brought together Ennion's work and additional illustrations to produce three superb books. All as new. Eric Arnold Roberts Ennion 1900 - 1981 A British artist writer illustrator and radio presenter specialising in birds and other natural history subjects. Born 7th June 1900 at Kettering in Northamptonshire the son of a country doctor. In 1904 the family moved to Burwell on the edge of the Cambridgeshire fens where after studying medicine at Caius College and St Mary's Hospital he joined his father's practice in 1926.He held his first London one-man show of sporting pictures at the Greatorex Galleries in 1937. At the end of the war he became warden of the Field Studies Centre at Flatford Mill in Suffolk. After five years at Flatford he and his wife Dorothy established their own Field Centre and Bird Observatory at Monks' House in Northumberland. In 1961 they 'retired' to Shalbourne in Wiltshire. There Eric ran his own private courses on landscape and wildlife painting and continued to paint lecture and teach natural history until his death in 1981. A great champion of wildlife art he exhibited his own work widely and was especially keen to encourage young artists. He was the author of twelve books including the posthumously published Bird Man's River illustrating all but one of them himself and the illustrator of a similar number by other authors. Ennion was a founder member and Honorary Vice President of the Society of Wildlife Artists. Widely exhibited at the Greatorex Galleries Arthur Ackermann & Son Ltd West Mills Gallery and snapped up at auctions today. Also available as individual copies. Benton Street Books in association with The Wildlife Art Gallery Hardcover
1904réf. 038288London: Brumby & Clarke Limited 1904. Book. Illus. by Frohawk F. W. Very Good. Hardcover. 1st Edition. 4to 22 x 29cm. "With 24 Coloured plates illustrating 475 specimens"; pp. 105. The 254 chromolithographic plates are all very good and with the original tissue guards a few marked; half-title & title pages. Original two-tone green cloth binding with gilt lettering very good with a little general wear and rubbing only. Contents clean and tight inscription in ink to the top of the half title dated 1904 original end-papers toned and a little brittle around the edges slight spotting to title page and the odd page edge some rusting to staples running down the spine of the first few gathers plates clean. A very good copy. The plates used in different editions of this work are not standard and vary in quality this particular edition includes plates printed to a high standard and importantly the eggs are illustrated with shadows giving a particularly 3-dimensional look: they are in our opinion superior to some earlier editions. Brumby & Clarke Limited Hardcover
1912réf. 038354London: Gurney and Jackson 1912. Book. Very Good. Hardcover. First Edition. Small 4to 16 x 23cm. Pp. vol. I: xvi 324; fine frontispiece plate in photogravure photographic plate and 7 maps and charts; vol. II: viii 347; 16 pages of plates from photographs. Bound in original sage green buckram cloth with gilt lettering to the spines; very good and bright no fading cloth a little marked by scratches slight rubbing to edges. Contents clean and tight top edges gilt endpapers foxed a little spotting to the first few pages but generally clean no inscriptions. A very good set. Gurney and Jackson Hardcover
1996réf. 038299London: Academic Press harcourt Brace & Company Publishers Raptor Research Foundation 1996. Book. Near Fine. Hardback. First Edition. 8vo. 396 pages; b/w illustrations. Covers near fine unfaded. Contents clean and tight no inscriptions. A near fine copy. Academic Press harcourt Brace & Company, Publishers [Raptor Research Foundation] Hardcover
1990réf. 038396Cambridge: Cambridge University Press 1990. Book. Illus. by Chris Rose. Near Fine. Hardcover. Inscribed by Authors. First Edition. 4to. 256 pages; b/w illustrations. Original dust jacket near fine with minimal wear some spotting on the underside only not price-clipped. Hard back binding fine. Contents clean and tight a few spots to the endpaper and fore-edge inscribed by the author to John Mitchell fellow New Naturalist author otherwise unmarked. Cambridge University Press Hardcover
1895réf. 038446London: Cassel and Company Limited 1895. Book. Very Good. Green Cloth. First Edition. Large 8vo approx. 17 x 24cm. pp. xx 368 b/w photographic frontispiece with tissue guard further b/w plates throughout. Original green cloth binding with gilt stamped vignette of gannet on nest to the front board gilt titling and decoration to the spine. Binding very good with a little general wear and rubbing cloth a little faded. Contents clean and tight just the endpapers a little spotted hinges good and strong text and plates clean. A very good copy. Cassel and Company, Limited Hardcover
1854réf. 035433London: Thomas Bosworth 1854. Book. Illus. by Joseph Wolf. Good. Hardcover. First Edition. 4to. Pp. 54 12 colour plates with tissue guards and decorative mounts. Original cloth binding spine poor and text block separate from the binding ornate gilt detail to front board. Contents complete the original end-papers name and date 1857 to the front pastedownall edges gilt the gutta percha has deteriorated to leave the pages loose the plates with tissue guards are clean and bright. A fair copy in need of a repair to the binding. Thomas Bosworth Hardcover
2000réf. 035435Imperial College Press 2000. Book. Fine. Hardcover. First Edition. Small 4to 25.5 x 17 cm. Pp. xvi 563 pp; area maps end-paper maps no fading not price-clipped now protected in a removable archival sleeve. Hardback binding fine contents clean and tight unmarked no inscriptions. A fine copy. " This book will be a standard reference work for libraries and collectors and for anyone interested in the rich and diverse development of local ornithology in its homeland.". Imperial College Press Hardcover
1838réf. 034906Edinburgh: W. H. Lizars 1838. Book. Very Good. Hardcover. First Edition. 12mo. Pp.x 256; engraved frontispiece plate of Haller; engraved title page with a hand-coloured vignette; 33 engraved plates of which 32 are hand-coloured with tissue guards; letterpress title and half-title pages. Original cloth binding with gilt lettering to the spine some fading top and bottom of spine a little creased binding firm. Contents good and tight original green endpapers bookplate belonging to John L Sinclair and further to Leonard Cowcill the first few pages have some toning but the main body is clean plates with tissue guards present tissue guards have some offsetting. A very good complete copy. W. H. Lizars Hardcover
