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1978Best.-Nr. 033778London: Collins 1978. Book. Illus. by Dr Philip Burton. Very Good. Hardcover. Signed by Authors. First Edition. 8vo. A very good first edition copy SIGNED to the title page by the author; pp. 416. With 64 colour plates nestlings by Dr. Philip Burton eggs after photographs. Original pictorial laminated covers very good a little toned. Contents clean and tight no inscriptions. A very good signed first edition copy. Collins Hardcover
1901Best.-Nr. 033780Edinburgh: Printed for Private Circulation 1901. Book. Very Good. Hardcover. Limited Edition. 4to 25 x 19 cm. Privately printed for circulation to friends and family this copy presented to "Dr MacGillivray" with the author's compliments. Pp. xiv 2 203 1; monotone frontispiece plate of an eagle with prey with tissue guard two further plates of the memorial plate and the monument to Macgillivray. Original dark blue textured cloth with gilt lettering very good and bright with light rubbing to extremities cloth very slightly marked. Contents clean and tight a little toning to end papers slight spotting to presentation leaf otherwise more or less unmarked pages crisp. A very good copy of this scarce tribute. we have seen a couple of other copies of this work and neither as bright and crisp as this copy. Printed for Private Circulation Hardcover
1910Best.-Nr. 033926Kingston Jamaica: The Institute of Jamaica 1910. Book. Very Good. Paperback. First Edition Thus. 8vo 22 x 14 cm. Reprinted from the 'Handbook of Jamaica for 1910' Printed card wrappers pp. 2 24 inside of front wrapper printed with the Regulations of the Institute of Jamaica and the inside rear wrapper lists publications of the same. Wrapers very good with light wear contents clean and tight no inscriptions. A very good copy scarce. The Institute of Jamaica Paperback
1926Best.-Nr. 033928Bombay: Bombay Natural History Society 1926. Book. Very Good. Paperback. First Edition Thus. 8vo 22 x 14 cm. An offprint "From the Journal of the Bombay Natural History Society. Nov 19262 with dedicated pagination - Pp. 1 - 97. A very good copy with replacement card wrappers the titles taken from the original wrappers and applied double page map and double-sided b/w plate with four photographs. Wrappers very good contents clean and tight no inscriptions. Avery good copy. Bombay Natural History Society Paperback
1886Best.-Nr. 033934London: R. H. Porter 1886. Book. Very Good. Hardcover. First Edition. 8vo 22 x 14 cm. Pasted onto the front paste-down is an autographed letter from the author dated Jan 19. 1987. My dear Sir Many thanks for Y. polite note. I now know what to do - when y have my book please attach the enclosed to leaf opposite 'errata' it is ready gummed. My publisher played pranks! e.g. inserted 'thank' p. 63 line 2. I am truly Ys. Gregory Smart Lytham Preston Jan 19. 87" The referred to original printed leaf is duly pasted onto the last page and is essentially a reply to an adverse review. 'Birds of the British List To the Editor of the. Dear Sir. - Will you kindly admit the following communication to your next issue. A critique having appeared in a London paper stating that I have in my book upon "Birds on the British List" perverted the opinions of our greater authorities upon Birds. I send you an extract from a letter from Mr. Seebohm than whom there is no greater authority on the subject.' Pp. xxiv 148 4 2. Original green cloth with gilt lettering to the spine very goodwith light wear only. Contents good and tight bookplate of the Daltry Library ncorporating the letters NSFC i.e. North Staffs Field Club and also of The Wells Bladen Gift 1917 to the front free end paper a little foxing to the first and last few pages. A very good copy with author's letter. R. H. Porter Hardcover
1853Best.-Nr. 033929London: H. G. BOHN 1853. Book. Illus. by Stewart James Hope; Edward Lear. Selby P. J. Very Good. Hardcover. First Edition Thus. 8vo 19 x 13 cm. "With Considerable Additions On Structure Migration And Economy Compiled From Various Sources By H. G. Adams. Incorporating The Whole Of Sweet's British Warblers"; pp. xvi 500; 38 fine b/w engraved plates after James Hope Stewart Edwear Lear Selby with further full page and in-text illustrations. Publisher's green cloth with extensive blind stamped decoration gilt lettering to the spine very good with light wear only spine slightly faded. Contents clean and tight original publisher's catalogue endpapers no inscriptions. A very good copy scarce in this condition. H. G. BOHN Hardcover
1950Best.-Nr. 033242Leipzig: Geest & Portig 1950. Book. Illus. by O. Natorn. Very Good. Hardcover. First Edition. 4to 24 x 17. 5 cm. "Mit 14 Farbtafeln und 145 Aufnahmen einer Übersichtskarte sowie 7 Karten im Text." Pp. xii 452; 14 colour plates by O. Natorn and 145 illustrations and folding map decorative map end papers; text in German. Very good original binding with slight wear only now protected in a clear removable archival sleeve. Contents clean and tight unmarked. A very good to fine copy. Geest & Portig Hardcover
1889Best.-Nr. 033226London: Gurney and Jackson 1889. Book. Illus. by Chapman Abel. Very Good. Hardcover. Signed by Author to Letter. First Edition. 8vo. Pp. xii 286 2 pages adverts; numerous fine pen and ink drawings and in-text illustrations throughout by Abel Loosly inserted into the book is a letter from Abel Chapmen to Canon Farquhar of Queensferry. Original blue cloth titled in gilt on spine. Binding very good and bright no fading to the spine light wear only to the top and bottom of the spine; a few raised bubbles to the cloth on the front board. Content clean and tight original brown endpapers private book plate of C. Antony Norris to the reverse of the front free endpaper no foxing no inscriptions. A very good copy. Gurney and Jackson Hardcover
1977Best.-Nr. 033339United Kingdom: McClelland and StewartLimited 1977. Book. Illus. by LANSDOWNE J. F. Fine. Hardcover. Reprint. Large 4to. 247pages; 56 colour plates with associated text. Original dust jacket fine not price clipped and now protected in a removable archival sleeve. Hard back binding fine. Contents clean and tight unmarked no inscriptions. A fine copy. McClelland and StewartLimited Hardcover
1971Best.-Nr. 032852Loureno Marques: Instituto De Investigacao Cientifica De Mocambique 1971. Book. Near Fine. Paperback. First Edition. 8vo. pp. 167 appendix and index. numerous full page colour and black and white illustrations. Covers near fine with minimal wear. Contents clean and tight. A near fine copy. Instituto De Investigacao Cientifica De Mocambique Paperback
1925Best.-Nr. 033072London: H. F. & G. Witherby 1925. Book. Good. Paperback. First Edition. 8vo 21.5 x 14 cm. Pp. 110; b/w photographic portrait frontispiece of "The Late Robert Nathaniel Dennis" Orginal printed paper wrappers good with a little general wear and rubbing crease to lower corner of front cover. Contents good and tight no inscriptions slight spotting to first and last few pages and page edges. A good to very good copy quite scarce. H. F. & G. Witherby Paperback
1995Best.-Nr. 032692Oxford: Oxford University Press 1995. Book. Illus. by Ber Van Perlo. Fine. Hardcover. First Edition. 4to 25 x 19cm. 8 Colour plates by Ber Van Perlo. Dust jacket fine no fading protected in clear removable archival leeves; hardback binding fine; contents clean and tight no inscriptions. A fine copy. Part of the Oxford Bird Families of the World Series of which 17 titles have been published. Oxford University Press Hardcover
2002Best.-Nr. 032006Philadelphia: The American Ornithologists' Union and The Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia 2002. Book. Very Good. Hardcover. First Edition Thus. Folio. Volume 17 from the set of 18. Nos. 641 Rough Legged Hawk to 680 Hawaii Creeper. Complete with table of contents. Slip-case near fine with very slight rubbing. Contents clean and tight unmarked no inscriptions pages crisp the staples are firm but show signs of rusting booklets appear unread. A very good volume from this huge work on The birds of North America in a very good slip-case. The American Ornithologists' Union and The Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia Hardcover
2002Best.-Nr. 032008Philadelphia: The American Ornithologists' Union and The Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia 2002. Book. Very Good. Hardcover. First Edition Thus. Folio. Volume 18 from the set of 18. Nos. 681 great Frigatebird to 716 Dark eyed Junco. Complete with table of contents and cumulative index 1- 716. Slip-case very good short crack to bottom edge with very slight rubbing. Contents clean and tight unmarked no inscriptions pages crisp the staples are firm but show signs of rusting booklets appear unread. A very good volume from this huge work on The birds of North America in a very good slip-case. The American Ornithologists' Union and The Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia Hardcover
1980Best.-Nr. 032018Kingston Deverill: Fine Bird Books 1980. Book. Fine. Hardcover. Signed by Authors. First Edition Limited. Elephant Folio. Limited copy stamped no. 57 of 275 and signed by the author. A fine copy within a textured slip case with minimal wear. Original half red morocco oatmeal cloth boards gilt lettering to spine. Tipped in list of subscribers twenty tipped in colour plates with associated text. Contents clean and tight unmarked. with superb illustrations. This book is held in stock. A postal surcharge may apply due to the weight. Fine Bird Books Hardcover
2002Best.-Nr. 032005Philadelphia: The American Ornithologists' Union and The Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia 2002. Book. Very Good. Hardcover. First Edition Thus. Folio. Volume 17 from the set of 18. Nos. 641 Rough Legged Hawk to 680 Hawai'i Creeper. Complete with table of contents and cumulative index 1-680. Slip-case near fine with very slight rubbing. Contents clean and tight unmarked no inscriptions pages crisp the staples are firm but show signs of rusting booklets appear unread. A very good volume from this huge work on The birds of North America in a very good slip-case. The American Ornithologists' Union and The Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia Hardcover
1991Best.-Nr. 031577Melbourne: Hill House 1991. Book. Fine. Hardcover. Facsimile Edition. Elephant Folio. Limited facsimile edition this copy stamped no. 203 to the front end paper. A fine copy with minimal wear contents clean and tight unmarked. Original green Japanese Saifu cloth gilt; pp. iv plus 97 fine coloured plates with accompanying text. One of a series of remarkably exact same-size facsimile of the original in the British Library printed by offset lithography on acid-free matt art paper and hand-bound. The Hill House series contained the only authentic full-size facsimiles of the works of John Gould - this volume is one of the original printings and now out of print. Publisher's blurb thus "They are not reproductions because no camera was used in transferring the images from the B.M.N.H. originals. Indeed the originals are taken by Museum security courier to the repro-house in Singapore where they are subjected to the preparation of new plates for printing on 5 and 6 colour offset presses. The paper used is 130 gsm mat art paper. As facsimiles the books carry faithfully every spot mark or stain of the originals. They also carry the original Museum Department of Zoology stamps and librarian's annotations. From behind glass the naked eye would be unable to distinguish the original from the facsimile so accurate is the colour printing. Also as facsimiles they are exactly the same size as the originals Imperial Folio: 22" x 15". Each volume is hand sewn cased-in and bound between 4 mm. gilt stamped on the spine and with the gold Crown Cipher of the British Museum Natural History on the front and blind embossed on the inner margin of the front boards. The end-papers are of special wood-free heavy grade paper printed in a generated repetitive pattern of the Museum's Library stamps. The publisher has not intruded into the authenticity of the books leaving the publication data printed only on the very last page at the end of the book block. Each copy is hand inspected by the printer's quality control officer individually numbered on the inside front board. Thus no two copies are exactly the same. Although initial volumes were printed in more than 500 copies later production runs have not exceeded 300 for world-wide sale. This has been caused by a relative shortage of quality paper together with the intensive hand-labour involved in their production." This book is held in stock. A postal surcharge may apply on this heavy book. Hill House Hardcover
1995Best.-Nr. 031580Melbourne: Hill House 1995. Book. Fine. Hardcover. Facsimile Edition. Elephant Folio. Limited facsimile edition this copy is very early in the sequence and stamped no. 006 to the front paste-down. A fine copy cloth very slightly marked; contents clean and tight unmarked. Original green Japanese Saifu cloth gilt 82 fine coloured plates with accompanying text. Endpapers with a repeating pattern of BM library stamps. One of series of remarkably exact same-size facsimile of the original in the British Library printed by offset lithography on acid-free matt art paper and hand-bound. The Hill House series contained the only authentic full-size facsimiles of the works of John Gould - this volume is one of the original printings and now out of print. An as-new copy. Publisher's blurb thus "They are not reproductions because no camera was used in transferring the images from the B.M.N.H. originals. Indeed the originals are taken by Museum security courier to the repro-house in Singapore where they are subjected to the preparation of new plates for printing on 5 and 6 colour offset presses. The paper used is 130 gsm mat art paper. As facsimiles the books carry faithfully every spot mark or stain of the originals. They also carry the original Museum Department of Zoology stamps and librarian's annotations. From behind glass the naked eye would be unable to distinguish the original from the facsimile so accurate is the colour printing. Also as facsimiles they are exactly the same size as the originals Imperial Folio: 22" x 15". Each volume is hand sewn cased-in and bound between 4 mm. boards covered in special Japanese Saifu cloth gold stamped on the spine and with the gold Crown Cipher of the British Museum Natural History on the front and blind embossed on the inner margin of the front boards. The end-papers are of special wood-free heavy grade paper printed in a generated repetitive pattern of the Museum's Library stamps. The publisher has not intruded into the authenticity of the books leaving the publication data printed only on the very last page at the end of the book block. Each copy is hand inspected by the printer's quality control officer individually numbered on the inside front board. Thus no two copies are exactly the same. Although initial volumes were printed in more than 500 copies later production runs have not exceeded 300 for world-wide sale. This has been caused by a relative shortage of quality paper together with the intensive hand-labour involved in their production." Please see the other Gould titles we are offering in this impressive edition. This copy is held in stock. A postal surcharge may apply on this heavy volume. Hill House Hardcover
2005Best.-Nr. 031608Germany: Ginster 2005. Book. As New. Hardcover. First Edition. 8vo. 450 pages; b/w illustrations. Original hardback binding fine. Contents clean and tight unmarked no inscriptions. A new copy. Ginster Hardcover
1989Best.-Nr. 030216British Ornithologists' Union 1989. Book. Fine. Hardcover. First Edition. 8vo. 170 pages; b/w illustrations. Original laminated boards fine and unmarked. Contents clean and tight unmarked no inscriptions. A fine copy as new . British Ornithologists' Union Hardcover
1983Best.-Nr. 11246Lawrence 1983. Lex8vo. Orig. full cloth. XXIX877 pp. hardcover
1881Best.-Nr. 030045London: Tweeddale Printed By Taylor and Francis 1881. Book. Very Good. Hardcover. Edited and Revised. 8vo. pp 4 lxix 760. b/w etchings within text to the rear. Original dark pebbled cloth binding near fine with a little general wear to corners bright gilt to the spine. Contents clean and tight first and last few pages effected by toning and spotting otherwise internally clean text pages unmarked no inscriptions. A very good copy. Bibliographic note; copies bound up for the family included a frontisepiece map and 11 colour plates this copy is without. It was edited and revised by Tweeddale's nephew at the instruction of his widow in memory of her husband The book covers mainly Southeast Asia. Tweeddale, Printed By Taylor and Francis Hardcover
1991Best.-Nr. 029401Melbourne: Hill House 1991. Book. Fine. Hardcover. Facsimile Edition. Elephant Folio. Limited facsimile edition this copy stamped no. 177 to the front paste-down. A fine copy in the publisher's original packing box; a little faint spotting to the title page. Original green Japanese Saifu cloth gilt; pp. iv plus 97 fine coloured plates with accompanying text. One of a series of remarkably exact same-size facsimile of the original in the British Library printed by offset lithography on acid-free matt art paper and hand-bound. The Hill House series contained the only authentic full-size facsimiles of the works of John Gould - this volume is one of the original printings and now out of print. A fine copy. Publisher's blurb thus "They are not reproductions because no camera was used in transferring the images from the B.M.N.H. originals. Indeed the originals are taken by Museum security courier to the repro-house in Singapore where they are subjected to the preparation of new plates for printing on 5 and 6 colour offset presses. The paper used is 130 gsm mat art paper. As facsimiles the books carry faithfully every spot mark or stain of the originals. They also carry the original Museum Department of Zoology stamps and librarian's annotations. From behind glass the naked eye would be unable to distinguish the original from the facsimile so accurate is the colour printing. Also as facsimiles they are exactly the same size as the originals Imperial Folio: 22" x 15". Each volume is hand sewn cased-in and bound between 4 mm. gilt stamped on the spine and with the gold Crown Cipher of the British Museum Natural History on the front and blind embossed on the inner margin of the front boards. The end-papers are of special wood-free heavy grade paper printed in a generated repetitive pattern of the Museum's Library stamps. The publisher has not intruded into the authenticity of the books leaving the publication data printed only on the very last page at the end of the book block. Each copy is hand inspected by the printer's quality control officer individually numbered on the inside front board. Thus no two copies are exactly the same. Although initial volumes were printed in more than 500 copies later production runs have not exceeded 300 for world-wide sale. This has been caused by a relative shortage of quality paper together with the intensive hand-labour involved in their production." This book is held in stock. A POSTAL SURCHARGE MAY APPLY ON THIS HEAVY BOOK. We hold the full set of Birds of Australia in stock. Hill House Hardcover
1898Best.-Nr. 028936Westminster: Archibald Constable & Co. 1898. Book. Good. Hardcover. First Edition. 8vo. pp. xiv 256 16 pages of adverts at year; b/w portrait frontispiece of the author; 9 further b/w plates; folding map at end; in-text vingette. Original green buckram cloth binding with gilt lettering good and strong but somewhat worn and rubbed; cloth marked and tanned. Contents good and tight a little spotting and foxing a few pages marked; private bookplate to the front paste-down. A good copy of the first edition. "Journey of the British explorer & ornithologist in 1894 from Kolguev Island up the Pechora River & then west to the White Sea". Archibald Constable & Co. Hardcover
1901Best.-Nr. 028939Edinburgh: David Douglas 1901. Book. Illus. by J. W. Frohawk. Near Fine. Hardcover. First Edition. 8vo. pp xxiii 150 2-adverts; b/w frontispiece plate by J. W. Frohawk; 2 further b/w plates after photographs folding colour map. Original dark green ribbed cloth binding with gilt lettering to the spinebright and unfaded near fine with minimal wear slight rubbing to head of the spine very small mark to rear board. Contents clean and tight unmarked no inscriptions very slight spotting to page edges. A near fine tight copy. David Douglas Hardcover