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1898rif. 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
1930rif. 813790Washington, 1930. M. 1 Taf. 2 S. OBr. Umschlag lichtrandig. (Smithsonian miscellaneous collection 82/13).
1989No marks or inscriptions. A lovely clean very tight copy with bright unmarked boards and no bumping to corners. Dust jacket not price clipped or marked or torn or creased with sunning to spine and minor traces of storage. 149pp. A collection of thirty-five stories on wildfowl shooting by respected writers in the genre. Illustrated by thirty-two full page coloured plates from various artists.
2002A clean, unmarked book with a tight binding. Small crease on front cover. 512 pages. Many color photos. "An up-to-date distribution map and a unique code indicating frequency and global status are provided for each of the 668 species covered. The concise text provides vital information on habitats, habits, and voice to ensure accurate identification."
[45]-55pp., 1 illustration, orig. printed wrappers, staples rusted.
1858rif. 033219London: Lovell Reeve 1858 A very good copy of the 1st edition in the original decorative cloth binding with 20 hand coloured plates. Part of Lovell Reeve's Popular Natural History series where a number of authors were chosen to introduce their subjects to young people in a way that would give a good foundation while inspiring them to study further. This copy is in the original binding which is very bright and clean. The gilt decoration on the front board is slightly dulled. Spine ends have light pulling and there is light wear to corners. Contents complete with hand coloured frontispiece and 19 further plates. 1 page ad for the Literary Gazette at the rear. There is an ink inscription at the front free endpaper. Top and side page edges rough with the occasional very small edge tear. Contents are clean with light spotting which occasionally affects plates. Light marking to endpapers. Lovell Reeve hardcover
rif. 23877CHARLES TUTTLE 1971. FIRST EDITION QUARTO VERY GOOD IN A WORN AND TORN DUSTWRAPPER. WITH 25 SUPERB FULL-COLOUR PLATES BY HARVEY. CHARLES TUTTLE, 1971 unknown
1907rif. 009571St. Louis MO: Privately Printed 1907. Presentation copy from Widman to the ornithologist Dr. Jonathan Dwight Jr. This is the scarce original edition not a reprint. Signed by Author. Hard Cover. Very Good. Privately Printed Hardcover
1907rif. 619354St. Louis, 1907. 288 S. OU. m. St. u. Sign. Unaufgeschn. Ex. (Trans. of The Acad. of Science of St. Louis 17/1).
1901rif. 172508Cambride, 1901. (S.-A.a.: American Naturalist 35; 412). M. 8 Abb. S. 271-298, 4 S. Obr. Umschl. angeschmutzt u. etwas angerissen. Unaufgeschn.
1980Octavo in white Dj; 195 p : b&w illus ; 24 cm. Red-tailed hawk -- Biography.
1919rif. 236288Minneapolis, Univ. of Minnesota, 1919. M. zahlr. Abb. VI, 101 S. Sign. a. Tit. (Research publ. of the Univ. of Minnesota 8/2).
1979rif. 236302Washington, 1979. 4°. M. 1 Abb. III, 31 S. OBr. (Smithsonian contrib. to zoology 291).
1878rif. VV411461878 32 p., disbound (no covers). Unopened copy. Taken from: Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London.
1977rif. VV112961977 37, [5] p., 26 figs, small folio, paperbound. Reprinted with a separate bibliography from chapter 5 of ''Rails of the World'' by S. Dillon Ripley.
1979rif. 027636London: The Publishing Partnership 1979. Book. Fine. Hardcover. Limted Facscimile Edition. Elephant Folio. A finely produced book. Numbered Limited Edition. Number 176 of an edition limited to 250 copies. Half brown morocco over marbled boards; matching bound folio prospectus all housed within original brown morocco-backed cloth solander box. An elephant folio facsimile of the original work published c. 1835. 5 finely printed colour illustrations: - Common Fowl Raven Wood Pigeon Winchat and Blue Titmouse. Books and solander in fine condition. A superbly produced work using finest handmade materials. 3920g. The Publishing Partnership, Hardcover
1993No marks or inscriptions. A very clean very tight copy with bright unmarked boards and no bumping to corners. Dust jacket not price clipped or marked or torn with very slight creasing to upper front edge. 165pp. With a series of accounts from works from the mid-17th century to the latter part of the 20th century, the editor introduces us to the changing face of the sport of game shooting over the years.
1979Oblong 4to., Second Impression, with a coloured title-vignette and very numerous fine coloured and monochrome illustrations throughout, neat contemporary inscription on front free endpaper; cloth, a near fine copy in price-clipped 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.
1984A clean, unmarked book with a tight binding. 140 pages.
Octavo in pale yellow illus DJ; 270 p. : ill. , bibliographical references (p. 251-256) and index; 22 cm. Chapters entitled: The third dimension -- What is a woodpecker -- Extinction is forever -- There is no place like this home -- The generalist, the specialist, and the ecological niche -- A cooperative nature -- Territories large and small -- Bits and pieces -- Beetlemania -- Woodpeckers as agents of biological control -- Peckerwood politics -- Meanwhile, deep in the heart of Texas ... // Red-cockaded woodpecker. Red-cockaded woodpecker -- Effect of habitat modification on -- Southern States. Birds -- Conservation -- Southern States. Rare birds -- Southern States. Endangered species -- Southern States. Loblolly pine -- Ecology -- Southern States. Extinction (Biology) ; Ecology; United States
1949224 pages. Frontis black and white photographic plate of author. Several pages of black and white photographic plates insterspersed through text. Map front endpaper. "... Mrs. Manning was the first woman to be employed in an official Geodetic Survey of the Far North. This book is her on day-to-day record of this Arctic adventure." - from dust jacket. Unmarked. Average wear to book. Binding intact. Somewhat above-average wear to dust jacket which bears some chipping and closed 1" tear at top edge of front panel. Jacket now preserved in archival-grade Brodart. Sound copy. Book
1915xii, 328 p. illus. 23 cm. Hardcover Ex-library, Very good condition
2008Octavo in a yellow DJ ; 257 p, [8] p of b&w plates : color illus ; 22 cm Bird watching -- United States -- Anecdotes
rif. 1502BOMBAY NATURAL HISTORY SOCIETY 1961. FIRST EDITION. VERY GOOD IN DUSTWRAP. ALSO COVERS BIRDS OF NEPAL SKKIM BHUTAN AND CEYLON. A LETTER FROM THE AUTHOR IS PASTED ON TO THE FEP. BOMBAY NATURAL HISTORY SOCIETY 1961 unknown