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rif. 032666Edinburgh: W H Lizars A good to very good copy of the second 'Popular' edition of Pigeons with hand coloured vignette title and 30 hand coloured plates from drawings by Edward Lear. Undated but circa 1845. Improvements in printing and materials enabled Lizars to reissue the Naturalist's Library at lower cost while retaining the original text and plates. This volume has added text - a section on rearing feeding and management of domestic pigeons. The red cloth binding is in very good condition. It is complete sound and clean. The cloth is faded to the spine which is pulled - particularly to the top where there is the beginnings of a split and the corners have some bumping and wear. The original endpapers are present. Contents: half title; frontispiece with guard; vignette title; title; contents; memoir and text 252pp with 30 plates. Contents are very clean and bright. The gather at pp 114-226 has loose stitching. W H Lizars hardcover
rif. 25400BERKHAMPSTED POYSER 1973. FIRST EDITION VERY GOOD IN VERY GOOD DUSTWRAPPER. ILLUS. BY R GILLMOR DIAGRAMS MAPS CHARTS. A SCARCE POYSER. BERKHAMPSTED, POYSER, 1973 unknown
rif. 27705BERKHAMPSTED POYSER 1973. SOFTBACK EDITION WITH 'SPECIAL PAPERBACK EDITION NOT FOR SALE' PRINTED ON THE FRONT COVER. SLIGHT WEAR TO COVERS BUT VERY GOOD. ILLUS. BY R. GILLMOR DIAGRAMS MAPS AND CHARTS. A SCARCE POYSER. BERKHAMPSTED, POYSER, 1973 paperback
1834rif. 033090EDINBURGH: W H LIZARS 1834 A good to very good copy of the 1st edition of Volume I of Gallinaceous Birds covering varieties of domestic and wild fowl eg turkeys pheasants in the publisher's brown cloth binding. Copy previously in the ownership of Francis Hemming the entomologist and with his book plate at the front pastedown. Contents with half title; black and white frontispiece portrait of Aristotle; hand coloured vignette title page with a picture of a cockerel; 2 further title pages; contents listing; Memoir of Aristotle; and text with black and white illustrations and 30 hand coloured plates 29 plates are listed in the contents index but there are 2 versions of plate 18. 32pp of advertisements and a 4 page yellow geographical works advert at the rear. The cloth binding has been rebacked relaying the original spine and is sound and tight. There is some slightly paler marking to the boards and the corners have light wear. The original green endpapers are present - the free endpaper is watermarked - and have professional repair at the joints. Contents are clean with toning to the margins including to the plate paper. Pages 169-172 have been roughly opened at the top edge and there is a small ink spot at the top edge of p 205. The plates are generally clean and very well coloured. Tissue guards tend to have some spotting or offsetting - Plate 1 has general toning and a very browned guard and the guard to plate 24 has a small area of paint from the bird on it. W H LIZARS hardcover
1838rif. 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
rif. 31127LONDON REEVE BENTHAM 1850. FIRST EDITION. THIS IS VOLUME 2 DEALING WITH RASORES AND GRALLATORES. ORIGINAL BLIND-STAMPED GREEN CLOTH WITH SPINE FADED TO BROWN NICE AND CLEAN AND TIGHT. 350 PAGES. LONDON, REEVE, BENTHAM, 1850 hardcover
1838rif. 033322EDINBURGH: W H LIZARS 1838 A good to very good copy of the 1st edition in the original publisher's cloth binding with 31 hand coloured plates and a hand coloured vignette title page. The binding is clean and sound with light fading to the spine and the board edges. The spine ends have some chipping and there is a small cloth split developing at the top end of the front spine joint. The corners are turned inwards. The original green endpapers are present and are bright and unmarked. Contents: volume listing; half title; black and white frontispiece portrait of Haller; hand coloured vignette title page with picture of Green Tody; 2 further title pages; advert; contents listing; Memoir of Baron Haller; text; and 31 hand coloured plates bound at the rear. This is an unusual copy in that all of the text remains unopened - in the state in which it came from the publishers. The text paper looks quite brown toned. The plates at the rear are all very clean. There is offsetting to the tissue guards. The tissue guard to the frontispiece has been torn out. W H LIZARS hardcover
1909Folio, First Edition, with coloured frontispiece (original tisue guard present), title in red and black, 17 fine coloured plates (all original tissue guards present), 17 fine plates in photogravure (all original tissue guards present) and 2 illustrations in the text; original burgundy cloth, upper board ruled and lettered in gilt, red buckram back lettered in gilt, gilt top, uncut, backstrip lightly sunned else a near fine copy. EDITION LIMITED TO 550 NUMBERED COPIES (THIS COPY NO. 494). A splendid copy of this magnificent example of Millais's bird artistry. SETS IN THE PUBLISHER'S ORIGINAL BINDING IN THIS CONDITION ARE RARE. Mullens & Swann, p.406; Tate, p.235.
1923rif. 101088London, Longmans, Green a. Co. 1923. M. 10 farb. Taf. u. zahlr. Abb. OLwd.
1902Roy. 4to., First Edition, LARGE PAPER, with coloured frontispiece (original tisue guard present), illustrated and printed titles, printed title in red and black, 41 fine coloured plates (8 by Thorburn, 33 by Millais; all original tissue guards present), 6 fine plates in photogravure (all original tissue guards present), and 25 plates in monochrome; original two-tone green cloth, boards in olive, upper board blocked and lettered in gilt, darker green back framed and lettered in gilt, gil top, uncut, a near fine copy. EDITION LIMITED TO 600 NUMBERED COPIES (THIS COPY NO. 423). Anker 340; Mullens & Swann, p.406; Wood, p.464.
1988160 pages including index. Small amount of writing on half title page. Average wear to covers and page corners. A bird book like no other. Concentrating on behaviour rather than species identification, the book delves into why birds act the way they do. It will raise the pleasure of birding to new heights. Starting with scenes as common as a swampy rookery of blue herons or the antics of a nesting nuthatch, the author adds new meaning to the everyday experiences of birders around the world. Learn that: blue herons live in colonies so that members can follow the colony's most successful hunters on forays rather than risk failure on solo expeditions.; female tree swallows commit mass murder against neighbouring offspring and females during nesting season; songbirds adjust their music to suit the eacoustical characteristics of the surrounding terrain, and much more. Book
1979No marks or inscriptions to contents. No creasing to covers or to spine. A lovely clean very tight copy with bright slightly marked front board and no bumping to corners. 62pp.
193058p., illus. Silhouette illustrations Hardcover Good condition
rif. 34312NETHERLANDS WASSINK 2015. FINE COPY IN LAMINATED BOARDS. VERY WELL ILLUSTRATED. NETHERLANDS, WASSINK, 2015 hardcover
194750 pages. Features: Cover art by Oscar Cahen featues sleeping hobo surrounded by birds and little girl; Could the Reds Cripple Canadian Industry? - photo-illustrated article on the threat posed by Communist Canadian labour leaders; Lady Who Has Lived - the extraordinary story of pianist Maryla Jonas, who crossed hell and high water to Carnegie Hall - and sudden fame, riches, and glory; Good News for Ulcer Sufferers - relief may be two years off; Personality - Old Camper - Taylor Statten uses his top-flight Ontario summer camps to train a new school of boys' workers - and even to finance a camp for street boys in far-off India; Why Not Build a Mud House? - author describes the amazing experience of living in her Indian mud house; Tricks of the Baseball Trade - article with photos of Jim Tabor, Clint Hartung and Carden Gillenwater; In Darkest Mexico - in filming 'The Macomber Affair', Gregory Peck, Joan Bennett, and Robert Preston outsuffered the original Hemingway characters; Esther Williams provides her favourite laugh; Movie Reviews - with photos. Stories: Iron Man; Silent Partner; Party Line. Condensed Book - Mr. Adam (part 2 of 2) and more. Ads: Uncommon two-colour photo-illustrated ad inside front cover recruits student nurses across the country; Polaroid Visors; Vaseline Hair Tonic for women; Colour Carling's ad inside back cover promotes conservation of the small-mouthed black bass; Great vintage colour Coke ad on back cover features young lovely beckoning readers to join her on her patio for a cool drink. Unmarked with average wear. Binding intact. A sound and pleasing vintage copy. Book
1897rif. 101293Alameda, 1893-1897. M. zahlr. Abb. OBr. Umschläge gebraünt, teils lose, teils fehlend, mit Randläsuren bzw. eingerissen, teils m. St.
19888vo., First Edition, with frontispiece, and photograps, illustrations and maps in the text; decorative wrappers, wire-stitched as issued, a near fine copy. Otter Memorial Paper, No. 3. SIGNED BY RICHARD WILLIAMSON ON HALF-TITLE. EXTREMELY SCARCE.
1991A clean, unmarked book with a tight binding. Very slight edge wear to dust jacket. 7 3/4"w x 10 1/4"h. 128 pages. Illustrated by Leslie Brooke.
Bella incisione probabilmente degli inizi del XIX secolo, carta spessa. L'incisione è stata acquarellata a mano e montata in elegante passepartout. L'incisione rappresenta l'uccello nocciolaia. In buone condizioni, fioriture. TECNICA: Incisione DIMENSIONI PASSEPARTOUT: cm 26x19 DIMENSIONI INCISIONE: cm 15,5x9,5 EPOCA: Inizi XIX secolo. Nice engraving of probably beginning of the XIX century, wide paper. The print has been coloued by hand with aquarello and mounted in a elegant passepartout The engraving represents the nutcracker bird. In good conditions, foxings. TECHNIQUE: Print PASSEPARTOUT SIZE: cm 26x19 PRINT'S SIZE: cm 15,5x9,5 PERIOD: first years of XIX century
1979rif. 7128Sydney: Methuen 1979. 12mo xx 202 pp full colour illustrations. llustrated card covers with good clear spine titles. Extremely scarce. The most elusive of this collectable series. Includes 150 different species and covers all families of Australian birds. First edition. Soft Cover. Very Good. Methuen Paperback
1979rif. 034388Sydney: Methuen 1979. 202pp index num col ills. Or pictorial card with colour photo of bird. Spine slightly faded and creased. Some toning to page edges and light edge wear. Observer book #A2. The only book in the Australian Observer's series to be published in soft cover this is also the key to that set. A better than usual example. Includes over 150 species and covers all families. A brief description of each bird together with common Latin and family names details of habitat and information on eating and breeding habits; all entries are illustrated mostly with color photographs. The introduction includes advice on selection of bird-watching equipment. . First Edition. Soft Cover. Near Very Good. 24mo. Methuen Paperback
1960Sm. 8vo., with 200 coloured and monochrome plates, front free endpaper browned; original series binding of terracotta cloth, upper board blocked and lettered in black, backstrip lettered in black, a very good, bright, clean copy in unclipped dustwrapper, the latter moderately age-marked and lightly frayed (without material loss) at head and tail of backstrip. Observer 1. Code 864.960 with 'Fieldfare' dustwrapper. 'The excellent illustrations and concise format of one bird per page made this book an enduring classic' (Marren & Carter). Marren & Carter, p.147.
1964A clean, unmarked book with a tight binding. Shiny pictorial cover. Small format: 6 1/2"w x 4 1/8"h. Approx. 50 pages. #15 in The Odyssey Library Series. Photographs by Arthur Singer.
1964A clean, unmarked book with a tight binding. Shiny pictorial cover. Small format: 6 1/2"w x 4 1/8"h. Approx. 50 pages. #18 in The Odyssey Library Series. Illustrated by Leif Rydeng.
rif. 1334722323.Gpaperback. Good. Access codes and supplements are not guaranteed with used items. May be an ex-library book. paperback
