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1891rif. 871711891. BIRDS & FLOWERS Imao KEINEN. KEINEN KACHO GAFU. Kyoto: Tanaka Jihei. Meiji 24-25 1891-2. 4 vols. each approx. 35.5 x 25.1 cm. Stringbound fukuro-toji Japanese style. Vol.1 Spring has 31 color woodblock prints of birds and flowers of which 7 are huge double page prints. Vol.2 Summer has 32 plates of which 8 are double page. Vol.3 Autumn has 38 prints of which 4 are double page. Vol.4 Winter has 34 plates of which 4 are double page and one is a four page spread. These original Tanaka Jihei issues which preceded the Unsodo versions have become quite scarce complete sets even more so and sets with the western number captioning the true first printing almost impossible to find. The covers are original with the titles directly printed there and the gold flecking. The summer issue has a single worm track in the margins else it and the other volumes are impeccable the printing excellent the colors subtle and lovely. The nicest set we have ever handled. All in a clasped chitsu case which itself is quite rough. 4 vols. complete as issued by Tanaka Jihei very unusual thus. unknown
1910rif. 038925London: Cassell and Company Limited 1910. Book. Good. Hardcover. First Edition. Folio 30 x 24 cm. pp. iv 1-96; 6 97-192 2 col frontispieces 72 plates in photogravure and numerous smaller photographs in the text. Photographs by Cherry & Richard Kearton. Leather spines with green cloth boards some wear to the surface of the leather but joints firm mottling and damp staining to the front board edges. Contents clean and tight no inscriptions. A very good complete set of two. Cassell and Company, Limited Hardcover
19102 vols., sm. folio, First Edition, with coloured frontispieces, 22 coloured plates, 72 plates in photogravure and numerous smaller photographs in the text, front free endpapers mildly browned; original green cloth, upper boards elaborately framed, blocked and lettered in gilt and blind, gilt backs, red sprinkled edges, a remarkably bright, fresh, clean set. Arguably the finest work of the two pioneers of wildlife photography. Cherry Kearton's photographs are perfectly complemented by brother Richard's text. 'It is confidently believed that the work will form the finest gallery of sun pictures of wild birds and beasts, taken amidst their natural surroundings, ever published in this or any other country' (Preface). To this day, the Royal Geographical Society's Kearton Medal is awarded for outstanding work in the field of natural history. Uncommon in this condition.
1890rif. 60218Ohne Ort, um 1890. Blatt ca. 28,5 x 19,5 cm. 1 Blatt, verso weiß.
1908rif. 167471Helsingissä, 1908. M. 1 farb. Kte. 150 S. OBr. Rücken etwas angerissen. Umschl. angeschmutzt u. etwas randgebräunt sowie m. Sign. (Acta societatis pro fauna et flora Fennica 31/5)
stampa originale tratta dall'opera "Keepsake d'histoire naturelle - Description des oiseaux suivie d'un exposé de l'art de les preparer et de les conserver" (Classification de Curvier, Texte de Buffon; revue, réduit et précédé d'une introduction par M. Achille Comte). Tavola n° 132. Stampa ottocentesca acquerellata a mano. Dimensioni: 17,5 x 27 cm circa. Stato di conservazione: Un po' rifilata ai margini, qualche leggera e piccola macchiolina / ingialiimento ma, nel complesso, un esemplare decisamente buono. Opportunamente inquadrata, può diventare un raffinato oggetto d'arredamento.
193548 pages. 7.7" x 5.2". Illustrated in three colours - yellow, black and red, primarily to display the Justrite Company's many products. Provides concise general information on the care, feeding, breeding and training of: canaries, love birds, parrots, dogs, goldfish and tropical fish. Undated but appears to be circa 1930s. Above-average wear and soiling. Unmarked. No indication of any prior printings. A worthy vintage copy of this charming piece of pet ephemera. Book
1935Name to front end paper. No other marks or inscriptions. No creasing to covers or to spine. A very clean very tight copy with bright unmarked boards, sunning to spine, slightl;y dusty page edges and no bumping to corners. 143pp. An account of the sport from the viewpoint of the average owner (!) or tenant of a few hundred acres of mixed shooting.
1960rif. 312774London: The Royal Society for the Protection of Birds 1960. First Edition. Softcover. Good set in the original stiff-card wrappers; edges slightly nicked and dust-dulled as with age. Physical description; 9 issues. Contents; July 1960 missing wrapper ; Vol. 3 No. 6 Nov. 1961 ; Vol. 4 No. 1 February 1962 ; Vol. 4 No. 2 May 1962 ; Vol. 4 No. 3 Aug. 1962 ; Vol. 4 No. 4 Nov. 1962 ; Vol. 5 No. 1 Feb. 1963 ; Vol. 5 No. 2 May 1963 ; Vol. 6 NO. 1 Feb. 1964. Subjects; Bird Watching. Junior Bird Watching. Bird Watching Periodicals. The Royal Society for the Protection of Birds London: The Royal Society for the Protection of Birds paperback
1912rif. 040456London: John Lane the Bodley Head. 1912. viii 271pp index glossary. Or green cloth lacking jacket. Top corners of last few pages torn tears at bottom of first few pages at bound edge. Minor sunning to spine gift note on front pastedown. Mostly dealing with Indian birds there re also sections on cobra mongoose and several other creatures. Includes chapter on falconry in India. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good. 8vo. John Lane the Bodley Head. Hardcover
1990rif. 55435L’Atalante, La Bibliothèque Municipale de Nantes, impr. Jouve, à Mayenne 1990 2 tomes. Fort in-8 16,5 x 24,5 cm. Reliures de l’éditeur pleine toile vert sapin sous jaquettes illustrées en couleurs, 1086 pp. en pagination continue, 64 planches en couleurs et en noir et blanc hors-texte. Exemplaires en très bon état.
rif. 053490Pars - Nantes L'Atalante & La bibliothèque municipale de Nantes 1992 in 8 (24,5x16,5) 2 fort volumes reliures cartonnées vertes de l'éditeur, jaquette illustrées en couleurs, coffret cartonné illustré, 1086 pages [1], pagination continue, avec de nombreuses illustrations en coueurs, petite trace de mouillure claire sur le plat inférieur de la jaquette du tome 1. Première édition française (First French edition). Bon exemplaire ( Photographies sur demande / We can send pictures of this book on simple request )
rif. 5189L'Atalante & La Bibliothèque Municipale de Nantes, 1992, reliures pleine toile d'éditeur avec jaquettes illustrées en couleurs, en deux volumes sous emboitage illustré en couleurs, 16,5x24x10 cm, 1086 pages (pagination continue). Edition établie et préfacée par Ben FORKNER, traduits de l'anglais par Eugène Bazin, Patrick Couton, Jane Guyon, Daniel Lefort, Michel Michaud & Isabelle Pavoni sous la direction de Patrick Couton. Cet ouvrage a été traduit avec le concours du Centre National des Lettres. LXIV planches en couleurs et noir et blanc. Tirage à 2000 exemplaires.
1993rif. 104730Berlin, Verlag d. Dt. Ornithologischen Gesellschaft, 1929-1993. M. Abb. OBr. Teilw. Doppelhefte. Jg. 112-116 in Hlwdbdn. Wenige Hefte unbeschnitten, leicht angeschmutzt od. m. St. od. Sign. a. Umschl. Ältere Jgge. teilw. m. leicht beschäd. Umschl. Jg. 105 Titelbl. u. Inhaltsver. lose beiliegend.
rif. 13108Paris, bureaux, 1865, 1 br. in-8 de (3)-56-(3) pp., texte sur 2 colonnes, illustrations, 1 planche coloriée ;
1980rif. BLG00081Ed. Blume-Chêne, 1980, reliure toile beige, dos brun avec lettres dorées, jaquette illustrée, 284 illustrations couleurs de plantes, arbustes, oiseaux, papillons ..., 186 pages, 18.5x24. Reproduction en fac similé du journal de 1906 d'une jeune naturaliste, qui décrit et dépeint la flore et la faune de la campagne anglaise au fil des saisons.
1865rif. PHO-766London ,Longmans, Green & Co, 1865. Première édition. 8vo - viii, 487 pp avec deux chromo-lithographies dépliantes. 44 gravures sur bois N&B et 50 gravures coloriées à la main d'« objets d'histoire naturelle », c'est-à-dire. oiseaux, reptiles, poissons, coquillages et insectes, sous serpentes. Une carte dépliante colorée des îles des mers du Sud reliée avant l'index , relié pleine percale éditeur avec canoë traditionnel sur le plat ,dos lisse avec titre , auteur et éditeur , accident sur le plat , couverture légèrement frottée , mouillure claire en fin d’ouvrage.Ex-dono , de la bibliothèque de monsieur de Quatrefages biologiste, zoologiste et anthropologue français, puis offert à l’explorateur français ,Joseph Montaro
1978rif. VV306551978 Paris, Flammarion, 1978 : In-8 Carré, Broché. réédition, 87 pp., 34 photos N&B, nom de l'ancien propriétaire en page de garde, l'histoire d'un goëland Etat moyen, Couv. défraîchie, Dos satisfaisant, Intérieur frais.
1993rif. 132608Köln : Taschen. c 1993. 96 S. : zahlr. Ill. 22*18 cm OPappband.
1997rif. 27915Abrams 1997 Edition en anglais. In-4, cartonnage éditeur sous jaquette illustrée. Bon état.
rif. n09jjaVery Good. The dust jacket has a small tear. The pages are clean and unmarked. The binding is in very nice condition. unknown
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
1849rif. VV383101849-1861 (reprint 1990) 74 p., 418 coloured plates, small folio, hardbound (dust jacket). Good copy.
1988Folio, with coloured and numerous fine coloured plates (many full-page) throughout; red cloth, gilt back, a fine copy in unclipped dustwrapper. Fine copy of this modern reissue.
rif. 14279WORDSWORTH EDITIONS LTD. LONDON 1990. FOLIO FINE COPY IN FINE DUSTWRAP. THE COMPLETE RENOWNED ORIGINAL EDITION WITH THE 1861 SUPPLEMENT - 418 FULL-PAGE PLATES IN FULL COLOUR. WORDSWORTH EDITIONS, LTD. LONDON 1990 unknown