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Roy. 8vo., First Edition, with coloured frontispiece (wanting original paper guard), title in red and black, 5 coloured plates (all original paper guards present) and 13 engravings in the text, frontispiece and title mildly spotted; original green cloth, upper board framed in blind and blocked and lettered in gilt, gilt back, primrose endpapers, corners lightly bruised, joints a little rubbed at head else a very good, bright, clean copy. With the nineteenth century engraved armorial bookplate of Henry Ashworth James on front paste-down and separately printed errata slip mounted facing Preface. Henry Ashworth James, of Herstmonceux Place Sussex, was father of aviation pioneer Wing Commander Sir Archibald James MC; this copy was formerly in the latter's library.
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8vo., Second Impression, with portrait frontispiece and plates, free endpapers mildly browned; black cloth, gilt back, top a little dust-soiled else a very good, bright, clean copy. THIS COPY WAS FORMERLY IN THE LIBRARY OF SIR ARCHIBALD JAMES AND BEARS HIS HOLOGRAPH SiGNATURE ON FRONT PASTE-DOWN. James served as PPS to Butler at the India Office and Ministry of Labour (1936–38), Board of Education (1942) and Honorary First Secretary to the British Embassy in Madrid (1940–41). Includes index of names and glossary.
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197498703Melbourne: Wren Publishing. 1974. Facsimile edition 2 volumes complete printed in a limited edition of 500 copies. Cloth boards dustjackets colour plates b&w illus pp xl 448 549 1102 plus assitional plate coloured plate section of eggs. Dustjackets lightly creased and chipped to edges. Previous owner's signature half-title page. Near-fine condition. An ornithological and oological classic by the leading Australian authority of the time first published in 1901. Facsimile Edition. Wren Publishing hardcover
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1900144182Sheffield: Printed for the Author by Pawson & Brailsford 1900. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good. Sheffield Printed for the Author by Pawson & Brailsford 1900 printed on a corrigendum slip pasted over the date 1901 on the title page. Large octavo two volumes xl 524; and ii 525-1102 pages plus a map 2 frontispiece portraits 129 black and white plates and 28 chromolithographs of eggs painted by Charles Brittlebank. Khaki cloth lettered in gilt on the spines; top and leading edges uncut with a few leaves unopened; cloth slightly marked rubbed and bumped at the extremities with a thin faded strip at the head of the front cover of the second volume; endpapers slightly tape-marked; ownership details in pencil in both volumes; top margin of two consecutive preliminary leaves in the first volume slightly damaged when inexpertly opened now expertly conserved; trifling chips to some protruding uncut leading edges including to one plate now reinserted after being detached at some stage; mild signs of age and use but overall in excellent condition. The black and white plates after photographs primarily by the author but also by Sidney Jackson and Dudley Le Souef include many interesting scenes in the field. 2 items. Printed for the Author by Pawson & Brailsford hardcover
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111358Sheffield printed for the author by Pawson & Brailsford 1901 . First edition 2 vols; 8vo 26.5 x 17 cm; 28 chromolithographs 131 photographic illustrations map ownership inscriptions in pen to frontispiece verso part I and title part II bookplates to front pastedowns part II '1900' tipped-in over date; publisher's khaki cloth spines lettered in gilt joints and corners slightly rubbed minor wear to boards of part I internally clean; xl 524; 2 525-1102pp.<br /> The scarce variant issue in two volumes of Archibald Campbell's comprehensive survey of the Nests and Eggs of Australian Birds richly illustrated with 28 chromolithographs by Charles Clifton Brittlebank and 131 photographic plates from various sources including the author. <br /><br />In an unpublished later from May 1924 to A.H. Chisholm Campbell noted that there 'was only one edition. A London bookseller ordered 100 copies; when he saw the number of pages over 1000 he had it put into two vols.'<br /><br />With provenance for the entomologist John Cecil Le Souef 1905-1982 president of the Entomological Society of Victoria and editor of the society's journal.<br /> Zimmer 123; Wood 277; Ferguson 7872. Sheffield, printed for the author by Pawson & Brailsford, 1901 hardcover
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8vo., First Edition, with plates, endpapers lightly browned; green cloth, gilt back, a very good, bright, clean copy in unclipped dustwrapper, the latter minimally chafed at edges. A PRESENTATION COPY FROM THE AUTHOR TO SIR ARCHIBALD JAMES WITH THE FORMER'S WARM SIGNED HOLOGRAPH INSCRIPTION ON FRONT FREE ENDPAPER. Foran thanks James 'for all your generous help'; signed and dated 'Nanyuki. Kenya Colony 1958'. SIGNED COPIES BY THIS AUTHOR ARE EXTREMELY SCARCE.
