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2002032005Philadelphia: 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
1853033929London: 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
1931036261New York: Doubleday Doran & Company Inc. 1931. Book. Illus. by G.E. Lodge L.A. Fuertes A Thorburn C.R. Knight. Very Good. Hardcover. First Edition. 20cm x 27cm. Complete in two volumes. Volume 1 pp. xxviii 257; 34 colour and b/w illustrations by Lodge Thorburn and others. Volume II pp. 309 inc. index 29 colour and black and white illustrations. Original green hardback binding very good the spines of both appear slightly mottled and faded with a little general wear. Contents clean and tight attractive bookplate from the library of Eric Hosking tot he front pastedowns a little toning to the endpapers otherwise unmarked no inscriptions. A very good set with an interesting provenance.Eric Hosking OBE Hon FRPS FBIPP 1909-1991 was widely acknowledged as one of the world's most eminent natural history photographers "Perhaps the most famous bird photographer ever to have lived" Gemma Padley. He was pioneering and developed new techniques especially the use of flash photography and automatic shutter release technology which enabled him to photograph birds at night and freeze birds in flight for the first time. Famously when just 28 he lost an eye to a tawny owl while climbing up to a hide in rural Wales the event which inspired the ingeneous title of his autobiography "An Eye for a Bird" 1970. Over his exceptionally long career he photographed over 1800 species and his pictures have appeared in some 1000 books including the popular New Naturalist series of which he was photographic editor. Hosking was not only a photographer of birds but also a highly knowledgeable ornithologist. Doubleday, Doran & Company, Inc. Hardcover
1926039954Garden City: Doubleday Page & Co. 1926. 2 volumes-complete. xxviii 256; xv 309pp; index appendices col plates bw ills. Green cloth titled in gilt with embossed green medallions to front. Some dulling of spine internal hinges just starting at top very minor bumps to corners. Many pages uncut/unopened. A very nice set of the first edition. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good/No Jacket. 4to. Doubleday, Page & Co. Hardcover
1931000798Garden City: Doubleday Doran & Co. 1931. In two volumes. 326pp. photos color plates. Nice bright copy of well-known monograph on the world's pheasant species. General natural history relation to man 66 species accounts care in captivity. In chipped paper wrappers. Bright gilt on spine and covers with embossed gold seal Vol.1 has small area of light stains on front cover making parts slightly darker. Decorative Cloth. Very Good/Good. Illus. by Lodge G.E. Thorburn A.; Gronvold H.; Knight C.R. 4to. Doubleday, Doran & Co. Hardcover
022053London: Ward Lock & Tyler Illustrated with six colour plates and many small engravings in the text all by Harrison Weir and R. Huttula a contemporary inscription on the front endpaper 12mo pp 352 all edges gilt becoming weak internally one gathering protruding brown cloth decorated in blue and gilt slightly worn. The so-named "Cheap Edition" though looks pretty impressive; it may be that only some editions have the six plates which appear to be Baxter oil colour plates Many editions seem to have just the frontispiece. Not dated c. 1870 Tyler was a publishing partner only between 1865 and 1873. Cloth. Fair. Ward, Lock & Tyler Hardcover
1995038921Netherlands: Schuyt & Co 1995. Book. Fine. Hardcover. Inscribed by Authors. 1st Edition. 4to. Pp. 352 numerous colour photographic plates. Dust jacket near fine not price-clipped. Hardback binding fine. Contents clean and tight inscribed by the authors to Eric Hosking. A near fine to fine copy. Please note a large heavy book and small postal surcharge may apply. Eric Hosking OBE Hon FRPS FBIPP 1909-1991 was widely acknowledged as one of the world's most eminent natural history photographers "Perhaps the most famous bird photographer ever to have lived" Gemma Padley. He was pioneering and developed new techniques especially the use of flash photography and automatic shutter release technology which enabled him to photograph birds at night and freeze birds in flight for the first time. Famously when just 28 he lost an eye to a tawny owl while climbing up to a hide in rural Wales the event which inspired the ingenious title of his autobiography "An Eye for a Bird" 1970. Over his exceptionally long career he photographed over 1800 species and his pictures have appeared in some 1000 books including the popular New Naturalist series of which he was photographic editor. Hosking was not only a photographer of birds but also a highly knowledgeable ornithologist. Schuyt & Co Hardcover
1394LONDON ACADEMIC PRESS 1996. NEW BOOK HARDBACK ILLUSTRATED BY DAVID BEADLE - THE BIOLOGY OF A STRONGLY POLYGYNOUS SONGBIRD. LONDON ACADEMIC PRESS 1996 hardcover
34153FRANCE SEOF EDITIONS 2017. 1ST EDITION. NEAR FINE SOFTBACK COPY IN NEAR FINE DUSTWRAP. TEXT IN FRENCH. A VERY SCARCE BOOK. FRANCE, SEOF EDITIONS, 2017 unknown
1842022833Paris: L. Curmer 1842. 1842 - 1843. Two volumes large thick octavo very well illustrated with many fine engraved portraits plans and plates including 32 coloured plates of a very fine quality pp xxiv416; 462 ii one plate is foxed otherwise very clean internally apart from the endpapers which are a little marked becoming a little weak internally; the fore-edge uneven contemporary publisher's green pebble cloth gilt decorated spines very slightly worn. With the book label of the Sussex historian Lindsay Fleming Aldwick Grange. . Cloth. Good. L. Curmer Hardcover
1985002024Viking Penguin 1985. Very Good/Very Good. 4to 250 x 195mm 267 pages. Superb colour plates by David Wilson detailed line drawings. Book condition: Very good clean black boards tight binding faint bumping to edge of first couple of pagesnot significant!. Jacket condition: Very good clean bright not faded not creased price-clipped will be protected in removable clear sleeving prior to sale. Comments: An excellent colour illustrated guide to moth species of Britain 42 plates show over 1600 specimens. A quality sought-after guide particularly in this VG/VG condition. Hard Cover. Very Good/Very Good. Illus. by David Wilson. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. Viking Penguin Hardcover
32312NEWCASTLE WALKER 1809. THIRD EDITION TWO VOLUMES LAND BIRDS AND WATER BIRDS VERY NICELY BOUND IN HALF LEATHER OVER MARBLED BOARDS NEW ENDPAPERS RAISED BANDS GILT TITLES EXCEPTIONALLY CLEAN AND TIDY. NEWCASTLE, WALKER, 1809 hardcover
25245NEWCASTLE WALKER 1805. VOL. 2 IS THE HISTORY OF WATER BIRDS. REBOUND IN FULL LEATHER MARBLED ENDPAPERS RAISED BANDS AEG GILT TITLE. pp xxii 400. SOME RUBBING TO THE BOARDS EDGES. A VERY NICE CLEAN COPY. NUMEROUS WOODCUTS BY BEWICK. NEWCASTLE, WALKER, 1805 hardcover
1797biblio2Bewick Thomas: 1753-1828 History of British Birds. The Figures Engraved on Wood by T. Bewick. Vol. 1 and Vol. 2 containing the description and history of land birds etc. Newcastle: Sol. Hodgson; Edward Walker 1797; 1804 1804. 2 vols. 8vo. xxx ii 335 1; xx 400 pp. With 233 cuts of birds in the text. Contemporary half-polished calf over boards spine gilt; an excellent copy with respect to the interior of the book. Unfortunately the board is detached and nearly off. This copy is signed by Henry Oates and presented to him by his Aunt Ann Rayner in Dec. 1797. Ascended from Joseph Henry Oates to Lawrence Titus Oates who accompanied Scott on his expedition to the South Pole.First edition second issue as shown by the presence of the words "Wycliffe 1791" from the figure of the sea eagle on p. 11 of Volume I. Mottled calf over paper boards with some damage to the leather on volume one and volume two. Occasional spotting but otherwise a nice clean and internally bright copy. This is a very rare set owing in part to the signature and ascension of the Oates family. Published in two parts the first deals with land birds the second with water birds. "The text of the first volume was entirely written by Ralph Beilby; the illustrations are all by Bewick. It is as illustrator and artist that Bewick is best known and mainly on account of his excellent woodcuts this work passed through numerous editions a supplement being published by him in 1821. He also issued a number of small atlases of cuts without descriptive matter. The text in all the treatises bearing his name is mostly compilations from earlier writers." Thomas Bewick 1753-1828 is best remembered for his wood engravings especially those in his two works of Natural History: A General History of Quadrupeds and A History of British Birds Vol. I Land Birds Vol. II Water Birds. The methods of printing used in the eighteenth century led Bewick to develop techniques of engraving that far surpassed the work of his contemporaries. He lowered the surface of the blocks in the areas which he 'wished to appear pale so as to give the effect of distance'. These techniques together with Bewick's complete mastery of the traditional methods and his artistic ability resulted in some exquisite engravings. Masterful engraving indeed but all too frequently the printers of the day had neither the opportunity time or the incentive to produce fine sensitive impressions. Today printing the engravings individually and using a combination of eighteenth and nineteenth century techniques and twentieth century materials I was able to produce impressions that I hope go some way towards revealing the full potential of the blocks. As always it was both a privilege and a pleasure to print these wood engravings. Bewick was born in the north of England at Cherryburn on the south bank of the river Tyne twelve miles west of Newcastle upon Tyne. At the age of fourteen he was apprenticed to Ralph Beilby a general engraver in Newcastle. Ten years later he formed a partnership with Beilby. Wood engraving was only a small part of the business and the majority of the work involved engraving inscriptions and decorations on a wide variety of objects such as guns dog collars harness clock faces rings cutlery and the engraving of banknotes billheads and even bookbinders' tools and letters. Bewick is best known for his wood engravings in his two works of natural history: A General History of Quadrupeds and A History of British Birds Vol.1 Land Birds Vol. 2 Water Birds. Bewick started to engrave the illustrations for the Quadrupeds in 1785 and in his autobiographical Memoir 1 recounts: 'The greater part of these Wood cuts were drawn & engraved at nights after the days work of the shop was over. The <br />book was very well received and Bewick was encouraged to work on a history of birds. © David Esslemont 1997.These books were purchased at a Dominic Winter Auction and further family provenance is as follows from a Oates historian. "Joseph Oates whose name is inscribed in the volume was the great-grandfather of Captain Lawrence Oates. Joseph Oates was born in 1743 and died in 1824. His wife was Elizabeth Rayner which accounts for the other signature in the book. Joseph Oates and Elizabeth Rayner had six children and the youngest Edward 1792-1865 married Susan Grace in 1836. One of their five children was William Oates 1841-1896 the father of Captain Oates 17 March 1880 – 17 March 1912- He died on his birthday. His grandparents' names were included in the full name of Captain Oates - i.e. Lawrence Edward Grace Oates. There is a strong connection with travel and exploration throughout the Oates ancestors." There is no connection to be found that these books were taken on the expedition or recovered from the expedition if they were they would be worth considerably more than our price. It is safe however to say that it was a treasured set by grandparents and parents of Oates and that both the great grandfather and Captain Oates' father had an interest in birds and collected such upon their travels around the world. From the age of 20 until his death at 32 Captain Lawrence Oates was mostly away in service or in the Antarctic. He spent 9 months at his ancestral home recovering from a leg wound he received in the Boer War in 1901. In the expedition at near death starving; Captain Lawrence Oates on his birthday said "I am just going outside and may be some time." Hew was known as a gentleman brave and determined to try and save his companions. His body was never found. Sol. Hodgson; Edward Walker hardcover
19620008021Chicago: R. Hunter Middleton ca. 1962. New edition. Fine. Thomas Bewick. 4to measures 7.25 x 9.75 inches / 18.5 x 25 cm image size of 10.5 x 8.2 cm. <br/><br/>This was print no. 1 in the series of Thomas Bewick's wood engravings which were exhibited at Letterio Calapai's Studio in Glencoe IL. in 1969. In editions of Bewicks BRITISH BIRDS prior to 1847 this bird was mis-identified as a Ring-tailed Eagle and not as now Golden Eagle Immature. This impression was made from Bewick's original wood block by R. Hunter Middleton at Chicago. R. Hunter Middleton unknown
1995005316Edmonton AB: Provincial Museum of Alberta 1995. Color photos illustrations maps bibliography index 349 pages. Inscription on front blank flyleaf otherwise like new. Hard Cover. Fine/Fine. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. Provincial Museum of Alberta Hardcover
195019770AB1950. o.J. ca. 1950. 125 10 cm. 8 drawings coloured with aquatint and partly heightned in white with the monogram HS below the drawing the name of the bird in pencil. Mounted on cardboard. Very detailed and decorative drawings of different birds like Storck Brown Owl Song Trush Great White Egret Golden Eagel and others. All drawings with some details like the eggs or the young birds some details of the bird.etc. 'All drawings with the monogram HS and the name of the bird. Probably designs for a planned publication in a book. unknown
0259981079.Gpaperback. Good. Access codes and supplements are not guaranteed with used items. May be an ex-library book. paperback
0901F256115Very Good. Vol. I only to plate 422: US REPRINT of 1962 edition. Bright colors. Publisher's NOTE: "This special edition of Rex Brasher"s BIRDS AND TREES OF NORTH AMERICA is made possible by the use of plates printed at the same time as our 1962 edition which sold for $500 in the limited edition and $200 in the regular edition. There were inevitable variations in the number of plates printed and it is economically impossible to reprint at this time. As a result this psecial edition does NOT contain the following plates: 37-54; 127-144; 163-180; 331-338. Oversized oblong hardcover volume no dustjacket. No names or marks; clean no creases. Vol. I only: complete as printed. Suitable for framing. GOOD/GOOD New York: Rowman and Littlefield Inc. 1962 hardcover
190716664AB1907. Leipzig Nögele 1907-1908. 315 : 235 cm. Title 12 pages 7 coloured plates with many illustrations. Original boards. hardcover
19297338AB1929. Washington Government Printing Office 1929. 8°. IX 412 pp. 66 pl. Orig. wrappers. Bulletin 146 of the United States National Museum. Binding damaged. Uncut. unknown
Simanainen, TimoNot in perfect condition. unknown
19912080202102705099Taira Citizens' Movement Council 1991. Soft Cover. Fine. Page size: 122 pages Size: B5 size Taira Citizens' Movement Council paperback
1980mon0000002502General Foods Corporation 1980. Spiral-bound. Acceptable. in x in x in. General Foods Corporation unknown
10889ABHausmann AG. 8°. 59 pp. Numerous text ill. Orig. wrappers. unknown
