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1996017540Staten Island New York: Maurizio Martino 1996. 2 volumes bound as 1 complete. Brand New in perfect condition. Bright clean square and tight. Sharp corners. NO rubbing. NO fading. NO owner's name or bookplate. NO remainder mark. NOT a library discard. Fresh and crisp. NO underlining. NO highlighting. NO margin notes. n. d. but 1996. Reprint of Chicago's Field Museum of Natural History Zoological Series Publications 239 and 240. Illustrated with a few old prints and title page facsimiles. George Watson Cole called this the "greatest bird bibliography in the world." Buchanan/Fisher in Sitwell's FINE BIRD BOOKS p. 68 says this is a "wonderful" catalogue that "has never been excelled. It goes into immense detail over the dating of text and plates. Zimmer's researches.are of the utmost importance to collectors." There are 2000 annotated entries with collations. An indispensable reference. Bound in the original maroon cloth stamped in bright white. DAB 448. Cannon 131. Besterman 4364. 1996 reprint of the 1926 editions. Hardcover. New/No jacket as issued. 2 vols in 1: x 364; 365-706pp. [Maurizio Martino] Hardcover
48402036like new. unknown
34290CAMBRIDGE UNIVERSITY PRESS 1994. 1ST EDITION. FINE COPY IN LAMINATED BOARDS. CAMBRIDGE UNIVERSITY PRESS, 1994 hardcover
189915099Chicago: American Field Publishing Co. Good with no dust jacket. 1899. First Edition. Hard Cover. Usual xlib marks. The inside of the back cover is damaged from a pocket being removed. Covers wrinkled worn on the edges. Out of a YMCA library there is an original worl war one "War Service Library" bookplate inside the front cover. The famous one with a soldier holding an entire stack of books. Owner's inscription on the fep. ; Ex-Library; 5 1/2x7 1/2"; 131 pages . American Field Publishing Co. hardcover
18995870Chicago: American Field Publishing Co. Very Good with no dust jacket. 1899. First Edition. Hard Cover. Some wear to edges & corners owner's stamp dated 1899 on title page & fep.; 5 1/2x7 1/2" . American Field Publishing Co. hardcover
1845L0482adLondon: John Van Voorst. G : in good condition without dust jackets. Covers rubbed and lightly marked. Heraldic plates to front pastedowns. Previous owner's inscription to head of each title page. Contents clean and tight. 1845. Second Edition. Green cloth hardback cloth cover. 230mm x 150mm 9" x 6". xxxviii 578pp; 655pp; 651pp. Illustrated with 535 wood-engravings throughout. Heavy book extra shipping needed for overseas. Beautifully executed vignette wood engravings of British Birds by Yarrell. . John Van Voorst hardcover
1845L0482caLondon: John van Voorst. VG : in very good condition. Cover lightly rubbed. 1845. Second Edition. Green hardback cloth cover. 230mm x 140mm 9" x 6". 655pp. Illustrated with wood-engravings. . John van Voorst hardcover
1845L0482dbLondon: John van Voorst. VG : in very good condition. Cover lightly rubbed. 1845. Second Edition. Green hardback cloth cover. 230mm x 140mm 9" x 6". 651pp. Illustrated with wood-engravings throughout. . John van Voorst hardcover
1871L0482aaLondon: John van Voorst. G : in good condition. Some corner and edge wear with wear to outer joints of volume one. 1871. 4th edition. Blue hardback cloth cover. Gilt to spine. 230mm x 150mm 9" x 6". xii 646pp; vii 494pp; xvi 684pp; viii 531pp. Illustrated with 564 wood-engravings. Published: 1871-1874 Heavy set extra shipping needed for overseas. . John van Voorst hardcover
32298LONDON JOHN VAN VOORST 1871-85. FOURTH EDITION. THE COMPLETE 4 VOLUMES BOUND IN 3 BOOKS. THE FIRST BOOK CONTAINS VOL. 1 AND PART OF VOLUME 2. THE SECOND BOOK CONTAINS THE REST OF VOL. 2 AND VOL. 3. THE THIRD BOOK CONTAINS VOL. 4 AND THE CONTENTS PAGES. REVISED BY ALFRED NEWTON AND HOWARD SAUNDERS. ILLUSTRATED BY MANY WOOD ENGRAVINGS SOME BY KEULEMANS AND NEALE. THE FIRST BOOK IS BOUND IN HALF LEATHER OVER MARBLED BOARDS WEAR TO THE LEATHER BUT TIGHTLY BOUND AND VERY CLEAN THE SECOND AND THIRD BOOKS ARE BOUND IN FULL RED LEATHER FINE. HENCE A COMPLETE SET IN DIFFERENT BINDINGS. LONDON, JOHN VAN VOORST, 1871-85 hardcover
31122LONDON JOHN VAN VOORST 1865. THIRD EDITION THREE VOLUMES. ORIGINAL GREEN CLOTH 550 TEXT WOODCUTS. EACH VOLUME HAS STRENGTHENING TAPE VERY CLEAN INTERNALLY. A VERY GOOD SET. EXTRA POSTAGE WILL BE REQUIRED. LONDON, JOHN VAN VOORST, 1865 hardcover
7558JOHN VAN VOORST. LONDON. 1843. FIRST EDITION THREE VOLUMES. FINE MODERN THREE QUARTERS MOROCCO BINDING. GILT. 520 TEXT WOODCUTS. A MOST HANDSOME SET. PREVIOUS OWNER'S BOOKPLATE. EXTRA POSTAGE WILL BE REQUIRED. JOHN VAN VOORST. LONDON. 1843 unknown
196129975HBDJ PICTORIAL COLOR BOARDS 1961 STATED 1ST EDITION Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good with Tiny Extremities chips wear & TEARS This old book with dust jacket is clean solid and in great shape! This hardcover children's book has lots of awesome color illustrations. The binding is strong with all pages firmly attached. The pages are clean with no soiling writing or tears. The copyright page shows 1961 as the published date. This is definitely NOT a former library book. The dust jacket with very light chipping on the spine edges and there is a short 1/2 inch closed tear on the top and bottom of the front. I have placed the DJ in a fresh mylar jacket and this old book looks and feels great!. OVERSIZED IN COLOR DUSTJACKET.Once Upon a time a Small Striped Tiger & a Little Spotted Leopard searched For Dinner Deep in the Heart Of The Tangled Green Jungle. A WORLD OF STRIPES & SPOTS Of Brilliant Tropical Birds & CROCS PEACOCKS AS THEIR JUNGLE ADVENTURE UNFOLDS With The en tle Lullaby Quality that Youngest Children Especially Love. <br /> DOUBLEDAY & COMPANY , NY GARDEN CITY hardcover
1936biblio8959<p>xxiii 317 p. incl. facsim. front. plates. Includes: Illustrations Plates Facsimiles.</p><p>Nature</p> The MacMillan Company hardcover
094688806X.Gpaperback. Good. Access codes and supplements are not guaranteed with used items. May be an ex-library book. paperback
200652146Tim Woodward. Near Fine. 2006. Softcover. 9628508423 . Stiff unmarked book in bright covers; about new but for corner crease to front cover. ; 8.1 X 5.8 X 1.0 inches; 423 pages . Tim Woodward paperback
66042Fine in Fine dust jacket. 0. First Edition; First Printing. Hardcover. 0918749166 . Tight unmarked book in crisp dust jacket. ; 10.56 X 0.56 X 10.62 inches; 104 pages . hardcover
1980035346London: Collins 1980. Book. Illus. by Woodcock Martin W. Near Fine. Hardcover. First Edition. 8vo. inscription from the author to Eric Hosking; pp. 176; illustrated in colour. Hardback binding near fine not faded unmarked. Contents clean and tight author's inscription to the reverse of the front free endpaper no other marks. A very good association copy. 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. Collins Hardcover
231072007 CHRISTOPHER HELM LONDON. NEW HARDBACK BOOK WITH DUSTWRAP. THIS BOOK ANALYSES AND SUMMARISES ALL THE DATA COLLATED AND DOCUMENTED OVER THE LAST 200 YEARS WITH INDIVIDUAL ACCOUNTS PROVIDING AN UP-TO-DATE STATUS REPORT ON EACH SPECIES AND ITS PATTERNS OF OCCURANCE WITHIN ESSEX. THE SUPERB LINE DRAWINGS AND PHOTOGRAPHS THAT ILLUSTRATE THE BOOK ARE ALL CONTRIBUTED BY TALENTED LOCAL ARTISTS AND PHOTOGRAPHERS. THIS BOOK IS AN ESSENTIAL REFERENCE FOR ANYBODY WHO HAS WATCHED BIRDS IN THIS AMAZING COUNTY OR WHO LOVES ITS WILD PLACES. 2007 CHRISTOPHER HELM, LONDON hardcover
1854035433London: Thomas Bosworth 1854. Book. Illus. by Joseph Wolf. Good. Hardcover. First Edition. 4to. Pp. 54 12 colour plates with tissue guards and decorative mounts. Original cloth binding spine poor and text block separate from the binding ornate gilt detail to front board. Contents complete the original end-papers name and date 1857 to the front pastedownall edges gilt the gutta percha has deteriorated to leave the pages loose the plates with tissue guards are clean and bright. A fair copy in need of a repair to the binding. Thomas Bosworth Hardcover
1941035848London: H.F. & G. Witherby Ltd 1941. Book. Very Good. Paperback. Revised Edition. 8vo. This copy belonged to Eric Hosking and bears his bookplate to the front pastedown. 78 pages. Covers very good with light general wear. Contents clean and tight no inscriptions. A very good copy. 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. H.F. & G. Witherby Ltd Paperback
19465269acLondon: H F & G Witherby Ltd. VG : in very good condition without dust jackets. Covers rubbed. Slight foxing. 1946. Fourth impression. Blue hardback cloth cover. 230mm x 160mm 9" x 6". xl 326pp; xiii 352pp; x 387pp; xiv 461pp; xii 381pp plates. 147 plates 126 in colour. Heavy book extra shipping needed for overseas. . H F & G Witherby Ltd hardcover
39197WITHERBY LTD. 1948. ORIGINAL BLUE CLOTH COMPLETE IN 5 VOLS. THE FIFTH IMPRESSION. VERY GOOD. EXTRA POSTAGE MAY BE REQUIRED. WITHERBY LTD., 1948 hardcover
1488WITHERBY LTD. 1949. ORIGINAL BLUE CLOTH COMPLETE IN 5 VOLS. THE SIXTH IMPRESSION. VERY GOOD. EXTRA POSTAGE MAY BE REQUIRED. WITHERBY LTD., 1949 hardcover
23401H.F. & G. WITHERBY. LONDON. 1949. FIVE VOLUMES IN VERY GOOD BLUE CLOTH - NO DUSTWRAPS. REPRINT. THIRD IMPRESSION. VOLUME 1: WITH 33 PLATES TEXT FIGURES AND MAPS CROWS TO JAYS. VOLUME2: WITH 30 PLATES TEXT FIGURES AND MAPS WARBLERS TO OWLS. VOLUME 3: WITH 39 PLATES TEXT FUGURES AND MAPS HAWKS TO DUCKS. VOLUME 4: WITH 33 PLATES TEXT FIGURES AND MAPS CORMORANTS TO CRANE. VOLUME 5: WITH 22 PLATES TEXT FIGURES AND MAPS TERNS TO GAME-BIRDS ADDITIONS AND CORRECTIONS SYSTEMATIC LIST AND INDICES. SMALL AMOUNT OF FOXING IN EACH VOLUME. A LITTLE BUMPING TO SOME CORNERS. EXTRA POSTAGE MAY BE REQUIRED. H.F. & G. WITHERBY. LONDON. 1949 paperback