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1907011994Sao Paulo Brazil: Museu Paulista/Typographia do Diario Official 1907. Ex-Library. Very Good. Cloth. First Edition. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Deaccessioned from non-circulating museum library nominally marked/stamped little actual wear clear-coated spine panel slightly age-toned with handwritten call number on lower portion. Dark red cloth lettered in gilt not original to issue. Lightly rubbed at corners and spine extremities. xxxviii485 pp. color map at rear labeled Est. II one of 2 originally accompanying maps the other now lacking. Museu Paulista/Typographia do Diario Official Hardcover
197916013Kent UK: Volair Ltd. Fine. 1979. Limited Edition. Hardcover. 0931480396 . Folio 13" - 23" tall; 291 pages . Volair Ltd hardcover
1979002544Kent: Volair Limited 1979. 70 full color plates full leather binding with raised bands gilt decoration and lettering marble endpapers AEG 291pp. Number 125 of a limited edition of 1500 copies. Reprint of Vieillot's classic work published in 12 parts from 1805 to 1809 under the title "Histoire Naturelle des plus Beaux Oiseaux de la Zone Torride". Full-Leather. Fine. Folio. Volair Limited Hardcover
026280Antwerp Belgium : Hermans International Publications Jacket has general wear fading and tears. Wear to bottom edge of boards. Previous owners details partially blacked out to front endpaper. HIGHLIGHTING AND PEN NOTES THROUGHOUT. Racing pigeons and mendelian principles - chromosomes and genes - origin and strains - breeding and racing methods of internationally famous champions. 480 pages with colour and b/w illustrations. . Hard Cover. Fair/Fair. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Hermans International Publications Hardcover
18765825Montreal: Dawson Bros. Good with no dust jacket. 1876. First Edition. Decorative Cloth. Decorated green cloth with a gilt owl on the front. The books looks "very good" but some splitting at the top of the spine and the inner hinges are cracking although the book is tight. Lacks plates 22 & 23 but with an extra plates #28 & 29. I understand this is common problem with this book if we can use the term for such an uncommon book as these were evidently assembled by hand and mistakes were made. Plate 18 is placed as a frontis.; 8x10 1/2" . Dawson Bros. hardcover
1972028496London: H. F. G. Witherby 1972. Book. Fine. Hardcover. First Edition. 4to. pp. xvi 407; frontispiece plate 12 further pages of plates from photographs 23 images and 3 coloured plates from paintings; sketch map. Original dust jacket fine minimal rubbing to edges spine bright price-clipped now attractively presented in a loose-fitting clear archival sleeve. Hard-back binding fine. Contents clean and tight no inscription unmarked. A fine copy. H. F. G. Witherby Hardcover
1972004124London: H.F. & G. Witherby 1972. Illustrated large 8vo pp xvi 407 top edge gilt fore-edge very slightly foxed otherwise an excellent copy with the striking dustwrapper very well preserved and not price-clipped. From the library of the naturalist and conservationist Richard Fitter. First Edition. Cloth. Very Good/Very Good. H.F. & G. Witherby Hardcover
29787LONDON WITHERBY 1965. FIRST EDITION QUARTO VERY GOOD IN GREEN BOARDS WITH DUSTWRAPPER. A SYSTEMATIC REFERENCE . ORDER NON PASSERIFORMES. 761 PAGES. SCARCE. LONDON, WITHERBY, 1965 hardcover
29607LONDON WITHERBY 1959 1965. FIRST EDITIONS QUARTO VERY GOOD WITH DUSTWRAPPER. VOLUME 1 HAS A WORN DUSTWRAPPER AND SOME FOXING TO THE FEP. VOLUME 2 IS VERY GOOD. A SYSTEMATIC REFERENCE . LONDON, WITHERBY, 1959, 1965 unknown
31577LONDON POYSER 1992. FIRST EDITION. FINE HARDBACK IN DUSTWRAP. WELL ILLUSTRATED WITH PHOTOGRAPHS AND MAPS. LONDON, POYSER, 1992 hardcover
1934034843London: The Foreign Bird League 1934. Book. Illus. by Cayley Neville; Rickman Philip; Vowles R. A.; Upson W. A.; Vane N. T.; Norris K. A.; Lawrence A. J.; Kinchington A. J.; Restall Robin L.; Orford Anthony; Heinzel H. Very Good. Hardcover. First Edition. 8vo. An inclusive 65-year run from February 1934 to 1998 bound in 26 volumes. Volumes for 1934-1961 bound in original cloth the remainder in attractive half dark-green morocco. Most volumes have the original wrappers bound in but excluding the first few years. Dozens of colour plates of exotic birds many of which commissioned specialy for Foreign Birds and by well-known artists including Neville Cayley R. A. Vowles Lawrence and Heinzel but it is Vowells who has made the greatest contribution many of his plates outstanding. Generally in very good condition some of the earlier cloth bindings are slightly worn but remain strong contents clean and tight no inscriptions. An impressive and attractively bound run of this important avicultural magazine only missing the 1933 issues: runs as comprehensive as this are rarely offered. Please note this is a heavy set and a postal surcharge is likely to apply. The Foreign Bird League Hardcover
2002032008Philadelphia: The American Ornithologists' Union and The Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia 2002. Book. Very Good. Hardcover. First Edition Thus. Folio. Volume 18 from the set of 18. Nos. 681 great Frigatebird to 716 Dark eyed Junco. Complete with table of contents and cumulative index 1- 716. Slip-case very good short crack to bottom edge 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
44934PRINCETON UNIVERSITY PRESS 2013. QUARTO A FINE COPY IN A FINE DUSTWRAP. VERY WELL ILLUSTRATED. PRINCETON UNIVERSITY PRESS, 2013 unknown
32248LONDON GURNEY AND JACKSON 1900. FIRST EDITION ORIGINAL BLUE CLOTH WITH A COLOURED PLATE MAPS AND OTHER ILLUSTRATIONS. LIGHT FOXING TO THE PRELIMS THEN VERY CLEAN. A VERY NICE COPY. SCARCE. LONDON, GURNEY AND JACKSON, 1900 hardcover
3375SPORTS AND SPORTSMEN LTD LONDON. 1910-20. FOLIO SIZE. FULL RED MOROCCO LEATHER BINDING. FIVE RAISED BANDS ON SPINE. BEVELLED BOARDS. ALL EDGES GILT. 10 PHOTOGRAVURES AND 8 COLOUR PLATES PLUS NUMEROUS OTHER ILLUSTRATIONS.497 PAGES. MARBLED END PAGES. LIMITED TO 1000 COPIES OF WHICH THIS IS NUMBER 115. INITIALS K.F.K. ON BOTTOM RIGHT OF FRONT BOARD IN GILT. GENERALLY VERY GOOD COPY.INTERNALLY CLEAN BUT WEAR TO THE SPINE PARTICULARLY TO THE TOP AND BOTTOM. SOME SCRAPING TO THE LEATHER ON FRONT AND REAR BOARDS. SPORTS AND SPORTSMEN LTD LONDON. 1910-20. hardcover
1997067204Reading PA: Reading Public Museum 1997. Book. Illus. by Earl L. Poole. Fine. Hardcover. Presentation Copy. 1st Edition. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. Green cloth lettered/illus. in gold foil. As issued. Stated 1st ed. Color illus. dust jacket Near Fine with 1 1/2" closed tear to upper front joint slight shelf wear now in mylar. viii335 pp. Author's presentation copy book not signed but accompanied by 1-pg. typed letter signed TLS from the author to Morning Call journalist Jim Kelly dated Oct. 1997. Reading Public Museum Hardcover
1993012447Univ of Texas Press 1993. This is a new book but the dust jacket has a tiny tear and some very light smudge. Hardcover. As New/As New. Univ of Texas Press Hardcover
1991h1381Auckland: Osborne Editions. VG : in very good condition without dust jacket as issued. 1991. Limited Edition. Un-numbered/2000. Black hardback half-leather cover with dark green velvet boards. 410mm x 310mm 16" x 12". 215pp. Heavy item - shipping supplement may apply for overseas. . Osborne Editions hardcover
22882LONDON POYSER 2006. FIRST EDITION FINE IN FINE DUSTWRAPPER. COVERS ALL ASPECTS OF THIS BIRD WITH CHAPTERS ON FEEDING MATE CHOICE BREEDING STRATEGIES NESTING EGGS AND INCUBATION MIGATORY BEHAVIOUR ETC. WITH GRAPHS CHARTS AND LINE DRAWINGS. LONDON, POYSER, 2006 unknown
18648LONDON; COUNTRY LIFE LTD.1948. FIRST EDITION VERY GOOD COPY WITH DUSTWRAP. WITH SLIGHT RIPPLE TO THE RED CLOTH OF THE FRONT BOARD. BLACK AND WHITE ILLUSTRATIONS BY THE AUTHOR. A STUDY OF BIRDS OF THE MERES POOLS AND RESERVOIRS OF EAST AND MID-CHESHIRE. ALSO INCLUDED AN ACCOUNT OF THE BIRDS OF THE LOCHS AND LOCHANS OF SUTHERLAND. LONDON; COUNTRY LIFE LTD.1948 hardcover
16664LONDON COLLINS 1952. FIRST EDITION ORIGINAL RED CLOTH WITH DUSTWRAPPER. THE BOOK IS VERY CLEAN WITH A DEDICATION TO THE FEP. THE DUSTWRAPPER IS COMPLETE AND PROTECTED. AN EXCEPTIONAL COPY. SHORELANDS SUMMER DIARY WAS THE ARTIST`S OWN DIARY AS WERE THE CAREFULLY PLANNED AND EXQUISITELY RENDERED WATERCOLOURS THAT HE PAINTED FOR EACH YEARS EXHIBITION AND SALE AT THE ROYAL ACADEMY IN LONDON. LONDON, COLLINS, 1952 hardcover
44960LONDON GOLLANCZ 1984. FIRST EDITION LARGE QUARTO IN BROWN CLOTH WITH DUSTWRAPPER 9WITH SOME WEAR TO THE TOP. WITH AN INTRODUCTION COMMENTARY AND MEMOIR OF THE ARTIST BY NOEL CUSA. A FINE COPY WITH THE TOP SECTION OF THE SLIPCASE FADED. POSTAGE AT COST. LONDON, GOLLANCZ, 1984 hardcover
30118LONDON GOLLANCZ 1984. FIRST EDITION LARGE QUARTO IN BROWN CLOTH WITH MATCHING SLIPCASE. WITH AN INTRODUCTION COMMENTARY AND MEMOIR OF THE ARTIST BY NOEL CUSA. A FINE COPY WITH THE TOP SECTION OF THE SLIPCASE FADED. POSTAGE AT COST. LONDON, GOLLANCZ, 1984 hardcover
34182BEIJING SCIENCE PRESS 1987. FIRST EDITION QUARTO VERY GOOD IN DUSTWRAPPER. NAME TO FEP. 1222 PAGES. BEIJING, SCIENCE PRESS, 1987 unknown
1898028936Westminster: Archibald Constable & Co. 1898. Book. Good. Hardcover. First Edition. 8vo. pp. xiv 256 16 pages of adverts at year; b/w portrait frontispiece of the author; 9 further b/w plates; folding map at end; in-text vingette. Original green buckram cloth binding with gilt lettering good and strong but somewhat worn and rubbed; cloth marked and tanned. Contents good and tight a little spotting and foxing a few pages marked; private bookplate to the front paste-down. A good copy of the first edition. "Journey of the British explorer & ornithologist in 1894 from Kolguev Island up the Pechora River & then west to the White Sea". Archibald Constable & Co. Hardcover
