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186755047London: Published for the Ray Society By Robert Hardwicke. Good with no dust jacket; Pages toned owner name Peter Stettenheim on . front free endpaper spine cracked between pp5-15 with tape repairs and . semi-detached leaves. 1867. First English Language Edition. Hardcover. Translated from the German and edited by Philip Lutley Sclater Bound in dark green reinforced cloth. x 181pp. Index. Ten etched plates showing feather structures of various bird species eight engravings in text. Preface by Sclater and second preface by H. Burmeister who edited the original 1840 edition from Nitzschs manuscript. Appendices by A. D. Bartlett and P. L. Sclater adding to Nitzchs ornithological observations list of Nitzschs works explanation of plates. ; Folio 13" - 23" tall . Published for the Ray Society By Robert Hardwicke hardcover
1885011280Boston/New York: Houghton Mifflin and Co. 1885. First Edition Later Printing. . Half-Leather. Very Good/Issued Without Jacket. 4to - over 9¾ - 12" tall. Thick quarto 566 pp. numerous b/w illus. 2 color plates 23 b/w full page plates maps bib. index. Part of the larger Riverside Natural History set this is vol 4 Birds. Half-leather binding in v.g. cond. w/only sl. wear to the corners. Binding solid marbled end papers marbled edges former owner's tiny name ink stamp on top right hand corner of the page following the f.f.e.p. A clean nice copy. <br/> <br/> Houghton, Mifflin and Co. 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
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
182618812London: William Cobbett 1826. Ex-Library. Good Reading Copy. Hardback. New Edition. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall. Not paginated. Front board is detached and spine is missing. Usual library markings. Information relative to the brewing of beer making of bread keeping of cows pigs bees ewes goats poultry and rabbits and relative to other matters deemed useful in the conducting of the affairs of labourer's family; to which are added instructions relative to the selecting the cutting and the bleaching of the plants of English grass and grain for the purpose of making hats and bonnets; and also instructions for erecting and using ice-houses after the Virginian manner. William Cobbett Hardcover
18760228062 Castle Street City Road London: Wesleyan Conference Office 1876. Illustrated with many text engravings throughout small octavo pp xii 292 slight signs of wear throuoghout a slight suggestion of weakness internally original beveled green cloth elaborately decorated in black gold and red slightly rubbed the spine head a little torn. . First Edition. Cloth. Good. Wesleyan Conference Office Hardcover
1806037175London & Edinburgh: Longman Hurst Rees and Orme and William Blackwood 1806. Book. Very Good. Hardcover. First Edition. 12mo. Pp. 248. Bound in later pebbled plum cloth with title label to spine taken from original binding very good. Contents good no inscriptions a little foxing along the gutter edge of the title page top edge dust marked. A very good copy. Longman, Hurst, Rees and Orme and William Blackwood Hardcover
1870023368Marlborough & London: Perkins "Times Office"; Simpkin Marshall & Co. 1870. Small octavo pp viii 117 very clean internally original green blind-stamped cloth with gilt central decoration on the front cover the very slightest signs of use but really an exceptionally clean bright copy. From the library of the naturalist and conservationist Richard Fitter with his stamp on the front endpaper. First Edition. Cloth. Very Good. Perkins, "Times Office"; Simpkin, Marshall & Co. 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
1853012031London: Society for the Diffusion of Useful Knowledge/C. Cox 1853. Ex-Library. Good. Half-Leather. First Thus. 24mo - over 5" - 5¾" tall. Two volumes bound as one: Bird-Architecture SPUK 1853 304 pp. Bird Miscellanies Cox 1847 386 pp. Brown pebbled cloth originally 1/2 leather rebacked in black cloth tape with handwritten title leather corners showing exposed tips and surfaces considerably rubbed. Lacking front flyleaf opening on to title page with cloth tape repair to front hinge obscuring approx. 10% along binding edge; rear hinge also repaired. 304386 pp. illus. w/ several reproduced engravings. Beyond the obvious cosmetic flaws shows a clean text block showing just a bit of toning with firm binding. Society for the Diffusion of Useful Knowledge/C. Cox Hardcover
1846032769London : The Religious Tract Society 1846 A very good copy in the original decorative cloth binding with hand coloured frontispiece and 23 further hand coloured plates. Anonymous author. The binding has a gilt bird on a branch to the front board and gilt titles to spine. All edges gilted. The binding is bright and clean with light wear to corners. There is the beginning of a split at the front spine joint but the book is sound. Original yellow endpapers present. Contents with frontispiece and guard; title; contents and plate list; text 216pp with 23 guarded plates. Internally in very good clean condition with the occasional light mark or spot. The Religious Tract Society hardcover
1876038857London: Groombridge and Sons 1876. Book. Good. Hardcover. First Edition. 8vo. Pp. 238; 16 coloured plates including frontispiece illustrating 86 eggs original yellow endpapers. Publisher's decorative brown cloth blocked in black and gilt all edges gilt. Binding good with a little general wear and rubbing to head/tail of the spine. Contents clean and tight professional and inconspicuous strengthening of internal front hinge some pages spotted or foxed some plates lightly marked tissue guard to the frontispiece worn/toned small neat gift inscription to the front free end paper dated 1882. A good to very good copy. Bibliographic note: This edition combines the first and second series which were originally published in the 1850s numerous editions were published in a variety of different bindings. Groombridge and Sons Hardcover
1889021775Oxford at The Clarendon Press 1889. With a charming hand-coloured frontispiece of an Alpine Chough by Seth Lister Mosley octavo pp viii 217 a folding map at the rear with one neat repair at a fold otherwise in very good condition slightly age-toned internally blue cloth a little dull marked and rubbed the spinefrayed at head and tail. From the library of the naturalist and conservationist Richard Fitter with his stamp on the front endpaper. . First Edition. Cloth. Good. Oxford at The Clarendon Press Hardcover
1890013092Chelmsford Buckhurst Hill and London: Edmund Durrant & Co; The Essex Field Club & Simpkin Marshall Hamilton Kent & Co. 1890. Illustrated octavo pp viii 302 one gathering slightly sprung cloth faded and slightly marked. From the library of the naturalist and conservationist Richard Fitter with his stamp on the front endpaper. First Edition. Cloth. Good. Edmund Durrant & Co; The Essex Field Club, & Simpkin Marshall Hamilton Kent & Co. Hardcover
1900061224London: R.H.Porter 1900. First Edition. Hardcover. Good/No Jacket. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. Type: Book Tapemarks to endpapers bookplate address stamp.Map complete at rear. R.H.Porter hardcover
1871022964Glasgow: Thomas Murray & Son 1871. Illustrated with 15 tinted lithographs all of which are rather age-toned and a bit foxed large thick octavo ppm xii 520 a little used throughout a few corners slightly turned the hinge at the title page is cracked but only slightly weak original green beveled cloth with a gilt decoration on the front cover rather rubbed and slightly marked the spine is frayed and worn at top and bottom and lacking a narrow strip at the top. Tipped-in at the front is a five-page offprint biograohy of Robert Gray. This has the stamp and signature of the Scottish geologist and palaeontologist John Hunter so it seems possible that the book was his also. First Edition. Cloth. Fair. Thomas Murray & Son Hardcover
184501111262Concord NH: Rufus Merrill c1845. 16 pp. booklet with original yellow paper wraps with 9 woodcut illustrations. Nine 9 identified illustrations include Lyre Bird swallow Boat Bill Roseate Spoon bill Blue Jay Hoopoe Robin Belted Kingfisher and doves. Accompanied by narrative description and rhyming verse. 2 3/4" x 4 1/2" chapbook. Make-do sewing repair along back strip. <br/><br/> Rufus Merrill paperback
1867017687London: Published for the Ray Society by Robert Hardwicke 1867. Book. Very Good. Paperback. First Edition. Folio. pp. x ii 181; 10 engraved plates half-title and title pages. Publisher's original card wrapper with printed title label pasted to the front board the green cloth spine with gilt lettering is worn with multiple splits wrappers with a little general wear more pronounced to corners. Contents good and complete tight large margins no inscriptions a few plates with a little foxing plate I the most marked. Overall a very good copy. Published for the Ray Society by Robert Hardwicke Paperback
184010158316mo 2 1/2 x 4 original paper wrappers illustrated 16 pp. Some staining and soiling to covers stitch a little loose slight tears along hinges a little browning and foxing. In pretty decent condition for such a delicate item. Scarce children's title OCLC locates only a couple of copies with bird wood engraved illustrations. Includes description and small illustrations of the Robin Golden Eagle Blue Bird Turtle Doves Owl Wild Goose Quail and Nightingale. OCLC. Bailey & Noyes,
1892011964Washington D.C.: Smithsonian Institution/GPO 1892. Ex-Library. VG. Buckram. First Thus. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Deaccessioned from non-circulating museum library nominally marked/stamped little actual wear clear-coated spine panel lightly age-toned with hand-written call number on lower portion. Bound in orange buckram not retaining original wraps. ii253-383 pp. illus. w/ 46 b&w plates additional figures in text. Smithsonian Institution United States National Museum. From the Report of the National Museum for 1890 to which this pagination refers. A very durable functional copy. Smithsonian Institution/GPO Hardcover
1899013181London: Trustees of the British Museum 1899. Ex-Library. Very Good. Cloth. First Edition. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Brown cloth ruled in blind lettered in gilt on spine panel. De-accessioned from non-circulating museum library lightly marked/stamped handwritten call label on lower clear-coated spine panel somewhat age-toned. Cloth has separated and been repaired along front joint; spine extremities are chipped and corners a bit rubbed/curled. xxi30320 pp. Volume I only. A few internal notations in pencil else clean. Mounted on front flyleaf is a lengthy contemporary review and hinged to the flyleaf is a presentation book plate from the Trustees of The British Museum; hinged to the rear flyleaf is an original mailing label addressed from The British Museum to the U.S. National Museum in Washington D.C. and the Smithsonian Institution's stamp invoice 1273. Trustees of the British Museum Hardcover
1885066352Troy NY: Nims & Knight 1885. Book. Illus. by Hector Giacomelli. Good. Hardcover. 1st Edition. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. Color illus. cloth text block edged in gilt. Rubbed with exposure at corners and spine extremities cover cloth with mild tanning/dampstaining to front cover more pronounced to back cover. Mended hinges. Possibly lacking main title with half-title followed by List of Illustrations p. iii stated but pagination suggests otherwise. xvi200 pp. Publisher stated at heel of spine panel as Nims & Knight which existed under that name 1882-92 only narrowing range of publication to that decade. Exceptionally scarce with a presumed later Estes & Lauriat edition dating to 1888. Nims & Knight Hardcover
1881j6487Paris: Libraire Hachette. VG : in very good condition without dust jacket. Minor scuffing to leather at corners and spine. Ribbon marker. Marbled endpapers. Aeg. 1881. Fourteenth Edition. Green hardback half-leather cover. 280mm x 200mm 11" x 8". 424pp. B/w illustrations some full page some within the text. Text in French. Heavy item - shipping supplement may apply for overseas. . Libraire Hachette hardcover
1835h0116caLondon: Whittaker & Co. G : in Good condition. Cover rubbed with corner wear. Spine rubbed with wear ar joints. Title page stained. 1835. Second Edition. Black hardback half-leather cover. 190mm x 120mm 7" x 5". 391pp ads. B/w in-text illustrations plus colour frontispiece title-page vignette and 8 pages of illustrations all hand coloured. . Whittaker & Co hardcover
