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23985GURNEY & JACKSON. LONDON. 1907. VERY GOOD HARDBACK IN BROWN CLOTH WITH SOME FINGERING TO THE TOP AND BOTTON OF SPINE. ON MOORLAND AND SEA WITH FAUNAL NOTES EXTENDING OVER FORTY YEARS. WITH COLOURED MAP AND NUMERUS ILLUSTRATIONS. 2ND EDITION. SOME FOXING. GURNEY & JACKSON. LONDON. 1907 hardcover
36008LONDON QUERCUS 2007. VERY GOOD COPY IN A VERY GOOD DUSTWRAP. SMALL FOLIO EDITION. BOOK MEASURES 350 X APPROXIMATELY 430CM. AMONG THE PLATES FEATURED IN THIS BOOK ARE STUNNING WORKS BY OVER 60 RENOWNED ARTISTS. LONDON, QUERCUS, 2007 unknown
1910039004London: Witherby & Co. 1910. Book. Illus. by Thomas Baddeley. Very Good. Hardcover. First Edition. Small 4to. Volume 1 - The Mammals and Birds of Cheshire. Volume 2 - The Dee as a Wildfowl Resort The Reptiles and Amphibians of Cheshire and The Fishes of Cheshire and Liverpool Bay; pp. vol. I: xxxii 472; vol II: xx 210. Illustrated from b/w photographs by Thomas Baddeley folding map in colour. Publisher's green cloth binding with gilt lettering to the spines very good with minimal wear spines and gilt bright. Top edge gilt other edges uncut spotting to fore-edges . Contents clean and tight paper crisp and bright some fine areas of spotting to the first few pages but clean within. A very good clean set. Witherby & Co. Hardcover
038280London: Self published by the author 1902. Book. Very Good. Soft cover. First Edition. 8vo. 1902 Part I 1-498 1903 Part II 499-922. Original card wrappers professionally laid on reinforcement card a little loss to the original card spines at the base minimal wear. Contents clean and tight edges uncut name scribbled over in pen to the top of the front free endpaper to both volumes otherwise unmarked. A very good copy of this set in original covers. Self published by the author Paperback
17160ARLEQUIN PRESS 1994. FIRST EDITION LIMITED TO 945 COPIES. A FINE COPY IN PROTECTED DUSTWRAP. OBLONG QUARTO. ARLEQUIN PRESS, 1994 unknown
14980DENMARK ZOOLOGICAL MUSEUM UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN 1990. FIRST EDITION FINE IN LAMINATED BOARDS. ILLUSTRATED BY JON FJELDSA.A MANUAL TO THE BIRDS OF THE TEMPERATE ZONE OF THE ANDES AND PATAGONIA SOUTH AMERICA. STANDARD EDITION 5000 COPIES. SCARCE. DENMARK, ZOOLOGICAL MUSEUM, UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN, 1990 hardcover
41283LONDON WITHERBY 1913. FIRST EDITION VERY GOOD IN GREEN CLOTH WITH THE ORIGINAL SPINE LAID DONE. ALL EDGES GILT. AGE-TONING TO FEP. BLACK AND WHITE PLATES. LONDON, WITHERBY, 1913 hardcover
1895020567Edinburgh: David Douglas 1895. Two volumes. Illustrated large ocyavo pp xxii ii 306; 309 publisher's catalogue 18 pages a folding map at the rear in good condition slight age-toning to the page margins slight adhesion damage to the front endpapers of the second volume otherwise very good internally green cloth very slightly worn the spines very slightly faded the upper cover of volume two is rather marked and blotched. The Oates Library copy with the bookplate of Robert Washington Oates and his blind-stamp on the front endpapers also the blind-stamp of Durrant House Bournemouth and the small Bibliotheca Oatesiana stamp on the half titles and the last page. The first volume also has the earlier armorial bookplte of R.D. Jackson. First Edition. Cloth. Good. David Douglas Hardcover
1966036849London: H. F. & G. Witherby 1966. Book. Fine. Hardcover. First Edition. 8vo 22 x 14. 5 cm. pp. viii 286. Dust jacket with faded and toned spine otherwise very good and complete not price-clipped now protected in a clear removable archival sleeve. Hardback binding fine. Contents clean and tight unmarked no spotting or foxing no inscriptions. A fine copy in a very good dust jacket. An increasingly scarce title and a fine read. "Collingwood Ingram is an author with whom every naturalist should be familiar: he writes well often with considerable humour and always laced with scholarship and authority.". H. F. & G. Witherby Hardcover
83331882. Alnwick: Printed by C. E. Moore. 12mo 11 pp. Stitched and unbound. First and last leaves loose otherwise in fair condition on lightly-aged paper with grubby title. The section of 'Eggs of the Farne Islands' consists of fifteen entries on pp.8-9 from '1. Eider or St. Cuthbert's Duck Somateria mollissima' to '15. Rock Pipit Anthus aquaticus Case of Puffins and Young.' This section is followed by a curious 'Miscellaneous Collection' including 'Ivy Leaves from Thorwaldsen's Grave Copenhagen' 'Cegars from Coomassie Ashantee 1874' and ' "A Duel" made from the claws etc. of Crayfish Astacus fluviatilus at Strasbourg 26th July 1879 and given to exhibitor'. Item 30 is a ' "Knuckle Duster" ' first recorded use of the term. Final section includes oil paintings by T. H. Gibb Percy Forster and F. Melville. The only copy on COPAC at Newcastle. See Image. 1882. Alnwick: Printed by C. E. Moore. unknown
317331999 OXFORD UNIVERSITY PRESS. 1ST EDITION. FINE COPY IN LAMINATED BOARDS BUT WITH A COUPLE OF VERY SMALL BUMPS. ILLUSTRATIONS BY ALAN PEARSON.A SCARCE BOOK. 1999, OXFORD UNIVERSITY PRESS hardcover
1994002514<p>Academic Press 1994. Very good. Pictorial boards. Folio 325 x 240mm 225 pages. Colour photos drawings. Book condition: Very good clean pictorial boards not faded firm binding no inscriptions very minor rubbing to upper rear cover. Comments: A comprehensive and detailed guide to moult strategies and sequences of 58 European Passerine species. It also includes moult profiles statistics and illustrations of variation within species; of value to ringers. . First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good/Pictorial Boards. Folio - over 12" - 15" tall.</p> Academic Press hardcover
42084SUFFOLK WILDLIFE ART GALLERY 1988. A FINE HARDBACK COPY IN A FINE DUSTWRAP. A PRIVATE VIEW OF BRITAIN`S BEST-LOVED BIRD ARTIST. SCARCE. LIMITED TO 1000 COPIES THIS BEING NUMBER 462. A SIGNED COPY. SUFFOLK, WILDLIFE ART GALLERY, 1988 hardcover
44935SUFFOLK WILDLIFE ART GALLERY 1988. A FINE HARDBACK COPY IN A FINE DUSTWRAP. A PRIVATE VIEW OF BRITAIN`S BEST-LOVED BIRD ARTIST. SCARCE. LIMITED TO 1000 COPIES THIS BEING NUMBER 442. A SIGNED COPY. SUFFOLK, WILDLIFE ART GALLERY, 1988 hardcover
31655LONDON. BROWN 1907. TWO VOLUMES FIRST EDITION ORIGINAL GREEN CLOTH. SLIGHT WEAR TO TOP OF SPINES FOXING TO PRELIMS. ONLY. A VERY GOOD SET. BLACK AND WHITE PHOTOGRAPHIC PLATES. LONDON. BROWN, 1907 hardcover
3121<p>4to. Pp. 194. Original cloth leather label on spine gilt titles on spine and top board with a black & white photograph pasted-on. The cloth is showing signs of use and shelfwear. There is some occasional faint spotting to the text pages. With 21 mounted photographs on heavy tinted paper and 65 illustrations in the text all by the author. Nicholl was at the Royal Naval College Osborne House and wrote the work to interest Osborne cadets in the bird life around the Isle of Wight.</p> Newport, 1916 hardcover
1992001898Fountain Press 1992. Very Good/Good. 4to. 260 x 260mm 158 pages. Excellent colour photos. Book condition: Very good clean black boards tight binding no inscriptions. Jacket condition: Good clean bright slight fade near spine not creased not price-clipped will be protected in removable clear sleeving prior to sale. Comments: Volume One of the noted 'Wildlife Photographer' series this being first published in 1992. A rare chance to acquire the very first 'Portfolio'!!. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good/Good. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. Fountain Press Hardcover
1894036187London: Gurney & Jackson 1894. Book. Very Good. Hardcover. First Edition. 8vo. pp. 92 4. Green cloth binding very good. Contents clean and tight original pale yelllow coated endpapers no inscriptions. A very good first edition copy the best we have seen. Bibliographic note: the last four pages are the publisher's catalogue which lists various books on birds and natural history published by Gurney & Jackson arranged under the titles "Books of Local Observation on Birds" "Other Books about Birds" An Illustrated Manual of British Birds by Howard Saunders" and "Standard Works on British Natural History". Gurney & Jackson 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
44336CHELMSFORD ARLEQUIN PRESS 1994. QUARTO. A FINE COPY IN A FINE DUSTWRAP. LIMITED TO 1000 COPIES THIS BEING NUMBER 776. VERY WELL ILLUSTRATED. CHELMSFORD, ARLEQUIN PRESS, 1994 unknown
1775038937London: Philosophical Transactions 1683-1775 1775. Book. Very Good. Hardcover. A New Edition. 8vo. Letter 1 of the House-Swallow Pp 258-276 ; Original extract carefully bound with cloth spine and boards title label to the front board near fine. Contents clean and tight very light foxing to the first and last endpaper no inscriptions or other marks. A very good copy of this extract Letter 1 of the House-Swallow. Philosophical Transactions (1683-1775) Hardcover
2003017614Melbourne VIC Australia: Birds Australia Royal Australasian Ornithologists Union 2003. Illustrated laminated boards. Minimal library marks. 824 pages. Presents 4000 distribution maps for over 650 bird species including seasonal changes and breeding range. Heavy book 3.8kg. Please ask for postage quote. . Hard Cover. Very Good/No Jacket. Small Folio. Ex-Library. Birds Australia (Royal Australasian Ornithologists Union) Hardcover
1968r8948acLondon: Country Life Books. VG : in very good condition with rubbed slipcase. Covers coverlon covered. 1968. First Edition. Brown/gilt hardback cloth cover in slip case. 290mm x 220mm 11" x 9". 945pp. Numerous plates and maps. Heavy set extra shipping needed for overseas. . Country Life Books hardcover
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
0415734525.Gpaperback. Good. Access codes and supplements are not guaranteed with used items. May be an ex-library book. paperback