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8vo., First Edition, with plates and illustrations in the text; green cloth, gilt back, top lightly spotted else a very good, bright, clean copy in unclipped dustwrapper, the later mildly fraye at upper edge. Privately issued account, by an eminent ornithologist who knew Bristow personally, of the notorious 'Hastings Rarities' scandal. EXTREMELY SCARCE.
8vo., First Edition, with a fine autotype portrait frontispiece (original tissue guard present) and a large folding map, fore-edges very lightly spotted, neat contemporary signature on front free endpaper; original pictorial cloth blocked in gilt and black, gilt back, uncut, backstrip chipped at head and tail else a very good, clean copy. The first dedicated avifauna of the county, edited by Harting after the author's death. Rodd's splendid collection passed to his nephew F R Rodd of Trebartha Hall, Launceston. Scarce in any condition. Mullens & Swann, p.495; Tate, p.217.
35 pages. Text in English and Inuit. Line Drawings. Includes: The Story of Inaloosiak and the Grizzly Bear; The Birds and Their Contest; The Man Who Became Many Things; Naraye; Anarktee; The Mouse and the Fox; Young Polar Bear; Ookpik and the Polar Bear; Medicine Song; Song of the Fox; Eratak; The Little Boy and His Grandmother; Polar Bear Family and the People; The Evil Woman. Clean and unmarked with light wear. Quality copy. Book
40 pages. Features: The Cost of Living Mystery - Why the index figure today is unfair Perilous Island - a story of the eternal triangle in the tropics; Keeping the Zoo Fit - the latest medical aids for aiding birds and beasts; Under Cover - a new adventure of Detective X. Crook; "Stop and Look" Interesting pictures, including a 'mobile home' carved from a huge tree trunk; Spook Ships of Britain - ghostly vessels that haunt our shores; British Boys in Slavery! - no greater scandal exists today than the practice of sending British orphan boys and 'first offenders' to Canada and Ireland to be 'apprenticed to farm work, for which they are wretchedly paid and poorly looked after; Love is Blind; Air Wonders of Today - article with great photos; Angel Esquire (fiction); All About Old Age Pensions; Unmarked. Coverfold half open. Several middle pages loose but present. Somewhat above-average wear. A worthy vintage copy. Magazine
22 pages. Features: The Secret to Kootenay Hunting; Alberta Offers The Best Upland Bird Shooting; Alberta Upland Game Birds and Waterfowl Season for 1963; Prince George Hosts North Central Shoot - article with six photos and list of winners; Clay Chips - a letter to Yvonne Johnston; "Be Seen - Be Safe"; Alberta - Montana Red Hot Trap Shoot; Photo of decoy maker Vic Faulkes and son Lee of Vancouver; Many nice vintage ads; and more. Unmarked with light wear. A nice vintage copy. Book
337 p. Original printed wraps. XLib. Limited Edition. "A compendium with which there is no work to compare for any other state, nor for any other country" = The Auk. **PRICE JUST REDUCED!
42p., illus. Hardcover Very good condition good Card signed by Norman Rockwell pasted to front flyleaf
Ink mark to page 45 of Part II and a few fingermarks. No other added marks or inscriptions. No creasing to covers. A tight page block with foxing to dusty edged pages, well rubbed full-leather boards, edges and spine with surprisingly clear intact maroon title block to spine. Front board held just by binding cords and front end paper present but loose. Some loss to lower edge of title page. Page numbering in good order. 327 plus 360pp. Parts I and II of Bewick's Birds present in one volume. Wood engravings by T Bewick. Green Sandpiper at p100.
Sm. 8vo., First Edition, with a coloured frontispiece, very numerous coloured illustrations in the text and endpaper maps; cloth, covers a trifle faded else a very good copy in the dustwrapper, the latter slightly tanned at backstrip. Very scarce; especially in the dustwrapper
Paris, Chez Marescq et Cie, 1851. Petit In-8, reliure demis-basane rouge, dos lisse à petites frises et titres dorés, 184 p., 89 planches. Rousseurs. Agréable ouvrage sur la chasse des oiseaux de plaine et de bois, de rivage et de marais (canards, oies, bécasse, tétras, vanneau, outarde...), à l’aide du chien d’arrêt. L’illustration comprend 89 planches h.-texte gravées sur bois et 19 vignettes dans le texte, représentant 300 oiseaux divers. Complet de toutes ses planches. Edition originale. Thiébaud, 191-192 ; Souhart, 99.
Rosoor-Delattre - Revue Colombophile. 1908. In-12 Carré. Broché. Etat d'usage. Tâchée. Dos fané. Intérieur acceptable. 192 pages. Illustré de nombreuses photo-gravures en noir et blanc dans le texte. Etiquette blanche en coiffe de pied. Calendrier. Les Colombophiles français. M. Maurice Lecaron, Paris. M. Auguste Pierman, Denain. M. F.L. Griveaud, Nemours. Les Distinctions de 1907. Le Code de l'Amateur colombophile. M. Ernest Deshayes. M. J. Lebel, Levallois-Perret. Petit Traité de Colombiculture pratique...
124 pages. Features: Stay ahead of mold, mildew and pests common in hot weather; Prevent Finch Behavior Problems; Potty Train Your Bird; Australian Doves; Choosing a good caretaker for your birds when you take a trip; Discover the Pionus Parrot; Dealing with feather plucking; Birds Just Want to Have Fun; Jonas Englund - Parrot Artist of Hawaii; Feeding live food - which of your birds need live protein and how you can supply it. Average wear. Unmarked. A sound copy. Magazine
[7], 8-104 pages. Forest green publisher's cloth handsomely adorned in black and gilt with beautiful colour illustration affixed to front. No indication of any prior editions. 6" x 4.5". Apparently written for younger readers. Discusses where to find birds of paradise, preparing birds for sale, and sections on the Parrot, Malacca Parrakeet, Ringed Parrakeet, Cockatoo, Trogon, Bell-Bird, and more. What appears to be the color frontispiece illustration is loose but present. Three addiional colour plates are loose but included. We do not know if others are missing so offer this copy as is. Prior owner's name, dated 1884, atop table of contents. Front hinge open. Despite its deficiencies, an attractive and charming vintage ornithological item. Book
190 pages. "Specially selected and expertly reproduced, the (colour) engravings in this book are taken from one of only five complete folios of Audubon's work left in Canada... Celebrates the birds found in Canada, particularly those he painted while actually travelling here (in 1833)." - from dust jacket. Clean, bright and unmarked with negligible wear. An exceptional copy. Book
603 pages. Illustrated with black and white photos and diagrams. A wonderful overview of Nova Scotia over 100 years ago. The forty-one chapters include: History; Geology; County Histories; Mines; Indians; Tourism; Fisheries; Apple Culture; Agriculture; Institutions of Learning; Timber and Lumber Resources; Paper Pulp Resources; Quarries; Game Law; Birds; Manufacturing Concerns; Institutions for the Blind and the Deaf and Dumb; Governance; The Common School System. Prior owner's details neatly written atop front free endpaper otherwise unmarked. Blue cloth attractively adorned with black decoration upon front board and bright gilt lettering upon backstrip. Binding intact with minor spine slant. Moderate wear. A quality copy of this informative work. Book
178 pages. Gilt lettering upon forest green textured boards. Printed on glossy stock. Many black and white photos. "...My reason for writing this book is... simply because many friends have requested me to put into book form at least a portion of my interesting experiences." - from Introduction. Tissue-protected photographic portrait of author/subject. Usual library markings. Average wear. A sound copy of this wonderful piece of vintage Canadiana. Book
52 pages. Features: Lovely full page black and white photographic portrait of Miss Fiona Myddelton; Birds of a Desert Island - Desnoeufs Island in the colony of the Seychelles; From scythe to mowing machine; Dogs that Cannot Bark - Basenjis of the "Of Syngefield" Strain; Some problems of tree growth - interesting photos; The Father of Shooting - Colonel Peter Hawker (1786-1853), one of the greatest wild-fowlers of all time; Belvoir Castle, Leicestershire; Admiral Keppel's Column; Problems of Wintering Sheep; Britain's Painted Cave - the Gower Cliffs in South Wales, where Bacon Hole is situated; Many interesting real estate advertisements. Somewhat above-average wear. Binding intact. A sound vintage copy. Book
Features: In Search of the "Hairy Frog" - an expedition into the British Cameroons collecting specimens of wild animals and birds for zoos, with photos; The Navy Pay-Roll Robbery - an audacious hold-up of a large Navy payroll in Malta, G.C.; Luck of the Game - a story from an original prospector in the Northern Territories of the Gold Coast; Ozark Excursion - hunting with the hillmen, including one who uses a crossbow and another who 'catches fish with his teeth'; The Lost Mine (Part 2) - Somewhere in Panama lies Tisingal, reported to be one of the richest gold-mines ever worked by the Spaniards; The Cowrie Shell - White men in Africa usually scoff at the native's faith in charms and amulets; My Friend Bull; House-to-House; Japanese Net Balls (Glass Floats); Brown's Donkey - a strange incident from the North African desert; The Rest-House - a tale from the Eastern Himialayas; and more. Above-average wear. Binding intact. Unmarked. Book
Features: Two against the ocean, including a polio victim; White Man Fire-Walker - Methodist Missionary The Rev. Eric. L. Robinson; Pilot's 300 Crashes into Balloon Cables - continuing 'The Sky's No Limit," the first authentic story of the test pilots; The Mongoose - killer of Cobras; I Joined the Rush for Uranium - The Colorado Plateau; Rendezvous with Maneaters - Adventurer's Paradise Continued; Captured by Chinese Pirates - the steamer Ningpo; Below Zero Road - The Alaska Highway; The Trail of Crab Oonaka; Search for the Whooping Crane - trailing two wild birds for over 2,000 miles; We found unknown mountains - Nepalese adventures; The Beads of Assa - Somali adventure; Up-Helly-A - Norse Festival; and more. Backstrip missing; Covers partially loose. Still a worthy copy. Book
18 pages. Features: Old Vienna ad inside front cover features photo of trophy grizzly and discussion of their location in B.C.; Mailbag; Last Day Luck - a moose hunting tale; Ice Fishing - it's solid water fishing; Sportsman's Corner - includes photo of Reg. Carver; The .22 Sporting Rifle; Some Uncommon Birds; Photo of Mrs. Betty Crossley with young Gary Cleven; Photo of Fred Langeler, Sr.; Photo of "Joe" Whitmore who is retiring; Home Game Management; Off Season Shooting Practice; Boats; Back cover ad by the Department of Recreation and Conseration explains that 1960 Angling licenses are now required; Many additional nostalgic ads. Unmarked with moderate wear. A quality vintage copy. Book
Pages 119- 152 plus sixteen pages of nice vintage ads. Features: Saskatchewan's Oil and Gas - major article with many excellent photos including Tommy Douglas on the podium; Some Birds of Canada; The Canals of England; The Craft School of Fundy; Voyages of Discovery - British Columbia; Canadair one-page ad with illustration of their Sparrow II guided missile; and more. Faint date stamp atop front cover, otherwise unmarked with moderate wear. A sound copy. Book
Features/Photos: Special section on Kenya and Zanzibar; sad fate of the Royal Arsenal; Excavations at Aphrodisias in Caria in southwest Turkey; Centerfold - 'zillions' of guano birds, cormorants and boobies in Peru; and more. Clean and unmarked with moderate wear. Quality copy. Magazine
38 pages. Features: King Hussein's First State Visit to Britain; Need Parents Fear Comprehensive Schools? Hardwick Hall - first in a series on the great houses of England"; Birds and Beasts of the Greek Coinage; and more. Moderate wear. Clean and unmarked. Sound copy. Magazine
Limited-edition (150 copies) reprint of one of the great ornithological bibliographies. 223 pp. 1031 items fully described. Plates. Fully indexed. 4to. Publisher's cloth. Fine and bright. As new.
Sm. 8vo., Sole Trade (and Best) Edition, on laid paper, with a frontispiece and a plate, some minor foxing to endpapers, preliminaries and title only, neat signature on front free endpaper; cloth gilt, gilt back, uncut, a most attractive copy of a scarce Central Wales avifauna. The first publicly available avifauna of the county, being a substantially revised and enlarged edition of the author's first, privately printed, list. NOT RECORDED BY TATE