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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
1863NATW0922Lpz., Brandstetter 1863. gr.-8°, 4 Bl. Titelei, 317 S., 1 Bl. Vlgsanz., mit 14 Tafelill. von Wilhelm Georgy, blindgespr. Hlnbd. m. vgldt. Titel u. Rückentit., Papiermoiree-Vorsätze, Einbd. berieben, Leder abgewetzt, vord. Rückenkante unten etwas angeplatzt, an beiden Kap. Rü. etwas läd., Ecken tlw. bestoß. u. aufgeplatzt, vord. Vors. tlw. lose, Stiche u. Innentit. stärker gebr. u. stockfl., im Text nur vereinzelt einige kleinere Stockfl., kl. Buchbindermarke am hint. Innendeckel. Die Beschreibung der Bäume und Vegetation bezieht sich vor allem auf die norddeutsche Region.
1877NATW2247Lpz., Brandstetter 1874 und 1877. VIII, 471 S., mit 1 Front. u. 1 gest. Vortit. nach W. Georgy; 4 Bl. Titelei, 320 S., mit 1 gestoch. Front. u. 3 Holzschnittilll. nach W. Georgy, OLnbde. m. erhab. Deckelpräg. m. Gold, Bibl.-Ex., leicht berieb., ein flieg. Vors. m. größerer Lochstelle, tlw. schwach stockfl., marmor. Schnitt, stärker verstaubt.
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
19002101987Paris: Enest Flammarion ohne Jahr / sans date (ca. 1900). VIII, 384, (4); 384, VIII, (4) Seiten. Durchgehend mit überaus zahlreichen Illustrationen und Photographien, davon einige farbig auf Tafeln. 4° (28 x 22,5 cm). Orig.-Leinenbände mit schönen, flächendeckenden Deckelillustrationen in Gold-, Schwarz- und Blindprägung sowie goldgeprägten Rückentiteln. [Hardcover / fest gebunden].
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
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
1899137595Halle, 1899. 4°. M. 65 Textill. 110 S. OHlwd. Einbd. etwas angeschmutzt. Rücken teils angerissen/bestoßen. (Nova Acta Leopoldina 77).
1900NATW0057aLpz., Brandstetter 1900. gr.-8°. XIV, 774 S.; 764 S.; 758(2) S., mit zahlr. Textholzschn., Ln. d. Zt. mit Rückenprägung, mehrf. gest., berieben, etwas fleckig, Ecken tlw. angeplatzt, Vors. tlw. leicht fingerfl., verinzelt schwach wasserrandig, läd. Bibl. Nrnschildch. auf allen Buchrücken.
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
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
1875404289Münster, Niemann, 1875. XV, 295 S. Neuer Hlwdbd. Papier gebräunt.
1807188328Berlin, Pauli, 1807. Kl.-8°. M. 2 gest. Tit.-Vign. u. 1 gest. Front. 306 S., 2 Bl.; 292 S., 2 Bl. Hldr. d. Zt. m. Rsch. Einbd. berieben u. bestoßen. Gebräunt u. braunfl. Ohne die Tafeln !
1900244898S.-Petersburg, 1900. M. 7 Taf. 125 S. (Zapiski Imp. Akad. Nauk 8,10,6).
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
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
