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276491899 R.H. PORTER LONDON. 1ST EDITION. VERY GOOD COPY IN ORIGINAL GREEN CLOTH DECORATED IN GILT. 1899 R.H. PORTER, LONDON hardcover
1901028939Edinburgh: David Douglas 1901. Book. Illus. by J. W. Frohawk. Near Fine. Hardcover. First Edition. 8vo. pp xxiii 150 2-adverts; b/w frontispiece plate by J. W. Frohawk; 2 further b/w plates after photographs folding colour map. Original dark green ribbed cloth binding with gilt lettering to the spinebright and unfaded near fine with minimal wear slight rubbing to head of the spine very small mark to rear board. Contents clean and tight unmarked no inscriptions very slight spotting to page edges. A near fine tight copy. David Douglas Hardcover
32289LONDON PORTER 1879. FIRST EDITION ORIGINAL GREEN CLOTH SLIGHT FOXING TO PRELIMS ONLY THEN VERY CLEAN. A VERY BRIGHT COPY OF A SCARCE ITEM. LONDON, PORTER, 1879 hardcover
374961990 ACADEMIC PRESS LONDON. 1ST EDITION. NEAR FINE HARDBACK COPY. VERY WELL ILLUSTRATED IN BLACK AND WHITE. 1990 ACADEMIC PRESS, LONDON hardcover
1992369196Oxford : OUP 1992. First Edition. Hardcover. Fine cloth copy in a very good slightly edge-nicked and dust-dulled dust-wrapper now mylar-sleeved. Remains particularly well-preserved overall; tight bright clean and strong. Physical description: 728p. Subjects: Birds Europe. Birds Middle East. Birds Africa North. Birds Mediterranean Region. Genre: Birds. Language: English. Oxford : OUP hardcover
29774MELBOURNE. GEORGIAN HOUSE. 1956. FIRST EDITION QUARTER LEATHER GREY BOARDS. ILLUSTRATED WITH 35 PLATES IN COLOUR FIGURING 347 BIRDS BY LILIAN MEDLAND. PREVIOUS OWNER'S NAME TO FEPS. A VERY NICE SET. MELBOURNE. GEORGIAN HOUSE. 1956 hardcover
33514MICHAEL JOSEPH 1966. TWO LARGE QUARTO VERY GOOD IN BROWN BUCKRAM. REPRODUCED IN FULL COLOUR FOR THE FIRST TIME FROM THE COLLECTION AT THE NEW YORK HISTORICAL SOCIETY. INTRODUCTION BY MARSHALL DAVIDSON. A VERY GOOD SET. VERY HEAVY SO EXTRA POSTAGE REQUIRED. MICHAEL JOSEPH, 1966 hardcover
148171931 HESTER MAY VANDERBURGH SHANGHAI. VERY GOOD COPY IN DARK BLUE BOARDS. A COMPLETE POPULAR AND SCIENTIFIC ACCOUNT OF NEARLY FIVE HUNDRED AND FIFTY FORMS OF BIRDS FOUND IN FUKIEN KWANGTUNG KIANGSI KIANGSU AND CHEKIANG PROVINCES. ILLUSTRATED BY MORE THAN SEVENTY-FIVE HALF TONES OF BIRDS IN LIFE NESTS EGGS AND HAUNTS FROM PHOTOGRAPHS BY THE AUTHORS AND MORRIS CALDWELL. TOGETHER WITH SIX COLOURED PLATES BY PROFESSOR ANDREW ALLISON. STORIES AND LEGENDS BY MURIEL E. CALDWELL. 1931 HESTER MAY VANDERBURGH, SHANGHAI hardcover
1889033226London: Gurney and Jackson 1889. Book. Illus. by Chapman Abel. Very Good. Hardcover. Signed by Author to Letter. First Edition. 8vo. Pp. xii 286 2 pages adverts; numerous fine pen and ink drawings and in-text illustrations throughout by Abel Loosly inserted into the book is a letter from Abel Chapmen to Canon Farquhar of Queensferry. Original blue cloth titled in gilt on spine. Binding very good and bright no fading to the spine light wear only to the top and bottom of the spine; a few raised bubbles to the cloth on the front board. Content clean and tight original brown endpapers private book plate of C. Antony Norris to the reverse of the front free endpaper no foxing no inscriptions. A very good copy. Gurney and Jackson Hardcover
270472005 LYNX EDITIONS BARCELONA. A FINE COPY IN LIKE DUSTWRAP. PROFUSELY ILLUSTRATED IN COLOUR AND WITH LINE DRAWINGS. 824 PAGES. 60 COLOUR PLATES. 384 PHOTOGRAPHS. 577 DISTRIBUTION MAPS. C. 10000 BIBLIOGRAPHICAL REFERENCES. EXTRA POSTAGE WILL BE REQUIRED OUTSIDE THE U.K. 2005 LYNX EDITIONS, BARCELONA unknown
264392005 LYNX EDITIONS BARCELONA. VERY FINE COPY IN VERY FINE DUSTWRAP. PROFUSELY ILLUSTRATED IN COLOUR AND WITH LINE DRAWINGS. 674 PAGES. 70 COLOUR PLATES. 236 PHOTOGRAPHS. 837 DISTRIBUTION MAPS. 13 FIGURES AND TABLES. C. 7000 BIBLIOGRAPHICAL REFERENCES. EXTRA POSTAGE WILL BE REQUIRED OUTSIDE THE U.K. 2005 LYNX EDITIONS, BARCELONA unknown
37535EDINBURGH LIZARS 1839. FIRST EDITION VOLUME 10 OF JARDINE'S NATURAL HISTORY. WITH A TOTAL OF 32 HAND-COLOURED PLATES NUMEROUS WOODCUTS. FRONTIS. OF WILLIAM SMELLIE WITH A MEMOIR. NICELY BOUND IN HALF RED LEATHER OVER MARBLED BOARDS MARBLED ENDPAPERS T.E.G. MINOR WEAR TO TOP AND BOTTOM OF SPINES. FIRMLY BOUND AND VERY CLEAN. A HANDSOME COPY. UNCOMMON. EDINBURGH, LIZARS, 1839 hardcover
37532EDINBURGH LIZARS 1834. FIRST EDITION VOLUME 4 PART 2 OF JARDINE'S NATURAL HISTORY. WITH A TOTAL OF 30 HAND-COLOURED PLATES NUMEROUS WOODCUTS. FRONTIS. OF THOMAS RAFFLES WITH A MEMOIR. NICELY BOUND IN HALF RED LEATHER OVER MARBLED BOARDS MARBLED ENDPAPERS T.E.G. MINOR WEAR TO TOP AND BOTTOM OF SPINES. FIRMLY BOUND AND VERY CLEAN. A HANDSOME COPY. UNCOMMON. EDINBURGH, LIZARS, 1834 hardcover
37531EDINBURGH LIZARS 1835. FIRST EDITION VOLUME 4 PART 3 OF JARDINE'S NATURAL HISTORY. WITH A TOTAL OF 30 HAND-COLOURED PLATES NUMEROUS WOODCUTS. FRONTIS. OF PLINY WITH A MEMOIR. NICELY BOUND IN HALF RED LEATHER OVER MARBLED BOARDS MARBLED ENDPAPERS T.E.G. MINOR WEAR TO TOP AND BOTTOM OF SPINES. FIRMLY BOUND AND VERY CLEAN. A HANDSOME COPY. UNCOMMON. EDINBURGH, LIZARS, 1835 hardcover
018089Shanghai: North-China Daily News & Herald Limited Two volumes 1929 - 1935. Large octavo pp xxii 243; 4 219 illustrated with 23 plates in the first volume and a few black and white photographs in the second signatures on the endpapers decorated cloth slightly worn and marked. The first volume is extremely weak internally; the second volume very good. First Edition. Cloth. Fair. North-China Daily News & Herald Limited Hardcover
32298LONDON JOHN VAN VOORST 1871-85. FOURTH EDITION. THE COMPLETE 4 VOLUMES BOUND IN 3 BOOKS. THE FIRST BOOK CONTAINS VOL. 1 AND PART OF VOLUME 2. THE SECOND BOOK CONTAINS THE REST OF VOL. 2 AND VOL. 3. THE THIRD BOOK CONTAINS VOL. 4 AND THE CONTENTS PAGES. REVISED BY ALFRED NEWTON AND HOWARD SAUNDERS. ILLUSTRATED BY MANY WOOD ENGRAVINGS SOME BY KEULEMANS AND NEALE. THE FIRST BOOK IS BOUND IN HALF LEATHER OVER MARBLED BOARDS WEAR TO THE LEATHER BUT TIGHTLY BOUND AND VERY CLEAN THE SECOND AND THIRD BOOKS ARE BOUND IN FULL RED LEATHER FINE. HENCE A COMPLETE SET IN DIFFERENT BINDINGS. LONDON, JOHN VAN VOORST, 1871-85 hardcover
183921239Philadelphia: J. T. Bowen 1839. Very good condition. Hand colored Audubon lithograph Oppenheimer edition of 'The Birds of America' the octavo edition. No. 4 Pl. 7 and "Drawn from Nature by J. J. Audubon F.R.S.F.L.S." at the lower left. Audubon based these octavo prints on the folio drawings of 'Birds of America' but made some modifications due to the smaller format. With the male and female birds perched on tree branch. Faintly toned upper right edge of print. 6 x 10" J. T. Bowen unknown
188863425New York: George H. Holden 1888. Tall 8vo. 4 309 1 viii pp. including illustrated advertisements one illustrated w/ brass metallic ink. Colour chromolithograph frontisp. 11 colour chromolith plates text illustrations woodcut-engraved plates. Brown pictorial publisher’s cloth cover art illust. of canary in gilt & black gilt illust. of bid on spine black lettering front cover gilt lettering on spine rubbing & edgewear to head & foot of spine minor wear & bumping to corners inner hinges starting ex-lib markings on spine & endpapers still VG- copy w/ former bookplate on endpapers. Second edition of this significantly revised handbook on keeping birds including canaries finches robins nightingales and parrots featuring four additional chromolithograph plates an expanded section on parrots their diseases & breeding and fine illustrated ads. Holden 1848-1914 was a successful breeder and importer of exotic birds for his popular Sixth Avenue store and published several books for the caring and illnesses of birds such as Sparrows White Java Sparrows Cardinals Nightingales Mockingbirds finches parakeets parrots Toucans Canaries and more. Of particular interest in the appended catalogue is the added advertisements for the ornate brass nickel plated and bronze cages with metal bases for birds from Andrew B. Hendryx & Co. of New Haven CT. George H. Holden, hardcover
1964724734PN. New. 1964. Soft Cover. Date is original print. This is a reprint edition. . PN paperback
19039150Bobbs-Merrill Indianapolis 1903. HBNODJ ISSUED May 1903 1st edition 1st issue Red Tweed Buckram cloth lettered Gold Gilt Cover minor Rub Wear Interior Minor Fox O/W Nice Tight Clean 163 pgs NF/VG AS-IS NOJACKET .Recent research has Revealed that her first book a novel is actually "a Strike at Shane's" 1893 issued anonymously but Later Attributed to her. So its Debatable as to which is her 1st Bk published. First Edition. Hard Cover. Bobbs-Merrill Indianapolis hardcover
126601Hardcover. Book Condition: Good. Jacket Condition: Good. The University of Chicago Press Chicago IL 1925. 4th Printing. 470 pages. Yellow dust jacket. Moderate general wear. Page ends soiled. Jacket has edge wear short tears missing chips. Size: 8vo 7.75 - 9.75'' tall. Religion::Eastern History::Asia Folklore/Mythology 6304 hardcover
14279WORDSWORTH EDITIONS LTD. LONDON 1990. FOLIO FINE COPY IN FINE DUSTWRAP. THE COMPLETE RENOWNED ORIGINAL EDITION WITH THE 1861 SUPPLEMENT - 418 FULL-PAGE PLATES IN FULL COLOUR. WORDSWORTH EDITIONS, LTD. LONDON 1990 unknown
23692London Editions 1978. Number 49 of a half bound in leather and limited to 150 copies signed by authors and artists. Fine full page coloured plates. Folio 14 1/8 x 9 1/2 inches 304-pages. Publisher's half brown morocco spine gilt at raised bands with black and red lettering pieces. Fine in the very good slicase. London Editions, 1978. hardcover
1966250699New York & Boston: American Heritage Publishing 1966. First edition. Hardcover. Fine/issued without dj. Audubon. 4tos blue cloth in a blue publisher's slipcase with yellow ribbon possibly a bit shorter than as published spines somewhat faded uniformly <br/><br/>Reproduces -for the first time in full color -virtually all of the original paintings -- not the engravings of the published work. The accuracy made possible by modern photographic and printing techniques makes this in incomparable production. Audubon's original paintings differ markedly from the final engraver's products. This work can be studied side-by-side with the collection of prints to appreciate the substantial advances Audubon made beyond the accepted standards in bird art yielding a fresh view of his achievement. American Heritage Publishing hardcover
196626055New York & Boston: American Heritage / Houghton Mifflin 1966. First edition. Hardcover. Very Good/issued without dj. Audubon. 4tos light blue cloth in publisher's dark blue slipcase spines somewhat faded <br/><br/>Reproduces -for the first time in full color -virtually all of the original paintings -not the engravings of the published work. The accuracy made possible by modern photographic and printing techniques makes this in incomparable production. Audubon's original paintings differ markedly from the final engraver's products. This work can be studied side-by-side with the collection of prints to appreciate the substantial advances Audubon made beyond the accepted standards in bird art yielding a fresh view of his achievement. American Heritage / Houghton Mifflin hardcover