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1899038275London: R. H. Porter 1899. Book. Illus. by Meinertzhagen Dan. Very Good. Hardcover. First Edition. 8vo. 143 pages and 27 b/w etchings by Meinertzhagen to the rear; frontispiece plate and portrait of Meinertzhagen b/w photographic plates throughout. Original hardback binding very good with a little general wear and some rubbing to the spine. Contents clean and tight slipped in is the obit. paper cutting for Meinertzhagen Feb. 17 1898previous owner's name tot he front free endpaper and very light spotting no inscriptions. A very good complete copy. R. H. Porter Hardcover
1838034906Edinburgh: W. H. Lizars 1838. Book. Very Good. Hardcover. First Edition. 12mo. Pp.x 256; engraved frontispiece plate of Haller; engraved title page with a hand-coloured vignette; 33 engraved plates of which 32 are hand-coloured with tissue guards; letterpress title and half-title pages. Original cloth binding with gilt lettering to the spine some fading top and bottom of spine a little creased binding firm. Contents good and tight original green endpapers bookplate belonging to John L Sinclair and further to Leonard Cowcill the first few pages have some toning but the main body is clean plates with tissue guards present tissue guards have some offsetting. A very good complete copy. W. H. Lizars Hardcover
1838033322<p>EDINBURGH: W H LIZARS 1838 A good to very good copy of the 1st edition in the original publisher's cloth binding with 31 hand coloured plates and a hand coloured vignette title page. The binding is clean and sound with light fading to the spine and the board edges. The spine ends have some chipping and there is a small cloth split developing at the top end of the front spine joint. The corners are turned inwards. The original green endpapers are present and are bright and unmarked. Contents: volume listing; half title; black and white frontispiece portrait of Haller; hand coloured vignette title page with picture of Green Tody; 2 further title pages; advert; contents listing; Memoir of Baron Haller; text; and 31 hand coloured plates bound at the rear. This is an unusual copy in that all of the text remains unopened - in the state in which it came from the publishers. The text paper looks quite brown toned. The plates at the rear are all very clean. There is offsetting to the tissue guards. The tissue guard to the frontispiece has been torn out.</p> W H LIZARS hardcover
1900841CGGera-Untermhaus, (um 1900). Chromolithografie der Lithogr. Anst. Franz Eugen Köhler. Bildausschnitt: 23 x 32 cm. + Wichtig: Für unsere Kunden in der EU erfolgt der Versand alle 14 Tage verzollt ab Deutschland / Postbank-Konto in Deutschland vorhanden +, Abb.
19002482ABBerlin, P.J. Oestergaard, about, 1900. 8°. 96 pp. With 30 chromolithographed plates with 239 ill. and many ill. in the text by Karl Neunzig.. Ill. half-cloth. + Wichtig: Für unsere Kunden in der EU erfolgt der Versand alle 14 Tage verzollt ab Deutschland / Postbank-Konto in Deutschland vorhanden +
182223414London 1822. Very good overall. A handsome hand colored copper engraving of an Australian falcon perched on a branch from Latham's 'General Synopsis of Birds'. <br /> <br /> Dr. John Latham 1740 - 1847 the leading British ornithologist of his time was a founding member of the Linnean Society and through his work with the society became acquainted with the leading naturalists and collectors of the day. Many specimens and drawings of Australian birds were arriving in Britain following expeditions to Australia. Latham gave the first published descriptions and scientific names of Australian birds including the emu lyre bird magpie and white cockatoo. <br /> <br /> A good strong impression on paper with wide margins. Faint smudging in the top margin only not affecting the image. 'Plate XI' upper left corner. Paper 8 1/4 x 10 1/2" unknown
1838045893London: John Van Voorst 1838. Book. Good. Hardcover. 1st Edition. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Dark green cloth lettered in gilt. Horizontal crease/bend to upper front board with mended separation of cloth along upper front joint otherwise modest shelf wear. Toned endpapers clean interior. vii684 pp. Scarce. John Van Voorst Hardcover
1838r8671bEdinburgh: W H Lizars. G: in good condition. Rebound cover with edge-wear. Spine cracked and scuffed with loss to top end. Outer hinges split. Occasional inner hinge cracking. Sporadic thumbing and marking. Page edge browning. Some tape strengthening to rear corners of portrait gutter of title page and rear corners of plate 33. Missing pages 15 & 16. Plate 34 missing. 1838. First Edition. Patterned hardback board cover with leather spine. 180mm x 110mm 7" x 4". 315pp. B/w frontispiece engraved portrait half-title page vignette b/w engravings and 33 of 34 hand coloured plates by Mr. Stewart. Missing plate 34; Snowy Owl. Includes a memoir of Sir Robert Sibbald. . W H Lizars hardcover
1837034933Edinburgh: W. H. Lizars 1837. Book. Very Good. Hardcover. First Edition. 12mo. Pp.xvi 263; engraved frontispiece plate of Le Vaillant; engraved title page with a hand-coloured vignette; 34 engraved plates of which 33 are hand-coloured with tissue guards; letterpress title and half-title pages. Original cloth binding with gilt lettering to the spine some fading repair to the top and bottom of the spine binding firm. Contents good and tight original green endpapers name to the top of the front endpaper and to the top of the title page plates with tissue guards present. A very good clean complete copy. W. H. Lizars Hardcover
1845L0482adLondon: John Van Voorst. G : in good condition without dust jackets. Covers rubbed and lightly marked. Heraldic plates to front pastedowns. Previous owner's inscription to head of each title page. Contents clean and tight. 1845. Second Edition. Green cloth hardback cloth cover. 230mm x 150mm 9" x 6". xxxviii 578pp; 655pp; 651pp. Illustrated with 535 wood-engravings throughout. Heavy book extra shipping needed for overseas. Beautifully executed vignette wood engravings of British Birds by Yarrell. . John Van Voorst hardcover
19002482AB1900. Berlin P.J. Oestergaard about 1900. 8°. 96 pp. With 30 chromolithographed plates with 239 ill. and many ill. in the text by Karl Neunzig. Ill. half-cloth. Binding loose and rubbed. Page 96 with a small tear 10 cms; slightly foxing throughout. hardcover
1806164724Berlin, Pauli, 1806. M. gest. Tit.-Vign. u. 30 Kpfr.-Taf. VIII, 320 S. Hldrbd. d. Zt. m. Rverg. u. farb. Rsch. Ecken bestoßen. Gelenke leicht gelockert. St. a. flieg. Vorsatz.
1875NATW1307Stuttgart., Schweizerbart 1871 - 1875. Lex.-8°, V, 446 S., m. 52 Holzschn., HLdr. d. Zt. m. marmor. Bezugspapier u. gldgepr. RüTit., berieben, Kanten u. Ecken etwas abgestoß., Bibl.-Ex., Nrn.-Et. auf Rü., größere Rasurstellen am unt. Rücken- u. Deckelrand von abgelöstem Et., gemust. Vors., vord. Innendeckel m. Steckkartentasche, Vortit. gestemp., innen sauberer u. guter Zustand; VIII, 377 S. mit 25 Holzschn., OHLn. d. Zt., Kanten berieben, Kapitale leicht bestoßen, innen Sauber u. gut erhalten. Inhalt: Secundäre Sexualcharactere der Fische, Amphibien u. Reptilien; Secundäre Sexualcharactere d. Vögel; Vögel (4 Kapitel); Secundäre Sexualcharactere d. Säugethiere (zwei Kapitel); Dritter Theil: Geschlechtliche Zuchtwahl in Beziehung auf den Menschen und Allgem. Zusammenfassung und Schluss.
1892018663Washington: Government Printing Office 1892. INSCRIBED / SIGNED by George N. Lawrence to George B. Sennett 1840-1900 expert ornithologist of the Lower Rio Grande Texas. According to the DICTIONARY OF AMERICAN BIOGRAPHY Sennett described ten forms of birds new to science and four birds were named in his honor See DAB Vol. XVI pp. 585-6. For more on Lawrence see the DAB Vol. XI p. 49. Very Good condition. NOT a library discard. Spines ends and corners mildly frayed. Volume IV in the Bibliographies of American Naturalists series. Illustrated with an engraved frontispiece portrait of Lawrence. Bound in the original gilt-stamped black cloth. INSCRIBED / SIGNED by George N. Lawrence. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good condition. 8vo. xi 124pp. Great Packaging Fast Shipping. Government Printing Office Hardcover
1890032681Edinburgh: David Douglas 1890 A good to very good copy illustrated with numerous drawings by the author. In the original green cloth binding with gilt titles to spine. Top page edges gilt. The spine is faded with pulling and some fraying to the top and bottom. Both boards have slight marking with the back board having a small cloth scuff. Corners lightly bumped and with wear. Internally there is some early splitting at the front endpaper joint. Contents: title with signature to top decorative title with crease to tissue guard prefaces contents and illustration list pp xv; half title Memoir text pp 3-34; half title letters; text pp 37-186; half title extracts from diaries; text pp 189-276; index 277-279; and publisher's catalogue dated October 1890 at the rear. Memoir and diary extracts profusely illustrated with Graham's drawings. Original page marker present - detached. Contents generally in very good clean condition. David Douglas hardcover
18394092550London: Verlag B. Fellowes 1839. IV, 307 Seiten. Mit gestochenem Frontispiz von J. W. Lowry nach T. H. Foljambe und 2 Holzstichen im Text. 8° (17,5-22,5 cm). Orig.-Leinenband der Zeit mit goldgeprägtem Rückentitel und dezenter Blindprägung auf den Deckeln [Hardcover / fest gebunden].
1896011866Chicago IL: Nature Study Publishing Company 1896. Ex-Library. Near Fine. Cloth. First Edition. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. Deaccessioned from non-circulating museum library nominally marked/stamped little actual wear clear-coated spine panel slightly age-toned with hand-written call number on lower portion. Bound in dark green cloth with gilt lettering on spine panel text block very slightly trimmed. Volumes 1-3 1897-98 complete: Volume I Jan.-June 1897 224 pp. continuously paginated with index; Volume II July-Dec. 1897 240 pp. continuously paginated; Volume III Jan.-June 1898 240 pp. continuously paginated with index. Each issue contains 8 or 9 gorgeous full color plates; also retained here are the full color covers of Vol. I Nos. 1 and 2 unknown whether succeeding issues continued with color covers thus approx. 150 plates total all essentially as issued some with small library stamp on verso only. Text block is clean and otherwise unmarked. This title appears to have ceased publication at the conclusion of Vol. IV so this offering comprises 75% of the total run. Originally from the personal library of Reading Pennsylvania Public Museum director Levi Mengel. Nature Study Publishing Company Hardcover
1880477BGO.O., um 1880. Farblitographie auf Karton. Blattgrösse: 33 x 40 cm. + Wichtig: Für unsere Kunden in der EU erfolgt der Versand alle 14 Tage verzollt ab Deutschland / Postbank-Konto in Deutschland vorhanden +, Fasanen
187412359ABParis, Plon & Cie, 1874. Gr.-8°. 651 S. Zahlr. Feder- u. Bleistiftillustr. v. Bertall.. Orig.-Ldr m. Goldschnitt u. Rückenverg. + Wichtig: Für unsere Kunden in der EU erfolgt der Versand alle 14 Tage verzollt ab Deutschland / Postbank-Konto in Deutschland vorhanden + 2. Aufl.
1819902698AGLondon:, John Lepard, 1819. Lithographie Blattgröße 36 x 25,5 cm (hoch).
1819902695AGLondon:, John Lepard, 1819. Lithographie Blattgröße 36 x 25,5 cm (hoch).
1819902996AGLondon:, John Lepard, 1819. Lithographie Blattgröße 36 x 25,5 cm (hoch).
1819902697AGLondon:, John Lepard, 1819. Lithographie Blattgröße 36 x 25,5 cm (hoch).
1819902699AGLondon:, John Lepard, 1819. Lithographie Blattgröße 36 x 25,5 cm (hoch).
1819902694AGLondon:, John Lepard, 1819. Lithographie Blattgröße 36 x 25,5 cm (hoch).