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1885021740Upper Norwood: Burdett & Co. 1885. Illustrated with 13 engraved plates 12mo pp 109 plus local shop advertisements front and rear very clean internally brown cloth very slightly worn. RARE. From the library of the naturalist and conservationist Richard Fitter with his stamp on the front endpaper. . First Edition. Cloth. Very Good. Burdett & Co. Hardcover
1895038446London: Cassel and Company Limited 1895. Book. Very Good. Green Cloth. First Edition. Large 8vo approx. 17 x 24cm. pp. xx 368 b/w photographic frontispiece with tissue guard further b/w plates throughout. Original green cloth binding with gilt stamped vignette of gannet on nest to the front board gilt titling and decoration to the spine. Binding very good with a little general wear and rubbing cloth a little faded. Contents clean and tight just the endpapers a little spotted hinges good and strong text and plates clean. A very good copy. Cassel and Company, Limited Hardcover
1892003532London: R. H. Porter 1892. Book. Very Good. Hardcover. First Edition. 8vo. pp 329. "With 174 b/w illustrations whereof 140 are original drawings" Original green cloth binding with gilt lettering a little edge-wear a few marks and general rubbing. Contents clean and tight no inscriptions or foxing. A good to very good copy of this rare Mivart work. R. H. Porter Hardcover
1869036613London: John Van Voorst 1869. Book. Near Fine. Hardcover. First Edition. 8vo 19 x 13 cm. pp x 643; some pages remain uncut. Green cloth hardback binding very good and bright gilt bright contents clean and tight no inscriptions attractive bookplate belonging to Robert Washington Oates no foxing. A near fine first edition copy. Robert Washington Oates a relative of Frank and Lawrence Oates was an extremely wealthy man and like Frank Robert Washington Oates was a fan of natural history; so when he heard in 1954 that there were plans to turn Gilbert White's home into a museum but the project was struggling financially; Oates stepped in purchased The Wakes and helped to fund the Museum and donating his natural history library and the Oates family collection. John Van Voorst Hardcover
1895052720Philadelphia: David McKay Co 1895. 278pp index bw ills. Pictorial brown cloth. Very slight flecking to rear cover slightest of edge wear to covers light even toning to page edges. A most attractive copy. This edition with additions and a chapter on American incubators included for the first time. First Thus. Hard Cover. Very Good/None as Issued. 8vo. David McKay Co Hardcover
1881012044Morrisville NY: Greene Smith Museum Printed at the Madison Observer Office 1881. Ex-Library. VG. Cloth. First Edition. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Brown cloth lettered in gilt on front panel. Deaccessioned from non-circulating museum library nominally marked/stamped clear-coated spine panel slightly age-toned with handwritten call number on lower portion. Modest shelf wear lightly rubbed corners and spine extremities. 162 pp. Clean interior firm binding. Very scarce. Greene Smith Museum [Printed at the Madison Observer Office] Hardcover
1853033929London: H. G. BOHN 1853. Book. Illus. by Stewart James Hope; Edward Lear. Selby P. J. Very Good. Hardcover. First Edition Thus. 8vo 19 x 13 cm. "With Considerable Additions On Structure Migration And Economy Compiled From Various Sources By H. G. Adams. Incorporating The Whole Of Sweet's British Warblers"; pp. xvi 500; 38 fine b/w engraved plates after James Hope Stewart Edwear Lear Selby with further full page and in-text illustrations. Publisher's green cloth with extensive blind stamped decoration gilt lettering to the spine very good with light wear only spine slightly faded. Contents clean and tight original publisher's catalogue endpapers no inscriptions. A very good copy scarce in this condition. H. G. BOHN Hardcover
1881003646<p>London: Longmans Green and Co. 1881. Good/Pictorial boards. 8vo. 220 x 140mm 548 pages. Chromopxylographs maps woodcuts. Book condition: Good clean gilt decorated and titled boards not faded tight binding not inscribed. Overall pretty good copy for it's age! Comments: A comprehensive study of the Arctic and Antarctic polar regions: animals birds marine life Iceland Westman Islands Norwegian coast Spitzbergen Bear Island Jan Meyen Novaya Zemlya The Lapps Siberia Kamtschatka Alaska Hudson's Bay Indian tribes Antarctica Patagonia and much more. Some super illustrations!. Hard Cover. Good/Pictorial Board. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.</p> Longmans, Green and Co. hardcover
1892036071London: Gurney & Jackson 1892. Book. Illus. by G.E Lodge Victor Prout. Near Fine. Hardcover. Second Edition Revised. 8vo. Pp. 2 xxvi 271 4; large fold out map in text and plate illustrations throughout by Lodge and others. Green cloth binding very good and bright light rubbing to joints. Contents clean and tight no foxing original yellow end papers. Freddie Spencer Chapman's copy with his pencil initials and date to the front free end paper. A clean near fine copy. F. S. Chapman needs little introduction - war time hero and ornithologisht with an extraordinary story: for over three years during the second world war he "blew up trains bridges and enemy soldiers in the jungles of Malaya all the while studying birdlife and sending home seeds". Gurney & Jackson Hardcover
1881j6487Paris: Libraire Hachette. VG : in very good condition without dust jacket. Minor scuffing to leather at corners and spine. Ribbon marker. Marbled endpapers. Aeg. 1881. Fourteenth Edition. Green hardback half-leather cover. 280mm x 200mm 11" x 8". 424pp. B/w illustrations some full page some within the text. Text in French. Heavy item - shipping supplement may apply for overseas. . Libraire Hachette hardcover
1835h0116caLondon: Whittaker & Co. G : in Good condition. Cover rubbed with corner wear. Spine rubbed with wear ar joints. Title page stained. 1835. Second Edition. Black hardback half-leather cover. 190mm x 120mm 7" x 5". 391pp ads. B/w in-text illustrations plus colour frontispiece title-page vignette and 8 pages of illustrations all hand coloured. . Whittaker & Co hardcover
184010158316mo 2 1/2 x 4 original paper wrappers illustrated 16 pp. Some staining and soiling to covers stitch a little loose slight tears along hinges a little browning and foxing. In pretty decent condition for such a delicate item. Scarce children's title OCLC locates only a couple of copies with bird wood engraved illustrations. Includes description and small illustrations of the Robin Golden Eagle Blue Bird Turtle Doves Owl Wild Goose Quail and Nightingale. OCLC. Bailey & Noyes,
1892011964Washington D.C.: Smithsonian Institution/GPO 1892. Ex-Library. VG. Buckram. First Thus. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Deaccessioned from non-circulating museum library nominally marked/stamped little actual wear clear-coated spine panel lightly age-toned with hand-written call number on lower portion. Bound in orange buckram not retaining original wraps. ii253-383 pp. illus. w/ 46 b&w plates additional figures in text. Smithsonian Institution United States National Museum. From the Report of the National Museum for 1890 to which this pagination refers. A very durable functional copy. Smithsonian Institution/GPO Hardcover
1899013181London: Trustees of the British Museum 1899. Ex-Library. Very Good. Cloth. First Edition. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Brown cloth ruled in blind lettered in gilt on spine panel. De-accessioned from non-circulating museum library lightly marked/stamped handwritten call label on lower clear-coated spine panel somewhat age-toned. Cloth has separated and been repaired along front joint; spine extremities are chipped and corners a bit rubbed/curled. xxi30320 pp. Volume I only. A few internal notations in pencil else clean. Mounted on front flyleaf is a lengthy contemporary review and hinged to the flyleaf is a presentation book plate from the Trustees of The British Museum; hinged to the rear flyleaf is an original mailing label addressed from The British Museum to the U.S. National Museum in Washington D.C. and the Smithsonian Institution's stamp invoice 1273. Trustees of the British Museum Hardcover
1885066352Troy NY: Nims & Knight 1885. Book. Illus. by Hector Giacomelli. Good. Hardcover. 1st Edition. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. Color illus. cloth text block edged in gilt. Rubbed with exposure at corners and spine extremities cover cloth with mild tanning/dampstaining to front cover more pronounced to back cover. Mended hinges. Possibly lacking main title with half-title followed by List of Illustrations p. iii stated but pagination suggests otherwise. xvi200 pp. Publisher stated at heel of spine panel as Nims & Knight which existed under that name 1882-92 only narrowing range of publication to that decade. Exceptionally scarce with a presumed later Estes & Lauriat edition dating to 1888. Nims & Knight Hardcover
1867017687London: Published for the Ray Society by Robert Hardwicke 1867. Book. Very Good. Paperback. First Edition. Folio. pp. x ii 181; 10 engraved plates half-title and title pages. Publisher's original card wrapper with printed title label pasted to the front board the green cloth spine with gilt lettering is worn with multiple splits wrappers with a little general wear more pronounced to corners. Contents good and complete tight large margins no inscriptions a few plates with a little foxing plate I the most marked. Overall a very good copy. Published for the Ray Society by Robert Hardwicke Paperback
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
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
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
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