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1834032478<p>EDINBURGH: W H LIZARS 1834 1st edition second printing of humming birds in the original publisher's cloth bindings with 64 hand coloured plates. The bindings are sound and clean. Both have been rebacked preserving the original spine. Vol I has slight bubbling to the cloth; a bump to the rear bottom corner; a small lighter spot on the front board and fading to edges and spine. Vol II has some wear and bumping to corners; the front board has mottling and some fading to edges. The original green endpapers are present in both volumes with repair. Vol I: frontispiece black and white portrait of 'Linnaeus in his Lapland Dress'; hand coloured vignette title page; 2 further title pages dated 1834 a year after the first printing; publisher's advert; contents listing; Memoir of Linnaeus; and text with black and white illustrations and 34 hand coloured plates bound at the rear; 23pp publisher's catalogue. Vol.II: half title; black and white frontispiece portrait of Pennant; hand coloured vignette title page; 2 further title pages dated 1833 together with an additional title page for Vol I; contents listing; advert; Memoir of Pennant; text with 30 hand coloured plates; synopsis; index; and a range of publisher's adverts - 166 pages in all. Vol I has foxing particularly to the early pages and to the page edges. The plates have light brown toning but Plate I is very browned. There is the odd spot to plates but this is mostly to the verso. 5 plates lack tissue guards. Vol II is brighter and although with occasional spotting eg initial text gutter to pp 30-35; the plates are generally bright and clean. Plates 1 and 2 have a couple of spots with more spots to verso and tissue guards; plates 27 and 28 have a couple of small spots. Please enquire if you would like to see additional images. As usual with editions bound in the publisher's cloth page edges are untrimmed.</p> W H LIZARS hardcover
30928OXFORD UNIVERSITY PRESS 1977-94. A COMPLETE SET OF THIS MAJOR WORK ON ORNITHOLOGY 9 VOLUMES. ALL WITH COMPLETE DUSTWRAPPERS AN IN VERY GOOD/FINE CONDITION. VERY SLIGHT FADING OF THE COLOUR OF THE SPINES TO TWO VOLUMES. EXTRA POSTAGE FOR OVERSEAS WILL BE REQUIRED. OXFORD UNIVERSITY PRESS, 1977-94 unknown
40876LONDON COLLINS 1981. A FINE PUBLICATION LIMITED TO 250 COPIES THIS BEING NUMBER 54. SIGNED BY COLES AND PLEDGER. LARGE QUARTO BOUND IN QUARTER LEATHER OVER GREEN CLOTH HOUSED IN A MATCHING SLIPCASE. WITH 24 FINE FULL-PAGE COLOUR PLATES BY PLEDGER. A FINE COPY. LONDON, COLLINS, 1981 hardcover
41529NEW YORK RIZZOLI 2008. BUFFON'S ILLUSTRATED NATURAL HISTORY GENERAL AND PARTICULAR OF BIRDS. ILLUSTRATED BY FRANCOIS-NICOLAS MARTINET. FOREWORD BY DAVID SIBLEY. FOLIO IN STURDY SLIPCASE. 670 PAGES. A MAGNIFICENT PRODUCTION. A NEAR FINE COPY. THE SLIPCASE IS DAMAGED AT THE BASE. THE BOOK WEIGHS 8.4 Kg SO POSTAGE AT COST. VERY SCARCE. NEW YORK, RIZZOLI, 2008 unknown
1867fom05acLondon: Groombridge and Sons. G : in good condition. Covers rubbed. Spines faded. Blank labels to front paste-downs. Staining to eps of volume II. Occasional light foxing. 1867. Reprint. Grey-blue gilt decorated hardback cloth cover. 260mm x 180mm 10" x 7". iv 156pp; iv 148pp; iv 140pp plates. 225 colour plates. Heavy set extra shipping needed for overseas. . Groombridge and Sons hardcover
19862179Stockholm: Björck & Börjesson. VG : in very good condition with blue slipcase. 1986. Limited Edition 280/500. Blue hardback cloth covers. 440mm x 290mm 17" x 11". 99pp viii; 332pp. 166 colour plates. Heavy set - extra shipping needed for overseas. . Björck & Börjesson hardcover
27502COUNTRY LIFE BOOKS. LONDON. 1938. FIRST EDITION LIMITED TO 1250 COPIES THIS BEING NUMBER 642 SIGNED BY PETER SCOTT. IN HANDSOME BLUE CLOTH GILT TITLES ILLUSTRATIONS IN COLOUR AND BLACK AND WHITE WITH TISSUE COVERINGS. WITH A WORN SLIPCASE. EXTRA POSTAGE REQUIRED FOR OVERSEAS. COUNTRY LIFE BOOKS. LONDON. 1938 hardcover
31685OLIVER AND BOYD. 1953-61. COMPLETE IN 12 VOLUMES. A VERY NICE CLEAN SET WITH COMPLETE PROTECTED FACSIMILIE DUSTWRAPPERS. GILT TITLES TO SPINES. ILLUSTRATED WITH MANY COLOUR PLATES BY GEORGE LODGE. ADDITIONAL POSTAGE REQUIRED. OLIVER AND BOYD. 1953-61 unknown
1991029401Melbourne: Hill House 1991. Book. Fine. Hardcover. Facsimile Edition. Elephant Folio. Limited facsimile edition this copy stamped no. 177 to the front paste-down. A fine copy in the publisher's original packing box; a little faint spotting to the title page. Original green Japanese Saifu cloth gilt; pp. iv plus 97 fine coloured plates with accompanying text. One of a series of remarkably exact same-size facsimile of the original in the British Library printed by offset lithography on acid-free matt art paper and hand-bound. The Hill House series contained the only authentic full-size facsimiles of the works of John Gould - this volume is one of the original printings and now out of print. A fine copy. Publisher's blurb thus "They are not reproductions because no camera was used in transferring the images from the B.M.N.H. originals. Indeed the originals are taken by Museum security courier to the repro-house in Singapore where they are subjected to the preparation of new plates for printing on 5 and 6 colour offset presses. The paper used is 130 gsm mat art paper. As facsimiles the books carry faithfully every spot mark or stain of the originals. They also carry the original Museum Department of Zoology stamps and librarian's annotations. From behind glass the naked eye would be unable to distinguish the original from the facsimile so accurate is the colour printing. Also as facsimiles they are exactly the same size as the originals Imperial Folio: 22" x 15". Each volume is hand sewn cased-in and bound between 4 mm. gilt stamped on the spine and with the gold Crown Cipher of the British Museum Natural History on the front and blind embossed on the inner margin of the front boards. The end-papers are of special wood-free heavy grade paper printed in a generated repetitive pattern of the Museum's Library stamps. The publisher has not intruded into the authenticity of the books leaving the publication data printed only on the very last page at the end of the book block. Each copy is hand inspected by the printer's quality control officer individually numbered on the inside front board. Thus no two copies are exactly the same. Although initial volumes were printed in more than 500 copies later production runs have not exceeded 300 for world-wide sale. This has been caused by a relative shortage of quality paper together with the intensive hand-labour involved in their production." This book is held in stock. A POSTAL SURCHARGE MAY APPLY ON THIS HEAVY BOOK. We hold the full set of Birds of Australia in stock. Hill House Hardcover
40877THE NETHERLANDS THE AUTHORS 1982. LIMITED TO 500 COPIES PRIVATELY PRINTED BY THE AUTHORS OF WHICH 475 ARE FOR SALE. THIS IS NUMBER 23. QUARTO BOUND IN HALF LEATHER OVER GREEN CLOTH GILT TITLES TO THE SPINE AND FRONT BOARD. SIGNED BY BOTH AUTHORS. A FINE COPY. 94 PAGES INCLUDING 28 COLOUR PLATES BY KEULEMANS. SCARCE. THE NETHERLANDS, THE AUTHORS, 1982 hardcover
29533THE NETHERLANDS THE AUTHORS 1982. LIMITED TO 500 COPIES PRIVATELY PRINTED BY THE AUTHORS OF WHICH 475 ARE FOR SALE. THIS IS NUMBER 167. QUARTO BOUND IN HALF LEATHER OVER GREEN CLOTH GILT TITLES TO THE SPINE AND FRONT BOARD. SIGNED BY BOTH AUTHORS. A VERY GOOD COPY. 94 PAGES INCLUDING 28 COLOUR PLATES BY KEULEMANS. SCARCE. THE NETHERLANDS, THE AUTHORS, 1982 hardcover
24053LONDON SIMPKIN MARSHALL & CO 1868. FIRST EDITION VERY GOOD SMALL OCTAVO GREEN CLOTH GILT TITLES FIRST BOOK OF BIRDS TO BE ILLUSTRATED WITH PHOTOGRAPHS - FOUR COLOUR PHOTOGRAPHS NEAT INSCRIPTION ON INSIDE FRONT BOARDS HINGE AT THE CENTRE IS TENDER. VERY SCARCE. A NICE COPY. LONDON SIMPKIN, MARSHALL & CO, 1868 hardcover
004117Paris: Chez Furne et Cie 1838 & 1839 36 pages of hand-colored plates with tissue guards. Most plates have two vignettes per plate some only one. All have colored background scenes. Some plates have even toning only a few have foxing most are clean and bright. 653 & 726 pp. Rebound in cloth with leather labels. Bookplate and rubber stamp on endsheets. Evidence of spine number removal. Hard Cover. Very Good. Ex-Library. Chez Furne et Cie Hardcover
009836Unknown 51hand-colored plates 272 pages. This is a black-and-white photo-reproduction of the original Gould second edition; bound in cloth with a gold-stamped leather spine. The reproduced plates have been carefully hand-colored with opaque watercolors to match the original plates. An enclosed 1997 letter from W. Graham Arader speculates that it may be "one of many facsimiles produced in Australia about twenty years ago". Book measures 12 1/4" by 8 1/4" and is in near-fine condition with some minor corner wear. Reproduction. Leather spine Cloth Boards. Very Good. Illus. by Gould John. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Unknown Paperback
1942053688New York: National Audubon Society 1942. 1st Edition . Soft cover. Good. 4to - over 9¾ - 12" tall. Quarto. xi 111 pages indexed. Soft cover bound in tan wrappers. Moderate wear to the binding. The spine is a bit toned as is the rear cover and there are some finger smudges on the front cover. the text is clean. Illustrated with some drawings and a few photos and a color frontis. Includes maps of some of the locations of the Ivory Billed Woodpecker sightings. One of the rarest and most sought-after birds in America. Some assume the Ivory-Billed Woodpecker to be extinct while others consider it highly endangered. The few sightings in recent decades are all open to debate and some controversy. The possible or near extinction of this largest of the woodpeckers is largely due to the destruction of its natural habitat through logging as well as over-hunting for trophies. The last universally confirmed sighting in the U.S. was in 1944 in the Singer Tract in northeastern Louisiana. Other more recent sightings have elicited excitement but have failed to achieve universal acceptance. <br/> <br/> National Audubon Society paperback
1872037067London: John Van Voorst 1872. Book. Illus. by Keulemans J. G. frontispiece. Very Good. Hardcover. First Edition. 12mo. pp. xii 231 pages; frontispiece plate"A Flamborough Trophy Fulmar Petrel." by Keulemans. Green cloth boards very good with a little general wear. Contents clean and tight some foxing to the endpapers on the reverse of the front free endpaper are the signatures of Alexander William Clark Kennedy of the Cold Stream guards 1873 and the initials of Rev. F. C. R Joudain 1899. A good book with a significant provenance firstly belonging to A. W. Clark Kennedy and later given to Rev. Francis Jourdain author of books such as A Handbook of British Birds by Kirkman and Joudain Clark-Kennedy Alexander William Maxwell 1851 -1894 Alexander William Maxwell Clark- Kennedy was born at Rochester Kent. He attended school at Aldershot and then at Eton College. He married Hon. Lettice Lucy Hewitt daughter of James 4th Viscount Lifford d. 1939 in Donegal in 1875 with whom he had five sons and two daughters. In 1867 he inherited the family estate of Knockgray in Galloway. While still at Eton at the age of sixteen he wrote The birds of Berkshire and Buckinghamshire: a contribution to the natural history of the two counties Eton 1868 which proved very popular. Following Eton he joined the Coldstream Guards rising to the rank of Captain. He continued his interests in hunting shooting and fishing and was a member of several societies and associations becoming a Fellow of the Linnaean Society and the Antiquarian Society of Scotland. He also penned To the Arctic regions and back in six weeks : being a summer tour to Lapland and Norway : with notes on sport and natural history London 1878 and Robert the Bruce: a poem historical and romantic London 1884. Ref: Ballance p203; Freeman 817; Mullens & Swann p.144. John Van Voorst Hardcover
19858LONDON COLLINS. 1979. REPRINT. FOLIO A FINE COPY IN FINE DUSTWRAPPER WITH SLIPCASE. TEXT BY COOPER AND FORSHAW WITH MANY FINE FULL COLOUR PLATES BY COOPER MAPS LINE DRAWINGS 302 PAGES INCLUDING REFERENCES. SCARCE. LONDON, COLLINS. 1979 unknown
1991031577Melbourne: Hill House 1991. Book. Fine. Hardcover. Facsimile Edition. Elephant Folio. Limited facsimile edition this copy stamped no. 203 to the front end paper. A fine copy with minimal wear contents clean and tight unmarked. Original green Japanese Saifu cloth gilt; pp. iv plus 97 fine coloured plates with accompanying text. One of a series of remarkably exact same-size facsimile of the original in the British Library printed by offset lithography on acid-free matt art paper and hand-bound. The Hill House series contained the only authentic full-size facsimiles of the works of John Gould - this volume is one of the original printings and now out of print. Publisher's blurb thus "They are not reproductions because no camera was used in transferring the images from the B.M.N.H. originals. Indeed the originals are taken by Museum security courier to the repro-house in Singapore where they are subjected to the preparation of new plates for printing on 5 and 6 colour offset presses. The paper used is 130 gsm mat art paper. As facsimiles the books carry faithfully every spot mark or stain of the originals. They also carry the original Museum Department of Zoology stamps and librarian's annotations. From behind glass the naked eye would be unable to distinguish the original from the facsimile so accurate is the colour printing. Also as facsimiles they are exactly the same size as the originals Imperial Folio: 22" x 15". Each volume is hand sewn cased-in and bound between 4 mm. gilt stamped on the spine and with the gold Crown Cipher of the British Museum Natural History on the front and blind embossed on the inner margin of the front boards. The end-papers are of special wood-free heavy grade paper printed in a generated repetitive pattern of the Museum's Library stamps. The publisher has not intruded into the authenticity of the books leaving the publication data printed only on the very last page at the end of the book block. Each copy is hand inspected by the printer's quality control officer individually numbered on the inside front board. Thus no two copies are exactly the same. Although initial volumes were printed in more than 500 copies later production runs have not exceeded 300 for world-wide sale. This has been caused by a relative shortage of quality paper together with the intensive hand-labour involved in their production." This book is held in stock. A postal surcharge may apply on this heavy book. Hill House Hardcover
1881030045London: Tweeddale Printed By Taylor and Francis 1881. Book. Very Good. Hardcover. Edited and Revised. 8vo. pp 4 lxix 760. b/w etchings within text to the rear. Original dark pebbled cloth binding near fine with a little general wear to corners bright gilt to the spine. Contents clean and tight first and last few pages effected by toning and spotting otherwise internally clean text pages unmarked no inscriptions. A very good copy. Bibliographic note; copies bound up for the family included a frontisepiece map and 11 colour plates this copy is without. It was edited and revised by Tweeddale's nephew at the instruction of his widow in memory of her husband The book covers mainly Southeast Asia. Tweeddale, Printed By Taylor and Francis Hardcover
1901033780Edinburgh: Printed for Private Circulation 1901. Book. Very Good. Hardcover. Limited Edition. 4to 25 x 19 cm. Privately printed for circulation to friends and family this copy presented to "Dr MacGillivray" with the author's compliments. Pp. xiv 2 203 1; monotone frontispiece plate of an eagle with prey with tissue guard two further plates of the memorial plate and the monument to Macgillivray. Original dark blue textured cloth with gilt lettering very good and bright with light rubbing to extremities cloth very slightly marked. Contents clean and tight a little toning to end papers slight spotting to presentation leaf otherwise more or less unmarked pages crisp. A very good copy of this scarce tribute. we have seen a couple of other copies of this work and neither as bright and crisp as this copy. Printed for Private Circulation Hardcover
32296LONDON OLIVER AND BOYD 1954. FIRST EDITION QUARTO A BEAUTIFUL COPY REBOUND IN CRUSHED DARK GREEN MOROCCO OVER MARBLED BOARDS NEW ENDPAPERS. VERY FINE. WITH 19 COLOUR PLATES 9 PHOTOGRAPHIC PLATES 53 TEXT FIGURES 35 TEXT MAPS AND A COLOURED MAP IN THE REAR POCKET. A WONDERFUL COPY. LONDON, OLIVER AND BOYD, 1954 hardcover
1991002891Sydney Australia: Angus & Robertson 1991. Part of The National Photographic Index of Australian Wildlife. Some foxing to minor title page. 429 pages with colour illustrations. Covers 70 species of honeyeaters and several other groups of arboreal birds. . Hard Cover. Very Good/Good. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. Angus & Robertson Hardcover
201566061The Mincing Mockingbird. Fine in Fine dust jacket. 2015. First Edition; First Printing. Hardcover. 0692503501 . Stiff clean book in jet black cloth with brilliant gilt titles; in crisp barely rubbed dust jacket. Signed with a small bird drawing above the signature by the author. Remarkable. ; 159 pages; The third collection of Adrian's artwork features vivid color reproductions of over one hundred bird paintings completed between 2013 and 2015 with subjects ranging from the smallest hummingbirds to the mighty dinosaur-like cassowary. In this beautiful book you will find that Adrian's refreshingly original combination of art and language is haunting gorgeous literate weird-and very very funny. from the dust jacket ; Signed by Author . The Mincing Mockingbird hardcover
1953000805London: Oliver & Boyd 1953. 12 volume set published 1953-1963. 385 full-page color plates by Lodge. Species accounts include identification distribution migration breeding behaviors. Appendices on rarities additional records Celtic bird names. Indexed. A bright pristine set; some Djs price clipped chipped or wrinkled in Brodart covers. First British Edition. Hardcover. Fine/Very Good. Illus. by Lodge G.E. 4to. Oliver & Boyd Hardcover
36691THE BOMBAY NATURAL HISTORY SOCIETY 1921. TWO VOLUMES. VOLUME 1: DUCKS AND THEIR ALLIES. VOLUME 2: SNIPE BUSTARDS SANDGROUSE. VOLUME 1 HAS 30 COLOURED PLATES BY GRONVOLD LODGEAND KEULEMANNS. VOLUME 2 HAS 19 COLOURED PLATES BY GRONVOLD 2 MAPS 6 BLACK AND WHITE PLATES. QUARTO HANDSOMELY BOUND IN QUARTER LEATHER OVER GREEN CLOTH TEG MARBLED ENDPAPERS RAISED BANDS. AN EXCELLENT SET. THE BOMBAY NATURAL HISTORY SOCIETY, 1921 hardcover
