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1904038288London: Brumby & Clarke Limited 1904. Book. Illus. by Frohawk F. W. Very Good. Hardcover. 1st Edition. 4to 22 x 29cm. "With 24 Coloured plates illustrating 475 specimens"; pp. 105. The 254 chromolithographic plates are all very good and with the original tissue guards a few marked; half-title & title pages. Original two-tone green cloth binding with gilt lettering very good with a little general wear and rubbing only. Contents clean and tight inscription in ink to the top of the half title dated 1904 original end-papers toned and a little brittle around the edges slight spotting to title page and the odd page edge some rusting to staples running down the spine of the first few gathers plates clean. A very good copy. The plates used in different editions of this work are not standard and vary in quality this particular edition includes plates printed to a high standard and importantly the eggs are illustrated with shadows giving a particularly 3-dimensional look: they are in our opinion superior to some earlier editions. Brumby & Clarke Limited Hardcover
2005048879Sao Paulo Brazil: Terceiro Nome 2005. 247pp index bibliography num col ills pictorial endpapers. Or pictorial boards in jacket. Near new. The nests of Brazilian birds-superbly illustrated. First English Language Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good/Very Good. 4to. Terceiro Nome Hardcover
2013nn-123bLondon: Collins / HarperCollins. VG: in very good condition with dust jacket. 2013. First Edition. Green hardback cloth cover. 230mm x 160mm 9" x 6". xiv 461pp. Heavy item - shipping supplement may apply for overseas. . Collins / HarperCollins hardcover
1982035925London: Collins 1982. Book. Illus. by R. David Digby. Fine. Hardcover. First Edition. 4to. 188 pages. 39 colour plates by David Digby and numerous b/w sketches throughout. Original dust jacket near fine a hint of toning to the flaps not price-clipped. Hard back binding fine. Contents clean and tight no inscriptions no foxing. A fine bright copy virtually as new from the library of Eric Hoskings. No bookplate. Collins Hardcover
1989008815Canberra: National Library of Australia 1989. Illustrated with 100 colour plates small quarto pp 251 paperback a very slight wave to the pages and cover personal inscription on front endpaper very slight fading to the spine otherwise a very good copy. From the library of the botanical artist Wendy Page with her blind-stamp on the title page. VERY SCARCE A HEAVY BOOK - EXTRA SHIPPING MAY BE REQUIRED . Paperback. Good. National Library of Australia Paperback
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
1925375774Caperns Undated c.1925. Hardcover. Very Good Condition. Capern's Bird Album brings together 54 plus 2 variant full colour cards depicting familiar British and aviary species each rendered in the clear appealing style that made his work popular with early twentieth century birdlovers. Postcard sized and designed for easy handling or display the set offers a bright nostalgic survey of common birds and remains an attractive example of period natural history illustration. This original album is complely filled with beautiful colour pictures of British birds. Each card is in bright condition with no creases. There are corners marks from the album mounts. The album itself has some minor damage to the front cover and the entire album section is detached from the binding. Size: 29.5 x 19.5 cms. Category: Varied Books; New Arrivals; This item may require more postage than the rates shown for delivery outside the UK. If extra postage is required we will contact you before processing your order and you will be given the details and option to decline the extra cost. Caperns hardcover
1989030216British Ornithologists' Union 1989. Book. Fine. Hardcover. First Edition. 8vo. 170 pages; b/w illustrations. Original laminated boards fine and unmarked. Contents clean and tight unmarked no inscriptions. A fine copy as new . British Ornithologists' Union Hardcover
1991006347Austin: Texas State Historical Association 1991. Three quarter brown leather over marbled paper-covered boards titles gilt. Brown marbled slipcase. 50 color plates and b/w photos 298 pages. A fine reproduction of the 1856 original with an introduction by R. M. Peck. In a "as new" slipcase. A limited edition of 250 copies. Limited & Numbered Edition. Three-Quarter Leather. As New. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. Texas State Historical Association Hardcover
0365868361.Gpaperback. Good. Access codes and supplements are not guaranteed with used items. May be an ex-library book. paperback
1935034825London: Collins 1935. Book. Illus. by Austen Winifred. Very Good. Hardcover. First Edition. 4to. Sixteen illustrations in water colour and many black and white drawings by Winifred austen. 180 pages. Original dust jacket somewhat worn with some tape repairs hardback binding very good with a little fading to the spine. Contents clean and tight some spotting to the endpapers otherwise unmarked no inscriptions. A very good clean copy. Collins Hardcover
1925DEMO010638IJoliet: P. F. Volland Company 1925. First edition. Hardcover. Very Good. Katherine STURGIS. 12mo unpaginated pictorial green boards a few marginal tears tips rubbed. <br/><br/>The Sunny Book series. P. F. Volland Company hardcover
200111935World Working Group on Birds of Prey and Owls 2001. Paperback. New. 96x32x140. <B>Raptors at Risk: Proceedings of the V World Conference on Birds of Prey and Owls - South Africa August 1998. </B>. In Africa the pioneering population monitoring of eagles in Kenya by Brown and in Zimbabwe by Gargett are noteworthy. Furthermore the consequences of habitat fragmentation and isolation on bird communities currently a deep concern have been thoroughly analyzed in temperate forests as well as in tropical forests but rarely in Africa and never specifically on a raptor community. Raptors are highly sensitive to prey availability vegetation structurem pollution and human disturbance and thus are good indicators of environmental changes. World Working Group on Birds of Prey and Owls paperback
19601NEW YORK; THE AMERICAN MUSEUM OF NATURAL HISTORY 1932-54. 4 VOLUMES IN GREY CARD COVERS: PART 1 HAS SOME WATER STAINING THROUGHOUT. BULLETIN: VOLUME LXV 1932. PART 2 : VOLUME LXXV 1939.PART 3: VOLUME 75A 1953 PART 4: VOLUME 75B 1954. ILLUSTRATED WITH PHOTOGRAPHS AND MAPS. FOLDING MAP IN VOLUME 1. NEW YORK; THE AMERICAN MUSEUM OF NATURAL HISTORY, 1932-54 unknown
29826NEW YORK; THE AMERICAN MUSEUM OF NATURAL HISTORY 1932. PART 1 ONLY. GREY CARD COVERS 756 PAGES. ILLUSTRATED WITH PHOTOGRAPHS AND MAPS ONE FOLDING MAP. VERY GOOD. NEW YORK; THE AMERICAN MUSEUM OF NATURAL HISTORY, 1932 unknown
2953GURNEY AND JACKSON LONDON 1924. VERY GOOD COPY IN GREEN CLOTH. GOLD TITLE ON SPINE. ARCTIC CHEVIOT TROPIC NINETEEN COLOUR PLATES BY W.H. RIDDELL AND 170 SKETCHES BY THE AUTHOR. 1ST EDITION 1924. GURNEY AND JACKSON, LONDON, 1924. hardcover
24307GURNEY AND JACKSON LONDON 1924. FIRST EDITION VERY GOOD COPY IN GREEN CLOTH GILT TITLE. ARCTIC CHEVIOT TROPIC NINETEEN COLOUR PLATES BY W.H. RIDDELL AND 170 SKETCHES BY THE AUTHOR. ARMOURIAL BOOKPLATE ON FRONT PASTEDOWN PLUS BOOKPLATE TO FEP. GURNEY AND JACKSON, LONDON, 1924. hardcover
39172GURNEY & JACKSON. LONDON. 1907. SECOND EDITION VERY GOOD HARDBACK IN BROWN BUCKRAM. ON MOORLAND AND SEA WITH FAUNAL NOTES EXTENDING OVER FORTY YEARS. WITH COLOURED MAP AND NUMERUS ILLUSTRATIONS. VERY GOOD. GURNEY & JACKSON. LONDON. 1907 hardcover
39177LONDON GURNEY AND JACKSON 1889. 1ST EDITION. A VERY GOOD COPY IN DARK BLUE BOARDS. RECORDS OF WILD SPORT AND NATURAL HISTORY ON MOORLAND AND SEA. SCARCE. LONDON, GURNEY AND JACKSON, 1889 hardcover
9420GURNEY & JACKSON. LONDON. 1907. VERY GOOD HARDBACK IN BROWN CLOTH. ON MOORLAND AND SEA WITH FAUNAL NOTES EXTENDING OVER FORTY YEARS. WITH COLOURED MAP AND NUMERUS ILLUSTRATIONS. 2ND EDITION. EXTRA POSTAGE REQUIRED FOR OVERSEAS. GURNEY & JACKSON. LONDON. 1907 hardcover
23985GURNEY & JACKSON. LONDON. 1907. VERY GOOD HARDBACK IN BROWN CLOTH WITH SOME FINGERING TO THE TOP AND BOTTON OF SPINE. ON MOORLAND AND SEA WITH FAUNAL NOTES EXTENDING OVER FORTY YEARS. WITH COLOURED MAP AND NUMERUS ILLUSTRATIONS. 2ND EDITION. SOME FOXING. GURNEY & JACKSON. LONDON. 1907 hardcover
39183LONDON GURNEY AND JACKSON 1930. FIRST EDITION VERY GOOD COPY IN GREEN CLOTH NO DUSTWRAPPER. GILT TITLE ON SPINE. TEXT ILLUSTRATIONS PLUS COLOUR PLATES BY W.H. RIDDELL. WITH A MEMOIR BY GEORGE BOLAM. LONDON, GURNEY AND JACKSON, 1930 hardcover
28141LONDON GURNEY AND JACKSON 1924. FIRST EDITION VERY GOOD COPY IN GREEN CLOTH -- NO DUSTWRAPPER. GILT TITLE ON SPINE. ARCTIC CHEVIOT TROPIC NINETEEN COLOUR PLATES BY W.H. RIDDELL AND 170 SKETCHES BY THE AUTHOR. LONDON, GURNEY AND JACKSON, 1924. hardcover
24139ESSEX ARLEQUIN PRESS 1999. FIRST EDITION VERY FINE LIKE DUSTWRAP. WITH ITS LARGE BIBLIOGRAPHY MAPS AND TABLES THIS BOOK SHEDS MORE LIGHT ON AN ATTRACTIVE BIRD-OF-PREY WITH WHICH MOST BIRDERS MAY ONLY HAVE A BRIEF ENCOUNTER. ESSEX, ARLEQUIN PRESS, 1999 unknown
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