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1889036460London: Gurney and Jackson 1889. Book. Illus. by Chapman Abel. Very Good. Hardcover. First Edition. 8vo. Pp. xii 286 2 pages adverts; numerous fine pen and ink drawings and in-text illustrations throughout by Abel Chapman. Original blue cloth titled in gilt on spine. Binding very good and bright light wear only to the top and bottom of the spine and corners. Content clean and tight original brown endpapers wear along the hinge unmarked but for the pencil signature of F. S. Chapman no relative but the explorer and author also signed in pencil to the half title to the reverse of the front free endpaper no foxing no inscriptions. A very good copy. BIOG. Frederick Spencer Chapman DSO & Bar ED 1907 - 1971 was a British Army officer and World War II veteran most famous for his exploits behind enemy lines in Japanese occupied Malaya. His medals include the following: the Distinguished Service Order and Bar the Polar Medal Gill Memorial Medal Mungo Park Medal and the Lawrence of Arabia Memorial Medal. He joined many expeditions. Chapman was attached as "ski expert and naturalist" to Gino Watkins' 1930 -31 British Arctic Air Route Expedition. Expedition members included John Rymill and Augustine Courtauld. He also joined Watkins' subsequent fatal Greenland Expedition of 1932-33 which was led by Rymill after Watkins' death. Chapman experienced cold of such intensity that he lost all his finger and toe nails. Gurney and Jackson Hardcover
1907abe01aaLondon: Gurney & Jackson. G : in good condition without dust jacket. Cover rubbed and faded. Eps browned. 1907. Second Edition. Brown hardback cloth cover. 230mm x 170mm 9" x 7". xii 458pp plates. 26 b/w plates colour fold-out map. . Gurney & Jackson hardcover
1924008655London: Gurney & Jackson 1924. First edition large thick 8vo pp xxii 489 cloth slightly worn and rubbed spine head a little pilled and with one tiny tear in a torn and frayed dustwrapper which is lacking a few small pieces but now nicely protected in a removable plastic cover. From the library of the naturalist and conservationist Richard Fitter with his stamp on the front endpaper. Cloth. Good/Good. Gurney & Jackson Hardcover
001920Audubon Society Vol. #1 1899 to vol. #42 1942. A complete run of this cornerstone of any ornithological library. Uniformly bound in green cloth with gilt lettering. Volumes 1-20 have a paper library call number label on the spine that looks like it can easily be soaked or peeled off. All have the name of a major institution in gilt lettering on bottom of spine. Inside just a bookplate in front library rules on a bookplate in the rear. No pockets. Bound with the covers. All the great bird artists are represented in its pages including G.M. Sutton R.T. Peterson Bruce Horsfall Allan Brooks L. A. Fuertes etc. Hard Cover. Very Good. Ex-Library. Audubon Society Hardcover
1934062512-ENew York: D. Appleton - Century Co. 1934. Book. Illus. by Various Artist. Very Good. Hardcover. 2nd. Revised Edition 1934 Red cloth hardcover with gilded lettering to the cover and spine . End page at front is color map and end page at back has ruler . Illustrated with some color plates and many black & white illustration and drawings . Condition : Very Good. with edge rubs and light fading at the spine and fading of a drinking glass ring on the back board. Size: 12mo - over 6¾ - 7¾" tall. D. Appleton - Century Co. Hardcover
1926001074New York: American Museum of Natural History 1926. 800pp. photos maps. History of Ecuadorean ornithology and expeditions physiography climate life-zones zonal distribution by bird families List of species and subspecies gazeteer bibliography index fold-out map. Call letters on spine minoe ex-library markings and pocket on end sheets. Cloth. Library Binding. Very Good. 8vo. American Museum of Natural History hardcover
1931014674New York: Appleton-Century-Crofts Inc. 1931. Photos drawings by Francis L. Jaques index 416 pages. Barro Colorado Island in the Panama. Canal Zone. Gilt bird on cover. Nice clean crisp copy. Dust jacket pasted in on rear flyleaf/inside cover. Hard Cover. Very Good. Appleton-Century-Crofts, Inc. Hardcover
198311246Lawrence 1983. Lex8vo. Orig. full cloth. XXIX877 pp. hardcover
44389NEW HAVEN YALE UNIVERSITY PRESS 2008. FIRST EDITION. A FINE COPY IN A FINE DUSTWRAP. NEW HAVEN, YALE UNIVERSITY PRESS, 2008 unknown
19692092902137405828Taikosha 1969. Soft Cover. Fine. Volume: 1 Taikosha paperback
2001002513<p>British Trust for Ornithology 2001. Very good. 8vo. 210 x 150mm 270 pages. Odd b/w photos line drawings. Book condition: Very good clean bright partial slight fade to rear cover tight binding not creased no inscriptions. Comments: A classic guide for bird ringers from BTO describing the Ringing Scheme licensing training sites permissions catching methods handling pulli biometrics. A very detailed comprehensive guide few available in this condition some at £280 - £450 !!. Soft Cover. Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" Tall.</p> British Trust for Ornithology paperback
1890033859Chelmsford: Edmund Durrant et al 1890. Book. Illus. by Whymper Charles. Very Good. Hardcover. First Edition. 8vo. Inscribed by the author to a slip tipped on to the front free end paper "A. M. McAldowie Esq.re M.D. KC with the Author's compts July 1984" Very large bookplate stamped Ex. Libris A. M. McAldowie to the front paste-down. Alexander Morison McAldowie - Scottish physician folklore expert and ornithologist author of The Birds of Staffordshire 1893 engraved bookplate of F. C. S. N. The Daltry Library to the verso of the front free end-paper; pp. viii 302 6 - adverts; lithographic frontispiece plate with original tissue guard after Charles Whymper 2 b/w plates of plans of decoys with hand colouring in outline further full-page engravings of decoys; each bird species illustrated with a woodcut after those in Yarrell a few specially drawn by G. E. Lodge and several from other sources; list of subscribers. Original red cloth hardback binding with black lettering very good with a little light wear spine a little faded. Contents clean and tight no inscriptions. A very good copy. Much more than the usual avifauna with an excellent collection of biographies of the principal Essex ornithologists a chapter on wild-fowl decoys and wild-fowling in Essex plus chapter on Hawks and Hawking in Essex. Essex Field Club Special Memoirs - vol. II. Edmund Durrant et al 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
19872090502113717635Not Available 1987. Soft Cover. Fine. The book is in fine condition. Not Available paperback
19872090502113708214Not Available 1987. Soft Cover. Fine. The book is in fine condition. Not Available paperback
286451964 OLIVER AND BOYD EDINBURGH. 1ST EDITION. VERY GOOD COPY IN SLIGHTLY DAMAGED DUSTWRAP WHICH HAS BEEN PRICE CLIPPED. ILLUSTRATED WITH 41 COLOUR PLATES A MAP AND 40 BLACK AND WHITE TEXT FIGURES BY THE AUTHOR AND 17 PHOTOGRAPHIC PLATES BY DENNIS CLEAVER. EXTRA POSTAGE WILL BE ASKED FOR. FOLDING MAP TO THE REAR. 1964 OLIVER AND BOYD, EDINBURGH unknown
29814EDINBURGH OLIVER AND BOYD 1964. 1ST EDITION. VERY GOOD COPY IN SLIGHTLY DAMAGED DUSTWRAP. CELLOTAPE TO CLOSED TEARS. ILLUSTRATED WITH 41 COLOUR PLATES A MAP AND 40 BLACK AND WHITE TEXT FIGURES BY THE AUTHOR AND 17 PHOTOGRAPHIC PLATES BY DENNIS CLEAVER. EXTRA POSTAGE WILL BE ASKED FOR. FOLDING MAP TO THE REAR. EDINBURGH, OLIVER AND BOYD, 1964 unknown
286441985 WINCHESTER PRESS SOUTH AFRICA. 1ST EDITION. NEAR FINE COPY IN NEAR FINE DUSTWRAP. THIS BOOK IS THE SHOWCASE FOR 94 OF THE RAREST AND MOST VUNERABLE BIRDS TO BE FOUND IN SOUTHERN AFRICA.THIS IS A VERY HEAVY BOOK SO EXTRA POSTAGE WILL BE ASKED FOR. STANDARD EDITION. 1985, WINCHESTER PRESS, SOUTH AFRICA unknown
1971032852Loureno Marques: Instituto De Investigacao Cientifica De Mocambique 1971. Book. Near Fine. Paperback. First Edition. 8vo. pp. 167 appendix and index. numerous full page colour and black and white illustrations. Covers near fine with minimal wear. Contents clean and tight. A near fine copy. Instituto De Investigacao Cientifica De Mocambique Paperback
1964007077Edinburgh: Oliver and Boyd 1964. Color plates illustrations photos fold-out map index 511 pages. As is often the case the box with the title on the spine has partially rubbed off. Otherwise a nice tight copy. Hard Cover. Very Good/Very Good. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. Oliver and Boyd Hardcover
240041912 GURNEY AND JACKSON LONDON. 2 VOLUMES BOUND IN GREEN CLOTH WHICH IS SLIGHTLY WORN. SOME FOXING. WITH MAPS WEATHER CHARTS AND OTHER ILLUSTRATIONS. INSCRIBED TO THE NATURALIST E. W. HENDY. 1912 GURNEY AND JACKSON, LONDON hardcover
322101996 ARLEQUIN PRESS CHELMSFORD ESSEX. 1ST EDITION. VERY GOOD COPY IN VERY GOOD DUSTWRAP. COLOUR PLATES AND ILLUSTRATIONS BY BRUCE PEARSON DUST JACKET BY MIKE WARREN.SIGNED COPY. 1996 ARLEQUIN PRESS, CHELMSFORD, ESSEX unknown
27119ESSEX ARLEQUIN PRESS1996. FIRST EDITION. FINE COPY IN DUSTWRAP. COLOUR PLATES AND ILLUSTRATIONS BY BRUCE PEARSON DUST JACKET BY MIKE WARREN. ESSEX, ARLEQUIN PRESS,1996 unknown
1912038354London: Gurney and Jackson 1912. Book. Very Good. Hardcover. First Edition. Small 4to 16 x 23cm. Pp. vol. I: xvi 324; fine frontispiece plate in photogravure photographic plate and 7 maps and charts; vol. II: viii 347; 16 pages of plates from photographs. Bound in original sage green buckram cloth with gilt lettering to the spines; very good and bright no fading cloth a little marked by scratches slight rubbing to edges. Contents clean and tight top edges gilt endpapers foxed a little spotting to the first few pages but generally clean no inscriptions. A very good set. Gurney and Jackson Hardcover
1912013095London & Edinburgh: Gurney & Jackson 1912. Two volumes illustrated large octavo ppxvi 323; viii 346 slight age-toning internally and slight foxing top edges gilt other edges uncut front hinges slightly cracked a large piece cut from the front endpaper of the second volume original cloth very slightl worn spines dull cloth not quite matching. A heavy set - extra postage may be needed From the library of the naturalist and conservationist Richard Fitter with his stamp on the front endpaper. First Edition. Cloth. Good. Gurney & Jackson Hardcover
