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1937014667The Rumford Press 1937. Index fold-out map 126 pages. Erratta slip laid in. Very scarce. Follow up to the "Preliminary List" issued in 1924. Soft Cover. Very Good. The Rumford Press Paperback
1954000725Mansfield CT: Maurizio Martino Publisher 1954. 800pp. ills. Reprint limited to 100 copies. Originally published in Perth 1954. Part I: History of Australian orntihology 1618-1850; Part II: Bibliography of Australian ornithology 1618-1950 with biographies of authors collectors and others. Index. Limited. Cloth. Very Good. Large 8vo. Maurizio Martino Publisher Hardcover
1907009571St. Louis MO: Privately Printed 1907. Presentation copy from Widman to the ornithologist Dr. Jonathan Dwight Jr. This is the scarce original edition not a reprint. Signed by Author. Hard Cover. Very Good. Privately Printed Hardcover
1970B441Yama-To-Keikoku Sha Co 1970. Hardcover. Near Fine/Very Good. Hardcover in very good condition with dust jacket. Text in Japanese. Species names in Latin and English. Color plates. Yama-To-Keikoku Sha Co hardcover
1970B440Yama-To-Keikoku Sha Co 1970. Hardcover. Near Fine/Very Good. Hardcover in very good condition with dust jacket. Text in Japanese. Species names in Latin and English. Color plates. Yama-To-Keikoku Sha Co hardcover
1964724734PN. New. 1964. Soft Cover. Date is original print. This is a reprint edition. . PN paperback
1972wil52London: Macdonald & Co Ltd. VG : in very good condition without dust jacket as issued. Slight marks to eps. 1972. Limited Edition 102/250. Blue hardback leather cover. 220mm x 140mm 9" x 6". 152pp. Signed by author on limitation page. . Macdonald & Co Ltd hardcover
1999056232Canberra: Canberra Ornithologists Group. 1999. viii91pp index references appendices bw ills map. Pictorial card. Light edge wear to cover. The first update on Canberra's avifauna since 1963. First Edition. Soft Cover. Very Good. 4to. Canberra Ornithologists Group. Paperback
1941035848London: H.F. & G. Witherby Ltd 1941. Book. Very Good. Paperback. Revised Edition. 8vo. This copy belonged to Eric Hosking and bears his bookplate to the front pastedown. 78 pages. Covers very good with light general wear. Contents clean and tight no inscriptions. A very good copy. Eric Hosking OBE Hon FRPS FBIPP 1909-1991 was widely acknowledged as one of the world's most eminent natural history photographers "Perhaps the most famous bird photographer ever to have lived" Gemma Padley. He was pioneering and developed new techniques especially the use of flash photography and automatic shutter release technology which enabled him to photograph birds at night and freeze birds in flight for the first time. Famously when just 28 he lost an eye to a tawny owl while climbing up to a hide in rural Wales the event which inspired the ingeneous title of his autobiography "An Eye for a Bird" 1970. Over his exceptionally long career he photographed over 1800 species and his pictures have appeared in some 1000 books including the popular New Naturalist series of which he was photographic editor. Hosking was not only a photographer of birds but also a highly knowledgeable ornithologist. H.F. & G. Witherby Ltd Paperback
19465269acLondon: H F & G Witherby Ltd. VG : in very good condition without dust jackets. Covers rubbed. Slight foxing. 1946. Fourth impression. Blue hardback cloth cover. 230mm x 160mm 9" x 6". xl 326pp; xiii 352pp; x 387pp; xiv 461pp; xii 381pp plates. 147 plates 126 in colour. Heavy book extra shipping needed for overseas. . H F & G Witherby Ltd hardcover
1980035346London: Collins 1980. Book. Illus. by Woodcock Martin W. Near Fine. Hardcover. First Edition. 8vo. inscription from the author to Eric Hosking; pp. 176; illustrated in colour. Hardback binding near fine not faded unmarked. Contents clean and tight author's inscription to the reverse of the front free endpaper no other marks. A very good association copy. Eric Hosking OBE Hon FRPS FBIPP 1909-1991 was widely acknowledged as one of the world's most eminent natural history photographers "Perhaps the most famous bird photographer ever to have lived" Gemma Padley. He was pioneering and developed new techniques especially the use of flash photography and automatic shutter release technology which enabled him to photograph birds at night and freeze birds in flight for the first time. Famously when just 28 he lost an eye to a tawny owl while climbing up to a hide in rural Wales the event which inspired the ingeneous title of his autobiography "An Eye for a Bird" 1970. Over his exceptionally long career he photographed over 1800 species and his pictures have appeared in some 1000 books including the popular New Naturalist series of which he was photographic editor. Hosking was not only a photographer of birds but also a highly knowledgeable ornithologist. Collins Hardcover
1936biblio8959<p>xxiii 317 p. incl. facsim. front. plates. Includes: Illustrations Plates Facsimiles.</p><p>Nature</p> The MacMillan Company hardcover
196129975HBDJ PICTORIAL COLOR BOARDS 1961 STATED 1ST EDITION Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good with Tiny Extremities chips wear & TEARS This old book with dust jacket is clean solid and in great shape! This hardcover children's book has lots of awesome color illustrations. The binding is strong with all pages firmly attached. The pages are clean with no soiling writing or tears. The copyright page shows 1961 as the published date. This is definitely NOT a former library book. The dust jacket with very light chipping on the spine edges and there is a short 1/2 inch closed tear on the top and bottom of the front. I have placed the DJ in a fresh mylar jacket and this old book looks and feels great!. OVERSIZED IN COLOR DUSTJACKET.Once Upon a time a Small Striped Tiger & a Little Spotted Leopard searched For Dinner Deep in the Heart Of The Tangled Green Jungle. A WORLD OF STRIPES & SPOTS Of Brilliant Tropical Birds & CROCS PEACOCKS AS THEIR JUNGLE ADVENTURE UNFOLDS With The en tle Lullaby Quality that Youngest Children Especially Love. <br /> DOUBLEDAY & COMPANY , NY GARDEN CITY hardcover
1996017540Staten Island New York: Maurizio Martino 1996. 2 volumes bound as 1 complete. Brand New in perfect condition. Bright clean square and tight. Sharp corners. NO rubbing. NO fading. NO owner's name or bookplate. NO remainder mark. NOT a library discard. Fresh and crisp. NO underlining. NO highlighting. NO margin notes. n. d. but 1996. Reprint of Chicago's Field Museum of Natural History Zoological Series Publications 239 and 240. Illustrated with a few old prints and title page facsimiles. George Watson Cole called this the "greatest bird bibliography in the world." Buchanan/Fisher in Sitwell's FINE BIRD BOOKS p. 68 says this is a "wonderful" catalogue that "has never been excelled. It goes into immense detail over the dating of text and plates. Zimmer's researches.are of the utmost importance to collectors." There are 2000 annotated entries with collations. An indispensable reference. Bound in the original maroon cloth stamped in bright white. DAB 448. Cannon 131. Besterman 4364. 1996 reprint of the 1926 editions. Hardcover. New/No jacket as issued. 2 vols in 1: x 364; 365-706pp. [Maurizio Martino] Hardcover
