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15989PESTH HARTLEBEN 1840. VERY SCARCE - ONLY 300 COPIES PRINTED. THE ORIGINAL HAS BEEN HANDSOMELY REBOUND IN FULL BROWN LEATHER NEW END PAPERS ORIGINAL BLUE ENDPAPERS BOUND IN WITH LOSS. SOME FOXING THROUGHOUT AND BINDING VERY TIGHT. TURKISH AND GREEK TEXTS WITH THE GERMAN TRANSLATIONS. INTRODUCTION OF 4 PAGES FURTHER 32 PAGES WITH SOME ANNOTATIONS IN RED PENCIL WITH A SHORT LIST OF WORKS. 115 PAGES ON FALKNERKLEE THEN TEXT IN ARABIC AND GREEK. AN ATTRACTIVE AND UNUSUAL ITEM. PESTH, HARTLEBEN, 1840 hardcover
261461992 ACADEMIC PRESS LONDON. NEW BOOK IN DUSTWRAP. ILLUSTRATED BY ALAN HARRIS AND DAVID QUINN. PUBLISHED WITH THE SUPPORT OF THE BREHM FOUNDATION. EXTRA POSTAGE WILL BE REQUIRED FOR OVERSEAS. 1992 ACADEMIC PRESS, LONDON unknown
28636LONDON HARPER AND ROW 1978. 1ST EDITION. NEAR FINE COPY WITH DUSTWRAP. COLOUR PAINTINGS BY ROBERT GILLMOR AND PETER HAYMAN. DESCRIPTIONS OF 61 SPECIES. FOLIO SIZE. LONDON, HARPER AND ROW, 1978 unknown
24335LONDON EDITIONS 1978. 1ST EDITION. VERY GOOD COPY WITH A DUSTWRAP AND A DAMAGED CARDBOARD SLIPCASE. COLOUR PAINTINGS BY ROBERT GILLMOR AND PETER HAYMAN. DESCRIPTIONS OF 61 SPECIES. FOLIO SIZE. ADDRESS LABEL OF PREVIOUS OWNER. WILL NEED EXTRA POSTAGE. LONDON EDITIONS, 1978 unknown
24095LONDON EDITIONS 1978. VERY GOOD COPY IN LIKE DUSTWRAP WITH SLIGHT COLOUR FADING TO SPINE. COLOUR PAINTINGS BY ROBERT GILLMOR AND PETER HAYMAN. DESCRIPTIONS OF 61 SPECIES. FOLIO SIZE. EXTRA POSTAGE REQUIRED. LONDON EDITIONS, 1978 unknown
32286LONDON WILLIAMS AND NORGATE 1874. FIRST EDITION VOLUME 6 OF THE NATURAL HISTORY TRANSACTIONS OF NORTHUMBERLAND AND DURHAM. GREEN CLOTH BEVELLED BOARDS WITH 14 PHOTOGRAPHIC COPPER PLATES AND DRAWINGS BY THE AUTHOR. A POOR COPY WHERE THE TEXT BLOCK HAS COME ADRIFT FROM THE SPINE OCCASIONAL FOXING. A SCARCE WORK PRICED ACCORDING TO CONDITION. LONDON, WILLIAMS AND NORGATE, 1874 hardcover
23692London Editions 1978. Number 49 of a half bound in leather and limited to 150 copies signed by authors and artists. Fine full page coloured plates. Folio 14 1/8 x 9 1/2 inches 304-pages. Publisher's half brown morocco spine gilt at raised bands with black and red lettering pieces. Fine in the very good slicase. London Editions, 1978. hardcover
1978002957New York: Harper & Row 1978. 304pp. ills. 61 full-page color plates. Describes 61 species of herons and bitterns in detail with description and identification habitat distribution feeding and breeding behavior. Introductory chapters on the family Ardidae cover classification plumage and moult breeding feeding migration and dispersal conservation. Distribution maps references index. Fine dust jacket in protective Brodart cover. Cloth. Fine/Fine. Illus. by Hayman P. illustrator; Gillmor R. illustrator. 4to. Harper & Row Hardcover
31583LONDON. CHRISTOPHER HELM. 1997. FIRST EDITION. VERY FINE IN LIKE CELLOPHANE PROTECTED DUSTWRAPPER. AN UNREAD BOOK. SCARCE. DEALS WITH THE STATUS AND DISTRIBUTION OF ALL 422 SPECIES DISTRIBUTION MAPS WITH 70 LINE DRAWINGS. LONDON. CHRISTOPHER HELM. 1997 unknown
41934EDINBURGH THE STATIONERY OFFICE 2006. FIRST EDITION. A FINE HARDBACK COPY IN LAMINATED BOARDS. INCLUDES A PHOTOGRAPHIC GUIDE TO RAPTOR FEATHERS AND A CD OF RAPTOR CALLS. EDINBURGH, THE STATIONERY OFFICE, 2006 hardcover
41933EDINBURGH THE STATIONERY OFFICE 2009. SECOND EDITION. A FINE SOFTBACK COPY. INCLUDES A PHOTOGRAPHIC GUIDE TO RAPTOR FEATHERS AND A CD OF RAPTOR CALLS. EDINBURGH, THE STATIONERY OFFICE, 2009 unknown
286711988 STRUIK WINCHESTER. NEAR FINE COPY IN NEAR FINE SLIPCASE. ILLUSTRATIONS BY GRAEME ARNOTT. TRUE SHRIKES HELMET SHRIKES AND BUSH-SHRIKES INCLUDING THE BATISES AND BLACK-THROATED WATTLE-EYE. EXTRA POSTAGE WILL BE REQUIRED. 1988 STRUIK WINCHESTER unknown
21369<p>Boston: D. Lothrop 1882. unpaginated 63pp a.e.g. frontis. salmon cloth 8vo w/gilt titles & decorations: about Good/no dj hinges are cracked but holding; spine strip is age darkened with wear @ ends; endpp. show some foxing; else a clean & complete copy A charming woodland jaunt written for juvenile readers by the New Hampshire writer Amanda Bartlett Harris 1824-1917 with 14 illustrations including 12 full page sketches.</p> Boston: D. Lothrop hardcover
1901055037London: R.H. Porter. 1901. xiv 212pp index 92 bw ills. Black cloth no jacket. Lacking frontispiece prev owner name on front free endpaper otherwise a noce copy. First Edition. Hard Cover. Good/No Jacket. 8vo. R.H. Porter. Hardcover
38036LONDON H. F. AND G. WITHERBY LTD. 1953. 2 VOLUME FIRST EDITION SET FINE HARDBACKS WITHOUT DUSTWRAPPERS. LONDON, H. F. AND G. WITHERBY LTD., 1953 hardcover
1980032018Kingston Deverill: Fine Bird Books 1980. Book. Fine. Hardcover. Signed by Authors. First Edition Limited. Elephant Folio. Limited copy stamped no. 57 of 275 and signed by the author. A fine copy within a textured slip case with minimal wear. Original half red morocco oatmeal cloth boards gilt lettering to spine. Tipped in list of subscribers twenty tipped in colour plates with associated text. Contents clean and tight unmarked. with superb illustrations. This book is held in stock. A postal surcharge may apply due to the weight. Fine Bird Books Hardcover
1978033778London: Collins 1978. Book. Illus. by Dr Philip Burton. Very Good. Hardcover. Signed by Authors. First Edition. 8vo. A very good first edition copy SIGNED to the title page by the author; pp. 416. With 64 colour plates nestlings by Dr. Philip Burton eggs after photographs. Original pictorial laminated covers very good a little toned. Contents clean and tight no inscriptions. A very good signed first edition copy. Collins Hardcover
1931039246Harrow: On Sale at The School Bookshop 1931. Book. Very Good. Hardcover. Signed by Authors. Royal 8vo. Inscribed and signed to the front end paper by the author "with compliments of Tom Harrisson". 43 pages. Binding very good contents clean and tight. A very good signed copy. On Sale at The School Bookshop Hardcover
1920023360<p>Tring: Novitates Zoologicae 1920. Quarto pp 88 illustrated with two photographic plates slight foxing internally neatly bound in green cloth the covers slightly bubbled. Reprinted from Novitates Zoologicae Vol. XXVII. VERY SCARCE. Richard Fitter's copy with two newspaper cuttings and his signature on the front endapper. First Edition thus. Cloth. Very Good.</p> Novitates Zoologicae hardcover
1866036070London: John Van Voorst 1866. Book. Near Fine. Hardcover. First Edition. 8vo. pp. xvi 284 tinted frontispiece plate with tissue guard. Green cloth binding near fine gilt bright bright gilt vignette to the front board. Contents clean and tight brown endpapers unmarked a few spots to edge of frontispiece margin otherwise unmarked. A very clean near fine first edition. John Van Voorst Hardcover
23877CHARLES TUTTLE 1971. FIRST EDITION QUARTO VERY GOOD IN A WORN AND TORN DUSTWRAPPER. WITH 25 SUPERB FULL-COLOUR PLATES BY HARVEY. CHARLES TUTTLE, 1971 unknown
1904039211Edinburgh: David Douglas 1904. Book. Good. Hardcover. Royal 8vo. A fascinating association copy belonging to Mary Russell the Duchess of Bedford signed "M. Bedford" with "S. Y. Sapphire" written below to the front paste-down. The half-title page is signed by James Fisher and at the foot of the page in his hand "This is the late Duchess of Bedford's annotated copy". There appear to be only a few annotations by the Duchess and several further notes by Fisher. The S. Y. Sapphire was a private yacht with a crew of 49 and was extensively used by Mary Russell for bird-watching. She was also a pioneering British aviator. She spent decades studying bird migration and ecology particularly sea-birds like fulmars and petrels and extensively observed and collected birds on remote islands like Fair Isle. James Fisher naturalist broadcaster and writer. Pp. xxviii 378 2. 16 - publisher's catalogue of Books on Natural History; numerous b/w plates with tissue guards in-text illustrations folding linen-backed map claret-coloured end papers. Condition is good only some water staining to lower edge which has mostly affected the boards and end papers the colour of which has run along the lower edge. Contents tight. A copy with outstanding provenance. David Douglas Hardcover
1895020567Edinburgh: David Douglas 1895. Two volumes. Illustrated large ocyavo pp xxii ii 306; 309 publisher's catalogue 18 pages a folding map at the rear in good condition slight age-toning to the page margins slight adhesion damage to the front endpapers of the second volume otherwise very good internally green cloth very slightly worn the spines very slightly faded the upper cover of volume two is rather marked and blotched. The Oates Library copy with the bookplate of Robert Washington Oates and his blind-stamp on the front endpapers also the blind-stamp of Durrant House Bournemouth and the small Bibliotheca Oatesiana stamp on the half titles and the last page. The first volume also has the earlier armorial bookplte of R.D. Jackson. First Edition. Cloth. Good. David Douglas Hardcover
11730EDINBURGH OLIVER & BOYD LTD1968. FIRST EDITION VERY GOOD COPY IN VERY GOOD DUSTWRAP SLIGHT LOSS TO TOP OF SPINE. FOLDING MAP AT THE REAR OF THE BOOK. ILLUSTRATED IN BLACK AND WHITE ALSO 40 COLOUR PLATES. EDINBURGH, OLIVER & BOYD LTD,1968 unknown
29902EDINBURGH OLIVER & BOYD LTD1968. FIRST EDITION VERY GOOD COPY IN VERY GOOD DUSTWRAP. FOLDING MAP AT THE REAR OF THE BOOK. ILLUSTRATED IN BLACK AND WHITE ALSO 40 COLOUR PLATES. EDINBURGH, OLIVER & BOYD LTD,1968 unknown
