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1853033269<p>London : Reeve and Co 1853 A good copy of the 2nd edition in the original decorative cloth binding with 20 hand coloured plates. Popular British Ornithology was part of Reeve's Popular Natural History series which was produced to give young students a proper grounding in natural history subjects. The binding is sound and clean. The spine is faded with light pulling to the ends. Boards have some mottling to the cloth but the gilt decoration on the front board is bright. There are a couple of small dents in the side edge of the back board and 2 slightly darker scuffs on the front board. There is some splitting at the front endpaper joint but the book is sound. Contents are in very good clean condition with light toning and occasional spotting to page edges. The plate list is slightly confusing because the frontispiece is not numbered and plate 14 is placed earlier than it should be.</p> Reeve and Co hardcover
36906ORNIS 1969. 12 LONG-PLAYING RECORDS EACH IN A SLEEVE THE WHOLE BOXED. VERY GOOD. A SCARCE ITEM. ORNIS, 1969 unknown
197658938Yale Univ Press. Very Good in Very Good dust jacket. 1976. Hardcover. 0300008147 . Stiff unmarked books in clean decorated linen cloth; volume 1 has orange dust jacket and the two waterfowl books have green dust jackets ; 10.4 X 7.6 X 1.8 inches; 1648 pages . Yale Univ Press hardcover
2005025057Cape Town South Africa: The Trustees of the John Voelcker Bird Book Foundation 2005. General wear to jacket. 1296 pages with colour and b/w illustrations and distribution maps. Heavy oversize book 5.3kg. Please ask for postage quote. . Seventh Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good/Good. Small Folio. The Trustees of the John Voelcker Bird Book Foundation Hardcover
39207NORFOLK ROUNCE AND WORTLEY 1930. 1ST EDITION. A VERY GOOD COPY IN BLUE BOARDS. SOME FOXING THROUGHOUT. PEN AND INK SKETCHES BY THE AUTHOR. SCARCE. NORFOLK, ROUNCE AND WORTLEY, 1930 hardcover
0260775762.Gpaperback. Good. Access codes and supplements are not guaranteed with used items. May be an ex-library book. paperback
32250LONDON VAN VOORST 1886. FIRST EDITION LARGE OCTAVO ORIGINAL BLUE BOARDS BEVELLED EDGES FOLDING COLOURED MAP AND TEXT ILLUSTRATIONS SOME COLOURED. 214 PAGES PLUS ADVERTS. SMALL INOFFENSIVE STAMP TO HALF TITLE. VERY MINOR FOXING BUT A VERY NICE EXAMPLE OF THIS SCARCE WORK. LONDON, VAN VOORST, 1886 hardcover
31124NEW YORK GARDEN CITY 1936. THICK QUARTO WITH 106 COLOUR PLATES BY LOUIS AGASSIZ FUERTES ORIGINAL GREEN CLOTH 289 PAGES NO DUSTWRAPPER A VERY GOOD AND CLEAN COPY. HIGH QUALITY PAPER WEIGHS 3.3 KG SO EXTRA POSTAGE REQUIRED. NEW YORK, GARDEN CITY, 1936 hardcover
1904036174London: R. H. Porter 1904. Book. Very Good. Hardcover. First Edition. 4to. A bright and fresh copy; pp. xvi 216; fold out map present chromolithographic frontispiece plate of a Great Black backed gull's nest and numerous others. Publisher's green cloth with gilt lettering bevelled edges bright slight wear a couple of light scuff marks to spine. Top edge gilt. Contents clean and tight bookplate belonging to John Emerson Griffith to the front pastedown light toning a few marks on page margins and fore-edges plates and text clean. A very good copy of this scarce title. Peasrson also wrote " Beyond Petsora Eastward". Provenance - John Emerson Griffith; Oologist specialising in waders former editor of the Jourdain Society Bulletin he held a senior post for over 30 years. R. H. Porter Hardcover
37922CORNWALL HEADLAND PUBLICATIONS 1978. 1ST EDITION. A NEAR FINE COPY IN DARK BLUE BOARDS - NO DUSTWRAP. AUTHOR`S PRESENTATION COPY AND HIS SIGNATURE ON FEP. CORNWALL, HEADLAND PUBLICATIONS, 1978 hardcover
2007015745Canberra ACT Australia: National Library of Australia 2007. 259 pages with colour and b/w illustrations. The story of the Paradise Parrot from its first sighting in 1844 to the last confirmed observation in 1928. . Soft Cover. Very Good. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. National Library of Australia Paperback
37480OXFORD UNIVERSITY PRESS 1989. A VERY GOOD COPY IN LAMINATED BOARDS. PHOTOGRAPHS BY THE AUTHOR. SCARCE IN THE UK. OXFORD UNIVERSITY PRESS, 1989 hardcover
40753OXFORD UNIVERSITY PRESS 2003. 1ST EDITION. QUARTO. A VERY GOOD COPY IN A VERY GOOD DUSTWRAP. - 656 PAGES. OXFORD UNIVERSITY PRESS, 2003 unknown
1979027636London: The Publishing Partnership 1979. Book. Fine. Hardcover. Limted Facscimile Edition. Elephant Folio. A finely produced book. Numbered Limited Edition. Number 176 of an edition limited to 250 copies. Half brown morocco over marbled boards; matching bound folio prospectus all housed within original brown morocco-backed cloth solander box. An elephant folio facsimile of the original work published c. 1835. 5 finely printed colour illustrations: - Common Fowl Raven Wood Pigeon Winchat and Blue Titmouse. Books and solander in fine condition. A superbly produced work using finest handmade materials. 3920g. The Publishing Partnership, Hardcover
1946038915London: Lindsay Drummond 1946. Book. Very Good. Hardcover. First Edition. 8vo 14 x 20cm. pp 248 b/w photos. folding map to the rear. Original dust jacket some general wear chipped to top of the spine and dust soiling now protected in a removable sleeve. Green cloth boards gilt to the spine and vignette to front board very good. Contents clean and tight original endpapers unmarked the bookplate of Eric Hosking to the front pastedown no foxing. A very good internally very clean copy with an interesting provenance and rare with a jacket. 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. Lindsay Drummond Hardcover
1940035932London: Lindsay Drummond 1940. Book. Illus. by Alan Richardson. Very Good. Hardcover. First Edition. 8vo 14 x 20cm. pp 268 37 b/w photos. folding map to the rear. Original dust jacket some general wear chipped to top of the spine and dust soiling now protected in a removable sleeve. Cream cloth boards with blue text to spine very good. Contents clean and tight original endpapers unmarked the bookplate of Eric Hosking to the front pastedown no foxing. A near fine internally very clean copy with an interesting provenance. 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. Lindsay Drummond Hardcover
A9781854144249Hardback. New. hardcover
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1776032975London: Printed for B White 1776 A fair copy complete with 50 hand coloured plates in contemporary binding which has been rebacked preserving the original spine. Classed as 'fair' because text leaf 109/110 is in facsimile; there are some paper repairs; and the colouring is not as detailed and careful as it could be. The binding has a relaid decorative spine with 5 raised bands and gilt compartments - the title is in the second compartment. Boards are marbled. There is scuffing and wear at the board edges surfaces and corners. All page edges gilted. New endpapers. Contents are complete with text in french and english on alternate pages and 50 hand coloured plates. Text 134 pp with 2 pp of index. Contents are generally clean with the odd mark or spot. There is long stain in the gutter of p 69 where an old sticky tape repair has been removed and the original tear professionally repaired. The stain is also lightly visible on the following 2 text pages. Plate 2 has professional repair in the gutter; Plate 36 has a professional repair and has a very small tear at the bottom edge. There is a small nick from the top page edge of Plate 23 and a small edge tear at the top of p 95. There is a small mark at the foredge from pp 110 to 129. Peter Brown was primarily an illustrator and the specimens were taken from the collections of Marmaduke Tunstall; Mr's Lee Yeats and Moon; the British Museum and the Royal Society. Some plates were copied from drawings by Gideon Leon. Please enquire if you would like to see additional images. Printed for B White hardcover
1993000661Birdcheck 1993. Birdcheck. 1993 1st hardback. Very Good. 215 x 155mm 147 pages. Colour and b/w photos line drawings. Book Condition: Very good clean pictorial boards not faded tight binding a very clean copy! Comments: A practical guide to the control of bird activity at or near airfields for aircraft safety. It includes active & passive control bird behaviour with a Case Study. Book apparently quite uncommon; most available at £100 some over £300 !! . First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good/Pictorial Boards. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Birdcheck Hardcover
1992001898Fountain Press 1992. Very Good/Good. 4to. 260 x 260mm 158 pages. Excellent colour photos. Book condition: Very good clean black boards tight binding no inscriptions. Jacket condition: Good clean bright slight fade near spine not creased not price-clipped will be protected in removable clear sleeving prior to sale. Comments: Volume One of the noted 'Wildlife Photographer' series this being first published in 1992. A rare chance to acquire the very first 'Portfolio'!!. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good/Good. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. Fountain Press Hardcover
039207Boston: The Texas Game and Fish Commission by Houghton Mifflin Company 1960. Book. Illus. by Roger Tory Peterson. Very Good. Hardback. Signed by Authors. First Edition. 8vo. An important association copy of this first edition. Signed and inscribed by the author to the ornithologist and author Bruce Campbell on the half-title page. "To Bruce Campbell with my best regards Roger T. Peterson In remembrance of 104 species at Old Lyme on May 16 1960." 304 pages colour plates throughout decorative end papers. Dust jacket with a little rubbing and wear head of spine reinforced to the verso with brown paper not price-clipped. Cloth binding very good and bright. Contents clean and tight. A very good signed association copy. The Texas Game and Fish Commission by Houghton Mifflin Company Hardcover
039200Boston: Houghton Mifflin Company 1947. Book. Illus. by Roger Tory Peterson. Very Good. Hardback. Signed by Authors. Second Revised Edition. 8vo. An important association copy of this important groundbreaking book the first of the field guides. This is the 1947 Second Revised and Enlarged Edition. Signed and inscribed by the author to the naturalist and author Bruce Campbell on the title page. "To Bruce Campbell with my best regards Roger Tory Peterson" Bruce Campbell has also signed his name to the title and half-title pages. 290 pages colour plates throughout decorative end papers. Cloth binding very good with a little general wear lettering faded to the spine. Contents clean and tight. A very good signed association copy. Houghton Mifflin Company Hardcover
1934052998Boston and New York: Houghton Mifflin Co. 1934. Book. VG. Hardcover. 1st Edition. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall. Dark green pebbled cloth lettered and with front cover mallard device stamped in silver. Mildly rubbed spine extremities and front joint text block edges typically a bit tanned by age. Former owner's signature inked on upper front flyleaf otherwise unmarked. Firm square binding contents clean slightly thumbed. xxi167 pp. illus. w/ 4 color plates with captioned guards 32 monochrome plates. Scarce 1st edition 1st state with matching dates "1934" on lower main title uncorrected "Bob-pumper" in index p. 155; illus. of snowy egret and whistling goose both w/ gray plumage common to 1st and 2nd states. On p. 67 under the Ruff section the letter "l" is missing from the word "loose" in the 2nd line apparently common to some but not all first printings. Limited to 2000 copies as Peterson's editor Paul Brooks reports in his memoir Two Park Street p. 63 while also suggesting that Peterson's innovative influential guide "would make field recognition of birds for the first time into a science." Solid VG likely Near Fine in many estimates with only minor faults but alas no dust jacket. Houghton Mifflin Co. Hardcover
1961059909Boston: Houghton Mifflin Co. 1961. Book. Near Fine. Hardcover. Inscribed by Authors. 2nd Edition. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall. Light green cloth lettered/illus. in brown. 2nd revised/enlarged edition 28th ptg. thus: Jan. 1961. Slight tanning along cover edges and text block edges otherwise nearly as issued. Gift inscription inked on verso of front flyleaf. Inscribed by author on main title full signature with generic "With best wishes" salutation undated but accompanied by 21 Mar. 1962 news clipping detailing the event at which Peterson inscribed this copy. Color illus. dust jacket rubbed along edges and flap folds with minor loss at several corners and shallow loss at head of spine now in mylar. Houghton Mifflin Co. Hardcover
