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1980018695London: Quartet Books 1980. VERY HEAVY. 309pp index bibliography appendices maps 120 full page col plates tipped in numbered signed print of Sooty Falcon loosely inserted. Tipped in foreword from the Sultan of Oman. Or full green Moroccan goatskin leather blocked in 24 carat gold. Edition limited to 500 copies of which this is #90 signed print has matching number signed by both author and artist on the limitation page. Included is the original prospectus issued by the publisher. Superbly produced and lavishly illustrated this was the first major work on Arabian birds for over 25 years and the first comprehensive book on the birds of any Arabian country. 120 superb full page plates plus a full page frontispiece adorn the text which covers over 380 species in detail. Introductory chapters cover the country its climate and physical geography the birds history of discovery habitats and more. A complete systematic list of families and appendices which include a checklist of 372 species and details of ringed birds recovered in Oman. A comprehensive bibliography and detailed scientific index. This magnificent volume retains its original publisher's shipping box. Signed by Author & Illustrator. First Edition Numbered & Signed. Hard Cover. Fine. Illus. by Woodcock Martin W. Elephant Folio. Quartet Books Hardcover
1989011767Oxford Univ Press 1989. Color plates photos graphs maps biblio index 551 pages. Hard Cover. New/New. Oxford Univ Press Hardcover
1989036383Oxford: Oxford University Press 1989. Book. Illus. by Sherif M. Baha El Din. Fine. Hardcover. First Edition. 4to. pp.551; 6 colour plates b/w illustrations maps and tables; map end papers. Original dust jacket near fine no fading minimal wear not price clipped. Hard back binding fine. Contents clean and tight unmarked no inscriptions. A fine copy in a near fine jacket. Oxford University Press Hardcover
1989028350Oxford: Oxford University Press 1989. Book. Illus. by Sherif M. Baha El Din. Fine. Hardcover. First Edition. 4to. pp.551; 6 colour plates b/w illustrations maps and tables; map end papers. Original dust jacket fine no fading minimal wear not price clipped. Hard back binding fine. Contents clean and tight unmarked no inscriptions. A fine copy. Oxford University Press Hardcover
1991031577Melbourne: Hill House 1991. Book. Fine. Hardcover. Facsimile Edition. Elephant Folio. Limited facsimile edition this copy stamped no. 203 to the front end paper. A fine copy with minimal wear contents clean and tight unmarked. Original green Japanese Saifu cloth gilt; pp. iv plus 97 fine coloured plates with accompanying text. One of a series of remarkably exact same-size facsimile of the original in the British Library printed by offset lithography on acid-free matt art paper and hand-bound. The Hill House series contained the only authentic full-size facsimiles of the works of John Gould - this volume is one of the original printings and now out of print. Publisher's blurb thus "They are not reproductions because no camera was used in transferring the images from the B.M.N.H. originals. Indeed the originals are taken by Museum security courier to the repro-house in Singapore where they are subjected to the preparation of new plates for printing on 5 and 6 colour offset presses. The paper used is 130 gsm mat art paper. As facsimiles the books carry faithfully every spot mark or stain of the originals. They also carry the original Museum Department of Zoology stamps and librarian's annotations. From behind glass the naked eye would be unable to distinguish the original from the facsimile so accurate is the colour printing. Also as facsimiles they are exactly the same size as the originals Imperial Folio: 22" x 15". Each volume is hand sewn cased-in and bound between 4 mm. gilt stamped on the spine and with the gold Crown Cipher of the British Museum Natural History on the front and blind embossed on the inner margin of the front boards. The end-papers are of special wood-free heavy grade paper printed in a generated repetitive pattern of the Museum's Library stamps. The publisher has not intruded into the authenticity of the books leaving the publication data printed only on the very last page at the end of the book block. Each copy is hand inspected by the printer's quality control officer individually numbered on the inside front board. Thus no two copies are exactly the same. Although initial volumes were printed in more than 500 copies later production runs have not exceeded 300 for world-wide sale. This has been caused by a relative shortage of quality paper together with the intensive hand-labour involved in their production." This book is held in stock. A postal surcharge may apply on this heavy book. Hill House Hardcover
1995031580Melbourne: Hill House 1995. Book. Fine. Hardcover. Facsimile Edition. Elephant Folio. Limited facsimile edition this copy is very early in the sequence and stamped no. 006 to the front paste-down. A fine copy cloth very slightly marked; contents clean and tight unmarked. Original green Japanese Saifu cloth gilt 82 fine coloured plates with accompanying text. Endpapers with a repeating pattern of BM library stamps. One of series of remarkably exact same-size facsimile of the original in the British Library printed by offset lithography on acid-free matt art paper and hand-bound. The Hill House series contained the only authentic full-size facsimiles of the works of John Gould - this volume is one of the original printings and now out of print. An as-new copy. Publisher's blurb thus "They are not reproductions because no camera was used in transferring the images from the B.M.N.H. originals. Indeed the originals are taken by Museum security courier to the repro-house in Singapore where they are subjected to the preparation of new plates for printing on 5 and 6 colour offset presses. The paper used is 130 gsm mat art paper. As facsimiles the books carry faithfully every spot mark or stain of the originals. They also carry the original Museum Department of Zoology stamps and librarian's annotations. From behind glass the naked eye would be unable to distinguish the original from the facsimile so accurate is the colour printing. Also as facsimiles they are exactly the same size as the originals Imperial Folio: 22" x 15". Each volume is hand sewn cased-in and bound between 4 mm. boards covered in special Japanese Saifu cloth gold stamped on the spine and with the gold Crown Cipher of the British Museum Natural History on the front and blind embossed on the inner margin of the front boards. The end-papers are of special wood-free heavy grade paper printed in a generated repetitive pattern of the Museum's Library stamps. The publisher has not intruded into the authenticity of the books leaving the publication data printed only on the very last page at the end of the book block. Each copy is hand inspected by the printer's quality control officer individually numbered on the inside front board. Thus no two copies are exactly the same. Although initial volumes were printed in more than 500 copies later production runs have not exceeded 300 for world-wide sale. This has been caused by a relative shortage of quality paper together with the intensive hand-labour involved in their production." Please see the other Gould titles we are offering in this impressive edition. This copy is held in stock. A postal surcharge may apply on this heavy volume. Hill House Hardcover
1991029401Melbourne: Hill House 1991. Book. Fine. Hardcover. Facsimile Edition. Elephant Folio. Limited facsimile edition this copy stamped no. 177 to the front paste-down. A fine copy in the publisher's original packing box; a little faint spotting to the title page. Original green Japanese Saifu cloth gilt; pp. iv plus 97 fine coloured plates with accompanying text. One of a series of remarkably exact same-size facsimile of the original in the British Library printed by offset lithography on acid-free matt art paper and hand-bound. The Hill House series contained the only authentic full-size facsimiles of the works of John Gould - this volume is one of the original printings and now out of print. A fine copy. Publisher's blurb thus "They are not reproductions because no camera was used in transferring the images from the B.M.N.H. originals. Indeed the originals are taken by Museum security courier to the repro-house in Singapore where they are subjected to the preparation of new plates for printing on 5 and 6 colour offset presses. The paper used is 130 gsm mat art paper. As facsimiles the books carry faithfully every spot mark or stain of the originals. They also carry the original Museum Department of Zoology stamps and librarian's annotations. From behind glass the naked eye would be unable to distinguish the original from the facsimile so accurate is the colour printing. Also as facsimiles they are exactly the same size as the originals Imperial Folio: 22" x 15". Each volume is hand sewn cased-in and bound between 4 mm. gilt stamped on the spine and with the gold Crown Cipher of the British Museum Natural History on the front and blind embossed on the inner margin of the front boards. The end-papers are of special wood-free heavy grade paper printed in a generated repetitive pattern of the Museum's Library stamps. The publisher has not intruded into the authenticity of the books leaving the publication data printed only on the very last page at the end of the book block. Each copy is hand inspected by the printer's quality control officer individually numbered on the inside front board. Thus no two copies are exactly the same. Although initial volumes were printed in more than 500 copies later production runs have not exceeded 300 for world-wide sale. This has been caused by a relative shortage of quality paper together with the intensive hand-labour involved in their production." This book is held in stock. A POSTAL SURCHARGE MAY APPLY ON THIS HEAVY BOOK. We hold the full set of Birds of Australia in stock. Hill House 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
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
1901012763Cambridge 1901. Limited edition of 450 copies of which this is No. 93. Light foxing on endpapers blue boards are mottled. Inside clean and tight. Scarce. . Hardcover. Very Good. Privately Printed. Hardcover
1965023105Buenos Aires: Platt Establecimentos Graficos S.A. 1965. Vol 1 1965 Vol 2 1967 illustrated with 100 & 104 paintings by J.D.Goodall and black-and-white photographs octavo pp 398 447 a little used internally with corners slightly bruised paperbacks with worn dustwrappers. TOGETHER WITH Supplement 1972. Illustrated pp 116 paperback very slightly worn. SCARCE. A highly detailed work. From the library of the naturalist and conservationist Richard Fitter with his stamp on the half-titles. Paperback. Good. Illus. by Goodall. J.D. Platt Establecimentos Graficos S.A. Paperback
1935037062London: H. F. & G. Witherby 1935. Book. Very Good. Hardcover. First Edition. 8vo. 303 pages frontispiece plate and further b/w plates and fold out map. Cloth binding very good lightly marked gilt lettering to the spine. Contents clean and tight name and address to the front free endpaper otherwise unmarked and appears unread. A very good copy. H. F. & G. Witherby Hardcover
1908010856Bangor 1908. Very nice copy clean tight no browning not faded. One corner lightly bumped. Hardcover. Very Good. Hardcover
1967045550New York: Random House 1967 Book. Fine. Hardcover. 1st US Edition. "In the fall of 1958 the author and her husband Kenneth Millar better known as author Ross Macdonald moved into a house in a wooded canyon just outside Santa Barbara California. The place was alive with birds and in the ensuing years of observtion and study Mrs. Millar tabulated 112 species. This book tells the story of her adventures with the birds and the other wild things that live in the canyon." Name of previous owner inside front cover else fine. Random House hardcover
1989033411Oxford: Oxford University Press 1989. Book. Very Good. Hardcover. First Edition. 4to. Complete in two volumes. The oscine Passerines and The suboscine Passerines; b/w and colour illustrations end paper maps. Dust jackets fine; hardback binding fine; contents clean and tight some spotting to the fore-edges otherwise unmarked. A very good set in fine jackets. Oxford University Press Hardcover
1989033449Oxford: Oxford University Press 1989. Book. Very Good. Hardcover. First Edition. 4to. Complete in two volumes. The oscine Passerines and The suboscine Passerines; b/w and colour illustrations end paper maps. Dust jackets fine; hardback binding fine; contents clean and tight some dust soiling to the top edge of volume one only otherwise unmarked. A very good set in fine jackets. Oxford University Press Hardcover
1989006318Austin: Univ of Texas Press 1989. Volume I includes: the Jays and Swallows; Wrens Thrushes and Allies; Vireos and Wood-warblers; Tanagers Icterids and Finches. Volume II includes: the Ovenbirds and Woodcreepers Antbirds Gnatcatchers and Tapaculos; Tyrant Flycatchers; and Manakins and Cotingas. Color plates maps bibliography index 516 pages & 814 pages. Tiny tear on one dust jacket. Heavy set extra postage will be required. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. Univ of Texas Press Hardcover
1901002431London: John Murray 1901. Fold-out map many ills. TEG 512pp. Top of spine frayed corner wear. White spot where library number was removed on spine. Inside has no ex-library evidence no stamps pockets bookplates etc. Nice color illustration of two birds on cover. Inside is tight hinges strong and except for light foxing on endpapers clean. First Edition. Hard Cover. Good. John Murray Hardcover
1998006966Oxford University Press 1998. Concise Edition 2 volumes in slipcase. Corner of slipcase bumped but it protected the books which are mint. Volume 1 Non-Passerines; Volume 2 Passerines. Hardcover. New/New. Oxford University Press Hardcover
1926033928Bombay: Bombay Natural History Society 1926. Book. Very Good. Paperback. First Edition Thus. 8vo 22 x 14 cm. An offprint "From the Journal of the Bombay Natural History Society. Nov 19262 with dedicated pagination - Pp. 1 - 97. A very good copy with replacement card wrappers the titles taken from the original wrappers and applied double page map and double-sided b/w plate with four photographs. Wrappers very good contents clean and tight no inscriptions. Avery good copy. Bombay Natural History Society Paperback
1905g7773Cambridge Mass: Nutall Ornithological Club. G : in good condition without dust jacket. Cover lightly rubbed. Head of spine of volume one lightly worn. Darkening to page ends. 1905. First Edition. Green hardback cloth cover. 280mm x 220mm 11" x 9". 352pp; 196pp. 2 plates and 2 fold out maps. Supplement published in 1920. Heavy item - shipping supplement may apply for overseas. . Nutall Ornithological Club hardcover
198675405<p>Ottawa: National Museums of Canada 1986. CAD No markingsNear Fine in Very Good dust jacket iwith minor scuffing to back panel; DJ is n mylar sleeve. This the revised eiditon of 1986. Pebby blue boards with silver titles map end papers 525pp index. Colour illus. by John A. Crosby. Line drawings by S.D. MacDonald. This boook appeared in 1966 and covers all 519 bird species known to occur in Canada or to have occurred within historic times. Over 420 species are illustrated in colour. There are distribution maps flight sihouettes and information on voice nesting habitat preferences distribution summaries peripheral localities food habits English French and scientific names. A heavy book. 6.0 JM LVR 200/b0. 2nd. Hardcover. Near Fine/Very Good. Illus. by CROSBY John; MacDonald S.D. 4to - over 9¾" - 12".</p> National Museums of Canada hardcover
1999007615Princeton University Press 1999. Color plates maps index 648 pages. Hard Cover. New/New. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. Princeton University Press Hardcover
1981021310Washington D.C.: Smithsonian Instition Press 1981. VERY HEAVY. Four volumes complete. vii483; v605; iv 631; vi 670 pages; indices bw ills maps. Or green cloth in jackets. Prev owners name in each volume all jackets covered in clear plastic 'contact' moderate foxing to page edges some pages and jacket of V4. All except Volume 1 are first editions- volume one is a second printing. Volume 1:Tinamidae Tinamous to Rynchopidae Skimmers 1981 ISBN 0874740630. Volume 2: Columbidae Pigeons to Pictidae Woodpeckers 1968 . Volume 3: Passeriformes: Dendrocolaptidae Woodcreepers to Oxyruncidae Sharpbills 1972 ISBN 087474122x . Volume 4: Passeriformes: Hirundinidae Swallows to Frngillidae Finches 1984 ISBN 087474122x . Smithsonian Miscellaneous Collections Volume150 Parts I-IV. Compelte set of an important and massive work on the avifauna of Panama. Reprint. Hard Cover. Very Good/Very Good. 4to. Smithsonian Instition Press Hardcover
19271060<p>7" x 10". 252 pages. Many many color plates drawings and photographs. Subtitle: Birds of Town and Country The Warblers and American Game Birds. With 331 Color Portraits of North American Birds and 129 Illustrations in Black and White. "Foreward by Dr. Gilbert Grosvenor President of the National Geographic Society: Common Birds of Town and Country Friends of Our Forests -- The Warblers and American Game Birds by Henry W. Henshaw formerly Chief United States Biological Survey: How Birds Can Take Their Own Portraits by Hon. George Shiras 3rd.: Encouraging Birds Around The Home by Frederick H. Kennard: Our Greatest Travelers -- Migratory Birds by Wells W. Cooke: The World Record for Feathered Friends and Bird Banding the Telltale of Migratory Flight by Dr. E.W. Nelson of the United States Biological Survey. Color Plates from Paintings from Life by Louis Agassiz Fuertes." Book is full of clippings and newspaper articles collected by my Grandfather. There is even a small page called "Audubon Daily Field Card of Birds Occurring in the Central United States from the Mississippi River through the Great Plains to the Rocky Mountains" tucked in at page 13 along with a list of the Audubon Bird Leaflets available for ten cents in the mid 1950s. Five pages of color photos from another publication inserted at page 110. Well used. Wear to cover at hinges. Spine is separated at title page but not completely loose. Family heirloom copy. Previous owner's name inside front and back of book. Our listing number 1060.</p> National Geographic Society, Washington, D.C., U.S.A. hardcover
