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1865166339O.O. 1865. (S.-A.a.: Proceedings of the Royal Socierty 1865). S. 440-457. Br. Umschl. Etwas angeschmutzt. Tit. Etwas fleckig. Ecken teils etwas eselsohrig.
1885066352Troy NY: Nims & Knight 1885. Book. Illus. by Hector Giacomelli. Good. Hardcover. 1st Edition. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. Color illus. cloth text block edged in gilt. Rubbed with exposure at corners and spine extremities cover cloth with mild tanning/dampstaining to front cover more pronounced to back cover. Mended hinges. Possibly lacking main title with half-title followed by List of Illustrations p. iii stated but pagination suggests otherwise. xvi200 pp. Publisher stated at heel of spine panel as Nims & Knight which existed under that name 1882-92 only narrowing range of publication to that decade. Exceptionally scarce with a presumed later Estes & Lauriat edition dating to 1888. Nims & Knight Hardcover
1850VV112911850 24 p., 4 lithographed pls, folio, disbound (no covers). Unopened copy. Published in: Denkschriften der Kaiserlichen Akademie der Wissenschaften.
1850VV112921850 24 p., 4 lithographed pls, folio, plain wrappers. Unopened copy. Published in: Denkschriften der Kaiserlichen Akademie der Wissenschaften. This copy was separately reprinted for the author and has its own printed title-page. Very good clean copy.
1845AUB-4011Paris, administration de librairie 1845. Bon exemplaire relié, reliure demi cuir, in-8, 510 pages + planches.
1859VV106511859 32 p., 4 lithographed pls, disbound (no covers). Unopened copy. Published in: Sitzungsberichte der Kaiserlichen Akademie der Wissenschaften. Scarce.
1829221830Berlin, Mittler/ Reimer, 1829. Fol. Taf. 10 (= 11-20) kolor. lith. Taf. Lose in OPp.-Mappe m. gedrucktem Deckeltitel u. Schließbändern. Mappe u. Tafeln stellenw. leicht fleckig.
1899VV339901899-1904 Bruxelles, Lamertin, 1899/04 : In-8 Grand-Jésus, Broché. 1339 pp., 16 planches couleurs hors-texte, complet en fascicules brochés tels que parus, 2 fasc. ont les dos abimés, le dernier plat du dernier fasc. est abimé et détaché, sinon les couvertures sont assez fraiches, l'intérieur est absolument parfait, mériterait d'être relié, les 2 couvertures livrée à part pour relier l'ouvrage en 2 volumes sont ici présente, ce qui est rare, un bel ensemble peu courant ! Parfait état, Couv. convenable, Dos satisfaisant, Non coupé.
1870VV411471870 41, 6, 2, 2, 38, 9 p., disbound (no covers). Unopened copy. Taken from: Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London.We added from the same journal: Sclater, 1890. From the Scientific meetings. Sclater exhibiting a specimen of singular Duck (hybrid) (2 p., 1 lithographed plate by J. Smit).
1899416184Würzburg, Stürtz, (1899). M. 90 chromolith. Taf. 31 S. OLwdbd. m. Deckeltitel. Sehr gut erhalten.
1891172572New York, 1891. 19 S. OBr. Rücken etwas angerissen. Umschl. angestaubt. Unaufgeschn.
1898038619London: R. H. Porter 1898. Book. Illus. by H. Gronvold & H. Goodchild. Very Good. Soft cover. First Edition. 8vo 21.5 x 14.5 cm. This collection of 18 monthly parts no duplicates includes: vol IV no. 48 October 1898; vol. VIII no. 6 April 1902; New Series vol 1 no. 1 November 1902 no. 4 February 1903 no. 6 April 1904 no. 7 May 1903 no. 8 June 1903 no. 9 July 1903 no. 10 August 1903; New series vol. II no. 10 August 1904; new series vol. III no. 2 December 1904; third series vol 1 no. 7 May 1910; third series vol. 2 no. 2 December 1910; third series vol. III no. 5 March 1912; vol IV no. 4 February 1913 no. 5 March 1913; third series vol. V no. 1 November 1913 & no. 2 December 1913. With 10 exquisite hand-coloured lithographic plates mainly by H. Gronvold further chromolithographic plates b/w illustrations and photographic plates. Original printed wrappers generally good a few marked the wrappers to the two earliest parts are chipped and detached. Contents generally clean. A good collection of odd issues some scarce and with selection of wonderful hand-coloured plates. R. H. Porter Paperback
1889021772Oxford at The Clarendon Press 1889. With a charming hand-coloured frontispiece of an Alpine Chough by Seth Lister Mosley octavo pp viii 217 publisher's catalogue 16 pages a folding map at the rear in very good condition very clean internally blue cloth the slightest of bruising to the corners otherwise in extremely bright condition; apart from a slight wrinkling at the head of the frontispiece and slight blotching to the endpapers it would be difficult to find a better copy. From the library of Robert Washington Oates with his bookplate. . First Edition. Cloth. Very Good. Oxford at The Clarendon Press Hardcover
1889021775Oxford at The Clarendon Press 1889. With a charming hand-coloured frontispiece of an Alpine Chough by Seth Lister Mosley octavo pp viii 217 a folding map at the rear with one neat repair at a fold otherwise in very good condition slightly age-toned internally blue cloth a little dull marked and rubbed the spinefrayed at head and tail. From the library of the naturalist and conservationist Richard Fitter with his stamp on the front endpaper. . First Edition. Cloth. Good. Oxford at The Clarendon Press Hardcover
1870004071Saint Petersburg: S. E. Cassino 1870. 2 volumes bound in 3/4 green leather marbled endpapers TEG raised bands gilt lettering. 100 hand-colored plates with tissue guards 1005pp. Small quarter-moon water stain on edge of preliminary pages in vol.1. Wear on the corners but not much on spine ends. No fraying. Evidence of sticker removal on spines but no ex-lib markings inside. Scan available on request. Three-Quarter Leather. 4to. S. E. Cassino Hardcover
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
1847002426London: John van Voorst 1847. Errata slip tipped-in 447pp. Very small white library number on spine spine ends worn corners bumped and worn. Flyleaf has a rubber stamp bookplate and elegant owner's inscription from 1860. 1 1/2" tear along gutter at top of spine with no loss. Neat library pocket in back both hinges reinforced. First Edition. Hard Cover. John van Voorst Hardcover
1806037175London & Edinburgh: Longman Hurst Rees and Orme and William Blackwood 1806. Book. Very Good. Hardcover. First Edition. 12mo. Pp. 248. Bound in later pebbled plum cloth with title label to spine taken from original binding very good. Contents good no inscriptions a little foxing along the gutter edge of the title page top edge dust marked. A very good copy. Longman, Hurst, Rees and Orme and William Blackwood Hardcover
1806016790Edinburgh: James Ballantyne & Co. 1806. Small octavo pp 7 5 248 top edge gilt other edges untrimmed some pages slightly dusty internally but generally in very good condition bound in a late nineteenth century quarter morocco and pebbled cloth gilt decorated spine with raised bands. An excellent copy. The Oates-Selborne copy with the bookplate of Robert Washington Oates; the library was later gifted to the Gilbert White Museum in 1955. Rev. James Grahame 1765 - 1811 was a Scottish poet whose poems are full of quiet observation of country sights expressed in graceful verse. The Birds of Scotland exemplifys both ornithological knowledge and descriptive ingenuity and ease. First Edition. Quarter leather. Very Good. James Ballantyne & Co. Hardcover
1871022964Glasgow: Thomas Murray & Son 1871. Illustrated with 15 tinted lithographs all of which are rather age-toned and a bit foxed large thick octavo ppm xii 520 a little used throughout a few corners slightly turned the hinge at the title page is cracked but only slightly weak original green beveled cloth with a gilt decoration on the front cover rather rubbed and slightly marked the spine is frayed and worn at top and bottom and lacking a narrow strip at the top. Tipped-in at the front is a five-page offprint biograohy of Robert Gray. This has the stamp and signature of the Scottish geologist and palaeontologist John Hunter so it seems possible that the book was his also. First Edition. Cloth. Fair. Thomas Murray & Son 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
1890032681Edinburgh: David Douglas 1890 A good to very good copy illustrated with numerous drawings by the author. In the original green cloth binding with gilt titles to spine. Top page edges gilt. The spine is faded with pulling and some fraying to the top and bottom. Both boards have slight marking with the back board having a small cloth scuff. Corners lightly bumped and with wear. Internally there is some early splitting at the front endpaper joint. Contents: title with signature to top decorative title with crease to tissue guard prefaces contents and illustration list pp xv; half title Memoir text pp 3-34; half title letters; text pp 37-186; half title extracts from diaries; text pp 189-276; index 277-279; and publisher's catalogue dated October 1890 at the rear. Memoir and diary extracts profusely illustrated with Graham's drawings. Original page marker present - detached. Contents generally in very good clean condition. David Douglas hardcover
1900061224London: R.H.Porter 1900. First Edition. Hardcover. Good/No Jacket. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. Type: Book Tapemarks to endpapers bookplate address stamp.Map complete at rear. R.H.Porter hardcover
1892036071London: Gurney & Jackson 1892. Book. Illus. by G.E Lodge Victor Prout. Near Fine. Hardcover. Second Edition Revised. 8vo. Pp. 2 xxvi 271 4; large fold out map in text and plate illustrations throughout by Lodge and others. Green cloth binding very good and bright light rubbing to joints. Contents clean and tight no foxing original yellow end papers. Freddie Spencer Chapman's copy with his pencil initials and date to the front free end paper. A clean near fine copy. F. S. Chapman needs little introduction - war time hero and ornithologisht with an extraordinary story: for over three years during the second world war he "blew up trains bridges and enemy soldiers in the jungles of Malaya all the while studying birdlife and sending home seeds". Gurney & Jackson Hardcover
