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1889e1035Edinburgh: David Douglas. G: in good condition without dust jacket. Corners bumped. 1889. First Edition. Blue hardback cloth cover. 220mm x 150mm 9" x 6". xii 334pp. ads. Folding map in colour to front ; additional b/w line drawings within the text. . David Douglas hardcover
1869036613London: John Van Voorst 1869. Book. Near Fine. Hardcover. First Edition. 8vo 19 x 13 cm. pp x 643; some pages remain uncut. Green cloth hardback binding very good and bright gilt bright contents clean and tight no inscriptions attractive bookplate belonging to Robert Washington Oates no foxing. A near fine first edition copy. Robert Washington Oates a relative of Frank and Lawrence Oates was an extremely wealthy man and like Frank Robert Washington Oates was a fan of natural history; so when he heard in 1954 that there were plans to turn Gilbert White's home into a museum but the project was struggling financially; Oates stepped in purchased The Wakes and helped to fund the Museum and donating his natural history library and the Oates family collection. John Van Voorst Hardcover
1893036996London: Bemrose & Sons Limited 1893. Book. Very Good. Hardcover. Inscribed by Authors. First Edition. 8vo. pp. vi 239 frontispiece plate and fold out map five further plates fine. Cloth binding very good with light rubbing this appears to be a slightly later binding. Contents clean and tight patterned endpapers original endpaper tipped in with James Fisher's signature and an inscription " from F. B. Whitlock Beeston Notts england 11 Dec. 1893" otherwise unmarked. A clean very good first edition. The Author Whitlock was convicted of embezzlement and sentenced to 11 years in prison. Loosely inserted is a facsimile of the £100 reward poster. Bemrose & Sons, Limited Hardcover
1893037264London: Bemrose & Sons Limited 1893. Book. Very Good. Hardcover. Inscribed by Authors. First Edition. 8vo. Inscribed by the author to the front free endpaper "The Editor 'Natural Sciences' With the Author's compliments Beeston Hall 11 April '93" pp. vi 239 frontispiece plate and fold out map five further plates very good corrigenda slip tipped in. Publisher's textured green cloth binding with gilt lettering very good with a little light wear. Contents clean and tight original patterned endpapers. A very good clean copy inscribed by the author. The Author Whitlock was convicted of embezzlement a wanted poster was published and eventually he was sentenced to 11 years in prison. Bemrose & Sons, Limited Hardcover
1900VV305591900 Novitates Zoologicae, 7(1), 1900 : in-4°, broché extrait, pp. 12-24,
1890VV112981890 viii, 302, [5] p., 162 figs (woodcuts), 2 plans, frontispiece, contemporary publisher's cloth (outer edges spine somewhat worn). With handwritten dedication (from Rev. Young to Lizzie) on blank end-paper.
1890179055Edinburgh, Douglas, 1890. M. zahlr. Ill. XV, 276 S., 2 Bl. OLwd. m. goldgepr. Rtit. Unbeschnitten.
1854240007Rufus Merrill 1854. 24 pp. Illustrated Wrap. Chapbook with black and white in-text imagery. Cover title Museum of Natural History: History of Birds. Hand sewing repair. Includes the partridge an the belted king-fisher. Measures 3 7/8" x 6". <br/><br/> Rufus Merrill unknown books
1895166794Washington, 1895. (S.-A.a.: Yearbook of the U.S. Dep. of Agric. 1894). S. 233-248. OBr. Umschl. angeschmutzt.
1877023076London: John Murray 1877. Second edition twelfh thousand revised and corrected. Small thick octavo pp xvi 693 publisher's catalogue dated May 1878 various text illustrations becoming a little weak internally this means that several signatures are becoming slightly proud at the fore-edge the title page and the subsequent thirty pages are lightly bruised at the upper corner otherwise very good internally with the book label of Jas. Lodge Jnr. Green cloth a little rubbed and very slightly marked the spine just slightly pulled at head and tail. Freeman 948 - "The final definitive text". Second edition. Cloth. Good. John Murray Hardcover
1835h0116caLondon: Whittaker & Co. G : in Good condition. Cover rubbed with corner wear. Spine rubbed with wear ar joints. Title page stained. 1835. Second Edition. Black hardback half-leather cover. 190mm x 120mm 7" x 5". 391pp ads. B/w in-text illustrations plus colour frontispiece title-page vignette and 8 pages of illustrations all hand coloured. . Whittaker & Co hardcover
1885038904Edinburgh: Thomas C. Jack 1885. Book. Good. Hardcover. First Edition. Royal 8vo 23 x 15 cm. Pp. x 58; folding colour map to the rear 9 plates complete as called for including two coloured plates of the Auk egg. Original cloth binding worn but conservatively repaired please see images. Contents clean and tight spotting to the first and last few pages some spotting internally but mainly confined to the margins bookplate belonging to Eric Hosking tipped onto the front pastedown no inscriptions. A good 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 ingenious 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. Thomas C. Jack Hardcover
1893033264<p>Washington: U S Department of Agriculture 1893 A good copy of the 1st edition in the original cloth binding with 26 coloured plates. The binding is sound and bright with gilt titles to spine and textured cloth boards. There is some pulling to spine ends and light wear to corners. The back board has 4 tiny spot marks and a slightly paler area at the top close to the spine. The contents are complete with 26 coloured plates as per the plate listing which places plate 26 before plates 24 and 25. The text paper and endpapers are lightly toned and there is some spotting to the foredge which is occasionally visible internally at the page edge - including plate pages. The plates are tissue-guarded - the guard to plate 9 has small loss from a side edge. There is small stain at the bottom gutter edge which is visible at the rear endpapers and on plates 1 24 and 25. This does not affect the images. A sliver of text surface from p 96 has attached itself to the back of plate 14 - this affects some words but it is possible to work out what they are from what remains. Please enquire if you would like to see additional images.</p> U S Department of Agriculture hardcover
1893VV008901893 210 p., 26 col. lithographed plates, original cloth. A few plates with some slight foxing, library stamp on title-page. Plates by J.L. and R. Ridgway. U.S. Department of Agriculture. Division of Ornithology and Mammalogy. Bulletin No. 3.
1892011964Washington D.C.: Smithsonian Institution/GPO 1892. Ex-Library. VG. Buckram. First Thus. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Deaccessioned from non-circulating museum library nominally marked/stamped little actual wear clear-coated spine panel lightly age-toned with hand-written call number on lower portion. Bound in orange buckram not retaining original wraps. ii253-383 pp. illus. w/ 46 b&w plates additional figures in text. Smithsonian Institution United States National Museum. From the Report of the National Museum for 1890 to which this pagination refers. A very durable functional copy. Smithsonian Institution/GPO Hardcover
1815033188<p>Bungay: Printed and published by Brightly & Childs. Published also by T Kinnersley 1815 A good 2 volume set in new half calf and marbled board bindings with 148 of 152 hand-coloured plates. This work is extremely rare and as is usual with the Bungay publications the paper quality is poor tending to attract dirt and staining. The collation of this work is generally haphazard and the plates are not numbered. The bindings are in fine condition with leather title labels and gilt lines to spines. Contents: Vol I: title; introduction i - xxxv; text pp 1-586 with 67 of 71 plates. Vol II: title dated 1820; text pp 1-700 with 81 plates Finis. The paper in both volumes is toned to varying degrees with some areas of offsetting marking or staining. Some page corners have been turned over. There is the occasional side edge tear and there is professional paper repair to the title page of Vol I and initial pages where there has been some worming. There is slight worming in the margin of xiii-xvi. The plates in these volumes are cleaner with better and more detailed colouring than usual and the plate paper is in better condition than the text paper. The plate of the Spoonbill in Vol II has some black ink splots on it - as does the opposing text page no 333. Please enquire if you would like to see additional images to better assess condition.</p> Printed and published by Brightly & Childs. Published also by T Kinnersley hardcover
1838r8671bEdinburgh: W H Lizars. G: in good condition. Rebound cover with edge-wear. Spine cracked and scuffed with loss to top end. Outer hinges split. Occasional inner hinge cracking. Sporadic thumbing and marking. Page edge browning. Some tape strengthening to rear corners of portrait gutter of title page and rear corners of plate 33. Missing pages 15 & 16. Plate 34 missing. 1838. First Edition. Patterned hardback board cover with leather spine. 180mm x 110mm 7" x 4". 315pp. B/w frontispiece engraved portrait half-title page vignette b/w engravings and 33 of 34 hand coloured plates by Mr. Stewart. Missing plate 34; Snowy Owl. Includes a memoir of Sir Robert Sibbald. . W H Lizars hardcover
1893023361Huddersfeild & London: Various publishers 1893. Four volumes of this publication - rare as are all of Seth Lister Mosley's works. FIRST VOLUME. comprises Vol II number 13 July 1983 to number 24 June 1884; bound with Volume III number 24 July 1894 to Number 30 December 1894. Possibly lacking part 26 but the months are consecutive so almost certainly a printing error. SECOND VOLUME Vol IV number 31 January 1895 to Volume IV number 53 November 1896. Added at the rear is Swanton's paper on British Puff-Balls 6pp and Mosley's 'Catalogue of British Birds Nests and Eggs' 46pp. Signature again of Albert John Barnes contemporary cloth but hinges completely broken so the text block is sound but detached. THIRD VOLUME Volume VII number 67 January 1898 to number 80 February 1899 plus extra 57 pp of articles including Swanton's Monograph of British Boleti 13pp. Includes 6 colour plates of moths one of fungi and two of beetles. FOURTH VOLUME Volume X number 103 January 1901 to number 114 December 1901 text block completely detached from the contemporary cloth. Includes 5 colour plates two botanical two of lichens and one of moths. Some of the plates are certainly hand-coloured though fairly simple whilst others may be colour printed. There are other engraved illustrations within the text. Extremely scarce. First Edition. Cloth. Fair. Various publishers Hardcover
1834033090<p>EDINBURGH: W H LIZARS 1834 A good to very good copy of the 1st edition of Volume I of Gallinaceous Birds covering varieties of domestic and wild fowl eg turkeys pheasants in the publisher's brown cloth binding. Copy previously in the ownership of Francis Hemming the entomologist and with his book plate at the front pastedown. Contents with half title; black and white frontispiece portrait of Aristotle; hand coloured vignette title page with a picture of a cockerel; 2 further title pages; contents listing; Memoir of Aristotle; and text with black and white illustrations and 30 hand coloured plates 29 plates are listed in the contents index but there are 2 versions of plate 18. 32pp of advertisements and a 4 page yellow geographical works advert at the rear. The cloth binding has been rebacked relaying the original spine and is sound and tight. There is some slightly paler marking to the boards and the corners have light wear. The original green endpapers are present - the free endpaper is watermarked - and have professional repair at the joints. Contents are clean with toning to the margins including to the plate paper. Pages 169-172 have been roughly opened at the top edge and there is a small ink spot at the top edge of p 205. The plates are generally clean and very well coloured. Tissue guards tend to have some spotting or offsetting - Plate 1 has general toning and a very browned guard and the guard to plate 24 has a small area of paint from the bird on it.</p> W H LIZARS hardcover
1834033165<p>Edinburgh: W H Lizars 1834 A very good copy of the 1st edition in the original publisher's cloth binding with 30 hand coloured plates. Contents with: black and white frontispiece portrait of Sir Thomas Stamford Raffles; hand coloured vignette title page with red grouse; 2 further title pages; advert; contents listing; Memoir of Raffles; text with 30 hand coloured plates; and publisher's catalogues bound at the rear. The binding has been rebacked relaying the original spine and is sound and tight. The spine and the board edges are slightly sunned. The bottom corners of both boards have small bumps; top corners lightly turned. The original green endpapers are present with professional repair at the joints. The text is largely unopened and the text paper is toned towards the margins. The plates are very well coloured and have some toning to top page edges. The tissue guards to plates 6 and 26 are present but detached. Plate 17 has very toned paper particularly at the edges and there is professional paper repair to the side edge. The tissue guard to the frontispiece has been replaced.</p> W H Lizars hardcover
1838033186<p>EDINBURGH: W H LIZARS 1838 A very good copy of the 1st edition of Part 1 of Birds of Great Britain and Ireland from the Naturalist's Library. In the original publisher's cloth binding with gilt titles to spine with 34 hand coloured plates as called for. Containing half title; list of volumes in the series; frontispiece portrait of Sir Robert Sibbald; black and white vignette title page 2 people hunting with birds; 2 further title pages; publisher's advert; contents listing; Memoir of Sir Robert Sibbald; text with black and white illustrations; and 34 hand coloured plates bound at the rear. The binding has been rebacked preserving the original spine and is sound and tight. There is fading to the spine and board edges and a couple of small marks to the front board. The top corners of the boards have light bumps. The original green endpapers are present with professional repair to the joints. The contents are very clean and the plates are well-coloured. The and plate paper has light toning. The tissue guards to the plates have occasional marks or spots and some offsetting. The tissue guard to plate 16 has a red paint mark at the edge. Plate 22 was originally badly bound making the image too close to the side edge so that the top edge of a bird's head has been removed.</p> W H LIZARS hardcover
1842033183<p>EDINBURGH: W H LIZARS 1842 A good to very good copy of the 1st edition in the original publisher's cloth binding with 34 hand coloured plates. With volume listing; frontispiece portrait of Rev Dr Walker; hand coloured vignette title page showing a spaniel and a heron; 2 further title pages; publisher's advert; contents listing; Memoir of Dr Walker; and text with black and white illustrations and 34 hand coloured plates bound at the rear. The binding has been rebacked relaying the original spine and the end papers repaired and retained. The binding has fading to spine and board edges and light wear to corners. The end papers have some marking at the joints where repaired. The text pages are generally clean with light toning and occasional marking and spotting mainly at the edges. All the plates are tissue-guarded and are very well coloured. There is some offsetting to the guards and the occasional nibble to the guard edge. There is an old crease to plate 29 and its tissue guard not affecting the image.</p> W H LIZARS hardcover
1839033179<p>EDINBURGH: W H LIZARS 1839 A very good copy of the 1st edition of Part II of Birds of Great Britain and Ireland in the original publisher's cloth binding. This volume covers a range of familiar birds from bullfinches to wrens. Contents: volume listing; half title; black and white frontispiece portrait of William Smellie with tissue guard; hand coloured vignette title page showing a robin; 2 further title pages; publisher's advert; contents listing; Memoir of William Smellie; text with black and white illustrations and 30 hand coloured plates bound at the rear. The original binding has been rebacked relaying the original spine and is sound and tight. There is slight scuffing to the boards which have light wear to corners and edges. There is fading to the spine and to the board edges. The original green endpapers are present with professional repair at the inner joints. Text and plate pages have light toning at the margins. The plates are clean and well coloured. The paint has splashed however in a couple of places eg at plate 16 where there is a small blue splot at the bottom of the plate and a blue splash at the back of the previous plate affecting the plate edge. Plates are without tissue guards and there is some offsetting to the backs of previous plates.</p> W H LIZARS hardcover
1834032478<p>EDINBURGH: W H LIZARS 1834 1st edition second printing of humming birds in the original publisher's cloth bindings with 64 hand coloured plates. The bindings are sound and clean. Both have been rebacked preserving the original spine. Vol I has slight bubbling to the cloth; a bump to the rear bottom corner; a small lighter spot on the front board and fading to edges and spine. Vol II has some wear and bumping to corners; the front board has mottling and some fading to edges. The original green endpapers are present in both volumes with repair. Vol I: frontispiece black and white portrait of 'Linnaeus in his Lapland Dress'; hand coloured vignette title page; 2 further title pages dated 1834 a year after the first printing; publisher's advert; contents listing; Memoir of Linnaeus; and text with black and white illustrations and 34 hand coloured plates bound at the rear; 23pp publisher's catalogue. Vol.II: half title; black and white frontispiece portrait of Pennant; hand coloured vignette title page; 2 further title pages dated 1833 together with an additional title page for Vol I; contents listing; advert; Memoir of Pennant; text with 30 hand coloured plates; synopsis; index; and a range of publisher's adverts - 166 pages in all. Vol I has foxing particularly to the early pages and to the page edges. The plates have light brown toning but Plate I is very browned. There is the odd spot to plates but this is mostly to the verso. 5 plates lack tissue guards. Vol II is brighter and although with occasional spotting eg initial text gutter to pp 30-35; the plates are generally bright and clean. Plates 1 and 2 have a couple of spots with more spots to verso and tissue guards; plates 27 and 28 have a couple of small spots. Please enquire if you would like to see additional images. As usual with editions bound in the publisher's cloth page edges are untrimmed.</p> W H LIZARS hardcover
1837034933Edinburgh: W. H. Lizars 1837. Book. Very Good. Hardcover. First Edition. 12mo. Pp.xvi 263; engraved frontispiece plate of Le Vaillant; engraved title page with a hand-coloured vignette; 34 engraved plates of which 33 are hand-coloured with tissue guards; letterpress title and half-title pages. Original cloth binding with gilt lettering to the spine some fading repair to the top and bottom of the spine binding firm. Contents good and tight original green endpapers name to the top of the front endpaper and to the top of the title page plates with tissue guards present. A very good clean complete copy. W. H. Lizars Hardcover
