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unp., illus. Colored print laid in as issued Hardcover Very good condition good
192p. Illustrated. 8vo. Original printed wraps. NH 2
8vo., First Edition, with title-vignette, and illustrations and tables in the text; red cloth, gilt back, red endpapers, a near fine copy in price-clipped dustwrapper. SCARCE IN THIS CONDITION.
No marks or inscriptions. A very clean very tight copy with bright unmarked boards and no bumping to corners. Dust jacket not price clipped or marked or torn or creased with slight traces of storage. 144pp. The author tells the extraordinary story of one of nature's unsung heroes, the feral pigeon, tracing its ancestry back to the wild rock dove - from the despatch of pigeons in 1204BC to announce the coronation of Rameses III to their modern adaptation to man's urban life
Ex-library copy with the usual stamps and markings. Interior pages clean and unmarked; tight binding. 400 pages.
VG no dj. . no inscription. clean blue boards and crisp gilt titling to spine. 428pp. A super copy. Numerous colour plates in the centre of the book illustrate the text.
A clean, unmarked copy with a tight binding. Price-clipped dust jacket. 493 pages. Many b&w illustrations.
Volumes 1 & 2. Both have tape marks and name to the end papers from previous owner's old cellophane wrappers. No other marks or inscriptions. No creasing to covers or to spines. Two very clean very tight copies with bright unmarked boards and no bumping to corners. Only Vol 1 has a dust jacket. This has similarly tape marked dust flaps, Total of 509pp. The plays are The Acharnians, The Knights, The Birds, The Peace, The Frogs, The Trial of Euripides, The Clouds and The Wasps. Intro by John P Maine (vol 1) and John Hookham Frere (vol 2).
582p., illus. Hardcover Very good condition fair
581p., illus. Hardcover Very good condition chipped
Small folio in full red leather, with ornamental stamping & tooling in gilt; 347 pages plates (some color), marbled enepapers; maps 29 cm; bibliographical references (pages 335-339) One of the most handsome bindings we have seen, with exquisite tooling & gilt work. Rare thus. Please refer to photos. Bookseller slip Asprey & Garrard of London laid in. // Birds. Hunting. Pheasants. Faisans. Pheasants. Aves (Sistematica) Phasianidae. Custom leather bindings. Fine bindings. **A large, heavy book; weighs just over 4 lbs; does not fin in a priroity flat rate envelope. Extra shipping charges may apply for international & expedited orders. Please inquire.**
Folio in white DJ; 79 p, color and b&w illus, map ; 31 cm. Sketches, accompanied by relevant text from Tunnicliffe's book Shorelands summer diary, selected and introduced by Robert Gillmor, with an essay on the birds by Derek Ratcliffe. || Falcons -- Wales, England.
Book is in excellent condition. Binding is solid and square, covers have sharp corners, exterior shows no blemishes, text/interior is clean and free of marking of any kind. Dust jacket shows the slightest signs of shelf wear only, light sunning, no tears. Chapters include The first encounter, The tundra for a home, Peregrine days and nights, Uneasy neighbors Eyasses. With b&w photos, map.
12mo (178 x 102mm), [2], 24, [2, adverts]pp., presentation inscription at head of title page, 8 coloured illustrations on 4 plates, some light spotting, orig. printed wrappers, spine lightly chiped.
Contemporary ownership inscription on title, hand-coloured vignette on title and 8 hand-coloured illustrations on 4 plates, some minor browning of the text, publisher's advertisement leaf at end, [2], 24 pp., contemporary half calf, slightly rubbed, gilt lettering on spine. Provenance: With the armorial bookplate of Henry Dawkins Esq. Harris, 217, 1.
116 pages. Includes auction results sheet. 203 lots. "This collection is a reflection of his singular absorption in ornithology. His aim was always to acquire where possible the best available copies of everything and in particular he regards his copies of Gould's The Birds of Australia, with the rare cancelled plates, and A Monograph of the Trochilidai, or Family of Humming-Birds as 'the finest copies you will find." - from page 6. Clean, bright and unmarked with very light wear. Book
Folio 2 vol., illus. 431 plates reproduced in color for the first time from the collection at the New York Historical Society Hardcover Very good condition in slightly worn slipcase
A clean, unmarked book with a tight binding. Shiny pictorial cover. Small format: 6 1/2"w x 4 1/8"h. Approx. 50 pages. #18 in The Odyssey Library Series. Illustrated by Leif Rydeng.
A clean, unmarked book with a tight binding. Shiny pictorial cover. Small format: 6 1/2"w x 4 1/8"h. Approx. 50 pages. #15 in The Odyssey Library Series. Photographs by Arthur Singer.
Sm. 8vo., with 200 coloured and monochrome plates, front free endpaper browned; original series binding of terracotta cloth, upper board blocked and lettered in black, backstrip lettered in black, a very good, bright, clean copy in unclipped dustwrapper, the latter moderately age-marked and lightly frayed (without material loss) at head and tail of backstrip. Observer 1. Code 864.960 with 'Fieldfare' dustwrapper. 'The excellent illustrations and concise format of one bird per page made this book an enduring classic' (Marren & Carter). Marren & Carter, p.147.
Bella incisione probabilmente degli inizi del XIX secolo, carta spessa. L'incisione è stata acquarellata a mano e montata in elegante passepartout. L'incisione rappresenta l'uccello nocciolaia. In buone condizioni, fioriture. TECNICA: Incisione DIMENSIONI PASSEPARTOUT: cm 26x19 DIMENSIONI INCISIONE: cm 15,5x9,5 EPOCA: Inizi XIX secolo. Nice engraving of probably beginning of the XIX century, wide paper. The print has been coloued by hand with aquarello and mounted in a elegant passepartout The engraving represents the nutcracker bird. In good conditions, foxings. TECHNIQUE: Print PASSEPARTOUT SIZE: cm 26x19 PRINT'S SIZE: cm 15,5x9,5 PERIOD: first years of XIX century
A clean, unmarked book with a tight binding. Very slight edge wear to dust jacket. 7 3/4"w x 10 1/4"h. 128 pages. Illustrated by Leslie Brooke.
8vo., First Edition, with frontispiece, and photograps, illustrations and maps in the text; decorative wrappers, wire-stitched as issued, a near fine copy. Otter Memorial Paper, No. 3. SIGNED BY RICHARD WILLIAMSON ON HALF-TITLE. EXTREMELY SCARCE.
50 pages. Features: Cover art by Oscar Cahen featues sleeping hobo surrounded by birds and little girl; Could the Reds Cripple Canadian Industry? - photo-illustrated article on the threat posed by Communist Canadian labour leaders; Lady Who Has Lived - the extraordinary story of pianist Maryla Jonas, who crossed hell and high water to Carnegie Hall - and sudden fame, riches, and glory; Good News for Ulcer Sufferers - relief may be two years off; Personality - Old Camper - Taylor Statten uses his top-flight Ontario summer camps to train a new school of boys' workers - and even to finance a camp for street boys in far-off India; Why Not Build a Mud House? - author describes the amazing experience of living in her Indian mud house; Tricks of the Baseball Trade - article with photos of Jim Tabor, Clint Hartung and Carden Gillenwater; In Darkest Mexico - in filming 'The Macomber Affair', Gregory Peck, Joan Bennett, and Robert Preston outsuffered the original Hemingway characters; Esther Williams provides her favourite laugh; Movie Reviews - with photos. Stories: Iron Man; Silent Partner; Party Line. Condensed Book - Mr. Adam (part 2 of 2) and more. Ads: Uncommon two-colour photo-illustrated ad inside front cover recruits student nurses across the country; Polaroid Visors; Vaseline Hair Tonic for women; Colour Carling's ad inside back cover promotes conservation of the small-mouthed black bass; Great vintage colour Coke ad on back cover features young lovely beckoning readers to join her on her patio for a cool drink. Unmarked with average wear. Binding intact. A sound and pleasing vintage copy. Book
58p., illus. Silhouette illustrations Hardcover Good condition
