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28141LONDON GURNEY AND JACKSON 1924. FIRST EDITION VERY GOOD COPY IN GREEN CLOTH -- NO DUSTWRAPPER. GILT TITLE ON SPINE. ARCTIC CHEVIOT TROPIC NINETEEN COLOUR PLATES BY W.H. RIDDELL AND 170 SKETCHES BY THE AUTHOR. LONDON, GURNEY AND JACKSON, 1924. hardcover
1924008655London: Gurney & Jackson 1924. First edition large thick 8vo pp xxii 489 cloth slightly worn and rubbed spine head a little pilled and with one tiny tear in a torn and frayed dustwrapper which is lacking a few small pieces but now nicely protected in a removable plastic cover. From the library of the naturalist and conservationist Richard Fitter with his stamp on the front endpaper. Cloth. Good/Good. Gurney & Jackson 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
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
44442LONDON POYSER 2018. FIRST EDITION. A FINE COPY IN A FINE DUSTWRAP. ILLUSTRATED ALAN HARRIS. LONDON, POYSER, 2018 unknown
1957nmn14London: Collins. VG: in very good condition with rubbed and chipped dust jacket. 1957. First Edition. Green hardback cloth cover. 210mm x 140mm 8" x 6". 305pp plates. 24 b/w plates. . Collins hardcover
29880OXFORD UNIVERSITY PRESS 1962. FIRST EDITION WITH 17 COLOURED PLATES BY DAVID REID-HENRY AND OTHERS 41LINE DRAWINGS VERY GOOD IN WORN AND AGED DUSTWRAPPER. OXFORD UNIVERSITY PRESS, 1962 unknown
34204SCOTLAND I.J. ANDREWS 1995. 1ST EDITION. NEAR FINE SOFTBACK COPY. 31 PHOTOGRAPHS 129 BIRD PHOTOGRAPHS BY THE AUTHOR.NEAT NAME IN INK ON FEP. SCOTLAND, I.J. ANDREWS, 1995 unknown
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
19375703New York: The Macmillan Co. Fine with no dust jacket. 1937. First Edition. Hard Cover. Full sized dummy of the regular edition of the book. Accompanying is a letter from the manager of the trade department of MacMillan to a bookshop in Dallas Texas. The top of the letter the fep & the inside front cover are rust stained from an old staple since removed. The book contains 16 plates on 8 pages with the balance blank paper. The dummy was intended to help obtain advance orders of the book. The letter is dated 10 Aug '37 3 months before publication date. There is very slight soiling to the top of the front cover and a 1 1/2x3" area of silverfish damage to the top outer corner of the back cover. Otherwise the book is extremely tight. The corners are not bumped.; Salesman's Dummy; 9x12 1/2" . The Macmillan Co. 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
36677CORNWALL ISABELLINE BOOKS 2003. 1ST EDITION. A FINE COPY IN A FINE DUSTWRAP. LIMITED TO 100 COPIES. SCARCE. ILLUSTRATIONS BY BRIAN SLADE AND TOM RAVEN. CORNWALL, ISABELLINE BOOKS, 2003 unknown
31061LONDON OLIVER & BOYD 1953. FIRST EDITION 2 VOLUMES . A LOVELY SET IN VERY GOOD CONDITION RED BOARDS AND DUSTWRAPPERS MAINLY COMPLETE BUT WITH SOME TEARS AND CHIPS. WITH A FOREWORD BY SIR ALAN BURNS VOLUME ONE:- STRUTHIONIDAE TO PICIDAE. VOLUME TWO:-EURYLAEMIDAE TO PLOCEIDAE. EXTRA POSTAGE WILL BE REQUIRED OUTSIDE THE U.K. LONDON, OLIVER & BOYD, 1953 hardcover
31664BRITISH ORNITHOLOGISTS UNION 1927. FIRST EDITION VERY GOOD BOUND IN BLACK CLOTH. A CLEAN AND CRISP COPY. TAKEN FROM THE IBIS SUPPLEMENTARY NUMBER TWELTH SERIES VOLUME 3. PHOTOGRAPHIC ILLUSTRATIONS. 208 PAGES COLOURED MAP. SCARCE IN THIS CONDITION. BRITISH ORNITHOLOGISTS UNION, 1927 hardcover
31684OLIVER AND BOYD. 1953-61. COMPLETE IN 12 VOLUMES. A VERY NICE CLEAN SET WITH COMPLETE AND PROTECTED DUSTWRAPPERS. SCARCE IN THIS CONDITION. GILT TITLES TO SPINES. ILLUSTRATED WITH MANY COLOUR PLATES BY GEORGE LODGE. ADDITIONAL POSTAGE REQUIRED. OLIVER AND BOYD. 1953-61 unknown
31685OLIVER AND BOYD. 1953-61. COMPLETE IN 12 VOLUMES. A VERY NICE CLEAN SET WITH COMPLETE PROTECTED FACSIMILIE DUSTWRAPPERS. GILT TITLES TO SPINES. ILLUSTRATED WITH MANY COLOUR PLATES BY GEORGE LODGE. ADDITIONAL POSTAGE REQUIRED. OLIVER AND BOYD. 1953-61 unknown
288441953 OLIVER & BOYD LONDON. FIRST EDITION 2 VOLUMES . A LOVELY SET IN VERY GOOD CONDITION RED BOARDS AND PROTECTED DUSTWRAPPERS. WITH A FOREWORD BY SIR ALAN BURNS G.C.M.G. VOLUME ONE:- STRUTHIONIDAE TO PICIDAE. VOLUME TWO:-EURYLAEMIDAE TO PLOCEIDAE. INSCRIPTION TO FRONT PASTEDOWN OF EACH VOLUME. EXTRA POSTAGE WILL BE REQUIRED OUTSIDE THE U.K. 1953 OLIVER & BOYD LONDON hardcover
19371OLIVER AND BOYD. 1953-61. COMPLETE IN 12 VOLUMES. A NICE VERY CLEAN SET. ORIGINAL OLIVE GREEN CLOTH. GILT TITLES TO SPINES. NO DUSTWRAPPERS. ILLUSTRATED WITH MANY COLOUR PLATES BY GEORGE LODGE. ADDITIONAL POSTAGE REQUIRED. OLIVER AND BOYD. 1953-61 hardcover
86451953 OLIVER & BOYD LONDON. FIRST EDITION 2 VOLUMES . VERY GOOD CONDITION. RED BOARDS. WITH A FOREWORD BY SIR ALAN BURNS G.C.M.G. VOLUME ONE:- STRUTHIONIDAE TO PICIDAE. VOLUME TWO:-EURYLAEMIDAE TO PLOCEIDAE. INSCRIPTION TO FRONT PASTEDOWN OF EACH VOLUME. EXTRA POSTAGE WILL BE REQUIRED OUTSIDE THE U.K. 1953 OLIVER & BOYD LONDON hardcover
29786LONDON OLIVER & BOYD 1953. FIRST EDITION 2 VOLUMES . A LOVELY SET IN VERY GOOD CONDITION RED BOARDS AND DUSTWRAPPERS A FEW REMAINS OF SELLOTAPE ON INSIDE OF DW. WITH A FOREWORD BY SIR ALAN BURNS VOLUME ONE:- STRUTHIONIDAE TO PICIDAE. VOLUME TWO:-EURYLAEMIDAE TO PLOCEIDAE. EXTRA POSTAGE WILL BE REQUIRED OUTSIDE THE U.K. LONDON, OLIVER & BOYD, 1953 hardcover
2473LONDON OLIVER & BOYD 1953. FIRST EDITION. 2 VOLUMES. VERY GOOD CONDITION IN SLIGHTLY TORN DUSTWRAPPERS. WITH FOUR INTRODUCTORY CHAPTERS COMPRISING A DESCRIPTION OF SCOTLAND SOME FACTORS WHICH INFLUENCE OUR BIRD LIFE THE COMPOSITION OF THE SCOTTISH AVIFAUNA AND MIGRATION AS WELL AS THE HISTORY PRESENT DISTRIBUTION AND MIGRATION OF ALL BIRDS ON THE SCOTTISH LIST. ILLUSTRATED WITH PHOTOGRAPHS WITH TWO COLOUR FRONTISPIECES BY GEORGE LODGE. LONDON, OLIVER & BOYD, 1953 unknown
2002032006Philadelphia: The American Ornithologists' Union and The Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia 2002. Book. Very Good. Hardcover. First Edition Thus. Folio. Volume 17 from the set of 18. Nos. 641 Rough Legged Hawk to 680 Hawaii Creeper. Complete with table of contents. Slip-case near fine with very slight rubbing. Contents clean and tight unmarked no inscriptions pages crisp the staples are firm but show signs of rusting booklets appear unread. A very good volume from this huge work on The birds of North America in a very good slip-case. The American Ornithologists' Union and The Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia Hardcover
2002032005Philadelphia: The American Ornithologists' Union and The Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia 2002. Book. Very Good. Hardcover. First Edition Thus. Folio. Volume 17 from the set of 18. Nos. 641 Rough Legged Hawk to 680 Hawai'i Creeper. Complete with table of contents and cumulative index 1-680. Slip-case near fine with very slight rubbing. Contents clean and tight unmarked no inscriptions pages crisp the staples are firm but show signs of rusting booklets appear unread. A very good volume from this huge work on The birds of North America in a very good slip-case. The American Ornithologists' Union and The Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia Hardcover
38330ALNWICK HENRY HUNTER 1912. FIRST EDITION ORIGINAL BLUE CLOTH PICTORIAL FRONT BOARD. 726 PAGES 27 BLACK AND WHITE PLATES. AGE-TONING TO FEP SOME SPOTTED FOXING TO A FEW EARLY PAGES THEN CLEAN AND TIGHTLY BOUND. A VERY GOOD COPY. SCARCE. ALNWICK, HENRY HUNTER, 1912 hardcover