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1925375774Caperns Undated c.1925. Hardcover. Very Good Condition. Capern's Bird Album brings together 54 plus 2 variant full colour cards depicting familiar British and aviary species each rendered in the clear appealing style that made his work popular with early twentieth century birdlovers. Postcard sized and designed for easy handling or display the set offers a bright nostalgic survey of common birds and remains an attractive example of period natural history illustration. This original album is complely filled with beautiful colour pictures of British birds. Each card is in bright condition with no creases. There are corners marks from the album mounts. The album itself has some minor damage to the front cover and the entire album section is detached from the binding. Size: 29.5 x 19.5 cms. Category: Varied Books; New Arrivals; This item may require more postage than the rates shown for delivery outside the UK. If extra postage is required we will contact you before processing your order and you will be given the details and option to decline the extra cost. Caperns hardcover
1924023246Cambridge at the University Press 1924. Well illustrated with 50 colour plates large quarto pp viii 109 top edge gilt other edges untrimmed very clean internally red cloth gilt decoration faded at the top corner of the front cover and in several places on the spine a very small dimple pressure point; the head and tail of the spine also a little pcreased. From the library of the naturalist and conservationist Richard Fitter with his stamp on the front endpaper; A very pleasamt association copy as the author was Fitter's headmaster at Eastbourne College and there is a prize label for Fitter on the endpaper signed by E.C. Arnold. Signed by Author. First Edition. Cloth. Good. Cambridge at the University Press Hardcover
1992nn-078London: HarperCollins Harper Collins. VG : in very good condition with dust jacket. Spine of jacket slightly faded. Bookplate to paste-down. Clipped. 1992. First Edition. Green hardback cloth cover. 230mm x 170mm 9" x 7". 320pp plates. 4 colour plates. . HarperCollins [Harper Collins] hardcover
1913mll03aLondon: Longmans Green & Co. G: in good condition without dust jackets. Covers marked and partially faded. Edge-wear. Browning to spines. Loss to top end of spine on volume I. Inner hinge cracking. Sporadic foxing to content and plates. Occasional thumbing and marking. Teg. 1913. Limited Edition 319/450. Maroon hardback cloth covers. 410mm x 320mm 16" x 13". xv 141pp; xii 164pp. Volume I: 32 plates 22 of which are coloured; Volume II: 42 plates 17 of which are coloured by Archibald Thorburn O Murray Dixon H Grönvold and the author. Very heavy set extra shipping needed for overseas. . Longmans, Green & Co hardcover
1901034160London: Routledge Warne and Routledge 1901. Book. Illus. by W. S. Coleman. Very Good. Hardback. Revised with Revisions. 12mo. pp. vii 245 colour frontispiece and 11 further colour engraved plates. Binding in cloth with a little general wear and rubbing gilt lettering to the spine. Contents clean and tight Salter's Hill School stamp on the front pastedown no inscriptions or other marks. A very good tight copy. Bibliographic note: the series ran to over 230 volumes many of which are now rare and virtually impossible to obtain at least in their fancy boards. Routledge, Warne and Routledge Hardcover
195120050British Birds 1951-1959. 45 numbers 8vo. First Edition with numerous photographs diagrams and charts throughout; original pictorial wrappers wire-stitched as issued a few stitches lightly rusting else a very good bright clean collection. The run comprises: 1951 October November 1952 May June August September Ocotber November December 1953 March June September November Index 1954 January February March July October December Index 1955 February March April May June October 1956 January February March April October November Index 1957 January April May June July 1958 January April June July 1959 January March. British Birds, unknown
194017391Very Good HC no DJ. Green calico-grain cloth over boards gilt stamped titles on front cover and spine. Clean square covers and spine; lightly scuffed; tightly bound; clean interior. 12mo 120 pp; illustrated. Cf OCLC #33435289. Boston: Meador Publishing hardcover
1905036015London: Cassell and Company Limited 1905. Book. Very Good. Hardcover. Reprint. 8vo. pp. 96; 22 coloured plates by AFL A. F. Lydon all with original tissue guards. Privately bound polished calf prize binding by Relfe Brothers of London for Llandaff Cathedral School gilt vignette to the front board of the cathedral gilt decoration to the spine and boards spine label missing a little general wear. Contents clean and tight prize plate dated 1908 signed by the head of the time on the front pastedown ornate marbled endpapers gilt dentelles hinges good and strong light foxing to a few tissue guards and text pages all plates uneffected and clean. A very good copy. Cassell and Company, Limited Hardcover
1904038288London: Brumby & Clarke Limited 1904. Book. Illus. by Frohawk F. W. Very Good. Hardcover. 1st Edition. 4to 22 x 29cm. "With 24 Coloured plates illustrating 475 specimens"; pp. 105. The 254 chromolithographic plates are all very good and with the original tissue guards a few marked; half-title & title pages. Original two-tone green cloth binding with gilt lettering very good with a little general wear and rubbing only. Contents clean and tight inscription in ink to the top of the half title dated 1904 original end-papers toned and a little brittle around the edges slight spotting to title page and the odd page edge some rusting to staples running down the spine of the first few gathers plates clean. A very good copy. The plates used in different editions of this work are not standard and vary in quality this particular edition includes plates printed to a high standard and importantly the eggs are illustrated with shadows giving a particularly 3-dimensional look: they are in our opinion superior to some earlier editions. Brumby & Clarke Limited Hardcover
192856275Boston: Boston Society of Natural History 1928. Memoiors of the Boston Society of Natural History Volume 6 Number 3. With 23 plates from photogrraphs including 6 in color. 1 vols. Folio. Original olive cloth fine. Memoiors of the Boston Society of Natural History Volume 6 Number 3. With 23 plates from photogrraphs including 6 in color. 1 vols. Folio. A large scholarly work based on the Russian Polar Expedition of 1900-1903 undertaken by the St.Petersburg Academy of Sciences. Boston Society of Natural History unknown
1961000688New York: Viking Press 1961. Special Limited Edition #444 of 500. 256pp. 90 color photos map ends. Slipcased with a separate portfolio of 20 color plates from the book; cloth cover with color photo of white-tailed tropicbird pasted down on front. 98 species pictured in color with notes and ID guide photographer biographies index. Slipcase edges scuffed. The portfolio is usually missing but present in this case. Limited/Numbered. Cloth. Very Good/Slipcase. 4to. Viking Press Hardcover
1937012670Northampton: The Hampshire Bookshop 1937. A beautiful copy without the usual browning of spine and foxing of endpapers. Color frontis by Fuertes illustrations.map endpapers index 813 pages. Climate geography and habitats of the Connecticut River valley seasonal lists species accounts with identification occurance field notes. Historical summary of observations. First Edition. Cloth. Fine. 4to. The Hampshire Bookshop Hardcover
1953000805London: Oliver & Boyd 1953. 12 volume set published 1953-1963. 385 full-page color plates by Lodge. Species accounts include identification distribution migration breeding behaviors. Appendices on rarities additional records Celtic bird names. Indexed. A bright pristine set; some Djs price clipped chipped or wrinkled in Brodart covers. First British Edition. Hardcover. Fine/Very Good. Illus. by Lodge G.E. 4to. Oliver & Boyd Hardcover
1924014513Cambridge: Museum of Comparative Zoology 1924. Part One pp.1-210 covering Holboell's Grebe through Coot; Part Two pp. 211-402 covering Red Phalarope through Hawk Owl. Compiled from the diaries and journals of William Brewster by Ludlow Griscom. Note: four parts were issued separately over a 14 year period. In original paper wraps. Vol. 1 has a few chips. First Edition. Original Wraps Softbound. Very Good. Museum of Comparative Zoology Paperback
1906014579Cambridge MA: Nuttall Ornithological Club 1906. 426 pages. Four plates and three maps. Light wear but no tear on spine tips light cover scuffs. . Hardcover. Very Good. 4to. Nuttall Ornithological Club Hardcover
1906008362Cambridge MA: Nuttall Ornithological Club 1906. 426 pages. Four plates and three maps. A clean unmarked copy of a classic ornithological work. Previous owner's bookplate inside front cover. Gold-stamped green cloth. Wear to top and bottom of spine . Hard Cover. Very Good. 4to. Nuttall Ornithological Club Hardcover
197518722London: Tryon Gallery. Fine in Fine dust jacket. 1975. Limited Edition. Hardcover. This is #67 in the limited first edition signed by both the author Brown and the illustrator Fennessy on the title page. Includes not only the slipcase in "fine" condition but mylar dust jacket. ; Folio 13" - 23" tall; Signed by Author . Tryon Gallery hardcover
197517908London: Tryon Gallery. Fine in Fine dust jacket. 1975. Limited Edition. Hardcover. This is #65 in the limited first edition signed by both the author Brown and the illustrator Fennessy on the title page. Includes not only the slipcase in "fine" condition but mylar dust jacket which is taped in the upper right corner. ; Folio 13" - 23" tall; Signed by Author . Tryon Gallery hardcover
1931039246Harrow: On Sale at The School Bookshop 1931. Book. Very Good. Hardcover. Signed by Authors. Royal 8vo. Inscribed and signed to the front end paper by the author "with compliments of Tom Harrisson". 43 pages. Binding very good contents clean and tight. A very good signed copy. On Sale at The School Bookshop Hardcover
1928006245Boston: Boston Society of Natural History 1928. Memoirs of the Boston Society of Natural Historyvol.6 no.3. Many tablesand a full-page map 23 plates 6 color 111-485pp. original geen cloth binding with faded spine and light spotting on boards. Hinges tender but still holding. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good. Large 4to. Boston Society of Natural History Hardcover
1981000791New Delhi/Washington DC: Amerind Publishing/Smithsonian 1981. 470pp. ills. photos 8 tipped-in color plates. Translated from Russian. Species descriptions for Gaviliformes Procellariiformes Anseriformes Falconiformes Galliformes Gruiformes Charadriformes: distribution migration molting food and feeding. Geographic names. History of ornithology in the region. Front hinge shaken. Cloth. Very Good/Very Good. 8vo. Amerind Publishing/Smithsonian Hardcover
1999056232Canberra: Canberra Ornithologists Group. 1999. viii91pp index references appendices bw ills map. Pictorial card. Light edge wear to cover. The first update on Canberra's avifauna since 1963. First Edition. Soft Cover. Very Good. 4to. Canberra Ornithologists Group. Paperback
1968006386Wynnewood: Livingston Publishing Co. 1968. 40 color plates photos ills. biblio index fold-out map 445pp. Former owner's name. Hard Cover. Very Good/Very Good. Illus. by Paul Barruel. 4to. Livingston Publishing Co. Hardcover
1968014260Edinburgh: Oliver & Boyd. 1968. xxix 445pp index bibliography addenda 40 col plates 30 bw plates numerous bw drawings folding map. Or green cloth in pictorial jacket. Some foxing to reverse of jacket jacket covered in clear contact plastic price cluipped. Prev owners name on front free endpaper foxing to endpapers and light foxing to reverse of colour plates. The first complete illustrated authoritative bird book relating to Surinam. In addition to a full and detailed list of some 600 of the species to be found in Surinam the author gives an extensive account of the topography and climate of the country. Magnificently illustrated by 40 col plates 30 bw plates and numerous text drawings covering some 537 of the Surinam species. . First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good/Very Good. Illus. by Barruel Paul. 4to. Oliver & Boyd. Hardcover
1983038907London: Macmillan 1983. Book. Very Good. Paperback. Inscribed by Authors. First Edition. 8vo. pp 461Colour and b/w illustrations throughout. Covers near fine with minimal wear only. Contents clean and tight inscribed and signed by the author to Eric and Dorothy Hosking in 1987 on the half title please see image. otherwise unmarked. A near fine copy with a good 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. Kenneth Newman co-authored the large work on the Birds of Africa published by Academic Press. Macmillan Paperback
