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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
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
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
1891172572New York, 1891. 19 S. OBr. Rücken etwas angerissen. Umschl. angestaubt. Unaufgeschn.
1899416184Würzburg, Stürtz, (1899). M. 90 chromolith. Taf. 31 S. OLwdbd. m. Deckeltitel. Sehr gut erhalten.
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).
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.
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.
1859VV106511859 32 p., 4 lithographed pls, disbound (no covers). Unopened copy. Published in: Sitzungsberichte der Kaiserlichen Akademie der Wissenschaften. Scarce.
1845AUB-4011Paris, administration de librairie 1845. Bon exemplaire relié, reliure demi cuir, in-8, 510 pages + planches.
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.
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
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.
1897166795Washington, 1897. M. 22 Abb. 40 S. Br. Leicht angestaubt. Klammerbind. angerostet. (U.S. Depart. Agricult. Farmers Bull. 54).
1895VV341901895 Published in: Novitates Zoologicae. This beautiful plate was drawn and lithographed by J.G. Keulemans.
189060220Ohne Ort, um 1890. Blatt ca. 28,5 x 19,5 cm. 1 Blatt, verso weiß.
1896415104Gera-Untermhaus, Köhler, (1896). M. 24 chromolith. Taf. 2 Bl., 44 S. Ill. OLwdbd. Gering braunfl., sonst sehr schönes u. dekoratives Exemplar.
189060221Ohne Ort, um 1890. Blatt ca. 28,5 x 19,5 cm. 1 Blatt, verso weiß.
186510621865 un cahier manuscrit, reliure pleine percale grand in quarto, dos muet, percale marron plus foncé aux plats orné de deux filets "or" en encadrement, 1ère de couverture ornée d'un fer central "romantique" religieux "or", plaque spéciale éditeur intitulé "Maison des Oiseaux", 86 rue de sèvres", gardes blanches moirées, toutes tranches lisses dorées, page de titre intitulée : SAINT LOUIS manuscrite à l'encre brune orné d'un dessin central au crayon de bois avec serpente représentant St louis sous son chêne avec à ses pieds une jeune paysanne l'implorant de lui rendre justice ) + inscription " 3ème classe " et en bas à droite nom " marie anne de la GOURNERIE (Marie Anne MAILLARD de La GOURNERIE 1855-1916 - Mariée le 6 septembre 1876, Donges (44), avec Henri François Marie Anne ESPIVENT de PERRAN, né le 28 novembre 1851 - Château-de-l'Escurays, Prinquiau (44), décédé le 1er janvier 1888 - Château-de-l'Escurays, Prinquiau (44) à l'âge de 36 ans), texte manuscrit à l'encre brune dans un encadrement d'un trait à l'encre brune illustré de dessins manuscrits in-texte à l'encre noire + carte de france manuscrite hors-texte colorée en rouge, lavis de gris, noir et encre brune avec serpente + dessin hors-texte manuscrit en noir avec serpente légendé : Maison de Mansourah dans lequel Saint Louis fut prisonnier avec en dessous la carte situant Mansourah colorée en bleu, lavis de gris, noir et encre brune, sans pagination (17 feuillets manuscrits d'un seul côté), sans date (1865 environ).
1868VV331091868 Paris, Librairie Agricole, 1868 : In-8 Raisin, Broché. 3° édition, frontispice, 96 pp., 3 illustrations in-texte, suivie, d'une réfutation des principes de M. Merland, docteur-médecin à Napoléon-Vendée, non rogné, rare A relier, Couv. défraîchie, Dos abîmé, Quelques rousseurs.
1868VV334151868 Angers, Lachèse, Belleuvre et Dolbeau, 1868 : In-8 Raisin, Broché. 2° edition, frontispice, 56 pp., 2 illustrations in-texte, rare Bon état, Couv. fraîche, Dos abîmé, Intérieur frais.