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19465269acLondon: H F & G Witherby Ltd. VG : in very good condition without dust jackets. Covers rubbed. Slight foxing. 1946. Fourth impression. Blue hardback cloth cover. 230mm x 160mm 9" x 6". xl 326pp; xiii 352pp; x 387pp; xiv 461pp; xii 381pp plates. 147 plates 126 in colour. Heavy book extra shipping needed for overseas. . H F & G Witherby Ltd hardcover
19620008021Chicago: R. Hunter Middleton ca. 1962. New edition. Fine. Thomas Bewick. 4to measures 7.25 x 9.75 inches / 18.5 x 25 cm image size of 10.5 x 8.2 cm. <br/><br/>This was print no. 1 in the series of Thomas Bewick's wood engravings which were exhibited at Letterio Calapai's Studio in Glencoe IL. in 1969. In editions of Bewicks BRITISH BIRDS prior to 1847 this bird was mis-identified as a Ring-tailed Eagle and not as now Golden Eagle Immature. This impression was made from Bewick's original wood block by R. Hunter Middleton at Chicago. R. Hunter Middleton unknown
1913008323London: Witherby & Co. 1913. B&w photos maps ills.; one color plate. 620 pages. Worldwide distribution breeding places biology and life history of the gannet. Green cloth cover with gold stamped title and front cover decoration all edges gilt. Some foxing on end sheets previous owner's stamp inside front cover. Cloth. Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Witherby & Co. Hardcover
1991021903Auckland New Zealand: Osborne Editions 1991. All gilt edges. 215 pages with colour illustrations. . Limited Edition of 2000 Copies. Half-Leather. Very Good/No Jacket. Elephant Folio - over 15" - 23" tall. Osborne Editions, Hardcover
1991h1381Auckland: Osborne Editions. VG : in very good condition without dust jacket as issued. 1991. Limited Edition. Un-numbered/2000. Black hardback half-leather cover with dark green velvet boards. 410mm x 310mm 16" x 12". 215pp. Heavy item - shipping supplement may apply for overseas. . Osborne Editions hardcover
199062316<p>Norwalk CT: Easton Press. Very Good with no dust jacket; Faint of rubbing to boards. 1990. First Edition. Leather. Bound in brown leather with gilt stamped decoration on front boards. All edges gilt. Moire endpapers. Index cross-references. Ribbon markers. Four raised bands on spine. Introduction by Peterson. Full-page color illustrations from Peterson's field guides many reproduced at full size. This volume only of a two -volume set Eastern Birds is other volume. ; Elephant Folio - over 15" - 23" tall; 356 pages .</p> Easton Press hardcover
1982035925London: Collins 1982. Book. Illus. by R. David Digby. Fine. Hardcover. First Edition. 4to. 188 pages. 39 colour plates by David Digby and numerous b/w sketches throughout. Original dust jacket near fine a hint of toning to the flaps not price-clipped. Hard back binding fine. Contents clean and tight no inscriptions no foxing. A fine bright copy virtually as new from the library of Eric Hoskings. No bookplate. Collins Hardcover
1982025781Melbourne VIC Australia: Lansdowne Editions 1982. Jacket has fading and small tear. Small previous owners name and inscription to top of front free endpaper. 203 pages with colour and b/w illustrations. The malurid wrens of Australia and New Guinea comprise a group of 26 species. Oversize heavy book 2kg. . Hard Cover. Very Good/Good. Illus. by Richard Weatherly . Folio - over 12" - 15" tall. Lansdowne Editions Hardcover
1997h0915London: T & A D Poyser. VG: in very good condition with rubbed and marked dust jacket. Cover partially faded. 1997. First Edition. Brown cloth boards with gilt. 310mm x 220mm 12" x 9". clxi; 903pp. Illustrated in b/w with occasional colour. Heavy book - extra shipping needed for overseas. . T & A D Poyser hardcover
1973001719Chicago: American Library Association 1973. 526pp. ills. color frontis. The history and process of the creation of Audubon's "Birds of America" subscribers sets and costs; census and survey of extant complete sets variants; reproductions editions. Notes index. 1/2 green faux leather gold-stamped binding pictorial cloth cover. Small discolored price sticker mark on front cover. Interior front hinge paper partly cracked and reglued. Cover still tight bottom corners show wear spine ends lightly bumped. Still a very presentable copy. Scan can be emailed on request. First Edition. Decorative Cloth. Very Good. 8vo. American Library Association Hardcover
1973000154London: Collins 1973. Collins London. 1973 1st hardback. Very Good/Very Good. 215 x 145 mm 288 pages. B/w photos. Book Condition: Very good clean tight black boards neat owner's plate on front paste-down. Dust Jacket Condition: Very good price-clipped very minor rubbing to lower edge of rear jacket which will be sleeved before delivery. One of the 'classics' amongst bird monographs "The Dotterel" is the result of many years study by Nethersole-Thompson in upland Britain. . Birds Dotterel. Hard Cover. Very Good/Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Collins Hardcover
199416944<p>Cambridge MA: Candlewick Press 1994. <i><b>Signed by the author.</b></i> First U.S. edition / First printing. Pictorial laminated boards. Very fine in very fine dust jacket. <i><b>Pe</b><b><i>n</i>elope Lively won the 1973 Carnegie Medal from the Library Association recognising the year's best children's book by a British subject. She won the 1976 Whitbread Children's Book Award. She won the 1987 Booker Award.</b></i></p> Candlewick Press, hardcover
199182802Tropico 1991-01-01. Audio CD. Like New. 5x4x0. Shrink wrap away from new cd Please email for photos. Tropico unknown
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
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
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
1989030216British Ornithologists' Union 1989. Book. Fine. Hardcover. First Edition. 8vo. 170 pages; b/w illustrations. Original laminated boards fine and unmarked. Contents clean and tight unmarked no inscriptions. A fine copy as new . British Ornithologists' Union Hardcover
1964007077Edinburgh: Oliver and Boyd 1964. Color plates illustrations photos fold-out map index 511 pages. As is often the case the box with the title on the spine has partially rubbed off. Otherwise a nice tight copy. Hard Cover. Very Good/Very Good. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. Oliver and Boyd Hardcover
1964068482Narberth PA: Livingston Publishing Co. for the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia 1964. Book. Illus. by Earl L. Poole and George Miksch Sutton. Near Fine. Hardcover. 1st Edition. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Light green cloth lettered in gold foil. Near Fine text block edges a bit tanned by age otherwise about as issued. Color illus. dust jacket VG with mild foxing/soiling in a few areas mild surface rubbing corners and extremities a bit rubbed now in mylar. 2nd ptg. xvi430 pp. illus. Livingston Publishing Co. for the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia Hardcover
1916036991Cambridge: Cambridge at the University Press 1916. Book. Very Good. Hardback. First Edition. 8vo. pp. xii 275 includes erratum slip numerous illustrations. Bound in brown cloth with a illustration to front board title lettering in black to the spine very good. Contents clean and tight bookplate belonging to Eric Hosking to the front pastedown no inscriptions. A very good copy. Copy from the library of Eric Hosking.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 ingeneous 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. Cambridge at the University Press Hardcover
1980018695London: Quartet Books 1980. VERY HEAVY. 309pp index bibliography appendices maps 120 full page col plates tipped in numbered signed print of Sooty Falcon loosely inserted. Tipped in foreword from the Sultan of Oman. Or full green Moroccan goatskin leather blocked in 24 carat gold. Edition limited to 500 copies of which this is #90 signed print has matching number signed by both author and artist on the limitation page. Included is the original prospectus issued by the publisher. Superbly produced and lavishly illustrated this was the first major work on Arabian birds for over 25 years and the first comprehensive book on the birds of any Arabian country. 120 superb full page plates plus a full page frontispiece adorn the text which covers over 380 species in detail. Introductory chapters cover the country its climate and physical geography the birds history of discovery habitats and more. A complete systematic list of families and appendices which include a checklist of 372 species and details of ringed birds recovered in Oman. A comprehensive bibliography and detailed scientific index. This magnificent volume retains its original publisher's shipping box. Signed by Author & Illustrator. First Edition Numbered & Signed. Hard Cover. Fine. Illus. by Woodcock Martin W. Elephant Folio. Quartet Books Hardcover
1989011767Oxford Univ Press 1989. Color plates photos graphs maps biblio index 551 pages. Hard Cover. New/New. Oxford Univ Press Hardcover
1989036383Oxford: Oxford University Press 1989. Book. Illus. by Sherif M. Baha El Din. Fine. Hardcover. First Edition. 4to. pp.551; 6 colour plates b/w illustrations maps and tables; map end papers. Original dust jacket near fine no fading minimal wear not price clipped. Hard back binding fine. Contents clean and tight unmarked no inscriptions. A fine copy in a near fine jacket. Oxford University Press Hardcover
1989028350Oxford: Oxford University Press 1989. Book. Illus. by Sherif M. Baha El Din. Fine. Hardcover. First Edition. 4to. pp.551; 6 colour plates b/w illustrations maps and tables; map end papers. Original dust jacket fine no fading minimal wear not price clipped. Hard back binding fine. Contents clean and tight unmarked no inscriptions. A fine copy. Oxford University Press Hardcover
