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1953284511953. Hardcover. Good. Hardcover/pub.1953/Fair condition/434 pages - Discusses the animaux proteges Au Congo Belge in Congolese. AR528451 hardcover
20000372692000. Painting. Illus. by Ann Smith. Very Good. Framed. A fine framed and glazed original botanical watercolour painting of Rosa moyesii 325 x 360 mm frame 560 x 590 mm with a double white acid-free conservation mount and clean-lined solid hardwood frame with a 'limed' finish. By the late botanical artist Ann Smith signed and dated 1998. The frame is very slightly marked otherwise in very good condition ready to hang. Artist's biography: Ann Smith was a goldsmith by trade a highly skilled artisan working out of Chipping Campden in the Cotswolds but with a passion for botanical illustration. She was a member of various botanical art societies; she exhibited at the Royal Horticultural Society RHS Botanical Art exhibitions held in The Lindley Hall London; for the 2004 exhibition she prepared a mixed collection of botanical works including studies of Romneya coulteri and Papaver orientalis 'Beauty of Livermere' in a later exhibition she presented a themed collection featuring various Meconopsis blue popy species and cultivars. Ann Smith was an accomplished botanical artist who painted with great fidelity her plants morphologically accurate and finely detailed but her paintings are always well composed and perhaps it is this her strong sense of composition that is her greatest quality.We hold a number of original paintings by this artist so please enquire if you are looking for particular botanical subjects. Shipping cost will require an adjustment. Shipping cost will require an adjustment. unknown
19980372661998. Painting. Illus. by Ann Smith. Very Good. Framed. A fine framed and glazed original botanical watercolour painting of Magnolia grandiflora 490 x 345 mm frame 700 x 560 mm with a double white acid-free conservation mount and clean-lined solid hardwood frame with a 'limed' finish. By the late botanical artist Ann Smith signed and dated 1998. The frame is very slightly marked otherwise in very good condition ready to hang. Artist's biography: Ann Smith was a goldsmith by trade a highly skilled artisan working out of Chipping Campden in the Cotswolds but with a passion for botanical illustration. She was a member of various botanical art societies; she exhibited at the Royal Horticultural Society RHS Botanical Art exhibitions held in The Lindley Hall London; for the 2004 exhibition she prepared a mixed collection of botanical works including studies of Romneya coulteri and Papaver orientalis 'Beauty of Livermere' in a later exhibition she presented a themed collection featuring various Meconopsis blue popy species and cultivars. Ann Smith was an accomplished botanical artist who painted with great fidelity her plants morphologically accurate and finely detailed but her paintings are always well composed and perhaps it is this her strong sense of composition that is her greatest quality. We hold a number of original paintings by this artist so please enquire if you are looking for particular botanical subjects. Shipping cost will require an adjustment. In an exhibition held by the artist this work was priced at £750. unknown
2005038457United Kingdom 2005. Painting. Illus. by Ann Smith. Fine. Framed. Original. see description. A fine framed and glazed original botanical watercolour painting of of Meconopsis 'Willie Duncan' by the late botanical artist Ann Smith signed and dated 2005. Tall thin portrait format; painting: 680 x 240 mm; frame: 870 x 440 mm. With double white acid-free conservation mount the lower edge of the outer mount lightly rippled the images make this look more significant than it actually is clean-lined wood frame stained white lightly rubbed. Very good. Artist's biography: Ann Smith was a goldsmith by trade a highly skilled artisan working out of Chipping Campden in the Cotswolds but with a passion for botanical illustration. She was a member of various botanical art societies; she exhibited at the Royal Horticultural Society RHS Botanical Art exhibitions held in The Lindley Hall London; for the 2004 exhibition she prepared a mixed collection of botanical works including studies of Romneya coulteri and Papaver orientalis 'Beauty of Livermere' in a later exhibition she presented a themed collection featuring various Meconopsis blue popy species and cultivars. Ann Smith was an accomplished botanical artist who painted with great fidelity her plants morphologically accurate and finely detailed but her paintings are always well composed and perhaps it is this her strong sense of composition that is her greatest quality. We hold a a significant stock so please enquire if you are looking for particular botanical illustrations. UK shipping for this item is likely be around £20. unknown
2004038456United Kingdom 2004. Painting. Illus. by Ann Smith. Fine. Framed. Original. 717 x 580 mm. A fine framed and glazed original botanical watercolour painting of of Meconopsis 'Dorothy Renton' George Sherriff Group by the late botanical artist Ann Smith signed and dated 2004. Painting: 540 x 380 mm; frame: 715 x 570 mm. With double white acid-free conservation mount clean-lined gilt frame. Very good frame lightly rubbed. Artist's biography: Ann Smith was a goldsmith by trade a highly skilled artisan working out of Chipping Campden in the Cotswolds but with a passion for botanical illustration. She was a member of various botanical art societies; she exhibited at the Royal Horticultural Society RHS Botanical Art exhibitions held in The Lindley Hall London; for the 2004 exhibition she prepared a mixed collection of botanical works including studies of Romneya coulteri and Papaver orientalis 'Beauty of Livermere' in a later exhibition she presented a themed collection featuring various Meconopsis blue popy species and cultivars. Ann Smith was an accomplished botanical artist who painted with great fidelity her plants morphologically accurate and finely detailed but her paintings are always well composed and perhaps it is this her strong sense of composition that is her greatest quality. We hold a a significant stock so please enquire if you are looking for particular botanical illustrations. UK shipping for this item is likely be around £20. unknown
20030384932003. Painting. Illus. by Ann Smith. Very Good. Framed. A fine framed and glazed original botanical watercolour painting of Papaver somniferum 360 x 250 mm frame 530 x 420 mm with a double white acid-free conservation mount cream-coated wooded frame. By the late botanical artist Ann Smith signed and dated 2003. Artwork in excellent condition. The frame a little marked and knocked slight marking to the inside of the glass lower right over mount otherwise very good ready to hang. Provenance: with a label to the reverse stating "Watercolour Papaver somniferum Exhibited at the Royal Horticultural Society London 2004. By Ann Smith Chipping Campden". Artist's biography: Ann Smith was a goldsmith by trade a highly skilled artisan working out of Chipping Campden in the Cotswolds but with a passion for botanical illustration. She was a member of various botanical art societies; she exhibited at the Royal Horticultural Society RHS Botanical Art exhibitions held in The Lindley Hall London; for the 2004 exhibition she prepared a mixed collection of botanical works including studies of Romneya coulteri and Papaver orientalis 'Beauty of Livermere' in a later exhibition she presented a themed collection featuring various Meconopsis blue popy species and cultivars. Ann Smith was an accomplished botanical artist who painted with great fidelity her plants morphologically accurate and finely detailed but her paintings are always well composed and perhaps it is this her strong sense of composition that is her greatest quality. We hold a number of original paintings by this artist so please enquire if you are looking for particular botanical subjects. Shipping cost will require an adjustment. unknown
2007038655United Kingdom 2007. Painting. Illus. by Ann Smith. Fine. Unframed. Original. A fine unframed original botanical watercolour painting of Meconopsis 'Lingholm' by the late botanical artist Ann Smith signed and dated 2007. Painting: 430 x 310 mm A fine vibrant piece. Artist's biography: Ann Smith was a goldsmith by trade a highly skilled artisan working out of Chipping Campden in the Cotswolds but with a passion for botanical illustration. She was a member of various botanical art societies; she exhibited at the Royal Horticultural Society RHS Botanical Art exhibitions held in The Lindley Hall London; for the 2004 exhibition she prepared a mixed collection of botanical works including studies of Romneya coulteri and Papaver orientalis 'Beauty of Livermere' in a later exhibition she presented a themed collection featuring various Meconopsis blue popy species and cultivars. Ann Smith was an accomplished botanical artist who painted with great fidelity her plants morphologically accurate and finely detailed but her paintings are always well composed and perhaps it is this her strong sense of composition that is her greatest quality. We hold a a significant stock so please enquire if you are looking for particular botanical illustrations. . unknown
196426018Helsinki: Suomalainen Tiedeakatemia 1964. 453 pages. Solid copy with a light spine lean creases on spine and covers show light wear. Previous owner's name on first inside page rest of interior is unmarked. 1st Printing. Trade Paperback. Very Good -. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. Suomalainen Tiedeakatemia paperback
18637361Naples:: Napoli Presso 1863-79. First Edition. Fine. Fine original hand-colored lithograph by Raimondo Petraroja after drawing by Rispoli. Folio. Sheet: 16 3/8 x 11 3/4 inches. Image size: 10 x 9 inches. Publisher's blind stamp lower center under caption as issued. Archivally double matted in sage green/gilt French mat sized to 16 x 20 inches. A sweet depiction of an Arabian Orxy or Gazelle in the landscape. While little is known of the artist or lithographer the editor Giovanni Boschi 1863-79 biographer of the famed French Naturalist Georges Louis LeClerc Comte de Buffon was clearly inspired by Buffon's encyclopedic knowledge and imaginative presentation of the natural world as well as the work of artists such as John James Audubon in the creation of his own naturalists' compendium; a massive 8 volume popular zoological atlas; a work compiled from the most recent works of Italian and foreign zoology; all set in their native surroundings. Single sheet matted in rag board Napoli Presso, unknown
19021633Paul Trench Trubner & Co 1902. Early Edition. Hardcover Original Cloth. Very Good Condition/No Dust Jacket. Very scarce. Size: Octavo standard book size. Text body is clean and free from previous owner annotation underlining and highlighting. Binding is tight covers and spine fully intact. All edges clean neat and free of foxing. Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: Under 1 kilogram. Category: Animals & Birds; Insects; Antiquarian & Rare. All our pictures shown here are of the actual item not stock photos. Inventory No: 1633. . Paul, Trench, Trubner & Co hardcover
1890009939London & New York: Hildesheimer & Faulkner / Geo. C. Whitney 1890 16 pgs including covers unpaginated. Color printed card covers with string binding light edge wear faint owner's name on cover a few finger marks but clean overall. Contains the verses Kittens' Lesson and Apes and Scrapes. I believe the cover and one illustration of kittens is by H H Couldery and the rest are by H R Miller possibly early work by H R Millar The artwork for both verses is amusing featuring humanized animals all in color. Not in Necker. One copy located on Worldcat at Princeton University. . Card Covers. Very Good/No Jacket. Illus. by H H Couldery Henry Horatio & H R Miller Harold Robert Millar. Oblong 16mo. Hildesheimer & Faulkner / Geo. C. Whitney hardcover
195028722Frederick WARNE LTD LONDON 1950. HBDJ 1950 UNDATED EARLY UK Edition NO ISBN # VG/VG GREY CLOTH WITH PASTEON LABEL OF MOUSE HOLDING TRAY IN PINK DRESS Hardcover in Dust Jacket with a PASTE ON illustration to the front cover Vintage Copy from the 1950s with NO ISBN. Book is in VG condition with some light edgewear. DJ is also in VG condition with some light edgewear small Corner margin chip Back DJ. Hard Cover. Very Good/Very Good. Illus. by BEATRIX POTTER. Frederick WARNE LTD LONDON hardcover
200120070397Microcosm USA 2001. Hardcover Printed Boards. Very Good. Hardcover Printed Boards. 464 pages. PUBLISHING DETAILS: Microcosm USA 2001. CONDITION: This book is in very good condition. More specifically: Covers have superficial rubbing/wear. Edges of covers have superficial wear. Pages are clean and unmarked and in excellent condition. ABOUT THIS BOOK: Keeping live corals has been likened to "Bonsai for the Cousteau generation" and "the ultimate underwater gardening experience." Beautiful bizarre and among nature's most colorful creations living corals are now being successfully kept and grown in tens of thousands of home saltwater aquariums. For the first time master aquarist Eric Borneman offers an authoritative comprehensive and fully illustrated guide to appropriate aquarium species including a diversity of soft corals as well as popular and rare large-polyp and small-polyp stony corals. World-class photographs and text reviewed by leading coral biologists and coral keepers guides the reader through the selection and husbandry of hundreds of species. Quantity Available: 1. Category: Animals & Birds; Natural History & Resources. ISBN: 1890087475. ISBN/EAN: 9781890087470. Inventory No: 20070397. 9781890087470 Microcosm hardcover
1953013696Chicago: Follett Publishing Company 1953. Pictorial hardcover textured Follett binding has front pocket intact ususal stamps and marks general wear but overall solid and clean interior. Ex-library. 256 pages. Don and his father Big Mike don't think Arabians belong on a working ranch - until they meet Raffy a young Arabian stallion. The boy and the horse seem made for each other. First in the series following Don Revere and his friend Clare Stannard. Followed by Champion of the Cross 5. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall 3rd Printing Language: ENG. Illus. by Bjorklund Lorence F. - jacket by George Mocniak. Hardcover. Good/No Jacket. Follett Publishing Company Hardcover
1953013885Chicago: Follett Publishing Company 1953. Beige hardcover binding has ffep removed discard written on fep a few stamps and marks general wear but overall solid and clean interior. Ex-library. 256 pages. Dustjacket has spine sticker chip missing from spine Not price clipped. Stated 2nd printing. Don and his father Big Mike don't think Arabians belong on a working ranch - until they meet Raffy a young Arabian stallion. The boy and the horse seem made for each other. First in the series following Don Revere and his friend Clare Stannard. Followed by Champion of the Cross 5. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall 2nd Printing Language: ENG. Illus. by Bjorklund Lorence F. - jacket by George Mocniak. Hardcover. Good/Good. Follett Publishing Company Hardcover
1854BOOKS053645ILondon: Henry G. Bohn 1854. HC. very good faded green cloth hardcover tight set - see note. B&W illustrations. .NATIVE AND FOREIGN HARDY AND HALF-HARDY PICTORIALLY AND BOTANICALLY DELINEATED AND SCIENTIFICALLY AND POPULARLY DESCRIBED; WITH THEIR PROPAGATION CULTURE MANAGEMENT AND USES IN THE ARTS IN USEFUL AND ORNAMENTAL PLANTATIONS AND IN LANDSCAPE-GARDENING." Four text volumes 2694 pages with over 2500 text engravings and four volumes of octavo and quarto plates 412 plates. As usual this set exhibits LIGHT FOXING throughout. However unlike most sets this set is exceptionally clean and tight and there are no faults or breaks or splits with any hinges in any of the volumes. The cloth of all volumes is uniformly faded and this set essentially appears unused since published. Henry G. Bohn unknown
1956013816Philadelphia: The Westminster Press 1956. Red hardcover cloth binding has water mark on front from glass being set on it some other light soiling along edges name ffep. DJ very tattered with many chips tears and tape repairs. Not price-clipped top corner is clipped. Protected from further damage in clean Brodart jacket. 207 pages. Scarce title. 3rd in a series about Don Revere and his friend Clare Stannard. In this one Don tries to get his Arabian Raffy accepted as a cutting horse. Follows Champion of the Cross Five followed by Olympic Horseman. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Good/Poor. The Westminster Press Hardcover
17263479Paris: Andre Knapen 1726. First Edition . Paperback. Very Good. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. Paper Broad Sheet 8 Pages Folded Very clean copy De L'Imprimerie d' Andre Knapen au bout du Pont S. Michel a l'entree de la rue S. Andre des Arcs French Text Original no a paperback reprint <br/> <br/> Andre Knapen paperback
72309Fürth i. B. G. Löwensohn ca. 1905. . 7 Tierkreise: Wirbeltiere; Gliederfüßler; Weichtiere; Würmer; Stachelhäuter; Pflanzentiere darmlose; Urtiere. Mit Register. - Gelenke leicht gelockert vord. flieg. Vors. mit kurzen Randeinrissen; Textseiten stellenw. gebräunt bzw. braunfleckig; im Ganzen gutes sauberes Exemplar Fürth i. B. G. Löwensohn, [ca. 1905]. unknown
1963BOOKS063507IWashington DC: Smithsonian Institution 1963. HC. very good brown leather presentation copy hardcover. A compilation of ten lectures broadcast in the Museum of Natural History including: birds mammals Native Americans fossils etc. Specially bound copy with page imprinted: "Presented to Dr. Leonard Carmichael by The Smithsonian Museum Service on the occasion of his retirement as Secretary of the Smithsonian Institution January 31 1964." 55pp. Smithsonian Institution unknown
1989967500078New York: Longmeadow Press 1989. First Edition First Printing. Hardcover. Fine/Fine. Black Board Covers with Gilt Lettering to Spine; Covers are clean and Corners are sharp; White Endpapers; Square 6to; Dustjacket is Mylar wrapped; gilt spine lettering; Book is tight. bright and dustjacket is bright; Folio; 440 pages indexed; For the first time the entire text and the complete series of John James Audubon's paintings of the Quadrupeds appear in one volume. 155 full-color plates; Complete and unabridged; These superb paintings capture in exquisite detail the breathtaking beauty of the four-footed creatures that populated the North American forests and plains of Audubon's time; A very beautiful book collectable! Extra Postage required. <br/><br/>6.22#; P3; NA; MS0.00; OD090811; ACQ5/93; C-98; Longmeadow Press hardcover
199024030293Abbeville Press New York 1990. Revised Edition. Hardcover in Slipcase. Fine/Near Fine. Hardcover in Slipcase. 444 pages. PUBLISHING DETAILS: Abbeville Press New York 1990. Revised Edition. CONDITION: This book is in fine condition. More specifically: Boards have no wear rubbing or soiling. Edges of dust jacket have light bumping. . Pages are clean and unmarked and in excellent condition. The slipcase has a heavy bump on the front top right corner and the back has water staining along the bottom edge otherwise it is in solid very good condition. ABOUT THIS BOOK: This marvelous edition of Audubon's Birds of America displays all 435 of Audubon's brilliant handcolored engravings in exquisite reproductions taken from the original plates of the Audubon Society's archival copy of the rare Double Elephant Folio. Although many attempts have been made to re-create the magnificent illustrations in Audubon's masterpiece nothing equals the level of fidelity or scale achieved in this high-quality edition. This new systematic arrangement of the prints complete with informative commentaries about each bird made it possible to correct many of the problems or errors in Audubon's original edition revealed by later scholarship. The colorful captions in the back provide fascinating commentaries on each featured bird. Quantity Available: 1. Category: Art & Design; Animals & Birds. ISBN/EAN: 9781558591288. Inventory No: 24030293. 9781558591288 Abbeville Press hardcover
198325040187Doubleday Australia 1983. First Edition. Hardcover. Near Fine/Fine. Hardcover. 127 pages. Size: 42cm X 33cm. PUBLISHING DETAILS: Doubleday Australia 1983. First Edition. CONDITION: The book itself is in near fine condition and comes in fine dust jacket. Short gift inscription in ink. ABOUT THIS BOOK: Boards have no wear rubbing or soiling. Pages are clean and unmarked and in excellent condition except for short gift inscription in ink. Dust jacket has no creasing or wear but has considerable fading in the spine area and along the top of the front face. Quantity Available: 1. Category: Animals & Birds; ISBN: 086824077X. ISBN/EAN: 9780868240770. Inventory No: 25040187. 9780868240770 Doubleday hardcover
1984053592Sydney: John R. Merrick 1984. HEAVY. 409pp index references glossary col ills line drawings distribution maps front endpaper map rear end paper geologic time scale. Pictorial glossy boards. Boards rubbed at bottom corners. SIGNED with personalised inscription by author Merrick on title page. An important contribution to Australian freshwater ichthyology. Signed & Inscribed by the Author. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good/None as Issued. 4to. John R. Merrick Hardcover
1983055082Melbourne: Oxford University Press 1983. xv 527pp index references appendix bw & col ills line drawings tables endpaper maps. Blue cloth in jacket. Very light edge wear to jacket even toning to page edges. Review of all venomous and poisonous creatures terrestrial and marine which pose a threat to man or beast. Identification emergency treatment hospital management and more are covered. Includes information on research into the pharmacology and biochemistry of the venoms much of which published for the first time. . First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good/Very Good. 8vo. Oxford University Press Hardcover