QUARTO. 96 PAGES. 20 WOODCUTS BY C.A. WILKINSON. THIS EDITION PRINTED ON JAPON VELLUM AND WITH THE WOODCUTS PRINTED BY HAND IS LIMITED TO SEVENTY-FIVE COPIES FOR SALE OF WHICH THIS IS NO. 29. SIGNED BY C.A. WILKINSON. VERY GOOD COPY IN WHITE BUCKRAM GILT. TOP EDGE GILT.
CATALOGUE 50. OBLONG SMALL QUARTO. CARD COVERS. A SELECTION OF 200 IMPORTANT HISTORICAL CHILDREN’S BOOKS MANUSCRIPTS AND RELATED DRAWINGS. ILLUSTRATED. SOME NOTESIN BIRO ON FRONT COVER BUT VERY GOOD.
TINTED LITHO PRINTS (240 B Y 315 mm INCLUDING MARGINS) TAKEN FROM THE BOOK HENCE SOME SMALL CHIPS AND TEARS TO THE EDGES OF THE MARGINS – NOT AFFECTING THE IMAGES. STILL WITH TISSUE GUARDS. THE TITLES OF THE PLATES ARE: BETHLEHEM; CARMEL; TYRE; SIDON; AND JERUSALEM FROM THE ROAD LEADING TO BETHANY.
FIRST EDITION. VERY GOOD COPY NO DUSTWRAP. THIS RECORD OF THE AUTHOR`S JOURNEYS TO OBSERVE AND PHOTOGRAPH THE MANY EXQUISITE BIRDS OF THE CARMARGE IS FULLY ILLUSTRATED BY PHOTOGRAPHS IN COLOUR AND HALF-TONE AND THERE ARE APPENDICES GIVING A FULL REVIEW OF EXISTING KNOWLEDGE AND LITERATURE ABOUT THE FLAMINGO.
SOFTBACK IN LAMINATED COVERS FIRST EDITION FINE COPY OVER 650 PHOTOGRAPHS SHOWING EVERY SEABIRD SPECIES LIKELY TO BE ENCOUNTERED IN EUROPEAN WATERS IN ALL PLUMAGES. KEY FEATURES OF EACH SPECIES DEPICTED IN TYPICAL FIELD CONDITIONS WITH PARTICULAR ATTENTION TO SHAPE AND FLIGHT ACTION AS WELL AS PLUMAGE. DETAILED TEXT WITH PRACTICAL FIELD ADVICE AND ESSENTIAL GUIDANCE ON IDENTIFICATION. CLEAR DESIGN AND LAYOUT TO EASE COMPARISON OF CONFUSING SPECIES.
Author:
BLOMDAHL ANDERS, BERTIL BREIFE AND NIKLAS HOLSTROM
A RUN OF 5 VOLUMES VERY GOOD IN ORIGINAL GREY CARD COVERS:- VOLUMES 22 23 26 27 AND 28. YEARS 1965 TO 1978 INCLUSIVE. ILLUSTRATED WITH LINE DRAWINGS CHARTS AND BLACK AND WHITE PHOTOGRAPHS.
VERY GOOD HARDBACK IN MAROON CLOTH – NO DUSTWRAP. WEAK BINDING. CELLOTAPE MARKS ON END PAPERS. PAGES ARE FADED BROWN AT EDGES. SPANISH TEXT. ILLUSTRATED WITH LINE DRAWINGS. SIGNED BY A J HUXLEY 1962.