FIRST EDITION FINE HARDBACK IN FINE DUSTWRAP. A HISTORICAL ACCOUNT OF BIRDS NEW TO BRITAIN AND IRELAND 1600-1999 WITH REFERENCE TO THE ISLE OF MAN AND CHANNEL ISLANDS.
FIRST EDITION FINE HARDBACK IN DUSTWRAPPER. SIGNED BY THE AUTHOR. A HISTORICAL ACCOUNT OF BIRDS NEW TO BRITAIN & IRELAND 1600-1999. WITH REFERENCE TO THE ISLE OF MAN AND CHANNEL ISLANDS.ILLUSTRATED IN BLACK & WHITE AND COLOUR.
IN BLUE CARD FIVE PARTS. PART 1 PAGES 1-56 PLATES 1-3. PART 2 PAGES 57-126 PLATES 4-8. PART 3 PAGES 127-189 PLATES 9-12. PART 4 PAGES 191-258 PLATES 13-16. PART 5 PAGES 259-320 PLATES 17-20
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.