NEW SOFTBACK BOOK – MINT. ILLUSTRATIONS BY DAVID D. BEADLE. 2ND PRINTING. THIS BEAUTIFUL AND AUTHORIATIVE BOOK WILL BE A MUST FOR THE LIBRARY OF ALL KEEN BIRDERS LIVING IN AND VISITING THE UNITED STATES AND CANADA
| Author: | RISING JAMES D. |
| ISBN: | 0125889712 |
| Place, Publisher, Date: | 1997 ACADEMIC PRESS, LONDON |
| Binding: | SOFTBACK |
| Condition: | NEW |
NEAR FINE SOFTBACK COPY. ILLUSTRATIONS BY DAVID D. BEADLE. 2ND PRINTING. THIS BEAUTIFUL AND AUTHORIATIVE BOOK WILL BE A MUST FOR THE LIBRARY OF ALL KEEN BIRDERS LIVING IN AND VISITING THE UNITED STATES AND CANADA.
| Author: | RISING JAMES D. |
| ISBN: | ACADEMIC |
| Place, Publisher, Date: | 1997 ACADEMIC PRESS, LONDON |
| Binding: | FINE |
COMPRISING AN ILLUSTRATED GUIDE TO THE BERNAL COLLECTION OF WORKS OF ART. NUMEROUS WOOD ENGRAVINGS. VERY GOOD IN ORIGINAL GREEN EMBOSSED CLOTH.
| Author: | BOHN HENRY G. |
| Place, Publisher, Date: | LONDON. BOHN .1857 |
| Binding: | HARDBACK |
| Condition: | VERY GOOD |
CONTAINING A CONCISE ACCOUNT OF BUXTON MATLOCK AND CASTLETON…SEVENTH EDITION OCTAVO LATER BINDING IN BROWN CLOTH. CLEAN AND TIGHTLY BOUND WITH 6 ROAD MAPS LABEL OF MATLOCK MUSEUM TO FRONT PASTE-DOWN AND ORIGINAL LABEL TO FEP. A VERY NICE COPY WITH SOME LOSS TO THE SPINE LABEL.
| Author: | WARD R. |
| Place, Publisher, Date: | BIRMINGHAM, WILLIAM WARD, 1827 |
| Binding: | HARDBACK |
| Condition: | VERY GOOD |
NEW EDITION. ORIGINAL BLIND-STAMPED GREEN CLOTH RECASED WITH NEW SPINE AND NEW END PAPERS WITH 8 STAR MAPS AND PUBLISHERS CATALOGUE. SOME FOXING TO THE PLATES. WITH A POEM BY PATRICK SCOTT. A NICE COPY OF THE SCARCE WORK.
| Author: | UNKNOWN |
| Place, Publisher, Date: | LONDON, WALTON AND MABERLY, 1858 |
| Binding: | HARDBACK |
| Condition: | VERY GOOD |
FIRST EDITION FINE HARDBACK IN LAMINATED BOARDS. MAPS BY CRAIG ROBSON.
| Author: | PARMENTER TIM AND CLIVE BYERS |
| ISBN: | 1872842011 |
| Place, Publisher, Date: | BRUCE COLEMAN BOOKS. UXBRIDGE. 1991 |
| Binding: | HARDBACK |
| Condition: | FINE |
FIRST EDITION. TWO VOLUMES IN ONE. HANDSOMELY RE-BOUND IN QUARTER LEATHER (NOTE THAT THE TITLE ON THE SPINE IS INCORRECT ‘A HANDBOOK TO THE GAME BIRDS’). NEW ENDPAPERS COLOUR PLATES FRESH TIGHT AND CLEAN.
| Author: | SHARPE BOWDLER R. |
| Place, Publisher, Date: | LONDON, EDWARD LLOYD, 1896 |
| Binding: | HALF LEATHER |
| Condition: | VERY GOOD |
FIRST EDITION. TWO VOLUMES IN ONE. HANDSOMELY RE-BOUND IN QUARTER LEATHER NEW ENDPAPERS COLOUR PLATES FRESH TIGHT AND CLEAN.
| Author: | OGILVIE-GRANT W. R. |
| Place, Publisher, Date: | LONDON, EDWARD LLOYD, 1896 |
| Binding: | HALF LEATHER |
| Condition: | VERY GOOD |
FIRST EDITION VERY GOOD IN ORIGINAL BROWN CLOTH GILT TITLES. FROM THE LIBRARY OF W P PYCRAFT WITH HIS BOOKPLATE. SOME FOXING TO PRELIMS. THEN CLEAN.
| Author: | HARTERT ERNST ET AL |
| Place, Publisher, Date: | LONDON, WITHERBY, 1912 |
| Binding: | HARDBACK |
| Condition: | VERY GOOD |
FIRST EDITION ORIGINAL RED BOARDS. 149 PAGES. WEAR TO THE SPINE SPOTTED FOXING TO ENDPAPERS BUT GOOD. SCARCE.
| Author: | CLARKE WILLIAM EAGLE AND ROEBUCK WILLIAM DENISON |
| Place, Publisher, Date: | LONDON, LOVELL REEVE, 1881 |
| Binding: | HARDBACK |
| Condition: | GOOD |
REPRINT FINE HARDBACK IN DUSTWRAP. THIS BOOK PROVIDES A DETAILED AND UP-TO-DATE ACCOUNT OF THEIR BIOLOGY AND THEIR IDENTIFICATION. IN THE PLATE SECTION EACH SPECIES IS DEPICTED IN EXQUISITE DETAIL BY CHRIS ROSE AND COLOUR MAPS SHOWING DISTRIBUTION AND BREEDING RANGES ALONGSIDE THE PLATES MAKE FOR EASY REFERENCE. THE BULK OF THE BOOK COMPRISES CHAPTERS ON THE FAMILY`S CHARACTERISTICS CLASSIFICATION DISTRIBUTION ECOLOGY BEHAVIOUR BREEDING BIOLOGY AND POPULATION STATUS AS WELL AS A SHORT ACCOUNT OF EACH SPECIES. EACH ACCOUNT DESCRIBES THE FIELD CHARACTERISTICS HABITAT DISTRIBUTION MOVEMENTS BEHAVIOUR BREEDING BIOLOGY VOICE PLUMAGE RACES AND MEASUREMENTS OF THE SPECIES. THIS STUNNING AND AUTHORITATIVE BOOK PROVIDES AN IMPORTANT SOURCE OF IDENTIFICATION AS WELL AS REFERENCE TO THE BIOLOGY AND ECOLOGY OF 74 SPECIES OF SWALLOWS AND MARTINS THROUGHOUT THE WORLD.
| Author: | TURNER ANGELA AND CHRIS ROSE |
| ISBN: | HELM |
| Place, Publisher, Date: | LONDON, CHRISTOPHER HELM, 1994 |
| Binding: | FINE |
FIRST EDITION VERY GOOD IN ORIGINAL OLIVE GREEN CLOTH.
| Author: | FORREST H. E. |
| Place, Publisher, Date: | LONDON, WITHERBY, 1919 |
| Binding: | HARDBACK |
| Condition: | VERY GOOD |
FIRST APPEARANCE IN PRINT. PUBLISHED IN LIFE AND LETTERS VOLUME 3 NUMBER 15 AUGUST 1929. A VERY SLIGHTLY ABBREVIATED VERSION. THE MAGAZINE WAS EDITED BY DESMOND MACCARTHY. VERY GOOD.
| Author: | HUGHES RICHARD |
| Place, Publisher, Date: | LONDON, STATESMAN PUBLISHING, 1929 |
| Binding: | PAPERBACK |
| Condition: | VERY GOOD |
FIRST EDITION QUARTO ORIGINAL BLUE BLIND-STAMPED CLOTH GILT 23 PAGES OF TEXT 4 TINTED PLATES 4 PAGES APPENDIX PLUS ILLUS. IN THE TEXT. SOME FOXING TO THE PLATES (ONLY) SO VERY GOOD. AMORIAL BOOKPLATE TO FRONT PASTEDOWN.
| Author: | UNKNOWN |
| Place, Publisher, Date: | LONDON, VIZETELLY BROTHERS,1846 |
| Binding: | CLOTH |
| Condition: | VERY GOOD |
6 VOLUMES. BOUND IN ORIGINAL BLUE CLOTH VERY GOOD HARDBACKS WITH DUSTWRAPS – SOME LOSS TO SPINE OF VOLUME 3 AND FADING TO SPINES OF FOUR OF THE VOLUMES.VOLUME 1: FROM THE EARLIEST TIMES TO THE AGE OF MACQUARIE. VOLUME 2: NEW SOUTH WALES AND VAN DIEMEN`S LAND 1822 – 1838. VOLUME 3: THE BEGINNING OF AN AUSTRALIAN CIVILIZATION 1824 – 1851. VOLUME 4: THE EARTH ABIDETH FOR EVER 1851 – 1888. VOLUME 5: THE PEOPLE MAKE LAWS 1888 – 1915. VOLUME 6: `THE OLD DEAD TREE AND THE YOUNG TREE GREEN` 1916 – 1915 WITH AN EPILOGUE.
| Author: | CLARK C. M. H. |
| Place, Publisher, Date: | 1962-1987 MELBOURNE UNIVERSITY PRESS, MELBOURNE |
| Binding: | HARDBACK |
| Condition: | VERY GOOD |
A NEAR FINE COPY IN GREEN BOARDS SLIGHT BUMPS TO BOTTOM RIGHT CORNERS. PREVIOUS OWNER`S NAME PLATE ON INSIDE FRONT BOARD. LIMITED TO 300 FACSIMILE COPIES.
| Author: | GIBBS ROBERT |
| Place, Publisher, Date: | BUCKS, P.B. MINET, 1971 |
| Binding: | HARDBACK |
| Condition: | NEAR FINE |