FIRST EDITION NEW BOOK – MINT/MINT. STILL SHRINK WRAPPED. NUMBER 104 IN THE NEW NATURALIST SERIES. THIS BOOK IS AN AUTHORIATIVE AND ENGROSSING ACCOUNT PACKED FULL OF FASCINATING STORIES – NOT ONLY ABOUT THE BIRDS BUT ALSO ABOUT THE MANY COLOURFUL CHARACTERS WHO HAVE STUDIED THEM THROUGH THE AGES. THIS BEAUTIFULLY ILLUSTRATED BOOK WILL HOLD GREAT APPEAL BOTH FOR THE STUDENT OF ORNITHOLOGY AND FOR THE ENTHUSIASTIC AMATEUR NATURALIST. 1ST EDITION.
FIRST EDITION FOLIO. THIS IS VOLUME 2 OF HILL’S GENERAL NATURAL HISTORY WHICH IS COMPLETE IN ITSELF. WITH 16 HAND-COLOURED COPPER ENGRAVINGS – A FEW TEARS TO SOME PLATES. RECENT REVERSE-CALF BINDING IN THE STYLE OF THE MID-EIGHTEENTH CENTURY. A LITTLE BROWN STAINING TO THE TEXT REPAIR TO TITLE PAGE BUT A GOOD COPY. 642 PAGES INDEX.
FIRST EDITION TWO VOLUMES QUARTO. NICELY BOUND IN QUARTER BUCKRAM OVER ORANGE CLOTH. T.E.G. ARMORIAL BOOKPLATE TO FRONT PASTEDOWN. RICHLY ILLUSTRATED WITH SEPARATE PLATES. SPOTTED FOXING TO ENDPAGES OTHERWISE VERY CLEAN. UNCOMMON.
1ST EDITIONS. FOUR VOLUMES IN CREAM DECORATED BOARD IN FINE CONDITION. VOLUME 1: FROM CHALLENGER TO JOINT INDUSTRY LEADER 1890-1939 VOLUME 2: POWERING THE HYDROCARBON REVOLUTION 1939-1973 VOLUME 3: KEEPING COMPETITIVE IN TURBULENT MARKETS 1973-2007 PLUS APPENDICES FIGURES AND EXPLANATIONS COLLECTIVE BIBLIOGRAPHY AND INDEX INCLUDING THREE DVDs.
VOLUME 9 OF THE TRANSACTIONS OF THE NATURAL HISTORY SOCIETY OF NORTHUMBERLAND DURHAM AND NEWCASTLE UPON TYNE. 296 PAGES WITH A MAP AT THE REAR. VERY GOOD.
FIRST EDITION. LIMITED TO 200 COPIES. QUARTO. RE- BOUND IN HALF LEATHER OVER MUSTARD BOARDS AND NEW ENDPAPERS. TEG GILT DESIGN OF HUNTING SCENE TO FRONT BOARD. WITH 25 FULL ILLUSTRATIONS TISSUE GUARDS. A VERY GOOD AND HANDSOME COPY.
A NEW (AND SCARCE) EDITION IN FOUR VOLUMES. MODERN GREEN CLOTH BINDINGS VERY FRESH AND TIGHT. WITH 100 ENGRAVINGS. VOL 1 415 pp 4 PLATES. VOL2. 412 pp 53 PLATES (INCLUDING ONE THAT SHOULD BE IN VOL. 1). VOL 3 424 pp 29 PLATES. VOL. 4 327 pp +EXTENSIVE INDEX 13 PLATES. OCCASIONAL ANNOTATIONS BY A NEAT CONTEMPORARY HAND BUT INTERNALLY CLEAN.
Author:
GOLDSMITH OLIVER
Place, Publisher, Date:
LONDON FOR MILLAR, LAW AND CATER AND FOR WILSON, SPENCE AND MAWMAN, YORK, 1797