VERY GOOD SOFTBACK. A COMPREHENSIVE BIBLIOGRAPHY OF BOOKS ON OWLS. INCLUDES SUMMARIES OF TAXONOMY AND DISTRIBTION. SOME DATA PRESENTED IN TABULAR FORM.
1ST EDITION. VERY GOOD HARDBACK – SOME FOXING TO FIRST FEW AND SOME LAST PAGES. OBSERVATIONS IN THE ART OF ENGLISH POESY. INCLUDES ILLUSTRATIONS OF TITLE PAGE OF CAMPION’S BOOK DATED 1594 AND MASQUE OF SIR JAMES HAY.
COMPLETE LIST OF ALL GLASS MANUFACTURERS GLASS REFINERS … DEALERS ETC. ORIGINAL GREEN CLOTH WORN 482 PAGES. PAGES BROWNED BUT VERY GOOD FOR AGE. VERY SCARCE.
FIRST EDITION FINE HARDBACK IN FINE DUSTWRAPPER. BOOKPLATE OF PREVIOUS OWNER. ONE OF THE HELM IDENTIFICATION GUIDES. THE FIRST COMPREHENSIVE GUIDE TO THE WORLD’S 83 WRENS 5 DIPPERS 36 THRASHERS. ILLUSTRATED BY BARRY KENT MACKAY.
VERY GOOD COPY. QUARTER LEATHER OVER MARBLED BOARDS.MARBLED FRONT AND END PAPERS.GILT TITLES AND DECORATION ON SPINE.SOME RUBBING ON CORNERS OF FRONT AND BACK COVERS. IN FRENCH TEXT.
FIRST EDITION. REBOUND IN QUARTER GREEN MOROCCO OVER GREEN CLOTH NEW ENDPAPERS. SOME FOXING TO PRELIMS BUT A VERY CLEAN AND TIGHT COPY. WITH 7 PLATES 167 PAGES. A PRESENTATION COPY FROM THE AUTHOR.
Author:
RHODES E.
Place, Publisher, Date:
LONDON, LONGMAN, HURST, REES, ORME, BROWN & GREEN, 1826
FINE COPY IN RED LEATHER IN A FINE SLIPCASE. MARBLED ENDPAPERS. LIMITED TO 250 COPIES OF WHICH THIS IS NUMBER 63. ORIGINALLY PUBLISHED IN 1885. 11 PLATES OF ILLUSTRATIONS FROM THE AUTHOR`S OWN DRAWINGS WITH PARTICULARS OF THE DRESSINGS AND SEASON OF EACH FLY; AND CHAPTERS ON FISHING THE MINNOW THE CREEPER THE STONEFLY AND THE WORM IN CLEAR WATER WITH AN EXTRA PLATE SHOWING THE HOOKS NECESSARY THEREFOR. FIRST PUBLISHED IN 1888. GILT TO ALL PAGE EDGES.
NEW SOFTBACK BOOK. CONVICTED KILLERS SELDOM KILL AGAIN – OR DO THEY? RECENT RESEARCH HAS SHOWN THAT SINCE 1965 ABOUT 120 PERSONS CONVICTED OF MURDER OR MANSLAUGHTER IN ENGLAND AND WALES HAVE KILLED AGAIN.