BULLETIN TRIMESTRIEL DE LA SOCIETE D’ETUDES ORNITHOLOGIQUES ECOLE NORMALE SUPERIEURE. FOUR ISSUES IN CARD COVERS FOR THE YEAR AS ISSUED. VERY GOOD COPIES.
BULLETIN TRIMESTRIEL DE LA SOCIETE D’ETUDES ORNITHOLOGIQUES ECOLE NORMALE SUPERIEURE. FOUR ISSUES IN CARD COVERS FOR THE YEAR AS ISSUED. VERY GOOD COPIES.
BULLETIN TRIMESTRIEL DE LA SOCIETE D’ETUDES ORNITHOLOGIQUES ECOLE NORMALE SUPERIEURE. FOUR ISSUES IN CARD COVERS FOR THE YEAR AS ISSUED. VERY GOOD COPIES.
BULLETIN TRIMESTRIEL DE LA SOCIETE D’ETUDES ORNITHOLOGIQUES ECOLE NORMALE SUPERIEURE. THREE ISSUES IN CARD COVERS FOR THE YEAR AS ISSUED. VERY GOOD COPIES.
FINE SOFTBACK COPY. HELM FIELD GUIDES. A COMPREHENSIVE GUIDE TO 137 SPECIES OF PELAGIC SEABIRDS WITH SUBSPECIES AND PHASES FULLY ILLUSTRATED. CONCISE INFORMATION OPPOSITE PLATES IS DESIGNED FOR USE IN THE FIELD WITH TIPS FOR IDENTIFICATION AT SEA AT CLOSE RANGE AND OVER DISTANCE. CONFUSION SPECIES INCLUDED ON PLATES TO ASSIST ACCURATE IDENTIFICATION. DETAILED SPECIES ACCOUNTS INCLUDE COLOUR DISTRIBUTION MAPS FOR EVERY SPECIES. FULL TREATMENT OF RECENTLY REDISCOVERED AND RARELY SEEN SPECIES.
BUFFON’S ILLUSTRATED NATURAL HISTORY GENERAL AND PARTICULAR OF BIRDS. ILLUSTRATED BY FRANCOIS-NICOLAS MARTINET. FOREWORD BY DAVID SIBLEY. FOLIO IN STURDY SLIPCASE. 670 PAGES. A MAGNIFICENT PRODUCTION. A VERY FINE COPY CLEARLY UNUSED WITH BOOKPLATE OF PREVIOUS OWNER. THE BOOK WEIGHS 8.4 Kg SO POSTAGE AT COST. VERY SCARCE.
BUFFON’S ILLUSTRATED NATURAL HISTORY GENERAL AND PARTICULAR OF BIRDS. ILLUSTRATED BY FRANCOIS-NICOLAS MARTINET. FOREWORD BY DAVID SIBLEY. FOLIO IN STURDY SLIPCASE. 670 PAGES. A MAGNIFICENT PRODUCTION. A VERY FINE COPY CLEARLY UNUSED WITH BOOKPLATE OF PREVIOUS OWNER. THE BOOK WEIGHS 8.4 Kg SO POSTAGE AT COST. VERY SCARCE.
VERY GOOD SOFTBACK COPY. FINDING THE RAREST REGULARLY OCCURING BIRDS IN THE LOWER 48 STATES. BEAUTIFULLY ILLUSTRATED WITH LINE DRAWINGS AND A 40 PAGE COLOUR SECTION FEATURING HARD TO FIND PHOTOGRAPHS OF THESE RARITIES
THE POPULAR EDITION THREE VOLUMES IN ONE. THICK SMALL QUARTO. pp. 214 390 426. CONTAINS A LONG ESSAY ON THE LIFE OF WILSON. REBOUND USING THE ORIGINAL RED BEVELLED BOARDS AND SPINE NEW ENDPAPERS REPAIRED TITLE PAGE. ILLUSTRATED WITH 103 PLATES ENGRAVED FROM DRAWINGS FROM NATURE FOUR PER PAGE. SOME SLIGHT WEAR TO THE BOARDS AND FOXING TO THE EDGES OF THE PLATE ONLY. CLEAN AND TIGHTLY BOUND. NO DATE BUT CIRCA 1878. VERY SCARCE IN THE UK.
FIRST EDITION 4 VOLUMES. FOLIO. VERY GOOD CONDITION IN HALF LEATHER BINDING BY CHARLES DAY OF LONDON. ILLUSTRATED BY THE CAMERA BY OSWIN A J LEE. EACH VOLUME HAS 40 FULL SIZE BLACK AND WHITE PLATES OF BIRDS THEIR EGGS AND NESTS AND VIGNETTES BY THE AUTHOR. SOME WEAR TO THE LEATHER AND THE SPINE OF VOLUME 2 IS SLIGHTLY SPLIT. INTERNALLY AN EXCEPTIONALLY CLEAN SET. A SCARCE ITEM.
THIS IS VOLUME 6 NOS. 2 3 AND 4 OF THE ANNALS OF THE CARNEGIE MUSEUM WHICH INCLUDES THE ABOVE SUBSTANTIAL ARTICLE (PAGES 314 TO 920) AND ONE OTHER. THE PAPER COVERS ARE DETACHED BUT THE CONTENTS ARE FIRM AND VERY GOOD.
FOREWORD BY ERNST MAYR. THIS IS THE FIRST ATTEMPT TO SHOW THE CONTINUING PROCESS OF EVOLUTION BY MEANS OF PLOTTING ON ONE MAP THE DISTRIBUTION OF SPECIES BELIEVED TO BE IMMEDIATELY DESCENDED FROM A COMMON ANCESTOR. THE BOOK CONTAINS 439 MAPS AND COVERS 900 SPECIES OF AFRICAN PASSERINES. LARGE FORMAT FINE COPY IN FINE DUSTWRAP. PRICE CLIPPED. SMALL NEAT INSCRIPTION.
FIRST EDITION. VERY GOOD COPY IN VERY GOOD DUSTWRAP. DESIGN AND CARTOGRAPHY BY CRISPIN FISHER. AN EXTENSIVE INTRODUCTORY SECTION PROVIDES VALUABLE INFORMATION ON THE UNDERLYING FACTORS AFFECTING BIRD DISTRIBUTION SUCH AS CHANGES IN THE CLIMATE AND VEGETATION OF THE WESTERN PALEARCTIC SINCE THE ICE AGES. IT ALSO ASSESSES THE OFTEN CONSIDERABLE PROBLEMS OF MAPPING BIRDS AND EXPLAINS THE AIMS BEHIND THE PRESENT WORK.