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EGGS OF BRITISH BIRDS: WITH AN ACCOUNT OF THEIR BREEDING-HABITS

£550.00

FIRST EDITION. QUARTO. THIS WORK WAS ISSUED IN FOUR PARTS FROM OCTOBER 1895 TO JULY 1896. IT COVERS THE LIMICOLAE ( PLOVERS SANDPIPERS….). IN THIS VOLUME THE PARTS HAVE BEEN BOUND TOGETHER IN RED HALF- LEATHER OVER MARBLE BOARDS. MARBLED END PAPERS AND TEG. FRONT END PAPER HAS BECOME DETACHED BUT IS COMPLETE. SOME FOXING THROUGHOUT. 54 COLOURED PLATES IN TOTAL. WITH LIST OF SUBSCRIBERS AND AN INDEX OF THE AUTHORS QUOTED. THE ORIGINAL COVERS OF THE PARTS HAVE BEEN BOUND IN. A HANDSOME AND UNUSUAL BOOK FROM THE LIBRARY OF SEPTIMUS HEDGES. VERY SCARCE.

Author: POYNTING FRANK
Place, Publisher, Date: 1895-6 R.H. PORTER, LONDON
Binding: HALF LEATHER
Condition: VERY GOOD
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EGGS OF BRITISH BIRDS: WITH AN ACCOUNT OF THEIR BREEDING-HABITS

£550.00

FIRST EDITION QUARTO REBOUND IN HALF LEATHER NEW ENDPAPERS. THIS WORK WAS ISSUED IN FOUR PARTS FROM OCTOBER 1895 TO JULY 1896. IT COVERS THE LIMICOLAE ( PLOVERS SANDPIPERS….). WITH 54 COLOURED PLATES LIST OF SUBSCRIBERS AND AN INDEX OF THE AUTHORS QUOTED. A HANDSOME BOOK CLEAN AND TIGHTLY BOUND. VERY SCARCE.

Author: POYNTING FRANK
Place, Publisher, Date: LONDON, PORTER, 1895-6
Binding: HARDBACK
Condition: VERY GOOD
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EGGS OF THE BIRDS OF EUROPE INCLUDING ALL THE SPECIES INHABITING THE WESTERN PALAEARTIC AREA.

£1,000.00

THE WORK WAS ORIGINALLY PUBLISHED IN 24 PARTS (1905-1910). THIS SET COMPRISES 2O OF THE 24 PARTS AND THEREFORE 85 OF THE 106 COLOUR PLATES OF EGGS ALL WITH THE ORIGINAL CARD COVERS. PARTS 3/4 AND 23/24 ARE MISSING. A VERY SCARCE WORK.

Author: DRESSER H. E.
Place, Publisher, Date: LONDON. 1910. PUBLISHED BY THE AUTHOR.
Binding: CARD COVERS
Condition: VERY GOOD
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ENJOYING ORNITHOLOGY

£12.00

VERY GOOD COPY IN VERY GOOD DUSTWRAP. A CELEBRATION OF FIFTY YEARS OF THE BRITISH TRUST FOR ORNITHOLOGY 1933-1983.

Author: HICKLING RONALD (EDITOR)
Place, Publisher, Date: 1983 T. AND A.D. POYSER, CALTON
Binding: HARDBACK
Condition: VERY GOOD
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ENJOYING ORNITHOLOGY

£15.00

FIRST EDITION NEAR FINE COPY IN FINE DUSTWRAP. A CELEBRATION OF FIFTY YEARS OF THE BRITISH TRUST FOR ORNITHOLOGY 1933-1983.

Author: HICKLING RONALD (EDITOR)
Place, Publisher, Date: 1983 T. AND A.D. POYSER, CALTON
Binding: HARDBACK
Condition: VERY GOOD
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ENJOYING ORNITHOLOGY

£16.00

FIRST EDITION FINE COPY IN FINE PROTECTED DUSTWRAP. A CELEBRATION OF FIFTY YEARS OF THE BRITISH TRUST FOR ORNITHOLOGY 1933-1983.

Author: HICKLING RONALD (EDITOR)
Place, Publisher, Date: 1983 T. AND A.D. POYSER, CALTON
Binding: HARDBACK
Condition: VERY GOOD
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ESSENTIAL BIRDING: WESTERN SOUTH AFRICA

£20.00

1ST EDITION. VERY GOOD SOFTBACK COPY. KEY ROUTES FROM CAPE TOWN TO THE KALAHARI. PREVIOUS OWNER`S NAME ON FEP IN INK.

Author: SPOTTISWOODE CALLAN COHEN AND CLAIRE
ISBN: 1868725243
Place, Publisher, Date: CAPE TOWN, STRUIK 2000
Binding: SOFTBACK
Condition: VERY GOOD
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ESSENTIAL GUIDE TO BIRDS OF THE ISLES OF SCILLY

£95.00

A FINE HARDBACK COPY – LAMINATED BOARDS. FOREWORD BY BILL ODDIE. VERY SCARCE.

Author: FLOOD R.L., HUDSON N. AND THOMAS B.
Place, Publisher, Date: FLOOD, HUDON AND THOMAS, 2007
Binding: HARDBACK
Condition: FINE
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ESTUARY BIRDS OF BRITAIN AND IRELAND

£14.00

FIRST EDITION FINE COPY IN FINE PROTECTED DUSTWRAP. SLIGHT FADING TO THE SPINE. ILLUSTRATED BY JOHN BUSBY.

Author: PRATER A.J.
ISBN: 0856610291
Place, Publisher, Date: CALTON, POYSER, 1981
Binding: HARDBACK
Condition: VERY GOOD IN VERY GOOD DUSTWRAP
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ESTUARY BIRDS OF BRITAIN AND IRELAND

£12.00

VERY GOOD COPY IN VERY GOOD DUSTWRAP BUT THE DUSTWRAP HAS BEEN CELLOTAPED ON TO THE BOARDS. INSCRIPTION ON F.E.P.ILLUSTRATED BY JOHN BUSBY.

Author: PRATER A.J.
ISBN: 0856610291
Place, Publisher, Date: 1981 T. AND A. D. POYSER, CALTON
Binding: HARDBACK
Condition: VERY GOOD
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ESTUARY BIRDS OF BRITAIN AND IRELAND

£12.00

FIRST EDITION VERY GOOD COPY IN VERY GOOD DUSTWRAP. ILLUSTRATED BY JOHN BUSBY.

Author: PRATER A.J.
ISBN: 0856610291
Place, Publisher, Date: CALTON, POYSER, 1981
Binding: HARDBACK
Condition: VERY GOOD IN VERY GOOD DUSTWRAP
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ESTUARY BIRDS OF BRITAIN AND IRELAND

£12.00

FIRST EDITION VERY GOOD COPY IN VERY GOOD DUSTWRAP. ILLUSTRATED BY JOHN BUSBY. INITIAL ON FEP.

Author: PRATER A.J.
ISBN: 0856610291
Place, Publisher, Date: CALTON, POYSER, 1981
Binding: HARDBACK
Condition: VERY GOOD IN VERY GOOD DUSTWRAP
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EXTINCT BIRDS

£40.00

1ST EDITION. NEAR FINE COPY IN NEAR FINE DUSTWRAP. NEAT INITIAL AND DATE IN PEN ON FEP.

Author: HUME JULIAN P. AND WALTERS MICHAEL
Place, Publisher, Date: LONDON, POYSER, 2012
Binding: HARDBACK
Condition: NEAR FINE
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FAIR ISLE’S GARDEN BIRDS

£14.00

VERY GOOD COPY IN DUSTWRAPPER. COLOUR ILLUSTRATIONS. CONTAINS A DIARY OF BIRDS SEEN AND ORNITHOLOGICAL RECOLLECTIONS.

Author: HOLLOWAY JOHN
Place, Publisher, Date: LERWICK. THE SHETLAND TIMES. 1984
Binding: HARDBACK
Condition: VERY GOOD
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FALCONRY

£12.00

VERY GOOD COPY IN VERY GOOD DUSTWRAP. OVER 100 PHOTOGRAPHS MANY IN FULL COLOUR.

Author: HUMPHREY ap EVANS (ILLUSTRATED INTRODUCTION BY)
Place, Publisher, Date: EDINBURGH, JOHN BARTHOLOMEW, 1973
Binding: HARDBACK
Condition: VERY GOOD