1ST EDITION. FINE IN FINE PROTECTED DUSTWRAPPER. LARGE QUARTO 884 PAGES.. PUBLISHED FOR THE BRITISH TRUST FOR ORNITHOLOGY. EXTRA POSTAGE WILL BE REQUIRED FOR OVERSEAS.
Author:
WERNHAM CHRIS, MIKE TOMS, JOHN MARCHANT, JACQUIE CLARK, GAVIN SIRIWARDENA & STEPHEN BAILLIE (EDITORS).
FIRST EDITION VERY GOOD COPY WITH DUSTWRAP. THE EXCELLENT CHARTS AND DIAGRAMS AND A FULL BIBLIOGRAPHY WILL MAKE THIS AN ESSENTIAL WORK OF REFERENCE FOR EXPERTS AND LAYMEN ALIKE.
INCLUDING THEIR POST-GLACIAL EMIGRATIONS AS TRACED BY THE APPLICATION OF A NEW LAW OF DISPERSAL BEING A CONTRIBUTION TO THE STUDY OF MIGRATION GEOGRAPHICAL DISTRIBUTION AND INSULAR FAUNAS. WITH 6 MAPS. VERY GOOD CONDITION. SOME FOXING. VERY SLIGHT WEAR TO THE SPINE. 1ST EDITION.
VERY GOOD COPY IN VERY GOOD SLIPCASE. INCLUDES:- THE WORLD OF BIRDS NORTH AMERICA: THE NEARCTIC REALM SOUTH AMERICA: THE NEOTROPICAL REALM EURASIA: THE PALAEARCTIC REALM AFRICA: THE ETHIOPIAN REALM SOUTHERN ASIA: THE ORIIENTAL REALM AUSTRALIA AND NEW ZEALAND: THE AUSTRALASIAN REALM. THE OCEANIC REALM THE WORLD-WIDE BIRDS THE POLAR REALM CLASSIFICATION OF BIRDS. VERY HEAVY SO WILL REQUIRE EXTRA POSTAGE.
FIRST EDITION – LIMITED TO 600 COPIES OF WHICH THIS IS NUMBER 18. SMALL FOLIO BEAUTIFULLY REBOUND IN HALF GREEN MOROCCO MARBLED ENDPAPERS TEG WITH 6 PHOTOGRAVURES. 41 TISSUE-GUARDED COLOURED PLATES (SOME BY THORBURN) AND 25 OTHER ILLUSTRATIONS. SOME FOXING TO THE EDGES OF A FEW PLATES BUT A VERY NICE CLEAN AND FIRM COPY IN A LOVELY BINDING. A VERY HEAVY BOOK – EXTRA POSTAGE WILL BE REQUIRED FOR OVERSEAS.
SOFTBACK EDITION WITH ‘SPECIAL PAPERBACK EDITION NOT FOR SALE’ PRINTED ON THE FRONT COVER. SLIGHT WEAR TO COVERS BUT VERY GOOD. ILLUS. BY R. GILLMOR DIAGRAMS MAPS AND CHARTS. A SCARCE POYSER.
FIRST EDITION VOLUME 4 PART 2 OF JARDINE’S NATURAL HISTORY. WITH A TOTAL OF 30 HAND-COLOURED PLATES NUMEROUS WOODCUTS. FRONTIS. OF THOMAS RAFFLES WITH A MEMOIR. NICELY BOUND IN HALF RED LEATHER OVER MARBLED BOARDS MARBLED ENDPAPERS T.E.G. MINOR WEAR TO TOP AND BOTTOM OF SPINES. FIRMLY BOUND AND VERY CLEAN. A HANDSOME COPY. UNCOMMON.
FIRST EDITION COMPLETE IN TWO VOLUMES. VOLUMES 1 AND 2 OF JARDINE’S NATURAL HISTORY. WITH A TOTAL OF 64 HAND-COLOURED PLATES NUMEROUS WOODCUTS. FRONTIS. OF LINNAEUS TO VOLUME 1 WITH A PORTRAIT. FRONTIS. OF PENNANT TO VOLUME 2 WITH A MEMOIR. NICELY BOUND IN HALF RED LEATHER OVER MARBLED BOARDS MARBLED ENDPAPERS T.E.G. MINOR WEAR TO TOP AND BOTTOM OF SPINES. FIRMLY BOUND AND VERY CLEAN. A HANDSOME SET. UNCOMMON.
FIRST EDITION. THIS IS VOLUME 2 DEALING WITH RASORES AND GRALLATORES. ORIGINAL BLIND-STAMPED GREEN CLOTH WITH SPINE FADED TO BROWN NICE AND CLEAN AND TIGHT. 350 PAGES.
FIRST EDITION VOLUME 6 OF JARDINE’S NATURAL HISTORY. WITH A TOTAL OF 30 HAND-COLOURED PLATES BY LEAR NUMEROUS WOODCUTS. FRONTIS. OF BEWICK WITH A MEMOIR. NICELY BOUND IN HALF RED LEATHER OVER MARBLED BOARDS MARBLED ENDPAPERS T.E.G. MINOR WEAR TO TOP AND BOTTOM OF SPINES. FIRMLY BOUND AND VERY CLEAN. A HANDSOME COPY. UNCOMMON.
FIRST EDITION VOLUME 4 PART 3 OF JARDINE’S NATURAL HISTORY. WITH A TOTAL OF 30 HAND-COLOURED PLATES NUMEROUS WOODCUTS. FRONTIS. OF PLINY WITH A MEMOIR. NICELY BOUND IN HALF RED LEATHER OVER MARBLED BOARDS MARBLED ENDPAPERS T.E.G. MINOR WEAR TO TOP AND BOTTOM OF SPINES. FIRMLY BOUND AND VERY CLEAN. A HANDSOME COPY. UNCOMMON.
FIRST EDITION VOLUME 10 OF JARDINE’S NATURAL HISTORY. WITH A TOTAL OF 32 HAND-COLOURED PLATES NUMEROUS WOODCUTS. FRONTIS. OF WILLIAM SMELLIE WITH A MEMOIR. NICELY BOUND IN HALF RED LEATHER OVER MARBLED BOARDS MARBLED ENDPAPERS T.E.G. MINOR WEAR TO TOP AND BOTTOM OF SPINES. FIRMLY BOUND AND VERY CLEAN. A HANDSOME COPY. UNCOMMON.
FIRST EDITION TWO VOLUMES. VOLUMES 7 AND 8 OF JARDINE’S NATURAL HISTORY. WITH A TOTAL OF 64 HAND-COLOURED PLATES NUMEROUS WOODCUTS. FRONTIS. OF BRUCE WITH A MEMOIR. NICELY BOUND IN HALF RED LEATHER OVER MARBLED BOARDS MARBLED ENDPAPERS T.E.G. MINOR WEAR TO TOP AND BOTTOM OF SPINES. FIRMLY BOUND AND VERY CLEAN. A HANDSOME COPY. UNCOMMON.