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HANDBOOK OF THE BIRDS OF THE WORLD VOLUME 4: SANDGROUSE TO CUCKOOS
Written by Josep Del Hoyo; Andrew Elliott; Jordi Sargatal; et al.
Illustrated by Richard Allen; Hilary Burn; John Cox; et al..
Stock no. 1830894
Published by Lynx Edicions.
1st
1997.
Slightly better than very good condition in a slightly better than very good dustwrapper.
Large format. Burgundy boards, gilt titles. Colour photos and plates. Distribution maps. 679 pages including index. A heavy tome. ISBN: 8487334229. A few minor marks to boards. Text block slightly grubby. Contents clean. White pictorial dustwrapper has a few light scuffs else very clean in appearance. Overall, a lovely copy.
- Categorised in:
- NATURAL HISTORY
- ORNITHOLOGY
HANDBOOK OF THE BIRDS OF THE WORLD VOLUME 2: NEW WORLD VULTURES TO GUINEAFOWL
Written by Josep Del Hoyo; Andrew Elliott; Jordi Sargatal; et al.
Illustrated by Francesc Jutglar; Lluis Sanz; et al..
Stock no. 1830893
Published by Lynx Edicions.
1st
1994.
Very good condition in a slightly better than very good dustwrapper.
Large format. Burgundy boards, gilt titles. Colour plates and photos throughout. 638 pages including index. A heavy tome. ISBN: 8487334156. Top of spine bumped, top & tail fo spine lightly shelf-worn. Couple of small marks to boards. Minor foxing to top edge of text block. Contents clean. Pictorial dustwrapper has a few minor marks and lower front corner is a little grubby and creased. Overall, a very nice copy.
- Categorised in:
- NATURAL HISTORY
- ORNITHOLOGY
HANDBOOK OF THE BIRDS OF THE WORLD VOLUME 16: TANAGERS TO NEW WORLD BLACKBIRDS
Written by Josep Del Hoyo; Andrew Elliott; David Christie; et al.
Illustrated by Hilary Burn; Chris Rose; et al..
Stock no. 1830892
Published by Lynx Edicions.
1st
2011.
Slightly better than very good condition in a slightly better than very good dustwrapper.
Large format. Burgundy boards, gilt titles. Colour photos and plates. Distribution maps. 893 pages including index. A heavy tome. ISBN: 9788496553781. Very light scuff to front board, lower corner of front board lightly bumped. Text block very slightly grubby, top edge has a few minor foxspots. Contents clean. White pictorial dustwrapper is lightly creased at bumped corner. Includes laminated Index of Passerines, loosely inserted. Overall, a very nice copy.
- Categorised in:
- NATURAL HISTORY
- ORNITHOLOGY
HANDBOOK OF THE BIRDS OF THE WORLD VOLUME 7: JACAMARS TO WOODPECKERS
Written by Josep Del Hoyo; Andrew Elliott; Jordi Sargatal; et al.
Illustrated by Clive Byers; Hilary Burn; John Cox; et al..
Stock no. 1830891
Published by Lynx Edicions.
1st
2002.
Slightly better than very good condition in a slightly better than very good dustwrapper.
Large format. Burgundy cloth boards, gilt titles. Colour plates, photographs and distribution maps. 613 pages including index. A heavy tome. ISBN: 8487334377. Minor mark to front board and light bump to lower corner of front board. Else boards clean. Minor foxing to top of text block. A few grubby marks to prelimms else contents clean. White pictorial dustwrapper has a few minor marks. Includes laminated alphabetical list of Non-passerines loosely inserted. Overall, a very nice copy.
- Categorised in:
- NATURAL HISTORY
- ORNITHOLOGY
HANDBOOK OF THE BIRDS OF THE WORLD VOLUME 3: HOATZIN TO AUKS
Written by Josep Del Hoyo; Andrew Elliott; Jordi Sargatal; et al.
Illustrated by Norman Arlott; Hilary Burn; Robert Bateman; et al..
Stock no. 1830890
Published by Lynx Edicions.
1st
1996.
Slightly better than very good condition in a slightly better than very good dustwrapper.
Large format. Burgundy cloth boards, gilt titles. Colour plates, photographs and distribution maps. 821 pages including index. A heavy tome. ISBN: 8487334202. Boards clean. Lower front corner of board bumped. Some minor foxing to top edge of text block. Contents clean. White pictorial dustwrapper is lightly creased at bumped corner and has a few minor marks. A very nice copy.
- Categorised in:
- NATURAL HISTORY
- ORNITHOLOGY
WADERS OF EUROPE
Written by Lars Gejl.
Stock no. 1830860
Published by Bloomsbury Publishing Plc.
1st
2016.
Slightly better than very good condition.
A photographic guide to wader identification, ecology and biology. Waders are spectacular members of our avifauna. They are epecially prevalent along coasts and in wetlands during the spring and autumn migration periods, when members of several species may form dramatic flocks that wheel and turn in flight. Packed with information on the lives of these birds. Oblong format. Matt pictorial boards. Colour photography throughout. 368 pages including index. ISBN: 9781472947055. Boards very lightly scuffed else a lovely copy.
- Categorised in:
- NATURAL HISTORY
- ORNITHOLOGY
- WADERS (BIRDS)
HEATHLANDS (NN 72)
Written by Nigel Webb.
Stock no. 1330691
Published by Book Club Associates.
Circa
1986.
Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.
New Naturalist series No. 72. Book Club edition - no price and no 'Collins' at base of spine of dustwrapper. Green cloth. 20 colour photos and over 100 b/w photos and diagrams. ISBN: 0002190206. Spine and corners bumped. Foxing to textblock and endpapers else contents clean. Dustwrapper is sunned to spine (as normal with these NN books) and has a light crease in the laminate on front panel.
- Categorised in:
- NATURAL HISTORY
- NEW NATURALIST
- NATURAL HISTORY GENERAL
INDEX TESTACEOLOGICUS, AN ILLUSTRATED CATALOGUE OF BRITISH AND FOREIGN SHELLS
Written by W Wood; Sylvanus Hanley.
Illustrated by W. Wood.
Stock no. 1209003
Published by Willis And Sotheran.
1st thus
1856.
Almost very good condition.
Containing about 2800 figures accurately coloured after nature. A New and Entirely revised edition with ancient and modern appellations, synonyms, localities, etc, etc. Three-quarter green leather binding with marbled paper boards. Raised bands to spine with gilt title and decorative tooling. 46 exquisite handcoloured plates. Top edge gilt. Ex-library with usual stamps. Leather spine & corners rubbed and worn with some removal of surface leather. Couple of patches of loss of leather to base of spine. Small patch of surface paper loss to front board and front pastedown. Front joint split, rear joint starting to crack but binding is tight. Some joints pulled. A few scattered foxspots to contents. All plates present, plate 35 has small closed tear (no loss) to top margin. Overall, a nice copy.
- Categorised in:
- NATURAL HISTORY
- MARINE LIFE
- SHELLS
- HAND COLOURED
- LEATHER BINDING
- MOLLUSCS
- ANTIQUARIAN
EVENINGS AT THE MICROSCOPE
Written by P.H. Gosse.
Stock no. 1209000
Published by Society for Promoting Christian Knowledge.
1874.
Very good condition.
Or, Researches Amond the Minuter Organs and Forms of Animal Life. A New Edition, Revised and Annotated. Green cloth boards, gilt titles and vignettes. B/w illustrations to text. xii and 422 pages including index plus 4 pages of publisher adverts to rear. Joints cracked and slightly pulled. Text block browned with a few minor foxspots. a few grubby marks to boards. Faint inscription in ink to top of black front endpaper. Name in ink to top of title page. A few scattered foxspots to contents.
- Categorised in:
- SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY
- MICROSCOPES AND MICROSCOPY
- NATURAL HISTORY
- ANTIQUARIAN
A HISTORY OF THE BRITISH SEA-ANEMONES AND CORALS
Written by Philip Henry Gosse.
Stock no. 1208998
Published by Van Voorst.
1st
1860.
Almost very good condition.
With coloured figures of the species and principal varieties. Green cloth with gilt title decorations. 12 colour plates. xl and 362 pages including index plus 2 page publisher advert to rear. Boards are damp stained, worn/rubbed at corners. Top & tail of spine shelf-worn. Slight lean to contents. Joints cracked, thus frontispiece, half-title and free front endpaper detached. One or two foxspots to contents but generally clean. All plates present. Overall, pretty good for a book almost 200 years old!
- Categorised in:
- NATURAL HISTORY
- MARINE LIFE
- ANTIQUARIAN
STRANGE DWELLINGS: BEING A DESCRIPTION OF THE HATITATIONS OF ANIMALS
Written by J.G. Wood.
Illustrated by W. F. Keyl; J.B. Zwecker; E. Smith.
Stock no. 1208997
Published by Longmans, Green & Co..
1885.
Almost very good condition.
Abridged from 'Homes Without Hands'. Full calf leather binding with 5 raised bands on spine, gilt title and decorations. Gilt border to boards. Marbled endpapers and text block. B/w illustrations. New edition. xii and 411 pages including index. Joints cracked, front board a little loose because of this. Some surface leather scraped to lower front board. Gilt title and decorations to spine bright. Some rubbing to corners. Contemporary inscription in ink to verso of front endpaper, dated 1886. Foxing to fly leaves and a stain to front fly leaf. Else contents are clean and tight.
- Categorised in:
- NATURAL HISTORY
- NATURAL HISTORY GENERAL
- LEATHER BINDING
- ANTIQUARIAN
THE ROMANCE OF NATURAL HISTORY
Written by Philip Henry Gosse.
Illustrated by Philip Henry Gosse.
Stock no. 1208996
Published by James Nisbet & Co..
1862.
Very good condition.
Second series. The author seeks to paint a series of pictures, the reflections of scenes and aspects in nature, which in his mind awaken poetic interest, leaving them to do their proper work. Green cloth boards, gilt title to spine, gilt vignette showing man with stick about to beat a snake to protect his family to front board. 10 b/w illustrations, including frontispiece. xi and 393 pages including index, 2 pages of publisher adverts to rear. Light shelf wear to top & tail of spine and corners else boards nice and bright. Contemporary name in ink to half-title page. Text block browned. Heavy foxing to prelims and last few pages. Else contents clean and tight.
- Categorised in:
- NATURAL HISTORY
- NATURAL HISTORY GENERAL
- VICTORIAN
- ANTIQUARIAN