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London: Printed By Order of the Trustees, 1884. Binding: Hardcover. Condition: Good. Pages: 684 684 pp. plus 54 plates. Hardcover in good + condition. The bottom third of the plates are waterstained with a damp wrinkle. The text pages are not waterstained and in very good condition. The backstrip is.....
Volair Books, 1979. Status: Out of print Binding: Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. Five hardcover volumes in near fine condition. A precise replica of the complete works of John James Audubon comprising the Birds of America (1840-44) and the Quadrupeds of North America (1851-54) in their entirety. Kent: Volair Books, 1978.....
Salem: Naturalist’s Book Agency, 1870. Status: Out of print Binding: Hardcover. Condition: Good. Pages: 1005 Two volumes. Volume I: Text. Volume II: Atlas with 100 hand-colored lithographs. Ex-library, bound in maroon library buckram. Call numbers on spines, bookplates, blind stamps. One text page torn. The plates, derived from several government.....
Oliver & Boyd. Status: Out of print Edition: First edition. Binding: Hardcover. Condition: Very Good / Very Good. Pages: 1285 Edinburgh and London: Oliver & Boyd, 1963-1968. Four hardcover volumes in very good condition in dust jackets.Wear to the top edge of rear cover of Volume One. 1285 pp. Volume.....
Richmond: Virginia State Library, 1980. Condition: Near Fine. Reprint of a work first published in 1858 consisting of color reproductions of title page and 40 scenes of Virginia from the period featuring natural wonders, Virginia springs, and railroads. Portfolio of plates housed in a red clamshell box. The complete set.....
Loindon: R.H. Porter, 1912. Status: Out of print Binding: Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Pages: 504 Two volumes. Volume I: Text volume: colored map, 504 pp. The only volume published of a planned multi-volume work abandoned as a result of the death of the senior author at Neuve-Chapelle in 1915. Volume II.....
Bernard Quaritich, 1916. Status: Out of print Binding: Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. Pages: 528 Very good two-volume set bound in navy buckram. A few pages professionally repaired. London: Bernard Quaritich. Volume I: 1916, 528 pp. Volume II: 1921, 615 pp. Twenty color plates and text figures by H. GRONVOLD. B&W.....
David R. Godine, 1979. Status: Out of print Binding: Hardcover. Condition: Fine / Fine. Pages: 304 A fine copy in a fine dust jacket of the First American Edition. Housed in a pristine slipcase. Text by Joseph M. Forshaw. Color plates by the late William T. Cooper. A magnificent book.....
South Moulton Company, 1923. Status: Out of print Binding: Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Signed: Signed by Author The Birds of California. A Complete, Scientific and Popular Account of the 580 Species and Subspecies of Birds Found in the State. San Diego: South Moulton Company, 1923. Four volumes in the 'Format.....
South Moulton Company, 1923. Status: Out of print Binding: Leather Bound. Condition: Very Good. Signed: Signed by Author The Birds of California. A Complete, Scientific and Popular Account of the 580 Species and Subspecies of Birds Found in the State. San Diego: South Moulton Company, 1923. Four volumes in the.....
Fines Mundi, 2015. Status: Out of print Binding: Hardcover. Condition: As new / As New. As new 2015 facsimile Fines Mundi reprint complete in nine volumes in mylar-protected dust jackets The original was published in London by the author, 1871-1881. Volume I containing title page, dedication, list of subscribers, preface.....
Landsowne Editions, 1981. Status: Out of print Edition: 2nd edition. Binding: Hardcover. Condition: As new / As New. Pages: 312 As new in dust jacket. Melbourne: Landsowne Editions, 1981. Second (Revised) Edition. Seventy plates of which fifty-six are in color by William T. COOPER. Inscribed to previous owner on title.....
Landsowne Editions, 1994. Status: Out of print Edition: First edition. Binding: Leather Bound. Condition: Fine. Signed: Signed by Author and Illustrator Sydney: Lansdowne Editions, 1983-1994. Six volumes in three Solander boxes with leather labels and velvet lined interiors, Folios. Each volume is hand-bound in imported leather and fabric, and presented.....
Landsowne Editions. Status: Out of print Binding: Leather Bound. Condition: Fine. Signed: Signed Sydney: Lansdowne Editions, 1983-1993. Four volumes in two solander boxes with leather labels and velvet lined interiors, Folios. PART I: Alcedinidae (Kingfishers) 564 pp. with 52 color plates (both volumes). Volume 1: Ceryle to Cittura (includes the.....
Edinburgh: Cassell Petter & Galpin, ND [1876]. Status: Out of print Illustrated By: Ludlow, J.W. Binding: Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Pages: 392 Two hardcover volumes with leather spines. Spines and corners worn. Volume 1 - 224 pp. Volume 2 - pp. 225-392. Fifty full page color chromolithographic plates by J.W......
Washington: U.S. House of Representatives, 1855. Status: Out of print Binding: Hardcover. Condition: Good. Volume I - Chile: Its Geography, Climate, Earthquakes, etc. Folding panoramic view of Santiago nearly 6 ft. in length. Folding map of Chile in three sheets. Ten full page plates: map, plans, views, one color portrait.....
Hill House Publishers, 1994. Status: Out of print Binding: Hardcover. Condition: New. An Authentic Facsimile of the original 1861 edition in the collection of the British Museum (Natural History). The species covered in Volume II, containing 75 plates, are Sabre-wings, Hill stars, Caziques & Caribs, Lance-bills, Wood-nymphs, Jacobins. Imperial Folio.....
Arion Press, 1986. Status: Out of print Binding: Portfolio. Condition: Fine. Pages: 433 Published by the Arion Press in 1986, this remarkable work includes 156 individual bird portraits in color by Andrew Jackson Grayson housed in a massive linen covered box which measures 20 by 26 inches. A separate bound.....
By Author, 1933. Status: Out of print Edition: First edition. Binding: Hardcover. Condition: Very Good / Good. Pages: 370 Signed: Signed by Author Tokyo: By the Author, 1933. Volume I: Passeres (ONLY). Near fine hardcover, half burgundy cloth over boards. Original plain paper dust cover with spine label. In worn.....
New York: Johnson Reprint, 1978. Status: Out of print Binding: Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Facsimile reprint of a work first published in London in 1832. Forty-two color plates without descriptive text. Folio (14x21) bound in red half leather over maroon boards. Number 145 of an edition limited to 530 copies. Includes.....
Queensberry Hill Press, 1978. Status: Out of print Binding: Leather Bound. Condition: Fine. Melbourne: Queensberry Hill Press, 1978. A true facsimile from a copy of the 1838 edition. 26 color plates including separate proof plates of Plates 13 and 21 laid in. Introduction and bibliographical descriptions by Allan MCEVEY. No.....
Dodd, Mead & Company, 1904. Status: Out of print Binding: Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Edited with introduction, notes, and index by Reuben Gold. Thwaites. Fourteen of fifteen volumes. Lacking only Volume I, Part II of this large paper edition. Thirteen volumes of this set including the Atlas volume are from.....
London: R.H. Porter, 1885. Status: Out of print Binding: Leather Bound. Condition: Fine. First edition, 1881-1897. Seven volumes originally issued in 36 parts. 421 chromolithographic color plates on heavy stock and mounted with linen stubs. Most of the plates by A. Thorburn and J.G. Keulemans, a few by G.E. Lodge.....
H.G. Bohn, 1852. Status: Out of Print Edition: First edition. Binding: Hardcover. Condition: Good. Pages: 232 A little work supplementing Jardine's Natural History of Humming-birds, 1833 in the Naturalist's Library. Contains 16 plates. The plates are engravings, with the figures of the birds colored by hand but with the backgrounds.....
State Publishing, South Australia, 1990. Status: Out of print Binding: Hardcover. Condition: As new. Pages: 142 As new facsimile limited edition of Volume 1 only, 1990. Printed by offset lithography and bound in half grey leather. Lower corners bumped. With 35 color plates selected from Volumes 1-5 of the original.....