153 LETTERS FROM W.H. HUDSON. Edited and With an Introduction and Explanatory Notes. Nonesuch Press 1923.
1st Ed. Large 8vo. Title page + 191pp. + [iii]. Sm. photogravure port. to brown rule edged title page, sketch at rear. Some very light browning to e.ps., fore edge uncut unopened in part, browned cloth lightly faded to top edge of upper board and spine, sl. chipped paper title label to spine with spare label tipped in at rear.
One of a Limited Edition of which this is ‘out of series.’
£50.00 [ref: 291677]
THE BIRDS OF BRITISH SOMALILAND AND THE GULF OF ADEN. Their Life Histories, Breeding Habits and Eggs. Gurney and Jackson 1937-61.
1st Ed. 4 vols. 4to. 28 colour plates by Archibald Thorburn and 6 coloured plates of eggs by Henrik Grönvold, 4 folding maps, 21 b/w. ills., photogravure port. Light browning in part to first two volumes, original bright gilt lettered cloth with gilt bird in profile to upper boards, volumes 1 and 2 sl. faded to spines and with t.e.g.
£350.00 [ref: 275499]
BIRDS OF CYPRUS. Illustrated by D. M. Reid-Henry and Rolland Green. Oliver & Boyd 1958.
1st Ed. Thick sm. 4to. lxix + 384pp. Numerous ills. including 16 full page cold. plates and 14 full page half-tone plates with cold. fold-out map to rear. Light browning to front e.ps., price clipped d/w. sl. chipped.
£40.00 [ref: 275783]
THE BIRDS OF THE BRITISH ISLES. Illustrated by George E. Lodge. Oliver and Boyd 1953-63.
1st Eds. 12 vols. 4to. 386 colour plates, From the library of Dr James Bynon, librafilmed d/ws., only minor wear.
A good set of this classic work.
£175.00 [ref: 287069]
A HISTORY OF BRITISH BIRDS. Containing the History and Description of Land Birds; Containing the History and Description of Water Birds. Newcastle for T. Bewick Sold by Him, Longman and Co ... 1826.
Land Birds 8th Ed. Water Birds 6th. Ed. 2 vols. Title page + pp.(iii-xliv) + 394pp. + xxii + 432pp. Profusely ills. Signature 2o2 lacking leading corner, some spotting and age toning, contemporary faded purple cloth, faded, corners frayed, rebacked with original worn spines laid down, gilt lettered labels to spines.
Addenda to volume 1 3rd Edition.
Land Birds Roscoe 31a Imperial 26.5 x 17cm. 166 descriptions of birds, 157 figures of birds, 161 vignettes, tail-pieces, &c. 12 figures in text;
Water Birds 32c demy 23.5 x 14.2cm. 183 descriptions of birds, 157 figures of birds (including 14 foreign birds) 145 vignettes, tail-pieces &c., 2 figures in text;
£275.00 [ref: 292730]
STORIA NATURALE DEGLI UCCELLI. Testi scelti e presentati da Stéphane Schmitt con la collaborazione di Cédric Crémière. Magnus Editioni Srl 2010.
1st Italian Ed. Thick Folio. 670pp. + [ii]. Illustrato con 1008 incisioni di François-Nicolas Martinet, in colour. Italian text. Very good in d/w., in coloured pictorial laminated slipcase with some very minor rubbing.
£65.00 [ref: 291472]
THE BIRDS OF LIBYA. An annotated check-list. Foreword by J.F. Monk. British Ornithologists’ Union 1976.
1st Ed. 102pp. Numerous distribution maps. Prospectus loosely inserted. From the Library of Dr James Bynon, original blue limp card wrapps. lettered in black to upper wrapp., lightly faded to spine.
B.O.U. Check-List No. 1.
£20.00 [ref: 287014]
THE BIRDS OF LIBYA. An annotated check-list. British Ornithologists’ Union 1976.
1st Ed. 102pp. Numerous distribution maps. Interleaved throughout, from the Library of Dr James Bynon, original wrapps. bound in, rebound in gilt lettered blue cloth.
B.O.U. Check-List No. 1.
£25.00 [ref: 287007]
THE BIRDS OF LIBYA. An annotated check-list. Foreword by J.F. Monk. British Ornithologists’ Union 1976.
1st Ed. 102pp. Numerous distribution maps. Prospectus loosely inserted. From the Library of Dr James Bynon, original blue limp card wrapps. lettered in black to upper wrapp., lightly faded to spine.
B.O.U. Check-List No. 1.
£20.00 [ref: 287012]
THE BIRDS OF LIBYA. An annotated check-list. Foreword by J.F. Monk. British Ornithologists’ Union 1976.
1st Ed. 102pp. Numerous distribution maps. Prospectus loosely inserted. From the Library of Dr James Bynon, original blue limp card wrapps. lettered in black to upper wrapp., lightly faded to spine.
B.O.U. Check-List No. 1.
£20.00 [ref: 287013]