History of Quadrupeds. BOUND With Genera of British Birds. (3 Vols bound as 2, complete)
[PENNANT Thomas] 1726-1798
Tall 8vo, VG, 71 B&W plates, 1st & 2nd eds. In contemporary full brown calf, corners and edges a little bumped and worn, some marks. Spines, have been relaid, but retaining most of the old, raised bands, decorative gilt tooling, titles in gilt to…
A History of British Birds. (Land Birds & Water Birds with Both Supplements)
BEWICK T. [Thomas] 1753-1828. BEILBY Ralph 1743/4-1817
The first edition, in which the supplement appeared. VG, 1821. Two volumes in long grain morocco boards, gilt edge tooling, corners & edges rubbed. Both volumes professionally re-spined, raised bands, gilt tooling, gilt titles to dark…
Rough Notes on the Birds observed during 20 years shooting and collecting in the British Islands.
BOOTH E.T. Edward Thomas 1840-1890
One of the major 19th century source works of British ornithology. With 114 Hand Coloured Lithographed Plates 1881-1887, VG, First edition, 3 volumes in the original fifteen parts, collates as per Ellis/Mengel, with 114 hand coloured lithographed…
Thomas Bewick and his pupils.
DOBSON Austin 1840-1921
With Ninety-Five Illustrations. Tall 4to, Limited de Luxe edition. In quarter white vellum with grey boards, corners ands edges lightly bumped and worn, some marks. Spine, has been relaid, retaining most of the old, no titles. Internally, hinges…
The Bewick Collector. A Supplement (ONLY) to a descriptive catalogue of the works of Thomas and John Bewick.
HUGO Thomas 1820-1876
VG, 1st Ed, 180 woodcuts. In maroon embossed cloth, gilt image center of upper cover, corners and edges lightly bumped and worn. Spine, faded, titles and tooling in gilt, edges bumped and worn a little, couple of marks. Internally, dark endpapers,…
Coloured Illustrations of British Birds, and their Eggs.
MEYER H.L. [Henry Leonard] 1797-1865
Near Fine, complete, 7 volumes, 1853-1857, 322 hand coloured lithographs of birds, plus, 105 hand coloured lithographs depicting 270 eggs, plus 8 uncoloured lithographs illustrating 16 figures. Complete, appears to be a variant issue of the 2nd…
Illustrations of British Birds
MEYER H.L. [Henry Leonard] 1798-1865
The vary rare First Folio (Longman) edition of one of the most valuable illustrated works on Ornithology: With over 300 superb Hand Coloured Folio Plates First edition, no date [circa 1835-1844], four volumes in 2, tall folio, contemporary three…
Ornithological Dictionary; or, Alphabetical Synopsis of British Birds. WITH The Supplement.
MONTAGU George 1751-1815
With Twenty Five Bird Plates First editions, 25 pls (1 hand coloured-complete as listed), 3 vols in 2, ie 2 vol dictionary bound as 1, plus the Supplement Volume, in red half morocco over brown marbled boards, some blind tooling. New spines, old…
British Game Birds and Wildfowl
MORRIS Beverley R. [Robinson] 1816-1883
In contemporary half calf over cloth, some repairs, edges & corners worn. Spine, raised bands, blind tooling, gilt titles to black morocco label. Internally, [3], (iv) only, [1], 2-252 pp, 60 pls (coloured), ink name to fep verso (M Criner),…
A History of British Birds
MORRIS F.O. The Rev [Francis Orpen] 1810-1893
6 complete volumes WITH, attractive gilt tooling, 2nd edition, 1870, 365 hand coloured plates (as called for). VG in the publishers green embossed cloth, spines with gilt titles & decorative tooling, edges lightly bumped. Armorial bookplates to…
A Natural History of the Nests and Eggs of British Birds
MORRIS F.O. The Rev. [Francis Orpen] 1810-1893
With One Hundred & Fifty Four coloured plates Two volumes in purple cloth, corners rubbed. Spines, gilt titles & library nos, edges bumped. Internally Vol 1, 1864, frontis, [2], (iv), [1], 2-156 pp, 78 pls (coloured), short notice bound in,…
Of A Feather Avian Collective Nouns & Terms of Assembly, Group Names & Associated Terms.. With a Foreword by David Attenborough.
SEE-PAYNTON Colin (Gregynog)
Limited edition, in Fine condition, 2008, 61 wood engravings. An edition limited to 150 copies of which 15 are specially bound by Julian Thomas and the remaining 135 are bound by John Sewell (as this copy is) in the -ordinary- binding, in…
A History of British Birds, with Coloured Illustrations of Their Eggs. (4 Vols)
SEEBOHM Henry 1832-1895
First edition, complete with all 68 chromolithographed plates & 99 illustrations. 4 Volumes in uniform half dark green morocco over dark green cloth, some gilt tooling, edges rubbed. Spines, raised bands, gilt tooling & titles, edges rubbed. Vol 1,…
Birds of Prey
THORBURN Archibald 1860-1935
A portfolio containing a facsimile of the original edition of 1919, to include, titlepage of 1990, titlepage of 1919, 2 leaf preface, limitation leaf, plate list leaf, (12) leaves of text to accompany the plates, 12 plates (all coloured), all loose…
Birds of Prey
THORBURN Archibald 1860-1935.
Tall folio, Fine, Ltd ed, 12 pls, 1990. In a lime green portfolio, 36.5*27 cms, black ink titles to upper cover, [4], (iv) leaves, 12 leaves of coloured plates each accompanied by a leaf of descriptive text, being a facsimile of the original…