Birds and Ornithology

Kent, Ohio: Volair Limited. Near Fine. 1979. Limited/Numbered Edition. Hardcover. REPRINTOF . Handsome black leather, raised spine bands and heavily decorated with gilt. All edges bright gilt. Marbled endpapers. Limited Edition 264/1500. Stated First Edition. [xxix, 289pp]. Official publication of the National Audobon Society: Reprint of Vieillot's classic work published in 12 parts from 1805 to 1809 under the title "Histoire Naturelle des plus Beaux Oiseaux de la Zone Torride". Ornithology. ; Color Illustrations; Folio - 13" to 23" tall; 289 pages .

Edinburgh, Scotland: W. H. Lizars, 1833. Ex-library. Marbled boards half-bound in dark green leather. Five raised bands on the spine with gilt lettering on red background, and gilt decoration. All edges gilt. Marbled endpapers. 538 numbered pages. No illustrations. From Zimmer, as quoted in the Smithsonian Institution Library Catalog: "Although issued partly in connection with the volume of plates, under the same title (at the time of issue), text and plates were purchasable separately and the publishers ... express the hope, also voiced by the author in his preface to the present work, that the text will constitute an independent work of reference. Vol. I was issued originally in 1825 .... Vol. II [this volume] was prepared according to the arrangement proposed by Vigors and to make the two volumes uniform, Selby revised vol. I and reissued it in altered form with the first and only edition of vol. II". This is an ex-library copy, but the only library markings are a call number on… Read More

London: G.G. and J. Robinson, 1796. First English edition. leather_bound. Contemporary full brown calf, rebacked in antique style, armorial gilt escutcheons front and back covers, raised bands, gilt decorated spine panels, marbled endpapers with matching edges. 3 vols. Very good. 288, 383 and 488 pages. 22 x 14 cm. Large folding map, 22 engraved plates, five folding. Le Vaillant, explorer and ornithologist was sent by the Dutch East India Company [he was born in Paramaribo, Dutch Guiana, son of the French consul] to the Cape Province of South Africa in 1781. He made two expeditions, one east from the Cape and one north of the Orange River into Great Namaqualand and the Kalahari desert. BRUNET Vol.III, p.1034. Scattered, intermittent foxing, one centimeter clean tear in map gutter repaired with archival tape, extremities lightly rubbed and darkened.

Dundonald: Blackstaff Press, 1983. First edition. Hardcover. Three quarter brown calf, marbled boards, raised bands decorated in gilt. Fine in fine matching marbled slipcase. Parker, Richard Dunscombe. 113 pages. 43 x 60 cm. Limited edition 166 of 250, signed by Editor and Designer. 40 mounted color plates reproducing the original watercolour paintings originally discovered in 1976 by the Editor in the recesses of the Ulster Museum, Belfast. Bound for over a century in a flat box, the original 170 watercolours measuring 24 1/2 x 30 inches were painted on white wove paper over pencil outlines. Besides the remarkable plates, Martyn Anglesea describes the history of Ornithological painting, it's place in history, as well as the little known, until now, history of Parker and his extended family. Anglesea states, "Parker's paintings are quite unique as a contribution to nineteenth-century Irish Ornithology and with their Irish topographical backgrounds, for a collection of great value." Including notes… Read More

Sydney, NSW, Australia: Angus & Robertson, 1992. Jacket has crinkling to rear and front foldover plus previous owners details in pen to rear of front foldover. 318 pages with colour illustrations and distribution maps. Part of The National Photographic Index of Australian Wildlife. Covers 54 species of parrots and 27 species of pigeons. . Hard Cover. Very Good/Fair. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall.

Philadelphia: American Sunday-School Union, 1871. Red cloth with silver decoration and lettering. 212 pp. Small worn-through spots to the spine ends and corners. The spine is slanted and slightly sunned. The endpapers are toned. Otherwise fine in a tight binding with hinges intact.. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good/No Jacket. 16mo - over 5¾" - 6¾" tall.

Paris: Librairie Artistique H. Launette & Cie, 1887. First edition. leather_bound. Full decorated mustard calf. Aeg. Fine in fine marbled cloth and brown morocco chemise, backstrip with color onlays and lettered in gilt in matching slipcase, corners rubbed. 206 page. 29 x 20.5 cm. Limited edition, copy 31 of 50 on Japan paper. 110 illustrations by Hector Giacomelli, 2 extra original watercolors signed by Giacomelli -- following the limitation page, and prior to the limitation page. Two title pages, the second also an original watercolor. The interior wood engravings by J. Huyot. Gicomelli a French watercolorist, engraver and illustrator, best known for his paintings of birds also worked with Gustave Doré, for which he composed ornaments like "The Holy Bible according to the Vulgate", published in 1866. Covers hand bound by Parisian designer/book binder, Charles Lanoe, full mustard calf with multi-color onlays of birds, flowers at front cover, and a nest with eggs on the back cover. Inner dentelles of… Read More

Missouri Meadow Lark ,Audubon, The original hand coloured lithographs done by the Philadelphia firm of J.T. Bowen
John Audubon (1785 – 1851), whose surname became synonymous with birds, produced a prolific body of work, including over 435 paintings of birds. America's dominant wildlife artist for half a century, Audubon's childhood fascination with birds extended into his adulthood, and he spent days and weeks on the frontier, amassing an enormous portfolio of life-size bird drawings. Reflecting his deep love of birds and his concern for conservation, the Audubon Society was established in his name in the late 1800s, years after his death. His work remains the standard against which 20th and 21st century bird artists are still measured.

1883 1ed History of British Birds Seebohm Color Illustrated Ornithology Eggs 4v
Henry Seebohm was a 19th-century English ornithologist who published an impressive history of British birds. Aptly named 'History of British Birds', this book discusses every aspect of ornithology – eggs, habitat, behaviors, etc. This complete four-volume set is beautifully bound and features 68 full-page color engravings including views of eggs.

Item number: #14583
Price: $795
SEEBOHM, Henry
A history of British birds with coloured illustrations of their eggs.
London : Pub. for the author by R. H. Porter [etc.], 1883-85. First edition.

Details:

· Collation: Complete with all pages
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Vol. 1: [xxiii], 614
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Vol. 2: [xxxii], 600
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Vol. 3: [xxiv], 684
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Vol. 4: [3], [18], 68 plates
o Many in-text illustrations in each volume, 68 full-page colored engravings in last volume
· Language: English
· Binding: Leather; tight and secure
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Size: ~10.5in X 7in (26cm x 17cm)
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Cambridge, MA: Nuttall Ornithological Club. Good with no dust jacket; Edges rubbed and worn, some light foxing, owner . names.. First Printing. Hardcover. 1905 and 1920 first printing. Green cloth with deckled fore-edges and bottom edges. 352 pages + fold out map; 196 pages + fold out map. Black and white plates, species lists, appendixes, bibliographies, indexes, and fold out maps. A unique set of these memoirs of the Nuttall Ornithological club volumes III and V featuring signed correspondence from the author and other relevant material laid and pasted in. ; 4to 11" - 13" tall .

Brown, Walter illustrated by Thomas BewickFablesPublished by S. Grosvenor, London, 1884. , title page, ii, ii, 68 pages, with tissue guarded frontispiece and woodcuts throughout by Thomas Bewick First EditionContaining 41 lovely fables, still worthwhile reading,Hardcover half green buckram over marbled boards, spine with original title/author label.First additional blank front paper with embossed round emblem "W.H. Smith & Son Library 186 Strand", otherwise not a single mark or note.Printed letterpress to decal edged wire laid paper, uncut, decorated with wood engravings by Thomas Bewick together with illustrative drop capitals from various sources.Beautiful copy, very nice, internal very clean and neath, outer boards edges rubbed, lower corners bumped. See pictures for overall condition.A must-have for the Thomas Bewick collector. For other works of Bewick please see my other adds of get in contact.

Cologne: Taschen, 2011. 52 plates in box. NEW/no dj as issued. Edward Lear. NEW, still in publisher's shrink-wrap. Multi-lingual 31 page booklet text in English, French, and German 51 Large Art Prints 20" Height x 13.75" Length. == Ships from Hawaii. ==. Big-billed technicolor marvels: 51 ready-to-frame art prints John Gould's toucans are arguably the most striking and dramatic bird illustrations ever published. Gould (1804-1881), one of the most prolific ornithological publishers of the 19th century, had a romantic enthusiasm for winged creatures, as well as a passion for natural history and a impulse to catalog. Drawing on his outstanding scientific and artistic talents, he embarked on a series of projects that would eventually make him the leading publisher of ornithological illustrations in Victorian Britain. Gould's unparalleled career spanned five decades, during which he produced a series of books depicting birds from all over the world. The dazzling illustrations from Gould's Monograph of… Read More

INTERESTING EXAMPLE OF DIRECT MARKETING TO FAMILIES WITH CHILDREN
Joseph H. Dodson. The Dodson Birdhouses. Illustrated. Small 8vo. Original color pictorial wrappers. (Joseph H. Dodson, Chicago 1914). First Edition. Early catalog contains a variety of bird houses complete with illustrations, descriptions, and prices. The elaborate text and charming period graphics are marketed for children, and reflect the author's infectious passion for all things birds. The catalogue contains advice on attracting birds, dealing with cats and squirrels, trapping sparrows, keeping birds in winter, proper feeding of birds, etc.; as well as constructing specialized bird houses and bird baths. Birding is described as a family hobby, of which the child plays a major part. "Make friends with our native birds - that is my message. The birds richly repay you for the trouble you take in attracting them and looking out for their interests . . ." Some slight wear to covers, o/w Fine.

Edinburgh, W. H. Lizars, and Sterling and Kenney, 1833.. FIRST EDITION 1833, complete set, Naturalist's Library series. Small 8vo, approximately 180 x 100 mm, 7 x 4 inches, portrait frontispiece to each volume of Linnaeus and Pennant, hand-coloured vignette on each engraved title page, and 64 hand-coloured plates with tissue guards engraved by W. H. Lizars, who was a painter and engraver as well as publisher, plus memoirs of Linnaeus and Welsh zoologist Thomas Pennant, original wrapper in front of first volume. Pages: Volume 1: [16], 147, plus 40 pages of adverts; Volume 2: [4], iv, [3], 1-166 including index, plus 46 pages of adverts, both title pages are duplicated in Volume 2, pagination of prelims in Volume I slightly erratic but collated and guaranteed complete, rebound in quarter green morocco over marbled sides, gilt title and decoratiolns to spines, new endpapers. Slight offsetting from portraits onto engraved titles, ink name (James Drummond) on both half-titles dated 1862, very occasional… Read More

New York: The Superintendent Government Press, 1947. 1st edition thus . Hardcover. Very Good/Good. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. Earl Poole. This is the first printing of the 1947 edition of the book that inspired Ian Fleming to name his spy hero in the iconic series of James Bond books. Very good in brown cloth with a previous owner's name and date (1951) on endpaper. Front wrapper flap has been machine cut with price $3.75. Wrapper in good condition with a sunned spine area and missing a "V" shaped section to its top. The wrapper is dusty with minor wear to its extremities. This is the first printing of the 1947 edition of the book that inspired Ian Fleming to name his spy hero in the iconic series of James Bond books.