Search Results: Birds - British Regional Guides from Loe Books

London and Harleston: Bartlett & Co. and R. R. Cann, 1888. Book. Very Good. Hardcover. First Edition. 8vo. pp. 157, frontispiece plate with tissue guard. Original cloth binding, very good, slight mark to the upper corner on the front board, gilt lettering tot he spine and front board, bright. Contents clean and tight, original endpapers, unmarked, no foxing, no inscriptions. A very good..

London: Blackie and Son Limited, 1900. Book. Illus. by Whymper, Charles. Very Good. Hardcover. First Edition. 8vo. pp. vi, 303; colour frontispiece by Whymper and forty further black and white illustrations also by Whymper. Publisher's red cloth with gilt lettering to spine and front board, very good with a little rubbing and fading to spine. Top edge gilt. Contents clean and tight, fine spotting to the half title, endpapers unmarked, no inscriptions. A very good copy..

Peterborough: Buckingham Press, 2002. Book. Fine. Hardcover. Signed by Author(s). First Edition. 8vo. SIGNED to the title page. 224 pages with numerous maps and diagrams throughout. Card covers fine, unmarked. Contents clean and tight, signed and inscribed to the title page by the author. A fine, signed copy..

Arbroath: T. Buncle & Co., 1934. Book. Very Good. Hardcover. First Edition. 8vo. Edited by Rev. John Adams; pp.154; b/w portrait frotispiece plate of the author; b/w illustrations (by the author?) Publisher's brown cloth with gilt lettering, very good with light wear only.. Contents clean and tight, unmarked, no inscriptions, no foxing. A very good copy..

Sedbergh: Published by Ingram Cleasby, 1999. Book. Illus. by Christine Isherwood. Fine. Paperback. First Edition. 8vo. 149 pages; b/w illustrations by Christine Isherwood, 1 map.. Covers fine with minimal wear. Contents clean and tight, unmarked, no inscriptions. A fine copy, virtually as new..

London: David Douglas, 1895. Book. Illus. by Blackburn, Mrs. Hugh "B". Very Good. Hardcover. First Edition. Small 4to. pp. viii, 191; frontispiece with tissue guard further 87 fine b/w lithographs "Drawn from Nature by B". Original red cloth binding with gilt lettering and gilt vignette of a birds nest to the front board, lightly marked, very good. Top edge gilt. Contents good and tight, original dark grey end papers, paper to front hinge cracked but hinge still strong, some foxing to the frontispeice and title page, otherwise clean, no inscriptions. A very good copy of this title that has become rather scarce..

London: J. M. Dent & Sons Ltd, 1924. Book. Very Good. Hardcover. New Edition. 8vo (21 x 14 cm). Pp. xii, [2], 251; b/w plates. Publisher's blue textured cloth, a little general wear, gilt lettering faded to the spine. Contents good and tight, a little spotting to a few early and late pages and page edges, neat gift inscription to the front end paper dated 1934. A very good copy...

London: Longmans, Green & Co., 1898. Book. Illus. by Bryon Hook, Photographs from Nature R. B. Lodge. Very Good. Hardcover. First Edition. 8vo. Pp. xiv 339 [40], ; b/w frontispiece of a crow by Bryon Hook, further black and white plates and illustrations (all present and correct); int-text illustrations. Original green cloth binding with gilt lettering to the spine and a gilt vignette to the front board, very goood with a little general wear. Contents clean and tight, original black end papers, tipped in before the half title is a sheet with a newspaper extract on Hudson's death dated 1922. A very good copy..

Port Charlotte, Islay: Argyll Reproductions Ltd, 1981. Book. Very Good. Paperback. Reprint. 8vo. pp. 56; colour and b/w illustrations after photographs. Card covers fine, slightly worn; contents clean and tight, unmarked, no inscriptions. A very good copy..

London: Gurney & Jackson, 1892. Book. Illus. by G.E Lodge, Victor Prout. Good. Hardcover. Second Edition Revised. 8vo. A copy with a Publisher's variant binding and probably bound up later than the usual, more decorative binding with "second edition" blocked to the spine. Pp. [2], xxvi, 271, [4]; large fold out map, in text and plate illustrations throughout by Lodge and others. Green cloth binding good, repair to head of the front joint, cloth a little marked and some rubbing to extremities. Contents good and tight, no foxing, tan end-papers browned and a little chipped at fore-edge and hinge, which has been repaired to the front. A good copy in a variant binding..

London: John Van Voorst, 1885. Book. Illus. by Keulemans J. G.; Prout, Victor. Very Good. Hardcover. First Edition. 8vo. The standard edition. Pp. 224; folding map to the front, numerous black and white plates and two hand-coloured plates with tissue guards by Keulemans. Publisher's attractive green cloth, gilt and black-stamped decoration and title. Binding very good and bright with light wear only. Contents clean and tight, original brown-coated endpapers, no inscriptions. [The standard edition does not have the list of subscribers found in the large-paper edition and has external dimensions of 187 x 130mm whereas large paper has external dimensions of 220 x 145mm.].

London: Bemrose & Sons, Limited, 1893. Book. Very Good. Hardcover. Inscribed by Author(s). First Edition. 8vo. Inscribed by the author to the front free endpaper "The Editor 'Natural Sciences' With the Author's compliments Beeston Hall 11 April '93" pp. vi 239, frontispiece plate and fold out map, five further plates very good, corrigenda slip tipped in. Publisher's textured green cloth binding with gilt lettering, very good with a little light wear. Contents clean and tight, original patterned endpapers. A very good, clean, copy inscribed by the author. [The Author, Whitlock, was convicted of embezzlement, a wanted poster was published and eventually he was sentenced to 11 years in prison.].

Edinburgh: David Douglas, 1905. Book. Very Good. Hardcover. Later Edition. Royal 8vo. This is the scarce issue with the 1923 "Supplementary Notes to 'The Birds of the Isle of Man' July 1923". [Ballance states that this is a 1924 reprint, but we believe this to be incorrect. The title page is dated 1905, and the leaf of adverts at the back is exactly the same as the1905 first edition. More likely this issue was bound up from original sheets using the same casing, the supplement consisting of 40 pages i.e. 8vo x 5, and 6 b/w plates is a self-contained gathering that has been added in. The end papers are a different colour otherwise this issue identical to the first edition but for the additional supplement. The supplement was also published separately in 1924 by Douglas & Foulis, Edinburgh and issued in grey wrappers] This copy is a gift of the author, pencil inscription to the front free end paper reads: "Mr Parker 20a London St. Southport Given by Pilcher Ralfe April 19th… Read More

Altrincham: John Sherratt, 1962. Book. Illus. by Eric Hosking and Others. Near Fine. Hardcover. Inscribed By the Author. First Edition. 8vo. From the library of Eric Hosking inscribed by the author, frontispiece by Hosking. . xii, 244; colour frontispiece plate, folding map, b/w plates including folding plate. Dust jacket very good, now protected in a clear removable archival sleeve. Hardback binding very good. Contents clean and tight, bookplate belong to Eric Hosking on the pastedown, inscribed by the author, to Hosking, on the title page. [Eric Hosking, OBE, Hon FRPS, FBIPP (1909-1991) was widely acknowledged as one of the world's most eminent natural history photographers, "Perhaps the most famous bird photographer ever to have lived" (Gemma Padley). He was pioneering and developed new techniques, especially the use of flash photography and automatic shutter release technology, which enabled him to photograph birds at night and freeze birds in flight for the first time.… Read More

London: John Van Voorst, 1872. Book. Illus. by Keulemans, J. G. frontispiece. Very Good. Hardcover. First Edition. 12mo. pp. xii 231 pages; frontispiece plate"A Flamborough Trophy, Fulmar Petrel..." by Keulemans. Green cloth boards, very good with a little general wear. Contents clean and tight, some foxing to the endpapers, on the reverse of the front free endpaper are the signatures of Alexander William Clark Kennedy of the Cold Stream guards 1873 and the initials of Rev. F. C. R Joudain 1899. A good book with a significant provenance firstly belonging to A. W. Clark Kennedy and later given to Rev. Francis Jourdain, author of books such as A Handbook of British Birds by Kirkman and Joudain Clark-Kennedy, Alexander William Maxwell (1851 -1894) Alexander William Maxwell Clark- Kennedy was born at Rochester, Kent. He attended school at Aldershot, and then at Eton College. He married Hon. Lettice Lucy Hewitt, daughter of James, 4th Viscount Lifford (d. 1939) in Donegal in 1875, with whom he… Read More

Carlisle: The Carlisle Natural History Society, 1962. Book. Very Good. Paperback. First Edition. 8vo. 136 pages; b/w plates, map. Covers very good, lightly faded to the spine. Contents clean and tight, no inscriptions, distribution map numbered in manuscript. A very good copy. Transactions of the Carlisle Natural History Society, volume X..

London: Hutchinson & Co. [Publishers] LTD., 1933. Book. Good. Hardcover. First Edition. Large 8vo. Pp. 319; 153 illustrations. Publisher's black cloth,some rubbing to head/tail of spine and joints, rear joint repaired at some point. binding remains strong. Contents clean and tight, original end papers, no inscriptions. A good copy..

Sussex: Pica Press, 1999. Book. Illus. by Richard Richardson and others. Near Fine. Hardback. First Edition. Small 4to. 552 pages; 32 colour photographic plates and many b/w vignettes by richard Richardson and others. Dust Jacket near fine, not price clipped. Hard back binding fine. Contents clean and tight, very faint dust soiling to top of the text block only, no inscriptions. A near fine copy..

Cambridge: Cambridge Bird Club, 1934. Book. Fine. Hardcover. First Edition. 8vo. 118 pages; fold out map to the rear. Hardback binding very good, some light rubbing to edges. Contents clean and tight, no foxing, signature and address of the Oologist John Emerson Griffith to the front free endpaper, otherwise unmarked, no inscriptions. A very good copy with good provenance.. [John Emerson Griffith; Oologist, specialising in waders, former editor of the Jourdain Society Bulletin, he held a senior post for over 30 years.].

London: Bloomsbury [London Natural History Society], 2014. Book. Illus. by Fraser Simpson. Fine. Hardcover. First Edition. Large 8vo. 432 pages; colour plates and line drawings. Original dust jacket fine, not price-clipped. Hard back binding fine. Contents clean and tight, no inscriptions. A fine copy..