Search Results: Birds - British from Loe Books

London: R.H. Porter, 1906. Book. Very Good. Hardcover. First Edition. 8vo. 590 pages; numerous b/w illustrations. Original hardback binding, very good with a little general wear. Contents clean and tight, armorial plate belonging to Henry Kenyon Stephenson on the front pastedown, very small amount of foxing to prelims. only, otherwise unmarked, no inscriptions. A very good copy. [Sir Henry Kenyon Stephenson, 1st Baronet DSO (16 August 1865 to 20 September 1947, a British Liberal politician and businessman.].

London: T & A. D. Poyser, 1976. Book. Illus. by Robert Gillmor, Leslie Baker, Hilary Burn, D. J. F. Coombs, Crispin Fisher, P. J. Grant, R. A. Richardson, D. A. Thelwell, Donald Watson and Ian Willis. Near Fine. Hardcover. First Edition. 4to. Loosely inserted in their printed folder are the "Transparent Overlays of Environmental Factors." 374 pages. Colour frontispeice & b/w illustrations throughout. Original dust jacket near fine, yellowed, not price-clipped. Hard back binding fine. Contents clean and tight, no inscriptions, no foxing. A near fine bright copy..

North Berwick: R. P. Phillimore, 1911. Book. Very Good. Hardcover. First Edition. 12mo. "With over 60 Pen Drawings by the Author"; pp. vii (adverts), [7], 134, [4 - adverts], [2]. Two black and white frontispiece plates, numerous in-text illustrations. Cloth backed stiff card boards, a little general wear and rubbing, slightly frayed to the bottom of the spine. Contents clean and tight, no inscriptions, original end papers. A very good copy. [Bibliographic note: chapter XIV is entitled 'Feathered Inhabitants'. Phillimore was a renowned artist and publisher of postcards, several of the adverts in this book are for his postcards - 'The "Phillimore" Water Colour Post Cards. Landscape and Rustic Series (Hand-coloured)', illustrated with a postcard of Tawny Owls.].

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..

London: Macmillan and Co., Limited, 1917. Book. Very Good. Hardcover. First Edition. 8vo. 691 pages, the definitive bibliography for pre-1913 books on British birds. Original hardback binding, very good, gilt lettering to spine a little dulled. Contents clean and tight, replacement front free end paper to match original, unmarked, no inscriptions. A very good tight copy. Outstanding and indispensable..

Clifton: J. Baker and Son, 1934. Book. Very Good. Card Covers. 8vo. No Date but ownership signature dated 1944, probably 1930s. pp 39. Original marbled blue card covers, a little general wear and a few marks. Contents clean and tight, a rather attractive pencil drawing has been drawn to front end papers, a little pencil annotation. A very good copy..

London: H. F. & G. Witherby Ltd, 1966. Book. Illus. by R. B. Talbot Kelly. Very Good. Hardcover. First Edition. 8vo. xvi + 174 pages, colour frontispiece plate, further black and white plates and in-text illustrations all by R. B. Talbot Kelly. Original dust jacket very good, with light general wear and a little rubbing to edges, top/tail of the spine bumped, price-clipped and repriced by publisher, now attractively presented in a loose-fitting clear archival sleeve. Hard-back binding, very good, top/tail of spine a little bumped. Contents clean and tight, no inscriptions. A very good copy..

The Batchworth Press, 1954. Book. Very Good. Hardcover. 1st. 8vo. b/w photos, a very good copy in a v. lightly soiled and edgeworn dust jacket..

London: Andre Deutsch, 1980. Book. As New. Hardcover. First Edition. 8vo. B/W plates. An as-new copy in an as-new dust jacket..

Norwich: Jarrod & Sons Ltd., 1963. Book. Good. Hardcover. First Edition. 8vo. colour and b/w illustrations. Original hardback binding, good with some light marking. Contents clean and tight, no inscriptions, unmarked. A good copy..

London: Gurney and Jackson, 1889. Book. Illus. by Chapman, Abel. Very Good. Hardcover. Signed by Author to Letter. First Edition. 8vo. Pp. [xii], 286 + 2 pages adverts; numerous fine pen and ink drawings, and in-text illustrations throughout by Abel Loosly inserted into the book is a letter from Abel Chapmen to Canon Farquhar of Queensferry. Original blue cloth, titled in gilt on spine. Binding very good and bright, no fading to the spine, light wear only to the top and bottom of the spine; a few raised bubbles to the cloth on the front board. Content clean and tight, original brown endpapers, private book plate of C. Antony Norris to the reverse of the front free endpaper, no foxing, no inscriptions. A very good copy..

London: Gurney and Jackson, 1889. Book. Illus. by Chapman, Abel. Very Good. Hardcover. First Edition. 8vo. Pp. [xii], 286 + 2 pages adverts; numerous fine pen and ink drawings, and in-text illustrations throughout by Abel Chapman. Original blue cloth, titled in gilt on spine. Binding very good and bright, , light wear only to the top and bottom of the spine and corners. Content clean and tight, original brown endpapers, wear along the hinge, unmarked but for the pencil signature of F. S. Chapman, no relative but the explorer and author, also signed in pencil to the half title to the reverse of the front free endpaper, no foxing, no inscriptions. A very good copy. [ BIOG. Frederick Spencer Chapman, DSO & Bar, ED 1907 - 1971) was a British Army officer and World War II veteran, most famous for his exploits behind enemy lines in Japanese occupied Malaya. His medals include the following: the Distinguished Service Order and Bar, the Polar Medal, Gill Memorial Medal, Mungo Park Medal, and the… Read More

East Sussex: Helm Information, 1992. Book. Illus. by Woodcock, Martin. Fine. Hardcover. By Author's Wife. First Edition. Small 4to. Signed by the editor David Snow to the title page. Pp. x, 198. Colour frontispiece. Dust jacket fine, not price-clipped, contents clean and tight, no inscriptions. A fine copy. "The British Ornithologists' Club was founded in 1892 and its Bulletin started publication at the same time. Over the years, the Bulletin has had a startlingly important influence in the world of ornithology - particularly taxonomy. In a sample of 100 species that had, over the last hundred years, been recognised as new to science, it was discovered that 49 of them had first been announced in its pages. But the Bulletin was not just devoted to taxonomy - exploration, migration, ecology, behaviour, conservation, as well as the British list have all been covered in its pages. And yet the Bull remains relatively unknown save only to the members of the B.O.C. Its regular readers prize its… Read More

Cornwall Bird-Watching and Preservation Society, 1989. Book. Very Good. Paperback. 8vo. A very good copy, a little wear, some rubbing and a few small marks..

Leicester: Leicestershire and Rutland Ornithological Society, 1978. Book. Illus. by Gillmor, Robert. Fine. Hardcover. First Edition. 4to. Photographic Editor: Martin Withers; b/w line drawings by Robert Gillmor, b/w illustrations after photographs, maps. Original laminated boards fine, no fading to the spine. Contents clean and tight, unmarked, no inscriptions. A fine tight 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..

London: J. M. Dent & Sons Ltd., 1919. Book. Illus. by E. J. Detmold. Very Good. Hardcover. First Edition. 8vo. pp. 274, eight plates in colour by Detmold. Publisher's light olive green cloth with gilt lettering to the spine and gilt vignette to the front board, blind ruled edges; very good with minimal wear and some speckled ink marks to rear board. Contents clean and tight, colour frontispiece plate, name and adddress to front free endpaper, J S Chapman, St John's College, Cambridge, text unmarked, no foxing. A very good clean copy...

London: Pisces Publications, 1992. Book. Illus. by Martin Elliott, Andrew Forkner and Ian Lewington. Fine. Hardcover. First Edition. Small Folio. 284 pages; b/w illustrations. Original dust jacket fine with minimal wear, not price-clipped, now attractively presented in a loose-fitting clear archival sleeve. Hard back binding fine. Contents clean and tight, unmarked, no inscriptions, no foxing. A fine bright copy, virtually as new..

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.].

Wymondham: Sycamore Press, 1984. Book. Illus. by Chris Park and Jane Wallace. Fine. Hardcover. First Edition. 8vo. 167 pages; photographs by Tim Appleton and Chris Knights; drawings by Chris Park and Jane Wallace. Dust jacket fine, hardback binding fine, contents clean and tight, unmarked. A fine copy, virtually as new..