Search Results: Oology from Loe Books

London: Brumby & Clarke Limited, 1904. Book. Illus. by Frohawk, F. W.. Very Good. Hardcover. 1st Edition. 4to (22 x 29cm). "With 24 Coloured plates illustrating 475 specimens"; pp. 105. The 254 chromolithographic plates are all very good and with the original tissue guards a few marked; half-title & title pages. Original two-tone green cloth binding with gilt lettering, very good with a little general wear and rubbing only. Contents clean and tight, inscription in ink to the top of the half title dated 1904, original end-papers toned and a little brittle around the edges, slight spotting to title page and the odd page edge, some rusting to staples running down the spine of the first few gathers, plates clean. A very good copy. The plates used in different editions of this work are not standard and vary in quality, this particular edition includes plates printed to a high standard, and importantly the eggs are illustrated with shadows giving a particularly 3-dimensional look: they… Read More

London: Cassell and Company, Limited, 1905. Book. Very Good. Hardcover. Reprint. 8vo. pp. 96; 22 coloured plates by AFL (A. F. Lydon), all with original tissue guards. Privately bound polished calf prize binding by Relfe Brothers of London for Llandaff Cathedral School, gilt vignette to the front board of the cathedral, gilt decoration to the spine and boards, spine label missing, a little general wear. Contents clean and tight, prize plate dated 1908 signed by the head of the time on the front pastedown, ornate marbled endpapers, gilt dentelles, hinges good and strong, light foxing to a few tissue guards and text pages, all plates uneffected and clean.. A very good copy..

London: Routledge, Warne and Routledge, 1861. Book. Illus. by W. S. Coleman. Good. Hardback. 12mo. pp. vi, 122, [2 adverts]; 12 b/w engraved plates, end-paper adverts. Original brown boards, text in dark brown to front board and spine, some general wear, corners bumped, cloth dust soiled. Contents clean and tight, no inscriptions. A good complete copy. (Bibliographic note: this work was issued in a number of different formats and over many years, later editions being significantly enlarged, this edition was was probably a cheaper edition of the first or at least a very early edition - it was issued as part of Routledge's Cheap Series - the series ran to over 230 volumes many of which are now rare and virtually impossible to obtain).

London: Routledge, Warne and Routledge, 1901. Book. Illus. by W. S. Coleman. Very Good. Hardback. Revised, with Revisions. 12mo. pp. vii, 245, colour frontispiece and 11 further colour engraved plates. Binding in cloth with a little general wear and rubbing, gilt lettering to the spine. Contents clean and tight, Salter's Hill School stamp on the front pastedown, no inscriptions or other marks. A very good tight copy. (Bibliographic note: the series ran to over 230 volumes many of which are now rare and virtually impossible to obtain, at least in their fancy boards).

London: R. H. Porter, 1895. Book. Very Good. Hardcover. First Edition. 4to (30 x 23 cm). 1895-1896 , 4to , i-xvi, 54 fine coloured lithograph plates drawn by the author each illustrating a number of eggs of each species. The accompanying letterpress has been neatly numbered in pencil (possibly by the publisher as we are aware of other copies paginated thus). Publisher's half maroon morocco with marbled boards and end papers,top edge gilt, the wrappers to the original four parts have been bound at rear . Binding a little rubbed, with slight chipping to the leather at the head and tail of spine, but a very presentable copy . Contents clean and tight, a little foxing and spotting but more or less confined to the text and original wrappers, more noticeable to the endpapers and first and last few pages, the upper margins of a few plates slightly marked. The book was issued in four parts between October 1895 and July 1896. Overall a very good copy of this important oological work that covers the… Read More

London: R. H. Porter, 1895. Book. Very Good. Hardcover. First Edition. 4to (30 x 23 cm). 1895-1896 , 4to , i-xvi, 54 fine coloured lithograph plates drawn by the author each illustrating a number of eggs of each species. The accompanying letterpress has been neatly numbered in pencil (possibly by the publisher as we have seen other copies paginated thus). Publisher's half maroon morocco with marbled boards and end papers,top edge gilt, the wrappers to the original four parts have been bound at rear . Binding a little rubbed, with slight chipping to the leather at the head and tail of spine, but a very presentable copy . Contents tight, a little foxing and spotting but more or less confined to the text and original wrappers, (a few plates slightly affected) more noticeable to the endpapers and first and last few pages but less than normal. Some of the plates towards the front of the book affected by a waterstain to the bottom edge - 15 of which not affecting the illustration, 1 affecting the… Read More

London: The Field, 1935. Book. Very Good. Hardcover. First Edition. 8vo. pp 120 iv. green cloth binding with gilt lettering to spine and front board, very good with light wear and marking. Contents clean and tight, a light foxing, bookplate belonging to John Emerson Griffith on the front pastedown, text generally clean no inscriptions. A very good copy of this scarce title.[Provenance - John Emerson Griffith; Oologist, specialising in waders, former editor of the Jourdain Society Bulletin, he held a senior post for over 30 years.].