Birds - British from Loe Books

Loughborough: Wills & Hepworth Ltd., 1964. Book. Illus. by Payne, Jill. Very Good. Hardcover. First Edition. 18 x 12cm. numerous colour & illustrations. Original dust jacket very good, not price clipped. Hard back binding very good. Contents clean and tight, plain endpapers, unmarked, no inscriptions. Avery good copy in a very good jacket..

London: Cassel and Company, Limited, 1895. Book. Very Good. Green Cloth. First Edition. Large 8vo (approx. 17 x 24cm). pp. xx, 368, b/w photographic frontispiece with tissue guard, further b/w plates throughout. Original green cloth binding with gilt stamped vignette of gannet on nest to the front board, gilt titling and decoration to the spine. Binding very good with… Read more about this item

London: John Van Voorst, 1871. Book. Very Good. Hardcover. Fourth Edition. 8vo. Revised and enlarged fourth edition 1871-1874, generally considered to be the best edition; vols. I and II revised by Alfred Newton, vols. III and IV by Howard Saunders; vol. I: 1871-'74; vol. II: 1976- '82; vol. III: 1882-'84; vol IV :1882-'85; pp. vol. I: 646; vol. II; 494pp;… Read more about this item

London: T. & A. D. Poyser, 2005. Book. Illus. by Alan Harris, Bruce Pearson, Ian Lewington. Fine. Hardcover. First Edition. 8vo. 344 pages plus colour photographic plates, black and white line drawings. b/w illustrations by various artists. Original dust jacket fine, not price-clipped. Hard back binding fine. Contents clean and tight, no inscriptions, no foxing. A… Read more about this item

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, scuffed to the top and bottom of the spine, binding is firm. Contents clean and tight, the front endpaper… Read more about this item

Cambridge: Cambridge Bird Club, 1934. Book. Very Good. Hardcover. First Edition. 8vo. 118 pages; fold out map to the rear. Publisher's blue cloth binding with gilt lettering to the spine, very good, some light rubbing to edges. Contents clean and tight, slight spotting, mostly to page edges, no inscriptions. A very good copy. [John Emerson Griffith; Oologist, specialising… Read more about this item

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… Read more about this item

london: collins, 1978. Book. Illus. by Hermann Heinzel. Very Good. Hardcover. 1st Edition. 8vo. 292 pages, 48 colour plates by Hermann Heinzel; illustrated end papers. Very good, a little dust marked/spotted to edges. Contents clean and tight, no inscriptions. A very good copy. "There are nearly 300 species of seabirds in the world. This book makes it possible… Read more about this item

Holt, Norfolk: Rounce & Wortley, 1930. Book. Very Good. Hardcover. First Edition. 8vo. Pp. 103; 18 full page b/w illustrations by the author. Original blue cloth with black lettering, very good, lightly rubbed. Contents good and tight, spotting to page edges and first few pages, no inscriptions. "Pastiche account purporting to be the diary of one Sylas Hardley,… Read more about this item

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… Read more about this item

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… Read more about this item

London & Edinburgh: Longman, Hurst, Rees and Orme and William Blackwood, 1806. Book. Very Good. Hardcover. First Edition. 12mo. Pp. 248. Bound in later pebbled plum cloth with title label to spine taken from original binding, very good. Contents good, no inscriptions, a little foxing along the gutter edge of the title page, top edge dust marked. … Read more about this item

London: Gurney & Jackson, 1894. Book. Very Good. Hardcover. First Edition. 8vo. pp. 92, [4]. Green cloth binding very good. Contents clean and tight, original pale yelllow coated endpapers, no inscriptions, a little spotting to first few pages. A very good first edition copy. [Bibliographic note: the last four pages are the publisher's catalogue which lists various… Read more about this item

London and Penzance: Simpkin, Marshall & Co. and W. Cornish, 1864. Book. Very Good. Hardcover. Inscribed by Author(s). First Edition. 8vo. Inscribed by the author, " from the author- additions since publication" and found within are hand written annotations of sightings within the margins. pp. 42. Original card covers, good with some handling wear and rubbing, the gathers are… Read more about this item

Hull: Published by the author [Printed by Richard Taylor], 1837. Book. Very Good. Hardcover. First Edition. 8vo. pp. x 128; frontispiece, title page, two fold out maps. Original green cloth binding, very good, spine faded, spine label with a little loss and cracking, otherwise firm. Contents clean and tight, original yellow coated endpapers, unmarked, no inscriptions, few spots… Read more about this item

London: Allan Wingate, 1953. Book. Illus. by Mervyn Peake. Very Good. Hardcover. First Edition. 8vo. pp. 62 with numerous line drawings by Peake. Original dust jacket very good, not price-clipped, some browning around the margins, no loss, now presented in a loose-fitting clear archival sleeve. Hard-back binding near fine. Contents near fine and tight, unmarked, no inscriptions. A… Read more about this item

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… Read more about this item

Ambleside: George Middleton, 1901. Book. Very Good. Hardcover. First Edition. 12mo. pp. 130. Original card covers, very good with a little handling wear. Contents clean and tight, unmarked, no inscriptions. A very good, fairly scarce copy..

London: John Van Voorst, 1866. Book. Good. Hardcover. First Edition. 12mo. pp. 132 [ix] pages; frontispiece plate short eared owl and young, title page with vignette. Original green cloth bevelled boards with gilt to the spine and front board, very good. Top and bottom of spine and edges frayed, joints firm. Contents clean and tight, some… Read more about this item

Dundee: John Leng & Co., 1895. Book. Good. Hardcover. Inscribed by Author(s). First Edition Thus. 8vo. pp vii 563; title page and inscription by the author to his son. Blue cloth binding with line drawing and title to the front board, now rather rubbed, good. Contents generally clean and tight, endpapers marked and slightly damaged. Inscription from the… Read more about this item