Search Results: Pets from Mike Park Ltd

London: Imperial Tobacco Company 48 cigarette cards mounted in album, small horizontal octavo, pp 20 (including covers), paperback, the covers a little worn and marked, the lower corner slightly bruised, a small tear to the lower cover. [Postage will be reduced]. Paperback. Good.

London: W.H. Allen & Co., 1884. New edition. Illustrated, small octavo, pp xvi, 316, all edges gilt, names removed from half title, slight age-toning, otherwise clean and sound internally, decorated cloth gilt, a little worn and rubbed, the spine slightly pulled at the head and foot. [John Ellor Taylor was born at Levenshulme, near Manchester, in 1837. He received no education except some desultory instruction at a school held in the Wesleyan chapel, which he supplemented by private study. About 1850 he obtained a situation as store-boy at the locomotive works of the London and North-Western railway at Longsight. Two years later he was bound apprentice as a fitter and turner at the same works. From 1858 onwards Taylor was a popular lecturer on science. In conjunction with John Gunn he established the Norwich Geological Society in 1864, and founded the Science Gossip Club (Norwich) in 1870. He was elected a fellow of the Geological Society in 1869, and a fellow of the Linnean Society in June 1873.… Read More

Tiburon, California: Wood River Publishing, 1991. Very well illustrated, quarto, pp 175, (pages very slightly waved), paperback, the covers with only very slight signs of use. [The horse as depicted on magazine covers, picture postcards and advertising.]. First Edition. Paperback. Good.

T.F.H. Publications, 1992. Well illustrated with colour plates by Anne Hopkinson, and colour photographs of mainyenance and care, very large quarto, pp 144, very clean internally, pictorial boards, a little worn and marked, with some wear to the top left corner of the upper cover near the spine and the bottom left corner very slightly bruised. [A large and heavy book - extra postage will apply.]. First Edition. Boards. Good. Illus. by Anne Hopkinson.

Neptune, New Jersey: T.F.H. Publications, 1979. Illustrated, slim octavo, pp 93, rather used internally, becoming weak, pictorial boards a bit worn.. Pictorial boards. Fair.

New Jersey: TFH Publications, 1986. Well illustrated, thick 8vo, pp 384, inscription on front endpaper, pictorial boards showing very slight signs of use, the fore-edge very slightly marked, otherwise a good sound copy..

London: William Heinemann Ltd, 1921. Illustratewd with eight colour plates and many black and white plates, quarto, pp xx, 207, edges untrimmed, some aged blotching throughout, the bottom margins damp-stained, but overall quite sound internally, green cloth with gilt decoration, a little marked and worn. . First Edition. Cloth. Good.

London & Oxford: British Museum (Natural History) & Oxford University Press, 1982. Well illustrated with line drawings and distribution maps. eight colour plates, quarto, pp 328, fore-edge very slightly marked, two corners with very slight turns, otherwise extremely clean internally, blue cloth in very good condition, the dustwrapper has only the very slightest signs of use. A presentation copy from the library of the ornithologist Colin Harrison with inscription "To Colin, with best wishes Derek". [A survey of firetails, grassfinches, waxbills, munias, avadavats and parrot finches. In this, the third in his series on the bird groups, David Goodwin describes the estrildids, a colourful group that have long been popular as aviary birds. He deals with behaviour, biology, coloration, adaptive radiation and other aspects, describing each species in detail, and also gives information on keeping the birds. ]. A heavy book - extra postage may be needed.. Signed by Author. First Edition.… Read More

London: L. Upcott Gill Third edition, not dated - 1887 ?. Illustrated with a colour frontispiece and 17 colour chromolithograph plates, 22 plain plates, several text illustrations. small thick octavo, pp viii, 431 + 1 advertisement page, a little age-toning and very occasional fox spots, very slightly used throughout, an address and date on the half-title (with the name neatly crossed out) - "Geo. Bertie Bird, Juy 8th 1897, Walton Rectory Loughborough", and a later signature - "H.H. Cousins, 3rd ocober 1928", simply bound in plain green cloth of a later date. SCARCE. . Third edition. Cloth. Good.

Dorking: Interpet Publishing, 1999. Very well illustrated, quarto, pp 208, pictorial boards, a very good copy. [A comprehensive introduction to keeping and displaying these magnificent ornamental fish, from choosing healthy stock to installing a fully equipped koi pond. Plus a full-colour survey of all the major varieties.]. First Edition. Pictorial laminated boards. Very Good.

Waterlooville: Kingdom Books, 1999. Well illustrated, octavo, pp 144, as new internally, pictorial boards showing the slightest signs of wear.. First Edition. Pictorial laminated boards. Very Good.

Mountfield, near Robertsbridge: Pica Press, 1998. Illustrated with 88 colour plates and many small distribution maps, large thick octavo, pp 584, edges very slightly marked, otherwise very clean internally, red cloth in good condition but binding leaning slightly, the dustwrapper is price-clipped, slightly marked and worn. [A heavy book - extra postage may be needed]. First Edition. Cloth. Good/Slightly worn.

Edlington, Hornchurch: K & R Books Ltd, 1979. Illustrated, small slim 8vo, pp (6), 117, lower corner of pages slightly bumped throughout, the cloth binding is similar but otherwise very good, in a slightly worn dustwrapper.. First Edition. Cloth. Good/Slightly worn.

Austin: University of Texas, 1996. Illustrated, large 8vo, pp x, 246, pictorial boards, a good bright copy..