A Familiar History Of Birds

London: Longmans Greens and Co, 1865. Leather bound hardcover in good condition. No dust jacket. Liverpool College Prize. The boards have some markings and general wear. Decorative gilt spine with a bumped spine head. Gilt page block. Book plate on the front pastedown. Foxing on FEP. The pages in the main body are clean and clear. GE. Hardcover. Good/No Dust… Read more about this item

London: Longmans, Green, and Co., 1902. xii, 420, frontis, text engravings. . HB. 8vo, orig. cloth, gt, spine faded, rubbed. Patterned endpapers. Vg.. New impression. Edward Stanley (1779-1849), rector of Alderley, Cheshire for 32 years, and later Bishop of Norwich. This work, first publishished in 1835, and appearing in a number of editions, contains observations on both British and… Read more about this item

Blue leather with decorative gilt tooled spine with title Stanley's Birds. Title page missing, plates present otherwise. Marbled endpapers and page edges. Paper of endpapers cracker but binding form. Inscribed in ink to endpapers. All over good with pretty decorative binding.

London: Longmans, Green, and Co., 1902 . Leather. Very Good Indeed. 7.5" by 5". Not Stated. A smart, leather bound new impression of Stanley Edward's work on the history of birds, with illustrations. Bound in full calf, with gilt tooling to the spine. A new edition. Written by Edward Stanley, the Lord Bishop of Norwich. Stanley provides a… Read more about this item

London: Longmans, Green, and Co., 1881. xii, 420, frontis, text engravings. . HB. 8vo, orig. red cloth, stamped in gilt and black to front board and spine (faded); patterned endpapers. Slight foxing to endpapers and half-title, prize bookplate and single ink stamp to verso of title. Vg.. New Revised edition. Edward Stanley (1779-1849), rector of Alderley, Cheshire for… Read more about this item

London: John W. Parker, 1835. Cloth. Very Good Indeed. 6.5" by 4.5". Not Stated. A pocket-sized two volume set on birds profusely illustrated with engravings. A thorough and fascinating two volume work on ornithology. Contains chapters on the anatomy of birds, their flight, structure and classifications, before specialist chapters on the eagles and hawks, vultures, owls, ravens, penguins,… Read more about this item

London: John W. Parker, 1838. 2 vols., 12mo, pp. vii, [1], 259, [1], [4] ads; v, [3], 292, [4] ads; 2 frontispieces and 14 wood-engraved plates, a number of woodcut illus. in the text; slight cracking at the spine ends, most of the plates spotted, else very good in orig. blue diapered cloth, gilt lettering and decoration stamped on… Read more about this item

London: John W. Parker , 1838. Cloth. Good. 6.5" by 4". Not Stated. A scarce complete two volume set of the second edition of this ornithological study of the history of birds, with illustrations. Complete in two volumes. Scarce set. Second edition. Volume one is… Read more about this item

London: Longmans, Green, and Co., 1890. Leather. Very Good Indeed. 7.5" by 5". None stated. A copy of this history of birds by Edward Stanley in a full tree calf prize binding. The new edition. With a frontispiece, illustrated title page and monochrome vignettes throughout. In a full tree calf prize binding with gilt details and text. This ornithological work… Read more about this item

Longmans, Green & Co Ltd, 1883. Hardcover. Very Good. Rebound, half leather, red cloth boards. In excellent condition.

London: John W. Parker & Sons, 1857. xii, 446, [6]-publisher's ads, frontis, text engravings. . HB. Sm. 8vo, orig. blind-stamped green cloth, some wear to head of spine. Rear hinge strained and a little slack. Near contemporary owner's name to blank recto of frontis. Circular ink stamp to title page. Good.. Seventh edition. Edward Stanley (1779-1849), rector of… Read more about this item

London: John W. Parker, 1840. viii, 264; viii, 300, 4-Ads, 2 frontispieces, 14 engraved plates, woodcuts to text. . HB. small 8vo, orig. cloth, blind-stamped design to boards, gt title to spines. Old water stain to varying extent to top inner corner of plates to Vol. I. Very good set.. Third edition. Edward Stanley (1779-1849), rector of Alderley, Cheshire… Read more about this item

Longmans, Green and Co. Ltd., 1902. Hardcover. Acceptable. 1902. New Impression. 420 pages. No dust jacket. Red cloth. Prize plate stuck to front pastedown. Black and white illustrations throughout. Binding remains firm. Pages and illustrations have light tanning and foxing throughout. Stickers to front pastedown. Boards have light shelf-wear with corner bumping. Light tanning to spine and edges… Read more about this item

London: Longmans, Green and Co, 1883. Hardcover. Good. 8vo.. The New Edition. Handsome decorative binding with gilt birds and lettering on red cloth boards. Spine is faded and worn. Edges are bumped. Pages are age tanned but clean. Gilt page edges. Binding is tight. Numerous engravings.Previous owner's book plate on fep. Dedication on flyleaf dated 1904 … Read more about this item

London: Longmans, Green, 1890. New Edition. Hardcover. Very Good/No Dust Jacket. small octavo. Type: Book pp xii, 420. Fully bound in original calf with 5 raised bands to spine. Gilt decoration to spine and decorative borders to boards and inner edges. Marbled end papers and edges. Lincoln Grammar School prize details written to FEP.

Marbled edges very faded; marbled eps - the versos are new paper.,. Titles on white skivers on spine and front.. 446pp incl index; frontis and vignette on title p; XXVIII Tables; and numerous b&w dwgs in text.

London: Lomngmans, Green and Co, 1896 Copy in maroon cloth on boards with gilt title on spine. Spine lightly sunned and rubbed at head/foot. Crack in front hinge. Some leaching topcorner of late folis fron boards. The contents are good exceptthat page 247 has a large cut-out from the folio (probably an illustration has been removed).… Read more about this item

John W Parker & Son, 1854. 6th. Hardcover. Good/No Jacket. This work is intended for a class of readers to whom more scientific details would be unacceptable, if not unintelligible. There are two pen inscriptions inside and slight foxing.The cover is worn and faded in parts also a small tear down the spine.

London: Longmans, Green, 1890. 4th edition. Nice copy. small octavo. full leather xii + 420pp., illusts., index, Red leather binding with rounded edges, inner dentelles, marbled end papers, & all edges gilt. Bright gilt device of Wesley College Melbourne on the front board. Boards rather worn at joints & prize label dated 1896 on verso of front… Read more about this item

John W. Parker, 1838. Hardcover. Acceptable. .