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THE BIRDS OF AUSTRALIA Volume I (Birds of Prey) [volume one] by Gould, John - 1992

by Gould, John

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THE BIRDS OF AUSTRALIA Volume I (Birds of Prey) [volume one] by Gould, John - 1992

THE BIRDS OF AUSTRALIA Volume I (Birds of Prey) [volume one]

by Gould, John

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Melbourne: Hill House, 1992. Limited facsimile edition, this copy is stamped no. 204 to the front paste-down; a fine copy, cloth very slightly marked, contents clean and tight, unmarked. 36 fine coloured plates with accompanying text. Endpapers with a repeating pattern of BM library stamps. Original green Japanese Saifu cloth gilt. One of a series of remarkably exact same-size facsimiles of the original in the British Library, printed by offset lithography on acid-free matt art paper and hand-bound. The Hill House series contained the only authentic full-size facsimiles of the works of John Gould - this volume is one of the original printings and now out of print. Publisher's blurb thus "They are not reproductions, because no camera was used in transferring the images from the B.M.(N.H.) originals. Indeed the originals are taken by Museum security courier to the repro-house in Singapore, where they are subjected to the preparation of new plates for printing on 5 and 6 colour offset presses. The paper used is 130 gsm mat art paper. As facsimiles, the books carry faithfully every spot, mark or stain of the originals. They also carry the original Museum Department of Zoology stamps, and librarian's annotations. From behind glass, the naked eye would be unable to distinguish the original from the facsimile, so accurate is the colour printing. Also as facsimiles, they are exactly the same size as the originals (Imperial Folio: 22" x 15"). Each volume is hand sewn, cased-in and bound between 4 mm. boards covered in special Japanese Saifu cloth, gold stamped on the spine, and with the gold Crown Cipher of the British Museum (Natural History) on the front, and blind embossed on the inner margin of the front boards. The end-papers are of special wood-free heavy grade paper, printed in a generated repetitive pattern of the Museum's Library stamps. The publisher has not intruded into the authenticity of the books, leaving the publication data printed only on the very last page at the end of the book block. Each copy is hand inspected by the printer's quality control officer, individually numbered on the inside front board. Thus, no two copies are exactly the same. Although initial volumes were printed in more than 500 copies, later production runs have not exceeded 300 for world-wide sale. This has been caused by a relative shortage of quality paper, together with the intensive hand-labour involved in their production." Please see the other Gould titles we are offering in this impressive edition.. This book is held in stock. A postal surcharge may apply on this heavy book.. Facsimile Edition. Hardcover. Fine/No Dust Jacket. Elephant Folio. Book.
  • Bookseller Loe Books GB (GB)
  • Format/Binding Hardcover
  • Book Condition Used - Fine
  • Jacket Condition No Dust Jacket
  • Edition Facsimile Edition
  • Binding Hardcover
  • ISBN 10 0947352163
  • ISBN 13 9780947352165
  • Publisher Hill House
  • Place of Publication Melbourne
  • Date Published 1992
  • Keywords BIOLOGY ORNITHOLOGY
  • Size Elephant Folio

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The Birds of New Guinea and the Adjacent Papuan Islands, including many new species recently...
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The Birds of New Guinea and the Adjacent Papuan Islands, including many new species recently discovered in Australia . Vol. I (Birds of Paradise, Crows)

by Gould, John

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Melbourne: Hill House, 1988. , 56 plates. . HB. Folio. Copy no. 293. A small bump to foot of spine, otherwise a fine copy. This book is from the library of Pamela Gilbert, former Entomology Librarian at NHM (London), and it is inscribed to her by the publishers, Bernard & Lucilla d'Abrera, 'To Pam Gilbert - who carried this book on its first odyssey….' It was Pam Gilbert who took the NHM original out to the printers in Singpore for preparation of plates for printing this facsimile edition.. Originally published 1875-1888. Fine colour plates with accompanying text pages. 'The volumes in this series are not mere reproductions. They are exact facsimiles of originals held in the Libraries of the British Museum (Natural History) in London and Tring. They are not reproductions, because no camera was used in transferring the images from the B.M.(N.H.) originals. Indeed the originals are taken by Museum security courier to the repro-house in Singapore, where they are subjected to the… Read More
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THE BIRDS OF NEW GUINEA and the Adjacent Papuan Islands, including Many New Species Recently...
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THE BIRDS OF NEW GUINEA and the Adjacent Papuan Islands, including Many New Species Recently Discovered in Australia. Volume I. (one) [Birds of Paradise]

by Gould, John; Sharpe, Bowdler

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Melbourne: Hill House, 1988. Book. Fine. Hardcover. Facsimile Edition. Elephant Folio. Completed after the author's death by R. Bowlder Sharpe. Limited facsimile edition; Binding fine, contents clean and tight, unmarked. A fine copy. Original red Japanese Saifu cloth gilt; pp. [iv], iii plus 56 fine coloured plates with accompanying text (inc. cuckoo-shrikes, fairy-wrens, flycatchers and others). One of series of remarkably exact same-size facsimile of the original in the British Library, printed by offset lithography on acid-free matt art paper and hand-bound. The Hill House series contained the only authentic full-size facsimiles of the works of John Gould - this volume is one of the original printings and now out of print. Publisher's blurb thus "They are not reproductions, because no camera was used in transferring the images from the B.M.(N.H.) originals. Indeed the originals are taken by Museum security courier to the repro-house in Singapore, where they are subjected to the… Read More
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$486.59