The Birds of South America: A List of the Birds of South America by BRABOURNE, Lord and Charles CHUBB - 1912

London: Henry G. Bohn, 1851. Leather Bound. Good. Half leather over cloth boards in good condition. Marbled endpapers. TEG. With 40 hand-colored engravings. Raised bands on the spine. A few words underlined pp. 115-116. Some foxing. Eight pages have a dark mark in the center of the page, but the text is still legible. A damp stain on the lower corner of many pages. With additions and Supplementary notes by William Jardine. Edited with further illustrations, a biographical sketch of the author and a complete index by Edward Jesse.

Johnson Reprint and Theatrum Orbis Terrarum, 1977. Leather Bound. Very Good. New York and Amsterdam: Johnson Reprint and Theatrum Orbis Terrarum, 1977. Facsimile reprint of the 1873 edition. Limited to 500 numbered copies, this is No. 212. The 36 color plates are by J. WOLF and J. SMIT. Hand-bound in quarter navy morocco and burgundy cloth by Zaehnsdorf of London. Double elephant folio (18½x24). A fine facsimile reprint of a rare monograph.

New York: Bailliere Brothers, 1859. First Edition, Thus . Half Leather - Hardbound. Very Good/No Jacket. 412 pages, plus 52 hand colored plates, plus ads & 814 pages, plus one plate; Burgundy dyed leather over spines and corners, with raised spine bands, black leather spine labels, and gilt stamped lettering; Green cloth cover covers; Top edges are gilded; Covers are a little rubbed and scuffed, and show light wear at corners and along edges; Contents show scattered mostly light foxing and occasional smudges; Volumes remain tight and are generally very clean; Plates have been collated and are all present; Text is mostly un-opened.

London: Rowland Ward, Limited, 1898. First Edition . Cloth - Hard Cover. Good-/No Jacket. 4to. J. Smit. 329 pages, plus 24 hand colored plates after J. Smit. Number 474 of 500 copies numbered and signed by the publisher. Green cloth covers are heavily rubbed, and worn along edges. Wear is more toward fore edge and spine still looks good. All lettering on cover remains good. Small worm holes on both boards, with a little damage to blank front free end page, half title, title, and dedication pages. Damage is in blank spaces and does not affect any lettering. Small institution stamp on blank front free end page. Small tears at top edge of title page and dedication page. Last blank leaf and blank rear end leave are separated from text block though remain tightly attached at bottom cover. Plates are very slightly darkened near edges. Contents are otherwise bright, clean, and intact.

Washington: U.S. House of Representatives, 1855. Hardcover. Good. Volume I - Chile: Its Geography, Climate, Earthquakes, etc. Folding panoramic view of Santiago nearly 6 ft. in length. Folding map of Chile in three sheets. Ten full page plates: map, plans, views, one color portrait of Araucanian chief. Volume II - The Andes and Pampas: Minerals, Indian Remains, Mammals (Spencer F. Baird), Birds (John Cassin), etc. Illustrated with color plates (3 of Indian artifacts, 15 of birds), b&w plates, woodcuts, maps. Bound in decorated original brown cloth. Outer rear hinge of Volume I starting. Damps stain to top edge of many pages of Volume I. Cover scrape to Volume II with backstrip partially reglued, foreedge dampstain to the first few pages. Two additional volumes, principally covering astronomical observations, were published (not included here). Spencer Baird and John Cassin were contemporaries and friends, Baird at the Smithsonian and Cassis at the Academy of Natural Sciences. Both were eminent… Read More

London: Henry G. Bohn, 1851. Leather Bound. Good. Half leather over cloth boards in good condition. Marbled endpapers. TEG. With 40 hand-colored engravings. Raised bands on the spine. A few words underlined pp. 115-116. Some foxing. Eight pages have a dark mark in the center of the page, but the text is still legible. A damp stain on the lower corner of many pages. With additions and Supplementary notes by William Jardine. Edited with further illustrations, a biographical sketch of the author and a complete index by Edward Jesse.

Johnson Reprint and Theatrum Orbis Terrarum, 1977. Leather Bound. Very Good. New York and Amsterdam: Johnson Reprint and Theatrum Orbis Terrarum, 1977. Facsimile reprint of the 1873 edition. Limited to 500 numbered copies, this is No. 212. The 36 color plates are by J. WOLF and J. SMIT. Hand-bound in quarter navy morocco and burgundy cloth by Zaehnsdorf of London. Double elephant folio (18½x24). A fine facsimile reprint of a rare monograph.

New York: Bailliere Brothers, 1859. First Edition, Thus . Half Leather - Hardbound. Very Good/No Jacket. 412 pages, plus 52 hand colored plates, plus ads & 814 pages, plus one plate; Burgundy dyed leather over spines and corners, with raised spine bands, black leather spine labels, and gilt stamped lettering; Green cloth cover covers; Top edges are gilded; Covers are a little rubbed and scuffed, and show light wear at corners and along edges; Contents show scattered mostly light foxing and occasional smudges; Volumes remain tight and are generally very clean; Plates have been collated and are all present; Text is mostly un-opened.

London: Rowland Ward, Limited, 1898. First Edition . Cloth - Hard Cover. Good-/No Jacket. 4to. J. Smit. 329 pages, plus 24 hand colored plates after J. Smit. Number 474 of 500 copies numbered and signed by the publisher. Green cloth covers are heavily rubbed, and worn along edges. Wear is more toward fore edge and spine still looks good. All lettering on cover remains good. Small worm holes on both boards, with a little damage to blank front free end page, half title, title, and dedication pages. Damage is in blank spaces and does not affect any lettering. Small institution stamp on blank front free end page. Small tears at top edge of title page and dedication page. Last blank leaf and blank rear end leave are separated from text block though remain tightly attached at bottom cover. Plates are very slightly darkened near edges. Contents are otherwise bright, clean, and intact.

Washington: U.S. House of Representatives, 1855. Hardcover. Good. Volume I - Chile: Its Geography, Climate, Earthquakes, etc. Folding panoramic view of Santiago nearly 6 ft. in length. Folding map of Chile in three sheets. Ten full page plates: map, plans, views, one color portrait of Araucanian chief. Volume II - The Andes and Pampas: Minerals, Indian Remains, Mammals (Spencer F. Baird), Birds (John Cassin), etc. Illustrated with color plates (3 of Indian artifacts, 15 of birds), b&w plates, woodcuts, maps. Bound in decorated original brown cloth. Outer rear hinge of Volume I starting. Damps stain to top edge of many pages of Volume I. Cover scrape to Volume II with backstrip partially reglued, foreedge dampstain to the first few pages. Two additional volumes, principally covering astronomical observations, were published (not included here). Spencer Baird and John Cassin were contemporaries and friends, Baird at the Smithsonian and Cassis at the Academy of Natural Sciences. Both were eminent… Read More