A History of British Birds in 3 Volumes by Yarrell W - 1843

(London), 1835. 4to estratto pp. 67-70 + tav. XIV inc. rame e col. a mano. (Molto belle) - !! ATTENZIONE !!: Con il termine estratto (o stralcio) intendiamo riferirci ad un fascicolo contenente un articolo, completo in se, sia che esso sia stato stampato a parte utilizzando la stessa composizione sia che provenga direttamente da una rivista. Le pagine sono indicate come "da/a", ad esempio: 229/231 significa che il testo è composto da tre pagine. Quando la rivista di provenienza non viene indicata é perché ci è sconosciuta. - !! ATTENTION !!: : NOT A BOOK : “extract” or “excerpt” means simply a few pages, original nonetheless, printed in a magazine. Pages are indicated as in "from” “to", for example: 229/231 means the text comprises three pages (229, 230 and 231). If the magazine that contained the pages is not mentioned, it is because it is unknown to us.

John van Voorst, 1836. Volume 2. This is an ex-library book and may have the usual library/used-book markings inside.This book has hardback covers. Clean from markings. With owner's name inside cover. In good all round condition. No dust jacket. Re-bound by library. 8vo. Dark green cloth binding (re-bound). Gilt lettering on backstrip. Binding clean and unworn. Pink speckled page edges. Some moderate foxing and discoloured areas internally, otherwise clean with clear text. Please note the Image in this listing is a stock photo and may not match the covers of the actual item,850grams, ISBN:

Natural history Fish . 1st. Ed. Pub. Van Voorst. 1836. Two volume set illustrated with woodcuts. 8vo. Hardbacks. Ex-Society of Writers to His Majesty's Signet. Initials to front paste downs. Marbling to text block edges. Front internal hinges neatly strengthened with tape, some tape residue to endpapers. Very occ. mark to margins o/w. contents fine. Original full calf binding with gilt armorials to front and back of both volumes. Volume II lacks outer casing of spine. External hinges showing wear, with rubbing to boards. Text blocks perfectly sound. Both vols. covered with removable, protective clear plastic.

Van Voorst, 1859. Third Edition . N/A. N/A. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Good clean copy, in original cloth ,of this enlarged edition. Half inch tear to top of spine of second volume. 2 vols complete with portrait frontisp. and memoir of the auther

London, Jan van Voorst, 1841. 2. Hardcover. Good. 2nd ed., 2 vols., XLVII,(1),464,(2); 628p., num. ills., later contemp. unif. hcl. w. mor. letterpiece.; Sl. soiled; 2nd vol. title-p. sl. browned.

Van Voorst., 1859. 3rd. Ed.. 2 vols. with 522 woodcuts. Volume 1. has a little staining to bottom of front boards and spine end is a little frayed. Vol. 2.spine relayed with new endpapers. Corners of boards a little bumped. Clean internally. Good to vg.

London, John van Voorst, 1839. Two parts in one. 8vo (22.0 x 14.5 cm). 120 [48; 72], [iv] pp. Numerous wood-engravings in the text. Original green blind-stamped cloth with gilt title on spine. = First edition of this supplement which actually consists of two parts, each with its own pagination, but invariably they are found together. The illustrations in this work are not on separate plates, but placed throughout the work, each preceding the species descriptions. 4 pp. publisher's list of natural history publications bound in the rear. A very good, clean, copy. Dean II, p. 661; Nissen IVB, 1029; Nissen ZBI, 4488.

Hardcover. Very Good. Fishes 2 vols 3rd. Edn.1859 Birds 3 vols 3rd. Edn.1856.. Nice copies, cloth a little rubbed

John Van Voorst, London, 1839-1843. 1st edition. Publisher's cloth. Good/No Jackets. Front hinge of vol. 3 separating; paper labels on spine abraded. End papers of vols. 1 & 2 removed.

London, J. Van Voorst, 1836. Two volumes in two. Large 8vo (25.0 x 15.7 cm). 918 pp. [xxxviii, 408; 472]. With several hundreds of fine text engravings. Contemporary uniform grained morocco. Boards with gilt ornamented rectangular borders; spines with five raised, gilt-lined bands and gilt title. Yellow endpapers. Top edges gilt. = A nicely bound and rare large paper copy of the uncommon first edition. "Normal" copies have a page-size of about 21.5 x 14.0 cm. The fine engravings are of fish, and fishery scenes. Some light shelfwear, erasure on front free endpaper, otherwise very good, clean set. Nissen ZBI, 4488.

A guide to creating a bird-friendly environment, with tips on feeders, nest boxes, birdbaths, recipes, and bird identification, all pages clean and unmarked

New York: Grove Press, 2020. First Edition. Hardcover. Near fine/near fine. First Edition. Hardcover. Signed by Helen Macdonald to special themed bookplate affixed to front free endpaper. Stated first edition, with full number line indicating first printing. 8 1/2" X 5 3/4". ix, 261pp. A touch of shelfwear to bright dust jacket. Bound in full black paper over boards, with spine backed in black cloth and lettered in silver. A new, unread signed first edition of this collection of essays about the natural world by Helen Macdonald, author of H is for Hawk. ABOUT VESPER FLIGHTS: From the New York Times bestselling author of H is for Hawk and winner of the Samuel Johnson Prize for nonfiction, comes a transcendent collection of essays about the natural world. Animals don't exist in order to teach us things, but that is what they have always done, and most of what they teach us is what we think we know about ourselves. Helen Macdonald's bestselling debut H is for Hawk brought the astonishing story of… Read More

New York: Liveright Publishing Company, 2022. First Edition. Hardcover. Very good +/Very good +. First Edition. Hardcover. Signed by author in ink at front free endpaper. First Edition with full number line indicating first printing. 9 1/2" X 6 1/4". 417pp. Very mild shelf wear to covers, corners, and edges of unclipped dust jacket. Bound in black paper over boards with spine lettered in gilt. Pages are clean and unmarked. Binding is sound. ABOUT THIS BOOK: From the Pulitzer Prize-winning author of The Gulf, a sweeping cultural and natural history of the bald eagle in America. The bald eagle is regal but fearless, a bird you're not inclined to argue with. For centuries, Americans have celebrated it as "majestic" and "noble," yet savaged the living bird behind their national symbol as a malicious predator of livestock and, falsely, a snatcher of babies. Taking us from before the nation's founding through inconceivable resurgences of this enduring all-American species, Jack E. Davis contrasts the… Read More

Eric Berry: The Polynesian Triangle, 1968 Funk & Wagnalls. USED. VERY GOOD CONDITION/ VERY GOOD UNCLIPPED ORIGINAL DUST JACKET. SCARCE THUS. States First Published in the United States of America 1968. SUMMARY: THE 3,000 YEAR HISTORY OF POLYNESIA AND ITS PEOPLES. ANTHROPOLOGY. A NICE FIND.

Old original printing of United States National Museum, `1953, 734 pp, rough page ends, strong binding. There are a very few notations by owner and salutation. This was later printed in 2 volumes. No photos, printed by Unite tates Government Printing Office in Washington D.C. orig. price $4.50.

New York: Doubleday, 1964. Hardcover. Very good. 4to (33 x 24 cm). 288 pp. Signed by Peterson on 2nd blank endpaper, rest of text block tight and unmarked. Black cloth covers with gilt titles to spine and upper, light wear to head/tail of spine,corners and edges. No DJ.

London: Methuen & Co. Ltd., 1968. First edition. ILLUSTRATED COMPREHENSIVE STUDY OF ADAPTATIONS OF BIRDS FOR BREEDING BY EXPERT ON DARWIN'S FINCHES. 10 inches tall mauve cloth binding, gilt title to spine, unmarked, very good in good price-clipped dust jacket with edge tears. From dust jacket: "The primary aim of this book is an interpretation of the main adaptations of birds for breeding-whether a species lests solitarily or in colonies, whether it is monogamous or has several mates, the lumber of eggs that it lays, the relative size of its eggs, the rate of development of its eggs and young, and the age at which it first breeds. This book is the first comprehensive survey of these points that has been made, so readers can see what is known, and what emains to be discovered, and hence may be stimulated to add to knowledge. However it is much more than a summary of the facts, for these various adaptations have been interpreted in terms of natural selection, and the author has suggested how each of… Read More

Houghton Mifflin Compay Boston, 1939. Revised. Hardcover. Very Good. 1939. Revised and Abridged with the Addition of More Than One Hundred Species. Very good red cloth hardcover without dust jacket. Edge wear. Previous owner's name on ffep. Illustrated in color by Louis Agassiz Fuertes, Allan Brooks and Roger Tory Peterson.

Rising from sandbars on the Platte River with clarion calls, the sandhill crane (Grus canadensis) feels the urgency of spring migration. Elegant, noble, and spiritual, the sandhill crane is one of the most ancient of all birds. More than a half-million strong, flying in squadrons, these majestic creatures point northward to their Arctic and sub-Arctic breeding ranges. Theirs is an epic story of endurance through the ages. With 153 stunning color photographs, On Ancient Wings presents sandhill cranes in their wild but increasingly compromised habitats today. Over the course of five years, Michael Forsberg documented the tall gray birds in habitats ranging from the Alaskan tundra, to the arid High Plains, from Cuban nature preserves to suburban backyards. With an eye for beauty and an uncommon persistence, the author documents the cranes' challenges to adapt and survive in a rapidly changing natural world. Forsberg argues that humankind, for its own sake, should secure the cranes' place in the future.… Read More

Trade paperback with multiple illustrations, maps, photographs. 340 pages with indexOrnithology and how the banding yields info about birds as carriers of disease.