Natural History from Neil Williams, Bookseller

: Biodiveristy Centre for Wildlife Studies , . . . . A history to 1990 with appended data to 2019. Detailed accounts of nest sites on the coast of Vancouver Island. Extensively illustrated in black and white with colour photos and art at front and rear. Colour maps on verso of front and… Read more about this item

London : British Museum , 1916 . First Edition . Near Fine in Wraps . Folio . British Antarctic (Terra Nova) Expedition, 1910. Natural History Report. Zoology Vol 1 No 4 pp 125-156. Five Figures in the Text and 10 large plates, each with multiple images. Very light wear, some toning to covers, owner's signature on front… Read more about this item

London : John Van Voorst , 1871-1885 . Fourth Edition . Very Good . 8VO . With 564 wood engravings. A landmark in British ornithology. Revised and endlarged by Alfred Newton. In the prize bindings of Stonyhurst School in mottled calf with circular vignette of the school building on front cover, gilt lettering on both boards and… Read more about this item

London : Gurney and Jackson , 1889 . First Edition . VG . 8VO . Extensively illustrated with wood engravings, some full page, others vignettes. In the prize binding of Stonyhurst School in mottled calf with circular vignette of the school building on front cover, gilt lettering on both boards and spine, inside dentelles. Marbled endpapers, AEG. Bound… Read more about this item

Washington : U.S. Department of Commerce , 2008 . First Edition . Near Fine . 8VO . A handsome production bound in gilt stampe green faux-leather with marbled edges and endpapers. Well illustrated with both period and contemporary photographs. Lightest of wear. Very mildly ex-marine research facility library with stamps on half-title and on blank rear page.… Read more about this item

London : John Murray , 1918 . First Edition . Very Good . 8VO . Nicely illustrated with two page black and white period illustrations. Two page holograph letter by the author taped to the front endpaper. Ex-library from a marine research centre with several stamps, institutional bookplate on front pastedown and pocket on rear. Light wear.… Read more about this item

Montreal : Canadian Wildlife Service , 1996 . First Edition . Near Fine/Near Fine . 4TO . Co-published with L'Association Quebecoise Des Groupes d'Ornithologues and The Province of Quebec Society for the Protection of Birds. A beautifully produced and meticulously researched work on the birds of Quebec. Profusely illustrated with maps, charts and photographs. Lightest of wear… Read more about this item

Victoria : British Columbia Provincial Museum , 1962 . First Edition . VG in Wraps . 12MO . Handbook #19. With black and white drawings. INSCRIBED by the author on the title page. Very light wear. Postage will be reduced for this item.

London : Jonathan Cape , 1921 . First Edition . VG . 8VO . Illlustrated with black and white plates by Charles Livingston Bull and Warwick Reynolds. Light wear but the wilderness has intruded with a number of tiny perfect wormholes penetrating both boards and into the following pages. The original borers are long gone and the… Read more about this item

Sidney : Gray's Publishing , 1973 . First Edition . NF/VG . 4TO . A very nice copy of the first edition of this much reprinted and authoritative, as well as spectacularly attractive book. Lightest of wear to book. Priceclipped jacket edgeworn with several small chips and tears, minor losses to head of spine.

Pacific Grove, CA : Woodstock Publications , 1980 . First Edition . F/VG . 8VO . Errata snd Addendum sheet laid in. Extensively illustrated with black and white drawings, maps and colour plates. Jacket edgeworn along top edge with several chips and tears.

Victoria : Royal British Columbia Museum , 1992 . First Edition . Near Fine in Stapled Wraps . 4TO . A complete catalogue of type specimens in the museum. Lightest of wear. Shipping will be reduced for this item.

Vancouver : Greystone Press , 2007 . First Edition . F/F . 8VO . A memoir by one of British Columbia's best known birders and ornithologists. A fine copy in like jacket.

Honolulu : University Press of Hawaii , 1972 . First Edition . VG/VG . 4TO . Extensively illustrated with black and white photos and drawing with some lovely colour reproductions of paintings. Lightest of wear to book, jacket worn at extremities. A large and heavy book.

London : Bloomsbury , 1990 . First Bloomsbury Printing . NF/NF . 8VO . Extensively ilustrated in black and white. Lightest of wear to book and unpriceclipped jacket.

Victoria : British Columbia Provincial Museum , 1962 . First Edition . VG in Wraps . 12MO . Handbook #19. With black and white drawings. Very light wear. Postage will be reduced for this item.

London : Chapman and Hall , 1892 . Second Printing . VG . 8VO . Hudson's classic on his travels and the natural history of Argentina. Black and white illustrations by J Smit. This is the second printing of only 750 copies; the first was limited to 1000. Bound in dark green cloth with cover vignette and… Read more about this item

Toronto : Doubleday Canada , 2000 . Trade Paperback . VG in Wraps . 8VO . Black and white illustrations. Light wear.

Berlin : Dietrich Reimer / Ernst Vosen , 1933 . . VG . 8VO . Text in German, Deutsch. Illustrated with black and white pictures of nesting eagles. Very light wear.

San Diego : Natural History Museum , 1959 . First Edition . VG in Stapled Wraps . 12MO . Light wear.