Search Results: Titles starting with H from Loe Books

London: Jonathan Cape Limited, 1926. Book. Very Good. Hardcover. First Edition. 8vo. 192 pages. Original cloth binding with gilt lettering, some general wear and discolouration, binding firm. Contents and tight, ex -library with associated labels. A very good copy..

Taunton: Field Studies Council, 1980. Book. Illus. by Abbreviated. Very Good. Paperback. 16 pages, stapled booklet, two cards loosely inserted one for Rocky shore and the other for Sandy shore. Covers good with a little gentle wear and a few small marked. Contents clean and tight, no inscriptions. A very good copy, clean and bright..

Edinburgh: William Blackwood and Sons, 1888. Book. Fine. Half-Leather. Second Edition. 8vo. 340 pp. Later half-vellum binding with black spine labels and gilt lettering, marbled brds, marbled ep's. In fine condition, mild spotting to frt and rear blanks only, o/w contents clean and tight, a fine copy..

New York: St. Martins Press, 1978. Book. Very Good. Hardcover. First Edition Thus. 8vo. Dust jacket very good, minimal wear with slight scuffing to edges, not price clipped, now protected in an archival sleeve. Original hardback binding with gilt lettering, very good. Contents clean and tight, no inscriptions. A very good first American edition copy..

London: John F. Shaw & Co. Ltd. Book. Very Good. Hardcover. 8vo. No date circa 1880. vii, 211pp. Original patterned end-papers, 12pp publisher's adverts, b/w engraved plts. All edges gilt. Superb original binding decorated with brables in green, yellow, orange and black, gilt titling to frt brd and spine, other decoration - a wonderful example of Victorian decorative book production. A little fading to spine, o/w binding in very good condition. Contents clean and tight, prize plate to front paste-down. A very good copy of this very attractive book..

Hamlyn, 1981. Book. Illus. by Gorringe, Roger & Davies, Ann. Near Fine. Paperback. First Edition. 8vo. 288 pages, numerous colour plates. Card Covers near fine unmarked. Contents clean and tight, crisp, no inscriptions. A near fine copy..

London: Hamlyn, 1979. Book. Near Fine. Hardcover. First Edition. 8vo. 144 pages, colour illustrations throughout, location charts. Hard-back laminated binding, fine. Contents clean and tight, unmarked, no inscriptions. A near fine copy..

London: John Van Voorst, 1856. Book. Very Good. Hardcover. Second Edition, Revised. 12mo [17. 5 x 11 cm]. Pp. viii, 1-48, [8], adverts at rear for six Gosse titles (see below), b/w woodcut frontispiece plate. Publisher's textured green cloth with blind stamped decoration, gilt titling to the front board, very good light wear only. Contents clean and tight, previous owner's signature, original end papers, the front paste-down very slightly stained, joints firm. A very good copy, far better than normal. [Notes: it was Gosse who coined the name 'aquarium', the adverts at the rear cover one Gosse title per page, with detailed descriptions of the following: Marine Natural History Class, British Sea-Anemones, A Naturalist's Rambles on the Devonshire Coast, The Aquarium, A Manual of Marine Zoology, and Tenby] ..

Cambridge: Cambridge at the University Press, 1904. Book. Very Good. Hardcover. First Edition. 19 x 13cm. pp. vi, [2], 260 + publisher's 32-page catalogue; two folding colour maps, one in rear pocket, two further b/w maps. Original blue-clot hardback binding, very good with slight wear only. Contents clean and tight, unmarked, no inscriptions, no foxing. A very good copy..

Oxford: Oxford at the University Press, 1906. Book. Very Good. Hardcover. First Edition Thus. Small 4to. 1906-1909. Frontispiece portraits, b/w in-text illustrations throughout. Original green cloth with gilt lettering,very good with light general wear only, generally bright, vol. II slightly lighter colour. Contents clean and tight, endpaper slightly tanned otherwise unmarked, no inscriptions. A very good complete set of three volumes. Please note: a heavy set and a small postal surcharge may apply..

London: Edward Lloyd Limited, 1897. Book. Very Good. Hardcover. First Edition. 8vo. Complete set of two. Total of 42 colour lithographic plates. Original cloth bindings, very good, a little faded on the spines. Contents clean and tight, a little toned, numerous chromolithographic plates unmarked, a few spots to the text and fore-edges, each volume has a plate belonging to Eric Hosking on the pastedown. A very good set with wonderful illustrations. [From the library of Eric Hosking, OBE, Hon FRPS, FBIPP (1909-1991) was widely acknowledged as one of the world's most eminent natural history photographers, "Perhaps the most famous bird photographer ever to have lived" (Gemma Padley). He was pioneering and developed new techniques, especially the use of flash photography and automatic shutter release technology, which enabled him to photograph birds at night and freeze birds in flight for the first time. Famously, when just 28 he lost an eye to a tawny owl while climbing up to a hide in… Read More

London: Martin Hopkinson, 1924. Book. Fair. Hardcover. First Edition. 8vo. pp. vii, [5], 250; b/w plates. Publisher's green cloth with gilt lettering to the spine, fair only. Contents clean and tight, some foxing within. A fair copy only..

London: HELM, 2018. Book. Fine. Hardcover. 1st Edition. 4to. complete in two volumes with Slip-case in fine condition. Laminated hardback bindings fine. Contents clean and tight, unmarked, no inscriptions, pages crisp - appears unread. A fine set in a fine slip-case..

Barcelona: Lynx Edicions, 1992. Book. Near Fine. Hardcover. First Edition. 25 x 32cm. All 17 volumes published by Lynx Edicions with the International Council for Bird Preservation. Complete with coloured, illustrated jackets, all first editions. Dust jackets near fine and bright, a few marks to a few of the undersides of the jackets, unfaded. Original binding with gilt lettering to the spine and front boards, fine. Contents clean and tight, just the ocassional lightly stuck page may be found due to the nature of the glossy paper, unmarked no inscriptions. A near fine set. Please note that this is a heavy set and will require an additional fee for shipping. [Volume 1: Ostrich to Ducks. Volume 2: New World Vultures to Guineafowl. Volume 3: Hoatzin to Auks. Volume 4: Sandgrouse to Cuckoos. Volume 5: Barn Owls to Hummingbirds. Volume 6: Mousebirds to Hornbills. Volume 7: Jacamars to Woodpeckers. Volume 8: Broadbills to Tapaculos. Volume 9: Cotingas to Pipits and Wagtails. Volume 10: Cuckoo-shrikes to… Read More

London: HMSO, 1939. Book. Very Good. Hardcover. Second Edition. 8vo. Pp. vi 87. Original green paper boards with white spine nd black lettering, very good with just an ink splash to the front board, slightly marked. Contents clean and tight, end papers clean, no inscriptions . A very good copy..

Bristol: John Wright and Sons Ltd, 1977. Book. Good. Soft cover. Second Edition. 8vo. pp 244, b/w illus, inscription to ffep, covers a little worn o/w a very good copy..

London: Lovell, Reeve & Co., 1881. Book. Very Good. Hardcover. First Edition. 8vo. Ttile continues " Being a Catalogue of British Mammals, Birds, Reptiles, Amphibians and Fishes Showing What Species Are or Have, Within Historical Periods, Been Found in the County". Pp. xlviii, 149. Original pebbled plum cloth with gilt lettering to the spine, expertly rebacked, contents good and tight, new end papers, first and last few page spotted, otherwise clean. A very good copy..

London: Taylor and Francis, 1931. Book. Very Good. Hardcover. First Edition. 8vo. Chihli, Shantung, Kiangsu, Anhwei, Kiangsi, Checkiang, Fohkien, and Kwangtung Provinces. Volume II in original parts I, III, IV missing part II, V and VI. Bindings; paper covers very good with a little wear to edges, spines toned. Contents clean and tight, some pages uncut, edges rubbed with few short closed tears, b/w plates to the rear of each part. A little water damage to the plates of part IV. Very good parts from this scarce title...

Southport: Robert Johnson, 1883. Book. Very Good. Hardcover. Third Edition. 8vo. ix + 176 pages. Frontispiece plate. Publisher's blue cloth with gilt lettering; very good with a little light wear, cloth slightly marked. Contents clean and tight, no inscriptions, original end papers. Avery good copy..

London: Christopher Helm Publishers Ltd, 1989. Book. Illus. by Chris Rose. Fine. Hardcover. First Edition. 8vo. pp. viii, 258; colour and b/w illustrations. Dust jacket near fine, price clipped ; hardback binding fine; contents clean and tight, unmarked. A near fine copy..