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Lot 393
Leo (Johannes) Africae descriptio IX. lib. absoluta 2 parts in 1 engraved allegorical title with contemporary ink signature at foot crossed out woodcut ornaments and printer`s device to title of second part lightly browned Vidart bookplate on front pastedown slight worming to rear endpapers old vellum spine gilt with red roan label yapp edges a little rubbed wormholes to spine [Willems 371] 24mo Leiden Elzevir 1632. *** FIRST ELZEVIR EDITION. A detailed account of Africa its trade routes geography etc.; generally considered the first book written by a person of primarily African descent.
Lot 395
Shabeeny (El Hage Abd Salam) and James Grey Jackson An Account of Timbuctoo and Housa first edition 2 engraved folding maps routes picked out in red offsetting 1 a little creased occasional light spotting contemporary half morocco spine faded rubbed 8vo 1820. *** We can find only 2 copies previously at auction the last in 1993.
Lot 398
(Lt.Wm. Lewis) and Lt. Lardner Gibbon. Exploration of the Valley of the Amazon... 3 vol. only (of 4 lacking map vol. to Part I) first edition text with 52 tinted lithographed plates (lacking plate 7 in Part I but with duplicate of plate 8) Part I with light water-staining mostly marginal Part II foxed and browned stain to upper margin of a few leaves modern half calf cloth label to spines map vol. (Gibbon`s Report) with 2 large folding maps (of 5 in total) one or two small tears to folds original cloth [Sabin 31524] 8vo Washington D.C. 1853-54. (Lt.Wm. Lewis) and Lt. Lardner Gibbon. Exploration of the Valley of the Amazon... 3 vol. only (of 4 lacking map vol. to Part I) first edition text with 52 tinted lithographed plates (lacking plate 7 in Part I but with duplicate of plate 8) Part I with light water-staining mostly marginal Part II foxed and browned stain to upper margin of a few leaves modern half calf cloth label to spines map vol. (Gibbon`s Report) with 2 large folding maps (of 5 in total) one or two small tears to folds original cloth [Sabin 31524] 8vo Washington D.C. 1853-54.
Lot 405
Hedin (Sven) Through Asia 2 vol. first English edition Colonial Library issue half-titles photogravure portrait frontispieces 2 folding colour maps plates and illustrations little spotting original red cloth little rubbed and marked ends of spines little nicked small cracks to joints [Yakushi H171b] 8vo 1898.
Lot 407
Kano (Tadao) and Kokichi Segawa. The Illustrated Ethnography of Formosan Aborigines: The Yami Tribe first edition plates title and plate 419 torn and repaired p.1 with closed tear light water-stain to upper corner of foreward original cloth corners and spine ends bumped rubbed 4to Tokyo 1945. *** Most copies of the first edition were destroyed by fire.
Lot 423
Camden (William) Britannia: or a Chorographical Description of Great Britain and Ireland translated by Edmund Gibson 2 vol. @second edition@ engraved portrait frontispiece titles in red and black 9 engraved plates of coins and 51 double-page and/or folding maps most by Robert Morden engraved and woodcut illustrations one full-page slight staining to portrait portrait trimmed and with worming to upper outer corner continuing through title and first few leaves of vol.1 (not affecting image or text) maps with some light offsetting but generally very clean throughout contemporary calf rebacked red morocco labels rubbed corners and spine ends worn folio for James and John Knapton John Darby Arthur Bettesworth... [?1730].
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Lot 436
Mao Zedong @Chairman Mao@. Mao Zhu Xi Yu Lu [Quotations of Chairman Mao @Little Red Book@] compiled and edited by Tian Xiao Guang first edition first issue Chinese half-title printed in red title in red green portrait of Mao printed in brown 1p. facsimile of Lin Biao `s calligraphic endorsement printed in black occasional underlinings in red pencil water-stain to head of first 8ff. water-stain to top left corner of last 27ff. inscription to rear endpaper original white wrappers printed in black red light soiling inscription to front cover 16mo Peking General Political Department of the People`s Liberation Army n.d. [May 1964]. *** Containing all the correct issue points which define a first edition: it consists of 30 chapters which end at pp.250 (text with pp.82/3 in correct state); it includes the first state of Lin Biao`s endorsement which includes a superfluous brush stroke in @ting@ the second character down in the second column from the right (the whole endorsement leaf is often lacking as after Lin Biao`s alleged attempt to assassinate Mao in 1971 an instruction was issued that loyal Party members should remove this leaf.
Lot 449
Paton (Andrew Archibald) Highlands and Islands of the Adriatic including Dalmatia Croatia and the Southern Provinces of the Austrian Empire 2 vol. first edition half-titles tinted lithographed frontispieces and 8 plates folding map and double-page plan some light foxing affecting a few plates original blind-stamped cloth a little rubbed rebacked preserving original spines [Abbey Travel 44] 8vo 1849.
Lot 457
(T.E. translator) The Odyssey of Homer first English edition T.F. Higham`s copy with an (empty) envelope in Lawrence`s hand addressed to him tipped-in on front pastedown original pictorial buckram gilt dust-jacket torn and chipped at edges with some loss rubbed Oxford and London 1935. *** An interesting association copy. Higham had critiqued Lawrence`s translation. He wrote of Lawrence `[that] he was [like Samuel Butler] concerned to provoke; but less in his rendering than in his remarks on Homer`s defects. In the omission of epithets and titles the liberties he takes are much the same as Butler`s and his style is as fluent and vigorous`. Higham was know to happily tolerate amateur translators `whose names are familiar beyond the scholastic world...Walter Pater Samuel Butler T.E. Lawrence - are all modernizers and careful to regard the genius of the language into which they translate`. Provenance: Sold by Heywood Hill as part of the library of Higham`s son Martin Higham. (T.E. translator) The Odyssey of Homer first English edition T.F. Higham`s copy with an (empty) envelope in Lawrence`s hand addressed to him tipped-in on front pastedown original pictorial buckram gilt dust-jacket torn and chipped at edges with some loss rubbed Oxford and London 1935. *** An interesting association copy. Higham had critiqued Lawrence`s translation. He wrote of Lawrence `[that] he was [like Samuel Butler] concerned to provoke; but less in his rendering than in his remarks on Homer`s defects. In the omission of epithets and titles the liberties he takes are much the same as Butler`s and his style is as fluent and vigorous`. Higham was know to happily tolerate amateur translators `whose names are familiar beyond the scholastic world...Walter Pater Samuel Butler T.E. Lawrence - are all modernizers and careful to regard the genius of the language into which they translate`. Provenance: Sold by Heywood Hill as part of the library of Higham`s son Martin Higham.
Lot 458
Lawrence (T.E.) Seven Pillars of Wisdom first edition fifth edition one of a few copies in the publisher`s deluxe binding portraits original blue morocco with title crossed swords and script in gilt on upper cover some light staining rubbed at extremities 1935; and a second edition of Lidell Hart`s Colonel Larence in red half morocco 4to 8vo (2)
Lot 460
Lawrence (T.E.).- Jesty (Simon) River Niger first edition one of 25 copies presentation copy from the author to K.W. Marshall a friend of Lawrence preface by T.E. Lawrence original cloth spine gilt some dust-soiling to edges t.e.g. 8vo 1935. *** A good association copy. Marshall was a director of the publishing firm Boriswood which published the present work. Boriswood had published Hanley`s Boy for which the firm was prosecuted for obscene libel. Marshall and Lawrence corresponded during this period of litigation.
Lot 461
Madden (Richard Robert) The Turkish Empire. In its Relations with Christianity and Civilisation 2 vol. first edition lacks portrait frontispiece some foxing and browning ex-N.S. Wales Parliamentary Library copy with gilt stamp on spines contemporary half calf slightly rubbed gilt spines 8vo 1862.
Lot 467
Thomas (Bertram) Alarms and Excursions in Arabia 1931; Arabia Felix: Across the Empty Quarter of Arabia 1932 first editions signed presentation copies to Sir Campbell Stuart the first with ms. music of the tune Hold Him Back! within presentation inscription plates original cloth some light soiling and marking; and a first edition of The Arabs by the same all 3 with the bookplate of Sir Campbell Stuart 8vo (3) *** Campbell Stuart served with the 199th Battalion Duchess of Connaught`s Own Irish Rangers of Montreal Quebec Canada and later under Lord Northcliffe as military attaché in New York and Washington.
Lot 469
(Sir Richard) Museum Worsleyanum...] vol. I only of 2 first edition 55 engraved plates on 30 sheets and 3 engraved illustrations in the text only of a portrait 149 plates on 106 sheets and 7 illustrations in the text lacks frontispiece and title and all before page 1 pages and some plates a little creased some foxing and browning last f. corner torn and repaired fly-leaf creased later morocco-backed boards [Blackmer 1842] folio W. Bulmer for the Shakespeare Press [1794]; sold not subject to return. (Sir Richard) Museum Worsleyanum...] vol. I only of 2 first edition 55 engraved plates on 30 sheets and 3 engraved illustrations in the text only of a portrait 149 plates on 106 sheets and 7 illustrations in the text lacks frontispiece and title and all before page 1 pages and some plates a little creased some foxing and browning last f. corner torn and repaired fly-leaf creased later morocco-backed boards [Blackmer 1842] folio W. Bulmer for the Shakespeare Press [1794]; sold not subject to return.
Lot 471
Mountaineering.- Hunt (John) The Ascent of Everest first edition signature of Sherpa Tenzing Norgay to a museum ticket for the Himalayan Mountaineering Institute in Darjeeling tipped onto endpaper ownership name and notes to endpaper frontispiece plates some coloured illustrations half-title original cloth dust-jacket a little browned small tears along upper edge otherwise a good example 8vo 1953.
Lot 472
-. Hunt (John) The Ascent of Everest first edition second impression signed by John Hunt Wilfrid Noyce Charles Evans Mike Westmacott and Michael Ward to endpaper frontispiece plates some coloured illustrations half-title original cloth dust-jacket spine browned edges chipped [Yakushi H470a] 8vo 1953.
Lot 480
Albin (Eleazar) The History of the Esculent Fish and an Essay on the Breeding of Fish and the Construction of Fish-Ponds by the Honourable Roger North first edition 18 folding hand-coloured engraved plates of fish by Albin half-title some foxing and browning bookplate of John McKinley on front pastedown later half calf [WS p.3] 4to Edward Jeffery Robert Faulder and others 1794.
Lot 481
Aldam (W.H.) A Quaint Treatise on @Flees and the Art a Artyfichall Flee making first edition, 2 mounted chromolithographed plates by James Poole, title printed in red and black, 26 actual artificial flies and samples of materials for making each fly in 22 sunken mounts, slightly foxed and browned, original gilt decorative cloth, g.e., corners bumped, upper joint splitting, [WS p. 3], 4to, John B. Day, 1876.
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Lot 488
[Bowden-Smith (Richard)] Fly-Fishing in Salt and Fresh Water first edition 6 lithographed plates of artificial flies (5 hand-coloured) half-title advertisements at end slightly browned original blind-stamped cloth corners bumped lacks head of spine a few small chips to spine 8vo [WS p. 95] 8vo 1851.
Lot 492
Braithwaite (Cecil) Fishing Vinettes first edition presentation copy from the author @To my esteemed friend Thomas Hardy with best wishes from the author Cecil Braithwaite@ with an ALs. from the author to Mrs Hardy tipped-in and signed again by the author under his own portrait illustration after the title illustrations original cloth slightly foxed cloth very slightly soiled 8vo [1923].
Lot 514
Horne (Bernard S.) The Compleat Angler 1653-1967 A New Bibliography number 33 of 500 copies tipped-in colour frontispiece illustrations original cloth dust-jacket edges a little rubbed and creased Pittsburgh University of Pittsburgh Press 1970 § Tidy (Gordon) Surtees on Fishing first edition limited edition of 500 copies 7 hand-coloured plates plate guards original green cloth gilt spine slightly faded t.e.g. others uncut bookplate of Ruth Morley to front paste down 1931 § Westwood (T.) T. Satchell Bibliotheca Piscatoria first edition advertisements at beginning and end original cloth gilt spine t.e.g. others uncut 1883 § [Bartlett (John)] Catalogue of Books on Angling first 2 ff. repaired to outer edge water-stained towards end new endpapers original printed boards rebacked covers stained corners worn [Heckscher 368] Cambridge 1882; and another similar v.s. (5).(5)
Lot 520
(Dr. Robert) Fish and Fishing in the Lone Glens of Scotland first edition engraved title vignette illustrations ink inscription on verso of covers original pictorial wrappers bound in contemporary half calf slightly rubbed [WS p. 127] 12mo 1854. (Dr. Robert) Fish and Fishing in the Lone Glens of Scotland first edition engraved title vignette illustrations ink inscription on verso of covers original pictorial wrappers bound in contemporary half calf slightly rubbed [WS p. 127] 12mo 1854.
Lot 530
(Col. Robert) The Experienced Angler large paper copy main text preceded by Memoir of Venables engraved frontispiece opposite second title mounted illustrations of fish on india paper lacks half-title contemporary half straight-grained morocco gilt t.e.g. others uncut rubbed [WS p.214] 1827 § Salter (T.F.) The Angler`s Guide fifth edition illustrations later half morocco gilt [1823] § Hofland (T.C.) The British Angler`s Manual New Edition illustrations bookplates on front pastedown and front endpaper original green cloth 1848 § [Cartwright (Rev. William)] @Clericus.@ Rambles and Recollections of a Fly-Fisher 8 engraved plates by Rev. J. Eagles half-title bookplates on front pastedown later half morocco gilt rubbed at head band and extremities [WS p.61] 1854 § Colquhoun (John) Rocks and Rivers; or Highland Wanderings first edition title detached ink signature stamp on title and following leaf armorial bookplates on front pastedown and endpaper contemporary half calf gilt t.e.g. upper cover and title detached rubbed 1849 8vo (5). (Col. Robert) The Experienced Angler large paper copy main text preceded by Memoir of Venables engraved frontispiece opposite second title mounted illustrations of fish on india paper lacks half-title contemporary half straight-grained morocco gilt t.e.g. others uncut rubbed [WS p.214] 1827 § Salter (T.F.) The Angler`s Guide fifth edition illustrations later half morocco gilt [1823] § Hofland (T.C.) The British Angler`s Manual New Edition illustrations bookplates on front pastedown and front endpaper original green cloth 1848 § [Cartwright (Rev. William)] @Clericus.@ Rambles and Recollections of a Fly-Fisher 8 engraved plates by Rev. J. Eagles half-title bookplates on front pastedown later half morocco gilt rubbed at head band and extremities [WS p.61] 1854 § Colquhoun (John) Rocks and Rivers; or Highland Wanderings first edition title detached ink signature stamp on title and following leaf armorial bookplates on front pastedown and endpaper contemporary half calf gilt t.e.g. upper cover and title detached rubbed 1849 8vo (5).
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Lot 535
[Sale Catalogue].- Catalogue of the Library of the Late John Gerard Heckscher 3 vol. in 1 folded duplicate sales price list at end margins browned modern green morocco gilt t.e.g. 8vo New York Merwyn Clayton Sales Company 1909. *** The library included a first edition of Walton`s The Compleat Angler 1653 (lot 2009) which sold for $3 900.
Lot 546
Skues (G.E.M.).- Stoddart (Thomas Tod) The Angler`s Companion To the Rivers and Lochs of Scotland second edition original cloth upper cover detached rubbed 1853 § Browning (Robert) The Poetical Works cloth backed boards rubbed 1890 § Sharp (Captain G.E.) Fly-Leaves From A Fisherman`s Diary illustrations original cloth gilt 1910 § Wanless (Alexander) The Modern Practical Angler first edition illustrations bookplate original cloth 1931 § Allan (P.B.M.) Trout Heresy first edition bookplate original cloth slightly soiled 1936 § Dickie (James) From Tyrone to the Test first edition signed presentation copy from Skues illustrations original cloth soiled [1947] all but the last signed and dated by Skues v.s. (6). (6)
Lot 558
Walton (Izaak) & Charles Cotton. The Complete Angler edited by Sir Harris Nicolas 2 vol. first Nicolas edition titles in red and black engraved frontispieces and vol. titles extra-illustrated 35 plates and illustrations some plates on India paper half-titles wide margins titles slightly offset some foxing and browning bookplates of Herbert S. Squance and John McKinley on front endpapers handsomely bound in later half dark green morocco gilt spines slightly faded to brown g.e. by Riviere [WS p. 228-9; Coigney 44] large 8vo William Pickering 1836. *** @This superb edition contains the variations of all the first five editions voluminous notes with original and elaborate memoirs of Walton and Cotton presenting many new facts.@ - Westwood Satchell.
Lot 561
Williamson (John) The British Angler: or a Pocket-Companion for Gentleman Fishers first edition engraved frontispiece and 3 folding plates slightly browned bookplate of John McKinley on front pastedown new endpapers modern half calf gilt spine red morocco label [WS p. 241] 12mo J. Hodges 1740. *** @One of the best of the manuals but without any special value beyond. There is a voluminous chapter on pastes which is a general raking together of all antecedent recipes of the kind mediaeval and modern.@ - Westwood and Satchell.
Lot 562
Yarrell (William) A History of British Fishes 2 vol. supplement first edition frontispiece in supplement illustrations half-titles engraved portrait of Yarrell loosely inserted bookplates of Robert Pinkney on front pastedowns handsomely bound in contemporary uniform diced calf gilt gilt fishes on panelled spines [WS p. 243-4; Nissen ZB 4488] 8vo 1836 - 40.
Lot 567
Chapman (Abel) On Safari: Big-Game Hunting in British East Africa with Studies in Bird-Life first edition half-title plates some photogravure illustrations contemporary half morocco t.e.g. spine a little faded [Czech p.35] 8vo 1908. *** @A prolific sporting author Chapman combined fluid writing style with his exciting experiences hunting in British East Africa@ (Czech).
Lot 605
Roosevelt (Theodore) African Game Trials first edition presentation copy inscribed by the author T.L.s. from the author tipped in photogravure frontispiece and plates map a few plates with captioned tissue guards one plate torn and repaired small damp-stain to the base of title front hinge weak original cloth gilt t.e.g. others uncut spine faded with short tears to head and base small hole to spine light soiling to front cover [Czech p.138] 8vo New York 1910. *** The inscription is dated September 20th 1910 the letter is dated July 2nd 1913. Both are to Roscoe C. Mitchell who worked for the New York World at the time and would later go on to briefly edit the Richmond Planet. In the letter Roosevelt refuses to prefer either a Democrat or a Republican candidate in an upcoming New York election: @I do not want to be a tag to either one of the two machines but neither do I want to seem to stand as an obstacle in the path of good govenment for New York City.@
Lot 608
Ali (Sálim) and S.Dillon Ripley. Handbook of the Birds of India and Pakistan together with those of Nepal Sikkim Bhutan and Ceylon 10 vol. first edition colour plates illustrations original cloth dust-jackets each a different colour a little rubbed and browned vol.5 creased and frayed at upper edge (stained from repairs with sticky tape) a few spines slightly faded 8vo 1968-72.
Lot 609
(Sir Geoffrey) and Eva M.Godman. The Birds of British Somaliland and the Gulf of Aden 4 vol. first edition 4 folding maps 2 colour plates including 34 colour by Archibald Thorburn (birds) and H.Grönvold (eggs) tissue guards illustrations folding map at end of vol.2 loose endpapers to vol.1 2 spotted original pictorial buckram or cloth gilt uncut vol.1 2 t.e.g. dust-jackets vol.1 2 a little rubbed and soiled vol.3 4 spines very slightly faded [Nissen IVB 34] 4to London Edinburgh 1937-61. (Sir Geoffrey) and Eva M.Godman. The Birds of British Somaliland and the Gulf of Aden 4 vol. first edition 4 folding maps 2 colour plates including 34 colour by Archibald Thorburn (birds) and H.Grönvold (eggs) tissue guards illustrations folding map at end of vol.2 loose endpapers to vol.1 2 spotted original pictorial buckram or cloth gilt uncut vol.1 2 t.e.g. dust-jackets vol.1 2 a little rubbed and soiled vol.3 4 spines very slightly faded [Nissen IVB 34] 4to London Edinburgh 1937-61.
Lot 610
Bannerman (David A. & W.Mary) Birds of Cyprus first edition 1958; The Birds of the Balearics London Canberra 1983 § Bannerman (D.A.) and J.A.Vella-Gaffiero. Birds of the Maltese Archipelago Valletta 1976 § Handrinos (G.) T.Akriotis. The Birds of Greece 1997 § Flint (V.E.) others. A Field Guide to Birds of the USSR... Princeton 1984 plates and illustrations some colour original cloth dust-jackets; and 15 others on the birds of Europe 4to 8vo (20)(20)
Lot 611
Bannerman (David Armitage) The Birds of Tropical West Africa with special reference to those of the Gambia Sierra Leone the Gold Coast and Nigeria 8 vol. first edition presentation copy from the author @To Sir Cecil Bottomley without whose encouraging support this volume would never have been written...@ inscribed on front free endpaper of vol.1 with accompanying typed complimentary slip loosely inserted colour plates by Frohawk Grönvold Henry Jones George Lodge Philip Rickman and others maps illustrations original cloth t.e.g. others uncut spines of vol.1-3 very slightly faded dust-jackets (those on vol.1-3 facsimile jackets) a little soiled one or two small tears or defects [Nissen 73] 4to Crown Agents for the Colonies 1930-51. *** Sir Cecil Bottomley (1878-1954) Assistant Under-Secretary Colonial Office 1927-1938; Senior Crown Agent Colonies 1938-1943.
Lot 612
Bannerman (David Armitage) The Birds of West and Equatorial Africa 2 vol. first edition [Nissen IVB 73a] Edinburgh London 1953 § Borrow (Nik) and Ron Demey. Birds of Western Africa 2001 § Gatter (Wolf) Birds of Liberia 1997 § Cheke (R.A.) J.Frank Walsh. The Birds of Togo Tring BOU 1996 § Hazevoet (C.J.) The Birds of the Cape Verde Islands Tring BOU 1995 plates and illustrations many colour original coth or boards the first three with dust-jackets; and 9 others on birds of West Africa 8vo 4to (15)(15)
Lot 613
Bannerman (David Armitage) The Birds of the British Isles 12 vol. first edition colour plates by George E.Lodge captioned tissue guards original buckram dust-jackets the early vol. slightly rubbed and soiled vol.1 with a few marginal tears spotting to spine of vol.3 otherwise a good set 4to Edinburgh London 1953-63.
Lot 614
Bannerman (David Armitage) Birds of the Atlantic Islands 4 vol. first edition colour plates by D.M.Reid-Henry George E.Lodge C.F.Tunnicliffe P.A.Clancey and others maps folding table illustrations original cloth dust-jackets vol.1 very slightly rubbed with one or two small tears to edges but a very good set 4to Edinburgh London 1963-68. *** Vol.4 has the title History of the Birds of the Cape Verde Islands.
Lot 618
Brown (Leslie) and Dean Amadon. Eagles Hawks and Falcons of the World 2 vol. third impression 1979 § Kemp (Alan) The Owls of Southern Africa Cape Town 1987 § Goodwin (Derek) Crows of the World second edition ink inscription on front free endpaper 1986 § Meinertzhagen (Col. R.) Pirates and Predators 1959 plates and illustrations many colour original cloth or boards the last three with dust-jackets the last a little rubbed and frayed the first two with slip-cases; and 3 others on birds of prey 4to (8)(8)
Lot 626
(Stanley editor) Handbook of the Birds of Europe the Middle East and North Africa: The Birds of the Western Palearctic 9 vol. vol.1 2 reprints (with corrections) the rest first editions maps and illustrations many colour original cloth dust-jackets spines slightly faded 4to Oxford etc. 1980-94 § Snow (D.W.) and C.M.Perrins. The Birds of the Western Palearctic Concise Edition 2 vol. Oxford New York 1998 colour plates and illustrations original cloth dust-jackets the second with slip-case; and 5 others on birds of the Western Palearctic 4to 8vo (16) (Stanley editor) Handbook of the Birds of Europe the Middle East and North Africa: The Birds of the Western Palearctic 9 vol. vol.1 2 reprints (with corrections) the rest first editions maps and illustrations many colour original cloth dust-jackets spines slightly faded 4to Oxford etc. 1980-94 § Snow (D.W.) and C.M.Perrins. The Birds of the Western Palearctic Concise Edition 2 vol. Oxford New York 1998 colour plates and illustrations original cloth dust-jackets the second with slip-case; and 5 others on birds of the Western Palearctic 4to 8vo (16) (16)
Lot 627
Crawshay (Richard) The Birds of Tierra del Fuego first edition out-of-series copy from an edition limited to 300 wood-engraved dedication 23 photographic views and 21 hand-coloured lithographed plates of birds by J.G.Keulemans colour map a little spotted at beginning and end affecting margin of final plate otherwise plates very clean contemporary morocco-backed cloth spine gilt t.e.g. others uncut spine faded and a little rubbed [Nissen IVB 212] 4to 1907.
Lot 629
Forshaw (Joseph M.) and William T.Cooper. The Birds of Paradise and Bower Birds reprint Sydney 1979; Australian Parrots second (revised) edition Melbourne 1981; Parrots of the World third (revised) edition with 2 T.Ls.s. from the New Guinea Bird Society to Alan Greensmith loosely inserted (one to Joseph Forshaw but signed and forwarded by him to Greensmith) 1989 all with full-page colour illustrations by William T.Cooper original cloth or boards dust-jackets the first also with cloth slip-case folio 4to (3) *** The loosely inserted letters in the final volume are concerned with a paper written by Alan Greensmith and sent by Joseph Forshaw to the New Guinea Bird Society for publication in Bird Notes. The Society accepts the paper but insists that all vernacular and scientific names must follow Rand and Gilliard.(3)
Lot 630
Forshaw (Joseph M.) and William T.Cooper. Kingfishers and Related Birds: 6 vol. first edition number 402 of 1000 copies signed by the author and artist and with an additional print numbered and signed by the artist (framed and glazed) colour plates by William T.Cooper illustrations prospectus loosely inserted original half morocco ruled and stamped in gilt and blind housed in three cloth drop-back boxes with morocco labels to lids and spines vol.3-6 still in the publisher`s cardboard packaging folio Melbourne 1983-1994. *** Comprisisng Alcedinidae 2 vol.; Todidae Momotidae Meropidae; Leptosomatidae Coraciidae Upupidae Phoeniculidae; Bucerotidae 2 vol.(3 boxes & 1 frame)
Lot 632
Gosse (Philip Henry) The Birds of Jamaica first edition errata slip tipped in endpapers lightly spotted book-label of Andrew C.Campbell on front pastedown original green cloth t.e.g. slightly rubbed small stain to upper cover 1847 § Wetmore (A.) and Bradshaw H.Swales. The Birds of Haiti and the Dominican Republic original wrappers uncut a little soiled and frayed Washington D.C. 1931 § ffrench (R.) A Guide to the Birds of Trinidad and Tobago revised edition Newtown Square Pa. 1980 § Voous (K.H.) Birds of the Netherlands Antilles 1983 § Raffaele (H.) others. Birds of the West Indies 1998 § Lack (David) Island Biology illustrated by the Land Birds of Jamaica Oxford 1976 most with plates or illustrations some colour all but the first two original cloth or boards with dust-jackets; and c.15 others on the birds of the West Indies some pamphlets 8vo 4to (c.20(c.20)
Lot 636
Hachisuka (Hon. Masauji) The Birds of the Philippine Islands with notes on the Mammal Fauna 4 parts in 2 vol. first edition 102 plates 60 colour by Frohawk Grönvold Horsfall Keulemans and others 2 folding colour maps contemporary cloth original wrappers bound in at end spines very slightly faded [Nissen IVB 402] 4to 1931-35.
Lot 639
Howard (H.Eliot) The British Warblers: A History with Problems of their Lives 10 parts bound in 2 vol. first edition 51 photogravure and 35 chromolithographed plates by H.Grönvold (including 3 plates of eggs) 12 maps contemporary half green morocco spines gilt t.e.g. others uncut slightly rubbed at edges spines a little faded [Anker 213; Nissen IVB 454] large 8vo 1907-14.
Lot 640
(Sir Frederick John) and W.L.Sclater. The Birds of Kenya Colony and the Uganda Protectorate 3 vol. first edition portrait colour plates by George E.Lodge folding colour map and 3pp. advertisements at end of vol.3 illustrations pencil inscription of Peter Hogg Khartoum on front free endpapers original buckram t.e.g. others uncut rubbed a little rubbed and marked spines a little faded large 8vo 1938. (Sir Frederick John) and W.L.Sclater. The Birds of Kenya Colony and the Uganda Protectorate 3 vol. first edition portrait colour plates by George E.Lodge folding colour map and 3pp. advertisements at end of vol.3 illustrations pencil inscription of Peter Hogg Khartoum on front free endpapers original buckram t.e.g. others uncut rubbed a little rubbed and marked spines a little faded large 8vo 1938.
Lot 641
Johnson (A.W.) The Birds of Chile... 3 vol. including supplement illustrations some colour annotated check-list of the birds of Chile by Steve West loosely inserted supplement in original wrappers Buenos Aires 1965-67-72 § Gyldenstolpe (Nils) A Contribution to the Ornithology of Northern Bolivia folding map colour plate modern half rexine original wrappers bound in at end Stockholm 1945 § Hellmayr (C.E.) The Birds of Chile first few leaves nibbled at fore-edge signature and bookplate of S.Marchant contemporary cloth spine faded Chicago Field Museum of Natural History 1932 § Hudson (W.H.) Birds of La Plata 2 vol. limited edition colour plates 1920 § Murphy (R.C.) Bird Islands of Peru plates New York London 1925 all but the second and third original cloth the first and last with dust-jackets spines faded; and c.25 others on birds of southern South America 8vo 4to (c.30)(c.30)
Lot 648
Paludan (Knud) On the Birds of Afghanistan original wrappers signature of S.Marchant at head of upper wrapper and with his bookplate browned and a little frayed at edges Copenhagen 1959 § Roberts (T.J.) The Birds of Pakistan 2 vol. Karachi etc. 1991-92 § Smythies (Bertram E.) The Birds of Burma second (revised) edition 1953 § Henry (G.M.) A Guide to the Birds of Ceylon second edition Kandy 1978 § Vaurie (Charles) Tibet and its Birds 1972 § Inskipp (C. T.) A Guide to the Birds of Nepal 1985 plates and illustrations many colour all but the first original cloth or boards dust-jackets the third a little rubbed with faded spine; and 7 others on the birds of India and the Himalayas v.s. (14)(14)
Lot 651
Robinson (Herbert C.) and others. The Birds of the Malay Peninsula 5 vol. first edition plates by H.Grönvold all but one or two colour maps vol.2 lacking plate 19 very occasional spotting sticker removed from front free endpaper of vol.4 original red cloth t.e.g. vol.1-4 very slightly rubbed vol.1 2 with very lightly faded spines vol.5 with dust-jacket a good set [Nissen 791] 4to 1927-76.
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