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Bulletin du Museum d'Histoire Naturelle [volumes 1-94].
Octavo, 27 volumes. First series volumes 1-8; Second series volumes 1-7; Third series volumes 1-12. With numerous plates, many coloured; the first 24 volumes in publisher’s cloth, gilt-decorated in the two later series, the final three volumes in binder’s cloth, most volumes retaining the printed wrappers.
The birds of America.
Double elephant Folio, four volumes, 435 coloured plates. Publisher's spectacular full green morocco, four volumes, a fine set.
Octavo, 888 pp. Contemporary half calf and marbled boards. SUPPLEMENTS: publisher's printed boards, some slight wear. The first supplement inscribed "Miss Flora H. Campbell with the author's compliments March 15th 1886", scarce particularly with all the supplements.
Octavo, eight volumes, 3768 pp. 37 (34 coloured) plates. Publisher's red cloth, a handsome clean set.
Tall octavo, 342 pp. 19 colour plates by H. Gronvold, photographs. Very good copy in publisher's brown half morocco.
Eleven copper engraved plates, à la poupée and finished by hand, each with the publisher's and printer's blindstamp, numbered and initialed by the printer, in window mounts with title, loosely contained in cloth-backed portfolios, in the publisher's spectacular solander box as issued.
65 copper engraved plates, à la poupée and finished by hand, each with the publisher's and printer's blindstamp, numbered and initialed by the printer, in window mounts with title, loosely contained in cloth-backed portfolios, in three publisher's spectacular solander boxes as issued.
Octavo, eight volumes, 3564 pp. 86 (85 coloured) plates, text illustrations, folding maps. Publisher's cloth, apart from a few minor corner bumps, a fine set.
Octavo, eight volumes, 3564 pp. colour plates, folding maps. Publisher's cloth, apart from a few minor corner bumps and slight wear, a good set with the ownership stamp of Josph M. Forshaw.
Quarto, 31 lithographic plates (the first six plates handcoloured) by F. W. Frohawk. [5 parts] in a single volume [all published]. Contemporary half morocco, lacks title page, with the bookplates of John E. Thayer and H. Bradley Martin, a handsome copy free of blemishes.
A monograph of the pheasants.
Folio, four volumes, 90 coloured plates by Thorburn, Grönvold, Lodge and others, 88 photographs, map. Handsome red publisher's cloth, limited to 600 numbered copies, a fine set.
A monograph of the pheasants.
Folio, four volumes, 90 coloured plates by Thorburn, Grönvold, Lodge and others, 88 photographs, map. Handsome red publisher's cloth, limited to 600 numbered copies, a very good set with a few light blemishes and a small worm hole to the first few leaves of volume one, the bookplate of Herbert Rivington Pyne.
Galapagos: world's end.
Octavo, 443 pp. portrait plate, nine tipped-in coloured plates and 55 uncoloured plates. Publisher's presentation blue morocco, some very minor shelf wear otherwise a fine copy.
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Octavo, two volumes, 870 pp. uncoloured frontispieces. Attractive early binder's cloth, a few spots otherwise a bright pleasant copy.
Octavo, two volumes, 870 pp. aquatint frontispieces. Later half calf, all edges speckled, a very good copy.
A history of British birds.
Octavo, two volumes, 746 pp. wood engravings. Contemporary half calf and marbled boards, some wear, a stain in volume two but not affecting text, a very good copy.