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The Emu.
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Small quarto, two page introductory "advertisement", four chromolithograph plates with accompanying letterpress to three plates. Publisher's plain black wrappers, some slight chipping, all contained in a modern cloth box, rare and probably ONE OF TWO KNOWN COPIES.
Folio, 303 chromolithographic plates with accompanying text and tissue guards. Six volumes bound in three, handsome contemporary half brown morocco and red cloth with gilt lettering, marbled endpapers, all edges gilt. A fine crisp set free of foxing, paper oxidation and adhesion damage, very scarce in this condition.
Folio, six volumes [bound in three] 303 chromolithographs. Contemporary full calf with elaborate gilt design, some wear and one volume with spine crudely rebound. All volumes with substantial wear, however internally a clean and a sound set.
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Folio, 92 colour plates. Publisher's green cloth, fine copy.
The birds of Australia.
Folio, eight volumes, coloured plates. Publisher's vinyl, a fine clean set.
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Quarto, 177 pp. 24 (of 41) handcoloured and six (of 16) photographic plates. Binder's green cloth, slightly buckled and bumped, all edges uncut, a very good copy.
Octavo, five volumes, eleven handcoloured lithographs. Volumes one to three binder's cloth; volumes four and five in original wrappers (lacks the final part five of volume five), rare.
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Recherches sur la faune des regions Australes.
Octavo, erratically paginated five lithographs of penguins and gannets, six folding maps. Four parts bound in one volume, early plain wrappers, chipped, scarce.
Quarto, four volumes, 1580 pp. 25 egg plates, uncoloured vignettes by Neville Cayley senior, photographs by the author and H. Barnes. Binder's cloth showing signs of wear, some pale foxing throughout, nonetheless a sound set.
Quarto, four volumes, 1580 pp. 25 egg plates, uncoloured vignettes by Neville Cayley senior, photographs by the author and H. Barnes. Near contemporary half black calf, all edges speckled, slight wear otherwise an excellent set.
Quarto, four volumes, 1580 pp. 25 egg plates, uncoloured vignettes by Neville Cayley senior, photographs by the author and H. Barnes. Binder's green cloth, the bookplate of P. A. bourke, a fine clean set.