The birds of paradise and bowerbirds.
London: New Burlington Books, (1987. reprint). Quarto, colour plates, very good copy in dustwrapper. More
London: New Burlington Books, (1987. reprint). Quarto, colour plates, very good copy in dustwrapper. More
London: British Museum (Natural History), 1883. Octavo, nine handcoloured plates by Smit. Publisher's cloth, some wear, library sticker on spine and library pocket on lower paste-down, no library stamps. Volume eight from Richard Bowdler Sharpe's 27 volume Catalogue of Birds in the British Museum, 1874-1898. More
London: R H Porter, 1890. Small quarto, 45 handcoloured lithographs by J. G. Keulemans, text illustrations. Modern half brown morocco (Period Binders of Bath), top edge gilt and other edges uncut, a fine copy with text and plates crisp and clean. St. George Jackson Mivart (1827-1900) was an active British..... More
London: British Museum (Natural History), 1898. Octavo, 18 chromolithographic plates by Keulemans. Publisher's brown cloth, partly unopened, apart from a library pocket and a small paper library stamp on the bottom of the spine, a near fine copy. Volume 20 from Richard Bowdler Sharpe's 27 volume Catalogue of Birds in..... More
London: British Museum (Natural History), 1892. Octavo, 14 chromolithograph plates by Keulemans. Publisher's cloth, two small library stamps of the Royal Society of Victoria, the ownership signature of J. A. Kershaw (ornithologist of the Horn Expedition), a fine copy. Volume 16 from Richard Bowdler Sharpe's 27 volume Catalogue of Birds..... More
London: British Museum (Natural History), 1891. Octavo, 13 chromolithographic plates by Smit and Keulemans. Publisher's cloth, library sticker on spine and library pocket on lower paste-down, no library stamps, partly unopened . Volume 19 from Richard Bowdler Sharpe's 27 volume Catalogue of Birds in the British Museum, 1874-1898. More
London: British Museum (Natural History), 1886. Octavo, 18 handcoloured plates by Smit. Publisher's cloth, some wear, library sticker on spine and library pocket on lower paste-down, no library stamps. Volume eleven from Richard Bowdler Sharpe's 27 volume Catalogue of Birds in the British Museum, 1874-1898. More
London: British Museum (Natural History), 1888. Octavo, 26 chromolithographic plates by Smit. Publisher's cloth, some wear, library sticker on spine and library pocket on lower paste-down, no library stamps, partly unopened. Volume 14 from Richard Bowdler Sharpe's 27 volume Catalogue of Birds in the British Museum, 1874-1898. More
London: British Museum (Natural History), 1890. Octavo, 20 chromolithographic plates by Smit. Publisher's cloth, library sticker on spine and library pocket on lower paste-down, no library stamps, partly unopened. Volume 15 from Richard Bowdler Sharpe's 27 volume Catalogue of Birds in the British Museum, 1874-1898. More
London: Henry Sotheran & Co., [1887-1888]. Quarto, 21 handcoloured lithographs by Keulemans. Later half green morocco, all edges uncut and partly unopened, the signature of Lord Lilford, a few spots otherwise a very good copy. The first, and superior, issue of the only monograph on the order Charadriiformes. Both first..... More
London: British Museum (Natural History), 1894. Octavo, 9 chromolithograph plates by Keulemans. Publisher's cloth, fine copy. Volume 18 from Richard Bowdler Sharpe's 27 volume Catalogue of Birds in the British Museum, 1874-1898. More
London: British Museum (Natural History), 1894. Octavo, 9 chromolithograph plates by Keulemans. Publisher's cloth, library sticker on spine and library pocket on lower paste-down, no library stamps except for RAOU in red pencil on front endpaper, partly unopened, a very good copy. Volume 18 from Richard Bowdler Sharpe's 27 volume..... More
London: British Museum (Natural History), 1896. Octavo, 7 chromolithograph plates by Keulemans. Publisher's cloth, some wear, library sticker on spine and library pocket on lower paste-down, no library stamps, partly unopened. Volume 24 from Richard Bowdler Sharpe's 27 volume Catalogue of Birds in the British Museum, 1874-1898. More
London: British Museum (Natural History), 1879. Octavo, 14 handcoloured plates by Keulemans. Publisher's cloth, some wear, library sticker on spine and library pocket on lower paste-down, no library stamps. Volume four from Richard Bowdler Sharpe's 27 volume Catalogue of Birds in the British Museum, 1874-1898. More
London: British Museum (Natural History), 1883. Octavo, 15 handcoloured plates by Smit. Publisher's cloth, some wear, library sticker on spine and library pocket on lower paste-down, no library stamps. Volume seven from Richard Bowdler Sharpe's 27 volume Catalogue of Birds in the British Museum, 1874-1898. More
London: British Museum (Natural History), 1885. Octavo, twelve handcoloured plates by Keulemans. Publisher's cloth, some wear, library sticker on spine and library pocket on lower paste-down, no library stamps. Volume ten from Richard Bowdler Sharpe's 27 volume Catalogue of Birds in the British Museum, 1874-1898. More
London: British Museum (Natural History), 1888. Octavo, 16 handcoloured plates by Hart. Publisher's cloth, some wear, library sticker on spine and library pocket on lower paste-down, no library stamps. Volume twelve from Richard Bowdler Sharpe's 27 volume Catalogue of Birds in the British Museum, 1874-1898. More
London: British Museum (Natural History), 1890. Octavo, 15 chromolithographic plates by Smit. Publisher's cloth, some wear, library sticker on spine and library pocket on lower paste-down, no library stamps. Volume 13 from Richard Bowdler Sharpe's 27 volume Catalogue of Birds in the British Museum, 1874-1898. More