birds eggs british isles de arthur butler (8 résultats)

Hardcover. Etat : Very Good. F.W. Frohawk (illustrateur). 1st Edition. 1st edition. Large hardback book in olive buckram binding with gold titles. With 24 coloured plates illustrating 474 specimens. 105pp. Tissue guard-sheets. No inscriptions, etc, slight wear to spine-ends and corners. Overall in Vg+ condition.

Hardcover. Etat : Very Good. F. W. Frohawk (illustrateur). Half Leather . Bright gilt titles and lines. Wear to spine otherwise near fine. Stunning plates.

Hardcover. Etat : Very Good. Etat de la jaquette : No Dust Jacket. Frohawk, F. W. (illustrateur). 1st Edition. "With 24 Coloured plates illustrating 475 specimens"; pp. 105. The 254 chromolithographic plates are all very good and with the original tissue guards a few marked; half-title & title pages. Original two-tone green cloth binding with gilt lettering, very good with a little general wear and rubbing only. Contents clean and tight, inscription in ink to the top of the half title dated 1904, original end-papers toned and a little brittle around the edges, slight spotting to title page and the odd page edge, some rusting to staples running down the spine of the first few gathers, plates clean. A very good copy. The plates used in different editions of this work are not standard and vary in quality, this particular edition includes plates printed to a high standard, and importantly the eggs are illustrated with shadows giving a particularly 3-dimensional look: they are in our opinion superior to some earlier editions. Size: 4to (22 x 29cm). Book.

Hardcover. Etat : Good. No Jacket. 1st Edition. Birds' Eggs of the British Isles, collated by Arthur G Butler. Illustrated by FW Frohawk,with 24 coloured plates (illustrating 475 specimens) from Drawings by FW Frohawk. Published by Brumby and Clarke, Undated, circa 1900, presumed first edition. Large book in faded, two-tone green cloth binding with gold titles and decoration. There is wear to corners and edges etc. with a small split at top of spine. Condition of cover is generally good. The plates are of a very high quality and some have tissue guards. There is a little foxing throughout but condition of contents is overall good/very good. Following the plates are paragraphs covering the nesting, breeding habits etc of many birds with anecdotal evidence of sightings, etc from the late 1800's.

Cloth. Etat : Good. F. W. Frohawk (illustrateur). A colourfully illustrated study of British birds' eggs, with engaging commentaries from Arthur Gardiner Butler. A scarce large edition of this study of birds' eggs found in the British Isles.In the publisher's original cloth binding.Collated, complete with twenty-four tissue-guarded coloured plates. Illustrated by Frederick William Frohawk, an English zoological artist.This study comes from Arthur Gardiner Butler, an English entomologist and ornithologist. Butler's details of each of the species follow the series of plates, and describe the eggs' nests and their distinguishable characteristics. In the publisher's original cloth binding. Externally, smart, with rubbing to the extremities, resulting in losses of cloth to the spine and board corners. Marks to the boards. Internally, firmly bound. Pages are generally bright and clean, with offsetting to the endpapers and occasional spots. Good. book.

Hardback (No Dust Wrapper.). Etat : Fair. F. W. Frohawk (illustrateur). Condition Notes: Heavily bruised at the head, tail and corners of the boards. Heavily faded at the spine. Slightly shaken with the rear hinge starting. Flyleaves tanned. First few plates have wear to the leading edge, not affecting the illustrations.; Hardback. Quartered Green boards with gilt titles to the spine & upper board; Measures 11½" x 9" (1.4 kg); pp (vii) 105; First in this edition. (First: Brumby & Clarke, 1904) Contains: Colour Plates (24); || The book is on the shelf, ready to be appropriately packed, and posted from the pastoral paradise of Peasedown St. John, Bath, by a real bookseller in a real book shop - with my personal guarantee and beady eye on the Consumer Contracts Regulations. REMEMBER! Buying my copy means the book shop Jack Russells get their supper! My Book #175701 ||.

Cloth. Etat : Very Good. No Jacket. Frohawk, F. W. (illustrateur). Green cloth. TEG. Very lightly bumped, deckle edges and prelims lightly foxed, endpapers browned, bookplate to front pastedown. Some bird descriptions to the rear have neat ink written alternative names, perhaps Gaelic, e.g. against Gannet is written Hafsula. Otherwise very clean and tidy. Size: 4to.

Decorative Cloth. Etat : Good+. Frohawk W. (illustrateur). Beautifully illustrated with Colour Plates, protected by tissue guards. Eggs illustrated include: Great Auk, Manx Shearwater, Avocet, Guillemot, Great Skua, Capercaillie, Bittern, Gannet, Osprey, Peregrine, Kite, Golden Eagle, Gos Hawk, Harriers, Nightjar, Great Spotted Woodpecker, Raven, Chough, Swallow, Golden Oriole and many more. 105 Text Pages + the Plates. 11 1/2" Tall, 1.1 Kilos. Mid and Light Green cloth Cover inn the style of a period Half-Leather binding. Gilt Lettering on front and Gilt Lettering with Leaf Motif on spine. Included with this copy is an old Sales Booklet ( Whitehouse & Co., Naturalists, London ) with Prices for Bird's Eggs. Small closed tears at corners of spine, with a little fraying. Some edge wear. Even browning on endpapers and half-title page. Tissue Guard protecting frontis has a closed tear. No inscriptions. Pages and Plates in very nice, clean condition. Size: 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall.