Alpheraky, Sergius. The Geese of Europe and Asia. Being the description of most of the Old World species.
1st. Ed. Pub. Rowland Ward. 1905 pp.viii, 198 with 24 colour chromolithograph plates of geese and their bills by F.W. Frohawk and coloured frontispiece by Dr. P.P. Sushkin. Royal 4to. In original green cloth boards, lightly rubbed, o/w. thor. vg. Minor, scattered foxing to contents, which are o/w. in fine condition. TEG. Bookplate of Arthur B. Duncan to front paste-down. A very pleasing copy.
Dedication copy from Rowland Ward which reads ‘Captain Stanley Flower, with Rowland Ward[s] Kind Regards 1906’ to ffep. Captain Flower (1871-1946) was Director of the Cairo Zoological Gardens, Egypt between 1898 - 1924.
£495.00 [ref: 50785]

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Bewick, Thomas. A General History of Quadrupeds.
4th. Ed. Pub. Newcastle upon Tyne. 1800 pp.[v], vi-x, 525, [i] page errata with woodcut engravings throughout. 8vo. Hardback. Contents very clean indeed and in very near fine condition. More recently rebound in full morocco leather with blind decoration to boards, lettered in gilt to spine, all in fine condition. Marbled end-papers with early bookplate to front pastedown. All edges marbled.
£275.00 [ref: 54210]

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Bewick, Thomas. History of British Birds.
2nd. Ed. Printed by Edward Walker for T. Bewick. 1805 Two volume set with wood engravings throughout. Large 8vo. Hardbacks. With bookplate of Thomas Holme Maude (1770-1849) to both volumes. Minor, scattered spotting, o/w. contents very bright and fine. Contemporary straight-grained half-morocco over marbled boards with matching end-papers; showing minor wear at top of spine of Vol. II, o/w. in thor. vg. condition.
A very pleasing large paper set. ‘The success of the ‘History of British Birds’ was immediate and complete; six editions were issued in Bewick’s lifetime’ (Mullens and Swann).
£800.00 [ref: 58669]

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Buchanan, Robert. The Life and Adventures of John James Audubon, the Naturalist. Edited, from materials collected by his widow.
1st. Ed. Pub. Sampson Low, London. 1868 pp.vii, 366, [1], 24 page publisher’s catalogue. 8vo. A small amount of foxing to last few pages of the publishers catalogue at rear of book, to the tissue guard facing the frontis. and to the fore-edges of the text block, o/w. contents very clean and in fine condition. In original green cloth boards, with gilt decoration and lettering to spine, all in thor. vg. condition. A thoroughly vg. copy of the 1st edition. Was £400.00.
£360.00 [ref: 47767]

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Buffon, [George Louis le Clerc, Comte de). The Natural History of Birds. From the French of Count de Buffon.
1st. Ed. in English printed for A. Strahan, T. Caddell and J. Murray (London). 1793 Nine volume set with 262 fine copper engraved plates. 8vo. Hardback. Charming, early, Coat of arms ink stamp of Charles Harris, Bradford to verso of titles. Minor spotting & offsetting and with only occ. age toning o/w. contents fine. Contemporary full tree-calf bindings, richly gilt decorated to spines and board edges, in good to vg. condition. A very pleasing set in original, untouched, condition.
£850.00 [ref: 68562]

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Butler Foreign Finches in Captivity.
1st. Ed. Pub. L. Reeve & Co. [1894] pp.[6], viii, 332 with 60 fine hand-coloured lithographs by F.W. Frohawk. Large 4to. Hardback. TEG. Very small number of spots to contents, o/w. exceptionally clean and fine. Contemporary three-quarter burgundy morocco over red cloth boards, gilt lettered to spine, in as close to fine condition as one is likely to find. A super copy.
This was Butler’s most important work and involved his favourite subject Cage Birds. Although some of the illustrations are not true finches the book does contain considerable information on their appearance, distribution, song and behaviour in captivity. The illustrations by Frohawk are some of his best and are outstanding.
£4,250.00 [ref: 62927]

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Butler, Arthur G. Birds of Great Britain and Ireland. Order Passeres.
1st. Ed. Pub. Brumby & Clarke. [1908] Two volumes with 107 chromolithograph plates of Birds and 8 of Eggs. Large 4to. Hardbacks. TEG. Occasional spotting, o/w. contents fine. Original quarter buckram over blue cloth, lettered in gilt to spine in thor. vg. condition. From the library of Eric Hosking with his bookplate to front pastedown of both volumes. Comes with an original publisher’s 4-page advertisement for the work (in half-calf) which is the same size as the final work. It provides detailed information on the contributors, the cost, background to the work, a full description of the plates, lists the birds as they appear in each volume along with a full size colour plate of the Wheatear (by Gronvold) .
These volumes were superbly illustrated by H. Gronvold and F.W. Frohawk. Eric Hosking was ‘Perhaps the most famous bird photographer ever to have lived’ (Gemma Padley). Deservedly feted for his photographic skills, as with his many other talents, carried with modesty and charm Eric Hosking was, undeniably, a great gentle man of 20th century photography (John Chillingworth). Hosking was part of the New Naturalist Editorial Board and attended their first meeting in January 1943 where he would take on the role as photographic editor.
£425.00 [ref: 62001]

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Butler, Arthur G. British Birds with their Nest and Eggs.
1st. Ed. Pub. Brumby and Clarke. [1896-1899] Six volume set. With 24 colour chromolithograph plates of eggs (containing 475 figures) and 318 fine b/w. plates of birds by F.W. Frohawk. 4to. Hardbacks. AEG. Minor amount of spotting, largely confined to tissue-guards of egg plates, o/w. contents fine. Original deluxe publisher’s yellow cloth binding with richly gilt decorated spines and gilt decoration to front boards in nr. fine condition, just lightly shelf-rubbed. With matching gilt decorated end-papers. A very pleasing set indeed. Comes with a loosely inserted copper plate engraving of a small bird (probably a warbler) by Lilian Marguerite Medland (1880-1955).
Medland illustrated Gregory Mathews' books on Australian birds. She also illustrated for Tom Iredale (her husband) the author of ‘Birds of Paradise and Bower Birds’ and ‘Birds of New Guinea’.
£425.00 [ref: 69604]

Butler, Arthur G. British Birds with their Nest and Eggs.
1st. Ed. Pub. Brumby and Clarke. [1896-1899] Six volume set. With 24 colour chromolithograph plates of eggs (containing 475 figures) and 318 fine b/w. plates of birds by F.W. Frohawk. (4to.). Hardbacks. AEG. Two bookplates. Ownership insc. dated 1908 and small blind stamp with motto ‘Audaces Fortuna Juvat’ to title page Vol. I. Gold marbled end-papers. Any spotting very largely confined to tissue guards and blank verso of plates, o/w. contents fine. Original gilt decorated and lettered green cloth, a little dulled to rear board Vol. II, o/w. nr. fine. A very pleasing set.
£250.00 [ref: 63634]

Ching, R., Snow, D., Chisholm, A.H. & Soper, M.F. Raymond Ching : The Bird Paintings. Water colours and pencil drawings / 1969 - 1975.
1st. Ed. Pub. Tryon Gallery. 1978 pp.142 with 24 full-page colour illus. and 31 b/w. illus. Folio. Hardback. AEG. Contents exceptional and in fine condition. From the limited edition of just 360 copies, this being No. 337 and signed by Raymond Ching. Each copy in this limited edition contains a special frontispiece entitled ‘Kingfisher’ and also a signed print of a ‘Fledgling Owl’ from Ching’s collection (also copy No. 337). Bound in full brown morocco by Zaehnsdorf of London, in fine condition with just a hint of sunning to spine. Housed in publisher’s slipcase in nr. fine condition. A very pleasing copy.
£350.00 [ref: 68357]