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. A General History of Quadrupeds.
2nd. Ed. Printed for S. Hodgson, R. Beilby & T. Bewick. 1791 pp.x, 483, title-page with wood-engraved vignette and wood-engraved illus. throughout text. Hardback. All edges marbled with matching marbled endpapers. Very minor spotting and a few minor marks internally o/w. contents fine. Full, straight-grained, 19th Century leather binding with gilt decoration in nr. fine condition. Comes with two loosely inserted articles from The Sunday Times, both dated 1928. The first features a letter to the Editor, from Wyatt Wingrave M.D., in which Wingrave explains that he possesses many original Bewick wood blocks, that Bewick’s ‘genuine wood engraving has ceased entirely’ and that Mid-Victorians were merely wood scratchers. The second article is a, not unwarranted, disapproving, response letter from esteemed wood engraver Gilbert Dalziel (1853 - 1930) in which he asks if the doctor is aware of the engravings in eight works (all listed) and are they too the work of Mid-Victorian wood scratching? A very pleasing copy.
£425.00 [ref: 68565]

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Bewick, Thomas. A Memoir of Thomas Bewick. Written by himself.
New Ed. Pub. OUP. 1975 pp.xliv, 258 with b/w. plates & text illus. 8vo. Light spotting to fore-edges of text block o/w. a fine hardback in nr. fine dw.
This memoir of Bewick’s life has been through many editions since its first appearance in 1862 - 34 years after Bewick’s death. The text established by Bewick’s daughter Jane with the unwelcome help of her printer, Robert Ward was a smoothed out, repunctuated and abridged version of the original manuscript. The present edition is the first to give the complete text.
£10.00 [ref: 71708]

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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Bhushan, B. et al. A Field Guide to the Waterbirds of Asia.
1st. Ed. Pub. Wild Bird Soc. of Japan. 1993 pp.224 with colour plates throughout. Small 8vo. Fine softback.
£25.00 [ref: 60148]

Bhushan, B. et al. A Field Guide to the Waterbirds of Asia.
1st. Ed. Pub. Wild Bird Soc.of Japan. 1993 pp.224 with colour plates throughout. Small 8vo. Nr. fine softback.
£22.50 [ref: 59310]

Bianchini, F. et al. Acquario. Piante, pesci marini e d’acqua dolce, rettili e anfibi, invertibrati.
Pub. Arnoldo Mondadori. 1980 pp. 295 plus glossario and indice. VG. in vg. dw.
£10.00 [ref: 34255]

BIBBA. Pedigree Bee Breeding in Western Europe.
1st. Ed. Pub. BIBBA 1983 pp.72 with b/w. photographs and figs. 8vo. Softback. Contents fine. Card cover lightly shelf rubbed o/w. fine. Scarce.
A series of lectures by eminent bee breeders given at the 1992 BIBBA conference at Celle in Germany. Practical and well illustrated.
£15.00 [ref: 72621]

BIBBA. Pedigree Bee Breeding in Western Europe.
1st. Ed. Pub. BIBBA 1983 pp.72 with b/w. photos. & figs. 8vo. Softback. Upper corner gently bumped o/w. a fine softback. Scarce.
A series of lectures by eminent bee breeders given at the 1992 BIBBA conference at Celle in Germany. Practical and well illustrated.
£15.00 [ref: 73153]

Bibby, C.J. et al. Bird Census Techniques.
1st. Ed. Pub. Academic Press. 1992 pp.xvii, 257 with b/w. figs. 8vo. Spine gently sunned o/w. a fine hardback.
In Bird Census Techniques there are entire chapters devoted to the most widely used bird counting techniques. Examples of the use of methods are provided wherever possible and the relative value of various approaches for answering specific questions is also addressed.
£7.50 [ref: 42197]