Encyclopedia of Pigeon Breeds by Weddall M Levi - 1965

Melbourne, VIC, Australia: CSIRO Publishing, 2015. 332 pages with distribution maps and colour and b/w illustrations. . Reprint. Hard Cover. Near Fine/Very Good. Illus. by William T. Cooper. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall.

London: Country Life Limited, 1936. Hard cover in original cloth. Published London: Country Life, 1936, second impression of the trade edition. 4to., 9 1/4" x11 3/4", xiii+138pp., illustrated with 16 color plates and 46 black and white plates. Blue cloth with gilt titles. Mild fading/rub to the cloth, ends of spine lightly worn, with a short closed tear at the crown, bit of foxing to frontis, title page, several sheets, and edge of page block, otherwise clean, attractive, binding strong and tight. Very good minus. . Hard. Very Good Minus/No Jacket. 4to.

A 1st ed. near fine hardcover (cloth-bound) with near fine DJ. Notice:
Has increased shipping cost due to weight (1,3kg.). Look up "Shipping terms".

Thomas Bewick / Iain Bain - The Watercolours and Drawings of Thomas Bewick and His Workshop Apprentices - 1989Two volumes, oblong quarto (23 x 25 cm), pp. Volume 1: 233, Volume 2: 230. Reprint edition. Green cloth boards with gilt titling. Blue endpapers. Introduction and editorial notes by Iain Bain. Exhaustively illustrated with hundreds of sketches and reproductions of engravings originally created for General History of Quadrupeds, History of British Birds, Fables of Aesop and Others, History of British Fishes as well as miscellaneous book illustrations and jobbing engravings. Contains three appendices: "Apprentices and their Workshop Periods," "The Dispersal of Bewick's Workshop Drawings" and "The Present-day Collections" plus bibliography and index.A re-issue of this essential work for anyone engaged in a serious study of Thomas Bewick (1753-1828), the father of English wood engraving and one of the most important illustrators of his day. All the drawings and watercolors have been reproduced in… Read More

Philadelphia: J. T. Bowen, 1856. 10 inches by 6 3/4 inches. Original color lithograph with additional hand-coloring. The 2nd royal octavo editon of Audubon's BIRDS OF AMERICA differs from the first edition in one important respect: there is a lithographed color background. That difference is the reason that many collectors prefer the second edition over the first. This lithograph is guaranteed to be more than 170 years old. It is in near fine condition: clean and bright, with only a couple of tiny spots of foxing. Now arcivally matted in a 16" by 12" off-white rag mat and ready to be framed.. Second Octavo Edition. Single Sheet. Near Fine. Illus. by James J. Audubon. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. Fine Art Print.

Melbourne, VIC, Australia: CSIRO Publishing, 2015. 332 pages with distribution maps and colour and b/w illustrations. . Reprint. Hard Cover. Near Fine/Very Good. Illus. by William T. Cooper. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall.

London: Country Life Limited, 1936. Hard cover in original cloth. Published London: Country Life, 1936, second impression of the trade edition. 4to., 9 1/4" x11 3/4", xiii+138pp., illustrated with 16 color plates and 46 black and white plates. Blue cloth with gilt titles. Mild fading/rub to the cloth, ends of spine lightly worn, with a short closed tear at the crown, bit of foxing to frontis, title page, several sheets, and edge of page block, otherwise clean, attractive, binding strong and tight. Very good minus. . Hard. Very Good Minus/No Jacket. 4to.

A 1st ed. near fine hardcover (cloth-bound) with near fine DJ. Notice:
Has increased shipping cost due to weight (1,3kg.). Look up "Shipping terms".

Thomas Bewick / Iain Bain - The Watercolours and Drawings of Thomas Bewick and His Workshop Apprentices - 1989Two volumes, oblong quarto (23 x 25 cm), pp. Volume 1: 233, Volume 2: 230. Reprint edition. Green cloth boards with gilt titling. Blue endpapers. Introduction and editorial notes by Iain Bain. Exhaustively illustrated with hundreds of sketches and reproductions of engravings originally created for General History of Quadrupeds, History of British Birds, Fables of Aesop and Others, History of British Fishes as well as miscellaneous book illustrations and jobbing engravings. Contains three appendices: "Apprentices and their Workshop Periods," "The Dispersal of Bewick's Workshop Drawings" and "The Present-day Collections" plus bibliography and index.A re-issue of this essential work for anyone engaged in a serious study of Thomas Bewick (1753-1828), the father of English wood engraving and one of the most important illustrators of his day. All the drawings and watercolors have been reproduced in… Read More

Philadelphia: J. T. Bowen, 1856. 10 inches by 6 3/4 inches. Original color lithograph with additional hand-coloring. The 2nd royal octavo editon of Audubon's BIRDS OF AMERICA differs from the first edition in one important respect: there is a lithographed color background. That difference is the reason that many collectors prefer the second edition over the first. This lithograph is guaranteed to be more than 170 years old. It is in near fine condition: clean and bright, with only a couple of tiny spots of foxing. Now arcivally matted in a 16" by 12" off-white rag mat and ready to be framed.. Second Octavo Edition. Single Sheet. Near Fine. Illus. by James J. Audubon. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. Fine Art Print.