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W. H. Allen & Co., 1111. Hardcover. Acceptable. No Edition Remarks. 349 pages. No dust jacket. Decorated green cloth covered boards with gilt. Volume III. Contains 30 out of 34 expected hand-coloured plates. pp161-2 are missing. Some occasional heavy cracking to gutters throughout, causing binding to be loose. Some sections are held by a few binding threads. Pages 175 and 337 are detached but present. A few pages and plates missing. Page 19 is creased. Boards have moderate edge-wear with bumping to corners and rubbing to surfaces. Cloth has minor damp and dust stains. Mild crushing to spine ends. Book has a slight forward lean. Card panels have mild rubbing with minor pencil mark to front cover. Spine cloth worn at the joints. Gilt lettering is darkened. Cloth is slightly slack on rear board.

W H Lizars, 1838. Hardcover. Good. 17 to 19 cm tall (12mo). Good text block. Coloured plates. Recent binding Posted within 1 working day. 1st class tracked post to the UK, Airmail tracked worldwide. Robust recyclable packaging.

W H Lizars, [1843?]. Hardcover. Good. 17 to 19 cm tall (12mo). Good text block. Coloured plates. Recent binding Posted within 1 working day. 1st class tracked post to the UK, Airmail tracked worldwide. Robust recyclable packaging.

W H Lizars, [1843?]. Hardcover. Good. 17 to 19 cm tall (12mo). Good text block. Coloured plates. Recent binding Posted within 1 working day. 1st class tracked post to the UK, Airmail tracked worldwide. Robust recyclable packaging.

W H Lizars, 1843. Hardcover. Good. 17 to 19 cm tall (12mo). Good text block. Coloured plates. Recent binding Posted within 1 working day. 1st class tracked post to the UK, Airmail tracked worldwide. Robust recyclable packaging.

Edinburgh: W. H. Lizars, 1838. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good. Volume 1 only of 4. 17cm. In Green cloth over one quarter white leather, gilt titles, yellow endpapers, marker ribbon. Shelf wear to tips, corners, and edges of the book. A part of the Naturalist's Library. Vol. 1 of the 4 volume Birds of G.B. and Ireland and vol. 9 of the Ornithology section of the Naturalist's Library. With a frontispiece portrait of Sibbald; black and white engraved half title page of gentleman and lady hunting with hawk on horseback; plain title page, 315pp; 34 hand coloured plates of the birds and their eggs, all present and correct. Many wood cuts of parts of the brids, beaks, plumage, feet, etc. "Sir William Jardine made natural history available to all levels of Victorian society by editing the hugely popular forty volumes of The Naturalist's Library (1833–1843) issued and published by his brother in law, the Edinburgh printer and engraver, William Home Lizars. The series was divided into four main… Read More

Edinburgh: W H Lizars, 1838. First printing. Hardcover. Very Good. 12mo, 315 pages, frontis, illustrated engraved title & 34 fine hand colour / colored steel engravings of birds. Original brown cloth covers - original green endpapers split at front with rear one intact. Gold embossed spine. Original brown cloth covers - boards and spine detached from pages. two 1/2" splits to top of spine. and a two inch split between spine and back board at top. The plates are bound in at the rear of this volume. Plates sell for up to $75 each. Some foxing on initial pages and some to cover pages to plates but little else seen. Some pages still unsplit at tops. Sir William Jardine Baronet was a 19th Century Scottish naturalist. After originally studied medicine in Edinburgh and Paris he was captivated by the natural sciences. He founded the Magazine of Zoology and Botany in 1837. This volume covers with birds of prey including falcons, eagles, ospreys, buzzards, etc.

Edinburgh: W H Lizars, 1839. First printing. Hardcover. Fair. 12mo, 409 pages, frontis, illustrated colour / colored engraved title & 32 fine hand colour / colored steel engravings of birds. (32 stated but includes frontispiece and title page) Gold embossed spine. Original brown cloth covers. The plates are bound at rear in this volume. Many uncut pages. Plates are split into three lots and detached from rest of book. Plates sell for up to $75 each. Little foxing seen. Binding is good but the rear cover is loose from the spine. All plates are here. Some mason bee stains to rear cover. Sir William Jardine Baronet was a 19th Century Scottish naturalist. After originally studied medicine in Edinburgh and Paris he was captivated by the natural sciences. He founded the Magazine of Zoology and Botany in 1837. This volume covers with birds of prey including falcons, eagles, ospreys, buzzards, etc.

Edinburgh: W H Lizars, 1842. First printing. Hardcover. Fair. 12mo, 349 pages, frontis, illustrated colour / coloured engraved title & 34 fine hand colour / colored steel engravings of birds. Gold embossed spine. Original brown cloth covers. The plates are bound at rear in this volume. Plates sell for up to $75 each. Little foxing seen. Binuding is good but the spine is totally detached but included. Sir William Jardine Baronet was a 19th Century Scottish naturalist. After originally studied medicine in Edinburgh and Paris he was captivated by the natural sciences. He founded the Magazine of Zoology and Botany in 1837. This volume covers with birds of prey including falcons, eagles, ospreys, buzzards, etc.

1842.. Spine and perimetre faded, upper cover detached, name to ffep, pages uncut, else very good. Plates clean. . 12mo, . Edinburgh, London and Dublin: W.H. Lizars and Stirling and Kenney, et al, cloth Wood p. 405 Sir William Jardine was a 19th Century Scottish naturalist. Originally studying medicine in Edinburgh and Paris, he was captivated by the natural sciences. He founded the Magazine of Zoology and Botany in 1837. This volume deals with rasores and grallatores including pigeons, doves, grouse, herons, egrets, storks, cranes, woodcocks, snipes, sandpipers, plovers etc. Beautifully illustrated and delicately coloured. Ornithology, Hand coloured plates, tasores and grallatores, pigeons, doves, grouse, herons, egrets, storks, cranes, woodcocks, snipes, sandpipers, plovers

Edinburgh : W. H. Lizars, 1838. First edition. Cloth. Very Good. 6.5" by 4". Mr Stewart . The first edition of this illustrated ornithological work on birds of prey by Sir William Jardine, bound in decorative cloth. The first edition. Part of the 'Naturalist's Library' series edited by Sir William Jardine. Bound in decorative cloth, with gilt fore edges. Illustrated by a frontispiece portrait of Sir Robert Sibbald, an engraved title page and 34 engraved, hand coloured plates by Stewart. Collated complete. This work was written by Sir William Jardine and provides an ornithological study of birds of prey and a memoir of Sir Robert Sibbald, a writer of historical works who is known for his study of wales. Jardine was a Scottish naturalist and is best known for this series of natural history books. This volume focuses on birds of prey including Falcons and Eagles. Bound in full cloth. Engraved title page and blanks retained. Externally very smart with slight marks to the boards, fading to the… Read More

Edinburgh: W. H. Lizars, 1842 . First edition. Leather. Very Good. 6.5" by 4". None. A scarce, first edition of Volume XII of The Naturalist's Library, on the topic of rasores and grallatores, by Sir William Jardine. First edition, in a half calf binding with marbled boards. Published as part of Sir William Jardine's Naturalist's Library, which covered a variety of topics relating to the natural world. Jardine was a Scottish naturalist, known for this particular series.This particular volume was Volume XII, Part III, on the topic of ornithology, relating specifically to rasatores and grallatores. With a memoir of Scottish minister and natural historian, John Walker. Illustrated with thirty-four hand coloured plates. Collated, complete. In a half calf binding with marbled boards. Externally, generally smart, with slight rubbing. Head of the front joint starting to crack. Paper adhered to the front paste down, with ink mark of 'C.92'. Internally, firmly bound. Pages bright and clean, with the… Read More

London: W. H. Allen and Co., 1876. Hardcover. Very Good. Undated circa 1876. Small 8vo, pp313 complete with 31 hand coloured plates, portrait frontis of Alexander Wilson and title vignette. Hardcover no dust jacket. Publishers binding of green cloth with black borders and designs to both boards and gilt titles to front board and spine in very good condition with a little shelf wear to top and tail of spine and tip of boards. Inside front hinge starting along with p224 but binding still tight and firm. All pages and plates in very good clean and bright condition. A nice copy.

1838.. Spine and perimetre faded, upper cover detached, name to ffep, else very good. Plates clean. . 12mo, . Edinburgh, London and Dublin: W.H. Lizars and Stirling and Kenney, et al, cloth Wood p. 405 Sir William Jardine was a 19th Century Scottish naturalist. Originally studying medicine in Edinburgh and Paris, he was captivated by the natural sciences. He founded the Magazine of Zoology and Botany in 1837. This volume deals with birds of prey including falcons, eagles, ospreys, buzzards, owls and their eggs. Beautifully illustrated and delicately coloured. Ornithology, Hand coloured plates, falcons, eagles, ospreys, buzzards, owls, birds of prey

EDINBURGH: W H LIZARS, 1842 A good to very good copy of the 1st edition in the original publisher's cloth binding, with 34 hand coloured plates. With volume listing; frontispiece portrait of Rev Dr Walker; hand coloured vignette title page showing a spaniel and a heron; 2 further title pages; publisher's advert; contents listing; Memoir of Dr Walker; and text with black and white illustrations and 34 hand coloured plates bound at the rear. The binding has been rebacked, relaying the original spine, and the end papers repaired and retained. The binding has fading to spine and board edges and light wear to corners. The end papers have some marking at the joints where repaired. The text pages are generally clean with light toning and occasional marking and spotting, mainly at the edges. All the plates are tissue-guarded and are very well coloured. There is some offsetting to the guards and the occasional nibble to the guard edge. There is an old crease to plate 29 and its tissue guard, not affecting the image.

EDINBURGH: W H LIZARS, 1839 A very good copy of the 1st edition of Part II of Birds of Great Britain and Ireland in the original publisher's cloth binding. This volume covers a range of familiar birds from bullfinches to wrens. Contents: volume listing; half title; black and white frontispiece portrait of William Smellie with tissue guard; hand coloured vignette title page showing a robin; 2 further title pages; publisher's advert; contents listing; Memoir of William Smellie; text with black and white illustrations and 30 hand coloured plates bound at the rear. The original binding has been rebacked, relaying the original spine, and is sound and tight. There is slight scuffing to the boards, which have light wear to corners and edges. There is fading to the spine and to the board edges. The original green endpapers are present with professional repair at the inner joints. Text and plate pages have light toning at the margins. The plates are clean and well coloured. The paint has splashed however in a… Read More

EDINBURGH: W H LIZARS, 1838 A very good copy of the 1st edition of Part 1 of Birds of Great Britain and Ireland from the Naturalist's Library. In the original publisher's cloth binding with gilt titles to spine with 34 hand coloured plates as called for. Containing half title; list of volumes in the series; frontispiece portrait of Sir Robert Sibbald; black and white vignette title page (2 people hunting with birds); 2 further title pages; publisher's advert; contents listing; Memoir of Sir Robert Sibbald; text with black and white illustrations; and 34 hand coloured plates bound at the rear. The binding has been rebacked preserving the original spine and is sound and tight. There is fading to the spine and board edges and a couple of small marks to the front board. The top corners of the boards have light bumps. The original green endpapers are present with professional repair to the joints. The contents are very clean and the plates are well-coloured. The and plate paper has light toning. The tissue… Read More