Natural History from Bird's Books

London: Penguin, 1948. First edition. Softcover. Very Good. Edwards, Lionel. Broad octavo paperback with pictorial card covers. Unpaginated and illustrated throughout in colour and black and white. A little edge wear, crease to one corner, generally very good. Nice and clean inside. A childrens’ guide to different breeds of British and Irish cattle. Part of the Puffin Picture… Read more about this item

London: Penguin, 1947. First edition. Softcover. Very Good. R B Talbot Kelly. Broad octavo paperback with pictorial card covers. 31pp illustrated throughout with pictures of scenery and birds. Each bird has a picture facing a page of text about its habits etc. Part of the Puffin Picture Book series no. 65 (though this is not stated on this… Read more about this item

London: Penguin, 1957. First edition. Softcover. Good. Richard Taylor . Broad octavo paperback with pictorial card covers. 31pp illustrated throughout in colour and black and white. A little edge wear, tear to base of spine, generally good. Nice and clean inside. Includes descriptions of early explorers, the search for the North West passage, Shackleton, Amundsen etc. Part of… Read more about this item

London: Penguin, 1949. First edition. Softcover. Very Good. Paxton Chadwick . Broad octavo paperback with pictorial card covers. 31pp illustrated throughout in colour and black and white. Lovely illustrations of 61 flowers with their common and Latin names and brief descriptions. A little edge wear and small marks to rear cover, generally very good. Nice and clean inside.… Read more about this item

London: Penguin, 1943. First edition. Hardcover. Fair. Slim 8vo, paper covered boards with shell illustration on front. 32 pp with16 coloured plates. Tear to spine at rear board, edge wear and some marking to covers. Inner book is generally in very good clean condition. No. 6 from the attractive King Penguin series edited by Pevsner. Written for the… Read more about this item

London: Penguin, 1955. First edition. Hardcover. Very good /Very good . Peter Shepheard. Slim 8vo, illustrated dust jacket of owls, over matching paper covered boards. 31 pp with16 coloured plates by Peter Shepheard. In very good condition with very good dust jacket, slight edge wear / small tear to spine. Not price clipped. A very nice clean copy,… Read more about this item

London: King Penguin Books, 1946. First edition. Hardcover. Very good . Noel Rooke. Slim 8vo, illustrated paper covered boards. 37pp with 3 text illustrations, 16 coloured plates and cover by Noel Rooke. A very nice clean copy, no. 27 from the attractive King Penguin series edited by Pevsner. Written for the layman in an informative and engaging style… Read more about this item

London: Penguin, 1952. First edition. Hardcover. Very good /Very good . G. E. Lodge. Slim 8vo, illustrated dust jacket over matching paper covered boards. 32 pp with16 coloured plates by G. E. Lodge. In very good condition with very good dust jacket, slight edge wear / chipping. Not price clipped. A very nice clean copy, no. 67 from… Read more about this item

David & Charles, 1976. First edition. Hardcover. Very good +/Good + . 8vo, turquoise cloth boards with gilt titles on spine and pictorial dust jacket, not price clipped. 168pp illustrated with plate, maps and photographs. Tear to top of dust jacket spine. Lovely and clean inside. Jersey is the largest of the channel islands and is here… Read more about this item

Edward Lloyd Limited, 1897. Hardcover. Good +. Complete in 4 volumes. 8vo, paper covered boards with red cloth spine. Gilt titles on spine. Vol. I, xi + 340pp; vol II, xi + 308pp; vol. III, xii + 338pp; vol IV, xvii + 314pp. Illustrated with 124 coloured plates and other figures in the text. Detailed descriptions of male… Read more about this item

London: William Heinemannn, 1921. First edition. Hardcover. Fair. 4to, green cloth boards with gilt titles on front and spine. Pekingese in gilt on front. Upper edge green. Xix + 207pp with 8 coloured plates including frontispiece and numerous black and white illustrations and photographs. This is a study of some of the breeds of dog originating in China… Read more about this item

London: King Penguin Books, 1944. First edition. Hardcover. Fair. Moses Harris. King Penguin K20. Slim hardback 32pp with 16 coloured plates, 6 black and white illustrations in text. Pictorial card covers. Some shelf wear, surface of spine partially absent. A pocket sized guide to English ballet with coloured plates. Cover design by Kay Ambrose. Gift inscription in ink… Read more about this item

London: King Penguin Books, 1945. First edition. Hardcover. Fair. R. B. Talbot Kelly . King Penguin K24. Slim hardback 32pp with 24 coloured plates, 2 black and white illustrations in text. Pictorial card covers. Some shelf wear, surface of spine absent. A description of gulls, petrels etc, with coloured plates by R. B. Talbot Kelly. Cover design by… Read more about this item

London: King Penguin Books, 1946. First edition. Hardcover. Fair. King Penguin K29. Slim hardback 32pp with 24 coloured plates. Pictorial card covers. Some shelf wear, particularly to spine. This describes the British woodland flowers throughout the year with really lovely clean plates inside. Cover design by Rosemary and Clifford Ellis.

London: King Penguin Books, 1939. First edition. Hardcover. Fair. John Gould . King Penguin K1. Slim hardback 32pp with 16 coloured plates, one black and white portrait in text. Card covers. Some shelf wear particularly to spine which has a part missing. An interesting little book on water birds with descriptions of the species and coloured plates by… Read more about this item

London : Andrew Melrose, 1920. Hardcover. Good. 8vo, green cloth boards with blind stamped emblem to front. Spine sunned with titles in gilt on spine. Binding cracked at frontis. Previous owner's name handwritten on front endpaper. Xxi + 658pp including index, with 100 illustrations including coloured tipped in plates. Contents include The Drama of Life, The Haunts of… Read more about this item

London: Gay & Hancock, 1922. First edition. Hardcover. Very Good. Roland Green. 4to, green cloth boards with gilt titles on front and spine. Blind stamped with design of bird in flight on front. 133pp illustrated with 12 tipped in, tissue guarded coloured plates, a further 8 black and white plates and 9 full page line illustrations. Contents include:… Read more about this item

London: B. T. Batsford Ltd, 1952. First edition. Hardcover. Very Good/Good. 4to, 128pp, with 40 photographs in colour by A. F. Kersting. Dust jacket with some chipping / edge wear. Tipped in photograph on front. Red cloth boards with gilt titles on spine. Beautiful pictures of coast lines, rivers, landscapes, castles, cathedrals, villages and towns, universities and country… Read more about this item

London: Groombridge and Sons, 1855. First edition. Hardcover. Very Good. “Described and illustrated with an account of the Haunts and Habits of the Feathered Architects and their Times and Modes of Building“ . First Edition of the first series published in 1855. Original green cloth embossed boards with titles in gilt on front and spine. Corners bumped and… Read more about this item

London: Frederick Warne & Co, Ltd, 1956. Hardcover. Very Good/Fair. White pictorial dust jacket with violas over green cloth boards. Blue titles on front and spine. 223 pages describing over 200 species with index and 220 illustrations in colour and black and white. Nice and clean inside, spine slightly cocked and minor foxing on rear endpapers. Dust jacket… Read more about this item