Search Results: Titles starting with G from Isabelline Books

Cr. 4to. Pp. 224. A fine copy in dust wrapper. Revised edition. Illustrated with photographs in colour by the author. An authoritative study of the Golden Eagle in the West Highlands of Scotland.

8vo. Pp. xl + 457. Fine in dust wrapper. The second revised edition, with 12 more drawings and an Appendix.

Cr. 8vo. Pp. x + 264 + 11 pages of adverts. Original green gilt illustrated cloth, the spine has faded to an even brown, corners rubbed. Three of the four plates have minor light stains to the edge. With 4 tinted lithographs by Joseph Wolf. Images available.

Small folio. Quarter crimson morocco. Gilt dec. spine, raised bands, gilt title on leather. T.e.g. A minor patch of fading to the top of the bottom board. Pp. vii + 79. With 30 colour plates with tissue guards illustrating 58 species. There are some occasional spots of light foxing to the text pages, the plates are bright and fine. A sound copy of this classic work in an elegant binding.

Small folio. Pp. xii + 72. Contemporary half red morrocco, gilt titles. T.e.g. A split between the top board and the spine has been repaired and the front hinge is loose. With a frontispiece portrait of Bewick by J.E. Millais., 16 full-page colour plates (chromolithographs), 18 tinted autotypes and 31 woodcuts. Some very faint spotting to the endpapers and a little to the title page, otherwise clean internally.

The second edition. 4to. Pp. xxviii + 476. Original illustrated cloth, spine ends frayed and corners rubbed. Endpapers spotted and some very minor spotting to the title page. Illustrated by Charles Whymper with 40 fine chromolithographs + one plate (the Turtle Dove) which is screen printed. The plates are all fine.

Subscribers Edition. 4to. Pp. 190. Fine in dust wrapper in slipcase. Foreward by Patrick Horsbrugh. With 68 colour plates by Finch-Davies.

8vo. Pp. xlix + 567. Original green cloth, gilt emblems of the Gannet on the spine and top board. A.e.g. Endpapers discoloured, minor fraying to the top of the spine. Illustrated with numerous photographs, maps and drawings, and one coloured plate by Joseph Wolf.

Ex-Libris Collegii-Sancti-Davidis. Presented by the Trustees of the British Museum. Two labels on the pastedown of each volume, no other library marks. Brown publisher's binding, text pages uncut. Faint trace of an access no. on the spine. Pp. xv + 473. With 8 chromolithographs by J. Smit.

Three hand-coloured plates from the Genera of Birds. 38cm X 27.5 cm. Heliorninae. Podica senegalensis. (Vieill) Anserinae. Bernicula inornata (King) Tinaminae. Tinamotis. Pentlandii, Vigers Anserinae has a closed 2cm. tear at the bottom of the plate. The prints are in card mounts. £35.00 each. Images available.

Cr. 4to. Pp. xxvi + 68 + 2 index. Contemporary half calf, marbled boards & endpapers, raised bands, gilt decorated spine. Corners rubbed, some shelfwear. Bookplate on paste-down. With 16 engraved plates (plates 3 & 4 are on one page) + frontispiece. A very good copy.

Three hand-coloured plates from the Genera of Birds. 38cm X 27.5 cm. Heliorninae. Podica senegalensis. (Vieill) Anserinae. Bernicula inornata (King) Tinaminae. Tinamotis. Pentlandii, Vigers Anserinae has a closed 2cm. tear at the bottom of the plate. The prints are in card mounts. £35.00 each.

8vo. Pp. 159. With maps and black & white photographs. Very good.

2 vols. 8vo. Pp. 588 + index. Recent blue buckram, gilt titles, marbled endpapers. Occasional light spotting. Some pages uncut. Being a record of printed books, published articles, notes and records relating to local activity.

4to. Pp. vii + 71. Card covers. Very good. With 24 illustrations, 9 in colour including cover. A well researched biography with reproductions of paintings and etchings. Presentation copy from the author.

8vo. Pp. 127. Fine in dust wrapper, price-clipped, minor wear to spine ends, small mark on back.

4to. Pp. 95. Boards, with a gilt emblem of the Golden Eagle on the top board. With 5 tipped-in colour plates from paintings by the author and 43 high quality plates from his own black & white photographs. The book is aranged in four parts, About Eagles, Wester Ross, the Cairngorms, and Argyll. Privately published in 1989, only 100 copies of the Golden Eagle were bound, most of these were given away as presents. Adrian Wilkins, the son of the author has had a further 100 copies bound from the original material, and these are now offered for sale. They are only available through Isabelline Books.

Roy. 8vo. Pp. xx + 374. Fine in dust wrapper. With the bookplate of K.E.L. Simmons. Illustrated by Keith Brockie with colour plate and landscapes by Donald Watson.

8vo. Pp. 299. With 22 colour plates. A near fine copy without dust wrapper.

8vo. Pp. 111. As new in dust wrapper. With 16 plates, 14 in colour. Distribution maps.