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Allen & Ginter [Game Birds]
Philadelphia George S. Harris & Sons First Edition Wraps, with string ties Very Good
N.d., circa 1890. Oblong, 6 by 9 inches, 15 by 22 cm. 11 leaves, plus wraps, replicating 50 cigarette cards issued as part of the Allen & Ginter cigarette card series. (There is an odd pagination starting at 3 and running to 13. Printing is only on the rectos except for rear wraps.) The cards are arranged artfully with a backdrop of a colorful illsutration of hunters, birds in their natural habitat or servants (black and white) preparing or serving game. The printing, both of the cards depicted and the illustrations upon which they are arranged, is a brilliant chromolithography. Small corner chips to front and rear wraps. Occasional light marginal soiling within.
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295.00 USD
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The Natural History of Birds; Containing a Variety of Fact, Selected from Several Writers, Illustrated with Upwards of One Hundred Copper-plate. In Three Volumes (Three volumes bound in one)
London J. Johnson 1786 First Edition Full Calf Very Good Plus
A splendid eighteenth century ornithological work with 116 hand-colored plates. 12mo. 7 by 4", 18 by 10 cm. 91, [1], 3-77, [2], 72, 56, 83, 233, [1] pp. The illustrations are simple, straightforward and accurate, and the coloring was done with care and sensitivity, creating uniformly lovely and reliable images of birds of all types found around the world. The accompanying text describes each of the species and is full of quaintness and charm. The plates and text are generally clean, with light age toning and occasional soiling and/or foxing few would find troublesome. Modern calf with marbled endpapers.
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3200.00 USD
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A. Nuyens. Jean Bungartz, illustrator De Vogelwereld. Handboek voor Liefhebbers van Kamer -- En Parkvogels Met Driehonderd Afbeeldingen in Chromolithographie. Naar de natuur Geteekend.
Groningen J. B. Wolters 1886 First Edition Cloth Very Good
Two parts in one, with 48 large chromolithographic plates. Folio, measuring 14.5 by 11 inches, 37 by 28 cm. xiv, 156, [4], 100 pp. Text in Dutch. The plates generally have multiple images of related bird species. With original decorated red cloth. Repairs apparent in corners. Some color loss on spine. Recasing, with newer endpapers. Scattered light foxing, generally not affecting plates, which are bright and attractive.
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800.00 USD
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Fulton, Robert. Edited by Lewis Wright The Illustrated Book of Pigeons. With Stardards for Judging. Illustrated with Fifty Life-Like Coloured Plates, From Paintings by J. W. Ludlow
London, Paris, New York and Melbourne Cassell & Company, Limited First Edition Half Morocco Very Good Plus
Undated, circa 1876. 4to. 11 by 9 inches, 28 by 22.5 cm. viii, 392 pp in addition to 50 chromolithographic plates. Many other wood engraved illustrations throughout the text. This remains the standard popular treatise on the subject, and the plates are stunning. Age toning on leaf edges, and some foxing on tissue guards. Otherwise clean throughout. A tight copy. Morocco spine with considerable rubbing. Some joint repairs have been made. Wear along edges of marbled boards.
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850.00 USD
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Signed Kagaku Leporello of Twelve Views of Flowers and Birds
Tokyo 1880 First Edition presumed Very Good
An exquisite Kachoga featuring a dozen color woodblocks of birds and flowers. The leporello measures, closed, 11 by 8.5 cm, 4.5 by 3.5 inches, and each of the twelve images is two panels and so double width. Each of the woodblocks is signed by Kagaku, or a name similar to that. It dates to Meiji 13. The images are Tree Peony (Mudan) and Silver Pheasant, Cherry Blossom and Swallow, Camellia and Pigeon, Plum Blossom and Japanese Bush Warbler, Cotton Rosemallow (Furong) and Sparrow, Chrysanthemums, Monkshoods and White Cuckoo, Lotus and Heron, Japanese Iris and Cuckoo, Japanese Camelli, Paperwhite and Kingfisher, Long-tailed Bushtit and Rose, Wild chrysanthemum, Bush Clover and Wild Goose, and Common Peony, Lily and Copper Pheasant. There are captions in Japanese, but the images speak for themselves. The covers, front and back, have a dampstain covering about a third to a fifth of the space with no effect on the images within. There is the lightest of soiling of the images at each end. Overall the images are vibrantly bright and fresh, including the images at the end.
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1000.00 USD
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Studer, Jacob H., Jasper, Theodore Studer's Popular Ornithology: The Birds of North America
New York and Columbus Ohio Jacob H. Studer & Co. 1881 Hardcover Fine Jasper, Theodore
Book. Folio - over 12. VG to Fine condition. One of the last of the great American ornithological color plate books, with 119 full page color plates by Theodore Jasper. 182 pages, 14.5 x 11.5 inches. Very good to fine condition (interior fine, binding with caveats), with tissue guards all intact, pages and plates clean. Contemporary and original full leather binding, gilding bright on front board, some loss on spine. Spine rebacked, with some loss to original (missing piece in upper corner). Some scuffs on leather. Possible reinforcement of joints with band, or this may be original. Text block and binding now very tight. Work of great beauty and highly desirable.
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995.00 USD
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Warren, B. H. Report on the Birds of Pennsylvania
Harrisburg E. K. Meyers 1890 Second Edition Half Calf Very Good
8vo. xiv, 434 pp. With 100 plates, all but one with color. This second edition is much enlarged and has twice as many plates as the first. Plates based on Audobon. Contemporary calf is heavily worn and very dry, with rubbing and cracks abounding. Redeeming this copy are the clean plates. One text leaf with small marginal crease and tiny closed tear. Otherwise text age toned but clean as well.
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300.00 USD
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Warren, B. H. Report on the Birds of Pennsylvania
Harrisburg E. K. Meyers 1890 Second Edition Half Morocco Very Good
8vo. xiv, 434 pp. With 100 plates, all but one with color. This second edition is much enlarged and has twice as many plates as the first. Plates based on Audobon. Half morocco is heavily rubbed and scuffed. Binding is tight. Foxing of some prelim pages, including title, which also has inked name inscribed. Otherwise very clean.
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250.00 USD
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White, Rev. Gilbert The Works, in Natural History, of the Late Rev. Gilbert White, A. M. Comprising The Natural Hisotry of Selborne; The Naturalist's Calendar; and Miscellaneous Observations, Extracted from his Papers. To which are added, A Calendar and Observations by W. Markwick, Esq. F.L.S. in Two Volumes.
London Printed for J. White by T. Bensley 1802 Half Morocco Very Good
8vo. viii, 392, 300 pp. With two hand-colored ornithological plates, one of which is folding. Two other plates, one folding as well. Lovely copy of eighteenth century classic and seminal work of natural history which still makes for highly enjoyable reading. As important as the many specific observations White made is his example as a close observer of the natural world which all lovers of nature can still emulate as well as the enthusiasm and spirit he brought to the endeavor. The epistolatory form he chose, tantamount to a diary, works wonderfully stylistically by creating an intimacy between him and the reader, and thus the reader is likely to become enthralled. Minor soiling and foxing scattered in volumes. The leather is rubbed along joints, and is overall a tad on the dry side.
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400.00 USD
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