London: Published for the subscribers by the Author, 1888. Second Edition. Two volumes imperial quarto : pp lxxiv, 250, 6; xv, 359 : 50 plates (48 chromolithographed and hand-finished) by Kuelemans : all edges gilt : original boards with bird designs in gilt to top boards : sympathetically re-backed in..... More
New Zealand: George Didsbury, Government Printer, 1882. First Edition. Original cloth. Octavo : vii (ix) 107 (108, Author's advertisement), iii (List of publications of the Colonial Museum and Geological Survey Department of New Zealand) : 39 plates (including IA and XIVA) as called for at p. iv : dark brown..... More
Cambridge, Massachusetts: Nuttall Ornithological Club, 2008, 2012. First Edition. Cloth. Two volumes offered together : pp. (i-iv) v-vi (viii) 481 (482); (iii) iv - xii 532 : red cloth covered boards lettered in gilt. Loosely inserted in each are some loose leaves with pencil notes on the text. Minor lean to..... More
London: Christopher Helm, 1999. Nicolas Day and Andrew Plant. Softcover : pp. [1-8], -206 : 91 colour plates : Over 340 colour distribution maps : Pink and white cover with bird illustration. Fore-edge of front cover has faint fold memory : Small crease fold to foot of page 43. The first..... More
Clayton: Centre for Bibliographical and Textual Studies, 1993. First Edition. Stapled softcover : pp. 23 : beige textured paper covers : black lettering : bookseller's sticker : mylar sleeve : limited edition, one of 200. Sunning to top edge and along spine; folded sheet loosely inserted with three brief notes in..... More
Staten islane, NY: Maurizio Martino, 1996. First Edition. Hardcover : pp. (4) iii (iv) 252 (6, with the fifth being the limitation page) : signed and numbered by Sauer : red cloth covered boards lettered in gilt on the spine. Discreet pencil notes in Louis Piggot's hand to f.f.e.p. No. 183..... More