Search Results: a history of british birds the by thomas bewick

Paddington Press, 1976-01-01. Paperback. Good. 9x6x0. Mild general wear, primarily as f=shelf soiling along edges. Otherwise, book is in good condition with unmarked text and undamaged pages.

Paddington Press, 1976

Paddington Press, 1976 2021-02-22. First Edition. Paperback. Very Good. Illustrated in B/W. Firm binding, rubbing/tanning to exterior, bright unmarked pages. Well packaged, ships with tracking.

Kessinger Publishing. Used - Like New. Used - Like New. Volume 1. This is a reproduction of an out of print title. This book may have occasional imperfections such as missing or blurred pages, poor pictures, errant marks, etc. that were either part of the original artifact, or were introduced by the scanning process. Ships from UK in 48 hours or less (usually same day). Your purchase helps support Sri Lankan Children's Charity 'The Rainbow Centre'. 100% money back guarantee. We are a world class secondhand bookstore based in Hertfordshire, United Kingdom and specialize in high quality textbooks across an enormous variety of subjects. We aim to provide a vast range of textbooks, rare and collectible books at a great price. Our donations to The Rainbow Centre have helped provide an education and a safe haven to hundreds of children who live in appalling conditions. We provide a 100% money back guarantee and are dedicated to providing our customers with the highest standards of service in… Read More

Paperback / softback. New.

Paperback / softback. New.

The Folio Society, 1910. Hardcover. Good. 1910. No edition remarks. 431 pages. No dust jacket. Quarter bound blue leather with marbled paper covered boards. Black and white illustrations throughout. No slipcase. Pages are bright and clear with no visible markings. Binding throughout remains firm. Boards have light edge wear with minor corner bumping. Mild crushing to spine, with occasional markings overall.

Hardback. New.

BiblioLife, 2009-05-20. Paperback. Used:Good.

The Folio Society, 2010. hardcover. Very Good. 0x0x0. Volume 1 of 2-volume set; 382 p., clean and unmarked anywhere on strong unaged paper; slight rubbing in front gutter--no breaks; beautiful b&w ill., one assumed from the 1826 edtion o which the Folio edition is based; clean blue and white marbled boards with blue leather spine with raised bands; gilt lettering is still bright; despite absence of slip case edge wear is minimal.

BiblioLife, 2009-05-20. Hardcover. Used:Good.

Yale University: R. Hunter Middleton, 1976. "This impression from the original engraved boxwood block, now in the collection of the Newberry Library in Chicago, has been taken by R. Hunter Middleton as a keepsake for guests at the Carl Purington Rollins Lectures on the Typographic Tradition, Yale University, April 1976. Printed on a sheet measuring about 8 x 10 inches, in a gray paper portfolio with a printed label on the front. Fine condition. Middleton was a type designer and art director; he also was a collector of Bewick, and gave a number of original Bewick engraved blocks to the Newberry Library. Number of copies is unknown.

New.

Newcastle upon Tyne; Frank Graham, 1971., 1971. Hard Cover. Facsimile of the 1826 Sixth Edition, limited to 950 copies. Octavo, pp. [4], iii, [1], xliv, 382; [4], iii, [1], xxii, 432. Illustrated throughout with Bewick's woodcut illustrations of the birds, and head- and tail-pieces. Publishers' faux leather in dark green and royal blue respectively, with silver and gilt titles and vignettes to spines and wood-grain and marbled effect endpapers, in price-clipped pictorial dust-jackets. Boards bruised to lower edge and top edges a little dusty (both volumes) otherwise clean bright copies; no annotation or inscriptions. Jackets lightly toned, and creased top edge. A Very Good set. The forerunner of all modern field guides, Bewick's 'History of British Birds' changed the public's perception of the natural world; it is a landmark in natural history illustration and is one of the most important illustrated books ever printed. This edition is a facsimile of the last edition seen through the press by… Read More

Paddington Press, 1976-01-01. Paperback. New. New. In shrink wrap. Looks like an interesting title!

Kessinger Publishing, LLC. paperback. New. 6x0x9. Brand New Book in Publishers original Sealing

Newcastle/London: R.E. Bewick and Longman & Co., 1847 Later printing. 8vo; pp. xxxix, xxxvi, 374, [1]; illustrated from wood engravings by Bewick. Newspaper clipping to front endpaper; light wear to extremities; contents clean and tight; a good copy or better in original gilt-stamped green cloth. Originally published in 1797. This edition, Volume One only, "...contains about 20 additional vignettes, not before published, which were designed and engraved by Bewick, being part of a series intended by him as embellishments for a History of British Fishes, on which he was engaged at the time of his death.".

Kessinger Publishing, LLC. hardcover. New. 6x1x9. Brand New Book in Publishers original Sealing

Newcastle, England: Bewick/Longman & Co, 1847. Later edition. Hardcover. 8vo (9"x5.5"). 406pp. & 374pp. +appendices. Both volumes unbound in black cloth-covered solander boxes & slipcovers with giltstamped titles to spines. Pages are single leaves (not signatures), stabbed as if for sewing along the left edge. Volume I is missing its title page: first leaf is an advertisement, followed by the preface & introduction. B&W engraved cuts throughout both volumes.

Newcastle: Printed by Edward Walker for T. Bewick: sold by him, and Longman and Co. London , 1816. First Edition. Hardcover. Poor copy in half leather over marble boards. Spine bands worn with some loss. Partial spine band loosely inserted. Scattered foxing throughout. Physical description: 361 pages. Subjects: Birds Great Britain. Birds history. Ornithology.