Search Results: Authors starting with D from Loe Books

Dorking: Adhard & Son, 1945. Book. Very Good. Hardcover. First Edition. 8vo. A very good short run of this important entomological journal including a signed typed letter from N. D. Riley on British Museum (Natural History) headed paper dated 6th May 1954. "Dear Barlow, You are not the only one who is worried about the poor old Entomologist. I am very worried myseufl, for I feel rather as if I have let the side down....I am trying to make arrangements so that the situation will be improved. I fear Leston seems rather to have lost interest." Another general letter, on The Entomologist headed paper dayed May 1954 is enclosed. "We have pleasure in announcing that Mr. N. d. Riley has now returned as Editor of the Entomologist....signed John S. Ledley." Black and white plates and other illustrations. 9 volumes bound in 7, vols 78-86, 1945-1953, variously bound, in red cloth, half or full red leather, generally very good with a little general wear and rubbing to extremities.… Read More

London: Collins, 1986. Book. Fine. Hardcover. Revised. 8vo. English edition revised and translated by Sephen Brooks. 336 pages; 27 pages of coloured plates from artwork and 13 pages of coloured plates from photographs. Original laminated board binding, fine with minimal wear. Contents clean and tight, unmarked, no inscriptions. A fine tight copy..

London: Collins, 1986. Book. Near Fine. Hardcover. First Edition. 8vo. English edition revised and translated by Sephen Brooks et al. 336 pages; 27 pages of coloured plates from artwork and 13 pages of coloured plates from photographs. Original laminated board binding, fine, unmarked. Contents clean and tight, unmarked, no inscriptions. A near fine copy..

London: Collins, 1986. Book. Near Fine. Hardcover. First Edition. 8vo. English edition revised and translated by Sephen Brooks et al. 336 pages; 27 pages of coloured plates from artwork and 13 pages of coloured plates from photographs. Original laminated board binding, fine, unmarked. Contents clean and tight, unmarked, no inscriptions. A near fine copy..

London: Collins, 1986. Book. Near Fine. Hardcover. First Edition. 8vo. English edition revised and translated by Sephen Brooks et al. 336 pages; 27 pages of coloured plates from artwork and 13 pages of coloured plates from photographs. Original laminated board binding, fine, unmarked. Contents clean and tight, a few dust marks to top edges, otherwise unmarked, no inscriptions. A near fine copy..

Oslo: Universitetsforlaget, 1973. Book. Very Good. Hardcover. First Edition. 8vo (approx. 15 x 22cm). pp. 185, b/w illustrations. Original pictorial hard back bindng, very good. A very good tight copy..

Nairobi: Buchanan's Kenya Estates Limited in Association with Hatchards of London, 1961. Book. Illus. by Joy Adamson. Fine. Hardcover. First Edition. 8vo. pp.xxvii 654, frontispiece with overlay , large fold map and 31 colour plates and 80 black and white plates with 110 diagrams throughout. Dust jacket near fine and now protected in a removable archival sleeve. Original hardback binding, fine. Contents clean and tight, no inscriptions, no marking. A fine copy in a scarce near fine jacket..

Print. Very Good. Unframed. A fine original hand-coloured copper engraving of sea urchins from L'ENCYCLOPEDIE, OU DICTIONNAIRE RAISONNE DES SCIENCES, DES ARTS ET DES METIERS by Diderot & d'Alembert. This monumental work was published between 1751 & 1772 originally comprising 17 volumes of text and 11 volumes of plates. This fine large original print, Plate LIX is in very good condition, there is a single foxing spot to the centre of the plate (please see image) the print area measuring 22.5cm x 36cm, the actual paper size being 24.7 x 40.5cm and was published in C. 1760. The cream coloured paper is watermarked. A superb and decorative plate - we have two other complementary plates from this work, the three making a fine set, a discount is available for the three - please inquire. 0.

Print. Very Good. Unframed. A fine original hand-coloured copper engraving of seashells from L'ENCYCLOPEDIE, OU DICTIONNAIRE RAISONNE DES SCIENCES, DES ARTS ET DES METIERS by Diderot & d'Alembert. This monumental work was published between 1751 & 1772 originally comprising 17 volumes of text and 11 volumes of plates. This fine large original print, Plate LIX is in excellent condition, the print area measuring 22.5cm x 36cm, the actual paper size being 24.7 x 40.5cm and was published in C. 1760. The cream coloured paper is watermarked. A superb and decorative plate - we have two other complementary plates from this work, the three making a fine set, a discount is available for the three - please inquire. 0.

Print. Near Fine. Unframed. A fine original hand-coloured copper engraving of sea urchins from L'ENCYCLOPEDIE, OU DICTIONNAIRE RAISONNE DES SCIENCES, DES ARTS ET DES METIERS by Diderot & d'Alembert. This monumental work was published between 1751 & 1772 originally comprising 17 volumes of text and 11 volumes of plates. This fine large original print, Plate LIX is in excellent condition, the print area measuring 22.5cm x 36cm, the actual paper size being 24.7 x 40.5cm and was published in C. 1760. The cream coloured paper is watermarked. A superb and decorative plate - we have two other complementary plates from this work, the three making a fine set, a discount is available for the three - please inquire. 0.

London: Philip Allan, 1937. Book. Near Fine. Hardcover. First Edition. 8vo. 254 pages, a few b/w photographic plates. Red cloth binding with silver gilt to the spine, near fine. Contents clean and tight, bookplate belonging to Eric Hosking to the front pastedown otherwise unmarked, no foxing or inscriptions. A near fine tight copy, first edition. [Eric Hosking OBE, Hon FRPS, FBIPP (1909-1991) was widely acknowledged as one of the world's most eminent natural history photographers, "Perhaps the most famous bird photographer ever to have lived" (Gemma Padley). He was pioneering and developed new techniques, especially the use of flash photography and automatic shutter release technology, which enabled him to photograph birds at night and freeze birds in flight for the first time. Famously, when just 28 he lost an eye to a tawny owl while climbing up to a hide in rural Wales, the event which inspired the ingeneous title of his autobiography "An Eye for a Bird", 1970. Over his… Read More

London: T. C. & E. C. Jack Book. Illus. by Praeger, S. R.. Very Good. Hardcover. 16mo. xi, 47 pages, 23 plates including the frontispiece. (There is no plate to accompany the first fable and we suspect there should be, so probably one plate missing) Original blue paper coverd boad binding with colour on-lay to front board, binding good with a little general wear and rubbing, a little marked. Contents clean and tight, a little reading wear and a few plates a little worn at edges. A very good copy of this rare little book..

South Africa: The Natal Branch of the Wildlife Society of Southern Africa, 1987. Book. Good. Paperback. By Author's Wife. First Edition. 8vo. Inscribed by the author to the titel page. 323 pages; colour photographs, b/w line drawings. Covers good with a little general wear and some rubbing. Contents clean and tight. A good copy..

2000. Painting. Illus. by Brigitte E. M. Danie. Fine. Framed. Signed by THE ARTIST. Original. A fine watercolour study of Galanthus 'Ann's Millennium Giant' alongside an "ordinary" plant to demonstrate scale, by the eminent botanical artist Brigitte E. M. Daniel, dated spring 2000 and initialled with her elegant monogram (which incorporates the letters B.E.M.S.). Double acid-free white mount, the picture 455 x 340mm. Tasteful silver-gilt frame 660 x 545 mm. Painting in excellent condition, frame a little rubbed to edges. [Biography - Brigitte Daniel. Born 1959. Referenced in "A Passion for Plants", Shirley Sherwood, and The Hunt Institute. Awarded six Gold Medals and one Silver-Gilt Grenfell Medal. Her work is held in the RHS Lindley Library, the National Gallery and Museum of Wales. In 2007 she won her Gold Medal for eight paintings of auriculas.].

Bombay: Oxford University Press, Bombay Natural History Society, 1989. Book. Near Fine. Hardcover. Reprint. 4to. pp. 141 numerous, colour plates and black and white images. Dust jacket near fine, a little faded on the spine, not price clipped. Binding fine. Contents clean and tight, endpapers a little toned, no inscriptions. A clean near fine copy..

Loughborough: Wills & Hepworth Ltd., 1962. Book. Illus. by Matthew, Jack. Near Fine. Hardcover. First Edition. 18 x 12cm. numerous colour & illustrations. Original dust jacket near fine, not price clipped, now protected in a removeable sleeve. Hard back binding near fine. Contents clean and tight, map design to endpapers, neat name to the top edge of the front free endpaper, otherwise unmarked, no inscriptions. A near fine copy in a near fine jacket..

India: Oxford University Press, 1997. Book. Fine. Hardcover. First Edition. 8vo. pp. 217 with 63 colour plates to the back. Dust jacket fine. Contents clean and tight, unmarked, no inscriptions. A fine as new copy, clean and bright..

Colorado: Westview Press, 1996. Book. New. Hardcover. 1st. Large 8vo. pp xviii, 344, contents clean and tight, a new copy in fine condition..

London: Collins, 1964. Book. Very Good. Hardcover. First Edition. 8vo. pp. xvi, 336 with 6 colour photographs and 50 photographs in black-and-white. Original dust jacket very good, slight fading, price-clipped, few tape residue marks to front and rear flaps, now protected by a clear removable archival sleeve. Green buckram binding bright and unmarked. Contents clean and tight, but for a few marks to the endpapers from tape residue. A very good copy in a very good jacket. [Collecting the New Naturalists NN6BA].

London: Collins, 1964. Book. Near Fine. Hardcover. First Edition. 8vo. pp. xvi, 336 with 6 colour photographs and 50 photographs in black-and-white. Original dust jacket near fine, spine a little dull, not price-clipped and now protected by a clear removable archival sleeve. Green buckram binding bright and unmarked. Contents clean and tight, ink name and date to the top of the front free endpaper, no foxing. A near fine to fine copy. [Collecting the New Naturalists NN6BA].