Fine Bird Books 1700-1900

New York, NY: Atlantic Monthly Press, 1990. First American Edition . Hardcover. Near Fine/Near Fine. 4to - over 9¾ - 12" tall. Near fine/near fine, used but looks like new, navy colored cloth binding, pale green end papers, viii-xi, 180pp. Interior clean no marks, binding tight. Slightest of shelf rubbing to dj, no chips or tears. DJ is… Read more about this item

Collins & Van Nostrand, 1953. Hardcover. Very Good. London/New York: Collins & Van Nostrand, 1953. First edition on Gelderland mill paper limited to 2000 copies. Original half cloth over marbled boards. Full-page color and b&w plates including folding double plate of Resplendent Quetzal. 120 pp. Chipped dust jacket. Large folio.

New York: The Atlantic Monthly Press. 1990. First Printing. 0871132850 . F/F, a tight solid sound beautiful unmarked copy. ; 4to, navy blue cloth, gilt lettering spine, frontis, DJ, 180pp. , appendix, index. Includes 52 full-page, full-color illustrations and a foreword by S. Dillon Ripley. .

London, UK: Collins & Van Nostrand. G/G. 1953. First Printing. Cloth/Boards. This edition has been made and designed for William Collins, 14 James Place, London, and D. Van Nostrand Company, Inc New York, by George Rainbird and Ruari McLean at 8 Wyndham Place, London, W. I. The plates have been printed in 8-colour photo-litho offset and colltype monochrome by Van… Read more about this item

London / New York: Collins & Van Nostrand, 1953. 1st edition. Cloth. Near Fine. 1st edition, limited to 2000 copies. A Near Fine copy. Elephant folio, viii, 120 pp., illustrated with 38 plates, 16 in color (one folding), and 22 b&w. Bound in half brown cloth with marbled paper over boards.; title on spine in gilt. Spine lightly… Read more about this item

NY: Atlantic Monthly Press, 1990. Reprint. Hardcover. Fine/Fine. Bibliographical record of finely-Illustrated bird books. Foreword by S. Dillon Ripley. 52 full-page, full-color illustrations. Originally published in 1953 in England.

Collins and Van Nostrand: London and New York, 1953. First edition.. Top front outer corner with a small bump, a bright and clean copy in near fine condition.. Pp. viii, 120; 38 full page plates (16 in color by 8-color offset lithography and 22 in collotype monochrome reproduction). Publisher's half orange cloth over marbled boards by Mansell… Read more about this item

London: Collins & Van Nostrand, 1953. First. hardcover. near fine/very good(+). 22 magnificent color plates and 16 in black & white. With an extra Specimen Plate # 32 from the Prospectus. 164 pages, elephant folio, 3/4 rust cloth, marbled boards, d.w. (slightly chipped), board slipcase. London & New York: Collins & Van Nostrand, 1953. First Edition. Very Good… Read more about this item

New York: Atlantic Monthly Press, 1990 Book. Fine. Hardcover. New Edition. Folio. Folio. xi (i), 180 pp, 52 full-page full-color illus. Stated First Printing, 1990 with the "Culmenated Toucan" Lithograph by Edward Lear for John Gould's A Monograph of the Ramphastidae on front cover of dj (not "The Hoopoe, Bulfinch et al on the half-title common to later printings). Price… Read more about this item

H F & G Witherby Ltd, London 1990 (first published in 1953). 31.0 x 24.0cms, 180pp, 52 full-page, full-colour illusts, very good+ hardback & dustwrapper ((sunned spine) At the time of its publication, this was 'the most comprehensive illustrated guide to collectible colourplate books ever published. Its comprehenisve, scholarly bibliography rates the value of hundreds of the most sought-after… Read more about this item