Ornithology and natural history Collection of works
Ornithology and natural history Collection of works Maxwell, Sir Herbert. Memories of the Months. First [-Seventh] Series. London: Edward Arnold, 1900-22. First editions (except volume 1: third edition), 7 volumes, 8vo, original green cloth, numerous plates (mainly photogravures), volumes 1-6 each with a tipped-in autograph letter signed from Maxwell to J. Logan Mack (Edinburgh solicitor and author of The Border Land: From the Solway Firth to the North Sea, 1926), volume 7 inscribed by Maxwell, Mack's bookplate to each volume, volume 3 half-title repaired, bindings slightly rubbed and marked; Scott, Sir Peter. Wild Chorus. London: Country Life, 1938. First edition, deluxe issue, one of 1,250 copies signed by the author, 4to, original blue cloth, top edge gilt, others untrimmed, 24 mounted colour plates, numerous halftone plates; Seebohm, Henry. Coloured Figures of the Eggs of British Birds. Edited (after the Author's Death) by R. Bowdler Sharpe. Sheffield: Pawson and Brailsford, 1896. 8vo, original red cloth, 60 chromolithographic plates, binding slightly marked, plates spotted, rear inner hinge cracked; Armour, G. Denholm. Thoughts on Hunting. In a Series of Familiar Letters by Peter Beckford. London: Hodder and Stoughton, c.1910. First edition, deluxe issue, one of 350 copies signed by the artist, 4to, original brown pigskin gilt, 25 tipped-in colour plates, spine sunned and rubbed and with loss to head; and 5 others similar Qty: (16)
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Ornithology and natural history Collection of works Maxwell, Sir Herbert. Memories of the Months. First [-Seventh] Series. London: Edward Arnold, 1900-22. First editions (except volume 1: third edition), 7 volumes, 8vo, original green cloth, numerous plates (mainly photogravures), volumes 1-6 each with a tipped-in autograph letter signed from Maxwell to J. Logan Mack (Edinburgh solicitor and author of The Border Land: From the Solway Firth to the North Sea, 1926), volume 7 inscribed by Maxwell, Mack's bookplate to each volume, volume 3 half-title repaired, bindings slightly rubbed and marked; Scott, Sir Peter. Wild Chorus. London: Country Life, 1938. First edition, deluxe issue, one of 1,250 copies signed by the author, 4to, original blue cloth, top edge gilt, others untrimmed, 24 mounted colour plates, numerous halftone plates; Seebohm, Henry. Coloured Figures of the Eggs of British Birds. Edited (after the Author's Death) by R. Bowdler Sharpe. Sheffield: Pawson and Brailsford, 1896. 8vo, original red cloth, 60 chromolithographic plates, binding slightly marked, plates spotted, rear inner hinge cracked; Armour, G. Denholm. Thoughts on Hunting. In a Series of Familiar Letters by Peter Beckford. London: Hodder and Stoughton, c.1910. First edition, deluxe issue, one of 350 copies signed by the artist, 4to, original brown pigskin gilt, 25 tipped-in colour plates, spine sunned and rubbed and with loss to head; and 5 others similar Qty: (16)
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