Search Results: a familiar history of birds their by edward stanley

John W. Parker, 1835. Hardcover. Good. . Volume II ONLY. Green cloth boards with gilt lettering. Minor fading to spine, minor shelf wear. Pages/boards clean, binding sturdy.

Kessinger Publishing, LLC, 2008-02-21. Paperback. Used:Good.

Kessinger Publishing, LLC, 2008-02-21. Paperback. Good.

Paperback. New.

Paperback / softback. New.

Paperback / softback. New.

London: John W. Parker, 1838. Volume I only. Lacks spine. Boards lightly bumped, rubbed, shaken. Small ink inscrips. to front pastedown and title, else pp clean and tidy, text and plates bright.. Second. Cloth. Poor. 12mo.

Hardback. New.

Hardback. New.

Hardback. New.

New.

London: John W. Parker, 1848. Fourth Edition, with Additions. Hardcover. Fair. Green cloth over boards, title and decorations stamped in blind and gilt onto boards and spine, 12mo (6-3/4 inches tall), pp. xi, (xii) blank, 480, 4 (ads), colored endpapers, engraved frontis, charts, line drawings and engraved illustrations throughout. Volume with both boards worn, toned at edges and completely off - but present, back strip is chipped, toned and laid directly down onto spine, pencil scribble to ffep, p.o. neat signature at top of title page, text block is worn at edges but clean, tight and complete. Uncommon single volume (4th) edition, with only 8 copies located in OCLC. A very useable copy, even with both covers off.

London: John W. Parker, 1840. viii, 264; viii, 300, 4-Ads, 2 frontispieces, 14 engraved plates, woodcuts to text. . HB. small 8vo, orig. cloth, blind-stamped design to boards, gt title to spines. Old water stain to varying extent to top inner corner of plates to Vol. I. Very good set.. Third edition. Edward Stanley (1779-1849), rector of Alderley, Cheshire for 32 years, and later Bishop of Norwich. This work, first publishished in 1835, and appearing in a number of editions, contains observations on both British and foreign birds.Mullens & Swann, p. 556-557; Freeman 3538..

London: John W. Parker , 1838. Cloth. Good. 6.5" by 4". Not Stated. A scarce complete two volume set of the second edition of this ornithological study of the history of birds, with illustrations. Complete in two volumes. Scarce set. Second edition. Volume one is illustrated with a frontispiece and six plates. Collated complete. Volume two is illustrated with a frontispiece and seven plates. Lacking one plate. A detailed history of birds, with commentary on classification, the structure of birds, internal organs, song, characteristics, habits, and habitats. As well as details of each species in flight. Written by Edward Stanley, a British statesman and ornithologist. In the original green cloth binding. Externally, smart with rubbing and light bumping to the extremities. Minor fading to the spine and marks to the boards. Front hinges starting but firm. Internally, firmly bound. Pages are very bright and clean with the odd spot or handling mark. Light age toning to the… Read More

London: John W. Parker, 1835. Cloth. Very Good Indeed. 6.5" by 4.5". Not Stated. A pocket-sized two volume set on birds profusely illustrated with engravings. A thorough and fascinating two volume work on ornithology. Contains chapters on the anatomy of birds, their flight, structure and classifications, before specialist chapters on the eagles and hawks, vultures, owls, ravens, penguins, water-birds, pinnipedes, ducks, palmipedes and longipennes.Written by Rev. Edward Stanley of Alderley (1779-1849), a rector and expert ornithologist with an interest in education and natural sciences.Profusely illustrated with engraved full plates and vignettes throughout, each volume with a full frontispiece illustration. In a full cloth binding. Externally very smart, some fading to the spine and bumping to the heads of both volumes. Ownership bookplate to the front pastedown of each volume with inscriptions in pencil to the front endpaper. Internally firmly bound, pages bright and clean. Very Good Indeed

London: John W. Parker, 1838. 2 vols., 12mo, pp. vii, [1], 259, [1], [4] ads; v, [3], 292, [4] ads; 2 frontispieces and 14 wood-engraved plates, a number of woodcut illus. in the text; slight cracking at the spine ends, most of the plates spotted, else very good in orig. blue diapered cloth, gilt lettering and decoration stamped on spine.