Search Results: a history of british birds 3 by yarrell william

John van Voorst, 1111. Hardcover. Good. Revised and enlarged. 684 pages. No dust jacket. Half bound green leather with marbled paper covered boards and gilt lettering to spine. Marbled edges to textblock. Black and white illustrations throughout. Ex libris plate at front. Pages with some foxing and tanning, particularly to endpapers and textblock edges. Binding remains firm. Boards have heavy wear with bumped and abraded corners. Spine ends similarly worn and spine itself strongly scuffed. Gilt dulled. Board surfaces scratched and rubbed.

John Van Voorst, 1884. Book. Very Good. Hardcover. hardback, 8vo, blue cloth lettered gilt to spine, lightly rubbed at head and tail of spine, bookplate of previous owner to front pastedown o/w very good, b&w illustrations, 684pp.

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London: John van Voorst. G: in Good condition. Ex-lib. 1882. 4th edition. Navy blue hardback cloth cover. 230mm x 150mm (9" x 6"). vi, 684pp. Illustrated with wood-engravings throughout. .

paperback. Good. Access codes and supplements are not guaranteed with used items. May be an ex-library book.

paperback. Good. Access codes and supplements are not guaranteed with used items. May be an ex-library book.

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London: John Van Voorst. Collectible-Acceptable/NO DUSTJACKET. 1843. Hardcover. two bookplates . 8vo., Leather spines rubbed, inside hinge broken, spine labels worn .

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London: John Van Voorst, 1843. Hardcover. Good. Octavo. Volume 3 only. [5], 276 pages, [3]. Illustrated. Half green leather and marbled paper covered boards. Gilt tile and raised bands on the spine. Marbled end sheets and faded marbled text edges. Paper covered boards are shelf worn. Light rubs to the leather spine and edges. Light scattered foxing to the front and rear end sheets. The spine has "V" for the volume 3 which is in error. There are only three volumes stated for this 1843 edition. Several blank pages bound in the text. Some of these pages have early bird watcher notes written in fine hand. Previous owner inscription written top of the title page. Volume 3 only.

London.: John Van Voorst., 1871. Hard. Good. 8vo. 8 3/4".. Illustrated by 564 wood-engravings.. Good. Contemporaneous half calf. Joints cracked. Calf rubbed. Ownership inscription to each front pastedown. Marbled page edges.

John Van Voorst, 1845. Book. Fair. Hardcover. 2nd Edition. Three volumes. All a bit battered, with worn and marked covers, and darkened backstrips (one with a split down the hinge), all hinges slack and cracked to varying degrees, vol.1 has front endpaper removed, pages a little tanned else internally in good condition. Illustrated by 535 wood-engravings. No wrappers. Heavy set, will require extra shipping costs outside UK..

London: John van Voorst, 1845. Illustrated by 535 wood-engravings; In Three Volumes; Second Edition; Pale green pebbled cloth, gilt spine titles, blind covers borders, & armorial vignette on title page; A good set with interior hinges broken, vol. 1 a bit shaken, each with 2 handsome bookplates- armorial inside front cover & later Wilson Ornithological Club on feps, 3rd bookplate inside back cover vol. 2 only, & ink ownership inside front covers also; 587, 655, & 651 pages +4 pages publisher advertisements.. 5.5"x8.75".

John Can Voorst, 1843. Hardcover. Good/No jacket. 3 volumes, 3/4 leather with marbled boards. 520 wood engravings. Color frontispiece on first volume. Front hinge broken on volume one. Partial tear on spine of volume two. All textblocks are solid. Some foxing on the endpages.

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London: John Van Voorst, 1845-85. Cloth. Good. 9" by 5.5". Various. This is an illustrated four volume set of this history of British birds. Volumes I-III are second edition with volume IV fourth edition. Illustrated throughout with numerous wood engravings. William Yarrell was an English zoologist, prolific writer, bookseller and naturalist admired by his contemporaries for his precise scientific work. He is best known as the author of The History of British Fishes and History of British Birds, the latter of which went into several editions and was the standard reference work for a generation of British ornithologists. Uniformly bound in blue cloth bindings. Externally, a trifle rubbed, with bumping to extremities and sunning to spines. Boards sunned to volumes I-III. Marks to boards including score marks to boards of volume IV. Hinges tender to all volumes and weak to volume II. Ink inscription and previous owner label to front endpaper of volumes I-III. Internally, generally firmly bound… Read More

London. John Van Voorst. 1843. 1st Edition. Hardcover. 8vo. 21cm, first edition, in 3 volumes,xxxii,525 & 669 & 528pp., with 520 engraved text illustrat-ions, incontemporary full decorated diced calf, raised gilt-ruled bands, gilttitles on morocco labels, gilt decorated in the panel, gilt ruled borderson the diced calf boards, marbled endpapers & edges, spine edges rubbed,light foxing primarily to endpapers, some wear on the board edges andsome occasion worming on the boards, sound, a very good set. (sgc) Freeman 4176. The first book edition of an important 19th centuryornithological study, first appearing in parts from 1837 to 1843, byBritish naturalist, William Yarrell (1784-1856). It remained a standardreference for birds for the rest of the century and was known to havebeen used by Yarrell's colleague, Audubon. The illustrations were drawnby Alexander Fussell and engraved by John Thompson and sons.

LONDON, JOHN VAN VOORST, 1871-85. FOURTH EDITION. THE COMPLETE 4 VOLUMES BOUND IN 3 BOOKS. THE FIRST BOOK CONTAINS VOL. 1 AND PART OF VOLUME 2. THE SECOND BOOK CONTAINS THE REST OF VOL. 2 AND VOL. 3. THE THIRD BOOK CONTAINS VOL. 4 AND THE CONTENTS PAGES. REVISED BY ALFRED NEWTON AND HOWARD SAUNDERS. ILLUSTRATED BY MANY WOOD ENGRAVINGS, SOME BY KEULEMANS AND NEALE. THE FIRST BOOK IS BOUND IN HALF LEATHER OVER MARBLED BOARDS (WEAR TO THE LEATHER BUT TIGHTLY BOUND AND VERY CLEAN) THE SECOND AND THIRD BOOKS ARE BOUND IN FULL RED LEATHER (FINE). HENCE A COMPLETE SET IN DIFFERENT BINDINGS..