Search Results: a general history of quadrupeds by bewick thomas

University of Chicago Press, 2009. Paperback. Good. Former library book; Pages can have notes/highlighting. Spine may show signs of wear. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less.Dust jacket quality is not guaranteed.

UsedVeryGood. Clean copy.

University Of Chicago Press, 2009-06-15. Paperback. Used: Good.

Windward, 1980. Hardcover. Acceptable. Readable copy. Pages may have considerable notes/highlighting. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less.Dust jacket quality is not guaranteed.

University Of Chicago Press, 2009-06-15. Facsimile. Paperback. Used:Good.

University of Chicago Press, 2009. Book. Fine. Soft cover. 1st Edition. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Stiff color illus. wraps. Spine panel slightly sunned, otherwise as issued. xi,526 pp., illus..

London: Windward/Smith. VG+/VG+. 1980. reprint. hardcover. 8vo . 525pp . Tad of foxing top edge. Pencil note by prev. owner, naturalist Larry Watkins. .

Ward Lock Reprints, 1970-01-01. Hardcover. Good. .

Legare Street Press. hardcover. New. 6x1x9. Brand New Book in Publishers original Sealing

Windward Reprint, 1980. Reprint. Hardcover, in dust jacket. Light toning to page edges, else near fine in near fine, edgeworn dust jacket with sunned spine and offsetting to rear panel, in mylar cover.. Wood engravings by Thomas Bewick..

Newcastle: Printed by Edward Walker for T. Bewick, 125. Seventh edition. Octavo. x, 528 plus scores of Bewick wood engravings of animals. Later half calf over brown cloth, gilt spine lettering within panels, marbled endpapers, top edge gilt Some rubbing to leather but an attractive and clean copy in a handsome binding.

Newcastle Upon Tyne: Edward Walker, for T. Bewick and S. Hodgson, 1807. Fifth edition. Hardcover. Very Good. 1807. Fifth edition. Hardcover, 8vo. in contemporary full leather boards, rebound with later tan leather spine, morocco and gilt title, marbled endpapers. 525pp. with Bewick's animal engravings throughout. Very good. Rubbing and surface loss to boards. Front inner hinge cracked but holding, light foxing to endpapers and margins throughout. Contents remain complete and unmarked, in a sound binding.

Newcastle: Edward Walker, 1807. Hardcover. 8vo (9.25" x 5.5"), rebound in gilt polished calf. Marbled fore-edge. x, 525 pp., one pp. pub. ads., numerous wood-engravings throughout. Bookplate on front pastedown. CONDITION: Very good, small brown stains on front and rear covers, covers moderately rubbed. Stated fifth edition of this classic work of popular natural history, illustrated with the much-admired wood engravings of Thomas Bewick. Binding made by Arno Werner.

Newcaastle Upon Tyne, London and York: Bewick and Son; Longman and Co., and Wilson and Sons, 1824. Book. Illus. by Roughly 300 T.Bewick Woodcuts. Near Fine. Full-Leather. Stated 8th Edition. 4to - over 9¾ - 12" tall. A new full red morocco leather binding in exceptional condition. The paper is fine, with no stains, no browning and no foxing. The advantage of the later editions is the addition of several animals from New South Wales. Pages x, 526. Bewick set a new standard for quality woodcuts with this famous book, first published in 1790. The binding has raised bands on the spine and bright gilt title and author lettering, and gilt emblems in the other four spine panels. Handsewn Japanese silk endbands. Hand marbled endpapers from Scotland. Just barely a quarton at ten inches tall. .

E-154. Very Good. Hardcover. Leather. Large 8vo. Printed by Edward Walker for T. Bewick and S. Hodgson, Newcastle upon Tyne. 1807. X, 525 pgs + 1 pp of ads. Fifth Edition. Bound by in 3/4 leather with marble paper covered cloth boards and gilt titles present to the spine. Marbled endpapers. Boards have shelfwear present (corners, joints, and ends of spines rubbed (all joints sound ). No ownership marks present. Foxing present. Text is clean and free of marks. Binding tight and solid. In the addenda, Bewick includes an early mention of two Australian species-- the figures and descriptions of two very rare animals, sent from New South Wales, by James Hunter, Esq. Governor of that settlement . The two animals are the Wombach (sic) and an as yet unnamed amphibious animal with a bill similar to that of a duck. E-154; 8vo 8" - 9" tall .

Newcastle Upon Tyne: T. Bewick et al., 1824. Eighth edition. 22 cm. Rebound in full leather-gilt. 526 pp. Contains black-and-white wood-engraved illustrations by Bewick throughout. In near fine condition. No ownership marks/writing present within. Hinges tight, pages bright. Light scattered spotting/foxing to the front/back matter. Light shelf wear.

Newcastle, 1811. Edward Walker. hardcover. very good. 225 copper engraved figures of quadrupeds, 111 vignettes. Small 8vo. x, 525, 1 pages. Early rebinding in 3/4 brown morocco, all edges gilt. Newcastle: Edward Walker, 1811. Sixth Edition. Binding is well worn with joints and hinges reinforced, corner removed from fly leaf. Overall still about very good.<br/><br/> Thomas Bewick (1753-1828) English wood-engraver and natural history author. 302 descriptions of quadrupeds, including animals from Adive to Zorilla. It is particularly thorough on some of the domestic animals.<br/><br/>

Newcastle Upon Tyne: T. Bewick et al, 1824. Hardcover. Very good. Eighth edition. Wood engravings by Bewick. Bound in full textured leather with title and decoration stamped in gilt on the spine. All edges marbled, with marbled end papers. Minor wear to extremities, library call number in gilt on front cover, book plate of previous owner on front paste-down endpaper. Text block fine, clean, tight and bright. Profusely Beautiful illustrations on nearly every page, accompanying text description of each animal. 5 1/2 x 9 inches. 526 pages.

New Castle Upon Tyne: Edward Walker, 1807. Fifth edition. One-half red/orange morocco over matching cloth, raised bands with linking oval roll surrounded by double gilt rule. Spine sunned a shade, overall near fine to fine in custom mylar cover.. Wood engravings by Thomas Bewick..

London: Robinson and Dilly, 1791. Second Edition. Leather_bound. Good Plus. Thomas Bewick. x,483 pages. Title vignette and numerous woodcuts throughout the text. Leather spine, original boards, black spine label. Large octavo. Chafing to spine, spine label cracked and chipped, corners bumped. Beautiful navy, plum and cream marbled endpapers, light foxing throughout. Binding sound. The second edition was much more detailed. Thomas Bewick [1754-1828] was a printmaker and naturalist who revived the art of wood engraving as a major printing technique.