Search Results: adventures among birds by hudson w h

One of several books about English birds by the author of the novel "Green Mansions." This copy is ex-library, but with only fairly inconspicuous library markings--a very good reading copy, well bound and no pages damaged. The first printing was 1913 in England and there also was a previous American edition from 1915.

J.M. Dent/E.P Dutton, 1923. Sturdy red buckram binding with gilt-stamped title on spine. Crisp and unmarked, new still in shrinkwrap. Volume 17 from The Collected Works of W. H. Hudson in Twenty-Four Volumes. William Henry Hudson (1841-1922) was an author, naturalist, and ornithologist. He was a founding member of the Royal Society for the Protection of Birds.. Hardcover. Fine/No Dust Jackets. 8vo - 8" - 9" Tall.

New York: E. P. Dutton and Co., 1920. Book. Good. Hardcover. 1st Edition. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Blue cloth, lettered in gilt. Rubbed with minor exposure at several corners, frayed with thin strip of loss at head of spine, toned spine panel. x,319 pp., illus. w/ woodcuts from Bewick's History of British Birds (1826). Firm binding, clean interior. 1st edition (matching dates)..

New York: Mitchell Kennerley, 1915. First American edition, first printing. Extremities lightly rubbed and pressed, hinges a tad loose, still very good.. Green cloth, gilt title. No dust jacket.

J M Dent & Sons Ltd. Near Fine. 1923. Limited Edition. Hard Cover. Edition limited to 885 copies. Green cloth with gilt lettering to spine and embossed gilt decoration to cover. No dustjacket. Tight, clean and crisp. Slight browning to endpapers, otherwise a gently read book in excellent condition. No inscriptions. No remainder mark. Not ex-library. Almost Like New. ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 313 pages .

London: Dent, 1923. Hardcover. Very Good/Good. Very good hardcover with Good dustwrapper. The book spine ends have light rub, endpapers have light shadowing, roughcut foredges, burgundy silk bookmark still attached. The dustwrapper panel edges have minor chipping with some small tears, panels and spine have some browning and soiling.

London:: Hutchinson & Co.,, 1913.. First edition.. green gilt-lettered and -ruled cloth.. A fine copy preserved in a green cloth drop-back box.. 8vo,. Payne A31a. Publisher's presentation copy, blind-embossed on the title page, "With the Publisher's Compliments."

London: J. M. Dent & Sons, Ltd, 1923. Leather Spine/Cloth Boards. Near Fine -/No Dj. One of 750 copies for sale in England. Red leather spine with gently rubbed edges, red leather corners very slightly worn. Binding bright. Text clean. No previous owner signatures or inscriptions. Marbled endpapers and pastedowns.

London: Hutchinson & Co, 1913. First Edition. Octavo (22.5cm.); original green gilt-ruled cloth, spine lettered in gilt, top edge gilt; viii,316pp.; photographic portrait frontispiece. A hint of shelf wear else Fine. WILSON 30.

HUDSON, W.H. Adventures Among Birds. With a Portrait. Orig. cloth. London: Hutchinson & Co., 1913. First edition. Payne A31a. A fine copy.

London: Hutchinson & Co, 1913. First Edition. Frontispiece portrait. viii, 316 pp. 1 vols. 8vo. Contemporary three quarter black morocco, spine gilt. Some rubbing to foot of spine, else a fine copy. First Edition. Frontispiece portrait. viii, 316 pp. 1 vols. 8vo. Wilson 30

London: Hutchinson & Company, 1913. 316 pp. Original green cloth covers w/ gilt title on spine. Corners bumped. Binding rubbed. Foxing to side pg. text block and throughout. Previous owner's name on front endpaper. Publishers Presentation Copy. . First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good/No Dust Jacket. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.