The Naturalist's Library V6, Part 1: Ornithology, Humming Birds (1840) by Jardine, William [Editor]

Dover Publications, 1998-01-21. Paperback. Good.

Dover Publications. Paperback. New. New. In shrink wrap. Looks like an interesting title!

Edinburgh. Good; Hardcover; W. H. Lizars; 1843. Learther spine and corners, figures paper boards, lots of edge wear, 29 full page b/w and color plates, Plate 2 has been divided into 2 plates, (a side view and a front view), first 20 pages have various degrees of staining on right side of page, does not affect contents or pages opening, book is tight, photos available upon request .

Edinburgh: W H Lizars, S Highley et al, 1835 A fair copy of the 1st edition of British Butterflies, vol III of Entomology from the Naturalist's Library edited by Sir William Jardine. In newer cloth binding with the original gilt titles pasted to the spine, with 34 plates of which 32 are hand coloured. With frontispiece portrait of Werner; hand coloured vignette title page; 2 further title pages; advertisement; contents listing; Memoir of Werner; text 246 pp; and 2 plain plates and 32 hand coloured plates at the rear. The binding is a plain blue cloth which is clean and has turned corners. There is a decorative bookplate at the front pastedown endpaper and a bookseller's label on the fep. Internally the usual preliminaries (eg volume listing, half title) are missing, as is the publisher's listing from the rear. There is no tissue guard to the frontispiece and there is an old signature at the top of the vignette title page. Text pages are generally clean with very toned paper and some dog-earing to… Read More

, [8], 17-267 pages, 33 plates with tissue guards, most of which are hand coloured, illustrated title page, black and white frontispiece portrait, memoir of Pallas, some pages unopened

Edinburgh: W. H. Lizars et al, 1837. 1st Edition . Hardcover. Good. Sm 8vo, xvi + pp18-263 with portrait of François Levaillant and hand coloured title vignette complete with 32 hand coloured plates. Hardcover issued without DJ. Publishers binding of brown cloth with gilt titles to spine in good condition with some sunning to spine and marks to boards with a little shelf wear to top and tail of spine. Inside all pages, some of which remain uncut and plates in very good clean and bright condition. A nice copy.

Edinburgh: W. H. Lizars, 1837. Book. Very Good. Hardcover. First Edition. 12mo. Pp.xvi , 263; engraved frontispiece plate of Le Vaillant; engraved title page with a hand-coloured vignette; 34 engraved plates of which 33 are hand-coloured with tissue guards; letterpress title and half-title pages. Original cloth binding with gilt lettering to the spine, some fading, repair to the top and bottom of the spine, binding firm. Contents good and tight, original green endpapers, name to the top of the front endpaper and to the top of the title page, plates with tissue guards present. A very good, clean complete copy.

Edinburgh: W. H. Lizars, 1837. Book. Very Good. Hardcover. First Edition. 12mo. Pp.xvi , 263; engraved frontispiece plate of Le Vaillant; engraved title page with a hand-coloured vignette; 34 engraved plates of which 33 are hand-coloured with tissue guards; letterpress title and half-title pages. Original cloth binding with gilt lettering to the spine, some fading, binding firm. Contents good, some loose gathers original green endpapers, bookplate of Robert Brodie, Aytoun of Inchdairnie, otherwise unmarked, plates with tissue guards present. A very good, very clean complete copy.

Edinburgh: W. H. Lizars, 1838. Book. Very Good. Hardcover. First Edition. 12mo. Pp.x , 256; engraved frontispiece plate of Haller; engraved title page with a hand-coloured vignette; 33 engraved plates of which 32 are hand-coloured with tissue guards; letterpress title and half-title pages. Original cloth binding with gilt lettering to the spine, some fading, top and bottom of spine a little creased, binding firm. Contents good and tight, original green endpapers, bookplate belonging to John L Sinclair and further to Leonard Cowcill, the first few pages have some toning but the main body is clean, plates with tissue guards present , tissue guards have some offsetting. A very good complete copy.

Edinburgh: W. H. Lizars, 1835. Book. Very Good. Hardcover. First Edition. 12mo. Pp.xv , 246 plus advertising to the rear; engraved frontispiece plate of Werner; engraved title page with a hand-coloured vignette; 36 engraved plates of which 35 are beautifully hand-coloured with tissue guards; letterpress title and half-title pages. Original cloth binding with gilt lettering to the spine, some fading, lightly creased to the base of the spine, binding firm. Contents good and tight, original green endpapers, scratch impressions to the reverse of plate 21, page 177 and 178, two library cancellation stamps and small pocket to the front pastedown, no other library marks, superb colour plates most with tissue guards present. A very good, very clean complete copy..