Search Results: the speaking parrots a scientific manual by russ karl

Paperback. New.

Paperback / softback. New.

London, L. Upcott Gill, [1884]. . First edition in English; 8vo (20 x 14 cm); 8 chromolithographed plates, further monochrome plates, 2pp. ads to front, 14pp. publisher's catalogue and ads to rear, bookplate to front pastedown, title detached from text-block, further ff. starting to come loose but holding; publisher's oatmeal pictorial cloth, macaw design to upper cover and spine, spine ends and corners slightly bumped, front hinged cracked, otherwise internally clean, very good. The first edition in English of Karl Russ' (1833-1899) introductory guide to 'Speaking Parrots', describing over 100 species of bird, with 8 chromolithographed plates after A.F. Lydon. Wood 546; Nissen IVB, 804; Fine Bird Books 137; Zimmer 536.

1880. London, L.Upcott Gill, no year (c.1880). Octavo (14.3 cm wide x 19.7 cm high). Frontispice - Illustration,VIII, 296 pages plus 12 pages of a "Catalogue of Practical Handbooks, published L.Upcott Gill, plus 4 unnumbered pages with further advertising. With eight chromolithographs of Parrots and several black-and-white illustrations of Parrots as well. Original, illlustrated publisher's Hardcover. Unusually excellent and firm condition with only minor signs of wear. The book is placed in collector's mylar,