Birds from Zephyr Books

Paris.: Hachette., 1867. Eighth edition.. Contemporary half navy leather over marbled boards, five raised bands, gilt and red spine decorations, green spine label with gilt title, all edges gilt, marbled endpapers.. Very good, light wear to spine ends and corners.. 4to., 27.5x19x3.5 cm.. Illustrated by Giacomelli.. An attractively bound copy of this popular title. Heavy book, may require… Read more about this item

Edinburgh.: W.H. Lizars, and Stirling and Kenny., 1833. 1st Edition.. Contemporary half brown leather over marbled boards, gilt spine decorations.. Very good except for the 2 missing plates.. 8vo., 16..5x10.5 cm.. Volume one lacks plates number 6 and 11. Some staining to plate 15. weight: 1.3 lb. 2 portrait frontispieces, 62 (of 64) hand-colored plates, color vignettes… Read more about this item

Washington.: Government Printing Office., 1874. 1st Edition.. Modern gray cloth, gilt spine title.. A very good copy in a sturdy modern binding, lower corner bumped.. 8vo., 23x13.5 cm.. weight: 2.7 lb.

Paris.: Published by the author., 1782. 1st Edition.. Contemporary half leather over brown marbled boards, gilt spine title. . Good, a little worming to front board, worming to first 80 pages with some loss of text, light dampstaining.. 12mo., 17.7x10.3 cm. . French text. An uncommon treatise on aviary birds. weight: 0.7 lb.

Paris.: Firmin-Didot., 1881. 3rd Edition.. Contemporary quarter green calf over green marbled boards.. Very good, light shelfwear, light foxing to the edges and preliminaries, old ink name to ffep.. 8vo., 18x11.5 cm. . French text. weight: 1.1 lb. Illustrated by Bellecroix.

Paris.: Garnier Freres., 1861. Old quarter calf over marbled boards, green spine label with gilt title, top edge marbled, marbled endpapers, ribbon marker. . Near fine, light foxing, very light wear to corners.. 12mo., 15.5x10.5 cm. . French text. Scarce short treatise on the consumption of pests by birds, and the resulting benefit to agriculture. In an… Read more about this item

New York.: Viking., 1967.. 1st edition.. Hardcover, tan cloth. Light wear to spine labels, lower corner lightly bumped, otherwise very good, no dust jacket. . folio.. Large book, requires extra postage. Numerous full-page color plates.

Washinton. : GPO. , 1921. . 1st Edition.. Hardcover, green cloth, gilt spine title, original wrappers bound in after index. . A near very good copy with no dustjacket. . 8vo.. Numerous illustrations, 12 full-page color plates showing birds’ eggs.

Oxford. : Oxford University Press. , 1977.. Hardcover, blue cloth, gilt spine title. . Owner’s stamp to ffep, otherwise near fine in a very good dustjacket. . 8vo..

St. Paul. : Brown and Bigelow. , 1948.. Limited 1st Edition.. Full padded calf, all edges gilt. . . Light edgewear, owner’s name in gilt on cover, otherwise a very good copy with no dustjacket as issued. . 4to..

New York. : Winchester Press. , 1976. . Limited edition #420 0f 1000 copies. . Navy leatherette, gilt spine title, gilt hunting horn device. . A very good copy in a very good slipcase, no dustjacket.. 4to.. Signed by the author on the limitation page. Numerous illustrations.

New York.: Van Nostrand Reinhold, 1975.. Reprints. . Hardcover, blue leatherette, gilt spine titles on red labels. . Very good in very good dust jackets with some edgewear. . large 8vo. Heavy set, requires extra shipping. Weight: 12.7 lb.

San Diego, CA.: South Moulton Company., 1923.. Student’s edition. . Green cloth. . Moderate wear to to covers, crayon scribbling to rear endpapers, otherwise very good. . 4to.. Heavy book, requires extra postage.

Berkeley.: Cooper Ornithological Club., 1944.. 1st edition.. Hardcover, tan cloth, gilt spine title. `. Private library number on spine, otherwise very good, no dust jacket.. 8vo..

New York. : McGraw Hill. , 1968.. Hardcover, red cloth, black titles. . Small scuff on spine of vol 2, otherwise a very good set in the original slipcase, no dustjackets. . 4to.. Heavy set, requires extra postage. Numerous illustrations.

Netley.: State Publishing., 1990.. Limited edition #151 of 500 copies... Half polished grey calf over grey cloth boards. . A very good copy, no dust jacket.. folio.. Full page color illustrations.

Johannesburg. : Winchester Press. , 1982. . Limited edition #2275 of 3026 copies. . hardcover.. Near very good, small piece missing at spine heel, owner’s ink name to ffep, dust jacket chipped. . 4to.. NO AMZ Color plates by Claude Gibney Finch-Davies.

San Diego, CA.: South Moulton Company., 1923.. Student’s edition. . Harrdcover, green cloth, black and orange titles. . A very good set with light wear to covers. . 4to.. Heavy set, requires extra postage. Numerous illustrations, 15 full-page color plates.