British Game Birds and Wildfowl.
MORRIS Beverley R.
Published by London: John C. Nimmo, 12 King William Street, Strand, 1891
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The third edition. Royal quarto (33 x 27cm), being the tallest produced. pp. vi,271. With 60 plates printed by Fawcett & coloured by hand. A clean copy, the green gilt cloth with some wear & marks, the front inner-hinge slightly cracked. Vg. [Freeman 2667; Zimmer 442; Mullens Coll. 532; Nissen IVB 644; Wood 472; McLean Fawcett 20]. Seller Inventory # 11187
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Title: British Game Birds and Wildfowl.
Publisher: London: John C. Nimmo, 12 King William Street, Strand
Publication Date: 1891
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British Game Birds and Wildfowl
Published by
John C. Nimmon, 1895
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Hardcover
Seller: Booklore ., Holt, NORFO, United Kingdom
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Hardcover. Condition: Good. 4th Edition. Royal Quarto. Two volumes. Fourth edition. "With sixty large plates coloured by hand". Ex-library books with the usual stamps including a stamp on every plate. Original cloth boards rebacked and with new, hand-made paper ends. Cloth to spines bubbled but sound. Gilt tooling has tarnished. Both volumes now protected with removable acetate jackets. Free from foxing, names or inscriptions. Seller Inventory # ABE-1711373815056
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British Game Birds and Wildfowl
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London: John C. Nimmo, 1891
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Seller: Bow Windows Bookshop (ABA, ILAB), Lewes, United Kingdom
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Third edition. 4to. vi, 272 pp. Publisher's dark green cloth, gilt lettered to the spine and with a vignette to the upper cover. 60 hand coloured plates. Slight darkening to the spine, a little flecking to the boards and mild rubbing to the extremities, generally very good. Casey Wood, p. 472. Freeman, 2667. Seller Inventory # 27387
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British Game Birds and Wildfowl
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Groombridge and Sons, London, 1889
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Hardcover
Seller: PEMBERLEY NATURAL HISTORY BOOKS BA, ABA, Iver, United Kingdom
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Condition: Very Good. iv, 254, 60 hand-col plates. . HB. Large-4to, orig. blue-green cloth, gt dec. to spine and front board, teg. Extremities lightly rubbed; a few minor marks to boards. Light spotting to fore-edge, some scatterd foxing, mostly light (heavier to front endpapers) but generally a very good, clean copy. Gift inscription to endpaper dated 1890. Reissue of the second (?) edition (originally published 1873) - no date to title page; date to foot of spine, 1889. Attractive hand-coloured, wood-engraved plates, printed by Benjamin Fawcett, Driffield.Accounts of British game birds and wildfowl with information the distribution and habits of the species and descriptions of the birds, their eggs and nests, and notes on their value as articles of food.Beverley Robinson Morris (1816-1883) was the younger brother of Francis Orpen Morris (1810-1893), who produced numerous works on British natural history, many also printed by Benjamin Fawcett.McLean 20; Nissen IVB 644; Mullens & Swann, p. 414; Anker 345; Freeman 2667. [Bibliographical Note: This work was published in four editions between 1855 and 1895, with several reissues. There appears to be some confusion over the date of the third edition, which is given as 1891 by Wood, but 1881 by the other bibliographies consulted. All copies of the third edition we have seen are dated 1891]. Seller Inventory # A50791
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BRITISH GAME BIRDS AND WILDFOWL
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Groombridge and Sons
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Hardcover
Seller: Koster's Collectible Books, Farmingville, NY, U.S.A.
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Condition: Good++, No Dust Jacket. 1855. 4TO, Color Illus, Hardcover Hardcover. Red leather spine and tips with plain red cloth boards. Gold ruling to boards. Spine has title and illustrations in gold between raised bands. Edge wear, rubbing and soil. Corners frayed. Marblized pink, blue and green endpapers. The following blank endpapers show soil and light foxing. Title and contents pages lightly foxed. Text and illustration pages are lightly tanned at margin edges, occasional light foxing. 60 beautiful colour plates. Binding is nice and tight. Always carefully wrapped and shipped in cardboard boxes to protect your purchase. Seller Inventory # 037460
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British Game Birds and Wildfowl [TEN FRAMED PLATES]
Published by
Groombridge and Sons, 1855
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Seller: Symonds Rare Books Ltd, London, United Kingdom
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No Binding. Condition: Fine. MORRIS, Beverley R., engraved by Benjamin Fawcwett. Ten coloured engravings of game birds and wildfowl. 1855 Gilt and burr wood frames 15 x 19 in. (38 x 48.5 cm.) overall. Seller Inventory # ABE-1547228796101
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British Game Birds and Wildfowl
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Groombridge & Sons [1855], London, 1855
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Hardcover
Seller: Barter Books Ltd, Alnwick, NORTH, United Kingdom
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Maroon hardback cloth cover. Reprint. 320mm x 250mm (13" x 10"). 254pp + plates. Sixty wood engraved hand coloured plates with tissue guards. Heavy item - shipping supplement may apply for overseas. VG : in very good condition. Rebound with new eps. Foxing to title page and to several tissue guards. Slight darkening to page edges. Seller Inventory # r4185
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British Game Birds and Wildfowl. Illustrated with Sixty Coloured Plates.
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London, Groombridge and Sons, 1855 1st edition, 1855
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Seller: PROCTOR / THE ANTIQUE MAP & BOOKSHOP, DORCHESTER, United Kingdom
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Hardback, Large, approx 12 x 10 inches. Half bound in dark maroon polished calf leather fine binding, with marbled paper covered boards with attractive gilt bird vignette front and back. Leather spine lettered in gilt, with raised banding. Gilt page edges, yellow endpapers. In very good condition. Some minor wear to cover; rubbing to edges, with corners a little bumped. Title page and frontis a little rubbed on edges with a few small nicks. Some tissue guards a little tatty on edges.Some minor spots to inside pages, a couple of minor spots to plates but otherwise plates all very clean and bright throughout. Else a very nice 1st edition copy. 252pp. Illustrated with Sixty Coloured Plates. (Includes one extra plate loose inside ?Eider Duck,? same illustration as at p223.). Seller Inventory # 96585
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BRITISH GAME BIRDS AND WILDFOWL.
Published by
Groombridge and Sons, London, 1855
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Hardcover
First Edition
Seller: Kurt Gippert Bookseller (ABAA), Chicago, IL, U.S.A.
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Hardcover. Condition: Very good condition. First Edition. 252 pages of text. Maroon leather spine and corners, with marbled paper-covered boards. The spine is slightly darkened and rubbed. Top edge (of the closed pages covered in) gilt. Complete with 60 hand-colored ornithological plants. The text is slightly to moderately foxed, and there are a few small tears and chips to several page edges. While some plates are pristine, most of the plates have at least one or two spots of foxing in the image area, and some have a half dozen or in several cases more. The images remain striking with vivid hand-coloring. Previous owner's bookplate on the inside front cover. First edition. Seller Inventory # 019947
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British Game Birds and Wildfowl. Illustrated with Sixty Coloured Plates.
Published by
Groombridge & Sons, London, 1855
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Seller: William Chrisant & Sons, ABAA, ILAB. IOBA, ABA, Ephemera Society, Fort Lauderdale, FL, U.S.A.
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Condition: Very Good. Red half morocco over marbled boards with gilt particular of a bird to covers and spine. Gilt edges. Five raised bands. Wear to top of spine. Film to spine (see image). Tear to page 245 and 247 not affecting text. Bookplate laid on marbled paper to front fly. No other previous owner's names or other markings. 10.25 x 12.65 inches (25.5 x 32.3 cm). Seller Inventory # 7787
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British Game Birds and Wildfowl - Two Volumes
Published by
John C. Nimmo, London, 1895
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Hardcover
Seller: Bookcase, Carlisle, United Kingdom
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Cloth. Condition: Good Minus. No Jacket. Fourth Edition. With sixty large paltes coloured by hand. Hinges cracked, particularly to volume two which is a little shaken. Extremities rubbed. Unfortunately, the rear boards and also the spine of vol 2 are extensively dampstained, affecting the colour of the cloth. Closed edges are untrimmed and lightly chipped. Small owner name to front endpapers, otherwise, apart from some light foxing throughout, contents are clean and tidy, all plates are present and in very good condition, beautifully hand painted. Size: 4to. Seller Inventory # 59295
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