Bailey, Alfred M and Robert J Niedrach (13 results)

Hardcover. Condition: Fair. HC DJ, SLight cocking of spine, A bit of age smell, slight wear to dj Some foxing on back cover.

Soft cover. Condition: Very Good. No Jacket. 1st Edition. VG/none, used, stapled, illustrated stiff paper wraps, 63pp. Interior clean no marks, pages slightly toned, binding tight. Slight shelf rubbing to wraps, no chips or tears, corners square.

Hardcover. Condition: Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. Good to very good with small area near base of spine having slight water damage to cloth only (no interior damage) and small skinned part of dust jacket "skin" affixed to rear board. Dust jacket shows a light stain around lower end of spine area. Jacket also has a few small chips and tears including a smallish interior tear and crease. 124 plates in color.

Hard cover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: No Dustjacket as Issued. First Edition. Colorado Museum of Natural History, Series #5, 1939. Full pebbled maroon cloth. Fold-out map of the Denver area at front. Photos throughout. With information on topography, life zones and plant associations, scope of work, key to locations, and more. Alfred Marshall Bailey (1894 - 1978) was an American ornithologist who was associated with the Denver Museum of Natural History (now the Denver Museum of Nature and Science) in Colorado for most of his working life. He was a proponent of fieldwork, over the years leading or taking part in several further expeditions to various parts of the world, including the Arctic, Siberia, Mexico, Pacific islands, and New Zealands subantarctic Campbell Island. He was also a popularizer of science and a skilled photographer, producing the Denver Museum Pictorial series of booklets, and contributing articles to magazines such as National Geographic and Natural History. Robert J. Niedrach was the Curator of Birds of the Denver Museum of Natural History.

Hardcover. Condition: Good. Dust Jacket Condition: No Dust Jacket. Some cover wear. Volume 1 only of two volume set. Leatherette binding. ; 454 pages.

Full Leatherette. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. 23 Outstanding Bird Artists (illustrator). First Edition. Hard Cover. Fine/Very Good. First Edition. Trade Edition. Folio - over 12" - 15" tall. (9 1/2" X 12 3/8") [24cm X 31.5cm] Hard bound in brown leatherette boards with title in gold on the front and spine. Pictorial DJ has some chipping. 416 pages: 168 numbered pages + 124 color plates. This 'Pictorial Checklist' condensed from the Denver Museum's monumental two-volume "Birds of Colorado" includes 23 b&w photographs and 124 color plates painted by 23 outstanding bird artists of Britain, Canada, and the U.S. Illustrated are 420 (more than 700 individual birds) of the 441 species recorded from Colorado. Also includes brief notes on the status of each species in neighboring states of Nebraska, Kansas, New Mexico, Utah, and Wyoming. Map of Colorado on the back end papers. Large heavy book will require extra postage. The book weighs over 4 lb., so the USPS will charge over US $50.00 for shipment outside US.

HC. B&W and color illustrations (illustrator). 2 vols, 895pp Massive volumes, extra shipping may be requested. good w/lightly chipped dustjacket (hardcover).

Hardcover. Condition: Good. Dust Jacket Condition: No Dust Jacket. Has an 'old book smell.' Hinge is broken at title page, but everything is intact. Spine a little loose. Some rubbing and markings to boards. Bumping at ends of spine and corners. Light age toning through out.

HARDCOVER. Condition: Good+. 1st edition. 2 vol. set, quarto, color plates, red bonded leather boards with gilt titles, Volume I has a shaken binding, page block remains secure, clean throughout, bright gilt titles, light wear to the spine ends and a few corners, top page edges of both volumes are foxing and toned, Volume II has about 30 bumped and creased upper right page corners, light soiling to ffep. From the library of Dale W. Rice, famed writer/researcher/collector of natural history, and founder of the Dale W. Rice Memorial Library in Seattle, WA.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. Books - very good, dust jackets - very good but some loss to bottom of spines. Two volumes. Illustrated with 124 colour plates/420 species; 400+ b&w photos. ; HEAVY (5.50 kg) - extra postage will be required.

Paperback. Condition: Good. Staplebound 8vo. Museum Pictorial No. 10. This introduction to Canton Island in the Phoenix Group of Kiribati and an investigation of 28 resident bird species is the result of three expeditions to the South Pacific by Mr. Bailey, of the Denver Museum of Natural History. Mr. Neidrach accompanied him on one visit. Dr. Murphy was Curator of Birds at the American Museum and had visited the island separately. *** 78pp. *** Biblio. > Illustrator: Profuse b/w photos. | > Language: English | > Size: 8vo | > Media/Binding: Staple Bound |.

Quarto,454 pp.,colour plates, photographs, very good copy in chipped dustwrapper. Inscribed to Mr. and Mrs. R. T. M. Pescott by the authors, April 12, 1966. Letters and newspaper clippings about Alfred Bailey's death from Muriel Bailey tipped in.

Quarto,168 pp.,with 124 colour plates, black and white photographs Signed by both authors, fine copy in dustwrapper.