Lyre Bird (7 results)

Booklet - Unbound Pages. Condition: Very Good. A detailed naturalâ'history account of Menura victoriae, describing its plumage, display behaviour, habitat, and distinctive vocal mimicry, with six plates. 12 pages, 6 plates. An authentic standalone article, extracted from a larger volume. Not a reprint or reproduction, but an original work in its own right. Preserved in a modern card cover, prepared for practicality - an unassuming but serviceable presentation that favours function over finery. Size: 16 x 24 cms. Category: Smithsonian Institution; Cosmo Books : 29 years on ABE, 47 years taking care of customers. A bookseller you can rely on.

Original Wraps. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: No Jacket, as Issued. Alexander Calder (Lyre Bird cover design) (illustrator). First Edition. Vol. 1, No. 1 - March-April 1956 - the first issue in the new series of this historic Poetry magazine, designed and edited by Tambimuttu. After a hiatus of around five years since the publication of the final issue of the original series, in 1951, Tambimuttu relaunched the magazine in New York in 1956. However, this version of the magazine only ran to four issues before cessation again in 1960. With the Lyre Bird cover design by Alexander Calder. ***Very good in cream-coloured, black and red illustrated and printed stapled card covers. The covers are slightly dulled and browned with age, with some marks to the covers commensurate with age and handling, but the covers are still very clean. Staples rusted as usual. Please note that the bottom of the spine has been bumped and this affects all pages (please see scans). Edges of covers slightly rubbed and creased, but no tears. Internally also very good with very clean pages. None of the usual foxing. No inscriptions. Spine tight. ***40 pages. 248mm x 186mm. ***Contents: Poems by Walter de la Mare, Roy Campbell, Marya Zaturenska, W. S. Merwyn, Herbert Read, W. H. Auden, Anne Ridler, Jean Garrigue, Richard Eberhart, William Empson, Dylan Thomas, Stephen Spender, George Barker, Nelson Bentley, Robert Graves, Claire McAllister, E. E. Cummings, Christopher Logue, Tom Scott, Arthur Gregor, Alice Monks Mears, Kenneth Eisold, Babette Deutsch, Diana Menuhin, Amrita Pritam, Buddhadiva Bose, Jibanananda Das. ***Vol. 1, No. 1 - March-April 1956 of Poetry London - New York, the first issue in the new series of this historic Poetry magazine, designed and edited by Tambimuttu. Of interest to collectors of poetry first editions, and the publications of Poetry London. ***For all our books, postage is charged at cost, allowing for packaging: any shipping rates indicated on ABE are an average only: we will reduce the P & P charge where appropriate - please contact us for postal rates for heavier books and sets etc.

Soft cover. Condition: Fine. 1st Edition. WARMLY INSCRIBED BY AUTHOR on endpaper. NO CHIPPING & NO SPLITTING to CLEAN covers. NO READING creases. Internally VERY CLEAN with NO INSCRIPTIONS. TIGHT textblock. NO LOOSE & NO MISSING leaves. A SCARCE title. SIGNED & INSCRIBED BY AUTHOR.

Pamphlet. Condition: Very good condition. Reissue. Eleven birds are illustrated including an Australian lyrebird. Descriptions of eight birds appear, including the swallow, the Lyre bird, Boat-Bill (of Brazil), the Roseate Spoonbill, blue jay, hoopoe, robin, belted kingfisher & the dove. 12mo pamphlet, stitched binding, 16pp & orig. tan printed wrappers entitled "Book about Birds". With ads for a general assortment of Merrill publications on the back wrapper.

Wraps. Condition: Very good condition. Eleven birds of the world are illustrated including a full page woodblock illustration of an Australian lyrebird. Descriptions of eight birds appear, including the swallow, the Boat-Bill (of Brazil), the Roseate Spoonbill, blue jay, hoopoe, robin, belted kingfisher & the dove. 12mo, 16pp. Original pale green printed wrappers entitled "Book about Birds", with the original hand stitching. Publisher's advertisement on the back wrapper. Good impression, the woodblock illustrations dark and crisp. Wrappers slightly marked, short diagonal split at rear wrapper.

Hardcover. Charming woodcut illustrations and stories about dogs, including The Coach Dog, An Imitative Dog, The Spaniel, The Newfoundland Dog, The Water Dog, A New England Dog, and The Dogs of St. Bernard. Also with story 'The Lyre Bird of New Holland'. 16mo, 48pp, 25 ills. Decorative red and blue printed boards, title in blue at front cover, red cloth spine nicely restored. Covers dusty & rubbed. Internally, pages toned, yellow endpapers strengthened professionally. OCLC: 191236582. From the back cover; "Worcester toys, published by William Allen, . Harrington Corner, no. 275 Main Street, Worcester, Mass. Henry J. Howland, printer, 245 Main Street, Worcester."--publisher's advertisement, lower cover. Henry J. Howland was in business at 245 Main St., Worcester, from 1857 to 1859; William Allen was in business at 275 Main St. from 1854 to at least 1866. Wood-engraved illustrations variously signed "JF," "JH" (i.e., John H. Hall?), and "M" (i.e., Abraham John Mason).

Condition: Very good overall. French engraving with magnificent hand color of the lyre bird, from 'Dictionnaire Classique des Sciences Naturelles' by Pierre Auguste Joseph Drapiez . Drapiez (1778-1856) was a Belgian naturalist known for the 'Annales generales de Sciences physiques consacrees aux Sciences naturelles', a six volume work published between 1819 and 1822. With light general toning, otherwise very good + condition. With the name of the engraver, J. Delpierre, sculpt. at the lower left. Not located in Trove.