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| This selection contains 35 title(s) on 2 pages. This is page 1 with nrs. 1 to 25 |
| ARNOLD, REV F. H. Flora of Sussex or a List of the Flowering Plants & Ferns Found in the County of Sussex, with Localities of the Less Common Species. Simpkin Marshall. 1907. Hard Cover , 5 By 7 1/2 Inches. Red cloth covers with leaf patterned endpapers. A used but very reasonable copy. 154pp. Illustrated frontis and map of Sussex. VG. GBP 12.00 [Appr.: EURO 13.5 US$ 19.93 | JP¥ 1761] Book number: 14104 Click here to order or inquire at Ray Hennessey Bookseller. | ||
| AUDUBON, JOHN JAMES. The Birds of America. Macmillan. 1937. Green Cloth Binding , 32 x 23cm. Hardcover, xxvi + 500 coloured plates. Gilt titling and illustration on spine and front cover, though rather faded. 500 full page lithographic colour plates with brief descriptions below each plate. All plates bright and clean. VG/No Jacket. GBP 40.00 [Appr.: EURO 44.5 US$ 66.44 | JP¥ 5870] Book number: 19999 Click here to order or inquire at Ray Hennessey Bookseller. | ||
| KIRKMAN, F.B. & HORACE HUTCHINSON EDITORS. British Sporting Birds. London, T & C Jack. 1936. Illus. Blue Paper on Boards , 26 x 22cm. Hardcover, 428pp. 43 plates, mostly in colour. Contributors include Jourdain, Pycraft, Cairns, Pollard, Farren, Wyatt and others. The natural history plates drawn from the British Bird Book. V/g. GBP 20.00 [Appr.: EURO 22.25 US$ 33.22 | JP¥ 2935] Book number: 18306 Click here to order or inquire at Ray Hennessey Bookseller. | ||
| KIRKMAN, F. B. AND F. C. R. JOURDAIN. British Birds. Nelson. 1944. Black Buckram , 26 x 20 Cm. Hardcover, xvi + 209pp + 200 colour plates from drawings by leading bird artists. Gilt titling on soine and front coverConcise descriptions of appearance, range, habitats, nests, eggs, food, song etc. VG+/No Jacket. GBP 15.00 [Appr.: EURO 16.75 US$ 24.92 | JP¥ 2201] Book number: 19801 Click here to order or inquire at Ray Hennessey Bookseller. | ||
| B. B. Sky Gipsy. The Story of a Wild Goose. London, Eyre and Spottiswood. 1942. Green Cloth on Boards , 21 x 14cm. Ill.: D. J. Watkins-Pitchford. Hardcover, 258pp. Covers looking somewhat tired. Contents in very reasonable order. Neat handwritten inscription dated 1942 on front endpaper. 15 full page plates and 28 head and tail pieces by Watkins Pitchford, Very little foxing on one or two pages but none effecting the illustrations. VG/G. GBP 9.00 [Appr.: EURO 10 US$ 14.95 | JP¥ 1321] Book number: 19765 Click here to order or inquire at Ray Hennessey Bookseller. | ||
| BANNERMAN, DAVID ARMITAGE. 2 VOLUMES The Birds of West and Equitorial Africa. London, Oliver & Boyd. 1953, First Edition. Red Cloth on Boards , 24 x 16cm. Hardcover, xiii + 1526pp Gilt tilting on spines. Both volumes in very good order Volume 1 Struthionidae to Picidae, volume 2 Eurylaemidae to Ploceidae. 54 full-page plates of which 30 are in colour and 433 figures in the text. V/g. GBP 42.00 [Appr.: EURO 46.75 US$ 69.76 | JP¥ 6163] Book number: 19808 Click here to order or inquire at Ray Hennessey Bookseller. | ||
| BENSON, S. VERE. The Observer's Book of Birds. Warne. 1979. with dust jacket, 14 x 9 Cms. Hard Cover, Apart from a neat personal inscription on front endpaper this is an excellent clean copy. VG+/Vg+. GBP 5.00 [Appr.: EURO 5.75 US$ 8.31 | JP¥ 734] Book number: 20480 Click here to order or inquire at Ray Hennessey Bookseller. | ||
| BROWN, LESLIE. Birds of the African Bush. Collins. 1975, First Edition. (ISBN: 0002160692) Green Buckram Binding , 40 x 29cm. Ill.: Rena Fennessy. Hardcover, Green leatherette covers with gilt titling on spine. 24 full page colour plates painted by Rena Fennessy with line drawings in the descriptions of each bird. VG/No Jacket. GBP 20.00 [Appr.: EURO 22.25 US$ 33.22 | JP¥ 2935] Book number: 19968 Click here to order or inquire at Ray Hennessey Bookseller. | ||
| CHAMPION, F.W. With A Camera in Tiger-Land. London, Chatto and Windus. 1934. Blue Cloth Binding , Quarto. Hardcover, Over 70 black and white plates. Studies of all wild life in the jungles of India, including Tigers, Monkeys, Leapards and smaller cats, Hyaenas, Rodents, Elephants Dearr and antelopes. The book includes a classified table of the animals included in the book. V/g. GBP 40.00 [Appr.: EURO 44.5 US$ 66.44 | JP¥ 5870] Book number: 14208 Click here to order or inquire at Ray Hennessey Bookseller. | ||
| CHAMPION, F W, With A Camera In Tiger-Land Chatto and Windus. 1934. Blue Cloth Binding , 26 x 19cm. Hardcover. Spine and inside front cover edge slightly sun faded.73 photographic plates of animals. 228 pages including an appendix giving the names of animals, according to The Fauna of British India-Mammalia by W T Blandford, mentioned in the book and a biblography. V/g/No Jacket. GBP 28.00 [Appr.: EURO 31.25 US$ 46.51 | JP¥ 4109] Book number: 15105 Click here to order or inquire at Ray Hennessey Bookseller. | ||
| DAGLISH, E. FITCH. Birds of The British Isles Dent. 1948. Blue Cloth Binding , 27 x 20cm. Hardcover, xviii + 222pp. Slight foxing to early preliminary pages and title page but text and illustrations clean and clear.Top edge gilt. Gilt tiling on spine and gilt bird emboss on front cover. Vy slight bumping to corners. Binding tight and secure. All in all a very good copy. Edition limited to 1500. 25 hand-coloured plates and 23 black and white. VG/No Jacket. GBP 60.00 [Appr.: EURO 66.75 US$ 99.66 | JP¥ 8805] Book number: 15128 Click here to order or inquire at Ray Hennessey Bookseller. | ||
| WOLLEY-DOD. EDITOR. Flora of Sussex Kenneth Saville. 1937, First Edition. Red Cloth Binding , 22 x 15cm. Hardcover, Red cloth covers with gilt titling on spine. Spine faded and general minor signs of use on covers. Back internal hinge paper weakened otherwise contents are in very good order. 571pp. A comprehhensive study of Sussex Flora. VG/No Jacket. GBP 22.00 [Appr.: EURO 24.5 US$ 36.54 | JP¥ 3228] Book number: 15441 Click here to order or inquire at Ray Hennessey Bookseller. | ||
| FAIRBAIRN, W.A. Some Common Birds of West Africa. Lagos: Church Missionary Society Bookshop, 1933. Green Cloth Binding , 16 x 11cm. Hardcover, 112pp. Coloured plates with descriptions for each bird. The illustrations are from hand painted drawings. Names of the birds listed in various African languages. V/g. GBP 10.00 [Appr.: EURO 11.25 US$ 16.61 | JP¥ 1467] Book number: 19781 Click here to order or inquire at Ray Hennessey Bookseller. | ||
| HIGGINS, L. G. & N. D. RILEY. A Field Guide to the Butterflies of Britain and Europe. Collins. 1970, First Edition. (ISBN: 0002120283) Blue Cloth Binding with dust jacket, 20 x 13cm. Ill.: Brian Hargreaves. Hardcover, 380pp. Every species described and illustrated with 0ver 60 colour plates, depicting 750 butterflies printed life size. The coloured endpapers provide a visual key to the contents of the book. There is a distribution map for each of the species. VG+/Vg. GBP 9.00 [Appr.: EURO 10 US$ 14.95 | JP¥ 1321] Book number: 19799 Click here to order or inquire at Ray Hennessey Bookseller. | ||
| GILMOUR, J.S.L. EDITOR. Thomas Johnson Botanical Journeys in Kent & Hamsptead. a Facsimile Reprint with Introduction and Translations of His Iter Plantarum 1629 Descriptio Itineris Plantarum 1632 Hunt Botanical Library. 1972. Brown Buckram on Boards , 26 x 19cm. Hardcover, 1x + 166pp. Translated from the original Latin. Many photographic reproductions of the pages from the original texts and fold out maps. Contens include Facsimileof the Iter. TRanslation of the ITel by C E Raven and Others. Facsimile of the Desriptio. Translation of the Descriptio. Notes on Johnson's names for Sea Algae. Useful information in the appendices with notes and further details. A Geneal index and an indea of Plant and animail names. VG/Good/Chipped. GBP 12.00 [Appr.: EURO 13.5 US$ 19.93 | JP¥ 1761] Book number: 20518 Click here to order or inquire at Ray Hennessey Bookseller. | ||
| GRIGSON, GEOFFREY. The Shell Guide to Wild Life. London, Phoenix House. 1959. Illustrated Boards , 28 x 20cm. Ill.: John Leigh-Pemberton. Hardcover, 12 full page plates of wild- life from paintings by John Leigh-Pemberton with descriptions for each. VG. GBP 6.00 [Appr.: EURO 6.75 US$ 9.97 | JP¥ 880] Book number: 20497 Click here to order or inquire at Ray Hennessey Bookseller. | ||
| PRIESTLEY, J. H. AND LORNA SCOTT. An Introduction to Botany with Special Reference to the Structure of the Flowering Plant. London, Longmans. 1938, First Edition. Green Cloth Binding with dust jacket, 22 x 15cm. Hardcover, 615pp. Illustrated through the text by Marjorie Mallins and Lorna Scott. A text book that has been reprinted down the ages. First used as a biology textbook at Leeds university. The illustrations are a special feature of the book and are the result of close collaboration between artist and author. VG/Good. GBP 10.00 [Appr.: EURO 11.25 US$ 16.61 | JP¥ 1467] Book number: 19785 Click here to order or inquire at Ray Hennessey Bookseller. | ||
| HANDSCHIN, EDUARD. Il Mondo Meraviglioso Delle Farfalle Tropicali. Zurich, Silva. 1950. Hard Cover with dust jacket, Large Quarto. Ill.: Walter Linsenmaier. Italian text. 47 tipped in colour plates of tropical butterflies. VG+/Chipped. GBP 18.00 [Appr.: EURO 20 US$ 29.9 | JP¥ 2641] Book number: 13724 Click here to order or inquire at Ray Hennessey Bookseller. | ||
| HOLDEN, EDITH. The Country Diary of an Edwardian Lady. London, Michael Joseph Webb and Bower. 1977. (ISBN: 0718115813) Linned Spine on Papered Boards with dust jacket, 23 x 18cm. Hardcover, 186pp. A very good bright clean copy. VG/G. GBP 6.00 [Appr.: EURO 6.75 US$ 9.97 | JP¥ 880] Book number: 20198 Click here to order or inquire at Ray Hennessey Bookseller. | ||
| HUDSON, ROGER British Birds. London. Longmans. 1897. Maroon Cloth on Boards , 20 x 14cm. Ill.: A. Thorburn and G E Lodge. Hardcover, 363pp.Spine slightly faded. Gilt lettering on spine and a charming gilt illustration of a roosting bird on front cover with gilt frame. All edges gilt. 8 coloured plates from the original drawings by A Thorburn, 8 black and white plates and 100 figures in black and white from the original drawings by G.E. Lodge and 3 illustrations from photographs.Incudes a chapter on structure and classifiation by Frank Beddard. A nice bright copy. V/g. GBP 18.00 [Appr.: EURO 20 US$ 29.9 | JP¥ 2641] Book number: 19759 Click here to order or inquire at Ray Hennessey Bookseller. | ||
| LYDEKKER, RICHARD. A Handbook to the British Mammalia. London, Edward Lloyd. 1896. Quarter Leather on Boards , 19 x 13cm. Harcover, 339pp + 32 colour plates. Sketches through the text.New leather spine with gilt lettering on labels. Five raised bands. Binding and contents firm and clean. V/g. GBP 28.00 [Appr.: EURO 31.25 US$ 46.51 | JP¥ 4109] Book number: 19797 Click here to order or inquire at Ray Hennessey Bookseller. | ||
| NEWMAN, EDWARD. Illustrated Natural History of British Moths. London, Tweedie. 1869. Red Cloth on Boards , 26cm x 17cm. Hardcover, 486pp. Life size figures, black and white, from nature of each species, and the more striking varieties with full description of both the perfect insect and the caterpillar, together with details of appearance and localities where found. Spine repaired but still frayed at the head and foot. Gilt titling on spine still clear and front and back covers very good. Binding sound and pages clean. Good. GBP 18.00 [Appr.: EURO 20 US$ 29.9 | JP¥ 2641] Book number: 19644 Click here to order or inquire at Ray Hennessey Bookseller. | ||
| RICHMOND, KENNETH. A Regional Guide to the Birds of Scotland. London, Constable. 1968. Brown Cloth on Boards with dust jacket, 18 x 12cm. Hardcover, 252pp. 69 plates of birds in-situ and maps galore. A book which really does fit into the pocket. VG/Vg. GBP 4.00 [Appr.: EURO 4.5 US$ 6.64 | JP¥ 587] Book number: 19769 Click here to order or inquire at Ray Hennessey Bookseller. | ||
| RYE, E. C. British Beetles. An Introduction to the Study of Our Indigenous Coleoptera. London, Lovell Reeve. 1866, First Edition. Red Cloth on Boards , 19 x 13cm. Hardcover, xv +280pp + 16 plates. Other illustrations and diagrams scattered through the text. Gilt titling on spine and gilt beetle on front cover. Spine slightly faded and a little worn at edges and head of spine. Binding still firm and contents in very good order. VG. GBP 30.00 [Appr.: EURO 33.5 US$ 49.83 | JP¥ 4402] Book number: 19763 Click here to order or inquire at Ray Hennessey Bookseller. | ||
| SAVILLE, MALCOLM. Country Scrap-Book for Boys and Girls. Gramol Publications. 1945. Hard Cover with dust jacket, 5 By 7 1/2 Inches. Red cloth covers. Dustwrapper illustrated by Tunnicliffe with countryside scenes.Dustwrapper not price-clipped.Second, new enlarged edition. An anthology of of countryside stories by Malcolm Saville with poems by various poets. Several photographic plates. VG/Vg. GBP 9.00 [Appr.: EURO 10 US$ 14.95 | JP¥ 1321] Book number: 15110 Click here to order or inquire at Ray Hennessey Bookseller. |
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