SEEBOHM, Henry.

The Birds of Siberia: a record of a naturalist's visits to the Petchora and Yenesei.

Dursley: Alan Sutton, 1976 reprint [1901]. 8vo. xix[i], 512pp, text illustrations, folding map. Original brown cloth gilt, faded d/w.

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Book number: 24514

Keywords: Ornithology

SEEBOHM, HENRY

Birds of Siberia. A record of a naturalist's visits to the valleys of the Petchora and Yenesei

Alan Sutton. 1976, Second printing. (ISBN: 0904387089). 504 pp. With map and b/w illustrartions. The first publication dates from 1901. Hard bound with dust jacket/Jacket : small traces of use. Book good.

Antiquariaat ParnassosProfessional seller

Book number: 26323

Catalogue: Nature / Ecology / Natuur en milieu

Keywords: 0904387089

Henry Seebohm

The Birds of Siberia

London, John Murray, 1901 . Cloth. The first thus of this narrative of expeditions in Siberia with illustrations and maps. First thus of The Birds of Siberia by Henry Seebohm in the original publisher's pictorial cloth boards.A record of a naturalist's visit to the valley's of the Petchora and Yenesei in 1875 and 1877. The first thus of this work, being a combination of the titles 'Siberia in Europe' (1880) and 'Siberia in Asia' (1882).Henry Seebohm was a nineteenth century ornithologist and traveller. Densely illustrated with in text illustrations and engravings and with a large colour folding map to the rear. Collated, complete. Prior owner's ink inscriptions to the pastedowns and prior owner's book plate dated 1931 to the first pastedown. In the original publisher's cloth binding. Externally, smart. There is some bumping to the head and tail of the spine and to the extremities. There are some light marks to the boards. Prior owner's ink inscriptions to the pastedowns and prior owner's book plate dated 1931 to the first pastedown. The front hinge is strained but firm. Internally, firmly bound. The pages are bright and clean with the odd spot. Good . Ill.: Not stated. Good .

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Book number: 847W1

Catalogue: Ornithology

Keywords: Birds of Siberia Seebohm Illustrated Early edition Seebohm Not stated

SEEBOHM, Henry

British birds' eggs: coloured illustrations of 560 eggs (on sixty-eight plates)

London, George Routledge & Sons, 1904. Used - Good. Ex lib hardback in olive green cloth 1st ed.. Edition limited to 110 copies. Reissue of 4th volume of Seebohm's 'History of British birds'. Bound in olive-green cloth with gilt lettering on spine. Ex public library - stamps, labels, etc.; front hinge cracked & repaired, with stains from earlier tape repair; clear tape repair between title page & front free end paper. All 68 plates present, 9 with a library stamp on the plate. Photo:http://cibimages.blob.core.windows.net/img-1/stand_4248_jpg.jpg.

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Book number: BOOKS196633I

Seebohm, Henry

Classification of Birds; An Attempt to Diagnose the Subclasses, Orders, Suborders, and some of the Families of existing Birds

R.H. Porter 1890 xi, 53, . . HB. 8vo, orig. cloth, gt title to front board; minor wear to extremities. Light mark to front board, endpapers browned and lightly foxed. Vg. Author's inscription to head of title, 'Dr. Owen Taylor, with the author's compts'.. First edition. Scarce. Freeman, 3344..

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Book number: S53944

Catalogue: Zoology,Birds

Keywords: Birds; Ornithology

Seebohm, Henry; Sharpe, R. Bowdler

Coloured Figures of the Eggs of British Birds

Pawson & Brailsford 1896 xxiv, 304, portrait frontis of the author, 60 fine chromlithographed plates. . HB. Roy. 8vo, orig. cloth, As usual there is some foxing to endpapers, frontispiece and to margins of most plates (generally minor, but a few more heavily affected), occasional spot to text. Very good.. First edition. Edited after the author's death by R. Bowdler Sharpe. Fine chromolithographic plates (numbered 1-59, 58a)..

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Book number: A50753

Catalogue: Zoology,Birds

Keywords: Birds; Britain; Coloured plates; Eggs; Oology; Birds Eggs

Seebohm, Henry; Sharpe, R. Bowdler

Coloured Figures of the Eggs of British Birds

Pawson & Brailsford 1896 xxiv, 304, portrait frontis, 60 fine chromlithographed plates. . HB. Roy. 8vo, orig. cloth, lightly rubbed to extremities; some foxing to frontispiece, a few small spots to page edges and light foxing to margins of a few plates, but a much cleaner copy than often found with this work. Very good.. First edition. Edited after the author's death by R. Bowdler Sharpe. Fine chromolithographic plates (numbered 1-59, 58a)..

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Book number: A53297

Catalogue: Zoology,Birds

Keywords: Birds; Britain; Coloured plates; Eggs; Oology; Birds Eggs

Seebohm, Henry

The Geographical Distribution of the family Charadriidae, or the Plovers, Sandpipers, Snipes, and their Allies

Henry Sotheran [1887-1888] xxix, 524, 21 hand-col lithographic plates, text figs. . HB. 4to, orig. green pebbled cloth, gt title to front cover and spine, black-stamped border to front cover; minor wear, small bruise to spine. Front hinge cracked and slightly strained. Occasional minor foxing to text. Plates clean and bright. Very good.. First edition, apparantly the second issue with the Chilean Dotterel as frontispiece; however, the plates appear well-coloured in this copy. A classic monograph of the family Charadriidae of the world. The hand-coloured lithographic plates are by J.G. Keulemans, printed by Hanhart/Judd & Co., and show birds which had not been figured before, or of which good figures were lacking. Wood engravings to text by J.G. Millais.Anker, 455; Nissen IVB 850.

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Book number: A48603

Catalogue: Zoology,Birds

Keywords: ABA03-2022; Geographical Distribution; Monograph; Plovers; Sandpiper; Snipe

Seebohm, Henry (1832-1895)

A history of British birds, with coloured illustrations of their eggs. Complete in 3 volumes + Atlas

London: published for the author by R.H. Porter. 6 Tenterden Street. W. and Dulau & Co. Soho Square. W 1883. 1st edition. Finely bound in contemporary aniline calf over buckram boards. Spine compartments uniformly tooled in gilt with raised bands. Remains a particularly well-preserved set overall; tight. bright. clean and strong. Physical description: 3 Vol. & Atlas. col. illust. Notes: Plates bound with: 'Classification of birds; an attempt to diagnose the subclasses. orders. suborders. and families of existing birds' (with special pref. dated 1895): v. 4. p. [iii]-x. 11-52 and 'Geographical distribution of British birds' (with special pref. dated 1893): v. 4. p. 53-102. Printed by Ballantyne. Hanson & Co. Edinburgh and London. Includes index. Subjects: Geography. Eggs. Birds Nests. Birds Great Britain. Birds Eggs Great Britain. Great Britain. British Isles. Great Britain. Aves Great Britain. Aves Eggs Great Britain. Pictorial works. Genre: Illustrated.

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Book number: 318891

Seebohm, Henry

A History of British Birds, with coloured Illustrations of their Eggs. Vol. I-III + Plates

John C. Nimmo; R.H. Porter, for the author 1896, 1885 xxiii, [1], 614; xxxiii, [1], 600; xxiv, 684; 18, 68 col plates, wood engravings to text. . HB. 4 vols, roy. 8vo, mixed bindings: Vol. I-III: orig. cloth, lightly rubbed, gilt title to spines; page edges uncut, spotting/foxing throughout; Vol. II with short tear to foot of spine; Vol. IV: cont. half leather, marbled boards, heavily scuffed/worn, rear board loose with text block detached from binding. Plates clean. Good.. Mixed set. Vol. I-III (Text) are the 1896 Nimmo reprints; Vol. IV (Plates) is the first edition with fine chromolithographic plates by Hanhart.Henry Seebohm (1832-1895) was a British steel manufacturer, amateur ornithologist and oologist. He travelled widely in Europe in search of rare birds and eggs. He wrote a number of books, and numerous scientific papers. According to Mullens & Swann (1917), '... His reputation as an ornithologist rests largely upon his History of British Birds, a thoroughly original work, being compiled for the most part from the author's personal observations in the field instead of from the writings of others ...'Mullens & Swann p. 517..

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Book number: S56575

Catalogue: Zoology,Birds

Keywords: Birds Eggs; Oology; Birds; Ornithology; Britain

SEEBOHM, Henry

A history of British birds, with coloured illustrations of their eggs

London, R.H Porter, 1883. Used - Good. Good hardbacks in olive-green cloth 1st ed. 4 volumes. Page edges untrimmed & little foxed; bindings tight; spines bumped & worn at head & foot, & slightly discoloured. Vol.IV contains 68 colour plates; pages of following text unopened at top edge. This is a heavy set (about 6kgs packed); additional postage may be required Photo:http://cibimages.blob.core.windows.net/img-1/stand_60234_jpg.jpg.

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Book number: BOOKS181443I

Seebohm, Henry; Sharpe, R. Bowdler (Ed.)

A Monograph of the Turdidae. Or Family of Thrushes. Vol. I-II

Henry Sotheran & Co. [1898]-1902 xi, [1], 336, [1]; ix, [1], 250, engraved portrait frontis, 149 hand-col lithographic plates. . HB. 2 vols, large-4to (390x295mm), orig. half morocco, raised bands to spine, gilt tooling and titles to compartments, top edges gilt, others uncut. Some scuffing and a little wear to head caps and corners, but an attractive set. Text and plates clean, with just a little occasional limited foxing to tissue guards. Recent book-plates of J.G. van Marle.. First edition. Fine hand-coloured lithographic plates, heightened in gum arabic by and after renowned bird illustrator, J.G. Keulemans, printed by Hanhart, Mintern Brothers or Judd and Co. The work was only partly finished at the time of Seebohm's death in 1895 and was edited and completed by H. Bowdler Sharpe. 'A thorough monograph of a limited section of the family Turdidae ... Several new species are described. The hand-colored plates by Keulemans are excellent.' (Zimmer).Nissen IVB 852; Anker, p. 455; Zimmer, p. 570-1..

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Book number: A52155

Catalogue: Zoology,Birds

Keywords: ABA12-2023; Hand-coloured plates; Turdidae; Thrushes

Seebohm, Henry,

North Polar Basin - from the Smithsonian Report for 1893, Pages 375-394, with Plate Xx.

Washington, D.C., Smithsonian Institution, 1894. Trade Paperback., G in Wraps. Offprint Material, Stapled Booklet. Pages: 19. Heel. Light Soiling. Tears at Spine Ends.

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Book number: MASTER170419I

Catalogue: Eclectic Collection

Henry Seebohm

North Polar Basin. An original article from the Report of the Smithsonian Institution, 1893.

Smithsonian Institution, 1893. First Edition, Disbound. Very Good Condition. 20 Pages. Note; this is an original article separated from the volume, not a reprint or copy. Size: Octavo (24 x 16 cms). Quantity Available: 1. Category: Smithsonian Institution; Inventory No: 207245.

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Book number: 207245

Catalogue: Smithsonian Institution

Keywords: BZDB395 Arctic Region Smithsonian Institution; Henry Seebohm North Polar Basin. An original article from the Report of the Smithsonian Institution, 1893.

Seebohm, Henry

Siberia in Asia: A Visit to the Valley of the Yenesay, in East Siberia. With Descriptions of the Natural History, Migration of Birds, etc.

John Murray 1882 xviii, 304 +32 (publisher's catalogue), text illus, folding map. . HB. 8vo, orig. pictorial cloth, rubbed, worn; hinges cracked and tender, rear hinge refixed; a little shaken. Folding map with one short tear along fold. Owner's book label to front pastedown and later owner's signature to verso of endpaper.. First edition. Illustrations by Charles Whymper. Author's second expedition to Siberia, to the Yenesei River, undertaken in 1877 in the company of Captain Wiggins, the well known Siberian navigator. Companion volume to Siberia in Europe (1880)..

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Book number: S48457

Catalogue: Travel & Local Natural History,Travel & Local Natural History

Keywords: Ornithology; Birds; Russia; Asia; Siberia; Russia; Asia