ATTENBOROUGH David

The Zoo Quest Expeditions [with] Journeys to the Past. [The 'Zoo Quest' omnibus volumes complete]. THE 'ZOO QUEST' OMNIBUS COMPLETE

Lutterworth Press, Guildford,, [1981]. 2 vols., 8vo., Mixed Impressions, with very numerous coloured and monochrome photographs (many full-page) in the text; original cloth (green/blue respectively), gilt backs, a near fine set in unclipped dustwrapper. The set comprises: Zoo Quest Expeditions (second impression, 1981); Journeys to the Past (first impression, 1981). Bright copies of the original editions of the two 'Zoo Quest' omnibus volumes, collecting slightly abridged versions of the six original ZQ titles: Zoo Quest to Guiana (1956); Zoo Quest for a Dragon (1957); Zoo Quest to Paraguay (1957); Quest in Paradise (1960); Zoo Quest to Madagascar (1961); Quest under Capricorn (1963).

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Book number: 43630

Catalogue: Natural History0

Keywords: modern first editions, modern firsts, natural history, attenborough, david attenborough, zoo quest

ATTENBOROUGH David

Zoo Quest to Guiana [with] Zoo Quest for a Dragon [with] Zoo Quest in Paraguay [with] Quest in Paradise [with] Zoo Quest to Madagascar [with] Quest under Capricorn. THE 'ZOO QUEST' SERIES COMPLETE IN DUSTWRAPPERS

Lutterworth Press,, [1956-63]. 6 vols., 8vo., First Edition, with coloured frontispieces and very numerous coloured and monochrome plates throughout, neat contemporary inscription on blank preliminary of first volume; original cloth (green/red/green/red/blue/green respectively), gilt backs, a very good, bright, clean set in remarkably bright, clean dustwrapper, the wrappers just a little chipped at extremities. A bright, fresh set in the original colourful wrappers of Attenborough's earliest books, recording his 'Zoo Quest' animal-foraging expeditions in many different territories. Well-illustrated and delightfully written, these early titles display much of the talent and infectious charm that has since made their author a naturalist, broadcaster and presenter of world renown. The series captures well the appeal of his first-ever television series 'Zoo Quest' that ran on the BBC from 1954-1964. It also gave rise, incidentally (in those far-off pre-computer days), to a highly popular board game! The sequence comprises 'Zoo Quest to Guiana' (1956), 'Zoo Quest for a Dragon' (1957), 'Zoo Quest to Paraguay' (1959), 'Quest in Paradise' (1960), 'Zoo Quest to Madagascar' (1961) and 'Quest under Capricorn' (1963). Two omnibus volumes of extracts were published for a new generation of readers in the 1980s. COMPLETE SETS IN THIS CONDITION ARE SELDOM OFFERED FOR SALE.

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Book number: 47770

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ATTENBOROUGH David

The Zoo Quest Expeditions. Travels in Guyana, Indonesia and Paraguay. [The first 'Zoo Quest' omnibus]. THE FIRST 'ZOO QUEST' OMNIBUS IN DUSTWRAPPER

Lutterworth Press, Guildford,, [1980]. 8vo., First Edition, with very numerous coloured and monochrome photographs (many full-page) in the text; original green cloth, gilt back, a near fine copy in price-clipped dustwrapper. The first Zoo Quest omnibus, collecting slightly abridged versions of the first three original Zoo Quest volumes 'Zoo Quest to Guiana', 'Zoo Quest for a Dragon' and 'Zoo Quest in Paraguay'.

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AVERY Mark

Birds and Forestry. Illustrated by Philip Snow. NEAR FINE COPY IN UNCLIPPED DUSTWRAPPER

Poyser,, [1990]. 8vo., First Edition, with title-vignette, photographs and tables in the text; green cloth, gilt back, green endpapers, a near fine copy in unclipped dustwrapper. With personal bookplate on front free endpaper. SCARCE IN THIS CONDITION.

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Book number: 42520

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Keywords: natural history, birds, ornithology, forestry, mark avery, roderick leslie, philip snow

BANNERMAN David Armitage

The Birds of West and Equitorial Africa. With a Foreword by Sir Alan Burns. NEAR FINE COPY IN UNCLIPPED DUSTWRAPPERS

Oliver & Boyd,, [1953]. 2 vols., 8vo., First Edition, with 30 fine coloured plates, 24 plates in monochrome and over 430 illustrations in the text; original burgundy cloth, gilt backs, red tops, uncut, fore-edges mildly spotted else a near fine copy in unclipped dustwrapper, one wrapper chipped with minor loss at head and tail of backstrip. Bright, crisp copy of a standard reference. The set comprises Vol. I: Struthionidae to Picidae; Vol. II: Eurylaemidae to Ploceidae. Tate p.200.

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BARNES John A.G.

The Titmice of the British Isles. NEAR FINE COPY IN DUSTWRAPPER

David & Charles, Newton Abbot,, [1975]. 8vo., First Edition, with plates; blue cloth, gilt back, a near fine copy in dustwrapper.

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Book number: 36039

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Keywords: mstock, natural history, birds, ornithology, titmice, tits, paridae, john barnes

BARNETT, ed. S.A.

A Century of Darwin. [Commemorative Essays.]. Edited by S.A. Barnett. NEAR FINE COPY IN UNCLIPPED DUSTWRAPPER

Heinemann,, [1958]. 8vo., First Edition, with title in red and black, and plates and illustrations in the text; black cloth, gilt back, a near fine copy in unclipped dustwrapper. Collects fifteen notable essays. Contributors include Barnett, de Beer, LeGros Clerk, Crowson, Dobzhansky, Hammond, Heslop-Harrison, MacRae, Michie, Raphael, Romer, Maynard Smith, Thoday, Waddington and Yonge.

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BENSON S.Vere

Birds of Lebanon and the Jordan Area. Foreword by Professor S. Dillon Ripley. BRIGHT, CLEAN COPY IN DUSTWRAPPER

International Council for Bird Preservation,, 1970. 8vo., First Edition, with numerous coloured and monochrome illustrations in the text; terracotta cloth, backstrip lettered in red, a very good, bright, clean copy in price-clipped dustwrapper. With personal stamp in blind on front free endpaper.

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Book number: 27905

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Keywords: natural history, birds, avifaunas, lebanon, jordon, s.v. benson, natural history, birds, birds, lebanon, jordan, area

BENTON Ted

New Naturalist 98. Bumblebees. The Natural History & Identification of the Species found in Britain. NEAR FINE COPY IN UNCLIPPED DUSTWRAPPER

Collins,, [2006]. 8vo., First Edition, with title in red and black, and numerous coloured photographs and monochrome diagrams throughout; original series binding of green buckram, gilt back, a near fine copy in unclipped dustwrapper. New Naturalist 98. Dustwrapper artwork by Robert Gillmor.

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BERRY R J.

New Naturalist 61. Inheritance and Natural History. NEAR FINE COPY IN UNCLIPPED DUSTWRAPPER

Collins,, [1977]. 8vo., First Edition, with coloured and monochrome photograpgsm and numerous charts and diagrams throughout; original series binding of green buckram, gilt back, a near fine copy in unclipped dustwrapper. New Naturalist 61. Dustwrapper artwork by Clifford and Rosemary Ellis.

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BIRCHAM Peter

New Naturalist 104. A History of Ornithology. NEAR FINE COPY IN UNCLIPPED DUSTWRAPPER

Collins,, [2007]. 8vo., First Edition, with title in yellow and black, and very numerous coloured and monochrome photographs throughout; original series binding of green cloth, gilt back, a near fine copy in unclipped dustwrapper. New Naturalist 104. Dustwrapper artwork by Robert Gillmor.

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BLUNT Wilfrid

In for a Penny. A Prospect of Kew Gardens: their Flora, Fauna and Falballas. [Second Impression] BRIGHT, CLEAN COPY IN DUSTWRAPPER

Hamish Hamilton,, [1978]. 8vo., Second Impression, with coloured plates, and numerous photographs and illustrations in the text; green cloth, gilt back, a very good, bright, clean copy in price-clipped dustwrapper.

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Book number: 35327

Catalogue: Natural History0

Keywords: natural history, plants, kew gardens, royal botanic gardens, kew, wilfrid blunt

BORRER William

The Birds of Sussex. [Illustrations by J.G. Keulemans.] REMARKABLY BRIGHT, CRISP COPY OF THE FIRST SUSSEX AVIFAUNA

R H Porter,, 1891. 8vo., First Edition, with fine chromo-lithographed frontispiece (original tissue guard present), 5 fine chromo-lihtographed plates (all original tissue guards present) and folding map coloured in outline; original blue cloth, upper board and backstrip lettered in gilt, chocolate endpapers, uncut, a remarkably well-preserved, bright, crisp copy. With List of Subscribers and 8pp publisher's catalogue bound in at end. THE FIRST COMPLETE SUSSEX AVIFAUNA. Very scarce in this condition. Freeman 408; Tate, p.207.

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BOULENGER G. A.

Animal Life by the Sea-Shore.

Country Life,, n.d.. 8vo., First Edition, with a frontispiece, title in red and black, with 40 plates on 33 and 52 illustrations (one full-page) in the text; cloth, blocked in gilt and blind, gilt back, gilt top, uncut, covers a little bowed, backstrip lightly frayed at head and tail else a sound, clean copy. With 14pp publisher's catalogue bound in at end

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Book number: 298

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Keywords: natural history, seaside, seashore, littoral, marine biology, g.a. boulenger, c.l. boulenger, natural history, marine biology, animal, life, sea-shore

BOULGER G. S.

Familiar Trees. [First and Second Series.]. With coloured Plates by W.H.J. Boot. COMPLETE SET IN HALF VELLUM

Cassell,, n.d. [c.1908]. 2 vols., 8vo., with coloured frontispieces (original tissue guards present), fine coloured plates (many with original tissue guards present) and line-illustrations in the text; strongly and elegantly bound in half vellum, marbled boards, backs with red leather labels lettered and ruled in gilt, red sprinkled edges, marbled endpapers, a most attractive set. The delightful chromolithographed plates are captioned in English, French and German.

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