Pp. viii+448, chromolithographic frontispiece and 55 plates with tissue guards, black & white text illustrations and decorations, index; thick post 4to; later qr. green morocco, spine lettered in gilt between gilt decorated raised bands, dark green cloth boards, faintly scuffed; all edges sprinkled red; later endpapers and binder's blanks, bookseller's..... More
Pp. viii+448, chromolithographic frontispiece and 55 plates (several with tissue guards), black & white text illustrations and decorations, index; thick post 4to; rebound in later (but not recent) half brown leather, spine lettered and decorated in gilt between raised bands, dark brown cloth boards, the upper board lettered and ruled..... More
Pp. viii+96, 14 plates (2 coloured, including the frontispiece), 2 text illustrations, index; fore-corners of boards a trifle bruised; dust wrapper, lightly faded and rubbed, edges chipped and split; outer leaves slightly offset, a little light foxing; Cage Birds, London, 1959. First edition. More
Foreword by E. R. W. Lincoln. Pp. 120+[4](advertisements) frontispiece, text illustrations; printed stiff paper wrappers, slightly soiled and worn, edges lightly rubbed, the backstrip a trifle chipped at extremities; bookseller's stamp at foot of half-title and title pages, edges of leaves slightly foxed; Cage Birds, London, n.d.[195-?]. New edition. *First..... More
Editor: Carol Robertson. Pp. 120, 8 coloured plates, black & white text illustrations, bibliography, index; top fore-corner of upper board slightly bruised; dust wrapper, edges a trifle creased; a little light foxing; K. R. Books Ltd, Leicester, 1978. The Bird Keeper's Library series. *With loosely inserted related ephemera. More
Pp. 144(including advertisements), 8 plates, a few text figures; pictorial card wrappers, slightly soiled, edges a trifle rubbed and split; the text block stapled (rusted) and loosening slightly, inked annotation to final blank, a couple of spots of foxing; Neil & Lewis, Melbourne, 1949. Sixth edition. More
Its breeding, rearing and management. Sixth edition of the original book written by James Patterson, completely revised by James Houston. Pp. vi+88(last advertisement), frontispiece, full page diagram; pale green stiff paper wrappers printed on both sides, slightly foxed, edges a trifle faded and rubbed; text block faintly browned, scattered light..... More