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Published by Paddington Press, 1976
ISBN 10: 0846701448ISBN 13: 9780846701446
Seller: Resource for Art and Music Books , Ivoryton, CT, U.S.A.
Book First Edition
Paperback. Condition: Very Good. First Edition. Illustrated in B/W. Firm binding, rubbing/tanning to exterior, bright unmarked pages. Well packaged, ships with tracking.
Published by The Scolar Press, London, 1978
ISBN 10: 085967410XISBN 13: 9780859674102
Seller: Antiquariaat Parnassos vof, Wassenaar, Netherlands
Book
Hard bound. Condition: Book gooed. Dust Jacket Condition: Jacket : small traces of use. 167 pp. B/w illustrations.
Published by The Folio Society, 1910
Seller: World of Rare Books, Goring-by-Sea, SXW, United Kingdom
Condition: Good. 1910. No edition remarks. 431 pages. No dust jacket. Quarter bound blue leather with marbled paper covered boards. Black and white illustrations throughout. No slipcase. Pages are bright and clear with no visible markings. Binding throughout remains firm. Boards have light edge wear with minor corner bumping. Mild crushing to spine, with occasional markings overall.
Seller: theoldmapman, Weston super Mare, United Kingdom
Book
Hardcover. Condition: Good. Book Description: Newcastle, 1832. Preface dated 1805. xxii + 424 pp. Hard covers. No dust-jacket. Half calf with marbled boards, rubbed and faded. Top of spine missing. Although it has I on the spine, this is Volume II. Very top corners of pages 186 to 300 rubbed down. Text block tight. The tailpieces deserve examination under a lens as the details are incredible. Contains the unexpurgated tailpieces. Extra shipping needed outside UK.
Yale University: R. Hunter Middleton, 1976. "This impression from the original engraved boxwood block, now in the collection of the Newberry Library in Chicago, has been taken by R. Hunter Middleton as a keepsake for guests at the Carl Purington Rollins Lectures on the Typographic Tradition, Yale University, April 1976. Printed on a sheet measuring about 8 x 10 inches, in a gray paper portfolio with a printed label on the front. Fine condition. Middleton was a type designer and art director; he also was a collector of Bewick, and gave a number of original Bewick engraved blocks to the Newberry Library. Number of copies is unknown.
Published by Newcastle upon Tyne; Frank Graham, 1971., 1971
Seller: Keel Row Bookshop Ltd - ABA, ILAB & PBFA, Whitley Bay, United Kingdom
Hard Cover. Facsimile of the 1826 Sixth Edition, limited to 950 copies. Octavo, pp. [4], iii, [1], xliv, 382; [4], iii, [1], xxii, 432. Illustrated throughout with Bewick's woodcut illustrations of the birds, and head- and tail-pieces. Publishers' faux leather in dark green and royal blue respectively, with silver and gilt titles and vignettes to spines and wood-grain and marbled effect endpapers, in price-clipped pictorial dust-jackets. Boards bruised to lower edge and top edges a little dusty (both volumes) otherwise clean bright copies; no annotation or inscriptions. Jackets lightly toned, and creased top edge. A Very Good set. The forerunner of all modern field guides, Bewick's 'History of British Birds' changed the public's perception of the natural world; it is a landmark in natural history illustration and is one of the most important illustrated books ever printed. This edition is a facsimile of the last edition seen through the press by Bewick himself, and the most complete. Heavyweight so a contribution towards increased postage costs will be requested for overseas delivery.
Published by Longman For R. E. Bewick, Newcastle, 1832
Hardcover. Condition: Good. Volume Two, Containing The History And Description Of Water Birds, contemporary half leather and marbled boards in tidy condition, recently rebacked, some light occasional browning, 424pp Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.
Published by R E Bewick; Longman & Co, Newcastle-upon-Tyne, 1832
Green hardback cloth cover. First edition thus. 230mm x 150mm (9" x 6"). xxii, 424pp. Hundreds of fine b/w etchings. G: in good condition. Ex-lib. Library rebind with new eps.
Published by Frank Graham, Newcastle-Upon-Tyne, 1972
Seller: Calluna Books, Morpeth, United Kingdom
Book
Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. Facsimile edition. Book - very good (gift inscription to rear of front endpaper in vol 2), dust jacket - very good. A facsimile of the 1826 6th edition. 2 volumes. Weight exceeds standard 1.0 kg rates - extra postage may be requested for UK 1st class/overseas deliveries.
Published by Newcastle: Printed by Edward Walker for T. Bewick: sold by him, and Longman and Co. London, 1816
Seller: MW Books, New York, NY, U.S.A.
First Edition
First Edition. Poor copy in half leather over marble boards. Spine bands worn with some loss. Partial spine band loosely inserted. Scattered foxing throughout. Physical description: 361 pages. Subjects: Birds Great Britain. Birds history. Ornithology. 1 Kg.
Hard Cover. Condition: Good. Volume 1. Land Birds. [Volume 2. Water Birds.] Frank Graham. Newcastle. 1971. 2 Volumes de 22x14,5 cm. Com xliv, 382; xxii, 432 págs. Encadernações do editor com sobrecapas de proteção. Ilustrados no texto com gravuras a preto e branco. Exemplar com sinais de manuseio nas sobrecapas; com restauro amador junto à margem superior da sobrecapa do volume 2. Edição limitada a 950 cópias do opus magnum de Thomas Bewick. O volume 1 foi editado pela primeira vez em 1797 e o segundo em 1805, e desde então que a obra se tornou um tesouro de colecionador - cara e de difícil aquisição. Facsimile da 6.ª Edição, publicada em 1971 e 1972: o primeiro e segundo volumes, respetivamente. Language: Inglês / English Location/localizacao: I-170-B-9.
Published by Newcastle: Printed by Edward Walker for T. Bewick: sold by him, and Longman and Co. London, 1816
Seller: MW Books Ltd., Galway, Ireland
First Edition
First Edition. Poor copy in half leather over marble boards. Spine bands worn with some loss. Partial spine band loosely inserted. Scattered foxing throughout. Physical description: 361 pages. Subjects: Birds Great Britain. Birds history. Ornithology. 1 Kg.
Published by London Folio Society 2010, 2010
Seller: Chaucer Bookshop ABA ILAB, Canterbury, United Kingdom
FIRST THUS 2 Volumes in Slipcase. 8vo. hardbacks bound with blue publisher's leather spines, gilt, and marbled boards in paper-covered slipcase with illustrated paper label and gilt title. 382 and 432pp. Both volumes profusely illustrated with Bewick's famous woodcuts. A clean set with no previous owners' markings or inscriptions. A VERY GOOD SET. (Shelf FOLIO) PLEASE NOTE: VERY Heavy SET (2 kg+) Postage rates vary according to destination, weight and speed. For an accurate overseas quote PLEASE either call or email us before ordering. [AbeBooks shipping quote is based on items weighing up to 1 kilo only]. Buyer is responsible for any additional duties, taxes, or fees required by recipient's country.** Pictures available upon request.** Visit our homepage for our shop opening hours. Over 20,000 books in stock - come and browse. PayPal, credit and most debit cards welcome. Books posted worldwide. For any queries please contact us direct.
Published by Charles Henry Cook, Newcastle, 1832
Seller: St Marys Books And Prints, Stamford, United Kingdom
Hard Back. No Jacket. Volume 1, Containing the History and Description of Land Birds. Rebound in green boards with gilt titling to the spine. Includes a small booklet to the front of the book from 1838 of recently published books, along with an attached newspaper cut out from 1905. Previous owner has stuck a list of the editions of Bewick's books to the page before the title page. Contents very clean, with occasional spots of foxing. Several black and white illustrations throughout. Edges untrimmed and lightly foxed. Binding tight. Overall a very good copy, perfect as a gift. pp386. book.
Published by R. E. Bewick/ Charles Henry Cook, Newcastle, 1832, 1832
Seller: ROBIN SUMMERS BOOKS LTD, Aldeburgh, United Kingdom
Condition: Very Good. Reprint. Hardback. 2 vols. Octavos. xl, 386; xxii, 424pp. Bound in full contemporary leather with gilt spine titles, marbled endpapers. Slight wear and rubbing, foot of spine to vol. 1. chipped, otherwise a very good, solid set with clean contents. Bookplate to pastedown with ink names to endpapers.
Published by Newcastle: R. E. Bewick, 1847., 1847
Seller: Andrew Isles Natural History Books, Prahran, VIC, Australia
Octavo,780 pp., two volumes,woodcuts, the bookplate of Walter Froggatt, worn publisher's cloth. Volume one: History and description of land birds. Volume two: History and description of water birds.
Published by 5th. Ed. Printed by Edward Walker for T. Bewick. 1821, 1821
Seller: C. Arden (Bookseller) ABA, Hay-on-Wye, United Kingdom
Bound in one volume, with wood engravings throughout. 8vo. Hardback. Period signature to top of title page. All edges marbled. Minor amount of spotting, only very occ. heavier, o/w. contents fine. Recently rebound in half leather over marbled boards, with sewn headbands in fine condition. The success of the History of British Birds was immediate and complete; six editions were issued in Bewick s lifetime (Mullens and Swann).
Published by T Bewick; Longman & Rees, Newcastle-upon-Tyne, 1804
First Edition
First Edition. 220mm x 140mm (9" x 6"). xx, 400pp. 261 figures of birds & 262 vignettes. The history of modern bird illustration really begins with the fine wood-engravings of Thomas Bewick and this History of British Birds. The first volume, 'Land Birds' , appeared in 1797 and the second, 'Water Birds' in 1804. Bewick was not really an ornithologist and the text is of little importance - indeed the text for the first volume was written by Bewick's partner, Ralph Beilby. By the time the second volume was ready, the partnership had dissolved and both engravings and text for 'Water Birds' were by Bewick. The work was an immediate success and eight editions appeared over the following fifty years, Bewick's engravings set a new standard in bird illustration, full of interest and vitality they played a major part in stimulating 19th century interest in ornithology. This matching, two-volume set was published together in 1804. G: in good condition. Cover rubbed and marked. Edge-wear. Spine faded, with slight loss to top end. Previous owners inscriptions to fep and title. Sporadic light foxing. Occasional pencil inscriptions and light marking Brown hardback half-leather cover with marbled boards.
Published by Charles Henry Cook, 1832
Seller: St Philip's Books, P.B.F.A., B.A., Oxford, United Kingdom
Association Member: PBFA
Hardcover. Condition: Good+. ~Bookplate to Volume I. Endpapers uncracked at gutters. Half black polished calf, re-backed in matching calf with original back-strips laid down. 2 original gilt labels per Volume. Fine floral decorated green cloth to boards. General moderate wear. Eleven illustrations annotated in an early nineteenth-century, very disapproving, possibly Evangelical hand, e.g 'cruel', 'profane', 'the dreadful sin of suicide', 'drunkenness is a sin'.~Robust packaging. Overseas tracking available on request. Size: xl, 386 + xxii, 424pp. Many illus. Binding sound.
Published by Two vols, demy 8vo, 22.5cm, pp.xxxix[3],374, pp.xxiii[1],406[2], xxxvi 'Synopsis' + ad, Newcastle: Printed by J.Blackwell, for R.E. Bewick: 1847., 1847
Seller: Collinge & Clark, London, United Kingdom
Book
Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Illustrated Edition. Wood-engravings and tailpieces within the text. Original mauve blindstamped cloth, spines neatly laid down, titled in gilt on the spines, new endpapers. Neat ownership signature. A very good bright set. Earlier editions respectively had about 131 figures of birds, 119 tailpieces and 101 figures of birds,136 tailpieces, this contains more and is an attempt at a definitive edition by Robert and Jane Bewick. It introduces nineteen new vignettes, one new figure of a bird 'Bewick's Swan' - thought to be TB's finest wood-engraving. The arrangement of the text varies from previous editions. Finally, this is the first and only edition to carry John Hancock's 'Synopsis' and is sometimes called 'Hancock's edition' from the revisions he supplied. Despite all this, it proved a very slow seller and the 1,500 sets printed were not declared out-of-print by Longmans until 1882.
Published by Edward Walker; Longman and Rees 1804-1821, Newcastle, 1804
First Edition
Leather. Condition: Very Good Indeed. Thomas Bewick (illustrator). First edition. The first edition of Thomas Bewick's history of British birds bound with a supplement published later in 1821, in leather binding. First edition of History of British Birds by Thomas Bewick in half morocco binding.This is Volume I only of the two volume set, discussing a History and Description of Land Birds.Bound with Part I of A Supplement to the History of British Birds, published in 1821.Densely illustrated with many in-text illustrations by Thomas Bewick, an English wood-engraver and natural history author. Collated and complete with the frontispiece.Includes a signed letter from the bookseller Horace G. Commin, based in Bournemouth, from 1909 addressed to C. H. Woodhouse, who bought this book from him. This work includes his book plate to the first pastedown.Prior to this, this work was from the library of a well knnwon Naturalist C. E. Morris of St Nicolas Salisbury. With his ink inscriptions to the title pages from 1894, and other owner's ink inscriptions including relative Emily Morres from 1879 and 1826. In half morocco binding and cloth boards. Externally, very smart. There is some minor rubbing to the head and tail of the spine and to the extremities. Prior owner's book plate to the first pastedown and prior owner's ink inscriptions to both title pages. Internally, firmly bound. The pages are bright and clean with some spotting to the first few pages only. Very Good Indeed. book.
Published by The Folio Society, 2010
Seller: High Street Books, New Mills, United Kingdom
Book
Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Still sealed. Orders received by 3pm Sent from the UK that weekday.
Published by Longmans & Co, London and New York, 1826
Seller: Old Hall Bookshop, ABA ILAB PBFA BA, Brackley, United Kingdom
Half Calf and Marbled Boards. Condition: Good. Thomas Bewick (illustrator). Seventh and Fifth. Volume I, seventh edition, xl, 330pp, supplement 50pp, list of contents at rear Volume II, fifth edition, xxii, 360pp, supplement 49pp, list of contents at rear, Both volumes: some foxing to prelim and final pages, marbled endpapers and edges, a bookplate of George Field, with small label with ink signature, half red calf and marble paper boards, paper rubbed with loss of definition of marbling, raised spine bands. Roscoe, Thomas Bewick Bibliography Raisonne - pages 123-129 Size: 8.25 x 5.25 Inches. Ornithology/illustrated.
Published by Printed By J. Blackwell and Co., Newcastle, 1847
Seller: Renaissance Books, ANZAAB / ILAB, Dunedin, New Zealand
Hardcover. Condition: Fair. Dust Jacket Condition: No Dust Jacket. Hinges loose and broken. Moderate rubbing to cloth boards. Spines creased and faded. Newspaper clipping pasted to endpapers. Bindings shaky with looseness to gutters between some gatherings. Feather inserted in one leaf. Pages clean.; Volume I: [2], xxxix, [1], 374, [2], 11, [1] pages + [1] page advertisements. Volume II: xxiii, [1], 406, [2], xxxvi pages. Original purple blind-stamped cloth boards. Title continues thus: Volume I: "Containing the History and Description of Land Birds". Volume II: "Containing the History and Description of Water Birds". Numerous wood engravings. Page dimensions: 223 x 141mm.; 8vo 8" - 9" tall.
Published by Newcastle : Printed by J. Blackwell and Co., for R.E. Bewick : Sold by him, Longman & Co., London; and all Booksellers, 1847
Seller: MW Books, New York, NY, U.S.A.
First Edition Signed
First Edition. Very good copies in the original gilt-blocked cloth. Spine bands and panel edges somewhat rubbed and dust-toned as with age. Remains quite well-preserved overall: tight, bright, clean and strong. 2 volumes, not uniform. Signed by Jane Bewick. Physical description; 2 volumes : illustrations ; 23 cm. Contents; vol. I. History and description of land birds.--vol. II. History and description of water birds. Subject; Birds Great Britain. 1 Kg.
Publication Date: 1821
Seller: Addyman Books, Hay-on-Wye, United Kingdom
Edward Walker, Newcastle. 1821. Seventh and fifth editions respectively. 330, 46, [2], 360, 43, [1] pages. Profusely illustrated with Bewick's famous wood-engravings. One engraving, of the heron, on page 49 of Vol. II. has been hand-coloured with grey water-colour paint which has slightly seeped through to the following page in an attractive way. The text is still readable. Bound in half green calf, rebacked with a modern spine and label. Large thick 8vo. Original marbled boards and edges. Occasional very light foxing otherwise a clean and very sound copy of a classic work on British Land and Sea Birds.
Published by Bernhard Quaritch., 1885
Seller: Roe and Moore, London, United Kingdom
Book First Edition
Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. Large 8vo. XXXVI + 374 + XXIII + 406 + XI + 526 Illustrated with wood-engravings by Thomas Bewick. Original brown cloth. Gilt spines. Very light spoting, covers a little rubbed and marked, volume 3 covers mottled and end-papers foxed.
Published by Newcastle, Printed by Edw. Walker for T. Bewick., 1926
Seller: West Coast Rare Books, Westport, MAYO, Ireland
21 x 13 cm. Vol.1: xliv, 382 pages / Vol.2: xxii, 432 pahes. Illustrated throughout. Contemporary half calf over marbled boards. Marbled edges. Black morroco spine label with gilt title. Very good condition. Rubbed and bumped with some abrasions to corners and edges. Name of previous owner on title page. Internally mildly foxed. Some edgewear and closed tears. Sprache: english.
Published by Newcastle : Printed by J. Blackwell and Co., for R.E. Bewick : Sold by him, Longman & Co., London; and all Booksellers, 1847
Seller: MW Books Ltd., Galway, Ireland
First Edition Signed
First Edition. Very good copies in the original gilt-blocked cloth. Spine bands and panel edges somewhat rubbed and dust-toned as with age. Remains quite well-preserved overall: tight, bright, clean and strong. 2 volumes, not uniform. Signed by Jane Bewick. Physical description; 2 volumes : illustrations ; 23 cm. Contents; vol. I. History and description of land birds.--vol. II. History and description of water birds. Subject; Birds Great Britain. 1 Kg.
Condition: Very Good. Newcastle, J. Blackwell and co, 1847. 8vo. xxxix,+ (blank),+ xxxvi,+ 374,+ (1); xxiii,+ (blank),+ 406,+ xi,+ (4) pp. Richly illustrated with wood engravings. Publ. green blind-stamped cloth with gilt spines. Two volumes. Owner?s signature in volume one. Later edition, first published in 1794-1804. Volume I: History and Description of Land Birds. Volume II: History and Description of Water Birds. Hardcover / Hardback.