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BECKETT (SAMUEL) Murphy, FIRST EDITION, FIRST BINDING, DUST-JACKET, 1938
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FRITH (FRANCIS) Sinai and Palestine; Lower Egypt and Thebes; 2 vol. in 4
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NEW NATURALIST The New Naturalist, vol. 1-108, 1945-2008
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ALBUMS - BROADSIDES. 3 nineteenth century albums, [c.1890]; and 3 others (6)

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666 GREECE LEAR (EDWARD) Views in the Seven Ionian Islands, facsimile edition, NUMBER 877 OF 1,000 COPIES, 1979; and another (2) £87
US$ 132
€102
667 INDIA [CRAUFURD (QUENTIN)] Sketches Chiefly Relating to the History, Religion, Learning and Manners of the Hindoos, 2 vol., and othres (4) £350
US$ 528
€408
668 IONIAN ISLANDS DE BOSSET (CHARLES PHILIP) Parga, and the Ionian Islands. Comprehending a Refutation of the Various Mis-Statements of the Quarterly Review, FIRST EDITION, 1821 £187
US$ 283
€218
669 IONIAN ISLANDS GOODISON (WILLIAM) A Historical and Topographical Essay Upon the Islands of Corfu, Leucadia, Cephalonia, Ithaca, and Zante: With Remarks Upon the Character, Manners, and Customs of the Ionian Greeks, FIRST EDITION, 1822 £175
US$ 264
€204
670 IONIAN ISLANDS VAUNDONCOURT Memoirs on the Ionian Islands, Considered in a Commercial, Political and Military, Point of View... including the Life and Character of Ali Pacha, the Present Ruler of Greece... first edition, 1816 £250
US$ 377
€291
671 ITALY BROCKEDON (WILLIAM) Italy, Classical, Historical, and Picturesque, Illustrated and Described, c.1847 £812
US$ 1,226
€948
672 JAPAN MILNE (JOHN) and W.K. BURTON. The Great Earthquake in Japan, 1891 £187
US$ 283
€218
673 LEAR (EDWARD Journal of a Landscape Painter in Corsica, 1870; and Ruskin Modern Painters (7) £200
US$ 301
€233
674 LEAR (EDWARD) Journals of a Landscape Painter in Southern Calabria, 1852 £375
US$ 566
€437
675 LEAR (EDWARD) Journals of a Landscape Painter in Albania, FIRST EDITION, 1851 £375
US$ 566
€437
676 MOUNTAINEERING RUTTLEDGE (HUGH) Everest 1933, 1934; and 13 others (14) £200
US$ 301
€233
677 ROME, GREECE and WATERLOO. CUCCIONI (TOMASSO) Raccolta delle vedute antiche e moderne della città di Roma, 1831; bound with 2 other works £137
US$ 207
€160
678 RUSSIA [KRUSENSTERN (PAVEL VON)] Wissenschaftliche Beobachtungen auf einer Reise in das Petschora-Land in Jahre 1643, FIRST EDITION, PRESENTATION COPY inscribed on title "à Monsieur d'Omalins d'Halloy[-].. hommage de l'auteur, 1846 £375
US$ 566
€437
680 SOUTH AFRICA NOBLE (JOHN) Descriptive Handbook of the Cape Colony: its Condition and Resources, 1875; and 3 others (4) £62
US$ 94
€72
682 ABERCROMBIE (JOHN) Pathological and Practical Researches on Diseases of the Brain and the Spinal Cord, 1828 £812
US$ 1,226
€948
683 ANATOMY LIZARS (JOHN) A System of Anatomical Plates of the Human Body, 1839 £875
US$ 1,321
€1,021
684 BAKER (HENRY) The Microscope Made Easy... Third Edition, with an Additional Plate of the Solar Microscope, and Some Farther Accounts of the Polype, 1744 £200
US$ 301
€233
685 BELL (CHARLES) The Nervous System of the Human Body, 1844; and others (10) £187
US$ 283
€218
687 CHARCOT (JEAN MARTIN) Lectures on the Diseases of the Nervous System, 3 vol., 1877-1881; and others (7) £62
US$ 94
€72
688 DARWIN (CHARLES) The Expression of the Emotions, John Murray, 1872 £812
US$ 1,226
€948
689 DYSENTRY COCKBURN (WILLIAM) Profluvia Ventris, or the Nature and Causes of Looseness, 1701 £562
US$ 849
€656
693 HENNEN (JOHN) Principles of Military Surgery, Comprising Observations on the Arrangement, Police, and Practice of Hospitals, and On the History, Treatment, and Anomalies of Variola and Syphilis, 1829; and others (8) £437
US$ 660
€510
697 MACLAGAN (THOMAS JOHN) Fever. A Clinical Study, 1888; and 3 others (4) £62
US$ 94
€72
699 MATHEMATICS STONE (EDMUND, translator) The Construction and Principal Uses of Mathematical Instruments, 1723 £650
US$ 981
€758
700 MONCRIEFF (JOHN) The Poor-Man's Physician, Or the Receits of the Famous John Moncrieff of Tippermalloch... To Which Is Added, The Method of Curing the Small Pox and Scurvy by... Dr. Archibald Pitcairn, 1731; and another (2) £125
US$ 188
€145
701 MONTGOMERY (WILLIAM F.) An Exposition of the Signs and Symptoms of Pregnancy, 1837; and others (6) £125
US$ 188
€145
702 NIGHTINGALE (FLORENCE) Notes on Nursing: What It Is, and What It Is Not £62
US$ 94
€72
703 NIGHTINGALE (FLORENCE) Notes on Hospitals, 1863 £3,125
US$ 4,718
€3,646
704 WISEMAN (RICHARD) Several Chirurgical Treatises £562
US$ 849
€656
705 APLIN (OLIVER VERNON) The Birds of Oxfordshire, 1889; and others (10) £500
US$ 754
€583
706 AUDUBON (JOHN JAMES) The Birds of America, 1937; and others (quantity) £250
US$ 377
€291
707 BAKER (EDWARD CHARLES STUART) The Game-Birds of India, Burma and Ceylon, 3 vol.; and another (4) £312
US$ 471
€364
708 BANNERMAN (DAVID) The Canary Islands, 1922; and others (22) £250
US$ 377
€291
709 BEWICK (THOMAS) A History of British Birds, 2 vol., 1826; and others (5) £312
US$ 471
€364
710 BOND (JAMES) Birds of the West Indies, 1936; and others (11) £125
US$ 188
€145
711 BREE (CHARLES ROBERT) A History of the Birds of Europe, Not Observed in the British Isles, 4 vol., 1863-1864 £312
US$ 471
€364
712 BRYDEN (HENRY ANDERSON) Great and Small Game of Africa, NUMBER 360 of 500 COPIES signed by the publisher, 1899 £875
US$ 1,321
€1,021
713 CHAPMAN (ABEL) Memories of Fourscore Years Less Two, 1851-1929, 1930; and others (23) £275
US$ 415
€320
714 CHAPMAN (ABEL) Wild Norway, 1897; and others (quantity) £225
US$ 339
€262
715 CREALOCK (HENRY HOPE) Deer-Stalking in the Highlands of Scotland, FIRST EDITION, NUMBER 145 OF AN EDITION OF 250 COPIES, 1892 £525
US$ 792
€612
716 CURTIS (WILLIAM) The Botanical Magazine; Or, Flower-Garden Displayed, vol. 2-3 and 6-7, 1793-1797 (4) £1,150
US$ 1,736
€1,341
718 FORSHAW (JOSEPH M.) and WILLIAM T. COOPER Australian Parrots, 2 vol., NUMBER 39 OF 1000 COPIES, 1980 £375
US$ 566
€437
719 FORSHAW (JOSEPH M.) and WILLIAM T. COOPER Parrots of the World, Landsowne, 1973; The Birds of Paradise and Bower Birds, Collins, 1977 (2) £237
US$ 358
€277
720 FUERTES (LOUIS AGASSIZ) and WILFRED HUDSON OSGOOD. Artist and Naturalist in Ethiopia, 1936; and others (13) £375
US$ 566
€437
721 GLEGG (WILLIAM E.) A History of the Birds of Essex, 1929; and others (40) £275
US$ 415
€320
722 GOSSE (PHILIP HENRY) The Canadian Naturalist, 1840; and others (quantity) £312
US$ 471
€364
723 GOULD (JOHN) A Monograph of the Ramphastidae or Family of Toucans, facsimile of 1885 edition, 1988; and another Gould facsimile (2) £375
US$ 566
€437
724 GOULD (JOHN) Hummingbirds, 1990; and 18 others (19) £250
US$ 377
€291
725 GRANT (MAURICE HAROLD)] 'Scolopax' A Book of the Snipe, 1904; and others (quantity) £312
US$ 471
€364
726 GRAY (ROBERT) The Birds of the West of Scotland, 1871; and others (quantity) £375
US$ 566
€437
727 HACHISUKA (MASA U.) A Comparative Hand List of the Birds of Japan and the British Isles, 1925; and others (quantity) £200
US$ 301
€233
728 HALL (BERYL PATRICIA) and R.E. MOREAU An Atlas of Speciation in African Passerine Birds, 1970; and others (quantity) £437
US$ 660
€510
729 IBIS BRITISH ORNITHOLOGISTS' UNION The Ibis, a Quarterly Journal of Ornithology, consecutive run 1883-1924, 40 vol; and others (quantity) £1,375
US$ 2,076
€1,604
730 ICHIGAKU [Album of Birds Drawn from Life], 1888 £1,000
US$ 1,509
€1,166
731 JOHNSON (CHARLES PIERPONT) British Wild Flowers, 1860; and others (20) £125
US$ 188
€145
732 JONES (HENRY) OLNEY (PETER J.S.) The Wildfowl Paintings of Henry Jones, NUMBER 35 OF 350 COPIES signed by the author, 1987; and another about Jones (2) £112
US$ 169
€131
733 JOY (NORMAN H.) A Practical Handbook of British Beetles, 2 vol., 1932 £437
US$ 660
€510
734 KEARTON (RICHARD) Birds' Nests, Eggs, and Egg-Collecting, 1890; and others (39) £400
US$ 603
€466
735 KENNEDY (ALEXANDER) The Birds of Berkshire and Buckinghamshire, 1868 £437
US$ 660
€510
736 KERNER VON MARILAUN (ANTON) The Natural History of Plants, 2 vol. in 4, 1894 £150
US$ 226
€175
737 KIRKMAN (FREDERICK BERNUF BEEVER) The British Bird Book, 4 vol., 1911-1913; and others (26) £125
US$ 188
€145
738 KNOX (ARTHUR EDWARD) Ornithological Rambles in Sussex, 1849; and others (10) £275
US$ 415
€320
739 LEAR (EDWARD) A collection of 10 hand-coloured engraved plates after Lear, for "Illustrations of Ornithology" by Jardine and Selby; and others (small quantity) £62
US$ 94
€72
740 LEAR (EDWARD) Platycercus Pileatus (Red Capped Parrakeet); Platycercus Erythropterus (Crimson Winged Parakeet) £600
US$ 905
€700
741 LEAR (EDWARD) Illustrations of the Family of Psittacdiae, or Parrots, NUMBER 38 OF 530 COPIES, 1978 £350
US$ 528
€408
742 LILFORD (THOMAS L. POWYS) Notes on the Birds of Northamptonshire, 2 vol., 1895; and others (quantity) £400
US$ 603
€466
743 LLOYD (LLEWELLYN) The Game Birds and Wild Fowl of Sweden and Norway, 1867; and others (7) £187
US$ 283
€218
744 MACPHERSON (H.A.) A Verterbrate Fauna of Lakeland £375
US$ 566
€437
745 MATHEWS (GREGORY M.) Systema Avium Australasianarum, 1927; and others (19) £125
US$ 188
€145
746 MEINERTZHAGEN (RICHARD) Birds of Arabia, NUMBER 11 OF 305 DE LUXE COPIES, 1980; and others (11) £475
US$ 717
€554
747 MILLAIS (JOHN G.) British Deer and their Horn, 1897 £225
US$ 339
€262
748 MILLAIS (JOHN GUILE) Rhododendrons , 2 vol. in one, NUMBER 396 OOF 550, 1917-1924 £687
US$ 1,038
€802
749 MILLAIS (JOHN GUILLE) The Natural History of the British Surface-Feeding Ducks, NUMBER 451 of 600 COPIES ON LARGE PAPER, 1902 £475
US$ 717
€554
750 MILLAIS (JOHN GUILLE) The Mammals of Great Britain and Ireland, 3 vol., 1904-1906 £275
US$ 415
€320
751 MORRIS (FRANCIS ORPEN) The History of British Birds, 6 vol., 1895 £312
US$ 471
€364
752 MURPHY (ROBERT CUSHMAN) Bird Islands of Peru, 1925; and others (30) £62
US$ 94
€72
753 NELSON (J. BRYAN) The Sulidae, Gannets and Boobies, 1978; and othes (quantity) £687
US$ 1,038
€802
754 NELSON (THOMAS HUDSON) The Birds of Yorkshire, 2 vol., LARGE PAPER COPY, 1907 £175
US$ 264
€204
755 NEW NATURALIST FISHER (JAMES) The Fulmar, 1952; and others (95) £1,750
US$ 2,642
€2,042
756 NEW NATURALIST The New Naturalist, vol. 1-108, 1945-2008 £5,250
US$ 7,926
€6,126
757 NISSEN (CLAUS) Die illustrierten vogelbücher, Stuttgart, 1976--ANKER (JEAN) Bird Books and Bird Art, The Hague, 1979--SITWELL (SACHEVERELL) and others. Fine Bird Books 1700-1900, 1990; Great Flower Books 1700-1900; and others, mostly bibliography (16) £200
US$ 301
€233
758 OGILVIE-GRANT (W.R.) A Hand-Book to the Game Birds, 2 vol., 1896; and 10 others (12) £125
US$ 188
€145
759 PARKIN (THOMAS) The Great Auk. A Record of Sales of Birds and Eggs by Public Auction in Great Britain, 1806-1910, 1911; and others (10) £312
US$ 471
€364
760 PASHLEY (H.N.) Notes on the Birds of Cley, Norfolk, 1925; and others (27) £275
US$ 415
€320
761 PHILLIPS (E. CAMBRIDGE) The Birds of Breconshire, 1899; and others (30) £125
US$ 188
€145
762 POYNTING (FRANK) Eggs of British Birds... Limicolae, 1896-1896; and others (6) £525
US$ 792
€612
763 POYSER (TERRY and ANNA, publishers) GIBBONS (DAVID W.), J.B. REID and R.A. CHAPMAN. The New Atlas of Breeding Birds in Britain and Ireland: 1988-1991; and others (58) £475
US$ 717
€554
764 PRAEGER (ROBERT LLOYD) Natural History of Ireland. A Sketch of Its Flora & Fauna, 1950; and others (18) £175
US$ 264
€204
765 RONSIL (RENÉ) Bibliographie ornithologique française, 2 vol., 1948-1949; and others (31) £250
US$ 377
€291
766 SCOTT (PETER) YOUNG (E. HILTON) A Bird in the Bush, NUMBER 455 OF 550 COPIES, 1936; and others (28) £250
US$ 377
€291
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