mcevey allan (11 Ergebnisse)

x+28+[16]pp. small 4to. Original wrappers. B/w plates. Some foxing, inscription inside front cover, otherwise a very good copy. . Art Monograph 2.

Soft cover, stapled, 9 pages, plus plates.

Octavo,9 pp.,Wrappers, photographs. signed by Norman Favaloro". A classic paper on one of the great twentieth century Australian ornithological discoveries, the Grey Grass-wren. Memoirs of the National Museum of Victoria, No. 28, 1968.

Octavo,9 pp.,Wrappers, photographs." N. Favaloro" and "E. C. Souter". A classic paper on one of the great twentieth century Australian ornithological discoveries. Memoirs of the National Museum of Victoria, No. 28, 1968.

Oblong format,128 pp.,colour plates, fine copy in slipcase, limited to 850 numbered copies. This handsome book was awarded Australian book of the year in 1974. The introduction is by Alec Chisholm. John Cotton is a significant figure in early Australian ornithology.

Oblong format,128 pp.,colour plates, slipcase. Limited to 850 numbered copies. "for Vincent Serventy Mae Casey 1975". Also signed by Allan McEvey.

Oblong format,128 pp.,colour plates, slipcase. Limited to 850 numbered copies. "Stuart Perves [owner of Australian Galleries] with admiration Mae Casey 1974". also signed by Allan McEvey and Alison Forbes [the publisher].

Twenty colour plates with title pages and supporting text plus Appendices by Alan McEvey which include two facsimiles of pages from Gould's manuscript. Folio. Very minor spotting to fore-edges of text block o/w. a fine hardback. Bound in Publisher's wheat coloured cloth with portrait of John Gould to front board. Copy No. 101 from the Limited Edition of just 500 copies and signed by Alan McEvey. This is a facsimile edition of the two-part work 'The Birds Australia and the Adjacent Islands' published by John Gould in 1837 and 1848, now widely known as the Cancelled Parts because they were subsequently withdrawn and their contents included in the seven volume 'The Birds of Australia' (1840-1848). In his introduction McEvey 'traces the complicated bibliographical history of this work and provides invaluable information on recorded copies, loose plates and original drawings'.

Hard Cover. Zustand: F. First Thus. Elephant folio. original grey cloth, inlay portrait to upper board (a trifle rubbed & marked); pp. [90 (last blank)], vi, 14 (Appendices A-E, last blank), with 20 full page colour plates, 2 manuscript facsimiles & tipped in 'Notice to Subscribers'. A very heavy work (4.5 kgs), additional postage may bw required for domestic and international delivery. Number 241 of a limited edition of 500 numbered copies, signed by Allan McEvey. A fine copy. Signed by Contributor.

Leather. Introduction and bibliographical descriptions by Allan McEvey (illustrator). Facsimile Edition. Folio, Limited Ed Number 264 of 500 copies, pp. xl, 26, xxvi colour plates, colour frontis, (ii Index), (iv list of subscribers), errata by A.R. McEvey, issued with two loose proof plates "Yellow-Ear Honey Sucker" and "Black-Crown Thrush" (suitable for framing), orig leather boards, gilt dentelles, nr fine, in cloth slip case, slight crease to cloth otherwise very good condition.

Zustand: Near Fine. Limited Edition. Limited facsimile edition of 500 numbered copies, of which this is number 431. Includes the two loose proof plates as called for (plate 9 Crested Thrush and plate 22 White-Breasted Honey-Sucker). Attractively bound by Dove Bindery, Melbourne. Grained calf with two raised bands and a gilt title to spine. Housed in a tan cloth clamshell case. Top edge gilt. A total of 26 colored plates accompanied by a page of text. Very minor wear to inside and to edges of the case, but otherwise a nice clean copy with no previous owners' names or other defacements. Please expect the possibility of additional postage for foreign orders as this is a large, heavy book. 12.5 x 16.5 in (32 x 42 cm).