W e shuckard (32 Ergebnisse)

Zustand: Fair. 1892. 264 pages. No dust jacket. Brown cloth. Inscription to front endpaper. Pages are moderately tanned and thumbed at the edges, with moderate foxing. Binding has remained firm. Boards are a little rub worn with slight shelf wear to corners, spine and edges. Corners are a little bumped. Spine ends are a mildly crushed, with small splits and chips. Tanning to spine and edges. Boards are bowed. Book has a forward lean. Water marks to boards and spine.…

Zustand: Fair. 1840. No edition remarks. 83 pages. No dust jacket. Brown cloth with gilt lettering. Contains black and white illustrated plates. Pages are moderately tanned with visible foxing. Notable cracking to gutters and front hinge. Previous owner's inscription to front endpaper. Mild thumb-marking present. Mild water staining to pages throughout. Boards have light edgewear with corner crushing and notable marking to boards. Heavy tanning to spine, which has notable crushing and tearing to ends. Moderate water stains to rear board.…

Zustand: New. In English.

PAP. Zustand: New. New Book. Shipped from UK. Established seller since 2000.

PAP. Zustand: New. New Book. Shipped from UK. Established seller since 2000.

Zustand: Fair. 1871. New Edition. 492 pages. No dust jacket. Green cloth with gilt lettering. Black and white illustrations throughout. Moderate foxing and tanning to pages. More prominent to text block edges, pastedowns and free endpapers. Pen inscription to front free endpaper. Hinges are heavily cracked with netting exposed but boards remain loosely attached; gutters cracked moderately also. Boards have moderate corner bumping and edge-wear with visible tanning and scuffing overall. Spine has heavier tanning with noticeable splitting, fraying and crushing to ends. Lettering remains bright and clear. Book has a slight forward lean.…

Hardcover. Zustand: Good. hardback, 8vo, viii,264pp, illustrated, edges browned, text clean and sound, green cloth gilt, edges rubbed, Good condition.

Zustand: New. In English.

HRD. Zustand: New. New Book. Shipped from UK. Established seller since 2000.

HRD. Zustand: New. New Book. Shipped from UK. Established seller since 2000.

Zustand: New. In English.

translated from the German of Dr. H. Burmeister. With 32 plates. Lacks Spine and Boards, scuffed o/w G.

Zustand: Good. viii, 83, 94 plates of figs. . HB. 8vo, orig. brown, blind-stamped cloth, some wear to joints; some foxing. Good sound copy. .

Taschenbuch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it.This work is in the 'public domain in the United States of America, and possibly other nations. Within the United States, you may freely copy and distribute this work, as no entity (individual or corporate) has a copyright on the body of the work.Scholars believe, and we concur, that this work is important enough to be preserved, reproduced, and made generally available to the public. We appreciate your support of the preservation process, and thank you for being an important part of keeping this knowledge alive and relevant.…

Kartoniert / Broschiert. Zustand: New.

Taschenbuch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware.

Buch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it.This work is in the 'public domain in the United States of America, and possibly other nations. Within the United States, you may freely copy and distribute this work, as no entity (individual or corporate) has a copyright on the body of the work.Scholars believe, and we concur, that this work is important enough to be preserved, reproduced, and made generally available to the public. We appreciate your support of the preservation process, and thank you for being an important part of keeping this knowledge alive and relevant.…

Gebunden. Zustand: New.

Zustand: Good. vii, 83, [1], 94 uncoloured plates. . HB. 8vo, cont. half calf, raised bands and leather title piece to spine, rubbed, slightly worn to extremities. Some spotting/foxing throughout. Occasional neat pencil name added against illustrations. Small armorial bookplate to endpaper. Good. First edition. Plates numbered 1-86, Supplement 1-8. …

Zustand: Good. viii, 83, 94 uncoloured plates. . HB. 8vo, orig. blind-stamped brown cloth, spine faded. As usual there is foxing to some of the plates. Good - a well-preserved copy of a book not often found in good condition. Small ownership label of British coleopterist Stanley Bowestead inside front cover. First edition. Plates numbered 1-86, Supplement 1-8.…

Plate 1 in xerox, last page missing (captions to the figures of plates 3-4) 0.0.

Leather. Zustand: Good. A smartly bound copy of this treatise on insectss from English entomologists William Swainson and William Edward Shuckard. From The Cabinet of Natural History. With in-text images throughout. A detailed and comprehensive treatise on the history and natural arrangement of insects, with chapters on: annulose animals, winged insects, the apterous insects and more. Divided into the separate species of insect. Written by William Swainson, an English ornithologist, malacologist, conchologist, entomologist, and artist who was a prolific collector of natural history specimens and produced an influential illustrated classification of birds, and William Edward Shuckard, an English bookseller and entomologist who was librarian of the Royal Society. Bound by Staunton, London. In the original full calf binding. Externally, sound with light rubbing and fading to the extremities. The odd small mark to the boards. A 2" crack to the front joint with light loss to the head and tail of the spine. Hinges starting but firm. Internally, firmly bound. Pages are very bright and clean with the odd small spot to the endpapers. Previous owner's bookplate to the front pastedown. Bound by Staunton, London. Good. None (illustrator). book.…

Hardcover. pp.xii, 654 with hand-coloured frontis., plus 32 lithograph plates, (8 part hand-coloured, as published). 8vo. Hardback. Ffep removed. Minor tape residue to endpapers and half title, o/w. contents fine. Original marbled boards with paper backed spine, in vg. condition.

Hardcover. 1st Edition. pp.vi, 394 with col. frontis., decorated half-title with hand. col. vignette, b/w. illus. throughout plus 8-page Publisher's catalogue. 8vo. Hardback. AEG. Early bookplate and small blindstamp of a Manchester bookseller. Minor spotting to prelims. and very occ. internally o/w. contents fine. Original cloth boards with gilt decoration to front showing some light wear to spine ends, spine showing some darkening o/w. in vg. condition. A pleasing copy of the scarce first edition. Provides comprehensive instructions on keeping birds in cages or aviaries. The large number of birds presented ranges from Rooks to the Carolina Parrot and from the Pied Wagtail to the Canary.…

Zustand: Very Good. [vi], 406, additional engraved title, text engravings. . HB. small 8vo, rebound in recent plum cloth, in antique style, blind stamped rules with decorative border to both boards, leather title piece. Engraved title browned with old water stain to upper right corner. Very good. First edition. Scarce.Freeman 3632. …

Hardcover. pp.xiii, 371 with 16 fine hand-coloured plates plus 16-page publisher's catalogue. 8vo. Hardback. Early signature to ffep. Only very occ., very light spotting internally o/w. contents fine. Original cloth boards with gilt motif to front, spine relaid, in vg. plus condition. Harding 309. As noted in the bibliography of British Bee Books, 'In the earlier issues the plates are coloured by hand and are particularly fine'. (Harding 309). …

Hardcover. pp.xvi, 371 with 16 fine hand-coloured plates plus 16-page publisher's catalogue. 8vo. Hardback. Early bookplate to front paste down and signature dated 1958 to ffep. Very minor spotting, a little pencil underlining internally and a few corners turned o/w. contents fine. Original cloth boards with gilt motif to front, spine gently sunned and in thor. vg. condition. Harding 309. As noted in the bibliography of British Bee Books, 'In the earlier issues the plates are coloured by hand and are particularly fine'. (Harding 309).…

Zustand: Fair. viii, 83, 94 hand-col plates. . HB. 8vo, orig. red blind-stamped cloth, gilt to spine, rebacked preserving original backstrip; ink stain to spine and rear board. Some foxing, as usual with this work. First edition. Rare with all plates hand-coloured.

Hardcover. Zustand: Very Good. No Jacket. First Edition. The boards have recently been rebound in full leather with no labels to the spine. Internally, there is light tanning throughout, but there are no markings or inscriptions, and the pages within are crisp, neat and complete with 33 plates at the back. Several plates have been partially hand-coloured, and one has been fully and exquisitely hand-coloured. The binding is secure. A handsome book indeed! JK. Our orders are shipped using tracked courier delivery services.…

Zustand: Very Good. xii, 259, [1 - blank], [2 - description of plates], [8 - Checklist of Aculeata], 4 engraved plates (1 with wing veins in colour), folding table. . HB. 8vo, orig. cloth, rebacked, preserving original spine (faded). Two plates heavily foxed. Occasional marginal spotting. Ownership label of William Garneys, Repton, to endpaper. First edition. Privately published. Rare. Includes descriptions of new species. Small printed slip tipped in facing title offers the author's duplicate specimens of Aculeate Hymenoptera, 'set and in the best possible condition', for exchange 'with his brother entomologists for either good Coleoptera or Lepidoptera.' (with m/s note on the history of Shuckard's collection, '. perished in transit from London to Brisol').…