Thirteen (13) Roger Tory Peterson books including several signed and first editions. 1st-4th items: Four (4) copies of A Field Guide to the Birds of Texas, First Printing, text and illustrations by Roger Tory Peterson, 1960, including two (2) author signed. Published for The Texas Game and Fish Commission by Houghton Mifflin Company, Boston. 12mo, […]
Lot 93: 3 Bird Books: Birds of NE and PA, Hawks and Owls
Three (3) Bird related books, including Birds of New England. 1st item: The Birds of New England by Edward A. Samuels, 1870. Published by Noyes, Holmes, and Company, Boston. Octavo, 591 pages including appendices and indexes, 8 chromolithographic plates with tissue paper guard, additional illustrations, hardbound in tooled green cloth with gilt pictorial covers and […]
Lot 94: Studer, Birds of North America, 1st Ed., 1888
The Birds of North America Drawn and Colored from Nature, First Edition, by Jacob H. Studer, 1888. Published under the auspices of The Natural Science Association of America, New York. Folio, 182 pages with indexes, includes photogravure frontispiece of Studer with facsimile signature and 119 full page color lithographic plates with tissue paper guards, rebound […]
Lot 92: Morris, A History of British Birds, Vol. 1-6, 1851-1857
A History of British Birds, Vol. I-VI, by the Rev. F. O. Morris, 1851-1857. Published by Groombridge and Sons, London. Octavos, 2,095 total pages, Vol. VI with appendix and index, full page 358 wood cut engraved illustrations, some with paper guards, Vol. I – plate 1-59, 60 plates total, Vol. II – plate # 60-119, […]
Lot 90: Wilson & Bonaparte, American Ornithology, Vol. I-III, 1877
American Ornithology; Or, The Natural History of the Birds of the United States, Vol. I-III and Continuation, by Alexander Wilson and Prince Charles Lucien Bonaparte, 1877. Published by J. W. Bouton, New York. Octavos, 1,443 total pages including indexes, steel engraved frontispiece to Vol. I, and 103 plates with hand coloring, Vol. I – plate […]
Lot 91: 3 Albums w/ 19th Cent. Bird Prints, inc. Cassin, Bowen
Three (3) albums containing sixty-four (64) total bird prints, by John Cassin and Bowen. 1st-2nd items: Reports of Explorations and Surveys to Ascertain the Most Practical and Economical Route for a Railroad from the Mississippi River to the Pacific Ocean Made Under the Direction 1853-56, Volume X-XII. Drawn by John Cassin (1813-1869), lithographed by John […]
Lot 87: Meyer's British Birds and Their Eggs, 7 vols., 1857
Colored Illustrations of British Birds and Their Eggs, Vol. I-VII, by H. L. Meyer, 1857. Published by Willis and Sotheran, London. Octavos, 1,501 total pages including index in Vol. VII, steel engraved title pages, 430 plates, 423 with hand coloring, Vol. I – plate # 1-45, 65 total, Vol. II – plate # 46-90, 54 […]
Lot 88: 3 Bird/Natural History Books, inc. Goldsmith, Sharp, & Wood
Three (3) Ornithology and Natural History books (4 items total). 1st-2nd items: A History of the Earth and Animated Nature, Vol. I-II, by Oliver Goldsmith, 1866. Published by Blackie and Son, Glasgow, Edinburgh, London. Octavos, 1,231 total pages including index to Vol. II, steel engraved frontispieces with tissue paper guards, engraved title page illustrations with […]
Lot 89: 5 Thomas Bewick Bird Books
Five (5) Thomas Bewick books, 6 vols. total. 1st item: A History of British Birds. The Figures Engraved on Wood, Vol. I – Containing the History and Description of Land Birds, by Thomas Bewick, 1797. Printed by Solomon Hodgson, for Beilby and Bewick, Newcastle. Octavo, 335 pages including advertisement, wood cut engraved illustrations, hardbound in […]
Lot 85: 4 Audubon Royal Octavo Prints, 1859
Four (4) after John James Audubon (American, 1785-1851) chromolithograph prints from the Royal Octavo edition of "The Birds of North America", lithographed, printed, and colored by J. T. Bowen, Philadelphia, 1859. Prints include "No. 62. Pl. 308. Least Water-Rail", "No. 92. Pl. 460 Wilson's Petrel. Mother Carey's chicken", "No. 94. Pl. 468. Knobbed-billed Phaleris", and […]