Under £1500

First edition. 2 parts in 1 vol., 8vo, viii, 101; viii, 67 pp., 80 woodcuts in text by Mr. Mark of Wellington, Shropshire; contemporary green half morocco gilt, marbled sides, top edge gilt, small defect to blank outer corner page 5, a very good copy.

First edition. 8vo ( 16 x 12 cm), pp. x. 394, 8 maps including map of Ceylon in rear pocket, 12 plans, 102 illustrations, some pencilling inside on endpapers; publisher's red cloth gilt, worn and faded; overall a good solid copy.

25th printing; 8vo; presentation copy inscribed by the author; publisher's sage cloth, title to upper board and spine in red, dust-jacket, a little frayed and faded, price-clipped, otherwise very good.

Eighteenth edition. xxii, 404pp, 63 maps, 63 plans, stamp inside on endpapers; publisher's red cloth gilt; a very good copy.

Third revised edition. ccxvi, 293 pp, 14 maps, 33 plans, 7 views, and 76 vignettes, some pencilling and blue crayon markings inside throughout, ink signature, a few pages detached; publisher's red cloth gilt, slightly marked and spotted; a very good copy.

First edition, second impression of the first titles first UK printings of the others; 5 vols, 8vo; Publisher's black cloth, titles to spines gilt. With the dust jackets. Exceptional copies in the minimally faded dust jackets with the odd negligible tear

First edition, first impression. 8vo. Publisher's blue cloth, titles to spine gilt, red topstain. With the pictorial dust jacket. A lovely copy in the dust jacket with just a couple of very minor tear and the merest trace of bleed from the cloth to the verso at one fold.

First edition. 8vo, xxii, 342 pp., frontispiece and numerous illustrations, original blue cloth gilt, light foxing to title and occasionally elsewhere, an excellent copy.

First edition, first impression, one of 100 numbered copies, specially bound and signed by the author; 8vo; publisher's full black morocco, eclipse motif to boards and titles to spine in red, matching cloth slipcase, fine.

9 vols; comprising: I. A History of British Birds: 6 vols, 4to; 358 finely coloured engravings, tissue guards, scattered light foxing, light marginal damp-staining and one plate loose in third volume; publisher's teal pictorial cloth, elaborately gilt, corners slightly rubbed; II. Natural History of the Nests and Eggs of British Birds: second edition; 3 vols, 4to; 233 chromolithographed plates, tissue guards, ownership inscription to pastedowns of each volume, scattered light foxing; publisher's teal pictorial cloth, elaborately gilt, corners slightly rubbed; a remarkably fresh set.