Red boards with gold lettering to spine. Some colour from the rear board has transferred to the rear of the dust jacket causing staining. Spotting to the closed page edges. Black and white frontispiece and illustrated rear end papers. Illustrated unclipped dust wrapper with chipping and wear to the corners and edges. Now in a removable protective clear sleeve. No further inscriptions, 189pp, clean and bright pages with black and white illustrations by D J Watkins-Pitchford (B.B.)throughout. (Any digital image available on request).

Ex Library with Central Asian Society Rules pasted to the ffep. Red boards with gold lettering to the spine. Rubbing and faded to the top and tail and board edges. bumping to the corners and a lean to the boards. Colour frontispiece. No further inscriptions, 381pp, clean and bright pages with 52 full page illustrations throughout. (Any digital image available on request).

Red boards with gold lettering to the front and spine. Gold decoration to the front board. Loosening to the inside front hinge. Lightly rubbed at the spine. Gold top stain and rough page edges. Black and white frontispiece. Gift dedication attached to the ffep from the British Ornithologists Union Expedition to Dutch New Guinea 1909-1911. Foxing present. No further inscriptions, 345pp, clean and bright pages with a colour map of part of Dutch New Guinea to the rear and illustrations throughout. (Any digital image available on request).

Reprint. Three volume set. Navy boards with gold lettering to the spine. Bend to the boards. Lightly marked to the boards. Spotting to the closed page edges only. Black and white frontispiece to each volume. No inscriptions, 840pp in total. Clean and bright pages with black and white illustrations throughout. Please note this is a heavy set and therefore an additional postal charge may apply. (Any digital image available on request).

Marble boards with leather to the spine and corners. Rubbing and wear to boards and edges. Cracking to the top and tail. Book plate to the inside front board and what appears to be a lengthy 19th Century handwritten description as to how the book was purchased to the ffep. Black and white frontispiece. As explained in the book, plates 10 and 17-24 were provided separately so that they would not be 'carelessly exposed to ladies and young persons' These are therefore not present. Some tears to one or two of the page edges. No inscriptions, 331pp. Clean pages with black and white illustrations throughout. (Any digital image available on request).

Green boards with gold lettering to the spine. Light bumping to the top and tail. Corners worn and bumped. Signature to the ffep. Pages loosening between chapter four to chapter six. Black and white frontispiece with tissue guard. No further inscriptions, 272pp. Clean and bright pages with black and white illustrations throughout. (Any digital image available on request).

Illustrated boards with gold lettering to the front and spine. New label to the spine. Grosvenor Gallery Library book plate affixed to the rear board. New cream end papers. Rubbing and wear to the edges. Some pages remain uncut. Owners signature in ink to the half title page. No further inscriptions, 230pp. Clean throughout. (Any digital image available on request).

Rebound in Brown boards with gold lettering to the spine. With seventy two engravings and a chart of the world to the front. Some pages have browned. Light foxing present. No inscriptions, 635pp. Clean and bright pages with black and white illustrations throughout. (Any digital image available on request).

Re backed. Brown boards with gold lettering to the spine. Light shelf wear to the edges and corners. Owners name and address in ink to the ffep and a further signature to the top of the title page. Green end papers. Browned closed page edges. Black and white frontispiece with tissue guard. No further inscriptions, 351pp. Clean and bright pages with black and white illustrations throughout. (Any digital image available on request).

Decorative green boards with some dis colour towards the edges. Gold lettering to the spine. Corners bumped as is the top and tail. Pages 179-181 coming loose. Staining and foxing in places. Gilt page edges. Black and white frontispiece with tissue guard. No inscriptions, 187pp. Clean pages with two further black and white illustrations included. (Any digital image available on request).

Navy boards with gold lettering to the front and spine. Lightly bumped at the top of the spine. Browned page edges and light tanning within. Colour frontispiece. An abundance of adverts in colour and black and white to the front and rear. No inscriptions, 632pp, clean pages with black and white illustrations throughout. (Any digital image available on request).

Green illustrated boards with gold lettering to the spine. Bumped at the corners and the top tail of the spine. Loosening at the ffep. Further wear and loosening from chapter seven yet stitching holding together well. Black and white frontispiece with tissue guard. Publishers adverts to the rear. No inscriptions, 209pp, clean pages with black and white illustrations by Reginald B Birch throughout. (Any digital image available on request).