Lot 197
Morris, Beverley R.
British Game Birds & Wildfowl
Auction: Other Properties | Wed 25 February from 10am | Lots 63 to 255
Description
London: Groombridge and Sons, 1855. First edition, 4to, original half red morocco gilt, vignette on upper board, 60 hand-coloured plates, boards rubbed and corner tips worn, spotting on title page and final leaves, recent endpapers, bookplate of M.H. Cockell;
Millais, J. G. The Natural History of the British Surface-Feeding Ducks. London: Longmans, Green, and Co., 1902. First edition, one of 600 copies, 4to, contemporary red crushed half morocco gilt for Hatchards, 41 colour plates (all original tissue guards present), including frontispiece (8 by Thorburn, 33 by Millais), 6 photogravure plates (all original tissue guards present), and 25 plates in monochrome, occasional spotting to preliminary leaves but otherwise very clean, bookplate of S.C. Lister, Swinton Park (Samuel Cunliffe Lister, 2nd Baron Masham (1857-1917);
Millais, J. G. The Natural History of British Game Birds. London: Longmans, Green, and Co., 1909. First edition, one of 550 copies, folio, original burgundy cloth gilt, 18 colour plates, including frontispiece, 17 photogravures, all by Archibald Thorburn and Millais, and 2 other illustrations, light dampstaining to some leaves and plates, spine faded and some staining to top of upper board, bookplates of J.E. Wightman and M.H. Cockell;
Sitwell, Sacheverell [et al.]. Fine Bird Books 1700-1900. London and New York: Collins & Van Nostrand, 1953. First edition, folio (48.7 x 32.2cm), limited edition of 2,000 copies, 16 colour plates (including frontispiece), one folding, 22 black and white illustrations, original half cloth with marbled boards, covers rubbed at head and foot, spine bumped;
Thorburn, A. Game Birds and Wild-Fowl of Great Britain and Ireland. London: Longmans, Green and Co., 1923. First edition, folio, original red cloth gilt, 30 colour plates (all original tissue guards present), including frontispiece, spotting to endpapers and pastedowns, spine faded, occasional spotting elsewhere, bookplates of J.E. Wightman and M.H. Cockell;
And 10 others (these not collated), including: Morris. F.O. A Natural History of the Nests and Eggs of British Birds. London: Groombridge and Sons, 1866, 3 volumes, 4to; Morris, F.O. A History of British Birds. London: John C. Nimmo, 1891. 3rd edition, 6 volumes, 4to; Morris, F.O. A History of British Birds. London: John C. Nimmo, 1903. 5th edition, 6 volumes, 4to; Seebohm, Henry. A History of British Birds. London: R.H. Porter, 1883. First edition, 4 volumes, 4to; Millais, J.G. Game Birds and Shooting-Sketches. London: Henry Sotheran & Co, 1892. First edition, folio; Thorburn, A. British Birds. London: Longmans, Green and Co., 1916. 2nd edition, 4 volumes, 4to; Millais, J.G. The Mammals of Great Britain and Ireland. London: Longmans, Green and Co., 1904. First edition, 3 volumes, 4to (38)