Lot 349
Hume, A.O.
Printed Books, Maps and Manuscripts
Auction: 11 July 2006 at 12:00 BST
Description
Contributions to Indian Ornithology - Cashmere, Ladak, Yarkand. London, 1873, 8vo, volume I, 32 colour plates, original green morocco gilt, rubbed at edges, interior clean, bookplate removed; Swainson, William Birds of Western Africa. Edinburgh: W.H. Lizars, 1837,8vo, 2 volumes, volumes VII and VIII from The Naturalist's Library, 64 colour plates, some trimmed, later half calf, interiors clean; Meinertzhagen, Colonel R. Birds of Arabia. Edinburgh, 1954. First edition, large 8vo, illustrated, original cloth, dustwrapper, some rubbing, sunned; Smythies, Bertram The birds of Burma. Edinburgh, 1953. Second edition, 8vo, 31 colour plates, original cloth, some staining, dustwrapper, sunned, chipping to edges; Hudson, W.H. Birds of La Plata. London, 1920, 8vo, 2 volumes, one of 3000 copies, 22 colour plates, original quarter calf gilt, dustwrappers, rubbed, split at hinges, ex-library stamps to endpaper and verso of title, occassional spotting; Bates, Henry Walter The naturalist on the river Amazons. London, 1864. Second edition, 8vo, illustrated, later half calf gilt, some discolouration, inner hinges weak, occassional spotting and 3 others (11)