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Price: US$386.71 + shipping
Description: 54,5 x 36,5 cm ; Edition limited to 530 Copies, of which 500 numbered Copies are for Sale, this is a numbered Copy. Hochwertiges Faksimile der Ausgabe London, 1832. Überaus großformatige englischsprachige Hardcoverausgabe, bordeauxroter Halbledereinband mit mit goldgeprägtem Rückentitel und fünf angedeuteten Bünden, [4] Seiten, 42 überaus schöne Farbtafeln, nebst fadengebundenem Beiheft "Brian Reade: An Essay on Edward Lear's Illustrations of the Family of Psittacidae, or Parrots", 15 Seiten nebst 8 Abbildungen auf 2 Tafeln. Gutes und sauberes Exemplar (good and clean Copy). hwR.-L. ISBN: 0850860741
Seller: Antiquariat Weber, Neuendorf b. Elmshorn, SH, Germany
Price: US$398.35 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: used hardcover folio in plain paper dust jacket. bound in 3/4 burgundy morocco over cloth; raised bands; gilt titles to spine; top edge gilt. no jacket. binding is in very good condition, with minor bumping to corners. pages are clean and unmarked. binding is square and tight. a nice copy.
Seller: Magus Books Seattle, Seattle, WA, U.S.A.
Lear, Edward. Illustrations of the Family of Psittacidae, or Parrots. Pion Limited, London, 1978.
Price: US$483.10 + shipping
Condition: Fine
Description: [2], [vii], 42 col plates. . HB. Large-folio, orig. half burgundy morocco, raised bands and gilt rules to spine, gilt title, top edge gilt. Fine copy. Limited edition of 530 copies of which 500 were for sale, this being #26. A fine facsimile edition of Lear's famous work on Parrots, first published in 1832. [9780850860740]
Seller: PEMBERLEY NATURAL HISTORY BOOKS BA, ABA, Iver, United Kingdom
Price: US$495.98 + shipping
Condition: Fine
Description: Large folio , 42 superb colour plates drawn by Edward Lear, publisher's burgundy half morocco with matching cloth sides, top edge gilt, a fine copy with the original protective paper cover. A fine facsimile of this famous work first published by Edward Lear in 1832, this edition is limited to 530 copies of which 500 were for sale. A heavy item for which extra charges will be requested for shipping an order overseas. Please ignore ABE's stock photograph image which shows a copy that appears to have been partly eaten by a rodent, our copy is FINE!
Seller: Wildside Books, Eastbourne, United Kingdom
Price: US$575.00 + shipping
Description: Illustrations of the Family of Psittacidae, or Parrots: The greater Part of them Species Hitherto Unfigured, containing forty-two lithographic Plates, drawn from Life, and on Stone, by Edward Lear. Facsimile Bound in publisher's burgundy half morocco with matching cloth sides, top edge gilt, a fine copy, only one binding corner slightly bumped. A fine facsimile of this famous work first published by Edward Lear in 1832, this edition is limited to 530 copies of which 500 were for sale. Includes a loosely inserted 15 page booklet by Brian Reade: "An Essay on Edward Lear's Illustrations of the Family of Psittacidae or Parrots"
Seller: Rare Books Honolulu, Honolulu, HI, U.S.A.
Price: US$579.72 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: Number 420 of just 500 such copies; publisher's dark red half Morocco binding, gilt titles to spine and top edge gilt, in better than very good shape, firm and square with strong joints, no cracks, no defects, just mildly rubbed. Contents crisp, tight and clean; no pen-marks. Not from a library so no such stamps or labels. Includes 42 full colour parrot plates and a loosely inserted booklet by Brian Reade: 'An Essay on Edward Lear's Illustrations'. Size: Folio (545mm x 360mm). Thus a very tidy and presentable book.
Seller: Prior Books Ltd, Cheltenham, United Kingdom
Price: US$600.00 + shipping
Condition: Fine
Description: Reprint edition of the 1832 publication, including a 15 page essay by Brian Reade on the illustrations as an insert. (10) pp. + 42 color plates on heavy paper, elephant folio, 1/2 morocco, cloth, gilt -stamped raised bands, limited to 500 numbered copies of which this is #428. Overall good to very good condition. Shipping outside the United States may incur higher shipping charges. Inventory #25419-2
Seller: The Old Print Shop, Inc., New York, NY, U.S.A.
Price: US$708.54 + shipping
Description: This is the stunning Prion facsimile reprint, printed at the famous Curwen Press in 1978. Half maroon leather and cloth boards. Copyright page states this edition was limited to 530 copies, of which 500 were for sale. This copy is listed as being "out of series" i.e.the remaining thirty were disposed of privately and not sold. The original book was Edward Lear's first published work, dated 1832 and published by Lear himself. The binding has some infinitesimal spotting to the front and a very short scratch and one or two other inconsequential marks to the back.The contents of 42 prints are immaculate.
Seller: Black Box Books, ASHFORD, United Kingdom
LEAR,EDWARD.. Lear: Parrots *. , 1978.
Price: US$751.33 + shipping
Description: Illustrations of the Family of Psittacidae, or Parrots. London 1832. Reprint Pion Limited, London & Johnson Reprint Corporation, New York. Format 55 x 36 cm. (12) S. sowie 42 Farbtafeln, dunkelroter Halblederband mit Lederecken, Buchrücken goldgeprägt, Kopfgoldschnitt. - Aufl. 530 handnum. Expl., hier: Nr. 400. - Lose beigelegt: 16-seit. Text (A4-Format) mit einem erläuternden Text von Brian Reade. - Sehr guter Zustand: ungelesenes Exemplar in Originalverpackung. An excellent facsimile of one of the most famous of all colour plate bird books. Lear's Psittacidae was the first folio handcoloured bird book and provided the inspiration for the entrepreneurial John Gould and his highly successful publications. Many Australian parrots are figured and almost all the birds were drawn from life at the Zoological Gardens of London. Lear was just nineteen when his book was published.
Seller: Antiquariat / Buchhandlung Walther König, Köln, NRW, Germany
Price: US$1104.89 + shipping
Description: Imp.-Folio 55x36 cm. 1 Bl., 1 Bl. (neuer Titel / Impressum), 1Bl. (alter Titel), 1 Bl. (Widmung), 1 Bl. (List of Subscribers), 1 Bl. (List of Plates), 42 kolorierte Tafeln, 1 Bl. Roter Halblederbd. auf 5 Bünden, Lederecken, goldgeprägtem Rückentitel u. Kopfgoldschnitt. Nissen IVB, 536; Anker 283; Zimmer II,380-81; Wood S.503; Sitwell Fine Bird Books S.115 (zwei Sterne !). Erschien in einer Auflage von nur 530 handnummerierten Exemplaren, hier Exemplar Nr.522. Wundervolles Faksimile dieser, neben der "Histoire naturelle des perroquets" von Levaillant, sicherlich schönsten und seltensten Papageien-Iconographie. Lose einliegend, eine Broschüre in Quartformat, mit 2 (1 farb.) Tafeln und einem Essay von Brian Reade zu diesem Werk. Sehr gutes, neuwertiges Exemplar.
Seller: Biblion Antiquariat, Zürich, ZH, Switzerland