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Seller: HPB-Red, Dallas, TX, U.S.A.
Olson, Storrs L. (S. Dillon Ripley). A Synopsis of the Fossil Rallidae. David R Godine, 1977.
Price: US$30.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: 1977. Large format paperback in very good condiiton, inscribed by author on front cover. Reprinted with a separate bibliography from chapter 5 of 'Rails of the World' by S. Dillon Ripley. Pages 339 - 373. B & W photos and illustrations.
Seller: Buteo Books, Arrington, VA, U.S.A.
Price: US$33.07 + shipping
Condition: As New
Description: 406 pags. Hardback. Condición: VG. Estado de la sobrecubierta: VG DW. Lansdowne, Fenwick Ilustrador. 1st Edition. Book is in very good condition
Seller: Reus, Paris, Londres, Valldoreix, Spain
Price: US$35.00 + shipping
Description: Pp. xiii, 430, 41 color plates of rails from paintings by J. Fenwick Lansdowne, 17 distribution maps, 10 black-and-white photos of rails at rear, 26 black-and-white text-figures in chapter on fossil rails by Storrs L. Olson. One-quarter burgundy-red cloth, spine lettered in gilt and with gilt image of a rail below title, over beige cloth boards, color pictorial dust jacket, sm folio (14 1/4 x 10 1/4 inches). Laid in at the front is the original eight-page prospectus, in color, announcing the volumes publication. The front page of this prospectus is signed by S. Dillon Ripley, Litchfield, October 1988. A lavishly produced volume describing all species of rails. The family Rallidae includes the coots, rails, and gallinules of the worlds' marshlands. Small call number of the International Crane Foundation on the spine of the dust jacket, plain pocket on the rear endpaper and name stamp of Ron Sauey Memorial Library on the endpapers and top page edge, no other institutional marks to the text or cloth binding. Sauey was co-founder of the International Crane Foundation, Baraboo, Wisconsin. A fine copy in a near fine dust jacket.
Seller: Natural History Books, Iowa City, IA, U.S.A.
Price: US$36.00 + shipping
Condition: Near Fine
Description: Boston: David R Godine, 1977. Near fine hardcover in dust jacket. With forty-one color paintings by J. Fenwick Lansdowne. B&W maps and illustrations. 406 pp.
Seller: Buteo Books, Arrington, VA, U.S.A.
Price: US$36.65 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: Book is in very good plus condition with very minor signs of wear and/or age. but slight text edge spotting and bottom edge of covers slightly crushed. Dustwrapper/dustjacket is in near very good condition with minor but just noticeable signs of wear and/or age. SPECIAL POSTAGE RATES APPLY (GB 2020 £8) Packed weight 3600g. NOT AVAILABLE OVERSEAS.
Seller: Richard Sylvanus Williams (Est 1976), WINTERTON, United Kingdom
Price: US$38.48 + shipping
Description: p.xx, 406 with colour frontis., 40 colour plates of illus. and b/w. photos. and maps. Folio. Fine hardback in nr. fine dw., with vg. publishers slipcase. Although not inscribed, from the library of ornithologist, artist, author and editor Robert Gillmor MBE (purchased by us May 2023). Daily telegraph obituary of the author, loosely inserted, together with a newspaper article on the discovery, in the Philipines, of a new species of flightless bird, the Calayan Rail dated August 2004 in Gillmors hand. With forty-one paintings by J. Fenwick Lansdowne and a chapter on Fossil Species by Storrs L. Olson.
Seller: C. Arden (Bookseller) ABA, Hay-on-Wye, United Kingdom
Price: US$51.31 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: xx 406pp hardback, burgundy and oatmeal cloth gilt in wrapper, with 40 colour plates and 17 distribution maps, folio, some light spotting to deges of wrapper else very good in a very good wrapper
Seller: Salsus Books (P.B.F.A.), Kidderminster, United Kingdom
Price: US$57.72 + shipping
Description: First edition, folio, xx, 406, (2) pp. 41 coloured plates, 17 maps and 10 photographs. Two toned cloth, d.w. slightly worn to the head, in the original card slipcase - this torn to top and bottom, the whole still held in the publisher's original cardboard box.
Seller: Bow Windows Bookshop (ABA, ILAB), Lewes, United Kingdom
Ripley, S. Dillon. Rails of the World: A monograph of the family Rallidae. David R. Godine, 1977.
Price: US$60.00 + shipping
Condition: Good
Description: David R. Godine, 1977. small bump at top corner; small dents at bottom front edge. no other flaws. a very nice copy; due to the weight of this item, additional shipping charges may apply. hardcover. Good/Good. Illus. by Lansdowne, J. Fenwick. Folio - over 12" - 15" tall.
Seller: Munster & Company LLC, ABAA/ILAB, Corvallis, OR, U.S.A.
Price: US$75.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: In very good, unmarked condition. Cover has light shelf wear, bumped corners. Dj scuffed. (International and Priority shipments not accepted for this heavy or oversized item.) Your purchase benefits the world-wide relief efforts of Mennonite Central Committee.
Seller: Booksavers of Virginia, Harrisonburg, VA, U.S.A.
Price: US$75.00 + shipping
Condition: Fine
Description: No slipcase ; folio4; 41 beautiful color plates by Lansdowne. ; 406 pages
Seller: T. A. Borden Books, Olney, MD, U.S.A.
Price: US$75.00 + shipping
Description: 406p. An oversize hardcover book in fine condition with a very good dustjacket. The book is clean and tight. The jacket is fully intact, though tanned and lightly creased on the spine. A guide to the bird species of the Rallidae family, such as coots, gallinules, and rails. Illustrated with paintings by J. Fenwick Lansdowne. Measures approx. 14.5" x 10.5"
Seller: Kubik Fine Books Ltd., ABAA, Dayton, OH, U.S.A.
Price: US$76.97 + shipping
Condition: Near Fine
Description: Book - near fine, dust wrapper - very good (covered in clear, non-removable plastic; spine faded). 41 paintings, chapter on fossil species by Storrs L Olson. HEAVY (3.45 kg) - extra postage will be required.
Seller: Calluna Books, Morpeth, United Kingdom
Ripley, S.D.. Rails of the World: A Monograph of the Family Rallidae. David R. Godine, Boston, 1977.
Price: US$96.21 + shipping
Condition: Fine
Description: xx, 406, 41 col plates, 26 text figs. . HB + Slipcase. 4to, orig. two-tone cloth, gt. Fine in d/w, in card slipcase. Illustrations by J. Fenwick Lansdowne. Includes a chapter on fossil species by Storrs L. Olson. [9780879231989]
Seller: PEMBERLEY NATURAL HISTORY BOOKS BA, ABA, Iver, United Kingdom
Price: US$100.00 + shipping
Condition: Fine
Description: 406 PP., ONE QUARTER RED CLOTH OVER BEIGE CLOTH. FORTY-ONE PAINTINGS BY J. FENWICK LANSDOWNE. GOLD GILT LETTERING ON A BLACK PRINTED LABEL AND A GOLD GILT LINE DRAWING OF A RAIL ON SPINE. Size: FOLIO
Seller: BRIER ROSE BOOKS, TEANECK, NJ, U.S.A.
Price: US$102.62 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: Large Thick Folio. Very Heavy. UK POSTAGE ONLY. xx, 406pp. Publisher's quarter maroon cloth with cream buckram boards. In the cream colour illustrated dust wrapper with black titles. Edge and surface wear to wrapper, some stains to rear. Decorative end papers. Illustrated. Overall a Very Good copy.
Seller: Kerr & Sons Booksellers ABA, Cartmel, CMA, United Kingdom
Price: US$110.24 + shipping
Description: xx, 406 Seiten, 2 Bll., goldgeprägter OHLdrbd., OLn.-Schuber (mit Lederbordüren an Kopf und Fuß des Einschubs), 36 x 24,5 cm. Mit eigenhändiger Signatur von Riplex und eigenhändiger Signatur von Landsdowne im Druckvermerk. Nummer 91 von 400 Exemplaren der Vorzugsausgabe. Ohne die im Kolophon erwähnte Original-Lithographie Landsdownes. - Mit 41 ganzseitigen farbigen Illustrationen (im Text) und zahlreichen schwarzweiß-Textabbildungen und Textillustrationen. - Buchgestaltung von Crimilda Pontes; gedruckt unter Aufsicht von Martino Mardersteig in der Stamperia Valdonega auf Magnani di Pescia Papier; Buchbindearbeiten von Recalcati, Milan. - Provenienz: Typographisches Exlibris für Sigfred Taubert auf dem vorderen Spiegel. Taubert (1914-2008) leitete von 1958 bis 1973 die Frankfurter Buchmesse. - Gering berieben und bestoßen; der Schuber mit der zarten Andeutung von Flecken; gutes Exemplar.
Seller: Antiquariat Tautenhahn, Lübeck, Germany
Price: US$115.00 + shipping
Condition: Fine
Description: A large, heavy book - additional shipping charges may apply. FINE/VERY GOOD+. Color Illustrations. Folio 13" - 23" tall. xx, 406, (3) pp
Seller: Round Table Books, LLC, Palatine, IL, U.S.A.
Price: US$115.45 + shipping
Description: p.xx, 406 with colour frontis., 40 colour plates and b/w. photos., illus and maps. Folio. Fine hardback in nr. fine dw., with vg. publishers slipcase. With forty-one paintings by J. Fenwick Lansdowne and a chapter on Fossil Species by Storrs L. Olson.
Seller: C. Arden (Bookseller) ABA, Hay-on-Wye, United Kingdom
Price: US$125.00 + shipping
Condition: Fine
Description: 10" x 14" Cloth in DJ in Slipcase; 406pp; Very slight wear to base of spine of DJ, DJ scuffed on spine, else clean & bright, tan buckram boards with burgundy cloth spine, boards square, clean & bright, text unmarked, binding is tight, includes cardboard slipcase, Fine/VG condition in VG+ slipcase. Oversized monograph on the rails of the world. With 41 paintings by J. Fenwick Lansdowne and a chapter on Fossil Species by Storrs L. Olson. Illustrated with drawings, maps & color paintings.
Seller: Book Happy Booksellers, Portland, OR, U.S.A.
Price: US$125.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: > DJ > First edition 406 pages. A monograph of the Family Rallidae with 41 full color plates by J. Jenwick Lansdowne. Included is an illustrated chapter about fossil rails by Dr. Storrs L. Olson and an unusual section of photographs of these elusive birds in aviary and natural habitats. Housed in original clamshell box. 10.5in. x 14in. Tan and maroon cloth book cover. Tan cloth with leatherette spine on box. Box has light wear on two corners. The book is in as new condition. Dust jacket spine has light overall soiling and soft crease along front fold. Additional postage will be required for priority mail or shipment to another country.
Seller: The Book Bin, Salem, OR, U.S.A.
Price: US$133.66 + shipping
Description: Small folio,406 pp.,41 colour plates by J. Fenwick Lansdowne, fine copy in dustwrapper. One of the better modern bird monograph.
Seller: Andrew Isles Natural History Books, Prahran, VIC, Australia
Price: US$150.00 + shipping
Condition: Fine
Description: Folio (37 cm); 430 pages, with 41 color plates by Lansdowne, 35 black-and-white illustrations, and 17 maps. Original publisher's prospectus laid in, together with a photocopy of Ripley's obituary in the New York Times. Fine in original three-piece linen and buckram, with dust jacket, and in original shipping slipcase. One of the great 20th-century bird books. Extra shipping charges will apply.
Seller: Rodger Friedman Rare Book Studio, ABAA, Tuxedo, NY, U.S.A.
Price: US$173.17 + shipping
Condition: Fine
Description: In grey slipcase. Large format. Red leather spine with raised bands, with gilt title and gilt decoration, grey cloth covers, red leather corners, very well illustrated
Seller: Hay-on-Wye Booksellers, Hay-on-Wye, HEREF, United Kingdom
Price: US$175.00 + shipping
Condition: As New
Description: Folio. Clean, unmarked pages. Good binding and cover. Red leather spine. Hardcover and slip case. Minor wear/soiling to slip case. Includes review notes. xx, 406 p. : illustrations. This is an oversized or heavy book, that requires additional postage for international delivery outside the US.
Seller: Sequitur Books, Boonsboro, MD, U.S.A.
Price: US$175.00 + shipping
Description: First Trade edition. With 41 Paintings by J. Fenwick Landsdowne. 406 pp. 1 vols. Small Folio. Cloth. Fine in about fine dust jacket With 41 Paintings by J. Fenwick Landsdowne. 406 pp. 1 vols. Small Folio
Seller: The Old Mill Bookshop, HACKETTSTOWN, NJ, U.S.A.
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Description: RIPLEY, Sidney Dillon (1913-2001). Rails of the World: A Monograph of the Family Rallidae. and a Chapter on Fossil Species by Storrs L. Olson. Boston: David R. Godine, 1977 Folio (14 x 10 inches). Fine lithograph of of a Rail numbered 193/400 and signed by the artist J.Fenwick Lansdowne lower left, loosely inserted as issued. Illustrated with 41 colour plates after Landsdowne and regional maps. Original publisher's half red morocco, natural linen, gilt; preserved in original morocco trimmed natural linen slipcase. Limited edition, number 193 of 400 copies signed by author and artist of a total edition of 420 copies. Ripley's interest in the birds of Southeast Asia when he joined the 1937-1938 Denison-Crocket expedition to New Guinea and the 1939 Vanderbilt Expedition to Sumatra, which resulted in a dissertation entitled "The Bird Fauna of the West Sumatra Islands: A Study in Speciation." Aware "of the growing tensions in Southeast Asia, in 1942 Ripley moved to Washington, D.C., serving briefly as assistant curator at the Smithsonian's U.S. National Museum, before joining the Office of Strategic Services led by William Donovan. Stationed in Ceylon Ripley served as liaison to Admiral Louis Mountbatten of the Southeast Asia Command. His OSS roommate, Paul Child, introduced Ripley to his fiancée, Julia McWilliams, and her roommate, Mary Moncrieffe Livingston, whom Ripley married in 1949. They had three daughters. "After World War II Ripley joined the faculty at Yale, serving as assistant, associate, and full professor of biology, and also as director of the Peabody Museum of Natural History. Ripley enlivened the staid museum with dramatic exhibits and daring events, including a King Tut exhibit opening replete with belly dancers. Ripley continued exploring Southeast Asian birds with his wife, who developed expertise in botany and entomology, and his longtime collaborator, Dr. Sálim Ali of India. Ali and Ripley were considered the world's experts on birds of the Indian subcontinent, based on their 1961 Synopsis of the Birds of India and Pakistan. Their Handbook of the Birds of India and Pakistan, published in twelve volumes from 1968 to 1974, was their best known systematic work. Ripley's definitive monograph, Rails of the World (1977), was noted for the beauty of its illustrations by J. Fenwick Lansdowne. "In 1963 Ripley was recruited to become the eighth secretary (or chief operating officer) of the Smithsonian Institution. He led the Institution from 1964 to 1984, overseeing its greatest period of growth. Museums established during his tenure included the Anacostia Community Museum, Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden, National Air and Space Museum, National Museum of African Art, National Portrait Gallery, National Postal Museum, Renwick Gallery, Arthur M. Sackler Gallery, and Cooper-Hewitt, the National Design Museum in New York" (Pamela M. Henson for ANB).
Seller: Arader Galleries - AraderNYC, New York, NY, U.S.A.
Price: US$190.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: Folio, 406 pages, half red morocco, cloth, raised bands of spine scuffed, in matching publisher's slipcase in near-fine condition. Copy no. 378 of only 400 in the Collector's Edition, each with an original lithograph by Lansdowne, signed, commissioned only for this issue. Printed by Martino Mardersteig on Magnani of Pescia for this edition. Colophon signed by Ripley and Lansdowne.
Seller: Thomas J. Joyce And Company, Chicago, IL, U.S.A.
Price: US$200.00 + shipping
Condition: Fine
Description: No. 338 of 400 copies; signed on limitation page by author and illustrator. Tall, thick folio volume in slipcase. Bound in red leather and oatmeal-colored cloth with slipcase covered in same oatmeal-colored cloth with red leather trim. Full page color plates; B&W illustrations; maps. Condition: fine in fine slipcase. 406 pages.
Seller: Arnold M. Herr, Los Angeles, CA, U.S.A.
Price: US$250.00 + shipping
Condition: Near Fine
Description: Limited edition number 361 of 400 copies signed by Ripley and Lansdowne on the colophon page; includes a signed original lithograph by Lansdowne laid in at the rear. Bound in three-quaters red morocco over tan cloth boards, gilt spine titling, Illustrated with color plates, folio with matching slipcase, 406pp. A bright copy of the limited signed edition, a very attractive large format book. Size: Folio - over 12" - 15" tall
Seller: Vashon Island Books, Vashon, WA, U.S.A.
Price: US$253.55 + shipping
Description: With forty one paintings by Fenwick Lansdowne, and a chapter on fossil species by Storrs L.Olson. cm.28x42, pp.(I), (XX), 1-406, Stupendously colorful full-page color plates and that are augmented with learned text and mezza pelle e titoli e fregi in oro al dorso. Cofanetto e piatti in tela grezza grigia realizzata da legatoria Recalcati di Milano, come si evince anche da ex libris cartaceo applicato in appendice. Edizione Deluxe. Deluxe edition. NOTA:ex libris cartaceo applicato in appendice / Boston, David R.Godine Publisher cm.28x42, pp.(I), (XX), 1-406, Stupendously colorful full-page color plates and that are augmented with learned text and brilliantly conceived research, plus an additional chapter on the fossil species. Bellissima rilegatura artigianale in mezza pelle e titoli e fregi in oro al dorso. Cofanetto e piatti in tela grezza grigia realizzata da legatoria Recalcati di Milano, come si evince anche da ex libris cartaceo applicato in appendice. Edizione Deluxe. Deluxe edition. brilliantly conceived research, plus an additional chapter on the fossil species. Bellissima rilegatura artigianale in
Seller: FIRENZELIBRI SRL, Reggello, FI, Italy
Price: US$267.32 + shipping
Condition: Near Fine
Description: HEAVY. xx, 406pp, index, bibliography, bvw line drawings and photographs, 17 distribution maps, 41 color plates (inc frontis). Or ivory cloth flecked with brown with red leather spine and corners (ie 1/2 leather) with titles in gilt to spine presented in sturdy cloth covered slipcase with red leather highlights at head and foot of open edge, patterned endpapers. Edition limited to 400 copies of which this #298, signed by both authors and numbered on limitation page ( colophon). Some toning/foxing to slipcase, and also the cloth of the rear cover, otherwise a very clean fresh copy. A narrow strip of color on the front free endpaper has been abraded in the removel of the previous owners name. This copy lacks the monochrome lithograph as is so often the case. An impressive, in both size (35.5 x 26 x 5cm) and content, monograph of the Rallidae, or rails, of the world. The full page color plates are spectacular and the scholarly text is well researched. An additional chapter on the fossil species rounds out this important volume. Size: Folio
Seller: Lawrence Jones Books, Ashmore, QLD, Australia
Ripley, S. Dillon. RAILS OF THE WORLD. David R. Godine, Boston, 1977.
Price: US$300.00 + shipping
Condition: As New
Description: Collector's edition Limited to 400 copies signed by the author and artist, with a lithograph not included in the trade edition. Folio. xx, 406p. Illustrated with 41 paintings by J. Fenwick Lansdowne beautifully printed in color. Printed at the Stamperia Valdonega under the direction of Martino Mardersteig. Bound by Recalcati on Lilan in quarter red morocco with cloth sides, t.e.g., the spine with gilt titles and gilt rules around the panels, housed in linen slipcase with leather edges. Includes a chapter on fossil species by Storrs L. Olson. Collector's edition Limited to 400 copies signed by the author and artist, with a lithograph not included in the trade edition.
Seller: First Folio A.B.A.A., Paris, TN, U.S.A.
Price: US$300.00 + shipping
Description: Oatmeal-colored cloth over boards; Red leather at spine and corners; Gilt titling and raised bands at spine; 406 pp.; 17 maps; 40 color plates. Number 46 of 400 signed and numbered copies in this edition ; Signed by Ripley and Lansdowne; Also inscribed by Ripley at half-title page; Lacks slipcase and lithograph that came with this edition. VG- (Minor wear to leather; Slipcase and lithograph missing)
Seller: Mullen Books, ABAA, Marietta, PA, U.S.A.
Price: US$324.50 + shipping
Description: First Edition. With forty-one paintings by J. Fenwick Lansdowne beautifully reproduced on full colour plates, and with numerous maps concerning distribution and habitat. Large folio, publishers original tan buckram backed in wine red cloth ruled in gilt, the spine with an outline of a rail in gilt, gilt lettering and black painted label lettered in gilt, designed endpapers. In the original dustjacket featuring Lansdownes colour paintings on the front and rear covers. Original slipcase in excellent condition. xx, 406pp [2] pp. A very fine copy, essentially pristine and as new. FIRST EDITION. A very beautiful production and the best book on the subject available. The publishers spared no expense, the book was designed by Grimilda Pontes and printed under the direction of Martino Mardersteig in Verona at the Stamperia Valdonega, the colour plates were produced by Parabolik in Milan on special paper produced for the production by Magnani of Perscia. Lansdowne's detailed watercolours are similar in style to the work of John James Audubon - featuring the species against a largely white background - but his subjects tend to display a greater lifelike quality and more natural postures than Audubon's. His work has been presented to members of the British Royal Family by the Government of Canada. In 1976, Lansdowne was made an Officer of the Order of Canada. In 1995, he was awarded the Order of British Columbia. In 1974, he was elected a member of the Royal Canadian Academy of Arts.
Seller: Buddenbrooks, Inc., Newburyport, MA, U.S.A.
Price: US$350.62 + shipping
Condition: New
Description: New. Fast Shipping and good customer service
Seller: GoldenWavesOfBooks, Fayetteville, TX, U.S.A.
Price: US$353.51 + shipping
Condition: New
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Seller: GoldBooks, Denver, CO, U.S.A.
Price: US$353.77 + shipping
Condition: New
Description: New
Seller: Wizard Books, Long Beach, CA, U.S.A.
Price: US$475.00 + shipping
Condition: Fine
Description: #108 of 400 copies. Signed, numbered print laid-in. Handsome, red, half-leather over cloth. In publisher's cloth slipcase. Fine.
Seller: Johnnycake Books ABAA, ILAB, Salisbury, CT, U.S.A.