Edward Lear's Birds Tapa dura - 1989

Wellfleet, 1980. Hardcover. Good. Former library book; Pages can have notes/highlighting. Spine may show signs of wear. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less.Dust jacket quality is not guaranteed.

Brand: Wellfleet, 0000-00-00. hardcover. Used: Good.

Secaucus, NJ: Wellfleet. Near Fine/VG+. 1980. hardcover. hardcover. folio . 96pp . NO INTERNATIONAL OR PRIORITY. Original cover price $75.00. .

New York: Wellfleet Press. Fine copy in nearly fine dust jacket. 1989. reprint. hardcover. Folio, 96 pp., Introduction by Philip Hofer. .

Wellfleet Press, 1980. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. A very good hardcover in dust jacket. Color and b&w illustrations throughout. Several of his preliminary sketches and color notes are included. Small folio.

Secaucus, New Jersey: Wellfleet Press, 1980. 96 pp, 14 1/4" H. 40 colour and 50 b&w illustrations. Edward Lear is famous for his limericks and nonsense rhymes, but "the earliest years of his career were devoted to quite a different creative enterprise: a series of extraordinary bird paintings of a quality and style to rival the work of even the great John James Audubon. (Here) art historian Susan Hyman reproduces the best of Lear's plates, each of which embodies the sense of movement, color and design that led Sir Sacheverell Sitwell to call Lear 'perhaps the best of bird painters'. Toucans, parrots, eagles, ducks, owls - however exotic or familiar the subject, these magnificent portraits capture not just the characteristics of a species but the character of the individual bird. To illustrate his methods, several of his preliminary sketches and color notes are included. They provide a fascinating insight into the way Lear was able to combine anatomical accuracy and subtlety… Leer más

Secaucus, New Jersey: Wellfleet Press, 1980. 1st. Hardcover. Very Good/Good. 96 pages, oversized. Introduction by Philip Hofer. Illustrated throughout, many in color. Minor dust jacket edge wear and fading. Otherwise, a very clean and tight copy. Record # 852513

The Wellfleet Press: NJ. Fine in Fine dust jacket. 1980. First Edition; First Printing. Hardcover. 1555214681 . Fine first edition . Free of former owner writing or bookplates in fine, mylar protected, non price clipped ($75.00) DJ. Introduction by Philip Hofer. Illustrated throughout, many color plates. No additional shipping will be requested for this oversized book if shipped to USA address via USPS Media mail, . * (this book is in our possession. We ship most books six days a week and will confirm with tracking number for domestic orders or customs number for non domestic) *; 8vo; 96 pages .

New Jersey: Wellfleet Press, 1980. 96pp. 90 illus, 14 x 10", cloth with a complete d.j. Large full page colour plates. No inscriptions.. 1st US Edition. Hardback. Fine/Fine. Folio.

hardcover. Good. Access codes and supplements are not guaranteed with used items. May be an ex-library book.