Mathew Rev Murray (8 results)

Hardcover. Condition: Good. 1st Edition. 4to, lii+pp131 complete with 3 tipped in photographic plates (including frontis) , 1 b/w illustration and 2 fold-out colour maps to rear. Original green cloth binding with gilt titles to spine and black game bird to front board in good condition with shelf wear to top & tail of spine, some rubbing to edges and tips of bevelled boards with small nicks down sides of spine. Hinges are a little weak but binding still solid. Inside title page has transfer of photographic frontis with all other pages, almost all uncut, and the 2 maps to rear in very good, clean condition with the odd spot. This important work by Rev. Murray A. Mathew, member of British Ornithologists' Union and Fellow of the Linnean Society provided the first comprehensive study of the bird populations in Pembrokeshire. Scarce.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. 468pp. Ex-library copy with inside front and back covers. Dark red board bindings, presumably library's, with faded gilt lettering on spine in very good condition - edges and top and bottom of spine a bit chipped, and some age marks. Binding still whole, pages tight with some tanning and light foxing at edges. Illustrated throughout with b&w, sepia and colour plates. Three maps at back, all with tears but whole and clean. Previous owner's name & address handwritten on front flyleaf.

Hardcover. pp.lii, 131 with 3 original continuous tone prints and 2 fold-out maps at rear. 8vo. Hardback. Ex-Tenby Museum library. With three observational notes of bird sightings (Firecrest (1932), Golden Oriole (1914) and Rock Dove (1932) to blank margins and a an early newspaper article about Swedish seagull sightings in Pembrokeshire tipped in. Neat repairs to maps, occ, light spotting o/w. contents fine. Quarter morocco leather over cloth boards in vg. plus condition. Charming copy. Rev. Mathew was a member of the BOU and a Fellow of the Linnean Society. He spent the years between 1880 and 1888 living at Stone Hall, Pembrokeshire whilst Curate of St. Laurence, Wolf's Castle (Mullens and Swann).

Hardback. Condition: G++. Dust Jacket Condition: No DW. 1st Edition. Mounted frontis, 2 mounted orig. photograph plates, another plate & 2 fldg. maps, as called for. Orig. green cloth. Front endpaper noticeably marked by removal of a bookplate.Embossed library stamp on title page. Mark at base of spine wher a label has been removed. Clean tight etxt is tending to pull from soud covers. Book is in good double plus condition with noticeable signs of wear and/or age.

Hardcover. pp.lii, 131 with 3 original continuous tone prints and 2 fold-out maps at rear. 8vo. Hardback. Small neat repair to one map. Some spotting to ends, only a minor amount elsehwhere o/w. contents fine. Original cloth boards in vg. plus condition. Rev. Mathew was a member of the BOU and a Fellow of the Linnean Society. He spent the years between 1880 and 1888 living at Stone Hall, Pembrokeshire whilst Curate of St. Laurence, Wolf's Castle (Mullens and Swann).

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. Octavo. 9 plates including 4 chromolithographs by J.G. Keulemans and 3 folding maps at the rear. Together with the scarce 32-page supplement published in 1895, loosely inserted. The whole is complete as called for and is in very good condition. There are 2 old tape repairs to the margins at the head of the fly-leaf and the half-title. There is also the original owner's name at the head of the title page. The book is now protected by a removable acetate jacket.

Cloth. Condition: Very Good. Not Stated (illustrator). First edition. A first edition copy of The Birds of Devon, with colour plates. A first edition copy of The Birds of Devon, with an introduction and some remarks on the migrations of Devonshire birds by W. S. M. D'Urban and the Rev. Murray A. Mathew.An extensive volume exploring the geographical position and physical aspect of Devon, summer migrants, winter visitors, collections of birds in Devonshire and a catalogue of the birds of Devon.With two folding maps to the rear of the volume and eight plates and a frontispiece.Collated, complete. In the publisher's original cloth binding. Externally, very smart with some light bumping to the head and tail of the spine and fading to the spine. Front hinge is starting but remains firm. Internally, firmly bound with bright and generally clean pages with some scattered spots to the odd page. Very Good. book.

Cloth. Condition: Very Good. Not Stated (illustrator). First edition. The first edition of this ornithological study of the Pembrokeshire region of Wales, illustrated with photographic plates and folding colour maps. The first edition of Reverend Murray A. Mathew's study of Pembrokeshire's birds. A charming ornithological study, this work features two large folding colour maps maps of the Pembrokeshire region, and three pasted in photographic plates. Collated, complete.This work explores the physiological geography of the region, its islands, lighthouses, and the migratory patterns of its birds. From the library of Audrey Pleydell-Bouverie, an extravagant socialite and renowned beauty of the Edwardian period. Impeccably connected, Pleydell-Bouverie was also the illegitimate granddaughter of King Edward VII, and rumoured to be a lover of King Edward VIII. A sparkling figure of fashionable society, her friends included Nancy Mitford, Coco Chanel, Winston Churchill, and Fred Astaire. This work is from the sale of Pleydell-Bouverie"s library at Julians Park, Hertfordshire. She purchased the home in 1940, redesigning the interior and amassing an impressive library, featuring many examples of her own bookbinding.To the front pastedown is the bookplate of J. J. Baldwin Young, of Sheffield. In the publisher's original cloth binding. Bumping to spine head and tail, with minor discolouration to back strip, and rubbing to joints. Former owner's bookplate to front pastedown. Internally, firmly bound. Pages generally clean and bright, with the odd mark. Very Good. book.