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Verlag: Collins 05/09/1988, 1988
ISBN 10: 0002197944ISBN 13: 9780002197946
Anbieter: AwesomeBooks, Wallingford, Vereinigtes Königreich
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Zustand: Very Good. This book is in very good condition and will be shipped within 24 hours of ordering. The cover may have some limited signs of wear but the pages are clean, intact and the spine remains undamaged. This book has clearly been well maintained and looked after thus far. Money back guarantee if you are not satisfied. See all our books here, order more than 1 book and get discounted shipping. .
Verlag: Collins / H.F. and G. Witherby. London. 1988., 1988
ISBN 10: 0002197944ISBN 13: 9780002197946
Anbieter: Coch-y-Bonddu Books Ltd, MACHYNLLETH, Vereinigtes Königreich
Verbandsmitglied: PBFA
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(Hardcover, 1988). 1988 1st edition. Large 4to (201 x 291mm). Pp224. Colour paintings and b/w illustrations by David Reid-Henry, bibliography. Grey boards, spine titled in gilt. Mark to front end-paper. Good-plus in dust-wrapper. "The forty-six colour plates in this book were originally commissioned from David Reid-Henry by the publishers H.F. and G. Witherby Ltd for a guide to the birds of Britain. For carious reasons that guide never came to fruition. In this book, with the co-operation of Witherby's, the publishers Collins have used Reid-Henry's superb material, mainly pencil drawings (often unfinished), to illustrate Dr Colin Harrison's informative text, which traces the background to Britain's bird populations and assesses their present and future status." The introductory sections of the book are as follows: The earliest history; The Pleistocene; Pleistocene birds; The recent period; Recent birds; Man-modified Britain; The twentieth century; Final comment; Climatic zones; Classification and sequence. The subsequent 180 pages are arranged species by species. .
Verlag: Collins / H.F. and G. Witherby. London. 1988., 1988
ISBN 10: 0002197944ISBN 13: 9780002197946
Anbieter: Coch-y-Bonddu Books Ltd, MACHYNLLETH, Vereinigtes Königreich
Verbandsmitglied: PBFA
Buch Erstausgabe
(Hardcover, 1988). 1988 1st edition. Large 4to (201 x 291mm). Pp224. Colour paintings and b/w illustrations by David Reid-Henry, bibliography. Grey boards, spine titled in gilt. Slight use but very good in slightly tanned and used dust-wrapper. "The forty-six colour plates in this book were originally commissioned from David Reid-Henry by the publishers H.F. and G. Witherby Ltd for a guide to the birds of Britain. For carious reasons that guide never came to fruition. In this book, with the co-operation of Witherby's, the publishers Collins have used Reid-Henry's superb material, mainly pencil drawings (often unfinished), to illustrate Dr Colin Harrison's informative text, which traces the background to Britain's bird populations and assesses their present and future status." The introductory sections of the book are as follows: The earliest history; The Pleistocene; Pleistocene birds; The recent period; Recent birds; Man-modified Britain; The twentieth century; Final comment; Climatic zones; Classification and sequence. The subsequent 180 pages are arranged species by species. .
Verlag: Edinburgh-London, Oliver & Boyd. 1963-1968, 1968
Anbieter: Antiquariaat Schot, Hendrik-Ido-Ambacht, Niederlande
Original publisher's cloth hardback, gilt title spine and frontcover, pictorial dustjacket, thick 4to: VOL. 1. A History of the Birds of the Canary Islands and of the Salvages: frontispiece, xxxij, 358pp. VOL. 2. A History of the Birds of Madeira, the Deserts, and the Porto Santo Islands: frontispiece, xlviij, 208pp., large folding map at the rear. VOL. 3. A History of the Birds of the Azores. VOL. 4. History of the Birds of the Cape Verde Islands: frontispiece, xxxij, 458pp. Each volume with introduction & historical description, in total 51 coloured page-large plates - 63 half-tone page-large plates - hundreds of text-illustrations - ca. 20 maps, bibliographies - indexes. Complete set with (slightly damaged) dustjackets.
Verlag: Oliver & Boyd 1963-68, Edinburgh and London, 1963
Anbieter: Rodger Friedman Rare Book Studio, ABAA, Tuxedo, NY, USA
Erstausgabe
Zustand: Very Good. First edition. 4 volumes, 28 cm. Volume 1: The Canary Islands and the Salvages; Volume 2: Madeira, the Desertas, and the Porto Santo Islands; Volume 3: the Azores; Volume 4: The Cape Verde Islands. Cloth in illustrated dust jackets, all volumes fine or nearly fine (slight tear in dust jackets of first two volumes).
Verlag: The International News Company, New York, 1930
Buch Erstausgabe
Single Issue Magazine. Zustand: Very Good. Tresilian, S.; Robinson, T.H.; Wenban, R.; Bestall, A.E.; Holloway, Cyril; Cleaver, Reginald; Peddie, T.H.; Goss, G.W.; Inns, Kenneth; Prater, Ernest; Abbey, S.; (illustrator). First Edition. Generously illustrated with black and white photos and illustrations. Features: Our Wild Boar - Coolies were afraid to work on a tea plantation in Assam, India due to a huge wild boar; Two Mysteries - Two strange incidents that happened in a North Country hospital during WWI; Bred in the Bone - What happened to an Australian aborigine couple who offended their tribal elders; Photo of an excellent example of French topiary; Round the World in a "Baby" Car - Part II (of II) of Gladys de Havilland's world-tour in a midget car, with photo of her in Hollywood talking to Mr. Lupino Lane plus five other wonderful photos; The Forbidden Valley - The fascinating photo-illustrated account of how RCMP officers Horsfield, Berger, and Greenfield accompanied a surveyor sent to the Kitwancool Valley in Northern British Columbia where the local natives had previously evicted the few settlers, wanting nothing to do with the white man - with photos and illustrations; the "Fool Afoot" in Italy - Part V - John Gibbons continues his amusing walking trip; Photo and explanation of "Sati" memorials in India, where wives were burnt in the same funeral pyre as their deceased husbands; The Haunting of the "Flamingo" - Bad luck strikes a vessel named Flamingo after her third engineer takes a shot at an albatross; Filming in the Wilds - Part II - Major C. Lestock Reid and his film crew experience major adventures as they attempt to film an adventure story in Siam - with photos; The Brand of the "Circle H" - A charming little story from the far west by Edith Ammons Kohl; Payment in Kind - A curious tale from Western India; The Mystery of the Post - Sergeant A.R. Cooper of the French Foreign Legion is sent to a lonely Moroccon outpost where N.C.O.s have been murdered - with photos; My Island Home - Henry G. Lamond describes his idyllic life on Homestead Bay on South Molle Island - article with photos; and more. 84 pages plus 32 pages of great ads. Clean and unmarked with light wear. A lovely vintage copy of this fascinating issue.