6525 risultati
19858vo., with a portrait frontispiece and plates; cloth, gilt back, a fine copy in unclipped dustwrapper, the latter sunned at backstrip. Much-needed re-issue, with foreword by the curator of the Gilbert White museum, of a classic biography first published in 1950
19508vo., First Edition, some light offsetting from fold-ins to free endpapers, small neat signature on front free endpaper; original green cloth, gilt back, a very good, bright, crisp copy. With fragments of dustwrapper loosely inserted. First appearance of Murray's renowned translation.
19978vo., First Edition, with 48 plates of coloured paintings, and numerous illustrations and maps throughout; cloth, a near fine copy in the dustwrapper.
20078vo., First Edition, with title in yellow and black, and very numerous coloured and monochrome photographs throughout; original series binding of green cloth, gilt back, a near fine copy in unclipped dustwrapper. New Naturalist 104. Dustwrapper artwork by Robert Gillmor.
20038vo., First Edition, with coloured and monochrome plates, and numerous illustrations in the text; cloth, a near fine copy in the dustwrapper
19988vo., First Edition, with 32 coloured plates and numerous maps; cloth, a near fine copy in the dustwrapper. Already scarce in this condition
19848vo., First Edition, with coloured plates and illustrations in the text; green cloth, gilt back, green endpapers, a near fine copy in unclipped dustwrapper. Covers all 24 members of this colourful family.
20048vo., First Edition, with photographs and maps; cloth, gilt back, a near fine copy in unclipped dustwrapper
1971Roy. 8vo., First Edition, with frontispiece, 25 plates on 16, illustrations in the text and endpaper maps in green; original green cloth, gilt back, a very good, bright, clean copy in unclipped dustwrapper. With personal pictorial bookplate on front free endpaper verso. The absorbing story of the author's close study of six Mute Swans on an estate in Westphalia. Includes some remarkable photographs.
1960Sm. 8vo., with 200 coloured and monochrome plates, front free endpaper browned; original series binding of terracotta cloth, upper board blocked and lettered in black, backstrip lettered in black, a very good, bright, clean copy in unclipped dustwrapper, the latter moderately age-marked and lightly frayed (without material loss) at head and tail of backstrip. Observer 1. Code 864.960 with 'Fieldfare' dustwrapper. 'The excellent illustrations and concise format of one bird per page made this book an enduring classic' (Marren & Carter). Marren & Carter, p.147.
19488vo., First Edition, with 46 plates on 30, several tables in the text and 2 large folding maps (one coloured in outline), free endpapers very lightly spotted, original green cloth, gilt back, backstrip mildly faded else a good, firm copy in the dustwrapper, the latter frayed and creased at edges. An important account, including Perry's detailed studies of breeding colonies of Great Skuas, Arctic Skuas and Gannets. Scarce, especially in the dustwrapper.
19828vo., First Edition, with numerous illustrations in the text, page edges browning slightly; cloth, gilt back, a very good, bright copy in price-clipped dustwrapper.
19968vo., First Edition, with 16 coloured plates and numerous illustrations and maps in the text; cloth, a near fine copy in the dustwrapper. Scarce in this condition
20038vo., First Edition, with numerous illustrations, maps and diagrams in the text; cloth, a near fine copy in unclipped dustwrapper. Issued in the publisher's 'County Avifauna' series
19384to., First Edition, with a coloured frontispiece, 23 coloured plates, 64 plates in monochrome and several illustrations in the text, fore-edges lightly spotted; original cloth, gilt back, covers very lightly age-soiled else a very good, clean copy in lightly age-soiled dustwrapper. EDITION LIMITED TO 1250 COPIES SIGNED BY THE AUTHOR. Scarce in this condition.
19578vo., First Edition, with 15 coloured plates by Scott; original red pictorial cloth, upper board blocked in gilt, gilt back, a very good, bright, clean copy in unclipped dustwrapper, the latter frayed and creased at edges. A very good copy of Scott's standard reference. Tate, p.198.
19788vo., First Edition, with 62 monochrome plates on 24 and very numerous illustrations, diagrams, maps and plans (a number full-page) in the text; original series binding of green buckram, gilt back, a a near fine copy in dustwrapper. New Naturalist, 63. Dustwrapper artwork by Clifford and Rosemary Ellis.
19658vo., First Edition, with a title-vignette and very numerous illustrations (many full-page) in the text; cloth, gilt back, a near fine copy in price-clipped dustwrapper.
19654to., Second Impression, with very numerous plates and illustrations in the text, small neat personal book-label on front free endpaper; cloth, gilt back, a near fine copy in unclipped dustwrapper. Second impression of the standard reference first published in the previous year.
1981Oblong 4to., First Edition, with a coloured title-vignette and very numerous coloured and monochrome illustrations (the majority full-page) throughout; cloth, upper board blocked in brown, backstrip lettered in brown, brown endpapers, a near fine copy in unclipped dustwrapper.
19498vo., First Edition, with a title-vignette and illustrations (a number full-page) in the text, some light offsetting from fold-ins to free endpapers; cloth, a very good, firm copy in unclipped and very lightly browned dustwrapper.
1979Oblong 4to., Second Impression, with a coloured title-vignette and very numerous fine coloured and monochrome illustrations throughout, neat contemporary inscription on front free endpaper; cloth, a near fine copy in price-clipped dustwrapper.
1981Oblong 4to., First Edition thus, with numerous fine coloured and monochrome illustrations throughout; cloth, a near fine copy in unclipped dustwrapper. This edition published simultaneously with the Gollancz first edition
19698vo., First Edition, with illustrations in the text and endpaper maps; cloth, gilt back, a very good, clean copy in unclipped and lightly frayed dustwrapper.
19568vo., First UK Edition, with a coloured frontispiece and 43 monochrome plates on 32; blue cloth, backstrip lettered in black, a very good, clean copy in unclipped dustwrapper. First published in the USA in 1954. The UK edition is uncommon in this condition.
