6 649 résultats
2004Appears unread. No marks or inscriptions. Faint crease to lower corner of front cover, none to rear or to spine. A very clean very tight copy with bright unmarked boards and no bumping to corners. 55pp. Australian language and birds and animals.
1992No marks or inscriptions. A lovely clean very tight copy with bright unmarked boards and no bumping to corners. Dust jacket not price clipped or marked with small nick/crease to upper front edge, otherwise fine. 144pp. In this study, the author, who has observed and photographed one of the most spectacular birds in Europe for many years, describes the whole life cycle of the kingfisher. His over 140 incredible colour photographs illustrate the birds in their natural habitats, including some stunning underwater shots.
1996Extra names and phone number to title page and some of the entries have been circled as (presumably) having been seen. No creasing to covers or to spine. A very clean very tight copy with bright unmarked boards and no bumping to corners. 184pp. With a vast number of entries and coloured illustrations of every entry.
1952No marks or inscriptions. No creasing to covers or to spine. A very clean very tight copy with bright unmarked boards and no bumping to corners. 75pp. A review of birds following their recovery from the harsh winter of 1946-47. Illustrated.
1993Signed by author on title page. No other marks or inscriptions. A lovely clean very tight copy with bright unmarked boards, very minor rubbiing near upper front edge and no bumping to corners. Dust jacket not price clipped or marked or torn or creased. 256pp. The first photographic guide to the diverse bird life found in Russia will fascinate amateur and professional birdwatchers alike. From the Personal Library of the late John Dumbreck, Emeritus Professor of Russian Studies at the University of Manchester. We are also selling a large number of other books from Professor Dumbreck's Collection including some signed and authored works.
1992No marks or inscriptions. No creasing to covers or to spine. A very clean very tight copy with bright unmarked boards and no bumping to corners. 135pp. This book is a record of twenty years of research into land reclamation funded by ARC, a company who carry out surface mineral extraction. It shows what can be done by the evidence of the ex-company restored gravel pit near Great Linford in Buckinghamshire which became a valuable and diverse wetland conservation site. Very well illustrated.
1997No marks or inscriptions. A very clean very tight copy with bright unmarked boards and no bumping to corners. Dust jacket not price clipped or marked or torn or creased. 144pp. A study of our sonbirds - why they sing, how, where and when they sing - and much more. We do not use stock photos, the picture displayed is of the actual book for sale. Every one of our books is in stock in the UK ready for immediate delivery.
1944No marks or inscriptions. A very clean very tight copy with bright unmarked boards, minor foxing to page edges and no bumping to corners. Dusty dust jacket not price clipped with small piece missing from spine foot, tiny enclosed tear to sunned spine and nicks and chips to edges. 319pp. Features articles on game biirds, small animals, guns, the law, characteristics of birds of prey etc and a few anthologies. Undated ca 1940s.
1945Bookplate and name/address to front end papers. No other marks or inscriptions. No creasing to covers or to spine. A very clean very tight copy with bright unmarked boards, slightly sunned spine, slightly foxed page edges, dusty rear end paper and some bumping to all corners. 262pp. Extensive notes and some photographs of around 100 bird species.
1915Old price (3/-) on front end paper. No other marks or inscriptions. No creasing to covers or to spine. A very clean very tight copy with bright unmarked boards, foxing to page edges and no bumping to corners. 150pp. A series of papers, written in turn with each month of the year in mind which describe and discuss the bird life around Tayside in Scotland including a long feature on migration. Photograohic illustrations.
1984No marks or inscriptions. No creasing to covers, crease to spine. A very clean very tight copy with bright unmarked boards and no bumping to corners. 184pp. Published annually, this series of worldwide reports is a service to the conservation of and research on the birds of the world's wetlands
1953Inscription on front end paper. No other marks and no creasing to covers. A very clean very tight copy with bright unmarked boards, dusty top of page edges, slightly rubbed spine ends and no bumping to corners. Incomplete dust jacket with major repair down spine. 200pp. A complete guide to identification of Australian bird species. revised and edited by Charles Barrett. Eighth Edition. Well illustrated.
1938No marks or inscriptions. No creasing to covers or to spine. Clean very tight pages with unmarked slightly rubbed boards and spine ends, foxing to page edges and bumping to lower rear corner. 352pp. Volume two in this series covering warblers to owls.
1939No marks or inscriptions. No creasing to covers or to spine. Clean very tight pages with unmarked slightly rubbed rear board and spine ends, foxing to page edges and bumping to some corners. 387pp. Volume three in this series covering hawks to ducks. A number of magazine and news cuttings on birds tucked in, from around 1957 onwards, some in English, some in Danish.
1982No marks or inscriptions. A very clean very tight copy with bright unmarked boards and no bumping to corners. Dust jacket price clipped but not marked or torn or creased with very minor traces of storage. 127pp. A collection of poems celebrating our bird life, accompanied by beautiful coloured paintings from modern painters.
1980No marks or inscriptions. No creasing to covers or to spine. A very clean very tight copy with bright unmarked boards and no bumping to corners. 408pp. The ornithology of south-east USA, covering both North and South Carolina. This study covers 415 species, most with excellent colour photographs.
1975No marks or inscriptions to contents. No creasing to covers. A very clean very tight copy with unmarked covers. 43pp. Early volume of the RSPB magazine.
1959No marks or inscriptions. A very clean very tight copy with bright unmarked boards, slightly dusty page edges and very tiny bump to lower front corner. Dust jacket not price clipped or marked or torn or creased with slight rubbing/nicks to some corners. Now protected in a fully-removable plastic sleeve. 240pp. A survey of the birds and animals in British natural history. With 28 colour reproductions and 81 black & white photographs.
1993No marks or inscriptions. A very clean very tight copy with bright unmarked boards and no bumping to corners. Dust jacket not price clipped or marked or torn with very slight creasing to upper front edge. 165pp. With a series of accounts from works from the mid-17th century to the latter part of the 20th century, the editor introduces us to the changing face of the sport of game shooting over the years.
1989No marks or inscriptions. A lovely clean very tight copy with bright unmarked boards and no bumping to corners. Dust jacket not price clipped or marked or torn or creased with sunning to spine and minor traces of storage. 149pp. A collection of thirty-five stories on wildfowl shooting by respected writers in the genre. Illustrated by thirty-two full page coloured plates from various artists.
1989No marks or inscriptions. A very clean very tight copy with bright unmarked boards and no bumping to corners. Dust jacket not price clipped or marked or torn or creased with very faint indenting to rear. 181pp. A good description of all the aspects involved in the landowner improving a roughshoot and on how the roughshooter can find and make the best of a roughshoot plus a chapter on the roughshooter's dog.
1981No marks or inscriptions. A very clean very tight copy with bright unmarked boards, foxing to top of page edges and no bumping to corners. Dust jacket not price clipped or marked or torn with very slight creasing to spine ends. 198pp. A book for those wishing to improve their skill at the sport of shooting covering its history, guns, marksmanship, fieldcraft, safety, rough shooting, driven game, wildfowling and shoot management.
1809Ink mark to page 45 of Part II and a few fingermarks. No other added marks or inscriptions. No creasing to covers. A tight page block with foxing to dusty edged pages, well rubbed full-leather boards, edges and spine with surprisingly clear intact maroon title block to spine. Front board held just by binding cords and front end paper present but loose. Some loss to lower edge of title page. Page numbering in good order. 327 plus 360pp. Parts I and II of Bewick's Birds present in one volume. Wood engravings by T Bewick. Green Sandpiper at p100.
1950No marks or inscriptions and no creasing to covers. A very clean very tight copy with bright unmarked lightly sunned boards, dusty top page edges, slight foxing to end papers and no bumping to corners. 178pp. The first bird subject Monograph in the New Naturalist series with 26 colour paintings and 11 black & white photographs plus maps and diagrams.
2001No marks or inscriptions. A lovely clean very tight copy with bright unmarked boards and minor bump to upper rear corner. Dust jacket not price clipped or marked or torn or creased with minor indenting to rear. 408pp. Between 1997 and 2000, over 300 fieldworkers spent almost 10,000 hours monitoring the 931 'tetrads' that make up Lancashire and North Merseyside. They found and mapped the distribution of 146 breeding bird species.