Skutch, Alexander F.; Schmitt, N. JohnMareMagnum
6 370 résultats
1989A clean, unmarked copy with a tight binding. 219 pages.
1971réf. 002505Gainesville: University of Florida Press 1971. Photos ills. 378pp. Dust jacket chipped soiled small hole but basically all present. Book clean crisp appears unread. The scarce hardcover edition. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good/Good. University of Florida Press Hardcover
1995réf. ORNI0061Cambridge : Birdlife International 1995. 4°, 156 S., mit zahlr. teilkol. Zeichn., ill. flex. OKart., nur unwesentl. Gebrauchsspuren. In Englisch. - 1 Beigabe: Tuck, Gerald. A Field Guide to SEABIRDS of Britain and the World. Illustrated by Hermann Heinzel. London, Collins (1978). 292 S., mit 781 farb. Vogelabb., 138 sw. Zeichn. u. 313 Kartenzeichn., illustr. Vorsätze, OLn., Gebrauchsspuren. ISBN 0002197189
1967réf. 014042Cape Town: A. A. Balkema for S.A. Bird Book Fund 1967. 351pp index gazetteer bibliography 24 maps 10 col plates 91 bw photos 40 line drawings gramophone record at rear. Or tan cloth in pictorial jacket. Prev owners name on front free endpaper. Some toning and rubbing to jacket. Detailed examination of the sunbirds sugarbirds white-eyes and spotted creeper of southern Africa. Includes a 45rpm recording of sunbird calls and songs in pocket at rear. Each family is introduced by a comprehensive general review followed by detailed notes on the biology and taxonomy of each species. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good/Very Good. 4to. A. A. Balkema (for S.A. Bird Book Fund) Hardcover
2001réf. VV323892001 London, Christopher Helm, 2001 : In-8 Carré, Broché. 320 pp., 53 planches couleurs, guide d'identification sur l'avifaune des Seychelles Etat du neuf, Couv. remarquable, Dos impeccable, Intérieur frais.
réf. Bo Ekberg and Lennart NilJacket not in perfect condition but book is in pristine condiion. unknown
1953réf. sts28aLondon / New York: Collins and van Nostrand. VG : in very good condition without dust jacket. Some off-setting and light foxing to endpapers. 1953. Limited Edition 2000. Orange hardback half cloth cover on marbled papered boards. 500mm x 340mm 20" x 13". viii 120pp. 16 colour and 23 b/w plates including Audubon Gould and de Buffon. Heavy book extra shipping needed for overseas. 2000 copies printed on Gelderland mill paper. . Collins and van Nostrand hardcover
1963réf. 236251Stockholm, 1963. 48 S. (Acta veterinaria scandinavica 4/Suppl. 1).
1838réf. 033186EDINBURGH: W H LIZARS 1838 A very good copy of the 1st edition of Part 1 of Birds of Great Britain and Ireland from the Naturalist's Library. In the original publisher's cloth binding with gilt titles to spine with 34 hand coloured plates as called for. Containing half title; list of volumes in the series; frontispiece portrait of Sir Robert Sibbald; black and white vignette title page 2 people hunting with birds; 2 further title pages; publisher's advert; contents listing; Memoir of Sir Robert Sibbald; text with black and white illustrations; and 34 hand coloured plates bound at the rear. The binding has been rebacked preserving the original spine and is sound and tight. There is fading to the spine and board edges and a couple of small marks to the front board. The top corners of the boards have light bumps. The original green endpapers are present with professional repair to the joints. The contents are very clean and the plates are well-coloured. The and plate paper has light toning. The tissue guards to the plates have occasional marks or spots and some offsetting. The tissue guard to plate 16 has a red paint mark at the edge. Plate 22 was originally badly bound making the image too close to the side edge so that the top edge of a bird's head has been removed. W H LIZARS hardcover
1842réf. 033183EDINBURGH: W H LIZARS 1842 A good to very good copy of the 1st edition in the original publisher's cloth binding with 34 hand coloured plates. With volume listing; frontispiece portrait of Rev Dr Walker; hand coloured vignette title page showing a spaniel and a heron; 2 further title pages; publisher's advert; contents listing; Memoir of Dr Walker; and text with black and white illustrations and 34 hand coloured plates bound at the rear. The binding has been rebacked relaying the original spine and the end papers repaired and retained. The binding has fading to spine and board edges and light wear to corners. The end papers have some marking at the joints where repaired. The text pages are generally clean with light toning and occasional marking and spotting mainly at the edges. All the plates are tissue-guarded and are very well coloured. There is some offsetting to the guards and the occasional nibble to the guard edge. There is an old crease to plate 29 and its tissue guard not affecting the image. W H LIZARS hardcover
1839réf. 033179EDINBURGH: W H LIZARS 1839 A very good copy of the 1st edition of Part II of Birds of Great Britain and Ireland in the original publisher's cloth binding. This volume covers a range of familiar birds from bullfinches to wrens. Contents: volume listing; half title; black and white frontispiece portrait of William Smellie with tissue guard; hand coloured vignette title page showing a robin; 2 further title pages; publisher's advert; contents listing; Memoir of William Smellie; text with black and white illustrations and 30 hand coloured plates bound at the rear. The original binding has been rebacked relaying the original spine and is sound and tight. There is slight scuffing to the boards which have light wear to corners and edges. There is fading to the spine and to the board edges. The original green endpapers are present with professional repair at the inner joints. Text and plate pages have light toning at the margins. The plates are clean and well coloured. The paint has splashed however in a couple of places eg at plate 16 where there is a small blue splot at the bottom of the plate and a blue splash at the back of the previous plate affecting the plate edge. Plates are without tissue guards and there is some offsetting to the backs of previous plates. W H LIZARS hardcover
1834réf. 033090EDINBURGH: W H LIZARS 1834 A good to very good copy of the 1st edition of Volume I of Gallinaceous Birds covering varieties of domestic and wild fowl eg turkeys pheasants in the publisher's brown cloth binding. Copy previously in the ownership of Francis Hemming the entomologist and with his book plate at the front pastedown. Contents with half title; black and white frontispiece portrait of Aristotle; hand coloured vignette title page with a picture of a cockerel; 2 further title pages; contents listing; Memoir of Aristotle; and text with black and white illustrations and 30 hand coloured plates 29 plates are listed in the contents index but there are 2 versions of plate 18. 32pp of advertisements and a 4 page yellow geographical works advert at the rear. The cloth binding has been rebacked relaying the original spine and is sound and tight. There is some slightly paler marking to the boards and the corners have light wear. The original green endpapers are present - the free endpaper is watermarked - and have professional repair at the joints. Contents are clean with toning to the margins including to the plate paper. Pages 169-172 have been roughly opened at the top edge and there is a small ink spot at the top edge of p 205. The plates are generally clean and very well coloured. Tissue guards tend to have some spotting or offsetting - Plate 1 has general toning and a very browned guard and the guard to plate 24 has a small area of paint from the bird on it. W H LIZARS hardcover
1890réf. 60221Ohne Ort, um 1890. Blatt ca. 28,5 x 19,5 cm. 1 Blatt, verso weiß.
1890réf. 60222Ohne Ort, um 1890. Blatt ca. 28,5 x 19,5 cm. 1 Blatt, verso weiß.
1938réf. 173136Dublin, Hodges, Figgis & Co. 1938. 4°. M. 5 Taf. u. einigen Abb. S. 33-64. OBr. Umschl. angestaubt u. m. St. Unaufgeschn. (Proceeding of the Royal Irish Academy 45 B 2).
1984A clean, unmarked book with a tight binding. 368 pages. 6 1/8"w x 8 1/2"h. Full color photographs, identifying more than 900 species. Also gives scientific, English and Afrikaans common names, each species' length, habitat and call. Relative abundance within the region is indicated and whether the species in endemic, while a tow-color distribution map clearly showes where the bird is likely to be found.
1997A clean, unmarked copy with a tight binding. 445 pages. Many color illustrations. Vinyl cover.
1996réf. VD326871996 Austral, Singil Press, 1996 : In-8 Carré, Cartonnage d'éditeurs. 203 pp., 77 photos couleurs, 1 photo N&B, figures in-texte, un excellent guide sur les pséphotes d'Australie et leur élevage en captivité Jaquette Etat du neuf, Couv. remarquable, Dos impeccable, Intérieur frais.
1984Former institutional library book, includes stamp on inside cover and unchecked out "date due" pocket. Book has bumped corners and a little edgewear to jacket but is otherwise very clean; page block is in excellent condition with no marking of any kind to text/interior, straight, solid binding. Thousands of color illustrations on heavy paper. Intact fold-out map at front cover. 352 pages.
1996Ex-library copy with the usual stamps and markings. Interior pages clean and unmarked; tight binding. 400 pages.
réf. DADAX0689801998New unknown
1983No 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 with a little creasing to edges. 367pp. The author provides an authoritative account in this comprehensive guide, tracing the evolution of birds to the development of bird families and their classification today. Chapters also on bird song and migration, their anatomy and physiology and birds in art and literature. Plus information on protection and conservation.
1983réf. 132143J. M. Dent & Sons Publishers, London [a.o.], 1983. 367 S. ; 24 x 17 cm ; Pp. ;
1979No 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 slight traces of storage. 144pp. The author tells the extraordinary story of one of nature's unsung heroes, the feral pigeon, tracing its ancestry back to the wild rock dove - from the despatch of pigeons in 1204BC to announce the coronation of Rameses III to their modern adaptation to man's urban life
1992réf. nn-078London: HarperCollins Harper Collins. VG : in very good condition with dust jacket. Spine of jacket slightly faded. Bookplate to paste-down. Clipped. 1992. First Edition. Green hardback cloth cover. 230mm x 170mm 9" x 7". 320pp plates. 4 colour plates. . HarperCollins [Harper Collins] hardcover
