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Hardback in dust jacket. G++/G (frayed and soiled). Inscription dated 1944 on the front endpaper. Described by J. A. Henderson. With 48 colour plates. (The "shown" series). 16611. eng
196182 pages. Features: Nice colour-photo Pepsi ad inside front cover; 1962 Zenith TV ad; Political slush funds corrupt all parties; The Year the Government Sold the St. Lawrence River (power rights) to the Beauharnois power company; Last chance to save the world's rarest birds; 1961 - Summer of the Angry Forest Fires in the northern bush - article with colour photos; Brock Chisholm - Incredible Canadian; Disturbing report from inside the juvenile courts; A Weekend with the 'Wild Ones' at Wasaga Beach - short article with photos; UNESCO - the hope of the world - on paper; Cherchez La Femme de Montreal - photo feature; Julie de St. Laurent - portrait of a royal mistress; What it's like to lose the Irish Sweepstakes - Tom and Elsie Marsh of Squamish B.C.; and more. Unmarked with moderate wear. A quality vintage copy. Book
1979No marks or inscriptions to contents. No creasing to covers or to spine. A lovely clean very tight copy with bright slightly marked front board and no bumping to corners. 62pp.
2008réf. 51799Tiercel. 2008. 1st. Ed. pp.xvii 182 with colour photos. A new copy in new dw. Small knock to top edge of boards. Limited edition of 700 copies only. Don set himself a personal goal to see all of the claimed world species of harriers and in doing so become the first person to achieve this distinction. The book tells the story of this feat BTO. Tiercel. hardcover
1996réf. 051346Wetlands International 1996. Book. VG. Soft cover. 1st Edition. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. Stiff color pictorial wraps. Slight wear to corners slightly handled former owner's name stamp on upper front flyleaf text block fore-edge and top edge. Square firm binding with one light stress crease. viii336 pp. maps. Wetlands International Paperback
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
19804to., First Edition, with illustrated title-spread and numerous coloured and monochrome photographs and illustrations ( a number full-page) by the author in the text; brown cloth, gilt back, a near fine copy in unclipped dustwrapper. SIGNED BY THE AUTHOR ON HALF-TITLE. SCARCE.
19688vo., Fourth Edition thus, with 23 coloured plates of drawings by the author and numerous illustrations and maps in the text; blue cloth, gilt back, a near fine copy in unclipped dustwrapper, the latter [only] lightly damp-marked. This seminal work, a true classic of modern ornithology, first appeared with black-and-white illustrations in the Second Annual Report of the [then] Severn Wildfowl Trust, 1948-49. It was reissued as a separate book in 1950 with a revised edition in 1951. This coloured version first appeared in 1957 and amounts to an entirely new publication. Substantial revisions have been made to the text and there has been further extensive revision in the light of the most recent taxonomic opinion. Yet further revision in included in the 1968 edition as here. The damp-marking is undeniable but far from offensive. The clothbound copy is very scarce, especially in the dustwrapper.
19658vo., Third Edition thus, with 23 coloured plates of drawings by the author and numerous illustrations and maps in the text; original pictorial wrappers, a very good, clean copy. This seminal work, a true classic of modern ornithology, first appeared with black-and-white illustrations in the Second Annual Report of the [then] Severn Wildfowl Trust, 1948-49. It was reissued as a separate book in 1950 with a revised edition in 1951. This coloured version first appeared in 1957 and amounts to an entirely new publication. Substantial revisions have been made to the text and there has been further extensive revision in the light of the most recent taxonomic opinion. Yet further revision in included in the 1965 edition as here.
19518vo., Second Impression thus, with 23 monochrome plates of drawings by the author; original printed wrappers, sewed as issued, covers lightly age-marked else a clean, firm copy. This seminal work, a true classic of modern ornithology, first appeared as a paper in the Second Annual Report of the [then] Severn Wildfowl Trust, 1948-49. It was first printed separately in 1950; this second impression with important revisions appeared in the following year. An edition with coloured plates was published in 1957
1941Roy., 8vo., Fifth Impression, with coloured portrait frontispiece, vignettes on half-title and title, 15 fine coloured plates and 46 plates in monochrome; blue cloth, upper board and backstrip lettered in gilt, a very good, bright, clean, fresh copy. First published in a limited edition in 1935.
19394to., 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. First Trade Edition, and scarce in this condition
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.
1944Roy., 8vo., Fifth Impression, with coloured frontispiece, title-vignette, 19 fine coloured plates and numerous plates in monochrome; green cloth, upper board and backstrip lettered in gilt, upper board unevenly sunned, backstrip sunned (but all gilt wholly legible), a very good, clean copy. First published in a limited edition in 1938.
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.
réf. 26449OXFORD PHAIDON 1980. 1ST EDITION. LIMITED TO 200 COPIES OF WHICH THIS IS NUMBER 16. SIGNED BY PETER SCOTT. FINE COPY QUARTO LEATHER OVER GREEN CLOTH WITH MATCHING SLIPCASE OXFORD, PHAIDON, 1980 hardcover
réf. 27502COUNTRY LIFE BOOKS. LONDON. 1938. FIRST EDITION LIMITED TO 1250 COPIES THIS BEING NUMBER 642 SIGNED BY PETER SCOTT. IN HANDSOME BLUE CLOTH GILT TITLES ILLUSTRATIONS IN COLOUR AND BLACK AND WHITE WITH TISSUE COVERINGS. WITH A WORN SLIPCASE. EXTRA POSTAGE REQUIRED FOR OVERSEAS. COUNTRY LIFE BOOKS. LONDON. 1938 hardcover
réf. 28322COUNTRY LIFE BOOKS. LONDON. 1938. LIMITED EDITION 1250 COPIES IN HANDSOME HALF BLUE LEATHER AND CLOTH RAISED BANDS GILT TITLES SIGNED BY PETER SCOTT THIS BOOK No. 176 ILLUSTRATIONS IN COLOUR AND BLACK AND WHITE WITH TISSUE COVERINGS. EXTRA POSTAGE REQUIRED FOR OVERSEAS. COUNTRY LIFE BOOKS. LONDON. 1938 hardcover
réf. 44804LONDON THE HAWK AND OWL TRUST 1997. FIRST EDITION. A FINE COPY IN A FINE DUSTWRAP. SIGNATURE ON FEP AUTHOR LONDON, THE HAWK AND OWL TRUST, 1997 unknown
1996réf. VV380221996 viii, 336 p., numerous coloured maps, 4to, paperbound. Library stamps, else good copy.
1912réf. 113591912 cartonné entoilé marron éditeur in-douze carré (brown hard-back percale editor square duodecimo), dos en toile avec un titre frappé or - manque de dorure (percale on the spine with gilt title - lack of gilt), premier plat illustrés en couleurs (cover illustrated in colours), tête lisse (top edge smooth) - gouttière et tranche de queue non rognées (no smooth fore-edge and edge of bottom), marque-page en tissu détaché (bookmark in tissue detached), illustrations en couleurs : 48 planches de (48 plates in colors of) J. A. Henderson, 112 pages, sans date (no date) - 1912 - London and Edimburgh T. C. and E. C. Jack Ltd,
1988réf. 125205Gerfaut Club Gerfaut Club, 1988. In-8 broché de 96 pages avec 23 planches en couleurs. Très bon état.
1912réf. 002432London: Witherby & Co 1912. 17 b&w plates teg 1 map 576 pp. Ex-library with a pocket in rear and numbers on spine.Corners bumped inside clean and tight. Included is a prospectus with sample pages and plates and the statement that the edition will be limited to 550 copies. Hard Cover. Very Good. Ex-Library. Witherby & Co Hardcover
1867réf. 017687London: Published for the Ray Society by Robert Hardwicke 1867. Book. Very Good. Paperback. First Edition. Folio. pp. x ii 181; 10 engraved plates half-title and title pages. Publisher's original card wrapper with printed title label pasted to the front board the green cloth spine with gilt lettering is worn with multiple splits wrappers with a little general wear more pronounced to corners. Contents good and complete tight large margins no inscriptions a few plates with a little foxing plate I the most marked. Overall a very good copy. Published for the Ray Society by Robert Hardwicke Paperback
1910réf. 033926Kingston Jamaica: The Institute of Jamaica 1910. Book. Very Good. Paperback. First Edition Thus. 8vo 22 x 14 cm. Reprinted from the 'Handbook of Jamaica for 1910' Printed card wrappers pp. 2 24 inside of front wrapper printed with the Regulations of the Institute of Jamaica and the inside rear wrapper lists publications of the same. Wrapers very good with light wear contents clean and tight no inscriptions. A very good copy scarce. The Institute of Jamaica Paperback