Gorman, JamesMareMagnum
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Book and jacket in virtually mint condition. 192pp. In a witty but authoritative text, the author, who travelled to Antarctica to explore the inner secrets of the penguin colony, combines his first hand experience, natural history and personal observation in one affactionate, informative study.
Folio, with coloured and numerous fine coloured plates (many full-page) throughout; red cloth, gilt back, a fine copy in unclipped dustwrapper. Fine copy of this modern reissue.
Delta, 1984. In-8 broché de 96 pages illustrées. Très bon état
Book shows some wear to covers text/interior is clean and free of marking of any kind. 460 pages with many pages of full color prints showing examples of male and female species of numerous birds. very detailed, large section of distribution maps, fine print.
8vo., First Edition, with frontispiece, and photograps, illustrations and maps in the text; decorative wrappers, wire-stitched as issued, a near fine copy. Otter Memorial Paper, No. 3. SIGNED BY RICHARD WILLIAMSON ON HALF-TITLE. EXTREMELY SCARCE.
8vo., First Edition, with title-vignette, plates and very numerous detailed illustrations in the text; grey cloth, gilt back, grey endpapers, a near fine copy in unclipped dustwrapper. A classic guide by a seabird master.
40 pages. Features: The Cost of Living Mystery - Why the index figure today is unfair Perilous Island - a story of the eternal triangle in the tropics; Keeping the Zoo Fit - the latest medical aids for aiding birds and beasts; Under Cover - a new adventure of Detective X. Crook; "Stop and Look" Interesting pictures, including a 'mobile home' carved from a huge tree trunk; Spook Ships of Britain - ghostly vessels that haunt our shores; British Boys in Slavery! - no greater scandal exists today than the practice of sending British orphan boys and 'first offenders' to Canada and Ireland to be 'apprenticed to farm work, for which they are wretchedly paid and poorly looked after; Love is Blind; Air Wonders of Today - article with great photos; Angel Esquire (fiction); All About Old Age Pensions; Unmarked. Coverfold half open. Several middle pages loose but present. Somewhat above-average wear. A worthy vintage copy. Magazine
8vo., First Edition, with photographs and maps; cloth, gilt back, a near fine copy in unclipped dustwrapper
12 pages. Circa 1994. Hear the magic! Listen to the Sage of Um fly away in his amazing Brella! Hear the chirping of the birds and the tinkling of Rupert's old-fashioned doorbell! Join Rupert and his friends in these fantastic adventures and hear all the sounds of Nutwood. Book is unmarked with average wear but there is significant damage to the top portion of the front hinge. Book remains useable and enjoyable for young readers. All sound effects working. Book
Plastic spiral binding. Marking inside. 215 pages.
A clean, unmarked book with a tight binding. Small crease on front cover. 512 pages. Many color photos. "An up-to-date distribution map and a unique code indicating frequency and global status are provided for each of the 668 species covered. The concise text provides vital information on habitats, habits, and voice to ensure accurate identification."
8vo., First Edition, with title-vignette and numerous illustrations in the text, endpapers lightly spotted, neat contemporary signature on half-title verso; green cloth gilt, gilt back, backstrip a trifle sunned, two corners very lightly bruised else a very good, clean copy. Kirkus 31a.
"With 950 Color Portraits by Major Allan Brooks." Some marks on covers, fading to spines, on both volumes. Foxing on free endpapers. Volume I has inscription on free endpaper facing title page. This book is extra heavy, and may involve extra shipping charges to some countries
A clean, unmarked book with a tight binding. Edge wear to cover. Previous owner's name stamp inside. 39 pages. 6 5/8"w x 8 1/2"h. Beautiful color illustrations by Hildegard Woodward. A children's sex education book from the fifties - sperm, eggs, mother, father, pregnancy, babies.
Book is in excellent condition. Binding is solid and square, covers have sharp corners, exterior shows no blemishes, text/interior is clean and free of marking of any kind. Small format, 62 pages, with sections on Barn owl, screech owl, flammulated screech owl, great horned, snowy, hawk owl, pygmy owl, burrowing bared, spotted, great gray, long-eared, short-eared, sawwhet, boreal owl. Illustrated with large black and white drawings throughout, map at front.
Book is in excellent condition. Binding is solid and square, covers have sharp corners, exterior shows no blemishes, text/interior is clean and free of marking of any kind. Small format, 47 pages, with sections on Blue grouse, franklin grouse, ruffled grouse, willow ptarmigan, rock ptarmigan, White-tailed grouse, sage hen, euorpean grey partridge, chukar partridge, bob-white quail, california quail, mountain quail, ring-necked phesant, etc.. Illustrated with large black and white drawings throughout, map at front.
Book is in excellent condition. Binding is solid and square, covers have sharp corners, exterior shows no blemishes, text/interior is clean and free of marking of any kind. Small format, 51 pages, with sections on Flickers, Pileated Woodpecker, Lewis Woodpecker, Yellow-bellied Sapsucker, Red-breasted Sapsucker, Williamson Sapsucker, Hairy and Downy woodpeckers, White-headed Woodpecker, American and Arctic Three-toed Woodpeckers, Canada Jay, Stellar Jay, Magpie, Raven, Crows, Clark Nutcracker. Illustrated with large black and white drawings throughout.
58 pages including references. Deals with four families of aerial feeding birds - goatsuckers (Poor-will and Common Nighthawk), swifts (Black, Vaux's, White-throated), hummingbirds (Black-chinned, Anna's, Rufous, Calliope) and swallows (violet-green, tree, barn, cliff, bank, rough-winged, Purple martin). Includes a variety of drawings. Former owner's name written on front cover. Minute tears to top and bottom of cover fold. Very clean inside. Book
42 pages including references. One of a series designed for the beginner and amateur bird-watcher. Covers the following: Glaucous gull, glaucous-wined gull, western gull, herring gull (including Thayer gull), california gull, ring-billed gull, mew gull, franklin gull, bonaparte gull, heermann gull, ivory gull, pacific kittiwake, sabine guss, common tern, arctic tern, black tern, parasitic jaeger, pomarine jaeger, long-tailed jaeger, skua. Many black and white illustrations. Light wear and some yellowing to edges. Book
84 pages with references. Many black and white illustrations. Covers all swans, geese, dabbling ducks, diving ducks and mergansers known to occur in British Columbia. Designed for school-children, novices, amateur bird-watchers, and hunters. Latin terms have not been used except when necessary. Light wear. Unmarked. Quality copy. Book
66 pages including references. One in a series of booklets. Each bird is illustrated by a drawing and some distinctive characteristics in appearance, behaviour, and song are described. Cover the following chickadees: black-capped, chestnut-backed, boreal, mountain, and common bushtit. Covers the following thrushes: american robin, varied thrush, hermit thrush, swainson thrush, gray-cheeked thrush, veery, mountain bluebird, western bluebird, townsend solitaire. Cover the following birds: Golden-Crowned kinglet, ruby crowned kinglet, water pipit, bohemian waxwing, cedar waxwing, northern shrike and loggerhead shrike. Light to moderate wear with touch of yellowing at edges. Book
51 pages with references. Top corner of front cover clipped. Dab of liquid paper on title page which has a thin section as if a sticker took some paper when it was removed. Covers the following birds: Flickers, Pileated Woodpecker, Lewis Woodpecker, Yellow-bellied Sapsucker, Red-breasted Sapsucker, Williamson Sapsucker, Hairy and Downy woodpeckers, White-headed Woodpecker, American and Arctic Three-toed Woodpeckers, Canada Jay, Stellar Jay, Magpie, Raven, Crows, Clark Nutcracker. Amply illustrated with black and white drawings. Book
54 pages including list of references. One in a series of publications written in non-technical terms for the lay reader. Covers the following birds: black oyster catcher, killdeer and semipalmated blovers, black-bellied and golden plovers, surf bird, black and ruddy turnstones, wilson snipe, hudsonian and long-billed curlews, upland plover, spotted sandpiper, wandering tattler, greater and lesser yellow legs, dowitcher and knot, aleutian sandpiper, white-rumped and sharp-tailed sandpipers, sanderling and pectoral sandpipers, re-backed and Baird sandpipers, "Peeps", buff-breasted sandpiper, marbled and hudsonian godwits, avocet and willet, wilson phalarope, read and northern phalaropes. Book
47 pages. Covers: blue grouse; spruce grouse; franklin grouse; ruffed grouse; willow ptarmigan; rock ptarmigan; white-tailed ptarmigan; sharp-tailed grouse; sage hen; european grey partridge; chukar partridge; bob-white quail; California quail; mountain quail; ring-necked pheasant; band-tailed pigeon; mourning dove. Top corner clipped from title page. Ink stamp atop page 25 else unmarked. Moderate wear. Sound copy. Book
96 pages. Features: Cover illustration by William Winter depicts nervous invitation at youth dance; Movie censorship by province (brief article); Young business man Stephen William Garber; Finance Minister Fleming making enemies with his tight pursestrings; Fort William's censorious mayor Catherine Seppala - Lady Chatterley's Lover; Editorial says "If we burn Lady Chatterley, why not the Bobbsey Twins?"; The Grey Cup - and football - "are for the birds" says Frank Fredrickson; One-page colour ad for Orient & Pacific ocean liners; My Part in the Stratford Adventure - Tyrone Guthrie is the great director who guided the beginnings of the Stratford Shakespearean Festival; A Plan to Protect Our Savings Against Inflation, by H. Scott Gordon of Carleton University; Monty vs. Ike - a new report on the war's most successful and turbulent military partnership - article with photos from the memoirs of Viscount Alanbrooke; The Fraser River - six hundred miles of savage force; How I Sell Pretty Nearly Everything - Clifford V. French manages a Steinberg's supermarket in Dorval; The Mystery of the "Mice From the Sky" - Sally Carrighar studied lemmings for an arctic winter; The 'Secret Society" that saves marriages - the one thousand unpaid counselors of Britain's National Marriage Guidance Council; How to Lie Your Way to the Grey Cup - article on how CFL coaches lie about the health of their teams; I Watched the Titanic Rescue - Sir James Bisset was second officer of the Carpathia and recalls the rescue dash through icebergs and the grief of the survivors - article with photos; Canadian Club colour-photo ad features treasure divers Art McKee and Jim Thorne; Nice colour-photo one-page ad for Philips Sterio Hi-Fi (model F882); Colour-photo ad for Tooke shirts shows curling scene; Molson's Canadian one-page colour-photo ad features the tall clear bottles they used before converting to stubbies; One-page colour ad for the 1960 Chevrolet Bel Air 2-door sedan (red); One-page ad for "Canada's Own" Electrohome range of products; Zenith TV ad; Colour-photo Coke ad on back cover features couple in flower garden; and more. Unmarked with average wear. A sound vintage copy. Book
