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pp. vii, 476. Text illustrations by T. M. Short. 8vo. Original full blue cloth binding. Text foxed. NH 2 x2
Paperback white octavo. 240 pages : color illustrations, color maps ; 18 cm Abstract: "This book is intended as a precise and easy-to-use reference work for birdwatchers and bird lovers--novices and experts alike. The entries are arranged alphabetically." --Introduction. || "A Vineyard book." || Ornithology
1st edition. VG hbk in blue cloth, gilt. Cover spine sunned. Front endpaper removed. 16894. eng
1st edition. VG papeback. Illustrated by Paul Singer.9311. eng
No 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.
No inscriptions or marks. A lovely clean crisp very tight copy with bright unmarked boards and no bumping to corners. Dust jacket not price clipped or torn or creased with very slight sunning to margin of rear next to spine. 192pp. This book is a tribute to one of nature's most curious creatures, a study of the bird which lives in Antarctica and flies underwater.
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.
1st edition. 8vo, 184 pages, illustrated. Very good condition paperback. 40619. eng
Book is in excellent condition, as new, no flaws. Binding is solid and square, covers have sharp corners, exterior shows no blemishes, text/interior is clean and free of marking of any kind except for gift inscription inside front cover. 167 pages , heavily illustrated with graphs, charts and how-to instructions; subjects include: Hooking, Transfer Designs, Hook , Flowers, Leaves, Fruit, Animals, Birds, Abstract Designs, Dye , Fabrics, Backgrounds, Spot-Dyeing, Projects, Hex Sign, Floral Trio, Nottingham, Delft Daisies, etc.
157p. + Index. Illustrated with numerous photographs, some in color. 4to. Original full paper covered binding. Original dust jacket. Hardbound. NATURAL HISTORY BOX 9
Piacevole litografia rifinita all'acquarello del 1860 circa che mostra la specie Uria aalge. INCISIONE: litografia AUTORE: Maclure e Macdonald DIMENSIONI PASSEPARTOUT: cm 45x35 DIMENSIONI INCISIONE: cm 33x23 EPOCA: 1860 circa CONDIZIONI: Buone condizioni, lievi usure Nice original lythography of 1860 circa 1867 refined with acquarello representing the bird Uria aalge. TECHNIQUE: lythography AUTHOR: Maclure e Macdonald PASSEPARTOUT SIZE: cm 45x35 PRINT SIZE: cm 33x23 PERIOD: 1860 circa CONDITIONS: good conditions, slightly worn
Black and white illustrations. 195 pages. Wear to top/tail of spine and cover corners. Previous owner's name (G. W. Quin-Smith, The Queen's Bays) on preface page. Some underlining in red on contents pages. Small inscription in red at top of page of Index to Scientific Names.
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.
In five parts: Territory, Migration, Breeding, Structure, Winter Quarters. With fifteen illustrative plates. 172 pages. Spine slightly faded and mottled. Small crease to front cover. Inscription by previous owner on inside front cover that has been 'whited' out, also an inscription by previous owner on front free endpaper.
489p., illus., part. col. Hardcover Very good condition
A nature book for children. With numerous illustrations. 320pp. Inscription by previous owner on front free endpaper.
Quarto in pale blue color illus jacket; xvii, 227 pages : illustrations ; 26 cmbibliographical references (pages 207-215). Signed and inscribed by author on front free endpaper. Handsome full-colro frontis plate. Birds. gamebirds. Woodcock, American. Scolopax. BÈcasses. BÈcasse d'AmÈrique. Scolopax.
"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
Fine in polished dark grren, gilt stamped and Illus boards; AEG; xx, 442 pages, 2 unnumbered leaves of plates : b&w illustrations ; 24 cm. In original slipcase. Place mark ribbon bound in. Limited edition, number 312 of 1,000 copies. For the National Sporting Fraternity Limited. Signed Underwood, Shoffstall, and Rickhoff. Contents: Lifestyle of the upland king. The brave quail / by Robert Ruark -- My respects to Mr. Bob / by Gene Hill -- What is a quail hunter? / by Charley Dickey -- Bobwhite through the year. The prince of game birds / by Charlie Elliott -- The enemies of quail / by Archibald Rutledge -- The gun and the game. To hit a quail in the tail / by Warren Page -- How to miss birds / by Havilah Babcock -- The London gun / by Bob Brister -- Slim Boggins' mistake / by Havilah Babcock -- Hunting around. The Warwick woodlands / by Frank Forester -- Sometimes you can't find them / by Havilah Babcock -- You separate the men from the boys / by Robert Ruark -- They only shoot cockbirds in Carolina / by Jim Rikhoff -- Quail of the eastern sho' / by A.R. Beverley-Giddings -- Bobs of the bayou bank / by Nash Buckingham -- Pipeline "pottiges" / by Nash Buckingham -- Quail of the Kalmias / by Archibald Rutledge -- The dogs that make the hunting. The old maid / by Havilah Babcock -- The mystery of scent / by Ray P. Holland -- Jack / by Ray P. Holland -- Carry me back / by Nash Buckingham -- Mollie / by Paul Hyde Bonner -- Good-time Charlie / by Horace Lytle -- The biscuit eater / by James Street -- The hunting coat / by Paul Annixter -- Some fireside quail stories. Play house / by Nash Buckingham -- Bobwhite blue, Bobwhite gray! / by Nash Buckingham -- The home covey / by Tom Kelly -- The shell / by William Humphrey -- A private affair / by Harold P. Sheldon -- The sundown covey / by Lamar Underwood -- The end of a perfect day / by Horace Lytle./ Bird hunting, Quail shooting.†Fowl
pp. xii, 52; xviii, 62. Illustrated with text drawings and wood engravings. Green silk moire endpapers. All edges gold gilt. Original green page ribbon. 4to. 390 mm. Original full green leather binding gold decorated in an over-all design of birds in flight. Spine with same gold design and raised bands. Hardbound. Very beautiful, crisp copy. Original bookplate from the Easton Press, left blank. This Collector's Edition is published in advance for the subscribers of the Easton Press collection of "The 100 Greatest Books Ever Written". **PRICE JUST REDUCED! PRESS/W75 # 300PR.
8vo., 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.
pp. 69, (2)[Books by Mrs. Wiggin] + frontis. Text illustrated with drawings. Title page decorated with small drawing of a little girl. 8vo. Original full yellow cloth binding, lettered in black. Black pictorial front cover vignette of a little girl sitting on her chair with her crutches leaning nearby. Original dust jacket, small chip rear wrap. Very nice copy which includes the rare dust jacket. "This edition, dramatized edition, arranged for school, home or amateur dramatic club". Fine books from earlier Christmas seasons make great gifts today. **PRICE JUST REDUCED! CHRISTMAS/W70
66p. + Frontis. Text illustrated with drawings. Title page decorated with small drawing of a little girl. Inked ownership of Susan H. Throne, Christmas, 1899. 8vo. Original full cloth binding, lettered in green. Green pictorial front cover vignette of a little girl sitting on her chair with her crutches leaning nearby. Binding slightly soiled. Nice copy. Fine books from earlier Christmas seasons make great gifts today. CHRISTMAS/W70
104 p. + Color Lithograph Frontis of a Black Bird. Frontis loose. Small text drawings. Age stain. 150mm. Original full green cloth binding. Beveled edges. Color lithograph on front board, loss of head of bird. Head and tail of spine and corners worn with loss. Binding rubbed. NAT HIST BX 9
2 vols., 8vo., First Edition, with 30 fine coloured plates, 24 plates in monochrome and over 430 illustrations in the text; original burgundy cloth, gilt backs, red tops, uncut, fore-edges mildly spotted else a near fine copy in unclipped dustwrapper, one wrapper chipped with minor loss at head and tail of backstrip. Bright, crisp copy of a standard reference. The set comprises Vol. I: Struthionidae to Picidae; Vol. II: Eurylaemidae to Ploceidae. Tate p.200.