6 185 résultats
Pages 821-864. Features: Gorgeous Arthur Guinness, Son & Co. colour ad inside front cover features Toucan birds illustrated by Lobban; The U.S. Supreme Court; The Coronation Commission's First Meeting, and other royal occasions; Photos of the Silverstone races; The Stricken U.S.S. Wasp limps home - with photos of the 75' gash to her bow where she struck a mine-sweeper-destroyer; Photo of members of the Cho Oyu Expedition, including Mr. Eric Shipton; Stirling Moss is congratulated for a victory; Photo of Stalin holding child; The R.M.S. Gothic in the Captain Cook graving dock in Sydney; The Italian cruiser Raimondo Montecuccoli enters Grand Harbour, Malta; Aerial photos of Lake Eyre in South Australia - an inland sea that is fast reverting to a salt desert; Two pages of illustrations depict the recently completed Amsterdam-Rhine Canal, to be opened on May 21; Two pages of illustrations of engineering features of the new waterway, including the world's largest inland lock; Article entitled "Churchill versus Terpitz"; One-page map illustrates the Central African Federation Plan; Centerfold illustration of the City of Bath in the pride of its Roman civilization - Britain's most ancient spa as it was 1800 years ago; Photos of the Duke of Edinburgh in South Wales; Photos of the Queen and other visitors at the British Industries Fair; Photos of the Royal Danish visit to England; Photos of Personalities of the week - including the recently departed Sir Oswald Birley; Photos of Australia's possible atomic test sites; The New Kirkuk-Banias oil pipeline; Photos of amphibious and cliff assaults demonstrated with realism by the Royal Marines; Very tasteful colour-illustrated ad for the Daimler "Regency" inside back cover; Colour Hawker Siddeley Group ad (#5 in a series) on back cover; and more. Centerfold holding by one staple. Moderate wear. Unmarked. A quality vintage copy. Magazine
1977VV304471977 352 pp., 216 photos couleurs, 243 photos N&B, 105 figures in-texte, In-8,Carré, cartonnage d'éditeur. Jaquette légèrement défraichie, près de 500 oiseaux différents sont présentés dans cet ouvrage. Intérieur frais.
541 p. Small 8vo. Original red cloth binding, spine faded. First edition. NH8
Pages 385-424. Features: This Tourist Business of Ours - is it a billion dollar ballyhoo? - photo at Radium Hot Springs; Painted Mountains - Cameron Lake of Waterton National Park; Camper - Respect the Weather!; White Water - photo-illustrated canoeing article by Grey Owl; Memories of Flashing Streams - the trout run big in Cape Breton; "A Big Bee" Brings Pipe of Peace - wonderfully photo-illustrated article describes how treaty money is paid, land is dealt, etc. with Ontario's Native peoples; Blackbird Blizzards; When You're Lost in the Woods - using your watch as a compass; Birds for the Prairie Shelter Belt; With Our Junior Fire Wardens; Trailing the Clouds on Horseback - the life of Rocky Mountain Guide Old Man Logan; Jack Miner's Mail Bag; A Bird Sanctuary in Nova Scotia - by John W. Piggott; Forest Business in British Columbia, by Hon. N.S. Lougheed - includes amazing half-page photo of fallers, their long saws and massive fallen timber; ; Black Bass Furnish Hot Weather Sport, by Ozark Ripley. Nice two-colour ad for C.I.L.'s Dominion Ammunition inside front cover. Canadian National ad inside back cover promotes big game hunting in Canada. Nice ad for Western Super-X shotgun shells on back cover. Average wear. Unmarked. Binding intact. A sound vintage copy. Book
1959035373London: British Ornithologist's Union 1959. Book. Near Fine. Hardcover. First Edition. 8vo 18 x 25.5 cm. Uniformally bound in the publisher's bright red cloth binding gilt vignette of an Ibis to the front board with some blind stamped detail. Bindings are unmarked with bright gilt lettering to the spines corners are a little bumped/rounded binding firm. Contents clean and tight endpapers unmarked no foxing. A great deal of interesting article photographic plates and charts within. A clean and little read run of eight volumes 1959 to 1964 inclusive. Haevy set to a little surcharge may be required to cover the cost of using a courier service please enquire for more details. British Ornithologist's Union Hardcover
1959035375London: British Ornithologist's Union 1959. Book. Very Good. Hardcover. First Edition. 8vo 18 x 25.5 cm. Uniformally bound in the publisher's bright red cloth binding gilt vignette of an Ibis to the front board with some blind stamped detail. Bindings have some signs of silverfish damage to the surface of the cloth on the spines bright gilt lettering to the spines corners are a little bumped/rounded binding firm. Contents clean and tight a few spots to endpapers of volume 102 only otherwise unmarked. A great deal of interesting article photographic plates and charts within. A clean run of nine volumes 1959 to 1967 inclusive. Heavy set so a little surcharge may be required to cover the cost of using a courier service please enquire for more details. British Ornithologist's Union Hardcover
1981190421(London), Academic Press, 1976-1981. M. Abb. OBr.
1931h1056London: British Ornithologists' Union. G: in good condition without dust jacket. Cover rubbed and marked. Occasional inner hinge cracking. Light foxing to page edges and sporadically to content. Plates XI & XII bound in wrong order with plate XI upside down. 1931. First Edition. Maroon hardback cloth cover. 220mm x 160mm 9" x 6". 865pp l. Colour & b/w plates in-text illustrations. Heavy item - shipping supplement may apply for overseas. . British Ornithologists' Union hardcover
1934VV411711934-1935 20, 30, 30, 9, 15, 14, 11, 13, 31, 22, 19 p., 3, 4 plates, 2 maps (1 folded), disbound (no covers). Taken from: The Journal of the Bombay Natural History Society. One article with brittle paper. One paper (Eastern Ghats VII) with first page missing.We added five shorter notes from the same journal, including: Bettes, South Indian Woodpeckers (7 p., 1 plate) / Obituary of Ernst Johann Otto Hartert (2 p.) / Cory, Some Further Notes on the Narcondam Hornbill (Rhytidoceros narcondami) (1 p., 1 nice coloured plate), etc.
1989008815Canberra: National Library of Australia 1989. Illustrated with 100 colour plates small quarto pp 251 paperback a very slight wave to the pages and cover personal inscription on front endpaper very slight fading to the spine otherwise a very good copy. From the library of the botanical artist Wendy Page with her blind-stamp on the title page. VERY SCARCE A HEAVY BOOK - EXTRA SHIPPING MAY BE REQUIRED . Paperback. Good. National Library of Australia Paperback
1892011964Washington D.C.: Smithsonian Institution/GPO 1892. Ex-Library. VG. Buckram. First Thus. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Deaccessioned from non-circulating museum library nominally marked/stamped little actual wear clear-coated spine panel lightly age-toned with hand-written call number on lower portion. Bound in orange buckram not retaining original wraps. ii253-383 pp. illus. w/ 46 b&w plates additional figures in text. Smithsonian Institution United States National Museum. From the Report of the National Museum for 1890 to which this pagination refers. A very durable functional copy. Smithsonian Institution/GPO Hardcover
34151EASTBOURNE AVES PRESS 2013. FOURTH EDITION. NEAR FINE COPY IN LAMINATED BOARDS. EASTBOURNE, AVES PRESS, 2013 hardcover
A clean, unmarked book with a tight binding. 48 pages. 8 3/8"w x 11 1/8"h.
A clean, unmarked book with a tight binding. Small liquid stain on dust jacket.
1963006822London: Collins 1963. With a Colour Frontispiece 32 B/w Photographs 36 Text Figures. pp. xvi 269 includes Appendices Selected Bibliography & Index. P/o name and date on Ffep. Very faint trace of foxing to exterior edges. Priceclipped DJ has very slight discolouration to top edge of spine. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good /Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Collins hardcover
1995VV224081995 xvi, 302 p.,several figs, 14 col. pls, num. distribution maps, hardbound (dust jacket, spine dustjacket discoloured). Library stamps (Zoological Museum Amsterdam), else good copy.
1955101093Washaington, Smithsonian Institution, 1955. M. 25 (teils farb.) Taf. u. 6 Abb. VII, 292 S. OBr. (United States National Museum, Bulletin 208)
1910101008London, Wirterby & Co. 1910. 4°. M. 32 Taf. VIII, 47 S. OLwd.
24139ESSEX ARLEQUIN PRESS 1999. FIRST EDITION VERY FINE LIKE DUSTWRAP. WITH ITS LARGE BIBLIOGRAPHY MAPS AND TABLES THIS BOOK SHEDS MORE LIGHT ON AN ATTRACTIVE BIRD-OF-PREY WITH WHICH MOST BIRDERS MAY ONLY HAVE A BRIEF ENCOUNTER. ESSEX, ARLEQUIN PRESS, 1999 unknown
1947VV185701947 142 p., 29 figs, 4to, paperbound. Thesis. Library stamps. Scarce.
1951049865Philadelphia PA: American Philosophical Society 1951. Book. Near Fine. Hardcover. 1st Edition. Folio - over 12" - 15" tall. SIGNED/INSCRIBED. Transactions of the American Philosophical Society New Series Vol. 41 Pt. 3 1951. Original edition custom-bound in red-orange buckram lettered in gilt on black title panel on spine. Former owner's name in gilt stamped on lower front cover. Cloth slightly spotted text block edges a bit toned otherwise essentially as issued. ii387-591 pp. illus. in b&w. Signed by author on lower main title beneath printed name additionally inscribed and signed again at top corner of main title personalized to a Mr. De Loach. American Philosophical Society Hardcover
000284King of Prussia: W. Graham Arader III 387-591 pp. 55 ills.bibliography small wrinkle at top of spine. Reprint from Transactions of the America. Cloth. Very Good. 4to. W. Graham Arader III Hardcover
1989300133Belgium: Jules Gallez 1989. Cloth/Laminated Boards. Very Good/No d/j as Published. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Type: Book N.B. Laminated boards. No dust jacket as published. English text by Ralph H. Wilcox. Dent to foredge of rear board. Jules Gallez hardcover
6543THE OFFICE OF THE TIMES. LONDON. 1952. FIVE VOLUMES IN BLUE CLOTH. PART I CHAPTERS I-XII 1912-1920 PORTRAIT OF JOHN ASTOR MISSING FROM TITLE PAGE. 'THE 150TH ANNIVERSARY' PART II CHAPTERS XIII-XXIV 1921-1948. BOOK 3 'THE THUNDERER IN THE MAKING' 1785-1841. BOOK 4 'THE TRADITION ESTABLISHED' 1841-1884. BOOK 5 'THE TWENTIETH CENTURY TEST' 1884-1912. ORIGINAL BLUE CLOTH WITH SOME WEAR. POSTAGE AT COST. THE OFFICE OF THE TIMES. LONDON. 1952 hardcover
31122LONDON JOHN VAN VOORST 1865. THIRD EDITION THREE VOLUMES. ORIGINAL GREEN CLOTH 550 TEXT WOODCUTS. EACH VOLUME HAS STRENGTHENING TAPE VERY CLEAN INTERNALLY. A VERY GOOD SET. EXTRA POSTAGE WILL BE REQUIRED. LONDON, JOHN VAN VOORST, 1865 hardcover
