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Very good first edition hardcover in like, unclipped dustjacket. Signed and dedicated to previous owner by Jordan.
Octavo in pale green wrappers; 476 pages : illustrations (some color) ; 22 cm.; ex-library copy straight from The School of Field Studies, Centre for Wildlife Managment Studies, Nairobi with a stamp on half-title page a few more thorughout; a good copy a previous users put to good use; it's still very solidly bound and square; wrappers are worn with creases, scratches and edgewear, but are perfectly affixed to book block; pages are soiled from handling and use but are all there and free of markings, notes; some are dog-earred; most pages are pretty crisp and bright; edges of leaves are moderately soiled; a well-loved copy with lots of life left. In English. 2011 printing of corrected edition.
8vo., First UK Edition, with a frontispiece (original tissue guard present), title in red and black, and numerous full-page illustrations in the text, free endpapers browned; original pictorial cloth splendidly blocked and lettered in gilt, gilt back, gilt top, uncut, a very good, bright, clean copy.
303pp. 25 cm. Hardcover Very good condition, clean & unmarked
Ex-library copy with the usual stamps, stickers, etc. Binding is solid and text/interior is clean and free of marking of any kind. 113 pages, b&w illustrations, photos. Book has been re-bound by library into heavy, strong hardback buckram covers that are brand new with sharp corners and a clean, straight text block.
Hardcover, first edition, without dust jacket, 144pp. Brown cloth boards have gilt printing to front. Boards are shelfworn, tanned at spine, worn along edges and chipped at spine ends. Former copy of the Royal Veterinary College, Camden Town, with inscription penned to FEP and bookshop sticker to front pastedown. Hinge break at FEP, light foxing of pages and tanning of endpapers. Text is clean and clear throughout. AD Used
Hardcover, first edition, in clipped dust jacket. Jacket is edgeworn, both marked and tanned at spine. Foxing to jacket inside and out, few small tears to spine ends. Board edges lightly rubbed, endpapers tanned, prelims foxed. Very minor penned marginalia, text remains clean. Author's newspaper obituary laid-in. AD Used
Book and jacket in as new unread condition. 281pp. The author takes us from the microscopic levels of observation to the big philosophical, ethical and scientific questions. Are we the only living things able to experience feelings intensely and consciously - what is going on in an animal's head. This book helps us answer that question. Hardback scarce in the UK.
A clean, unmarked book with a tight binding. 11 3/4"w x 12"h. 144 pages. Inscribed by Art Wolfe on title page. 4 page article from Columns: Five pages from the University of Washington Alumni Magazine on Art Wolfe laid in.
Book shows very light shelf wear to covers only. Binding is solid and square, covers have lightly bumped corners, exterior shows no other blemishes, text/interior is clean and free of marking of any kind except for previous owner's inscription on front end paper. Dust jacket shows light wear no tears, price clipped. Published in Colaboration with the Gibert White Museum. This is the redesigned and illustrated edition with additional material of the first publication in 1789. 256 pages with large color prints throughout.
36 pages. Features: Photos of the memorial services for the "Thetis" victims; Photos of Axis Activities - "Volunteers" return from Spain - Italy's Navy Day - Kondor Legion goose-steps past Hitler; Maps of the strenuous Royal Tour; Cross-section illustration and photos of their Majesties' "Royal Yacht" for their return to England in the "Empress of Britain"; Great photos of unusulally-placed bird nests; Amazing illustrations of the feet of various Australian animals; Colour photos of pageantry at the Aldershot Tattoo; Photos of the Royal Tour through the Rockies from Banff to the Pacific; Five photos of the Royals in British Columbia; Photos of the Royals returning eastward across Canada to Niagara; The King and Queen in Washington - photos; The Royals in New York City; Classy two-color ad for Wills's Gold Flake cigarettes; and more. Average wear. Unmarked. First three pages loose but present. Pages 1127-28 and 1131-32 and any pages after 1134 are not included. Despite its deficiencies, still a worthy copy. Magazine
Pages 73-108. Features. Aerial cover photo of idle London shipping due to dockworker's strike; Photos of troops serving as stevedores unloading frozen beef from Argentina; Two-page illustration of Fettes College; Article entitled "Dollars, Sterling and European Trade"; Photos of striking dockworkers attending speeches; Two-pages of photos from the agricultural show at Shrewsbury, including Princess Elizabeth and many champion animals; Photos of personalities of the week include the winners of the Ashburton Shield, Tshekedi Khama, Cambridge Cricketeers, Mr. Alexander Diomedes, Air Marshal Sir Leslie Gossage; A.D. Locke, Harry Bradshaw, Seretse Khama, the former Miss Ruth Williams, Sir francis Mudie, Flight-Lt. K.H.F. Letford, and The Emir Idris El Senussi. Photo of the Enola Gay being presented to the Smithsonian Institution; Photo of Emir Abdul Illah with King Feisal of Iraq; Photo of robotic hand developed by German firm; Photos of U.N. Success in Indonesia - 3-stage evacuation of Java; Photo of restoration of Cleopatra's Needle, near Charing Cross; Two-page colour photo of the earliest realistic human portrait in the history of man, discovered in central France; Aerial photos of British castles with medieval fortifications; Attractive one-page colour ad for General Electric fridges; Colour Johnnie Walker cricket-themed ad on back cover; and more. Complete, intact and unmarked with moderate wear. A sound vintage copy. Magazine
Features: Brodick Castle; Living with the Irish; Cambodia - the next Vietnam?; Menswear at Cologne; what can animals perceive?; New finds from new Paphos II - archaeology 2318; and more. Moderate wear. Clean and unmarked. Quality copy. Magazine
Features: Yuri Gregarin's Flight - Extensive Coverage; Eichmann Trial; Nylon net stops jet; The Maya Stelae of Aguateca; Jewels in the service of chivalry and royalty - Orders of Knighthood and an Empress crown (in colour); Courtship among animals (in colour); The AMI 6 Citroen; Large fold-out advertisement by AEI (Associated Electrical Industries Ltd); and more. Average wear. Unmarked. Sound copy. Magazine
Includes sections on Rhinoceroses, boars, pigs, warthogs, hippos, camels, deer, etc.
A clean, unmarked book with a tight binding. 238 pages. Previous owner's name blacked out on front endpaper. Dust jacket shows edge wear and small tears. 7 1/4"w x 10 1/4"h. Many illustrations. "We are now aware of sophisticated dinosaurs with giant brains, stereo vision and manipulative fingers. These creatures have forced a Revolution in Palaeontology and Mr. Desmond suggests that they were warm-blooded and energetic, with the stamina of living mammals."
Octavo in b&w DJ; xvii, 286 p, mostly b&w illus/maps; 23 cm. This book is designed to tell something of the history of the Western horse and the part it has played in the development of the Americas. || Horses; History.
Book is in excellent condition in heavy weave dark red cloth with gilt print and cover and spine with romanesque drawing on cover and gilt top page ends. Handsome book. Corners are lightly bumped, light scuffing to covers. Binding is solid and square, exterior shows no other blemishes, text/interior is clean and free of marking of any kind. 372 pages with 112 ilustrations throughout in b&w with prints and photos. Not a cheap knock-off.
Paperboards and dust jacket are sound. Slight smell of smoke. Head of page block has minor grubby marks. Name of previous owner, address and date penned on FEP. Text remains clear, and binding is tight throughout. Thirteenth Printing Used
With eight line drawings by Irene Hawkins. Very slightly warped. Green cloth cover showing minor wear. Dust jacket discoloured on spine, also slightly worn, with a small tear at top of spine. Slight foxing to endpapers; contents are otherwise clean, sound, and well - preserved throughout. Used
Hardcover without dust jacket. First edition with gilt lettering to front board and to spine. Former library copy with stamps to page block head and also to copyright page. Watermark to FEP and backing tape applied to gutters of initial 3 pages and to REP. Small surface tear to rear pastedown. Contents are clean throughout, spine is tight and binding is sound. AD Used
8vo, 160 pages, line drawings by Jean Vaughan. eng
Ex-library copy with the usual stamps and markings. Interior pages clean and unmarked; tight binding. 242 pages; many photos.
Hardcover without jacket; printed boards. Very good condition. Signed and dedicated by author in pen on FEP. No notable flaws; pages and boards are sound and clear. TA Used
224 pages, illustrated, maps, index. eng