Published by London: H.F. & G. Witherby, 1940
Seller: MW Books, New York, NY, U.S.A.
First Edition
First Edition. Very good copy in the original gilt-blocked cloth. Slight suggestion only of dust-dulling to the spine bands and panel edges. Scattered foxing. Remains particularly well-preserved overall; tight, bright, clean and strong. Physical description: xi, 215 pages 20 plates (some color) 26 cm. Subjects: Birds Conservation Great Britain. Birds Great Britain. Ornithology. 3 Kg.
Language: English
Published by Baskerville Press, Strange the Printer Limited, Eastbourne, 1936
Seller: Nikki Green Books, Glasgow, United Kingdom
First Edition
US$ 41.39
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Add to basketHardcover. Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. Large slim square 8vo, ii + pp93 complete with colour frontis, 9 colour plates, 9 b/w plates and 10 b/w photographs throughout text. Hardcover no dust jacket. Publishers binding of green cloth with titles in gilt to spine and front board along with gilt design of wader to front board. Binding in very good condition with a little rubbing to top & tail of spine and tips with the odd mark. Inside some spotting and foxing to frontis, title page and prelims with all other pages in very good condition although there is a little foxing to fore-edge that occasionally bleeds into edges of a few pages. A nice copy of this local study reflecting his long association with the Eastbourne area by the illustrator and naturalist Arnold.
Published by London: H.F. & G. Witherby, 1940
Seller: MW Books Ltd., Galway, Ireland
First Edition
First Edition. Very good copy in the original gilt-blocked cloth. Slight suggestion only of dust-dulling to the spine bands and panel edges. Scattered foxing. Remains particularly well-preserved overall; tight, bright, clean and strong. Physical description: xi, 215 pages 20 plates (some color) 26 cm. Subjects: Birds Conservation Great Britain. Birds Great Britain. Ornithology. 1 Kg.
Language: English
Published by Cambridge at the University, Cambridge, England, 1924
Seller: Dorley House Books, Inc., Hagerstown, MD, U.S.A.
First Edition
Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. No Jacket. 51 plates after watercolours by the author (illustrator). 1st Edition. red c w/gilt titles; lite actualy wear, though tiny bumps at tips and lite shelf rubbig; lite toning of end papers; 102 clean, unmarked pages.
Published by Cambridge Univ. Press, 1924
Seller: MW Books, New York, NY, U.S.A.
First Edition
First Edition. Provenance: Bookplate of Lewis Balfour Bequest, British Ornithologists Union. Very good copy in the original gilt-blocked cloth. Slight suggestion only of dust-dulling to the spine bands and panel edges. Minor browning to the pages. Remains particularly well-preserved overall. Physical description: vii,[1],102,[2]p., LI plates (col.). Notes: With a half-title and a final unpaginated leaf bearing a colophon. Subjects: Birds Great Britain. Charadriiformes Great Britain. Water birds. Water-birds Great Britain. Genre: Ornithology. 3 Kg.
Published by Cambridge Univ. Press, 1924
Seller: MW Books Ltd., Galway, Ireland
First Edition
First Edition. Provenance: Bookplate of Lewis Balfour Bequest, British Ornithologists Union. Very good copy in the original gilt-blocked cloth. Slight suggestion only of dust-dulling to the spine bands and panel edges. Minor browning to the pages. Remains particularly well-preserved overall. Physical description: vii,[1],102,[2]p., LI plates (col.). Notes: With a half-title and a final unpaginated leaf bearing a colophon. Subjects: Birds Great Britain. Charadriiformes Great Britain. Water birds. Water-birds Great Britain. Genre: Ornithology. 1 Kg.