Brook H a Gilbert (26 results)

Condition: New.

Hard Back. Condition: Good. Green cloth boards slightly faded to spine with top and bottom of spine a little bumped. Firmly bound. Internally crisp, clean and fairly bright, with just light age toning; light to moderate scattered foxing throughout; prev. owner sticker and date to FFEP.

Hardcover. Condition: Good+. First Edition. B & W photos; Large 8vo 9" - 10" tall; 195 pages; 1925 Arrowsmith. HC first edition. Soundly bound in original burgundy colored cloth lettered in gilt. Cloth lightly crimped at spines; gilt lettering at spine rubbed and faded. Scattered mild foxing to pages adjacent to the b&w photo plates. Illustrated with 35 b&w photos. G++.…

Condition: Good. 1925. First Edition. 195 pages. No dust jacket. Red cloth covered boards with gilt. Black and white photographs. Pages with some foxing and tanning, particularly to endpapers and textblock edges. Some cracking to gutters with exposed netting. Binding slightly loose. Minor pencil inscriptions to endpapers. Corner cut from front free endpaper. Boards have heavy shelf wear with bumping and fraying to corners and crushing and fraying to spine ends. All surfaces tanned and sunned, particularly spine. Gilt lettering to spine is very heavily dulled. Some additional marks and staining.…

Condition: New.

Hardcover. Condition: VG/VG/ND. y 2nd. Edition, 1st Impression. HARDBACK SHIPPED FROM THE UK* Edition: 2nd.* Imp: 1st.* Date of Publication: 1930* Publisher: * Binding and cover condition: Green cloth, Dark brown title to spine. No bumps, slight rubs & small tear to head of spine. Spine somewhat dull. Absolutely minimal shelf wear. VG* Jacket condition: No jacket. ND* Contents condition: PRIVATE COPY NOT EX-LIBRARY. Prize book plate to ffep. Clean, crisp, tight and bright with minimal reading wear, no marks to text, slight marks to pre & postlims. Top edge darkened, otherwise no visible faults. VG+* Illustrations: A number of b/w photos within text throughout.* Pages: 203 pp. text. vi pp. advertisement & blank page at rear.* Description: H.A.Gilbert was a well known bird photographer of the 1920?s He was also involved in ?The secrets of the Eagle and other rare birds.?* A VG copy for its age with some age to exterior. No dust jacket.* 1930-10-01.…

Green Cloth. Condition: Very Good (Faded edges). No Jacket. First Edition. Beautifully written in the hope that the book will interest that large body of persons who know little or nothing about birds. With 41 black and white photographs. Some light foxing and sunned spine and small areas of front and back boards. Overall a very nice copy with largeish easy to read print on quality paper. 203pp Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾". Black & White Photographs (illustrator). Not Signed or Inscribed.…

maroon cloth, gilt. Condition: Vg. No Jacket. 1st ed., 1st imp. 195pp, 35 plates. "The Secrets of the Eagle and of other Rare Birds" 36 photograph inc.the golden eagle, golden-crested wren, dartford warbler, divers, arctic skua etc. Blind-stamped impressed illus. of an eagle to the front board. Little foxing esp. edges. Some minor mottling to the boards. A nice copy. …

Hardcover. Condition: Good. First Edition. Green cloth, no jacket. Prize label to pastedown. Light foxing to prelims else a very clean and tight copy.

Condition: Good. 1925. First Edition. 195 pages. Blue dust jacket with black lettering over red cloth. This is a homemade jacket. DJ has been laminated and is partially attached to boards. B&W photograph plates throughout. Clean pages with firm binding. Notable foxing and tanning to endpapers and page edges. Pages are rough cut along bottom edge. Mild wear to spine, board edges and corners, with scuffing and marking to boards. Unclipped dust jacket. Mild wear and tear to edges and corners. Moderate sunning to spine and edges.…

Hardcover. Condition: Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Poor. Dustjacker well worn and in poor condition, edges chipped, ripped, creased and worn, surface grubby, Underjacket in good condition, some light wear to edges and corners, Corners a little worn, Top and bottom of spine bumped, Internally in good condition, pages crisp and clear.…

hardcover. 1925 First Edition. 196pp, 35 illusts, original reddish brown cloth, private bookplate, wear to head and tail of spine, spine lettering dull, light foreedge foing, VG. . Glacier Books are experienced and professional booksellers. We take pride in offering carefully described books and excellent customer service.…

Hardcover. Condition: Fair. No jacket. Arrowsmith, 1925. Hardback, 8vo, 196pp, illust. Prize bookplate (Harrow), loose plate, some foxing/spotting. Original maroon cloth, Harrow crest in gilt, worn, rear joint torn. A fair reading copy. /0.7uk.

Hardcover. Condition: Good. No Jacket. Good tight copy, corners rubbed, shading on end papers, light age spotting to page edges, title on spine faded, light wear and marks.

GOOD. . No DJ. Red covers show some tarnish spots with 2 small areas of lightening. Sunned to spine and very faded gilt titling, with one split to one side of about an inch about 1/3rd of way down - not at edge, so spine cover is fully in place and secure. some rounding to corners and some rubbing. Ffeps and title page show tarnish marks, and pencil pricing. bookplate to reverse of front cover dated 1928. all the pages are present and bound in, though age tanned a tad, with the odd foxing points. …

Cloth. Condition: Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. Reprint. Hardback. Marks to cloth. Very slight shelf wear to edges of D/J. Slight foxing to end pages and edge. These lines are written in the hope that they will interest that large body of persons who know little or nothing about birds. We propose to try and describe the birds as we have seen them in such a way as to make non-bird-lovers realise what interesting things they can see if they will only try. If such persons will only look up, they will find a whole new universe opens up before them which will give an added interest to every country walk wherever they may be. Illustrated with forty photographs. 203 pp.…

Hardcover. Condition: Good. 2nd Edition. Publisher - Arrowsmith, London, 1933. 2nd ed. repr. Good/fair condition, green boards with fraying to corners and inner spine edges, spine ends crushed, all edges worn, marks to boards. Internally very good for age. With 39 photographs (b/w plates).

Condition: Good. 203, [1]-ad, frontis, 30 b/w plates. . HB. 8vo, orig. cloth, spine faded, a few splash marks to covers. Good in d/w with b/w photographic illustration pasted to front panel (spine faded; a few edge tears, repaired/reinforced to rear; in removable protective sleeve). Second impression (first published 1924).…

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. 2nd Edition. Publisher - Arrowsmith, London, 1930. 2nd ed. Very good condition, green boards with gilt lettering to spine, slight forward lean, previous owner's name neatly to ffep, tight binding. With 40 photographs.

Book Hardcover. Condition: Fair. Arrowsmith, 1926. Fair. with book plate inside cover. See photos.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Royal8vo, first edition, pp,203, with forty-one photographs, green cloth with gilt titling to the spine and blind titling to the top cover, early inscription and school's name to the leading endpapers, light age-toning to the text, cloth toned and faded.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. No Jacket. 1st Edition. First Edition / First Print. Hardback copy in green cloth boards with gold gilt lettering to spine, blind stamped lettering to front board, no dustjacket. 203pp. B/w photographic frontispiece and plates throughout. Not library copy, ink inscription to ffep. (39/5).…

Condition: Poor. Heavy scuffs to spine ends and corners, no jacket. Light wear along board edges and spine. Moderate tanning and foxing, predominantly to page edges. Previous owner details on FEP. Minor knock at top of spine.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. No Jacket. 1st Edition. HARDBACK BOUND IN THE ORIGINAL CLOTH BINDING, FRONTIS PLUS NUMEORUS FULL PAGE PLATES, NO JACKET. BOOK MEASURES APPROX 9 x 6 INCHES WITH 196 PAGES. MINOR MARKS & MINOR RUBBING TO COVER, CORNERS BUMPED, OCCASIONAL LIGHT FOXING TO PAGES WITH FOXING TO PAGE FORE-EDGES. OVERALL IN VERY GOOD CONDITION. EXTRA POSTAGE COSTS MAY APPLY TO OVERSEAS ORDERS. ALL BOOKS POSTED IN STURDY BOOK BOX.…

Cloth. Condition: Very Good Indeed. First edition. A smart copy of this comprehensive illustrated study of eagles and other rare British birds, emerging from the formative years of modern bird conservation. In the publisher's original red cloth binding.First edition.Illustrated with thirty-six photographs across thirty-two monochrome plates, including a frontispiece. Collated, complete.A smart copy of this field-based ornithological work examining the habits, nesting sites, and distribution of the Golden Eagle and other scarce British birds, drawing on direct observation and contemporary records.Arthur Brook (1864-1939) was a British ornithologist known for his studies of raptors and for practical field observation in northern England and Scotland. In the publisher's original cloth binding. Externally, very smart. Slight shelf wear to extremities. One or two very minor scratches to rear board. Internally, firmly bound. Pages bright and clean with light scattered spotting, heavier to first and last few leaves and fore edge. Very Good Indeed. None Stated (illustrator). book.…

First. 30 photograph and photographic frontispiece. 207pp. Reddish boards, slightly bleached on spine. Traces of foxing to end-papers. Glued on inner front cover is a colour painting of pheasants. VG. No dj.