Gerald S Tuck (8 results)

Hardcover. Condition: Good. William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd, London, 1978. First edition, presumed first printing. Hardcover in original illustrated pictorial boards, featuring a colour seabird illustration to the front cover. No separate dust jacket. *A Field Guide to the Seabirds of Britain and the World* by Captain Gerald S. Tuck, D.S.O., Royal Navy. Illustrated by Hermann Heinzel. A comprehensive illustrated field guide to the seabirds of the world, covering nearly 300 species, with detailed information on identification, distribution, breeding, flight characteristics and behaviour. The volume includes 781 colour bird illustrations, 138 line drawings and 313 distribution maps. Species covered include penguins, albatrosses, petrels, shearwaters, gannets, boobies, cormorants, frigatebirds, skuas, gulls, terns and auks. The book also contains a dedicated section on seabirds of the British Isles by John Parslow, including information on breeding species and their distribution. An attractive vintage Collins natural-history reference, with detailed artwork by the distinguished bird illustrator Hermann Heinzel. **Condition: Good (provisional).** Original illustrated hardcover boards with noticeable age-related yellowing, discolouration and scattered spotting, particularly to the rear cover. Light surface rubbing, handling marks and modest edge wear. Front-cover bird illustration remains clear and attractive. Interior title and publication pages photographed are generally clean and readable, with light age-related toning. No separate dust jacket. Spine condition, binding firmness and completeness of contents have not yet been fully verified. Please see photographs. ISBN: 0002197189. Of interest to birdwatchers, ornithologists and collectors of vintage natural-history books, seabird identification guides and Hermann Heinzel illustrations.…

Hardback. Condition: Very Good. No Jacket. First edition. 1st 1979. Slightly better than very good condition with no wrapper. A comprehensive guide. Matt pictorial boards. B/w line drawings, colour illustrations. xxviii and 292 pages including index. Boards browned and a little marked. Text block lightly browned. Contents clean. Packaged with care and promptly dispatched. Heinzel, Hermann (illustrator).…

Fine. First edition. HB. Laminated pictorial boards, with no dustjacket as issued. 291pp. With 48 colour plates by Heinzel containing 781 bird paintings, plus 138 line drawings and 313 distribution maps. Pictorial endpapers. Fine. A few light handling marks to covers.

Condition: good. Befriedigend/Good: Durchschnittlich erhaltenes Buch bzw. Schutzumschlag mit Gebrauchsspuren, aber vollständigen Seiten. / Describes the average WORN book or dust jacket that has all the pages present.

Softcover. Condition: Gut. 334 S. Ehem. Bibliotheksexemplar mit Signatur und Stempel. GUTER Zustand, kaum Gebrauchsspuren. Ex-library with stamp and library-signature. GOOD condition, few traces of use. L00926 3490078187 Sprache: Deutsch Gewicht in Gramm: 550.

Condition: Assez bon. Merci, votre achat aide à financer des programmes de lutte contre l'illettrisme.

20 x 13 cm, Broschur. 334 S. mit 940 Ill. Einband berieben, bestoßen, angeschmutzt, mit Einrissen, Knickspuren und mit Verlust. Handschriftlicher Besitzereintrag auf Vorsatz. Gutes Leseexemplar. Sprache: Deutsch Gewicht in Gramm: 550.

Hardcover. Condition: gut. 1980. Die Meeresvögel der Welt. Ein Taschenbuch für Ornithologen und Naturfreunde Mit 940 Abbildungen im Text und auf 48 Tafeln, davon 780 farbig, sowie 287 Verbreitungskarten In deutscher Sprache. pages.