Herbert Pike (18 results)

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Stapled Wrappers. Condition: Very Good. First Edition. 40pp. Edited anonymously. Blank white covers slightly soiled.

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Hardcover. Condition: Good. Dust Jacket Condition: No Jacket, as Issued. Oliver G. Pike. W. Bickerton, J.T. Newman, Herbert Lazenby (illustrator). First Reprint of the First Edition. First reprint of the true first edition, published January, 1924. (First published April, 1917). Twenty-three photo colour and sepia illustrations of birds by Oliver G. Pike. W. Bickerton, J.T. Newman, Herbert Lazenby. Also colour plates of nesting places at the British Museum, South Kensington including full-plate frontispiece showing: 'Kingfishers and nest in river bank from case in British Museum, South Kensington'. ***Good in blue cloth-covered boards, with gilt titles to spine and gilt titles and blind border to front board. Light stain affecting the gilt titles on the spine. Boards slightly rubbed, faded and marked. Edges of boards rubbed. Corners of boards rubbed and bumped. Small splits to cloth of tail of spine. Head and tail of spine frayed and rubbed. Contemporaneous owner's name in blue fountain pen ink: 'H.C. Oldfield ' to top of front pastedown. Light unobtrusive scattered foxing to end-pages and outer margins of pages and fore-edge of text-block. Most pages clean. 220mm x 148mm. 256 pages including index to rear. ***Contents; Preface; Bird Life in January: Hard Times, Calendar; Bird Life in February: Mere and Fen, Calendar; Bird Life in March: The Month of Awakening, Calendar; Bird Life in April: The Summer Migrants, Calendar; Bird Life in May: May on the Moors, Calendar; Bird Life in June: The Leafy Month, Calender; Bird Life in July: Sea-Fowl Haunts, Calendar; Bird Life in August: Mountain and Moor, Calendar; Bird Life in September: The Sacrifice in Game, Calendar; Bird Life in October: Seed-time and Harvest, Calendar; Bird Life in November: The Home of a Naturalist, Calender; Bird Life in December: Wild Fowl on the Coast, Calendar; Index. List of illustrations: Kingfishers and their nest in river bank (from case in British Museum, South Kensington; Birds attracted by Coco-nuts; Little Grebe on Nest; Robin's Nest in Kettle; Peewit and her Nest; Kentish Plovers and their Nesting-place (from case in British Museum, South Kensington); Long-tailed Tits and Nests (from case in British Museum, South Kensington); Bullfinch on Nest; Nest of Chaffinch; Peregrine Falcon and Young (from case in British Museum, South Kensington); Nest of Grasshopper Warbler; Linnet's nest in Rose Bush; Red Warbler Feeding Young Cuckoo; The Young Barn Owls; Young Nightjars; Stock Doves and Nest (from case in British Museum, South Kensington); Puffins Feeding their Young (from case in British Museum, South Kensington); Pied Wagtails (from case in British Museum, South Kensington); Black-Throated Diver; A Brood of Young Kestrels; Group of Black-headed Gulls; A Sitting Woodcock; Herons and Wild Ducks. ***A nicely illustrated and informative book of the period. ***For all our books, postage is charged at cost, allowing for packaging: any shipping rates indicated on ABE are an average only: we will reduce the P & P charge where appropriate - please contact us for postal rates for heavier books and sets etc.

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Cloth. Condition: Good. Oliver G. Pike; W. Bickerton; J. T. Newman; Herbert Lazenby (illustrator). A charming study into the lives of birds through the year, with colour and monochrome plates throughout. A reprint of the first edition in the original cloth binding.Illustrated with a colour frontispiece and twenty-two plates. Collated complete.An immersive overview of the habits and lives of various birds throughout a year, divided into the twelve months. Written by English naturalist and ornithologist, John Henry Salter.Salter explores the impact of the changing seasons on birds, and delves into particular species associated with each month.The colour plates of nesting places derive from the British Museum, South Kensington. In the original cloth binding. Externally, smart with slight rubbing to the extremities. Head and tail of spine is bumped and there are a few marks to the boards. Internally, firmly bound. Pages are generally bright and clean with scattered spotting to the endpapers. Contemporary ink inscription to the front endpaper. Good. book.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. First Edition. 24.5cm x 15.5cm. pp. xxxvi, 1-158 (double column), 159-183. Original brown cloth, gilt lettering. Inclusive, and Reported in Land Court Cases, Vols. V. to X. and also Notation of Cases with Regard to the Sections of the Acts. Minor shelf wear. Previous owner's stamp. Category: Law & Criminal Studies; Inventory No: 0034732.

LeatherBound. Condition: New. BOOKS ARE EXEMPT FROM IMPORT DUTIES AND TARIFFS; NO EXTRA CHARGES APPLY. Leatherbound edition. Condition: New. Leather Binding on Spine and Corners with Golden leaf printing on spine. Bound in genuine leather with Satin ribbon page markers and Spine with raised gilt bands. Pages: 154. A perfect gift for your loved ones. Reprinted from 1912 edition. NO changes have been made to the original text. This is NOT a retyped or an ocr'd reprint. Illustrations, Index, if any, are included in black and white. Each page is checked manually before printing. As this print on demand book is reprinted from a very old book, there could be some missing or flawed pages, but we always try to make the book as complete as possible. Fold-outs, if any, are not part of the book. If the original book was published in multiple volumes then this reprint is of only one volume, not the whole set. IF YOU WISH TO ORDER PARTICULAR VOLUME OR ALL THE VOLUMES YOU CAN CONTACT US. Resized as per current standards. Sewing binding for longer life, where the book block is actually sewn (smythe sewn/section sewn) with thread before binding which results in a more durable type of binding. Volume 1901/1905 Language: English Pages: 154 Volume 1901/1905.

LeatherBound. Condition: New. BOOKS ARE EXEMPT FROM IMPORT DUTIES AND TARIFFS; NO EXTRA CHARGES APPLY. Leatherbound edition. Condition: New. Leather Binding on Spine and Corners with Golden leaf printing on spine. Bound in genuine leather with Satin ribbon page markers and Spine with raised gilt bands. Pages: 160. A perfect gift for your loved ones. Reprinted from 1912 edition. NO changes have been made to the original text. This is NOT a retyped or an ocr'd reprint. Illustrations, Index, if any, are included in black and white. Each page is checked manually before printing. As this print on demand book is reprinted from a very old book, there could be some missing or flawed pages, but we always try to make the book as complete as possible. Fold-outs, if any, are not part of the book. If the original book was published in multiple volumes then this reprint is of only one volume, not the whole set. IF YOU WISH TO ORDER PARTICULAR VOLUME OR ALL THE VOLUMES YOU CAN CONTACT US. Resized as per current standards. Sewing binding for longer life, where the book block is actually sewn (smythe sewn/section sewn) with thread before binding which results in a more durable type of binding. Volume 1890/1894 Language: English Pages: 160 Volume 1890/1894.

LeatherBound. Condition: New. BOOKS ARE EXEMPT FROM IMPORT DUTIES AND TARIFFS; NO EXTRA CHARGES APPLY. Leatherbound edition. Condition: New. Leather Binding on Spine and Corners with Golden leaf printing on spine. Bound in genuine leather with Satin ribbon page markers and Spine with raised gilt bands. Pages: 198. A perfect gift for your loved ones. Reprinted from 1912 edition. NO changes have been made to the original text. This is NOT a retyped or an ocr'd reprint. Illustrations, Index, if any, are included in black and white. Each page is checked manually before printing. As this print on demand book is reprinted from a very old book, there could be some missing or flawed pages, but we always try to make the book as complete as possible. Fold-outs, if any, are not part of the book. If the original book was published in multiple volumes then this reprint is of only one volume, not the whole set. IF YOU WISH TO ORDER PARTICULAR VOLUME OR ALL THE VOLUMES YOU CAN CONTACT US. Resized as per current standards. Sewing binding for longer life, where the book block is actually sewn (smythe sewn/section sewn) with thread before binding which results in a more durable type of binding. Volume 1906/1911 Language: English Pages: 198 Volume 1906/1911.

Paperback. Condition: Brand New. 76 pages. 10.00x7.00x0.18 inches. In Stock. This item is printed on demand.

Single Issue Magazine. Condition: Good. Greene-Bauman; Pike, John; Geiger-Rapho-Guillumette; Gregori, Leon; Zaltsman, Joseph; Cooper, Mario; Prince, Meade; Peskin-Pix, David; Brown, Elmore (illustrator). First Edition. 98 pages. Fiction: Roman Mosaic; Old Sorority Sister; Stranger Than Truth; Tiger Swamp Campaign; The Spur; Faster Than a Mule. Articles: A Republican suggests solutions for our major problems; Peace Street / Rue de la Paix - The Wall Street of Fashion in Paris - article with photos of Rambaud, Schiaparelli; Billions in the Mud - article and photos of our pacific bases - wrestled from the Japs - which are now monuments of neglect (photos of acres of equipment); Brains in the Ballet; Ted Williams - The World Series and Me; Curare may be a cure for Polio; Pictures in Stones. Ads include: Sheaffer's pens; B.F. Goodrich tires; Seiberling tires; Rensie Watches; Knox men's fashions; Borden's Instant Coffee; Hudson Cars - a very attractive color ad; Firestone tires; Columbia Records - featuring Frank Sinatra; Ford cars; General Motors - featuring image of boy at wooden school desk; Miller beer; Jeep station wagons; Remington shavers; "No Leave No Love" movie ad featuring Van Johnson; Fantastic color photo ad for Caterpillar bulldozers; Camel cigarettes (back cover) featuring kindly old doctor. Openings along coverfold. Unmarked. Moderate wear. A sound vintage copy.