John a Burton Editor (30 results)

Trade Paperback. Condition: Good. unknown. This 1973 edition of "Owls of the World" is in good condition. The cover shows minor signs of wear, with some light scuff marks. The pages are intact and the binding remains strong. There is no dust jacket present. The illustrations by John Rignall are vivid and well-preserved, offering an engaging visual experience. unknown (no dust jacket visible). John Rignall (illustrator).…

hardcover. Condition: As New. Used like new hardcover. No underlining, tears, highlighting, or marginalia. A clean sound and serviceable copy. John Rignall (illustrator).

Paperback. Condition: New. New paperback. An unread/unopened copy. May have VERY minor rubbing and scuffing from shelf wear.; 100% Satisfaction Guaranteed! Ships same or next business day.

Hardcover. Condition: Good. Very Good dust. Book is in G condition with pencil marking to FFE, light offsetting to end papers, adhesive stains to covers else still bright and solid. Dust jacket is in VG condition with light rubbing to edges, light bumping to spine ends, faint moisture stain along bottom edge and foot of spine does not bleed through to boards or text else still birght and intact. ARN W.07; 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. John Rignall (illustrator).…

1984 revised edition in tight binding with numerous colour illustrations; dust jacket not price-clipped with yellowed spine and edges; a little foxing to top page fore-edge; otherwise, a clean, tidy copy. Used - Very Good. VG hardback in VG dust jacket Used - Very Good. VG hardback in VG dust jacket.…

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. 1984. Peter Lowe, N/A, 1984. Hard cover. Book condition : Very good to near fine, appears little read. Jacket has mild shelf wear, price clipped. Heavy book may incur extra postage. Book will be sent by Uk postal service. Bookseller Inventory #010193. John Rignall (illustrator). N/A.…

Hardcover. Condition: Fine. 4to. Green boards. 1st American edition. Numerous color drawings & photographs. 216pp. Fine in very good dw.

Soft cover. Condition: Very Good. 44 pages. Eric Hobsbawm on J D Bernal / John Gardner "Securitania" / Hilary Mantel "A Brutal Childhood" / Charles Glass "What Osama Said" / Terry Eagleton "Fredric Jameson's Futures" /David Wootton "At Day's Close: A History of Nighttime" / Hal Foster at the Guggenheim / Maya Jasanoff "The Highly Civilised Man: Richard Burton and the Victorian World" / Tariq Ali - Diary / Gerald Dawe - poem.…

Soft cover. Condition: Very Good. 96 pages. 3 John Menaghan At the Maywood Market 5 Marianne Burton Accident On The Escalier Daru 8 Terence Dooley The Why of It 9 William Blomstedt Dead Cat Blues 22 Katy Evans-Bush Croonerisms 25 Jen Cooper A Line Drawn 26 Scott Myles In Conversation 36 Philip Cowell The Beachcomber 37 Josiah Meints The Man With an Immolating Voice 42 Anthony Seidman translates Salvador Novo s Epifania 44 George Jackson Birthday 46 Ariel Dawn The Tower 47 Brian Wake Visiting Florence 48 Claire Baily Living (Limited Edition Poster) 50 Summer Salon 58 Ambit Translation Slam Winner / Rosalind Harvey translates Tedi López Mills Una Vida en el Día 62 Matthew Licht Be 52 Now 72 Allison McVety The Light Fantastic 73 Sue Butler Silence (25) 74 Will Mayer A Nomad s Castle 77 Dan Wyke Fiesta 77 Lavinia Singer Pestival Date 78 Kirsty Logan The Elephant Dance 80 Matthew Stewart Tea Time 82 James Carpenter +One 83 Spencer Stucky In the Studio 92 Marjorie Lotfi Gill Number 9 Cullipool 94 In Memoriam / Satyendra Srivastava Sir Winston Churchill Knew My Mother 96 Kirsten Harkonen Hawaii #35.…

Soft cover. Condition: Very Good. 80 pages. The Erotica Contest Award Winners with Diana Athill's story 'Desdemona' as the winning fiction entry. Other stories by Ian Watson, Steven Dixon, Inga Trachtenberg and more; poetry by A. J. Brignall, Gavin Ewart, Heathcote Williams and others, interviews with Richard Burton and John Dexter.…

Paperback. Condition: Very Good. Softcover. Very Good with some shelf wear. Pages 99-150 have some highlighting. For any additional information or pictures, please inquire.

Cloth, Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. The owl's only real enemies are human, many species are threatened by the use of pesticides and the destruction of forest habitats. Detailed descriptions and distribution maps and a checklist of species. 208pp illustrated in colour. Size: 297x220mm. John Rignall (illustrator).…

Hard Cover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. First Edition. 216pp, index, glossary, bibliography, check list, num col plates, maps. Or green cloth in jacket. Some small black speckles on endpapers. Jacket price clipped, front flap creased, jacket foxed, a little musty. Every species of owl shown in colour, both in photograph and beautifully rendered artwork. Comprehensive descriptive text accompanied by clear distribution maps. Covers the origins of owls and what makes an owl, owl pellets and owl voices. Size: 4to. John Rignall (illustrator).…

reprint).Quarto,208 pp.,photographs, signature, softcover.

Paperback. Condition: Brand New. 292 pages. 9.00x6.10x0.80 inches. In Stock.

second edition),Quarto,208 pp.,colour paintings, colour photographs, fine copy in dustwrapper.

Hardback. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Fine. First Edition. OWLS OF THE WORLD Their Evolution, Structure and Ecology John A. Burton. Illustrated by John Rignall Peter Lowe, London 1973 First Edition ISBN 0856546038 216pp Illustrated Hardback. This copy is in FINE unmarked condition in a FINE unclipped dustwrapper. Owls are among the most popular of birds. Their human-like faces and apparently wise expressions have become almost as familiar in the home as in the field. Although there are only two mainfamilies of owls, there is an amazing diversity within the groups. Some owls live in burrows in the ground; otherschoose ruined towers and churches. Eagle owls can grow to a length of over 600mm while the tiny elf owl is barely 140mm. Every known species of owl is illustrated in colour. Eighty of the rarer owls have been specially painting for the book by John Rignall. Ref S1. John Rignall (illustrator).…

first edition).Quarto,216 pp.,colour illustrations, very good copy in dustwrapper.

Paperback. Condition: Brand New. 266 pages. 9.25x6.25x0.75 inches. In Stock.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. 2nd Edition. Size 280mmX215mm. Every known species of owl is illustrated in colour. Eighty of the rarer owls have been specially painted for the book by John Rignall, and his accurate and accurate pictures are complemented by approximately 90 colour photographs and distribution maps. These, together with an authoritative and informative text, which has been revised and updated to include recent discoveries and re-evaluations, make this a valuable book for the amateur natural historian and the scientist alike. **The name of the previous owner is written at the top of the flyleaf.**.…

Hardcover. Condition: Brand New. 1st edition. 410 pages. 9.00x6.25x1.00 inches. In Stock.

Hard Cover, No Dustjacket. Condition: Good. Small library stamp on back of flyleaf. Some glue marks and chipping on back cover. IFC and first pages slightly creased. Size: 8" X 11". John Rignall (illustrator).

Paperback. Condition: Brand New. 446 pages. 10.50x7.75x1.00 inches. In Stock.

hardcover. Condition: New. In shrink wrap. Looks like an interesting title.

Hardcover. Condition: Brand New. annotated edition edition. 400 pages. 9.25x6.50x1.25 inches. In Stock.

hardcover. Condition: New. In shrink wrap. Looks like an interesting title.

Hardcover. Condition: Brand New. 843 pages. 9.50x6.50x2.00 inches. In Stock.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. No Jacket. First Edition. The covers look great, except for bumped corners. The binding is tight. The interior pages are clean and unmarked. Electronic delivery tracking will be issued free of charge. Describes the specimens held in the historical section of the Pathology Museum of the Glasgow Royal Infirmary. Hardback, gold gilt titles on dark blue cloth. 652 pages Frontispiece portrait of Dr. William Hunter.…

Cloth. Condition: Fine. Two volumes with slipcase. Vol l: xlvii, 614 pages. Vol 2: [10], 617-1325, [2] pages. Both volumes 8vo, in publisher's maroon cloth with nice gilt lettering, in the original publisher's illustrated slipcase. No dust jackets as issued. A new set. A heavy set which will require additional postage. It will require priority shipping for international destinations. Please ask if you need multiple copies. Cloth. A fantastic resource for the scholar or Poe enthusiast. Collects all the Poe letters known to that point, with descriptions of the correspondent, sources, etc. Very nicely produced as well - high quality for years of use. "The most comprehensive printed collection of letters written by Poe is the 2-volume set of The Collected Letters of Edgar Allan Poe (third edition) originally edited by John Ward Ostrom, and revised, expanded and corrected by Burton R. Pollin and Jeffrey A. Savoye, published by Gordian Press in October 2008. It updates and supplants the previous edition by John W. Ostrom,The Letters of Edgar Allan Poe, Cambridge: Harvard University Press, 1948 (reprinted, with supplemental material by Gordian Press, 1966. The supplement of the 1966 edition included new material as well as combining material published in American Literature, XXIV (November 1952), pp. 358-366 and American Literature, XXIX (March 1957), pp. 79-86. A fourth supplement was printed in American Literature, XLV, no. 4 (January 1974), pp. 513-536. All of this material has been incorporated in the third edition." (eapoe org, the Edgar Allan Poe Society of Baltimore, describing the best scholarly edition available).…

Hardcover. Condition: Good. Two fine character sketches per page of Michigan's then most influential personalities; Black leather-like cloth, formerly gold stamped title to cover, all edges gilt, & blue endpapers/pastedown; A good copy with bookplate inside front cover, early ink owner name at top fep, & later small name/address label below signature; 640 pages. Size: 12"x9" Oblong. A. G. Allan, Fred C. Nash, Fred I. Leipziger, Joseph Kraemer, W. W. Clarke, W. J. Baker, W. T. Bailes, B. R. Thomas, John J. Walsh, Vera Casseau, Drury V. Haight, Burton R. Law, H. G. Berkey, Louis W. Tower, John F. Gilbert, Fred C. Hunt, & Youngstrand (illustrator).…