Published by Ithaca, NY : The Laboratory of Ornithology at Cornell University; [color plates, Dallas Pennsylvania : Payne Printery, Inc.], 1975., 1975
Seller: Joseph Valles - Books, Stockbridge, GA, U.S.A.
Soft cover. Condition: Very Good. 314 p. ; (part col.) 25 cm. ; ISSN: 0459-6137 ; LCCN: 63-24447 ; OCLC: 1783015 ; Serial Publication : Periodical ; stiff paper wrappers with color illustration ; ex-lib, stamps, label, date due pocket ; Contents: The social system of the Green Jay i n Columbia [Colombia] / Humberto Alvarez -- Sunbathing in Grebes / Robert W Storer, W Roy Siegfried, and John Kinahan -- Biology of Harris' Hawk in Southern Arizona / William J Mader -- Factors influencing female choice in the Lek mating system of the Ruff / Julia M Shepard -- Breeding biology of Frigatebirds : a comparative review / J Bryan Nelson -- Territorial defense of people by Laughing Gulls / Peter R Jutro -- The development of North American Herons II / William McVaugh, Jr -- Social b ehavior of the Boat-Billed Heron / Douglas W Mock -- Courtship behavior of the Greater Roadrunner / Martha Whitson -- Hand-rearing Hawks and Owls : some comparisons / Frederick and Frances Hamerstrom -- Complex song repertoire of Long-Billed Marsh Wrens / Jared Verner -- The authors and artists briefly noted -- Staff, administration board, research collaborators, field-collaborators, and Arthur A Allen Medalists -- Members of the Laboratory of Ornithology ; illustrators, George Mikisch Sutton , Don R Eckleberry, Albert E Gilbert, William McVaugh Jr, Diane Pierce, Robert Gillmor, Ted Lewin, Michael J Hopiak, John A Ruthven, James E Coe, peter Goll, John Busby, Lawrence B McQueen, William Zimmerman, Tony Angell ; VG. Book.
Language: English
Published by EW Savory, Ltd & Stock Elliott, Bristol: Park Row Studios. London: 62, Paternoster Row E.C.
Seller: Madoc Books (ABA-ILAB), Llandudno, CONWY, United Kingdom
First Edition
US$ 274.82
Quantity: 1 available
Add to basketPaper Boards. Condition: Very Good. LEWIN FG [Frederic George] d 1933 (illustrator). First Edition. 57 pp, 16 by 7 inches, 1st ed. In contemporary quarter blue cloth with illustrated cream paper over boards, corners and edges bumped and worn slightly, 2 cotton ties, small stain at head. Spine, no title. Internally, half title, [6], 7-57 pp, undated but 1911 per an entry for Lewin in Peppin & Micklethwait, Dictionary of British book illustrators, the twentieth century. Amusing rhymes and large bold woodcuts of pub names and signs. Printed on rectos only on heavy, hand made uncut paper. An appealing and unusual book, both as to design and content, with text and cuts in the style of the old chapbooks. Unusual. 0.
Published by Bristol: W.W. Savory. [1911], 1911
Seller: Jarndyce, The 19th Century Booksellers, London, United Kingdom
US$ 98.94
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Add to basketHalf title, illus., printed on rectos only. Orig. pictorial printed paper boards, brown hessian spine, retaining orig. ties; sl. rubbed & dulled. A nice copy. 57pp. Humorous verse including Sir Walter Raleigh, Ye Fox and Gridiron, Ye Sedan Chair, Ye Swan with Two Necks, &c. Illustrated with attractive woodcuts by the Bristol-born illustrator, journalist and painter Frederick George Lewin.