Marples George (21 results)

Condition: Fair. 1934. First Edition. 227 pages. No dust jacket. Blue cloth. Pages and binding are presentable with common faults. Text is legible throughout. Some issues present such as cracking, inscriptions, inserts, moderate foxing, tanning and thumb marking. Binding remains firm. Boards have mild shelf wear with light rubbing and corner bumping. Some light marking and tanning.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: NO DUST JACKET. 1ST.

Condition: Good+, NO dj (see notes). 1st. 8vo. 227pp. Brief gift inscription. Mild dampline bottom spine area, some overall. wear to cloth.

Hardcover. Condition: Fair. No Jacket. with photographs, drawings and diagrams by the authors George Marples & Anne Marples (illustrator). 1st Edition. Blue cloth boards, quite heavily marked and worn on the cover. Ex library copy with usual handling wear. No jacket.

Condition: Good. First edition. Light wear to boards. Content has toning to page ends. No DJ.

Hardcover. Condition: Good. First Edition. London: Country Life, 1934. Photos, ills., diagrams, index, 227pp. Cover worn, lightly soiled but not tattered or frayed. Endpapers lightly foxed, inside clean and tight. First Edition. Hard Cover. Good.

First Edition. Near fine copy in the original title-blocked cloth. Slightest suggestion only of dust-dulling to the spine and panel edges. Remains particularly well-preserved overall; tight, bright, clean and strong. Physical description; xii, 227 pages, 58 unnumbered leaves of plates : illustrations, maps ; 26 cm. Subjects; Birds Great Britain. Photography of birds. Terns Behavior. Species; studies. Animal migration. 3 Kg.

1st edition. Previous owner's signature. Good copy in the original gilt-blocked cloth. Spine bands and panel edges somewhat bumped and rubbed as with age. Remains quite well-preserved overall. Physical description: xii, 227 pages, 58 unnumbered leaves of plates: illustrations, maps; 26 cm. Notes: Contains 117 photographs on 58 unnumbered leaves of plates. Includes bibliographical references and index. Subjects: Terns Great Britain. Birds Great Britain. OrnithologyAnimal migration. Nesting.Birds. Photography of birds.Terns Behavior. Sea birds Great Britain. Genre: Illustrated. 3 Kg.

Hardcover. Condition: Good. No Jacket. 1st Edition. Book - good (foxing on closed edges & some pages). Hardback. Weight exceeds standard 1.0 kg rate - extra postage may be required for some overseas destinations.

Blue hardback cloth cover. Condition: Good. First Edition. G : in good condition without dust jacket. 250mm x 180mm (10" x 7"). xii, 227pp. Photographs, drawings and diagrams.

First Edition. Near fine copy in the original title-blocked cloth. Slightest suggestion only of dust-dulling to the spine and panel edges. Remains particularly well-preserved overall; tight, bright, clean and strong. Physical description; xii, 227 pages, 58 unnumbered leaves of plates : illustrations, maps ; 26 cm. Subjects; Birds Great Britain. Photography of birds. Terns Behavior. Species; studies. Animal migration. 1 Kg.

Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. 1st Edition. Book - near fine. Hardback. Nicely rebound in quarter morocco. Weight exceeds standard 1.0 kg rate - extra postage may be required for some overseas destinations.

Hardcover. Condition: Good. Little wear to boards with faded spine. Light toning to pages with spotting. Front end page removed. DJ has edge wear and light toning.

1st edition. Previous owner's signature. Good copy in the original gilt-blocked cloth. Spine bands and panel edges somewhat bumped and rubbed as with age. Remains quite well-preserved overall. Physical description: xii, 227 pages, 58 unnumbered leaves of plates: illustrations, maps; 26 cm. Notes: Contains 117 photographs on 58 unnumbered leaves of plates. Includes bibliographical references and index. Subjects: Terns Great Britain. Birds Great Britain. OrnithologyAnimal migration. Nesting.Birds. Photography of birds.Terns Behavior. Sea birds Great Britain. Genre: Illustrated. 1 Kg.

Hardback. Condition: Good. No Jacket. First edition. 1st 1934. Good condition with no wrapper. Their Habits, Language, Arrival and Departures. Blue cloth, gilt titles. B/w photos. Contents very good. Spine darkened and chipped. Covers darkened at edges. Packaged with care and promptly dispatched!

Blue cloth, gilt. Condition: Very Good, foxed. No Jacket. 1st Edition. xii,227pp. 117 plates, plus drawings and diagrams. Lightly foxed on some pages and evidence of damp but otherwise a tight attractive copy.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. No Jacket. 2nd Edition. 1934. Country Life Books. First Edition. No jacket. Very Good Condition book. No inscriptions.n Firmly bound. Pages bright.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. 1st Edition. 1934 first edition hardback in very good condition. A little foxing to page edges, sellotape marks to end papers, an owner's name on inside cover. No other marks, clean and bright, tight binding. The blue cloth boards also have a few small sellotape marks, otherwise very good. In its original, unclipped dust jacket with various marks and some rubbing to edges but no major flaw. Items are dispatched the same or the following working day. Please note our excellent customer feedback.

Hard Boards. Condition: Very Good. Hardback. 21x14cm. 354 pages with index. Clean & tight. No inscriptions. NO JACKET. Dispatched Royal Mail First Class with tracking next working day or sooner securely boxed in cardboard, ref XZJ-GF.

Cloth. Condition: Very Good. No Jacket. xii, 227pp. Illustrated with photographs, drawings and diagrams by the authors. Spine slightly darkened. VG Size: Small 4to.

Etching and drypoint on cream wove paper, 8 1/4 x 12 1/16 inches ( 209 x 305 mm), full margins. Signed and numbered 59/75 in pencil, lower margin. Notations in pencil along the lower sheet edge, recto, well outside of image area. A superb, well inked impression. The Irish Folklore Commission, which collected lore from schoolchildren in the late 1930s, claims that the early arrival of these geese, between late September and early October, was believed to be a harbinger of a hard winter. Their arrival in large numbers was heavily associated with the loss of crops. Scaring the geese away was a farmer's most powerful tool in alleviating the damage.