Parry Veronica A (9 results)

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. Illustrated in colour and black and white. 25 cm. 110 pages VG/VG. Very good book in very good dust jacket with light shelf wear.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. The has an inscription with signature on the front end page! The book has light edge wear, slight rubbing, and overall fading. Otherwise, it is clean, crisp, and well-aged. The dust jacket has light edge wear, fair rubbing, and light overall fading. Otherwise, it is sharp, clean, adorned with mylar.…

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. 1st Edition. First Edition, signed and inscribed by author. Very good condition hardback, with maroon linen boards and gold lettering to spine and original slipcover, in good condition. 109 pages; owner inscription on first page, author sign and message on frontis piece. B/W frontis piece illustration; maps, photographs and illustrations in B/W throughout. Inscribed by Author(s).…

110pp. 4to. Original boards in dustwrapper. B&W photographic illustrations and colour plates. A very good copy.

1st edition hardback with dust jacket Nice copy large octavo 109pp., frontis., colour & b/w plates, text ills., bibliog., Ownership inscription, repaired close tear to dust jacket o/w nice copy.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Immediate dispatch from Somerset. Nice older book in good condition. Pages in good condition. Hardcover. English. See images for condition. About the book >.>.> Most Australians are familiar with the kookaburra, usually seen perched on a tree with head thrown back in full-throated laughter. But very few realize that this bird has evolved social behaviour patterns that enable it to adapt to its environment often more successfully in terms of survival than many of the human species. To understand the way of life of such a familiar avian character should be reason enough for writing this book. But besides discovering the real meaning behind that mirthful chuckle, the reader will be surprised to find that the kookaburra is more unique than we could ever have guessed. Kookaburras live in family groups some-what analogous to human families where auxiliaries, like teenagers, remain with their breeding parents year round helping in all household duties from defence of territory to incubation of eggs to feeding and protection of young. These auxiliaries, though sexually mature, do not breed but remain subordinate to their parents for up to three years and sometimes more, thus acco.…

Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Near Fine. 1st Edition. hardback book and unclipped dust jacket [$6.50] in near fine condition,stated-first published in united states 1972.

Large octavo,110 pp.,photographs, signature, bookplate, fine copy in dustwrapper. A classic early account of cooperative nesting.

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