Rev C a Johns (156 results)

Condition: New.

Soft cover. Condition: Near Fine. Facsimile reprint of the original 1848 edition. With illustrations in black & white. 8vo, 322pp. Softcover, in excellent condition. A clean, tight, copy. No markings or signs of prior ownership. Spine is slightly sunned, otherwise like new.

Hardcover. Condition: Fair. No Jacket. Wolf (illustrator). 1st Edition. First edition 8vo, illustrated. Blue with decorative black and gilt to front, and spine, minor abrade wear, Pat5chy fading to back and partially to spine, front hinge cracked, back hinge strengthened, a presentation plate to fep, good page condition. A reading copy.

Condition: Fair. 1948. 25th Edition. 282 pages. No dust jacket. Green cloth. Colour and black and white illustrated plates to rear of book. Slight cracking to gutters causing binding to be loose, however pages remain attached. Pages and plates have light tanning and foxing throughout. Pencil inscription to front free endpaper. Boards have light shelf-wear with corner bumping. Slight crushing to spine ends.

Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: None. 285 pages. Green cloth, gilt lettering and design. 56 full-page color and 41 text illustrations. Hinge starting, foxing to end papers. Record # 804064.

Hardcover. Condition: Good. Previous owners name and 1912 date on the front end page. No publishers date, circa 1912. Light foxing on inside boards and end pages, light rubbing on spine ends, solid and tight binding.

Hardcover. Condition: Fair. No Jacket. 626 pages. A comprehensive and well illustrated guide to British birds and their habits. This is the 1882 edition of a book that was first published in 1861. A tidy copy with a previous owners' names on the reverse of the front free end paper and inside the front board. One section of the text block is detached but still present. Light foxing on the early and late pages. Available for prompt dispatch from the UK, please email with your queries.

Hardcover. Condition: Fine. 35th Edition. xlix,611pp. The 35th edition revised by G.S.Boulger,F.L.S.,F.G.S. lecturer on botany in the City of London College Honrary Professor of Hatural History, Royal Agricultural College. With portriat, memoir of the author and 64 coloured plates. A little rubbed and bumped. Front inner hinge repaired. Prize label.

Hardcover. Condition: Good. 15th edition. 8vo. 626 pages. Purple cloth boards with bevelled edges; bird illustration and titles in black on front board; gilt titles on spine. 16 colour plates including frontispiece (all present); monochrome illustrations in the text. Publisher's book catalogue at rear. Boards with a few pale stains on rear; spine faded; edgeworn; corners lightly bumped; ends of spine starting to fray. Small stain (ink?) to fore edge of text block. Some toning to endpapers. Pages almost entirely clean; a few foxing spots to some page margins; a few words underlined in ink on one page. Rear hinge starting to crack at tail; front hinge tender; gutter cracking in one place.

Thirteenth edition. 665 pages. Illustrated throughout with attractive line illustrations of the flowers. Pages lightly tanned but clean. Some light annotation in pencil. Marking in pen at index at back. Some foxing on title page. text block starting to come away from cover at front at end papers. Attractive cover, blue cloth with illustration in black and gold. Gold lettering. Cover worn, especially on edges of spine. Damage at top and bottom of spine. A lovely book.

Condition: Fair. 1912. Tenth edition. 431 pages. No dust jacket. This is an ex-Library book. Blue cloth covered boards with gilt to leather spine. Black and white illustrations and colour illustration plates. Book has been rebound by library, with expected inserts, stamps and inscriptions. Pages with some foxing and tanning, particularly to endpapers and textblock edges. Binding remains firm. Some page corners folded. Boards have moderate wear with bumped and abraded corners. Spine ends similarly worn and spine itself slightly scuffed. Gilt mildly dulled. Board surfaces tanned and rubbed.

Hardcover. Condition: Used; Good. This wonderful vintage book, British Birds in their Haunts by Rev. Johns, first published in 1862, has become a classic. In the years since its publication, it has been revised several times and still remains the most popular work of its kind. This is the 25th edition and boasts of 64 pages in colour; illustrated with 64 coloured plates (251 Figures) by William Foster and 5 black and white plates (18 figures) by Roland Green, with a glossary of common and provincial names and of technical terms. A great book for those interested in ornithology! Or if you're looking for something pretty on your bookshelf- beneath the dust-jacket are gorgeous green boards with gold-gilt lettering on the spine and an engraved depiction of a bird on the cover! A gem among a bounty of out of print, rare and stunning vintage books on our second hand bookstore. Title: British Birds in their Haunts Author: Rev. C. A. Johns Publisher: Routledge and Kegan Paul Limited Publication Date: 1948 Format: Hardcover Condition: This book is in a good condition for its age other than some minor signs of wear. In dust-jacket, clean pages.

Condition: Fair. 1862. No Edition Remarks. 626 pages. No dust jacket. Purple cloth with decorations. Black and white illustrations throughout. Slight cracking to gutters causing binding to be loose, however pages remain attached. Pages and illustrations have light tanning and foxing throughout. Previous owner's inscriptions to front pastedown and half-title page. Sticker to rear pastedown. Boards have moderate shelf-wear with bumping to corners and rubbing to surfaces. Light tanning to spine and edges with crushing to spine ends. Splits to spine ends causing cloth to be frayed. Staining overall.

Condition: Good. 1919. No edition remarks. 431 pages. No dust jacket. Pictorial cloth covered boards. Colour and black and white illustrations throughout. Pages and binding are presentable with no major defects. Minor issues present such as mild cracking, inscriptions, inserts, light foxing, tanning and thumb marking. Boards have mild shelf wear with light rubbing and corner bumping. Some mild marking and tanning.

Hardcover. Condition: Fair. No Jacket. Eleventh Edition. Good - Copy in blue cloth on boards with black calf spine, which is rather tatty and worn. Small crack in front hinge, though overall binding is sound. Small owners label pasted onto verso of half title page. Contents including b/w illustrations are generaly clean though some sporadic light foxing. Index at rear.

Decorative Cloth. Condition: Fair. No Jacket. 13th Impression. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

Hardcover. Condition: Fair / Good. Dust Jacket Condition: No Dustjacket. Colour Plates by William Foster (illustrator). 9th Edition. 326 pages. NO DUSTJACKET. Colour plates, several are detached and have some wear to edges (does not affect picture). No dustjacket. Olive-green hardback binding with moderate forward lean with wear to boards' corners and spine-ends and lighter wear to boards' edges. Page-edges moderately browned/greyed, newspaper clipping pasted to flyleaf, light foxing and browning to early and late pages, some brown spotting to pages o/w pages clean. A good reading/research copy.

Hardcover. Condition: Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Fair. Foster, William and Roland Green (illustrator). Hard cover 25th Ed., green cloth bds, light rubbing to edges and spine tips otherwise Good, unclipped dust jacket, protected in film (not a lib. bk), chip from rear top corner, spine ends have small chips, mended wear and tear to front hinge and front flap hinge, Fair+, contents clean and tight, pges lightly tanned, with 64 colour plates by William foster and 5 b/w plates by Roland Green, neat notes on bird spottings to rear clean pges, pp282.

Hardcover. Condition: Good ++. Dust Jacket Condition: No Dustjacket. Revised Edition. 356 pages. Colour plates and B&W illutrations. No dustjacket. Green hardback binding has impressed blind floral design to front board - several marks to front board, small mark to back board. Gilt-coloured titles to spine. Light wear to spine-ends and boards' corners. Light yellowing to end-papers o/w pages clean and tidy.

Hardcover. Condition: Fair +. Dust Jacket Condition: Dustjacket Good +. Reprint. 664 pages. DATED 1886. Home-made and very neat cream dustjacket with very stylishly titles to spine. Dark indigo-blue hardback bindingwith titles in gilt-colour and yellow flowers to front and spine (faded to latter). B&W illustrations. Inner hinges both split so binding weakened. Heavy wear to spine-ends and boards' corners. Browning to page-edges o/w pages clean. Some pages are discoloured with light brown as previous owners have pressed some flowers in book. Working and very usable copy.

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A Hard Backed copy with No Dust Jacket in Good condition. Green cloth boards slightly rubbed/soiled with bird of prey embossed to front with title in gilt lettering to spine. Not Inscribed. 282 Pages with two small tears to edges of last two pages ( not affecting the text).

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Reprint. 626pp. HARDCOVER Old (1902?) gift inscription to half title page. O/w lovely clean copy throughout with strong binding. Includes supply & fitting of new correctly sized protective lyfjacket. **Lovely book in typically decorated shelf dresser style with images & gilt lettering externally. Size: 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. Book.

Condition: Fair. 1918. 14th Edition. 626 pages. No dust jacket. Blue cloth with decorations. Black and white and colour illustrations throughout. Severe cracking to hinges causing boards to be loose. Pages and illustrations have light tanning and foxing throughout. Boards have moderate shelf-wear with bumping to corners and rubbing to surfaces. Slight crushing to spine ends.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. No Jacket. 5th or later Edition. 13th edition Very good copy ed by Clarence Elliot 96 coloured illustrations by E.N.Gwatkin.

Hardcover. Condition: Good. With 64 colour plates after William Foster. Revised edition, 326 pages. In publisher's illustrated cloth, some old damp staining to front board but otherwise sound, pages clean with a bit of foxing to title page and end pages only, a couple of plates loose and worn around the edges.

decorative green cloth. Condition: Fine. First Edition. xvi, 285pp, with 56 full-page plates [ 24 in colour] and 41 text illustrations. Edited by E.T,Cook and W. Dallimore. A little foxing to preliminaries and page edges, otherwise a fine clean copy. A little fore-edge foxing as usual. Attractive olive green boards, bevellled edged, with gilt block on block cover of tree set in gilt border.

Pictorial Cover. Condition: Very Good. No Jacket. 10th edition. 431 pages. Not only does the author describe the tree itself but also the history, uses & folklore of the various species described.

Condition: Good. Eleventh impression. 378 pages. No dust jacket. Pictorial cloth covered boards. Colour plates. Pages remain bright and clean. Some cracking to gutters with exposed netting. Binding slightly loose. Boards have moderate shelf wear with some rubbing, fraying and corner bumping. Some moderate sunning and tanning, particularly to spine. Gilt lettering to spine is dulled but remains brighter on front.

Hardback. Condition: Good. Dust Jacket Condition: No Jacket - as issued. Eighth Edition. Green cloth with gilt decoration to front board and gilt title to spine. Spine has the remains of a small white label to base, although there are no signs of this being a library book. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Book.