Stuart Urban (53 results)

hardcover. Condition: Good. Martin Woodcock; Ian Willis (illustrator). Connecting readers with great books since 1972! Used textbooks may not include companion materials such as access codes, etc. May have some wear or writing/highlighting. We ship orders daily and Customer Service is our top priority!

Condition: Very Good. Martin Woodcock; Ian Willis (illustrator). 552 pp., hardcover, very good in a worn dust jacket. - If you are reading this, this item is actually (physically) in our stock and ready for shipment once ordered. We are not bookjackers. Buyer is responsible for any additional duties, taxes, or fees required by recipient's country.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Martin Woodcock; Ian Willis (illustrator). HARDCOVER; small stain, tear and chip along top edge of dustjacket; several small very light spots on edges, o/w book in very good condition. This is a heavy volume; extra shipping may be required for priority mail or international orders. Book.

Soft cover. Condition: Very Good. Unpublished MS Thesis; softcovers; ex-library; light foxing of covers; a couple of paper clip stains; o/w in very good condition. This is a heavy volume; extra shipping might be required for priority mail or international orders. Book.

hardcover. Illus. by Martin Woodcock (illustrator). 1st. 4to, 669 pp. Fine copy in nearly fine dust jacket.

hardcover. Condition: New. Dust Jacket Condition: New. Woodcock, Martin; Willis, Ian (illustrator). First Edition. New copy supplied in the original publisher's box. Priority orders will be dispatched by Royal Mail TRACKED 24 or courier (particularly if over 2kg). Standard mail will be dispatched by Royal Mail TRACKED 48 (up to 2kg), heavier items by courier . Overseas orders will be dispatched by Royal Mail International.Tracked. PLEASE CONTACT ME FOR MY PRIVACY POLICY.

hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Martin Woodcock; Ian Willis (illustrator). Signed and inscribed by author Stuart Keith and Emil K. Urban on title page. Hardcover with dust jacket. Book is in very nice condition, text is unmarked and pages are tight. Dust jacket has a tiny closed tear on edge. Dust jacket now nicely protected in mylar cover.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. Martin Woodcock (illustrator). 669 pages. Large book with solid binding. Dust jacket is a little worn looking but has protected the book well. Universally recognized as by far the most authoritative and comprehensive work ever published, Birds of Africa, Volume V is the second of four volumes to deal with the Passerine birds of the continent. The families treated fall into the following groups: thrushes, Old World warblers, Old World flycatchers, monarch flycatchers wattle-eyes and puffback flycatchers. The editors and artists have worked closely with nine other authors--all acknowledged experts on their bird families--to produce a superb reference in which encyclopedic texts on every species are complemented by accurate and detailed paintings and drawings of the birds themselves. Full bibliographies, acoustic references and indexes complete this marvelous reference.

hardcover. Condition: As New. Dust Jacket Condition: Like New. Martin Woodcock; Ian Willis (illustrator). First Edition. Faded spine, otherwise as new hardcover in dust jacket. This volume includes: Phasianidae, Guineafowl, Congo Peacock, Quail, Partridges and Francolins, Button-quail, Rails, Flufftails, Crakes, Gallinules, Moorhens and Coots, Cranes, Finfoots, Bustards, Jacanas, Painted-snipes, Crab Plover, Oystercatchers, Stilts and Avocets, Thick-knees, Stone curlews and Dikkops, Egyptian Plover, Coursers, Pratincoles, Plovers, Lapwings, Sandpipers and Snipe, Phalaropes, Skuas, Gulls, Terns, Skimmers, Auks, Sandgrouse, Pigeons and Doves.

Condition: Very Good. Martin Woodcock (illustrator). Former library copy. Pages intact with possible writing/highlighting. Binding strong with minor wear. Dust jackets/supplements may not be included. Includes library markings. Stock photo provided. Product includes identifying sticker. Better World Books: Buy Books. Do Good.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. colour plates by Martin Woodcock, line drawings by Ian Willis, acoustic references by Claude Chappuis (illustrator). 1st Edition. Firmly bound, brown cloth boards with some minor marks on the cover and on the closed page edges. Jacket has a slightly faded spine and some marks on the inside.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. colour plates by Martin Woodcock, line drawings by Ian Willis, acoustic references by Claude Chappuis (illustrator). 1st Edition. A little fading on the spine of the jacket.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. colour plates by Martin Woodcock, line drawings by Ian Willis, acoustic references by Claude Chappuis (illustrator). 1st Edition. Small faint fluid mark on top front corner of jacket.

Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. Martin Woodcock; Ian Willis (illustrator). 1st Edition. 4to, i-xvi, 611 pp, 32 colour plates by Martin Woodcock, original cloth, very slight indentation on the rear board but otherwise a very good copy of volume 3 of this monumental work. A heavy item for which extra charges will be requested for shipping an order overseas.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Fine. Martin Woodcock; Ian Willis (illustrator). 1st Edition. There is a 7 line ink dedication on the front endpaper, otherwise the book and the dust jacket are clean, bright & unmarked. Like new. This is a heavy book that weighs over 3 kilos so extra postage will be required.

Condition: Good. Martin Woodcock; Ian Willis (illustrator). Volume 3. This is an ex-library book and may have the usual library/used-book markings inside.This book has hardback covers. In good all round condition. Dust jacket in good condition. Please note the Image in this listing is a stock photo and may not match the covers of the actual item,3100grams, ISBN:0121373037.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. colour plates by Martin Woodcock, line drawings by Ian Willis, acoustic references by Claude Chappuis (illustrator).

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. colour plates by Martin Woodcock, line drawings by Ian Willis, acoustic references by Claude Chappuis (illustrator). 1st Edition.

Fine. Martin Woodcock; Ian Willis (illustrator). HB, 25x32cms. Illustrated by Martin Woodcock and Ian Willis . Covering the entire avifauna of Africa, including migrants from the Palearctic and vagrants. Resident birds described in full with sections on their range and status, description, field characters, voice, general behaviour, food and breeding biology. Vol 3. 1988, xvi, 609pp, 32 plates. brown buckram covers with gilt lettering and gilt title to front. Uniform pictorial dust jackets . A Fine copy in a Fine dustjacket. No inscriptions. Pictures available. Heavy volume may require extra postage.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. Martin Woodcock (illustrator). Very good hardcover in dust jacket, lightly shaken. Volume V is the second of four volumes to deal with the Passerine birds of the continent. The families treated fall into the following groups: thrushes, Old World warblers, Old World flycatchers, monarch flycatchers wattle-eyes and puffback flycatchers.

Martin Woodcock; Ian Willis (illustrator). Quarto,611 pp.,colour plates, other illustrations, fine copy in dustwrapper.

Large Format Hardback. Condition: Very Good +. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good +. Martin Woodcock (illustrator). 669pp, bw & col illus. Will NOT ship outside the UK.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. Martin Woodcock; Ian Willis (illustrator). Urban, Emil K., C. Hilary Fry, Stuart Keith, editors. The Birds of Africa. Volume II / illustrated by Martin Woodcock and Ian Willia ; acoustic refernces by Claude Chappuis. Second printing. London: Academic Press, 1993. Hardback, VG, in unclipped dustjacket with minor shelfwear to edges and small circular dent on reverse. Brown cloth with gilt title in decorated medallion to front; gilt lettering to spine. Binding strong and tight. xvi, 552pp., maps, colour and b/w illustrations throughout. Contents clean and bright. 32cm x 24.5cm approx. RightWayUp Books aims to provide accurate and detailed descriptions. All images are of the actual book for sale - no stock images are ever used. Thank you for looking at this listing.

Condition: New.

Hardcover. Condition: Good. Martin Woodcock; Ian Willis (illustrator). Connecting readers with great books since 1972! Used textbooks may not include companion materials such as access codes, etc. May have some wear or writing/highlighting. We ship orders daily and Customer Service is our top priority!

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Near Fine. Martin Woodcock; Ian Willis (illustrator). First Edition. Hardcover, edition not stated (presumed first), bump to base of spine with short crease at base of gutter of most pages, otherwise a Near Fine copy in like dustjacket.

Martin Woodcock; Ian Willis (illustrator). VERY GOOD HARDBACK WITH LIKE DUSTWRAP (SPINE FADED). AUTHORITATIVE AND COMPREHENSIVE WORK. INCLUDES FULL BIBLIOGRAPHIES, ACOUSTIC REFERENCES AND INDEXES. ILLUSTRATED BY MARTIN WOODCOCK AND IAN WILLIS. EXTRA POSTAGE WILL BE REQUIRED.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Martin Woodcock; Ian Willis (illustrator). Immediate dispatch from Somerset. Nice book in great condition. Pages in excellent condition. Pages great. Cover spine faded. Hardcover. English. See images for condition. About the book >.>.> By far the most authoritative and compre-hensive work ever published on the birds of Africa. The Editors and artists have worked closely with the 16 authors of this volume all internationally acknowledged experts on their bird families - to produce encyclopaedic accounts of each species. This volume completes the non-passerines, dealing with all species occurring on the con-tinent residents and visitors alike in the following families: parrots, turacos, cuckoos, owls, nightjars, swifts, colies, kingfishers and their allies, and woodpeckers and their allies. All are illustrated, and all known biological in-formation is included. The passerines (songbirds) will be covered in four forthcom-ing volumes, already in preparation. From the reviews of previous volumes This second volume reinforces the impression gained from Volume I that this handbook is destined to become the standard work for the con-tinent, and as such it is indispensable to anyone with an interest in African birds. (OS).

Hardcover. Condition: New. Dust Jacket Condition: New. Martin Woodcock & Ian Willis (illustrator). 1st Edition. Universally recognised as by far the most authoritative work ever published on the subject, The Birds of Africa is a superb multi-contributor reference work, with encyclopaedic species texts, stunning paintings of all species and numerous subspecies, hundreds of informative line drawings, detailed range maps, and extensive bibliographies. Each volume contains an Introduction that brings the reader up to date with the latest developments in African ornithology, including the evolution and biogeography of African birds. Diagnoses of the families and genera, often with superspecies maps, are followed by the comprehensive species accounts themselves. These include descriptions of range and status, field characters, voice, general habits, food, and breeding habits. Full bibliographies, acoustic references, and indexes complete this scholarly work of reference. This fifth volume in the series deals comprehensively with the true thrushes, Old World warblers, Old World flycatchers, paradise-flycatchers, monarchs, shrike-flycatchers, wattle-eyes and batises. The editors and artists have worked closely with other authors - all acknowledged experts in their field - to produce a superb reference in which comprehensive texts on every species are complemented by accurate and detailed paintings and drawings of the birds themselves. Size: 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. Book.

Condition: new. Martin Woodcock (illustrator). ALL UK PARCELS SENT TRACKED! ALL OVERSEAS PARCELS SENT AIRMAIL, TRACKED! (New, Hardcover, 1997). 1997 1st edition. 4to (243 x 316mm). Ppxx,669. 32 colour plates of paintings of birds by Martin Woodcock, b/w illustrations, distribution maps, extensive bibliography. Brown boards, spine and upper board titled in gilt. Fine new copy in dust-wrapper. Universally recognised as by far the most authoritative and comprehensive work ever published on the birds of Africa. The families treated in this volume fall into the following groups: thrushes, Old World warblers, Old World flycatchers, monarch flycatchers, wattle-eyes and puffback flycatchers. The editors and artists have worked closely with nine other authors - all acknowledged experts on their bird families - to produce a superb reference in which encyclopaedic texts on every species are complemented by accurate and detailed paintings and drawings of the birds themselves. An extensive bibliography, acoustic references and indexes complete this marvellous work of reference. PREVIOUS PRICE GBP 150.00.