The Wildfowl (21 results)

geheftet. 44 Seiten 90 gr. Umschlag unten leicht eingerissen, sonst sehr guter Zustand.

geheftet. 48 Seiten 200 gr. guter Zustand (leicht bestoßen).

geheftet. 36 Seiten 100 gr. Umschlag unten leicht eingerissen, sonst sehr guter Zustand.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Included. 1972. Birds, Natural History, Zoology. Houghton Mifflin. Very good cloth and good dust jacket with cut at top of spine 242p. 6/25.

hardcover. Condition: Fine. 1st. Small 4to, 242 pp. Fine copy in nearly fine dust jacket. Illus. by the author (illustrator).

Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good+. First Edition. Spot on next to last page; DJ has rubs, faded inside; Large 8vo 9" - 10" tall; 242 pages.

Glossy Pictorial Card. Condition: Near Fine (NEAR NEW). No Jacket. Reprint. POSTED AT OUR STANDARD RATE FULLY INSURED (UK ONLY) .Please email for further details Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾". Pictorial & Drawing Illustrations Throughout. (illustrator). Not Inscribed or Signed.

Hardcover. Condition: Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Fair. Monographs of the Nature Conservancy Number Three. Firmly bound, orange cloth boards. Fading mostly along the lower edge of the cover. Light foxing bands on the end papers. Tears, scuffing and dust spotting on jacket which is heavily scuffed and marked. Peter Scott (illustrator).…

Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Near Fine. First Edition. Bright Red boards with bright gilt lettering to soine. 240x160mm. 208pp. Illustrated with over 90 b/w photo-plates. Autobiography of Philippa Talbot-Ponsonby who tells of her childhood on a farm on the high Veldt of South Africa, her sojourns with her English and Scottish relations; her schooldays and climbing holidays in the carefree years between the wars; incident packed times of WWII; her memories of early years with the Severn Wildfowl Trust and of the Thjorsaver Expedition culminating in her marriage to Sir Peter Scott at Reykjavic in 1951. Fine/ Near Fine[ Book-Fine, no inscsp] Dust Jacket not price clipped £14.95 , even spine fade, Please see our images of the actual book offered for sale.…

hardback. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. hardback, quarto, 10" x 8 1/4", a very good tightly bound copy in a well preserved pictorial dust wrapper and with a clean and unmarked text, illustrated throughout, x + 242pp.

Condition: Very Good. 24 pages with some illustrations. An authentic standalone article, extracted from a larger volume. Not a reprint or reproduction, but an original work in its own right. Preserved in a modern card cover, prepared for practicality - an unassuming but serviceable presentation that favours function over finery. Size: 17 x 25 cms. Category: Archaeological Journal; Cosmo Books : 29 years on ABE, 47 years of taking care of customers. A bookseller you can rely on. Softcover (Booklet - Unbound Pages).…

Full Cloth. Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. First Edition. FIRST EDITION, first printing. Comes with review slip from the publisher, a photo of the author from the publisher, and a letter from the publisher describing the author. Profusely illustrated. No previous owner's names, not exlibrary. Overall a EXCELLENT book in a VERY GOOD PLUS brodart protected dust jacket. A good gift. Size: 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. Hardcover.…

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. Boston: The Wildfowl Trust/Houghton Mifflin Co., 1972. 252pp. ills, photos, color frontis. Essays by various authors on aspects of swan behavior, including classification, distribution and migration, food, reproduction, mortality, art and mythology, exploitation, conservation. Appendices on measurements and statistics. Bibliography, index. DJ lightly rubbed with one small chip upper right corner. Cloth. Very Good/Very Good. Illus. by Scott, Peter. 4to. Scott, Peter (illustrator). …

Softcover. Condition: Very Good. 47 pages. Illustrated in colour. Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: Under 500 grams. Category: Animals & Nature::Birds / Ornithology; Animals & Birds; Inventory No: 241432.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Near Very Good. 1st Edition. "Deals Comprehensivewly and Scientifically with the 8 Species of Swans.Frontis Colour Painting of Swans in flight and many Line Drawings by Peter Scott. B&W Photos by Phillipa Scott and Ted Jackson. 242 p. pages, 10" Tall. No inscriptions. Jacket has some edge wear and several nicks. Clipped. …

Oblong 8vo., First Edition, with numerous photographs, illustrations, pland and diagrams; coloured p[ictorial wrappers, a near fine copy.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. Blue boards with gilt title to boards and gilt illustration to front. Colour pictorial dustwrapper with white and black titles. Illustrated blue endpapers. Colour frontis. Fully illustrated in b&w. A Very Good copy.

No Binding. Condition: Very Good. Mounted (matted) and ready to frame. An original antique engraving, printed in 1874, a view of wildfowlers standing in the river sheltering behind a cut-out shaped like a cow. Palmer (illustrator).

Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Fine. Col. frontis. and drawings by Peter Scott, 48 b.w. photos., pp.242. The first comprehensive study of all eight species. Size: 4to.

See his entry in the Oxford DNB. 1p, 4to. In fair condition, lightly aged, with slight spotting to margin. Folded three times. Good signature: 'Peter Scott.' Addressing himself to 'Dear Squirrel', he writes: 'Yes, of course I will try to advise you on the right type of field glasses. I have used Ross 12 by 50 Stepsun for many years and have found it a very good glass for ornithological and also general use. I would strongly recommend it. The 15 x 40 Solaross is a very good instrument in the cheaper price range.' He gives prices for both, and then continues: 'Some of the Japanese binoculars are said to be very good though I have no personal experience. They are comparatively cheap.' He is told that 'the principles used in making "zoom" lenses which have no prisms are now being incorporated in binoculars, and that it makes them lighter - but again no experience'. He ends by dealing with the question of magnification: 'it needs some practice to be able to hold twelves and fifteens steady, but on balance I think the larger image pays, in spite of the smaller field and the wobbles'. See image.…

a completete set of 54 annuals together, some elder ones are slight worn on the backs (code B-423).