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1982. Birds, Zoology. Buteo Books. Very good - near fine boards and dust jacket 264p.

1982. Birds, Zoology. Buteo Books. Very good - near fine boards and dust jacket 264p.

Hard Back. Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Near Fine. Name sticker and inscription to FFEP, otherwise crisp, clean and bright. Lightly tanned DJ has slight spine fade and very slight bumping to the top edge.

Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. First edition, first impression. 264pp, with colour plate frontispiece and numerous further monochrome illustrations in text. Black cloth-covered boards, gilt titles on the spine. Green endpapers. 8vo. Volume is neat. clean, bright and tight throughout. Price clipped dust jacket is a little toned and shelf worn, with a minor bump at the base of the spine. …

Black hardback cloth cover. Condition: Very Good. First Edition. VG: in very good condition with rubbed and creased dust jacket with faded spine. Cover lightly marked. 240mm x 160mm (9" x 6"). 264pp. 17 plates (1 in colour).

Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. reprint. 1st reprint. Dustwrapper has tiny split on front.

Condition: Very good. 264, col frontis, 31 b/w photos, 11 text figs. . HB. Vg in d/w (spine faded). Original edition. Illustrated by Ian Willis. [9780856610325].

Hard covers, dust jacket. Condition: V.g. V.g. 1st edition. Jacket price-clipped. Little used. Weight: 1.0 Language: English.

ALL UK PARCELS SENT TRACKED! ALL OVERSEAS PARCELS SENT AIRMAIL, TRACKED! (S/hand, Hardcover, 1982). 1982 1st edition. 8vo (158 x 240mm). Pp264. Colour frontispiece, b/w photographs, illustrations, bibliography. Black boards, spine titled in gilt with gilt barn owl motif. Good-plus in slightly marked and used dust-wrapper. Iolo Williams' copy with his ownership signature to front end-paper. "In the classic monograph mould, this study of Tyto alba is the product of almost 40 years field work .in Britain, the USA and Europe. The result is detailed, balanced account .of the barn owl in varying habitats in Britain, comparing as approriate, this race's behaviour with that of sub-species in other areas of the world." Many detailed chapters are arranged under the following general headings: Description and adaptations; Voice; General behaviour; Food; Breeding; Movements; Factors controlling population and possible conservation measures; Distribution in the British Isles; Folklore. .…

Condition: Very good. 264, col frontis, 31 b/w photos, 11 text figs. . HB. Vg in d/w (spine very slightly faded). First edition. Illustrated by Ian Willis. [9780856610325].

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. Book - very good, dust jacket - very good. Willis, Ian (illustrator).

hardback. First Edition. Beautiful pictorial dust jacket in very good condition Dark green endpapers with plaque and neat inscription dated 1983 to the title page Stunning fullpage frontispiece of the barn owl photo by Roy France Pages bright and clean with illustrations by Ian Willis pp264 Overall very good. Ian Willis (illustrator). book.…

ALL UK PARCELS SENT TRACKED! ALL OVERSEAS PARCELS SENT AIRMAIL, TRACKED! (S/hand, Hardcover, 1982). 1982 1st edition. 8vo (158 x 240mm). Pp264. Colour frontispiece, b/w photographs, illustrations, bibliography. Black boards, spine titled in gilt with gilt barn owl motif. Slight use but very good in used, spine-faded dust-wrapper. This copy has Dick Treleaven's address-label to the front paste-down. "In the classic monograph mould, this study of Tyto alba is the product of almost 40 years field work .in Britain, the USA and Europe. The result is detailed, balanced account .of the barn owl in varying habitats in Britain, comparing as approriate, this race's behaviour with that of sub-species in other areas of the world." Many detailed chapters are arranged under the following general headings: Description and adaptations; Voice; General behaviour; Food; Breeding; Movements; Factors controlling population and possible conservation measures; Distribution in the British Isles; Folklore. .…

ALL UK PARCELS SENT TRACKED! ALL OVERSEAS PARCELS SENT AIRMAIL, TRACKED! (S/hand, Hardcover, 1982). 1982 1st edition. 8vo (158 x 240mm). Pp264. Colour frontispiece, b/w photographs, illustrations, bibliography. Black boards, spine titled in gilt with gilt barn owl motif. Slight use but very good in used, spine-faded dust-wrapper. "In the classic monograph mould, this study of Tyto alba is the product of almost 40 years field work .in Britain, the USA and Europe. The result is detailed, balanced account .of the barn owl in varying habitats in Britain, comparing as approriate, this race's behaviour with that of sub-species in other areas of the world." Many detailed chapters are arranged under the following general headings: Description and adaptations; Voice; General behaviour; Food; Breeding; Movements; Factors controlling population and possible conservation measures; Distribution in the British Isles; Folklore. .…

ALL UK PARCELS SENT TRACKED! ALL OVERSEAS PARCELS SENT AIRMAIL, TRACKED! (S/hand, Hardcover, 1982). 1982 1st edition. 8vo (158 x 240mm). Pp264. Colour frontispiece, b/w photographs, illustrations, bibliography. Black boards, spine titled in gilt with gilt barn owl motif. Slight tanning to edges. Very good in slightly used dust-wrapper. "In the classic monograph mould, this study of Tyto alba is the product of almost 40 years field work .in Britain, the USA and Europe. The result is detailed, balanced account .of the barn owl in varying habitats in Britain, comparing as approriate, this race's behaviour with that of sub-species in other areas of the world." Many detailed chapters are arranged under the following general headings: Description and adaptations; Voice; General behaviour; Food; Breeding; Movements; Factors controlling population and possible conservation measures; Distribution in the British Isles; Folklore. . …

FIRST EDITION. FINE IN DW. THE CLASSIC MONOGRAPH MOULD, THIS STUDY OF TYTO ALBA IS THE PRODUCT OF ALMOST 40 YEARS FIELD WORK BY ITS AUTHORS AND COMPLEMENTARY OBSERVATIONS BY OTHER DEDICATED ORNITHOLOGISTS IN BRITAIN, THE USA AND EUROPE. THE RESULT IS A DETAILED, BALANCED ACCOUNT BASED ON INTIMATE KNOWLEDGE OF THE BARN OWL IN VARYING HABITATS IN BRITAIN, COMPARING, AS APPROPRIATE, THIS RACE`S BEHAVIOUR WITH THAT OF SUB-SPECIES IN OTHER AREAS OF THE WORLD. THERE ARE MAJOR CHAPTERS ON BREEDING AND GENERAL BEHAVIOUR, FEEDING, DISTRIBUTION, ETC, BUT VOICE IS RIGHTLY GIVEN A FULL TREATMENT. THE TEXT IS GRACED BY IAN WILLIS`S FINE DRAWINGS AND THERE ARE 31 PHOTOGRAPHS PLUS A COLOUR FRONISPIECE.…

FIRST EDITION. NEAR FINE IN DW. SLIGHTLY FADED SPINE. INSCRIPTION TO FEP. THE CLASSIC MONOGRAPH MOULD, THIS STUDY OF TYTO ALBA IS THE PRODUCT OF ALMOST 40 YEARS FIELD WORK BY ITS AUTHORS AND COMPLEMENTARY OBSERVATIONS BY OTHER DEDICATED ORNITHOLOGISTS IN BRITAIN, THE USA AND EUROPE. THE RESULT IS A DETAILED, BALANCED ACCOUNT BASED ON INTIMATE KNOWLEDGE OF THE BARN OWL IN VARYING HABITATS IN BRITAIN, COMPARING, AS APPROPRIATE, THIS RACE`S BEHAVIOUR WITH THAT OF SUB-SPECIES IN OTHER AREAS OF THE WORLD. THERE ARE MAJOR CHAPTERS ON BREEDING AND GENERAL BEHAVIOUR, FEEDING, DISTRIBUTION, ETC, BUT VOICE IS RIGHTLY GIVEN A FULL TREATMENT. THE TEXT IS GRACED BY IAN WILLIS`S FINE DRAWINGS AND THERE ARE 31 PHOTOGRAPHS PLUS A COLOUR FRONISPIECE.…

FIRST EDITION. VERY GOOD IN DW. FADED SPINE. THE CLASSIC MONOGRAPH MOULD, THIS STUDY OF TYTO ALBA IS THE PRODUCT OF ALMOST 40 YEARS FIELD WORK BY ITS AUTHORS AND COMPLEMENTARY OBSERVATIONS BY OTHER DEDICATED ORNITHOLOGISTS IN BRITAIN, THE USA AND EUROPE. THE RESULT IS A DETAILED, BALANCED ACCOUNT BASED ON INTIMATE KNOWLEDGE OF THE BARN OWL IN VARYING HABITATS IN BRITAIN, COMPARING, AS APPROPRIATE, THIS RACE`S BEHAVIOUR WITH THAT OF SUB-SPECIES IN OTHER AREAS OF THE WORLD. THERE ARE MAJOR CHAPTERS ON BREEDING AND GENERAL BEHAVIOUR, FEEDING, DISTRIBUTION, ETC, BUT VOICE IS RIGHTLY GIVEN A FULL TREATMENT. THE TEXT IS GRACED BY IAN WILLIS`S FINE DRAWINGS AND THERE ARE 31 PHOTOGRAPHS PLUS A COLOUR FRONISPIECE.…

Condition: Acceptable. Most items will be dispatched the same or the next working day. A readable copy. All pages and the cover are intact (dust cover may be missing). Pages can include considerable notes--in pen or highlighter--but notes cannot obscure the text. An acceptable condition vintage paperback. Appears to be SIGNED on the first page by the author (Unverified). There is a significant split to the guttering at pages 70 and 71 hence acceptable, but the rest of the copy is decent. A good reading and reference copy and a candidate for repair.…

ALL UK PARCELS SENT TRACKED! ALL OVERSEAS PARCELS SENT AIRMAIL, TRACKED! (S/hand, Hardcover, 1982). 1982 1st edition. 8vo (158 x 240mm). Pp264. Colour frontispiece, b/w photographs, illustrations, bibliography. Dark green end-papers, black boards, spine titled in gilt with gilt barn owl motif. Slight use but very good in slightly used dust-wrapper. Title-page signed by Tony Warburton. Leaflet from the Hawk and Owl trust laid in. "In the classic monograph mould, this study of Tyto alba is the product of almost 40 years field work .in Britain, the USA and Europe. The result is detailed, balanced account .of the barn owl in varying habitats in Britain, comparing as approriate, this race's behaviour with that of sub-species in other areas of the world." Many detailed chapters are arranged under the following general headings: Description and adaptations; Voice; General behaviour; Food; Breeding; Movements; Factors controlling population and possible conservation measures; Distribution in the British Isles; Folklore. . …

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. First Edition. Triple author signed on half-title page "To Mary, with best wishes from the authors, ---, ---, ---. Book is sound and free of other ownermarks. Some thumbing to top edges of text block, minor shelf rubbing to base. DJ is protected in clear sleeve, removable. This protector has done its job, itself quite rubbed and fingermarked, so maybe time for a fresh one. A peek underneath reveals the DJ to have only minor fingermarks, and moderate creasing and rubbing along the top edge, unclipped. spine panel sunfaded. Size: 8vo. Signed by Author.…

Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Near Fine. 1st Edition. All books outside UK sent airmail and over £30 tracked and inside UK signed for. PayPal accepted. All dust wrappers are film protected. First edition. Illustrated throughout with plates and charts. Original cloth in dust wrapper with original price.…

T & A D Poyser, Calton 1982. 264 pp. Publisher's cloth. Fine condition.

Hardcover. Dust Jacket Included. pp.264 with col. frontis., b/w. photos. & figs. 8vo. Bookplate to ffep. Fine hardback in nr. fine laminated dw., with some sunning to spine. Half-title inscribed by Warburton which reads 'With Best Wishes, Tony Warburton'. This study of Tyto alba is the product of almost 40 years field work by its authors and complementary observations by other dedicated ornithologists in Britain, the USA and Europe. The result is a detailed, balanced account based on intimate knowledge of the Barn Owl in varying habitats in Britain, comparing, as appropriate, this race's behaviour with that of sub-species in other areas of the world.…

T & A D Poyser, Calton 1982. Illustrated in b/w. 264 pages. Orig. boards in dust wrappers. Ex libris. Near fine- / Near fine-.

Soft. Condition: Very Good. Pages clean and bright, light shelf wear to soft covers. Size: 8vo.

Hardback in fine condition with some fading to dustwrapper. Signed by Tony Warburton.