ISBN: 9780903138376 - The Kite's Tale: The Story of the Red Kite in Wales (15 results)

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Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. Book - very good, dust jacket - very good.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Dustjacket Very Good. First Edition. 147 pages. Dustjacket has a 2cm tear to top front corner (taped), light colour change to spine, small creases to top edges and spine-ends, light wear to top corners. Hardback binding has light wear to boards' corners, light wear with small rubs/creases to spine-ends, small green ink name with Xmas 1990 to flyleaf. Pages very clean with mainly B&W attractive illustrations. A nice volume.…

ALL UK PARCELS SENT TRACKED! ALL OVERSEAS PARCELS SENT AIRMAIL, TRACKED! (S/hand, Hardcover, 1990). 1990 1st edition. 4to (212 x 261mm). Ppx,147. Colour plates and photographs, illustrations, maps, bibliography, charts. Brown boards, spine titled in gilt. Good-plus in slightly stained and spine-faded dust-wrapper. The red kite "was once the commonest bird of prey in Great Britain, living alongside man and swarming over the hear of medieval London .the red kite now has a unique place in our history. In Wales it has been fiercely guarded for almost a century, continually plagued by persecution and nest robbery. Now the kite's fortunes are turning as attemprs are made to reintroduce this rare and endangered bird to other parts of the British Isles, and to enable it to be seen by many more people. Here is The Kite's Tale, told by Roger Lovegrove, the man who .has been responcible for the [RSPB's] contribution to kite protection for 20 years." Chapters include: The Red Kite; Kite country; The road to extermination; Past and present distribution; The Kite in Wales - a history of protection; The breeding season; The human factor; Hunting and feeding; Research and manipulation; Winter strategy, movements and occurences elsewhere; Seeing kites; Reintroduction and the future of the Red Kite. Many detailed statistical tables and distribution maps are included in the text. .…

ALL UK PARCELS SENT TRACKED! ALL OVERSEAS PARCELS SENT AIRMAIL, TRACKED! (S/hand, Hardcover, 1990). 1990 1st edition. 4to (212 x 261mm). Ppx,147. Colour plates and photographs, illustrations, maps, bibliography, charts. Brown boards, spine titled in gilt. Very good in torn dust-wrapper. The red kite "was once the commonest bird of prey in Great Britain, living alongside man and swarming over the hear of medieval London .the red kite now has a unique place in our history. In Wales it has been fiercely guarded for almost a century, continually plagued by persecution and nest robbery. Now the kite's fortunes are turning as attemprs are made to reintroduce this rare and endangered bird to other parts of the British Isles, and to enable it to be seen by many more people. Here is The Kite's Tale, told by Roger Lovegrove, the man who .has been responcible for the [RSPB's] contribution to kite protection for 20 years." Chapters include: The Red Kite; Kite country; The road to extermination; Past and present distribution; The Kite in Wales - a history of protection; The breeding season; The human factor; Hunting and feeding; Research and manipulation; Winter strategy, movements and occurences elsewhere; Seeing kites; Reintroduction and the future of the Red Kite. Many detailed statistical tables and distribution maps are included in the text. .…

Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Near Fine. 1st Edition. 148pp Ills. incl. colour, dwgs. hardback, inscription inside front board, fine in nr. fine dustwrapper.

ALL UK PARCELS SENT TRACKED! ALL OVERSEAS PARCELS SENT AIRMAIL, TRACKED! (S/hand, Hardcover, 1990). 1990 1st edition. 4to (212 x 261mm). Ppx,147. Colour plates and photographs, illustrations, maps, bibliography, charts. Brown boards, spine titled in gilt. Very good in dust-wrapper. The red kite "was once the commonest bird of prey in Great Britain, living alongside man and swarming over the hear of medieval London .the red kite now has a unique place in our history. In Wales it has been fiercely guarded for almost a century, continually plagued by persecution and nest robbery. Now the kite's fortunes are turning as attemprs are made to reintroduce this rare and endangered bird to other parts of the British Isles, and to enable it to be seen by many more people. Here is The Kite's Tale, told by Roger Lovegrove, the man who .has been responcible for the [RSPB's] contribution to kite protection for 20 years." Chapters include: The Red Kite; Kite country; The road to extermination; Past and present distribution; The Kite in Wales - a history of protection; The breeding season; The human factor; Hunting and feeding; Research and manipulation; Winter strategy, movements and occurences elsewhere; Seeing kites; Reintroduction and the future of the Red Kite. Many detailed statistical tables and distribution maps are included in the text. .…

ALL UK PARCELS SENT TRACKED! ALL OVERSEAS PARCELS SENT AIRMAIL, TRACKED! (S/hand, Hardcover, 1990). 1990 1st edition. 4to (212 x 261mm). Ppx,147. Colour plates and photographs, illustrations, maps, bibliography, charts. Brown boards, spine titled in gilt. Fine in dust-wrapper. The red kite "was once the commonest bird of prey in Great Britain, living alongside man and swarming over the hear of medieval London .the red kite now has a unique place in our history. In Wales it has been fiercely guarded for almost a century, continually plagued by persecution and nest robbery. Now the kite's fortunes are turning as attemprs are made to reintroduce this rare and endangered bird to other parts of the British Isles, and to enable it to be seen by many more people. Here is The Kite's Tale, told by Roger Lovegrove, the man who .has been responcible for the [RSPB's] contribution to kite protection for 20 years." Chapters include: The Red Kite; Kite country; The road to extermination; Past and present distribution; The Kite in Wales - a history of protection; The breeding season; The human factor; Hunting and feeding; Research and manipulation; Winter strategy, movements and occurences elsewhere; Seeing kites; Reintroduction and the future of the Red Kite. Many detailed statistical tables and distribution maps are included in the text. .…

Hardback. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. 182 pages illustrated. A VG clean copy in a crisp complete dust jacket. No. 52 in the series.

FIRST EDITION, FINE HARDBACK IN VERY GOOD DUSTWRAP. THE STORY OF THE RED KITE IN WALES. ILLUSTRATED IN COLOUR WITH PHOTOGRAPHS AND ART WORK, ALSO MAPS, FIGURES AND TABLES.

Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Includes dust jacket.