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Published by David R. Godine, Publisher, 1977
ISBN 10: 087923198XISBN 13: 9780879231989
Seller: HPB-Red, Dallas, TX, U.S.A.
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Hardcover. Condition: Good. Lansdowne, Fenwick (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!.
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Published by Washington DC: Smithsonian Institution, . First edition., 1984
Seller: Natural History Books, Iowa City, IA, U.S.A.
Pp. 31 + 41 color plates by J. Fenwick Lansdowne. Stiff green portfolio case, lettered in black on the spine and front cover, sm folio (14 1/4 x 10 1/4 inches). This "Portfolio edition" presents the introductory chapters and abbreviated species accounts for the Rails of the World. It contains all of the color plates of the first edition. The family Rallidae includes the coots, rails, and gallinules of the worlds' marshlands. Small name stamp Ron Sauey Memorial Library on verso of the final plate, small empty blank pocket on the inside of the portfolio case, no other institutional marks. Sauey was co-founder of the International Crane Foundation, Baraboo, Wisconsin. A bright and clean copy in near fine condition.
Published by Smithsonian Institute Press, 1984
ISBN 10: 0874748046ISBN 13: 9780874748048
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Soft cover. Condition: Near Fine. J. Frederick Lansdowne (illustrator). Fold on softcover case. Slight wear.
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Published by Smithsonian Institution Press, Washington D.C., 1984
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Soft cover. Condition: As New. Pub by Smithsonian Institution Press, 1984. NOT exLib. As-New cond. monograph + 41 full color plates by J. Fenwick Lansdowne, all in as-new publisher's folding envelope. Complete, intact & unmarked. Same or next day shipping. Please email any questions.
Published by Boston: David R. Godine, . First edition, 1977
Seller: Natural History Books, Iowa City, IA, U.S.A.
Pp. xiii, 430, 41 color plates of rails from paintings by J. Fenwick Lansdowne, 17 distribution maps, 10 black-and-white photos of rails at rear, 26 black-and-white text-figures in chapter on fossil rails by Storrs L. Olson. One-quarter burgundy-red cloth, spine lettered in gilt and with gilt image of a rail below title, over beige cloth boards, color pictorial dust jacket, sm folio (14 1/4 x 10 1/4 inches). Laid in at the front is the original eight-page prospectus, in color, announcing the volume s publication. The front page of this prospectus is signed by S. Dillon Ripley, Litchfield, October 1988. A lavishly produced volume describing all species of rails. The family Rallidae includes the coots, rails, and gallinules of the worlds' marshlands. Small call number of the International Crane Foundation on the spine of the dust jacket, plain pocket on the rear endpaper and name stamp of Ron Sauey Memorial Library on the endpapers and top page edge, no other institutional marks to the text or cloth binding. Sauey was co-founder of the International Crane Foundation, Baraboo, Wisconsin. A fine copy in a near fine dust jacket.
Published by David R Godine, Boston, Massachusetts, 1977
First Edition
Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Near fine. Trade Edition. Boston: David R Godine, 1977. Near fine hardcover in dust jacket. With forty-one color paintings by J. Fenwick Lansdowne. B&W maps and illustrations. 406 pp.
Published by M. F. Feheley Publishers, 1977
ISBN 10: 091988007XISBN 13: 9780919880078
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hardcover. Condition: As New. Hardcover and dust jacket. Good binding and cover. Clean, unmarked pages. Dust jacket in protective mylar cover.
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Published by Smithsonian Institution Press, 1984
PAPERBACK. Condition: Very Good. Paperback edition. Unpaginated Portfolio. Color Illustrations. Paper wrap lightly worn. Interior clean throughout.
Published by M. F. Feheley, Toronto, 1977
Seller: Charles Lewis Best Booksellers, San Diego, CA, U.S.A.
larger demy folio, [27.75cm/14.5inches], full quarter-bound gilt-embossed maroon-backed beige tweed with mylar-protected dust jacket, pp. xx, 406, indexed. Illustrated with 41 colour plates. Please feel free to ask for particulars and/or additional photographs. . Sidney Dillon Ripley, (1913 2001), was an American ornithologist and wildlife conservationist. He served as secretary of the Smithsonian Institution for 20 years, from 1964 to 1984, leading the institution through its period of greatest growth and expansion. For his leadership at the Smithsonian, he was awarded the Presidential Medal of Freedom by Ronald Reagan in 1985. . James Fenwick Lansdowne, (1937 2008) was a self-taught Canadian wildlife artist. He was born in Hong Kong and grew up in Victoria, British Columbia. His first show was at the Royal Ontario Museum in 1956 In exceptionally good condition In exceptionally good condition.
Published by David Godine Publisher, Boston. USA, 1977
Seller: Reus, Paris, Londres, Valldoreix, Spain
Book
Encuadernación de tapa dura. Condition: Como Nuevo. Dust Jacket Condition: Como Nuevo. 406 pags. Hardback. Condición: VG. Estado de la sobrecubierta: VG DW. Lansdowne, Fenwick Ilustrador. 1st Edition. Book is in very good condition.
Published by M. F. Feheley Publishers, Limited, 1977
Seller: Structure, Verses, Agency Books, Spray, OR, U.S.A.
Book First Edition
Hardcover. Condition: As New. Dust Jacket Condition: As New. First Edition. Original publisher?s beige cloth boards backed with red cloth. Gilt lettering of spine over a burgundy label, sharp and distinct. Bright and shiny dust jacket, illustrated, showing only very minor wear, protected by a plastic coat, dust jacket not being price-clipped, with three rails shown on the front panel. Housed in a simple cardboard slip-case that has done its job. 14 ½? x 10 ½? x 2.? (i) + (xx) + 1-406 pp., complete. A beautiful book with many color plates depicting the rail bird family Raillidae. Pages and covers are pristine and intact. Binding is tight. An As New condition copy. Excerpt from the front flap of the dust wrapper: ?This monumental work, then, comes none too soon, for all of the species, alive, endangered, and recently extinct, have been carefully studied and illustrated. The study is completed with an illustrated chapter about fossil rails by Dr. Storrs L. Solson, curator of birds at the Smithsonian?s National Museum of Natural History.? From the Colophon: ?This first edition of Rails of the World was designed by Crimilda Pontes and produced in Verona, Italy under the direction of Martino Mardersteig at the Stamperia Valdonega. The text, set in Monotype Bembo, was printed letterpress, with color plates and other halftones printed in fine screen offset. Color separations were prepared by Parabolik, in Milan. The paper was made especially by Magnani Pescia, Recalcati, of Milan, was the binder.? Volume contains scholarly apparatus in the form of, e.g., notes, index, and bibliography. Gift-quality condition inside and out.Member, I.O.B.A., C.B.A., and adherent to the highest ethical standards. Additional postage may be required for oversize or especially heavy volumes, and for sets.
Published by 1st. Ed. Pub. David R. Godine. 1977, 1977
Seller: C. Arden (Bookseller) ABA, Hay-on-Wye, United Kingdom
p.xx, 406 with colour frontis., 40 colour plates of illus. and b/w. photos. and maps. Folio. Fine hardback in nr. fine dw., with vg. publisher s slipcase. Although not inscribed, from the library of ornithologist, artist, author and editor Robert Gillmor MBE (purchased by us May 2023). Daily telegraph obituary of the author, loosely inserted, together with a newspaper article on the discovery, in the Philipines, of a new species of flightless bird, the Calayan Rail dated August 2004 in Gillmor s hand. With forty-one paintings by J. Fenwick Lansdowne and a chapter on Fossil Species by Storrs L. Olson.
Published by M. F. Feheley Publishers Limited, Toronto, 1977
ISBN 10: 091988007XISBN 13: 9780919880078
Seller: Riverrun Books & Manuscripts, ABAA, Ardsley, NY, U.S.A.
Book First Edition
Folio (14 x 10 inches). Illustrations by J. Fenwick Lansdowne. Original cloth; pictorial dust jacket; publisher's plain card slipcase. First edition. With a chapter on fossil species by Storrs L. Olson. An exquisitely designed and printed book, produced in Verona under the direction of Martino Mardersteig at the Stamperia Valdonega. A near-fine copy, jacket price clipped and with a few small soft creases and soilmarks to spine panel.
Published by David R. Godine Publisher, Boston, 1977
ISBN 10: 087923198XISBN 13: 9780879231989
Seller: Salsus Books (P.B.F.A.), Kidderminster, United Kingdom
Association Member: PBFA
Book First Edition
Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. xx 406pp hardback, burgundy and oatmeal cloth gilt in wrapper, with 40 colour plates and 17 distribution maps, folio, some light spotting to deges of wrapper else very good in a very good wrapper.
Boston, 1977. XX,406 pp. 41 col. ills. Cloth. Folio,d/j.
Published by M. F. Feheley, Toronto, 1977
Seller: Carydale Books, Rhinebeck, NY, U.S.A.
First Edition
Hardcover. Condition: Near fine. First Edition. folio, quarter bound in original red cloth with biege cloth covered boards, near fine copt with a little shelf wear. pp. xx, 406, no owner names or bookplates inside. Beautiful color illistrations by Lansdowne. Along with Portfolio edition published by Smithsonian in 1984 with reduced text and all 41 plates seen in the book only they are loose in the portfolio. Fine copy of this. old price sticker on back of portfolio. Book is hardcover, portfolio is stiff paper. Note: due to size and weight, shipping outside the USA or priority shipping will be more expensive than an average book.
Published by David Godine, Boston, 1977
Seller: T. A. Borden Books, Olney, MD, U.S.A.
First Edition
Hardback. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Fine. Illustrated by illus J F Lansdowne (illustrator). First Trade Edition. No slipcase ; folio4; 41 beautiful color plates by Lansdowne. ; 406 pages.
Published by David R. Godine, Boston, 1977
ISBN 10: 087923198XISBN 13: 9780879231989
Seller: Kubik Fine Books Ltd., ABAA, Dayton, OH, U.S.A.
Book First Edition
Hardcover. 1st Edition. 406p. An oversize hardcover book in fine condition with a very good dustjacket. The book is clean and tight. The jacket is fully intact, though tanned and lightly creased on the spine. A guide to the bird species of the Rallidae family, such as coots, gallinules, and rails. Illustrated with paintings by J. Fenwick Lansdowne. Measures approx. 14.5" x 10.5".
Published by Boston: David R. Godine (1977)., 1977
Seller: Bow Windows Bookshop (ABA, ILAB), Lewes, United Kingdom
First edition, folio, xx, 406, (2) pp. 41 coloured plates, 17 maps and 10 photographs. Two toned cloth, d.w. slightly worn to the head, in the original card slipcase - this torn to top and bottom, the whole still held in the publisher's original cardboard box.
Published by DAVID R. GODINE, BOSTON, 1977
Seller: BRIER ROSE BOOKS, TEANECK, NJ, U.S.A.
Condition: FINE. 406 PP., ONE QUARTER RED CLOTH OVER BEIGE CLOTH. FORTY-ONE PAINTINGS BY J. FENWICK LANSDOWNE. GOLD GILT LETTERING ON A BLACK PRINTED LABEL AND A GOLD GILT LINE DRAWING OF A RAIL ON SPINE. Size: FOLIO.
Published by M. F. Feheley Publishers, Toronto, 1977
ISBN 10: 091988007XISBN 13: 9780919880078
Seller: Renaissance Books, Victoria, BC, Canada
Book First Edition
Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Near Fine. Lansdowne, J. Fenwick ( Signed ) (illustrator). 1st Edition. Fine But For Prev. Owner Name At Top Corner Of Front Paste Down,( Unobtrusive And Under The Front Flap ), And Insignificant Soil To Fore Edges. Internally Bright, Clean, And Tight. Jacket Is Fine But For A Small Scrape In The Spine, And Very Minor Traces Of Use. With 41 Paintings. Signed By The Artist On The Title Page.Very Large Volume Will Require Extra Postage. Signed by Artist.
Published by David R. Godine, Boston, 1977
ISBN 10: 087923198XISBN 13: 9780879231989
Book First Edition
Hard Cover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good+. Illustrated by J. Fenwick Lansdowne (illustrator). First Edition Thus. 1. A large, heavy book - additional shipping charges may apply. FINE/VERY GOOD+. Color Illustrations. Folio 13" - 23" tall. xx, 406, (3) pp.
Published by MF Feheley Publishers Ltd, Toronto, 1977
ISBN 10: 0002194937ISBN 13: 9780002194938
Seller: Calluna Books, Morpeth, United Kingdom
Book First Edition
Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Near Fine. Lansdowne, J Fenwick (illustrator). 1st Edition. Book - near fine. Dust wrapper - near fine. Comes with a cardboard slipcase. 41 paintings, chapter on fossil species by Storrs L Olson. HEAVY (3.47 kg) - extra postage will be required.
Published by David R. Godine, Publisher, Boston, MA, 1977
ISBN 10: 087923198XISBN 13: 9780879231989
Book First Edition
Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. First Edition. 10" x 14" Cloth in DJ in Slipcase; 406pp; Very slight wear to base of spine of DJ, DJ scuffed on spine, else clean & bright, tan buckram boards with burgundy cloth spine, boards square, clean & bright, text unmarked, binding is tight, includes cardboard slipcase, Fine/VG condition in VG+ slipcase. Oversized monograph on the rails of the world. With 41 paintings by J. Fenwick Lansdowne and a chapter on Fossil Species by Storrs L. Olson. Illustrated with drawings, maps & color paintings.
Published by Boston: Godine 1977., 1977
Seller: Antiquariat Bergische Bücherstube Mewes, Overath, Germany
XX, 406 S., 41 Farbtaf., 26 Textabb.Reg. 2° HLn.mS.iS. *nahezu neuwertig* Vögel, Ornithologie, Ralle, Teichhuhn*.
Published by M. F. Feheley, Toronto, 1977
Seller: Johnnycake Books ABAA, ILAB, Salisbury, CT, U.S.A.
Cloth. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Fine. Lansdowne, J. Fenwick (illustrator). Edges and corners sharp, color illustrations throughout. Dw with very minor crease top edge front panel, not priceclipped, bright and clean. In F original publisher's cardboard slipcase.
Published by David R. Godine, Publisher, 1977
ISBN 10: 087923198XISBN 13: 9780879231989
Book First Edition
Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. Lansdowne, Fenwick (illustrator). First Edition. > DJ > First edition 406 pages. A monograph of the Family Rallidae with 41 full color plates by J. Jenwick Lansdowne. Included is an illustrated chapter about fossil rails by Dr. Storrs L. Olson and an unusual section of photographs of these elusive birds in aviary and natural habitats. Housed in original clamshell box. 10.5in. x 14in. Tan and maroon cloth book cover. Tan cloth with leatherette spine on box. Box has light wear on two corners. The book is in as new condition. Dust jacket spine has light overall soiling and soft crease along front fold. Additional postage will be required for priority mail or shipment to another country.
Published by David R Godine, Boston, 1977
Seller: Kerr & Sons Booksellers ABA, Cartmel, CMA, United Kingdom
Book First Edition
Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. Lansdowne, J. Fenwick (illustrator). 1st Edition. Large Thick Folio. Very Heavy. UK POSTAGE ONLY. xx, 406pp. Publisher's quarter maroon cloth with cream buckram boards. In the cream colour illustrated dust wrapper with black titles. Edge and surface wear to wrapper, some stains to rear. Decorative end papers. Illustrated. Overall a Very Good copy.
Published by 1st. Ed. Pub. David R. Godine. 1977, 1977
Seller: C. Arden (Bookseller) ABA, Hay-on-Wye, United Kingdom
p.xx, 406 with colour frontis., 40 colour plates and b/w. photos., illus and maps. Folio. Fine hardback in nr. fine dw., with vg. publisher s slipcase. With forty-one paintings by J. Fenwick Lansdowne and a chapter on Fossil Species by Storrs L. Olson.
Published by Toronto M. F. Feheley Publishers Limited 1977, 1977
ISBN 10: 091988007XISBN 13: 9780919880078
Seller: Aquila Books(Cameron Treleaven) ABAC, Calgary, AB, Canada
Book First Edition
Condition: very good. 1st Trade Edition. xx,406pp. Folio in original quarter maroon cloth backed linen boards and decorative endpapers with 41 colour plates after paintings by J. Fenwick Lansdowne (including frontispiece) and B&W illustrations in text (distribution maps, breeding ranges, etc) Includes a chapter on Fossil Species by Storrs L. Olson.