Tides Ending (84 results)

Condition: Very Good. Scribner's. 1950. No edition stated. Grey cloth with gilt. Foxing to endpapers. Interior is clean and sound. B/w and color plates. Dust jacket is edgeworn and chipped. Rear panel soiled. Inquire if you need further information.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good+. No Jacket. 1st Edition. First U.S. Edition of this collection of nature studies in both painting and word by the notable British children's book illustrator D.J. Watkins-Pitchford. Gray cloth, 244 pages, illustrated including 16 color paintings. No dust jacket and has a non-author gift inscription to a previous owner on half-title page.

Hard Cover. Condition: Very Good. No Jacket. D. J. Watkins Pitchford (illustrator). CH1 - 244 pages A very good used book that shows some small signs of wear and no Dj. Ex. Lib. with a small amount of the usual stamping and stickers.16 full page color paintings and b/w chapter headin illustrations by D. J. Watkins Pickford. This boook is a joy of the tideways, saltings, and creeks. It tells the habits of the thronging wildfowl, the geese, and the waders, of the majety of the dawn and the shining peace of the evening. It is "B. B. "at his best. Size: 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. Ex-Library.

Condition: New. In.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: nature natural history. . . . . Small 4to, hardcover. Near fine condition in vg+ dj. NOT ex-library. Covers and contents clean, unworn, no marking or writing. Binding square and tight. 244 pp., illus. some color.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. hardback book in very good to near fine condition.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. First Edition. Red cloth with gold lettering and design. Previous owner's name written on front free end-paper. Color frontispiece. Color illustrations. xi, 244pp. Mylar cover. Full refund if not satisfied.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. D. J. Watkins-Pitchford (illustrator). 1st Edition. 244 pp. Tightly bound. Corners not bumped. Text is free of markings. No ownership markings. Good to very good dust jacket. Dust jacket not price clipped. First Edition. First Published 1950.

ALL UK PARCELS SENT TRACKED! ALL OVERSEAS PARCELS SENT AIRMAIL, TRACKED! (S/hand, Hardcover, 1999). (1950) 1999 3rd edition. 4to (180 x 252mm). Ppxii,244. Colour frontispiece, illustrations by author. Blue boards, spine & upper board titled in gilt. Slight lean to spine, corners bumped but clean. Good-plus copy in bumped dust-wrapper. "Wildfowling is the last great sport where man and bird, wind and water come together in a unique experience. No one captures the magic of the saltings and marshes, the majesty of dawn and the shining peace of evening better than 'BB'". Most certainly one of BB's finest and most collectible books. .

Condition: Good. 1950. First Edition. 244 pages. Pictorial cloth covered boards. Black and white line illustrations and colour plates by the author. Pages with some foxing and tanning, particularly to endpapers and textblock edges. Some cracking to gutters with exposed netting. Binding slightly loose. Boards have mild shelf wear with light rubbing and corner bumping. Some mild marking and tanning. Unclipped jacket has heavy edge wear with tears, chipping and creasing. Some rubbing and marking to surfaces.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. No Jacket. 1st Edition. 244pp,lacks dust wrapper, previous owners name to front paste down, no other inscriptions, fabulous colour and black and white illustrations. Boards are very slightly rubbed but there are no marks and no fading. Very nice condition internally with little wear, slight spotting to end papers. Heavy book, please inquire for postage outside the UK.

ALL UK PARCELS SENT TRACKED! ALL OVERSEAS PARCELS SENT AIRMAIL, TRACKED! (S/hand, Hardcover, 1980). (1950) 1980 2nd edition. 8vo (160 x 240mm). Ppxii,244. B/w plates and illustrations by the author. Grey-brown boards, spine titled in gilt. Slight browning to edges, slight use else very good in like dust-wrapper. "Wildfowling is the last great sport where man and bird, wind and water come together in a unique experience. No one captures the magic of the saltings and marshes, the majesty of dawn and the shining peace of evening better than 'BB'". Most certainly one of BB's finest and most collectible books. Chapters include: Introduction; 'Back again'; Beginner's gun; The joy of the game; Field work; Night work; A night under the moon; Curlew Bay; Up river; The island loch; The laird's island; The Moss; Sea lavender land; Early days; The unquiet spirit; The hounds of heaven; The upper reaches; Solway side; The inland fowler; Shooting party; Wildfowling in Ireland; Lone Lindisfarne; The wild grey geese of Kirkconnon; The life and habits of wildfowl; Butterfly weather; Dull but necessary; The first star. .

Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Near Fine. D.J. Watkins-Pitchford (illustrator). New Revised Edition. New Revised edition 1980 near fine hardback, light browning to page edges, in a near fine dust wrapper. Protected by clear removable archival covering. No inscription. Not price clipped. 244 pages. Black and white Scraperboard illustrations by D.J. Watkins-Pitchford.

Hardcover. Condition: Fair. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. New edition. Reading copy, an ex library hardback with the usual stamps & stickers, in a dustjacket which has tape marks on the front foldover. 244 pages, illustrations on plates and in the text by the author.

Hardcover. Condition: Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. xi, 244 p. 26 cm. 16 colour plates.Grey cloth in dustjacket. Jacket has chips and tears to edges, some soiling to white spine and rear panel, clipped front flap. Boards a bit warped. Soiling and offsetting tyo endpapers. Ink inscription on front free endpaper. Mark on p. viii.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. No Jacket. D J Watkins-Pitchford (illustrator). 1st Edition. First edition 4to, illustrated by the author under his pseudonym 'BB' , published in grey with gilt to front, brown to spine, no jacket. Minimal wear to boards spine a little dulled, sound binding, back ep browned, else excellent internal condition, very good bird pictures in airy salt marsh settings. A heavy book weighing in at 1;25 kg unpacked; for posting out of UK extra shipping may be requested.

Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: NoNE. WATKINS PITCHFORD D.J (illustrator). ASSUMED FIRST AMERICAN. BEAUTIFULLY ILLUSTRATED WITH 16 FULL PAGE COLOR ILLUSTRATION BY D,J WATKINS - PIITCHFORD SOLID CLEAN AND BRIGHT A CLASSIC WORK ON WATER FOWL BOUND IN GRAY WITH GILT LETTERING SOME WEAR TO LETTERING ON SPINE BOOOK HAS NO FOXING OR BROWNIG EXCEPT TO ONE ENDPAPER AT FRONT AND BACK A LOVELY BOOK WITH A FIRM BINDING AND VERY CLEAN TEXTBLOCK.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. No marks or inscriptions, as new.

hardcover. Condition: Very Good. No Jacket. First Edition. shelf wear on the boards. foxing and markings, a few stickers. sound binding. very good copy , also for its age. heavy, may require extra postage. [SK]. Our orders are shipped using tracked courier delivery services.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Watkins Pitchford, D. J. (illustrator). Grey cloth with gilt title and to spine. 244pp. Col. plates & b/w illus. Some discoloration to cloth. Some lean to spine and bumps to very edges o/w a really lovely copy. OVERSEAS ORDERS MAY INCUR EXTRA SHIPPING.

new edition hardback with dust jacket Nice copy octavo xi + 244pp., frontis., b/w illusts., Unclipped dust jacket sunned at spine o/w nice copy.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. 1st Edition. 'Tides Ending' by BB. Hollis and Carter first edition 1950. VG in price clipped dust jacket with a few tears, slight toning to the spine and a little loss to the top of the spine and top edge of the front panel.

Personal reminiscences of wild fowling with beautiful illustrations in black and white and colour.

Hardcover. Condition: As New. Dust Jacket Condition: As New. Illustrated Edition. 1999 White Lion/ Colt Books Hardcover 1st Impression in this New Edition. Like New with unclipped dustjacket. Wonderful jacket design & illustration as shown. Appears unread.

Hardcover. Condition: near fine/very good. First edition. Quarto. (10" x 7 1/2') 244pp. With 16 color plates of Wildfowl. Nice copy in a lightly chipped dust jacket. Some light creasing to front of jacket.

Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. D.J. Watkins-Pitchford (illustrator). 1st Edition. With inscription. No wrapper. Near fine copy and First edition.

Cloth. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. Denys Watkins-Pitchford (illustrator). First Edition Thus. 244 pages. Illustrated. Dust-jacket in protective plastic wraps. Non-author inscription and small bookseller's stamp on front endpaper.

Grey Buckram. Condition: VG+. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. First Edition. Sound tight decent wear-free hardcover, bright gilt to front panel and slightly dulled on spine panel, no fade to cloth. Name on fly, offsetting and foxing freckles to endpapers and the odd one to fore-edge, insides and plates in excellent order. DJ sound and servicable with moderate edge creasing and cornerwear, 2-3mm loss thereby. A few flappy edge tears around 5mm-1cm. Unclipoped and age darkened, though with reasonably bright appearance for age. Fore-edge fold a little floppy. Size: 4to.

Hardcover. Condition: Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Fair. First Edition. Binding and pages are intact. All pages are free from any markings. Light scuffing and bumping visible to boards. This could have light cosmetic flaws, but remains in good condition. Dust jacket condition is Acceptable. This copy is the First Edition of the published work. Secure packaging for safe delivery.

Hardcover. Condition: Fair. Dust Jacket Condition: Fair. First Edition. Reading copy, an ex library hardback with the usual stamps & stickers, in a dustjacket which has had the front foldover removed, is creased, has 3 short repaired closed tears and minor loss at the edges. 244 pages, colour illustrations on plates by the author.