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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.
Published by Scribners (Scribner's, Scribner), 1950
Seller: M.S. Books, Salisbury, MD, U.S.A.
Book First Edition
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.
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.
4to. Sage-green cloth with gilt titles to front cover and spine. No dustwrapper. With colour plates and other illustrations. Covers and edges badly marked and stained. A sound copy, good internally. pp. xi, 244.
Published by Michael Joseph Ltd, London, UK, 1980
ISBN 10: 0718118677ISBN 13: 9780718118679
Seller: Broad Street Book Centre, Hereford, United Kingdom
Book
Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. Watkins-Pitchford, D. J. (illustrator). New revised edition. Brown cloth, gilt title. 256pp. b/w illus.; b/w plates. This new ed. incl. new scraperboard illus. Slight shelf wear to dustjacket. Now in non-removable, clear protective wrapper, which is torn to front panel by spine. Price clipped. End papers coloured beige. A lovely clean fresh copy.
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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: 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.
Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: No Dj. D J Watkins-Pitchford (illustrator). 4to pp. 244, colour illustrations, very good in grey/gilt cloth. book.
Published by Hollis & Carter, London, UK, 1950
Seller: Broad Street Book Centre, Hereford, United Kingdom
Book
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.
Published by Merlin Unwin Books, 1999
ISBN 10: 1874762465ISBN 13: 9781874762461
Seller: WorldofBooks, Goring-By-Sea, WS, United Kingdom
Book
Hardback. Condition: Very Good. The book has been read, but is in excellent condition. Pages are intact and not marred by notes or highlighting. The spine remains undamaged.
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Published by HOLLIS AND CARTER,UK, 1950
Seller: S.Carter, NEWPORT, United Kingdom
First Edition
Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. No Jacket. 1st Edition. UK1ST.EDITION.1ST.PRINTING.NEAR VG HARDBACK.SOME RUBBING TO BOARDS.INTERNALLY CLEANFABULOUS ILLUSTRATIONS.LARGE BOOK/ NO DUSTWRAPPERR.73 Language: eng Language: eng 0.0 Language: eng 0.0 Language: eng 0.0 Language: eng 0.0 Language: eng Language: eng.
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.
Published by Michael Joseph, London, 1980
ISBN 10: 0718118677ISBN 13: 9780718118679
Seller: Old Hall Bookshop, ABA ILAB PBFA BA, Brackley, United Kingdom
Book First Edition
Brown Cloth. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. D J Watkins Pitchford (illustrator). New Edition. New edition, xii, 244 pp, illustrated by the author with 5 black & white plates and black & white woodcut vignettes at the top of each chapter, light spotting to edges, occasional spotting internally, brown cloth with gilt lettering to spine, price clipped dust jacket, some spotting to inner flaps, otherwise very good. Denys Watkins Pitchford MBE (1905-1990) was born at Lamport, Northamptonshire. His first book was published in 1937. Over the next 50 years he wrote some 60 books of his own and illustrated another 35 by other authors. Although he used his real name for his illustrations he decided it was too long for an author which is why he adopted the psuedonym "B.B." for his writings. Size: 8vo. BB.
Published by Hollis and Carter, London, 1950
Seller: River Reads, Torrington, United Kingdom
Book First Edition
Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Poor. D J Watkins-Pitchford (illustrator). First Edition. The dust wrapper is frayed and has small pieces missing around the spine and edges.
Published by Charles Scribner's Sons, New York, 1950
Seller: Alcuin Books, ABAA/ILAB, Scottsdale, AZ, U.S.A.
Cloth. Condition: Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. Watkins-Pitchford, D. J. (illustrator). 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. 244pp. Chapters on game and game birds, and the finest hunting in Great Britain. Illustrated with 16 (mostly color) plates. Bound in grey cloth boards, with illustrated dust jacket (closed tears, lightly soiled, handling stains).
Published by Michael Joseph London 1980, 1980
Seller: Andrew Barnes Books / Military Melbourne, Melbourne, VIC, Australia
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.
Published by Hollis & Carter, 1950
Seller: Aucott & Thomas, Ibstock, United Kingdom
First Edition
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.
Published by Hollis & Carter, London, 1950
Seller: Old Hall Bookshop, ABA ILAB PBFA BA, Brackley, United Kingdom
First Edition
Hard Cover. Condition: Good. D. J. Watkins-Pitchford (illustrator). First Edition. FIRST EDITION xi, 244pp., grey cloth, gilt lettering,top edge of back board ever so slightly sunned, outer margin of back board slightly rippled, some foxing on endpapers, colour frontispiece, colour images throughout, pages clean, binding slightly weakened on page 54 otherwise sound. Size: 10" x 7.5". BB.
Published by Hollis & Carter, United Kingdom, 1950
Seller: The Old Bookshelf, Campbeltown, United Kingdom
First Edition
Hardcover. Condition: Good+. Dust Jacket Condition: No Dust Jacket. First Edition; First Printing. Good 1st Edition hardcover with no dustjacket. Lightly soiled grey cloth boards, sunned to spine. Some bumping to spine ends and corners, with some light rubbing. Some light foxing to edges. Internally, no writing or stamps some foxing to prelims, pages otherwise clean and bright. Carefully packaged and despatched within 48 hours from our wee bookshop in Scotland. ; Color Illustrations; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 244 pages.
Published by Hollis & Carter. London. 1950., 1950
Seller: Coch-y-Bonddu Books Ltd, MACHYNLLETH, United Kingdom
Association Member: PBFA
First Edition
(Hardcover, 1950). 1950 1st edition. 4to (195 x 254mm). Ppxii,244. Colour plates and b/w woodcut illustrations by D.J. Watkins-Pitchford. Grey cloth, upper board and spine titled in gilt. Spine rather shaken, boards bowed, browning to end-papers else clean internally. Good reading copy, lacks 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. .
Published by Michael Joseph, London, 1980., 1980
Seller: Camberwell Books & Collectibles Pty Ltd, HAWTHORN EAST, VIC, Australia
244 pp, tinted end-papers, b&w plates and illustrations, fine copy in like, illustrated d/j. New edition, first published 1950.
Published by Michael Joseph, London, 1980
Seller: Uncle Peter's Books, Clunes, NSW, Australia
Book
Hardcover. Condition: Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. WATKINS-PITCHFORD, D. J. (illustrator). Reprint. Edges are lightly discoloured and foxed. Some light foxing on title paages. Binding is strong and neat. Boards lightly rubbed, else in good condition. Dust wrapper thumbed at the edges. Spine sunned. Price intact. Lightly discoloured and rubbed. Some light foxing on fold backs, otherwise in good condition. *We always describe the faults of our books meticulously but they usually present better than they sound.
Published by London: Hollis & Carter, 1950, London, 1950
Seller: Jacques Gander, Fairford, United Kingdom
First Edition
First Edition. First Edition. Written and illustrated by BB with 16 full page colou illustrations, plus black and white chapter head pieces. Grey buckram with gilt lettering. Top edge grey. 244 pages, 7.5 X 10 inches. Very good book with some spotting to the endpapers, and wrinkling to the pastedowns, name on the front free endpaper, otherwise internally very clean throughout. No dustwrapper.
Published by Hollis & Carter. London. 1950., 1950
Seller: Coch-y-Bonddu Books Ltd, MACHYNLLETH, United Kingdom
Association Member: PBFA
First Edition
(Hardcover, 1950). 1950 1st edition. 4to (195 x 254mm). Ppxii,244. Colour plates and b/w woodcut illustrations by D.J. Watkins-Pitchford. Grey cloth, upper board and spine titled in gilt. Cloth badly damp-stained. Good only in poor 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. .
1980 RPT FINE /FINE.
1980 RPT INSCRIPT INSCRIPTION / SHOP STAMP O/W VG/VG.
1980 RPT INSCRIPT INSCRIPTION / SHOP STAMP O/W VG/VG.
Published by Hollis and carter, 1950
Seller: Michael Rogers, Falmouth, CORNW, United Kingdom
Hard Cover. Condition: VG+. No Jacket. appears 1st edition . no d/j. green boards. gilt title .
Published by Hollis & Carter First Edition, 1950
Seller: Kerr & Sons Booksellers ABA, Cartmel, CMA, United Kingdom
Book First Edition
Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. Sm. 4to. 244pp. With sixteen full page colour plates by the author. Original olive brown cloth, titling to spine faded, off-setting to end papers. Otherwise a very good copy of a famous wildfowling title by this collectable author.
Published by Hollis & Carter, London, United Kingdom, 1950
Seller: PW Books, Andover, HANTS, United Kingdom
Book First Edition
Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. No Jacket. Watkins-Pitchford, D. J. (BB) (illustrator). 1st Edition. True first British printing. No jacket. Large format. Illustrated by D. J. Watkins-Pitchford (BB). All illustrations are present and in near fine condition. Grey boards with gold lettering/design to spine and front are near fine with the odd small mark, a little fading to spine, a hint of pushing/bumping to corners, light crease to spine (book has been read), the odd minor bump/rub to edges and minor pushing/rubbing to head/tail of spine. Pages are generally clean and the binding is tight. End-papers tanned with the odd small mark/mild foxing. Pages little tanned. Odd small mark/minor foxing to page edges, tops and bottoms. Very occasional small mark/spot of foxing to pages. No other faults. A nice copy. All books described honestly and accurately. Paypal accepted.