Pirates and Predators. The Piratical and Predatory Habits of Birds
Published by London: Oliver and Boyd, 1959
- First Edition
- Hardcover
- Used
Seller: Adrian Harrington Ltd, PBFA, ABA, ILAB, Royal Tunbridge Wells, Kent, United KingdomAdrian Harrington Ltd, PBFA, ABA, ILAB
AbeBooks seller since June 15, 1998
Condition: Used
US$Â 340.23
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[Ornithology] FIRST EDITION. Quarto (29 x 21cm), pp.x; 230. Illustrated with eighteen colour plates and twenty monochrome plates. Bound in publisher's red cloth in pictorial dust-wrapper priced 70/-. This copy with some related news clippings tucked in, plus the colour prospectus for the Sotheran edition of the author's Birds of Arabia. Light spotting to endpapers. A fine copy of the book in a very good jacket, without fading, some wear to joints, spine backed with paper for strength. Shows well. Colonel Richard Henry Meinertzhagen, CBE, DSO (1878-1967). Soldier, intelligence officer and ornithologist, serving as chief of British Military Intelligence for the East African campaign at Nairobi, Kenya. Here he describes birds as predators, hunters and killers, and describes their ability to make use of the other animals in their environment. Meinertzhagen's writing was greatly admired by the thriller writer Ian Fleming. From the comprehensive bibliographical archive assembled by Jon Gilbert. His encyclopaedic guide to the works of Ian Fleming (2012) won the 16th Breslauer Prize for bibliography. Gilbert, p.631-2.…
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Bibliographic details
- Title
- Pirates and Predators. The Piratical and Predatory Habits of Birds
- Author
- MEINERTZHAGEN, Colonel Richard, CBE, DSO (1878-1967)
- Publisher
- London: Oliver and Boyd, 1959
- Dust jacket
- Dust Jacket Included
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Edition
- First Edition.
- Seller catalogs
- James Bond 007
Adrian Harrington Ltd, PBFA, ABA, ILAB
Royal Tunbridge Wells, Kent, United Kingdom
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Adrian Harrington Ltd occupies the rare book room on the first floor of the iconic Hall's Bookshop in Royal Tunbridge Wells which was established in 1898. We are a large high street bookshop with a stock of tens of thousands of books, prints, maps and ephemeral items. Adrian Harrington specialise in Literature, modern first editions, Ian Fleming, children's books, history, travel, and general antiquarian books. Opening hours are Monday - Saturday 9.30am - 5.30pm. Visit our website at www.harringtonbooks.co.uk…
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