CROWN OCTAVO. VERY GOOD FIRST DECORATED CARD BOARD WITH BUCKRAM SPINE (DARKENED). LIMITED TO 325 COPIES ON MOULD-MADE PAPER THIS BEING NUMBER 118. ONE WOOD ENGRAVING BY JOHN NASH AND ONE DRAWING BY THOMAS LOWINSKY.
NEW HARDBACK BOOK – MINT/MINT. THIS UNUSUAL AND STIMULATING BOOK ON GAMMA-RAY BURSTS DESCRIBES THEORY AND OBSERVATIONS IN LAYMEN`S LANGUAGE MIXED WITH HISTORY SCIENCE POLITICS CONTROVERSY AND PERSONALITIES. BEYOND THE SINGLE TOPIC OF GAMMA-RAY BURSTS IT ILLUSTRATES THE CHAOTIC WAY WHICH SCIENCE USUALLY FOLLOWS BY SHOWING NOT ONLY THE SUCCESSES BUT THE MANY FALSO STARTS WHICH NEVERTHELESS HELP THE PROCESS.
NEW EDITION THICK SMALL OCTAVO FINELY BOUND IN FULL CALF GILT DECORATIVE SPINE MARBLED ENDPAPERS AND EDGES. TIGHTLY BOUND. FOXING TO PRELIMS. ONLY. 1154 PAGES.
NEW EDITION REVISED FINELY BOUND IN FULL BURGANDY LEATHER ELABORATE GILT TO THE SPINE AND BOARDS RAISED BANDS ALL EDGES GILT. WITH 210 FINE ILLUS. BY GIACOMELLI. VICTORIAN DEDICATION AND TWO BOOKPLATES. MINOR WEAR TO LEATHER. A VERY ATTRACTIVE COPY.
FINE COPY IN VERY GOOD DUSTWRAP ( SMALL TEAR ) INTRODUCTION BY ROGER TORY PETERSON. FROM THE COLLECTIONS OF THE NEW YORK PUBLIC LIBRARY. BEAUTIFULLY ILLUSTRATED IN COLOUR (45 PLATES) AND BLACK & WHITE 54 PHOTOGRAPHS.
VERY GOOD COPY IN VERY GOOD DUSTWRAP: ILLUSTRATED BY MARTIN WOODCOCK AND PETER HAYMAN. THIS VOLUME IS THE FIRST OF A SET WHICH WHEN COMPLETE WILL COVER THE ENTIRE AVIFAUNA OF AFRICA ONE OF THE MOST VARIED AND INTERESTING IN THE WORLD. WHILE MANY REGIONAL GUIDES TO AFRICAN BIRDS EXIST THIS WILL BE THE FIRST COMPRHENSIVE GUIDE TO THE BIRD LIFE OF THE CONTINENT AS A WHOLE INCLUDING NORTH AFRICA. EXTRA POSTAGE WILL BE REQUIRED.
VERY GOOD COPY IN VERY GOOD DUSTWRAP: SIGNATURE TO FEP. ILLUSTRATED BY MARTIN WOODCOCK AND PETER HAYMAN. THIS VOLUME IS THE FIRST OF A SET WHICH WHEN COMPLETE WILL COVER THE ENTIRE AVIFAUNA OF AFRICA ONE OF THE MOST VARIED AND INTERESTING IN THE WORLD. WHILE MANY REGIONAL GUIDES TO AFRICAN BIRDS EXIST THIS WILL BE THE FIRST COMPRHENSIVE GUIDE TO THE BIRD LIFE OF THE CONTINENT AS A WHOLE INCLUDING NORTH AFRICA. EXTRA POSTAGE WILL BE REQUIRED.
VERY GOOD COPY IN VERY GOOD DUSTWRAP (FADED SPINE PREVIOUS OWNER’S SIGNATURE TO FEP). ILLUSTRATED BY MARTIN WOODCOCK AND PETER HAYMAN. THIS VOLUME IS THE FIRST OF A SET WHICH WHEN COMPLETE WILL COVER THE ENTIRE AVIFAUNA OF AFRICA ONE OF THE MOST VARIED AND INTERESTING IN THE WORLD. WHILE MANY REGIONAL GUIDES TO AFRICAN BIRDS EXIST THIS WILL BE THE FIRST COMPRHENSIVE GUIDE TO THE BIRD LIFE OF THE CONTINENT AS A WHOLE INCLUDING NORTH AFRICA. EXTRA POSTAGE WILL BE REQUIRED.