NEW HARDBACK BOOK – MINT/MINT. WITH ADDITIONAL MATERIAL BY PETER MARREN AND BASIL HARLEY. THIS THOROUGHLY RESEARCHED HIGHLY INFORMATIVE AND ENJOYABLE BOOK INCLUDES A SHORT HISTORY OF BUTTERFLY COLLECTING IN BRITAIN AND OF THE EQUIPMENT USED; BRIEF BIOGRAPHIES OF 101 DECEASED LEPIDOPTERISTS GENEROUSLY LACED WITH ANECDOTES AND QUOTATIONS AND MANY CONTEMPORARY MONOCHROME PORTRAITS; ACCOUNTS OF SELECTED SPECIES OF HISTORICAL INTEREST; AND AN APPRAISAL OF THE EFFECT OF COLLECTING AND OF CURRENT CONSERVATION POLICIES.
QUARTO TWO VOLUMES COMPLETE IN GREEN CLOTH ELABORATE GILT DECORATION TO THE SPINES. WITH COLOUR PLATES AND ILLUSTRATIONS IN THE TEXT. EXTRA POSTAGE WILL BE REQUIRED.
VERY GOOD COPY IN SLIGHTLY GRUBBY AND REPAIRED DUSTWRAP. FOREWORD BY SIR GEORGE THOMSON.PREVIOUS OWNER`S NAME ON F.E.P. ILLUSTRATED WITH BLACK AND WHITE PHOTOGRAPHS.
FIFTH EDITION. NEW NATURALIST SERIES. MONOGRAPH. NEAR FINE COPY IN FINE PROTECTED DUSTWRAP. ONE COLOUR PHOTOGRAPH TAKEN BY THE AUTHOR. 29 BLACK AND WHITE PHOTOGRAPHS & 12 MAPS AND DIAGRAMS.PREVIOUS OWNER`S NAME AND DATE NEATLY ON F.E.P.
FOURTH EDITION. NEW NATURALIST SERIES. MONOGRAPH. FINE COPY IN FINE PROTECTED DUSTWRAP. AN EXCEPTIONAL COPY. PRICED CLIPPED BUT WITH ORIGINAL PRICE STICKER. ONE COLOUR PHOTOGRAPH TAKEN BY THE AUTHOR. 29 BLACK AND WHITE PHOTOGRAPHS & 12 MAPS AND DIAGRAMS.
FIRST EDITION VERY GOOD IN RED BLIND-STAMPED BOARDS. NO DUSTWRAPPER. WITH 150 DRAWINGS. A PRACTICAL MANUAL OF ANIMAL FRIENDS AND FOES FOR THE COUNTRY GENTLEMAN…
FIRST EDITION VERY NICE COPY IN ORIGINAL BURGUNDY CLOTH BEVELLED BOARDS ELABORATE GILT DESIGN TO FRONT BOARD TOP EDGES GILT. PROTECTIVE SLEEVE. ILLUS. BY HUGH THOMSON.
SCARCE. THE LOUNGER AND SPORTMAN’S VADE-MECUM. LACKS FRONTIS. REBOUND IN GREEN CLOTH NEW ENDPAPERS. VERY GOOD. A DICTIONARY OF THE VULGAR TONGUE NOT FOR THE POLITICALLY CORRECT.
FIRST EDITION. NEAR FINE IN DW. SLIGHTLY FADED SPINE. INSCRIPTION TO FEP. THE CLASSIC MONOGRAPH MOULD THIS STUDY OF TYTO ALBA IS THE PRODUCT OF ALMOST 40 YEARS FIELD WORK BY ITS AUTHORS AND COMPLEMENTARY OBSERVATIONS BY OTHER DEDICATED ORNITHOLOGISTS IN BRITAIN THE USA AND EUROPE. THE RESULT IS A DETAILED BALANCED ACCOUNT BASED ON INTIMATE KNOWLEDGE OF THE BARN OWL IN VARYING HABITATS IN BRITAIN COMPARING AS APPROPRIATE THIS RACE`S BEHAVIOUR WITH THAT OF SUB-SPECIES IN OTHER AREAS OF THE WORLD. THERE ARE MAJOR CHAPTERS ON BREEDING AND GENERAL BEHAVIOUR FEEDING DISTRIBUTION ETC BUT VOICE IS RIGHTLY GIVEN A FULL TREATMENT. THE TEXT IS GRACED BY IAN WILLIS`S FINE DRAWINGS AND THERE ARE 31 PHOTOGRAPHS PLUS A COLOUR FRONISPIECE.
FIRST EDITION. VERY GOOD IN DW. FADED SPINE. THE CLASSIC MONOGRAPH MOULD THIS STUDY OF TYTO ALBA IS THE PRODUCT OF ALMOST 40 YEARS FIELD WORK BY ITS AUTHORS AND COMPLEMENTARY OBSERVATIONS BY OTHER DEDICATED ORNITHOLOGISTS IN BRITAIN THE USA AND EUROPE. THE RESULT IS A DETAILED BALANCED ACCOUNT BASED ON INTIMATE KNOWLEDGE OF THE BARN OWL IN VARYING HABITATS IN BRITAIN COMPARING AS APPROPRIATE THIS RACE`S BEHAVIOUR WITH THAT OF SUB-SPECIES IN OTHER AREAS OF THE WORLD. THERE ARE MAJOR CHAPTERS ON BREEDING AND GENERAL BEHAVIOUR FEEDING DISTRIBUTION ETC BUT VOICE IS RIGHTLY GIVEN A FULL TREATMENT. THE TEXT IS GRACED BY IAN WILLIS`S FINE DRAWINGS AND THERE ARE 31 PHOTOGRAPHS PLUS A COLOUR FRONISPIECE.
