Search Results: the field guide of birds by bond james

UsedGood. The book may have minor cosmetic wear (i.e. creased spine/cover, scratches, curled corners, folded pages, minor sunburn, minor water damage, minor bent). The book may have some highlights/notes/underlined pages - Accessories such as CD, codes, toys, may not be included - Safe and Secure Mailer - No Hassle Return

Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, 1993-09-01. Paperback. Very Good. 7x4x0. No highlighting with tight binding. Not ex-library.

Houghton Mifflin Co., 1993. Peterson Field Guide Series Fifth Edition. Paperback. Like New. 12mo. Color Specimen Plate Illustrations By Don Eckelberry, Arthur Singer and Earl Poole 12mo, 1993, PP.256, Provenance: From the library of Dr. Thomas Lovejoy 1941-2021 an American Ecologist, Yale University Graduate and President of the Amazon Biodiversity Center in Brazil. He also held appointments at the United Nations, George Mason University, and the World Bank and received recognition worldwide for his work including posthumously from the National Geographic Society with its highest honor the Hubbard Medal. Credited with E. O. Wilson of coining the term  biological diversity in 1980, he spent his life working in science and public policy. D47e

Houghton Mifflin Harcourt. Used - Good. Good condition. 5th edition. A copy that has been read but remains intact. May contain markings such as bookplates, stamps, limited notes and highlighting, or a few light stains.

Houghton Mifflin, 1993-09-01. Paperback. Good.

Hardback. Acceptable.

Hardback. Very Good.

Hardback. Good.

Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, 1993-09-01. Paperback. Good.

Houghton Mifflin. Very Good with no dust jacket. Hardcover. Title page and front free endpaper are missing. Also lacks dust jacket. ; Clean and tight. Color and b/w illustrations. Laminated pictorial boards. ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 256 pp .

paperback. Good. Access codes and supplements are not guaranteed with used items. May be an ex-library book.

paperback. Good. Access codes and supplements are not guaranteed with used items. May be an ex-library book.

hardcover. Good. Access codes and supplements are not guaranteed with used items. May be an ex-library book.

Houghton Mifflin (P), 1993-09-01. Paperback. New. New. In shrink wrap. Looks like an interesting title!

Harpercollins Pub Ltd, 1985-02-04. Hardcover. New. New. In shrink wrap. Looks like an interesting title!

The Macmillan Company, 1947. Hardcover. Good. 1947. First edition thus. 257 pages. No dust jacket. Brown cloth covered boards. Allegedly, Ian Fleming used the author's name to christen his most famous character. With a coloured plate and line drawings by Earl Poole. Pages remain clear with minimal tanning and foxing, mild to end-papers and text-block edges. Plates are bright and clear. Small bookshop plate to front end-paper. Occasional pencil crosses to margins. Cracking to gutters, no damage to end papers. Some occasional mild cracking to gutters throughout. Binding is still reasonably firm. Boards have moderate edge-wear with bumping to corners and rubbing to surfaces. Mild crushing to spine ends with fraying and a small split at the head. Moderate damp stain to rear. Some dust dulling to the front board long edge. Moderate tanning to spine. Book has a slight forward lean.

FIELD GUIDE TO BIRDS OF THE WEST INDIES, Macmillan, 1947, first edition, remants of small label and a stamped name to the upper right corner of the f.e.p., tape stains to the upper and lower margins of the verso of the half-title (which have become faint ghosts to the half-title page itself), else a vg+/near fine copy with dust-wrapper flaps laid in. Profusely illustrated. Bond was an ornithologist specializing in birds of the Caribbean and while living in Jamaica, met and befriended Ian Fleming, who like wise was an avid bird watcher. Fleming decided on Bond's name for the protagonist of his first book, "Casino Royale", and the rest is---you know---history!

Macmillan, 1947. 1st Edition . Hardcover. Near Fine/Very Good. Stated first printing of this scarce title, whose author was the inspiration for Ian Fleming when he named his famous secret agent. A fine copy, bright and clean inside and out. In a very good plus dust jacket (front flap clipped at top and bottom, but $3.75 price intact along top side edge as usual) with minor loss at spine ends and corners, and slight rubbing at the folds. A superior copy of a title that is rapidly becoming difficult to find in collectible condition.

first printing (stated) hardcover edition in dust jacket (Macmillan 1947); Includes Ernest Poole drawings, one color plate; Unmarked text; gift inscribed verso half title page; little age tone; light foxing to map end pages; tight bind no split hinges; clean cloth cover vivid titling; little edge wear at spine ends, corner bump; dj shelf rub to back panel, flap folds; dj edge wear--shallow chips at spine ends, top front panel; sun fade to dj at spine;flap price clipped; photos upon request B31

New York: The Macmillan Company, 1947. Near Fine/Near Fine. First printing of the second edition; the first edition was published in 1936 by The Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia. Bound in publisher's brown cloth lettered in black. Near fine with very slight lean to binding, former owner inscription to verso of front free endpaper. In a Near Fine dust jacket with top and bottom corners of the front flap machine clipped and with publisher's price of $3.75 present at the top; light sunning to the spine, with light rubbing and light soiling, light edge wear, a tear to the crown of the rear spine joint mended from the verso. A lovely copy of the book from which Ian Fleming lifted the author's name to utilize for his iconic spy character.