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Country Life, 1951. First Edition. Hardcover. Good/Poor. 0x0x0. Illustrated with 32 plates and 21 maps and diagrams. Light corner wear. Foxing to end papers. Interior pages and unmarked. Dust Jacket, is tattered, has light soiling. First edition. Oversize/Overweight: additional postage may apply.

London, United Kingdom: Country Life Limited, 1957. Hardcover. Good/Fair. 9" x 11 1/4. Harrison, J.C. ISigned. GOOD / DUST JACKET FAIR. Signed by author at half-title page. 351pp. Text clean and unmarked. Top edge red. Illustrated with 16 full color plates and 16 monochrome plates throughout the text. Light green cloth boards with red compartments at front and spine, bordered and lettered in gilt. Boards lightly age-toned, corners rubbed, top corners bumped, spine top and tail rubbed. Dust jacket protected in library dust jacket cover, slightly toned and soiled, spine toned, top of spine chipped, with a repair and a small area of loss. Joints and hinges good, binding firm.

United Kingdom : Spur Publications, 1977. 2nd Edition . Hardcover. Acceptable to Good/Acceptable to Good Dust Jacket. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. J. C. Harrison . 395 pp. Tightly bound. Bound in dark green cloth with gilt type face on the front board and spine. Text is free of markings. No ownership markings. Acceptable to good dust jacket. The dust jacket is dark green with images of pheasants on the front and back. This copy is the 1989 printing of the 1977 publication. Contains 32 plates of which 16 and in color. PLEASE NOTE the reasons for the lower "acceptable to good" rating: (1) The top corners of the boards and pages are bumped, not affecting the text. (2) The four corners are bumped. (3) The lower right corner of the dust jacket and front board are bumped resulting in a tear to the jacket and the cloth. About 1/2" inch of the cloth at the lower corner is slightly rough to the feel. This copy is smyth sewn. Smyth sewing is a method of bookbinding where groups of folded pages (referred to… Read More

1957. Country Life limited edition. Hardcover, 4to., 351 pp. Illus. with 32 color plates and 21 maps and diagrams. Very good in very good dust jacket. Previous owner's bookplate to front pastedown. Light edgewear to DJ.

London: Country Life, 1965. Fourth Impression.. A few faint rub marks on the spine, a bright and clean copy in near fine condition.. Pp. 351, 32 full page plates after paintings by J. C. Harrison – 16 are in full color, 21 distribution maps and diagrams. Red cloth in simulated leather style, lettered in gilt on the spine label, 4to. This is the fourth impression of the first edition published in 1965. The title page is signed by the author, Jean Delacour. Name stamp of Ron Sauey Memorial Library on front and rear endpapers and the top page edge, blank paper pocket on the rear endpaper, no other institutional marks to the text or cloth binding. Ron Sauey was co-founder of the International Crane Foundation, Baraboo, Wisconsin.

Country Life Limited. 4th impression,1965. Good/Good hard cover. small 4to,cloth,351pp,illus with 32 plates by J.C. Harrison & 21 maps & diagrams. small tears,chips,tanning,foot price clipped,light soiling,dust jacket now in protective covering. light shelfwear,some color leeching top front,cover. light ripple,edges tanned,slight yellowing,stress at gutter page 128 else tight,clean,text. wild animals.

Spur Publications, January 1977. Hardcover. Good - Cash/Good. General use wear, surface and edges rubbed with some creasing. Corners bumped and show wear. Pages show reader wear. Unmarked pages. There is some spotting to the top edge of the text block. The DJ edges and corners have yellowing and rubbing. Stock photos may not look exactly like the book.

SLC: Allen Publishing Company, 1957. Hardcover. Very good. Hardcover. First American Edition. 343pp. Very good hardback in a darkened and rubbed ajcket that has some minor loss at the extremities and a few splash marks on the rear panel. Signed by Delacour on the half title page.

Spur Publications, 1977-01-01. Hardcover. New. New. In shrink wrap. Looks like an interesting title!

New York, New York, U.S.A.: Howell Book House, 1983. Large hardcover in very good + condition with near fine dust jacket. Small name embossed on front end page, otherwise clean. 2nd Edition.. 2nd Edition.. Hardcover. Very Good/Near Fine.

Surrey: Spur, 1977. hardcover. 32 color plates, thick 4to, handsomely rebound in 3/4 burgundy morocco, original covers bound in, decoratively gilt spine. (Surrey) Spur, (1977). Second Edition. Near Fine.<br/> <br/>

Country Life Limited. As New. 1965. Hardcover. *** FREE UPGRADE to Courier/Priority Shipping Upon Request *** - *** IN STOCK AND IMMEDIATELY AVAILABLE FOR SHIPMENT - AS NEW, THE TEXT BLOCK IS PRISTINE, CLEAN, UNMARKED, AND IN EXCELLENT CONDITION - - 351 pages , 32 illus. (16 in color) , 21 maps and diagrams, index, 4to. -- with a bonus offer-- .