Search Results: Birds - World from Loe Books

Netherlands: WASSINK, 2007. Book. Fine. Hardcover. First Edition. 8vo. 288 pages, colour and b/w illustrations. Original laminated boards, fine. Contents clean and tight, fine. A fine as new copy..

London: Methuen & Co Ltd., 1970. Book. Illus. by Gould. Fine. Hardcover. First Edition. 4to. 321 pages text and 160 colour illustrations. Dust jacket, price clipped, near fine. Contents clean and tight, no inscriptions or foxing. A near fine copy..

Pakistan: Oxford University Press, 1992. Book. Illus. by Roberts T. J.. Very Good. Hardcover. First Edition. Folio (21 x 26cm). Complete volumes 1 and 2, with numerous maps and colour plates by the author. Dust jackets very good and bright, some fading to the spines, a little handling wear. Contents clean and tight, volume two with a few spots to the endpapers and both volumes with light spotting to the fore-edges and top of the text block, no inscriptions. A very good set. .

Barcelona: Lynx Edicions [Smithsonian Institution], 2005. Book. As New. Hardcover. First Edition. 8vo. Volumes 1 and 2 complete. pages, numerous colour illustrations. Original hardback binding, fine .Contents clean and tight, unmarked, no inscriptions. A fine tight set..

Cape: Southern Book Publishers, 1989. Book. Near Fine. Paperback. First Edition. 8vo. 344 pages; numerous colour illustrations. Covers very good with light general wear. Contents clean and tight, no inscriptions. A near fine copy..

Philadelphia: The American Ornithologists' Union and The Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia, 2002. Book. Very Good. Hardcover. First Edition Thus. Folio. Volume 17 from the set of 18. Nos. 641 Rough Legged Hawk to 680, Hawaii Creeper. Complete with table of contents. Slip-case near fine with very slight rubbing. Contents clean and tight, unmarked, no inscriptions, pages crisp, the staples are firm but show signs of rusting, booklets appear unread. A very good volume from this huge work on The birds of North America in a very good slip-case..

Perth: Simon Nevill Publications, 2008. Book. Very Good. Paperback. 1st Edition. 304 pages, colour photographs throughout. Card covers in original protective plastic wallet, with a little light wear. Contents clean and tight, some inscriptions recording sitings of various species. A scarce and sought after publication..

London: Christopher Helm, 2008. Book. Illus. by John Gale. Near Fine. Hardcover. First Edition. 8vo. 512 pages, numerous colour illustrations, photographic plates, b/w maps. Dust jacket near fine with a hint of fading to the bird on the spine. Cloth hardback binding, fine. Contents clean and tight, very faint dust soiling to the top edges only. A near fine tight copy in a fine jacket..

Edinburgh, London: Oliver and Boyd, 1953. Book. Illus. by Gronvold, Henrik. Very Good. Hardcover. First Edition. 8vo. Two volume set in original jackets. Fine plates by Henrik Gronvold, throughout many in colour. Original dust jackets with a pasted-on colour illustration to the front panel, near fine, not price-clipped, a few spots tot he reverse only otherwise exceptional jackets for their age, now attractively presented in loose-fitting clear archival sleeves. Hard-back bindings, fine. Contents clean and tight, uncut fore-edges spotted, endpapers clean, no inscriptions. A superb set with unusually bright jackets. .

London: Collins, 1977. Book. Illus. by Talbot Kelly, Chloe. Very Good. Hardcover. 160 pages, endpaper maps, "with 12 plates and line drawings by Chloe Talbot-Kelly.Original laminated boards very good with slight wear, contents clean and tight, no inscriptions. A very good copy. Still one of the best guides to the unique avifauna of the islands with background information on habitat and history..

Oxford: Oxford University Press, 1989. Book. Very Good. Hardcover. First Edition. 4to. Complete in two volumes. The oscine Passerines and The suboscine Passerines; b/w and colour illustrations, end paper maps. Dust jackets fine; hardback binding fine; contents clean and tight, some spotting to the fore-edges otherwise unmarked. A very good set in fine jackets..

Warsaw, Poland: Published for the Fish and Wildlife Service, 1976. Book. Very Good. Paperback. Signed by Author(s). 8vo. Inscribed and signed by the author to the title page. Pp. 257, folding map. Printed card covers with a little general wear, contents clean and tight, no inscriptions. Text in English and Polish, detailed species accounts. A very good signed copy..

London: Collins, HarperCollins, 1992. Book. Illus. by Talbot-Kelly, Chloe. Near Fine. Paperback. First Edition. 8vo. pp. 160. With numerous colour illustrations. Laminated hardcovers, near fine. Contents clean and tight, no inscriptions or marks. A near fine first copy with superb illustrations..

Cape Town: Struik, 1998. Book. Illus. by Norman Arlott, Hilary Burn, Peter Hayman, Ian Lewington. Fine. Paperback. 1st Edition. 184 pages, colour illustrations throughout. Card covers fine, minimal wear. Contents clean and tight, no inscriptions. Virtually as new..

Ware: Castlemead Publications, 1986. Book. Illus. by Walton, Peter. Very Good. Hardcover. First Edition. 342 pages; b/w line drawings by Peter Walton, colour and b/w illustrations from photographs, distribution maps. Dust jacket very good, a little toned, not price clipped. Hard back binding fine. Contents clean and tight, unmarked, no inscriptions. A very good copy..

Oxford: Oxford University Press, 1989. Book. Very Good. Hardcover. First Edition. 4to. Complete in two volumes. The oscine Passerines and The suboscine Passerines; b/w and colour illustrations, end paper maps. Dust jackets fine; hardback binding fine; contents clean and tight, some dust soiling to the top edge of volume one only, otherwise unmarked. A very good set in fine jackets..

,Colombo: Jetwing Eco Holidays, 2007. Book. Very Good. Paperback. First Edition. Large 4to (30 x 21 cm). 64 pages, colour photographic illustrations throughout. Covers fine. Contents clean and tight, just a few species neatly ticked and minimal hand-written notes, a few lines of "the details of sessions" completed, but hardly used, in fine condition. A very useful illustrated guide and checklist. "A lavishly produced checklist with photographic plates facing the checklist pages. Photographs of 281 species. The checklists contain a map of key birding sites in Sri Lanka, a booklist, a discussion on the uses of a checklist and the nomenclature, taxonomy and the status of birds as used in the checklist.".

USA: Grosset and Dunlap, 1948. Book. Near Fine. Hardcover. First Edition. 8vo. A very good first edition, with the original dust jacket. Pp. xiii, 342 with eighty pages of photographs. Dust jacket very good with light general wear and rubbing, not price-clipped, now protected in a clear removable archival sleeve. Publisher's blue cloth hardback binding very good. Contents clean and tight, unmarked and appears unread..

London: Quartet Books, 1980. Book. Illus. by Woodcock, Martin W.. Fine. Hardcover. First Edition. Small Folio. pp.310; colour frontispiece plate + further 120 colour plates by Martin Woodcock, colour photographs, b/w illustrations; map end papers. Original dust jacket very good with light wear only, no fading, not price clipped. Hard back binding fine. Contents clean and tight, unmarked, no inscriptions. A fine copy..

Singapore: Times Editions,Singapore, 1987. Book. Very Good. Hardcover. First Edition. Small 4to [23.5 x 16 cm]. 168 pages, colour illustrations throughout. Original dust jacket very good, with a little rubbing. Hard-back binding, very good. Contents clean and tight, no inscriptions. A very good copy. A splendidly illustrated guide to the island's 259 recurring species..