Daglish eric illus (10 Ergebnisse)

Hardcover. Zustand: New. Jaqueline Mitchell draws on historic material to present an anthology that demonstrates the rich heritage of writing about birds and birdwatching. Works connected by the seasons or particular habitats - swallows announcing the arrival of summer for Defoe, two kingfishers 'upon a drooping bough' in Shelley's Prometheus Unbound - are interspersed with woodcuts by Eric Fitch Daglish and passages devoted to songbirds, flight, hawks and eagles, and human interactions with birds.…

Reprint. Very good copy in the original gilt-blocked green cloth boards, sun-toned to the margins and spine, and showing minor surface-wear. Edges and prelims show a suggestion only of foxing, with contemporary owner's signature (1936) to front free endpaper. Remains well-preserved overall, with main text strong and clean. Physical description; vii, [3] 486 pages, 1 leaf : illustrations ; 18 cm. Notes; First published 1933; reprinted 1934. The decorations . are from wood engravings by Eric Fitch Deglish. Subjects; Country life, England. Outdoor life, England. English literature, 20th century. Nature writing, English. 1 Kg.…

Zustand: Very Good.

First Edition. Very good copy in the original gilt-blocked green cloth over beveled-boards. Slightest suggestion only of dust-dulling to the spine bands and panel edges. Remains particularly well-preserved overall; tight, bright, clean and strong. Sun-fading to rear board. ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 255 pages; Physical description. : ix, 255, [1] p. : mounted front. , illus. , mounted plates, tissue guards ; 26 cm. Notes: Engraved title vignette. Plates accompanied by guard sheets with descriptive letterpress. "A bibliography of British game birds": p. 247-248. Subject: Game and game-birds - Great Britain. 1 Kg.…

First Edition. Very good copy in the original gilt-blocked green cloth over beveled-boards. Slightest suggestion only of dust-dulling to the spine bands and panel edges. Remains particularly well-preserved overall; tight, bright, clean and strong. Sun-fading to rear board. ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 255 pages; Physical description. : ix, 255, [1] p. : mounted front. , illus. , mounted plates, tissue guards ; 26 cm. Notes: Engraved title vignette. Plates accompanied by guard sheets with descriptive letterpress. "A bibliography of British game birds": p. 247-248. Subject: Game and game-birds - Great Britain. 1 Kg.…

Hardcover. Zustand: Very good. Zustand des Schutzumschlags: Good. 416 p. 26 cm. 16 wood engravings. Fold-out map at rear. Quarter tan cloth with beige paper boards. Brown paper jacket. Tears, scuffs, soiling to jacket. Ink inscription on front endpaper. Tiny booklet about Selborne, Hants. included.

Hardcover. Zustand: Very Good. Zustand des Schutzumschlags: Very Good. First Edition. Hint of foxing on front and back linen section of hardboards, light toning to endpapers, toning to dustcover ; Very light shelfwear to hardboards (buckram beige spine and cream linen front and back, cardinal in black embossed on cover and spine, spine also has black embossed title, rough cut pages, clean, no markings, all transparencies front tipped in wood engravings (16) in vg condition, fold-out map with no damage in rear, dustcover under mylar -- too large to send priority flat mail; 415 pages.…

1st Edition in this form. Fine cloth copy in a near fine, very slightly edge-nicked and dust-dulled dw, now mylar-sleeved. Remains particularly and surprisingly well-preserved; tight, bright, clean and sharp-cornered. Scans and additional bibliographic detail on request. ; 416 pages; Description: p. 416. Subjects: Subjects: Natural history--England--Selborne--Early works to 1800. Description and travel. Antiquities. 16 Plates of wood engravings tipped in with tissue-guards and descriptive letter press. 2 Kg. …

LIMITED SIGNED NUMBERED EDITION. No. 143/150. Imp. 8vo, xi + 244 pp.; white leather bds, spine lettered in gilt, wet fly illus. to front board; teg, fore & bottom edges deckled, frontis., illus. tp, plates, illus.; VG (moderate to heavy scuffing & soiling to bds; light bruising to spine & board edges & extrems; light tanning & soiling to pg edges; light tanning & foxing to eps, prelims & terminals; moderate cracking to rear gutters; light tanning & foxing throughout).…

1st Edition in this form. Fine cloth copy in a near fine, very slightly edge-nicked and dust-dulled dw, now mylar-sleeved. Remains particularly and surprisingly well-preserved; tight, bright, clean and sharp-cornered. Scans and additional bibliographic detail on request. ; 416 pages; Description: p. 416. Subjects: Subjects: Natural history--England--Selborne--Early works to 1800. Description and travel. Antiquities. 16 Plates of wood engravings tipped in with tissue-guards and descriptive letter press. 2 Kg. …