J c harrison illus (5 Ergebnisse)

Zustand: Very Good. 176, 31 col plates. . HB. Vg in d/w (light crease to rear panel of d/w). Owner's book-plate. . [9780600433507].

Zustand: Very Good. 176, 31 col plates. . HB. Vg in d/w. . [9780600433507].

Hardcover. Zustand: Very Good. Zustand des Schutzumschlags: Good. Third impression: quarto; hardcover, full cloth with gilt spine and upper board titles on red labels; 351pp., top edges dyed red, with maps, diagrams and 32 monochrome and colour plates. Mild wear; spine heel softened; text block edges lightly toned; some mild offset to the endpapers. Price-clipped dustwrapper is rubbed and edgeworn with some light chipping to the spine extremities; a tear along the top hinge near the spine head (now repaired); some lacquer-lift to the spine panel head; now professionally protected by non-adhesive polypropylene film. Very good. Standard postage quoted is for a maximum 1kg book. Final charges may vary depending on size and weight. The packed weight of this book is over 1kg so extra charges for overseas postage will apply. Books listed on Abebooks are not kept at our bookshop. Please enquire if you wish to see the book at our premises.…

Green hardback cloth cover. Zustand: Good. Limited Edition 80/175. G : in Good condition without dust jacket. Damp staining to boards with internal impact to contents from lower edge. Text block firm. Heraldic book plate on paste-down. 250mm x 190mm (10" x 7"). 202pp. Colour frontispiece and b/w plates. Heavy item - shipping supplement may apply for overseas.…

First Edition. First impression. Large octavo (23cm). Black cloth hardcover; dustjacket; xx,176pp; color frontispiece and 18 unnumbered leaves of plates, most from photographs by the author; two others after color illustrations by J.C. Harrison. Faint foxing to prelims and text block edges, else a very clean copy, complete and unmarked. In the original color-pictorial dustwrapper, priced 12s.6d. on spine panel; lightly rubbed at extremities with faint dustsoil; Very Good or better. A justifiably famous study of the greatest of all European raptors, the Golden eagle of the Scottish Highlands, by the noted ornithologist and photographic pioneer Seton Gordon; written (as were many of his books) in collaboration with his wife Audrey Gordon. Very uncommon in dustwrapper; this is a bright, attractive copy. From the library of noted poet and translator (and amateur ornithologist) Nathaniel Tarn, with his printed bookplate inside front cover.…