mckelvie mcphail (14 Ergebnisse)

ALL UK PARCELS SENT TRACKED! ALL OVERSEAS PARCELS SENT AIRMAIL, TRACKED! (S/hand, Hardcover, 1993). 1993 1st edition. 4to (296 x 214mm). Pp144. Over 80 watercolour paintings by Rodger McPhail. Brown boards, spine titled in gilt. Faint smell of soap. Browning to page ends. Good-plus in used dust-wrapper. "In this account of a country naturalist's experiences, I have ranged widely through notes and memories of the creatures and the places that I have encountered. In this I have not confined myself to the landscape and wildlife of Dumfriesshire, where I live, nor to Ireland, where I was born and grew up, nor to the Highlands of Scotland nor the chalk downlands of Wessex where I have lived and worked, and to which I often return. Instead I have included all these, and more besides." Chapters include: The water-peggie; The leaper; A changeling world; The fringe of the moor; The hunter of the cliffs; Creatures of a day; The ring-tail and the ashen hawk; The falcon's crag; The goat of the air; Birds of the hill, birds of the heath; along the woodland edge; Encounters by the hidden loch; the fish hawk that came back; The mushroom mystery; Prowlers in the half-light; Deer for tomorrow; Ice Age legacies; The watcher and the roe; A river through the year; A year of wings. .

ALL UK PARCELS SENT TRACKED! ALL OVERSEAS PARCELS SENT AIRMAIL, TRACKED! (S/hand, Hardcover, 1993). 1993 1st edition. 4to (296 x 214mm). Pp144. Over 80 watercolour paintings by Rodger McPhail. Brown boards, spine titled in gilt. Slight abrasion to p143, smudged printing ink to title-page. Good-plus in like dust-wrapper. "In this account of a country naturalist's experiences, I have ranged widely through notes and memories of the creatures and the places that I have encountered. In this I have not confined myself to the landscape and wildlife of Dumfriesshire, where I live, nor to Ireland, where I was born and grew up, nor to the Highlands of Scotland nor the chalk downlands of Wessex where I have lived and worked, and to which I often return. Instead I have included all these, and more besides." Chapters include: The water-peggie; The leaper; A changeling world; The fringe of the moor; The hunter of the cliffs; Creatures of a day; The ring-tail and the ashen hawk; The falcon's crag; The goat of the air; Birds of the hill, birds of the heath; along the woodland edge; Encounters by the hidden loch; the fish hawk that came back; The mushroom mystery; Prowlers in the half-light; Deer for tomorrow; Ice Age legacies; The watcher and the roe; A river through the year; A year of wings. .

Zustand: Very Good. Shipped within 24 hours from our UK warehouse. Clean, undamaged book with no damage to pages and minimal wear to the cover. Spine still tight, in very good condition. Remember if you are not happy, you are covered by our 100% money back guarantee.

Hardback. Illustrated By Rodger McPhail (illustrator). 1st. 144 pp. book.

Hardback. Zustand: Fine. Zustand des Schutzumschlags: VG+ DW. 1st Edition. Green cloth, gilt. Book is in very fine condition with virtually no signs of wear and/or age. Dustwrapper/dustjacket is in very good plus condition with very minor signs of wear and/or age. SPECIAL POSTAGE RATES MAY APPLY. Packed weight 1000g.

Hard covers, dust jacket. Zustand: Fine. Zustand des Schutzumschlags: Fine. 1st edition. Scarcely used. Weight: 1.0 Language: English.

Tall 4to. 144pp. Fully illustrated in colour from watercolours by Rodger McPhail. Light brown boards in white pictorial dust wrapper. Very good copy.

Zustand: Good. 1990. First Edition. Unpaginated. Signed by the artist Rodger McPhail. Photographic dust jacket with white lettering over green cloth. B&W illustrations throughout. Clean pages with firm binding. Minimal tanning to endpapers and page edges. Pages have a distinct odour. Mild wear to spine, board edges and corners, with sunning to spine and board edges. Unclipped dust jacket. Mild wear and tear to edges and corners, with tanning to spine and edges. Minor staining and soiling to DJ.

Hardcover. Zustand: Fine. Zustand des Schutzumschlags: Near Fine +. McPhail, Rodger (illustrator). First Edition. A UK first edition, first impression. SIGNED by the illustrator, Rodger McPhail who has also added an original ink drawing of a bird ( a grouse, I think ). Unique thus. The Wrapper : The wrapper on this copy is bright, complete and unclipped. It shows inconsequential bruising to the upper edges. Looks sharp. The Book : The book is square and very tight. There are no previous ownership inscriptions. The boards are clean and unfaded. The pages are clean and bright. The closed page edges are unmarked. The binding is tight - no cracked hinges. No remainder marks. Rodger McPhail has drawn a grouse on the half title page. An attractive copy in a protected wrapper. Paypal accepted. Signed by Illustrator(s).

Three quarter leather. Zustand: Fine. Rodger McPhail. (illustrator). First edition. 12'' x 8 1/2''. Unpaginated. This specially bound edition, signed and numbered by the artist, is limited to 100 copies. This is copy Number 48. With signed watercolor. Has what seems like pencil marks, but published that way. Faint remains of old price on fly-leaf.

Cloth. Zustand: Fine. Zustand des Schutzumschlags: Near Fine. Rodger McPhail (illustrator). First edition. A very smart first edition of this brightly illustrated work, signed by the author and illustrator with a hand-drawn image from the illustrator to the front endpaper. First edition. Signed by the author and illustrator to the half-title, with a hand-drawn image from the illustrator to the front endpaper. Illustrated with colour images throughout. A celebration of the wildlife of our hills and farmland, lochs and rivers, woodlands and meadows, across all seasons of the year. With chapters visiting the wild haunts of peregrine falcons, otters, badgers, foxes, hare, deer, wild trout, salmon, and other rarer creatures. Written by Colin McKelvie, an English independent publisher and writer for wildlife and sporting presses. Illustrated by Rodger McPhail, a world-famous British painter, best known for his detailed wildlife paintings of sporting fowl, fish, and dogs. In the original full cloth binding. Externally, excellent. Original unclipped dust wrapper is very smart with minor wear only. Internally, firmly bound. Pages are very bright and clean throughout. Author and illustrator's ink inscriptions to the front endpaper and half-title. Fine. signed by author. book.

LIMITED EDITION OF 100 COPIES, 1990, THIS COPY IS NUMBER 25, WITH SIGNED ORIGINAL SEPIA ILLUSTRATION OF A KINGFISHER. 4to, approximately 300 x 210 mm, 12 x 8 inches, illustrated throughout in colour and sepia by Rodger McPhail, divided into SPRING, SUMMER, AUTUMN and WINTER with introductory text by Colin Laurie McKelvie, bound in half green morocco, gilt lettering to spine and gilt fish to upper cover, top edge gilt, marbled endpapers. Lacks slipcase and slight rippling to pages, otherwise a very good clean copy. MORE IMAGES ATTACHED TO THIS LISTING, ALL ZOOMABLE, FURTHER IMAGES ON REQUEST. POSTAGE AT COST.