A Thousand Geese
Peter, Scott. & James Fisher
Verlag: Houghton and Mifflin, Boston, 1954
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239 pp. Frontispiece is a painting by Peter Scott. Illustrated with b&w photographs, maps and drawings. Scattered foxing. Dust jacket is edge worn with a large chip, price intact. The Pink-Footed Goose is common in the great estuaries of England and Scotland, but they breed somewhere in the remote parts of Iceland. Two life-long friends, Scott England leading bird artist and Fisher, the world's authority on sea-birds set off on a "Wild Goose Chase" to find out exactly where these geese breed. A successful venture for all. Uncommon in this condition. ; 8vo. Bestandsnummer des Verkäufers 5395
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Titel: A Thousand Geese
Verlag: Houghton and Mifflin, Boston
Erscheinungsdatum: 1954
Einband: Hardcover
Zustand: Very Good
Zustand des Schutzumschlags: Good
Auflage: First Edition.
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A Thousand Geese
Verlag:
Collins, London, 1953
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Hardcover
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Anbieter: Mad Hatter Books, Auckland, Neuseeland
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Hardcover. Zustand: Very Good. Zustand des Schutzumschlags: Very Good. 1st Edition. col frontisp & b/w ills by Peter Scott, photos, dj sl worn on edges, price clipped, cloth binding, name crossed out in ink on fep, else vg. 8vo, 240pp. Bestandsnummer des Verkäufers 99E02
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A Thousand Geese
Verlag:
Collins, London, 1953
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Hardcover
Anbieter: Mainly Fiction, Auckland, Neuseeland
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Hardcover. Zustand: Very Good. Zustand des Schutzumschlags: Very Good. First Edition. Russet cloth binding, colour frontis, b&w illstns. A name and small store stamp in front, otherwise unmarked. Dust jacket is unclipped, rubbed at the crown of the spine. Bestandsnummer des Verkäufers 034193
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A Thousand Geese
Verlag:
Collins, London, 1954
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Hardcover
Anbieter: beckfarmbooks, HOLT, Norfolk, Vereinigtes Königreich
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Cloth. Zustand: Very Good. Zustand des Schutzumschlags: Very Good. Reprint. 240 pages. Red cloth, gilt titles to spine, pictorial dust-jacket in protective plastic wraps. Colour frontis; black and white illustrations and maps. Manuscript ownership name and initial stamp to front endpaper. A little weakness to front hinge. Bestandsnummer des Verkäufers 011246
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A Thousand Geese
Verlag:
Collins, 1953
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Hardcover
Anbieter: RIVERLEE BOOKS, Waltham Cross, HERTS, Vereinigtes Königreich
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Hardcover. Zustand: Good. Hardback in good condition with jacket. Pages in good clean condition. Ex library copy. Front endpaper has some markings and stamps. Bestandsnummer des Verkäufers 113563
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A Thousand Geese
Verlag:
Collins, 1954
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Hardcover
Anbieter: World of Rare Books, Goring-by-Sea, SXW, Vereinigtes Königreich
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Zustand: Good. 1954. Reprinted. 240 pages. Pictorial dust jacket over red cloth. Black and white photographs and illustrations. Colour frontispiece by author. Pages with some foxing and tanning, particularly to endpapers and textblock edges. Binding remains firm. Minor inscriptions to front free endpaper. Boards have mild shelf wear with light rubbing and corner bumping. Some mild marking and tanning. Unclipped jacket has light edge wear with minor chipping and creasing. Some tanning and foxing to all surfaces, particularly to spine. Bestandsnummer des Verkäufers 1741850887ABS
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A thousand geese / [by] Peter Scott and James Fisher
Verlag:
London: Collins, 1953
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Hardcover
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Anbieter: MW Books Ltd., Galway, Irland
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1st Edition. Near fine cloth copy in a very good if slightly edge-nicked and dust-dulled dust wrapper, now mylar-sleeved. Remains particularly well-preserved overall; tight, bright, clean and strong. Physical description: 240 pages: illus. ; 22 cm. Summary: Narrative of Severn Wildfowl Trust Expedition to Iceland, 1951; discovery of principal breeding ground of pink-footed geese (Anser brachyrhynchus). Appendices on status of same species in Svalbard and Greenland, on the birds and plants of the Thórsá valley, Iceland. Appendices C, D and E reprinted from 5th Annual Report of the Severn Wildfowl Trust, p. 101-109, 112-114, 97-101 respectively. Subjects: Severn Wildfowl Trust. Expedition to Central Iceland, 1951. Natural history Iceland. Geese. 1 Kg. Bestandsnummer des Verkäufers 351951
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A Thousand Geese
Verlag:
Collins London 1953, 1953
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Hardcover
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Anbieter: Andrew Barnes Books / Military Melbourne, Melbourne, VIC, Australien
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1st edition hardback with dust jacket Nice copy octavo 240pp., colour frontis., b/w plates, text ills., maps, appends., bibliog., index, Account of the Severn Wildfowl Trust expedition to Hosjokull in Iceland in 1951 by four scientists to study the pink-footed goose & led by Peter Scott. Neat ownership signature o/w a nice copy in brown cloth boards with a very good chipped dust jacket with some loss. Bestandsnummer des Verkäufers 153007
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A THOUSAND GEESE. By Peter Scott and James Fisher.
Verlag:
Collins. London. 1954, 1954
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Hardcover
Anbieter: Coch-y-Bonddu Books Ltd, MACHYNLLETH, Vereinigtes Königreich
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ALL UK PARCELS SENT TRACKED! ALL OVERSEAS PARCELS SENT AIRMAIL, TRACKED! (S/hand, Hardcover, 1954). (1953) 1954 reprint. 8vo (145 x 218mm). Pp240. Colour frontispiece and b/w text illustrations by Peter Scott, b/w photographs, map, bibliography. Red cloth, spine titled in gilt. A very good copy in slightly used dust-wrapper. This is Sir Peter Scott's account of his expedition to discover the principal breeding-grounds of the pinkfoot in the central desert of Iceland. Interesting from the bird point of view, but also a detailed acount of the geography of one of the more inaccessible parts of the country. Chapters include: First catch your goose; The way in; Journey up the Thorsa; The Great Oasis; The ice-cap; Peter's diary - the guides return; James's diary - the goose-pens; Goose-netting and a snowy owl; Peter's diary - the flowers of the Eagle's Fell; The day of frustration; The day of success; Peter's diary - netting, botany and an air-drop; James's diary - a thousand up; Journey home; The last secrets of the netting-places. Appendices are: The pinkfoot in Spitsbergen; The pinkfoot in Greenland; Notes on the birds of the Thjorsarver vidh Hofsjokul. . Bestandsnummer des Verkäufers 491
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A thousand geese / Peter Markham Scott, James Maxwell McConnell Fisher
Verlag:
London : Collins, 1954
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Hardcover
Anbieter: MW Books Ltd., Galway, Irland
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Reprint. Fine cloth copy in an equally fine dust-wrapper. Particularly well-preserved overall; tight, bright, clean and especially sharp-cornered. Physical description; 240 p. : illus. ; 22 cm. Subjects; Severn Wildfowl Trust. Expedition to Central Iceland, 1951. Natural history Iceland. Geese. Geese Iceland. 1 Kg. Bestandsnummer des Verkäufers 338303
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A Thousand Geese (First Edition with Dust Jacket, Very Good+)
Verlag:
Collins, London, 1953
Gebraucht
Hardcover
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Anbieter: Ziern-Hanon Galleries, Frontenac, MO, USA
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Full Cloth. Zustand: Near Fine. Zustand des Schutzumschlags: Near Fine. First Edition. FIRST EDITION, first printing. Full maroon cloth with with gilt lettering on the spine, light wear to the jacket, jacket is not price-clipped. No previous owner's names, not exlibrary. Overall a EXCELLENT book in a EXCELLENT brodart protected dust jacket. A good gift. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Hardcover. Bestandsnummer des Verkäufers 016442
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