barlee john (18 resultados)

Hardcover. Condición: Very Good. 1st Edition. Good to VG: solid, unmarked, spine dulled, light external soil. Hardcover in red cloth, 7.5x10", 128 pp. 93 photos of birds on the wing, less a handful which are of habitat around Ireland (ex: puffin on the upstroke, puffin on the downstroke, puffin coming in for a landing). Also a few diagrams of the mechnical forces involved in flight.

Hardcover. Dust Jacket Included. Hardback, no printing stated, Fine Minus in a Fine Minus DJ; bottom corner tips of book are lightly bumped, bottom front flap corner of DJ has been clipped and publisher's price sticker affixed next to it, extensively illustrated instructions for a game that is played on hard surfaces or grass but not on ice, 8vo., 80 pages., 0.0 0.0 0.0.

Condición: Very Good. VG condition book with dust jacket. Unclipped DJ is clean, has fresh colours and has little wear to edges. Book has clean and bright contents, pen name front, 77pp with B&W photos.

Hardcover. Condición: Used: Good. Hardcover in good condition, rear hinge starting, cocked. Dust jacket with chips and tears. A unique collection of black and white photographs by the author.

Hardback. Condición: V.g. Estado de la sobrecubierta: V G Chipped and Foxed. 1st Edition. 128pp. 94 monochrome plates. Grubby d.j. but a fine red cloth copy underneath.

Hardcover. Condición: Original red cloth. Estado de la sobrecubierta: Not Clipped (12s. 6d. net). Barlee, John (photos) Ilustrador. First Printing of the First Edition. London: Collins / Fontana Books, 1947. 7.5" wide by 10" tall. Near Fine condition in Good Dust Jacket (a few small chips, tape reinforced on blank side). Not a book club edition. No remainder mark. No owner's name or bookplate. Clean, tight, and unmarked. Pages are fresh and crisp. A fascinating, richly illustrated, photo essay of birds in flight. Author was awarded the medal of the Royal Photographic Society. Has delightful photos, many at close range, of puffins on the upstroke; downstroke; coming in for a landing; geese; common gull; black-backed and herring gulls; the kittiwake; auks; cormorant and shag; the gannet; the fulmar petrel; terns; curlew and oyster-catcher; raven; chough; peregrine; heron; swift; swallow; mute swans; the coot; wild geese; etc. Includes a wealth of sea-birds photos taken on remote islands, estuaries and mud-flats. Also has diagrams of the mechanical forces involved in flight. From the Dust Jacket: "These pictures are the fruits of many days spent in the open with camera, binoculars and telescope, photographing and watching birds. Each one brings back to me a flood of memories - of long days with friends roaming the wilds of Ireland, of sunshine and wet weather, triumph and failure." From the Dust Jacket: "This unique collection of photographs, a tribute to the author's patience and perseverance in conquering the difficulties. In the text John Barlee tells of some of his personal experiences, and gives many of his own observations on bird flight." . First Printing of the First Edition. Hardcover. Original red cloth/Not Clipped (12s. 6d. net). Illus. by Barlee, John (photos). 128pp.

Condición: Good. Most items will be dispatched the same or the next working day. A copy that has been read but remains in clean condition. All of the pages are intact and the cover is intact and the spine may show signs of wear. The book may have minor markings which are not specifically mentioned. A good hardcover copy without dustjacket. Lightly sunned edges of boards. Partly cracked front hinge. Front free endpaper removed. Lightly tanned endpapers. Contents are otherwise clean and unmarked.

Hardback in Very Good condition. No Dust Jacket, Red cloth boards with black lettering to front and spine. Previous owner's details to front end papers. 80 Pages. Fully illustrated throughout with photographs. The third coaching book in the series following on from Rugby and Cricket. A bright clean copy in excellent condition.

Hard Cover. Condición: Very Good (+). Estado de la sobrecubierta: Good (-). John Barlee (photographs) Ilustrador. First Edition. No inscriptions or marks. A lovely clean crisp very tight copy with bright boards, a faint stain down rear cover and no bumping to corners. Dust jacket not price clipped with small nicks and rubbing to edges and damp effect to rear. Written by one of the foremost authorities on the game of volleyball, this book, assisted by over 200 action photographs, provides full coverage of all the essential features of the game. 77pp. We do not use stock photos, the picture displayed is of the actual book for sale. Every one of our books is in stock in the UK ready for immediate delivery. Size: 8.75 x 5.5 inches.

Hardcover. Condición: Very Good. 128pp, well illustrated, hardcover, red cloth, gilt lettered, very good condition, Collins, London, 1947.

hardcover. Condición: Acceptable. A hardback volume in Acceptable condition, boards and spine slightly grubby, spine a little faded, interior clean and bright. No dustjacket. This book is in stock now, in our UK premises. Photos of our books are available on request (dustjacket and cover illustrations vary, and unless the image accompanying the listing is marked 'Bookseller Image', it is an Abebooks Stock Image, NOT our own). BUYERS OUTSIDE UK please also note the following: 1. shipping rates apply to packets of 750g and under, and should the packed weight of an item exceed this we reserve the right to ship via 'Economy', or request extra postage prior to fulfilling the order, or cancel 2. many countries apply import or other taxes - these are the buyers responsibility; we may ask for extra payment to cover any taxes which we have to pay 'up front' on the buyer's behalf.

Hardcover. Condición: VG. No Jacket. John Barlee (B/W photographs) Ilustrador. 2'nd Reprint. Sugden played 28 international matches for Ireland beginning in 1925. Hollis is called a plucky player (a wing three-quarter) who used the hand-off effectively for his Oxford University side. ( Hand-off has a different meaning here than in the CFL - we might call it straight arming.) 44 pages of text covering all aspects of play: defence, hooking, tackling, putting the ball in, etc. B/W photos show correct hand, leg, shoulder position in each play sequence. Cond: Buff-orange boards w/ brown titling. D.J. is absent. Prev. owner's name - ffep. Light soiling to boards. No tears NOR marks - internal. Some gen. wear - e.g. very lightly crinkled pages. Tight in binding. Quote from page 28: " Eyes - looking for the ball, which, in this Plate having been put in on the right, is about to be hooked and projected into the tunnel. Note. The most important task of the front row, in packing, is ." Size: 8vo.

Hardcover. Condición: Very Good. Estado de la sobrecubierta: Poor. First Edition. A unique collection of photographs, a tribute to the Author's patience and perseverance. In the text John Barlee tells of some of his personal experiences, and gives many of his own observations on bird flight. 128 pages. Red cloth covers. Dust jacket has chip at bottom front, tears and heavy creases at top of spine, edgewear. Size: 250mm Tall, 4to. Book.

Collins, London 1947. 128 pp. Publisher's cloth. Illustrated. Good condition.

Hardback. Condición: GOOD. Estado de la sobrecubierta: dw good, JOHN BARLEE Ilustrador. WITH DW,

Condición: Very Good. First edition in publisher's original wire stitched colour illustrated paper wrap covers (soft back) with front cover illustrated by John Verney, colour advertisement to the rear cover. 4to. 11'' x 8''. Contains 56 pp with monochrome illustrations and photographs throughout. Cover edges rubbed and in Very Good condition, no dust wrapper as issued. Member of the P.B.F.A. CHILDREN'S & JUVENILE.

Hardcover. Condición: Very Good. No Jacket. First Edition. Pink cloth with fading to spine. Unmarked.

Unknown Binding. Condición: Good. NOT ex-library. Hardback/Hardcover. Clean copy in good condition. Quick dispatch from UK seller.