Publicado por H. F. & G. Witherby Ltd, London, 1948
Librería: Clevedon Community Bookshop Co-operative, Clevedon, Reino Unido
Original o primera edición
Hardcover. Condición: USED_VERYGOOD. No Jacket. 1st Edition. First edition and fifth printing. In very good navy cloth boards, gilt titles to spine. The boards are flat and quite tight and clean; shelf-cocked; very slight wear to spine ends. Unmarked front end papers. The text block is firm, clean and straight, and illustrated with '22 plates, text figures and maps'. Top cut edge tinted pink; the fore and tail edges are fairly clean. Very good condition. No dedications etc. Without jacket.
Publicado por H F G Witherby Ltd, 1949
Librería: Tacoma Book Center, Tacoma, WA, Estados Unidos de America
Hardcover. Condición: USED_VERYGOOD. Estado de la sobrecubierta: No Dustjacket. Later Edition. ISBN . Hardback. Fourth impression of 1947. No dustjacket; bound in dark blue boards with gold lettering on spine. Slight wear to corners and edges; some browning to endpapers; slight dustsoiling and browning throughout; otherwise tight, sound and unmarked in Very Good condition. No Signature.
Publicado por H.F. & G. Witherby Ltd, London, 1965
Librería: St Marys Books And Prints, Stamford, Reino Unido
Hard Back. Condición: UNSPECIFIED. Estado de la sobrecubierta: Very Good. Reprint. Reprint. Dust jacket in good condition. Pages clean throughout. Illustrated with full page colour plates and black and white line drawings with in the text. pp. xiii 368. Overall a good copy.nbsp; book.
Publicado por H.F. & G. Witherby Ltd, London, 1965
Librería: St Marys Books And Prints, Stamford, Reino Unido
Hard Back. Condición: UNSPECIFIED. Estado de la sobrecubierta: Very Good. Reprint. Reprint. Dust jacket in good condition with very little wear and sunning. Pages clean throughout. Illustrated with full page colour plates and black and white line drawings with in the text. pp. x 332. Overall a good copy.nbsp; book.
Publicado por H.F. & G. Witherby LTD, 1944
Librería: HALCYON BOOKS, LONDON, Reino Unido
Original o primera edición
Hardcover. Condición: USED_VERYGOOD. H.F. & G. Witherby LTD 1944 first edition. Pages clean and bright, binding firm, minor shelf wear to cover. ALL ITEMS ARE DISPATCHED FROM THE UK WITHIN 48 HOURS ( BOOKS ORDERED OVER THE WEEKEND DISPATCHED ON MONDAY) ALL OVERSEAS ORDERS SENT BY TRACKABLE AIR MAIL. IF YOU ARE LOCATED OUTSIDE THE UK PLEASE ASK US FOR A POSTAGE QUOTE FOR MULTI VOLUME SETS BEFORE ORDERING.
Publicado por H.F.& G. Witherby Ltd, London
Librería: Chequamegon Books, Washburn, WI, Estados Unidos de America
Hardcover. Condición: UNSPECIFIED. 5-vol. set, ex library with usual markings, some slightly shelf-cocked, some corners bumped; good reading copies. This set will require extra shipping; please inquire. Vol. I Crows to Flycatchers, 1938, 326 pages, 32 color plates. Vol. II Warblers to Owls, 1938, 349 pages, color plates 33-60. Vol III Hawks to Ducks, 1939, 387 pages, color plates 61-92. Vol. IV Cormorants to Crane, 1940, 461 pages, color plates 93-125. Vol. V Terns to Game-Birds, 1941, 356 pages, color plates 126-147.; Ex Library; 6 1/4 x 8 3/4 ".
Publicado por H F & G Witherby, London, 1938
Librería: Ampersand Books, STROUD, Reino Unido
Original o primera edición
Hardcover. Condición: USED_VERYGOOD. No Jacket. 1st Edition. 5 Volumes published from 1938 onwards. Blue boards, gilt titles, 147 colour & black and white plates in total. Volume 1 - owner dedication on ffep, insect mark on front endpapers, light sunning to spine. Volume 2 - light sunning to spine, liquid marks on front board, cup mark on back board. Volume 3 - liquid marks on lower part of front board. Volume 4 - spotty liquid marks to back board. Volume 5 - top corner of front board bumped. All volumes have light foxing to endpapers & ffeps, all clean with tight binding, nice copies. PLEASE NOTE: These are heavy books which will incur extra postage, so i have reduced the price accordingly.
Publicado por H. F. & G. Witherby, London, 1946
Librería: Kilmaree Books, Strathcarron, Reino Unido
Hardcover. Condición: USED_VERYGOOD. 4-volume set. Published 1946-47. 8vo. No dust jackets. Blue cloth boards with gilt titles on spines. 147 plates (mostly in colour); black and white illustrations in the text. Boards rubbed, especially on edges; pale spots/marks in places, mainly on rear of Vol. III and front of Vol. V. Light spotting to edges of text blocks. Endpapers toned; previous owner's name on front free endpaper of each volume. Sparse foxing on some preliminary pages; otherwise pages clean. Gutters just starting to crack in a couple of places in Vol. I; binding firm in other volumes. Because of the size and weight of these volumes, additional postage charges will apply.
Publicado por H. F. & G. Witherby, 1941
Librería: GfB, the Colchester Bookshop, Colchester, Reino Unido
Hardcover. Condición: USED_FAIR. No jacket. H. F. & G. Witherby, 1938-41. Five volumes, hardback, 8vo, xl,326;xiii,352;x,387;xiv,461;xii,356pp, illust. Some foxing, cloth rather shelf worn, spines unequally faded, some nicked. A fair set. /5.3uk.
Publicado por HF & G Witherby Ltd 1938-1941., 1938
Librería: Jeffrey Blake, Willow Grove, PA, Estados Unidos de America
Hardcover. Condición: USED_VERYGOOD. Estado de la sobrecubierta: No dust jacket. All first editions. 5 vols. Previous owner's name. Spine of Vol. 2 faded.
Publicado por H.F. & G. Witherby Ltd., London, 1948
Librería: J. W. Mah, Burnaby, BC, Canada
Hardcover. Condición: USED_GOOD. (UK) 5th impression 1948. No markings, but a small patch of faint white residue to cover of Volume II, slight spine slant to volume V, otherwise Good to VG; lacking the dust jackets. Blue cloth with gold spine titles. Volume I: Crows to Firecrest, xl, 326pp, index, 32 colour plates; B&W illus in text. Volume II; Warblers to Owls, xiv, 352pp, index, colour plates 33 to 60, B&W illus and maps. Volume III; x, 387pp, index, colour plates 61 to 92, B&W illus and maps in text; Vollume IV, Cormorants to Crane, xiv, 461pp, index, colour plates 93 to 125, B&W illus and maps in text; Volume V: Terns to Game-Birds, xii, 381pp, index, colour plates 126 to 147, B&W illus and maps in text. scientific index volumes I-V. The Handbook of British Birds was a pioneering bird guide published in five volumes by H. F. & G. Witherby, first edition in 1941. It was itself a much enlarged and revised version of H.F. Witherby's Practical Handbook of British Birds (published between 1919 and 1924 as two volumes in three parts). Some of the plates were by Marinus Adrianus Koekkoek the Younger and were licensed after they were painted for Ornithologia Neerlandica, de vogels van Nederland by Eduard Daniel van Oort (published 1922-1935). A heavy set. (10.2 JM Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾".
Publicado por H C F Witherby Ltd London 1943 ( I - IV ) & 1944 (V), 1943
Librería: Deightons, Bournemouth, Reino Unido
Condición: UNSPECIFIED. 2nd revised edition. 4to. Circa 450 pages per volume. Numerous plates appears complete. PublisherÕs blue cloth covers, gilt lettering on spine. Original white eps. Neat signature on fep. Covers : slight shelf rubs top/bottom of spine, small knock front top corner vol I else very clean. Contents : few fox marks very outside edges of pages else very clean & tight. Clean tight set. VG.
Librería: Hay-on-Wye Booksellers, Hay-on-Wye, HEREF, Reino Unido
Condición: USED_GOOD. 5 Volumes, all in original dustjackets, minor shelfwear to dustjackets/bookcovers and extremities, previous owners insciption on inside front endpapers, contents fine.
Publicado por Witherby, London, 1945
Librería: The Berwyn Bookshop, MOLD, Reino Unido
Hardback. Condición: USED_GOOD. Five-volume set of the ?The Handbook of British Birds?, written by H. F. Witherby, Rev. F. C. R. Jourdain, Norman F. Ticehurst, and Bernard W. Tucker. Third impression, published by H. F. & G. Witherby Ltd. This set features blue cloth boards and gilt titles to the spine on the outside, and colour plates and black and white diagrams and illustrations throughout the inside. Includes: Volume I: Crows to Firecrest, Volume II: Warblers to Owls, Volume III: Hawks to Ducks, Volume IV: Cormorants to Crane, Volume V: Terns to Game Birds. This set is in a clean, tight condition, with some minor scuffing to the spines and the previous owners name inscribed to each FFEP. Each book measures 17x22.5cm.
Cloth. Condición: USED_VERYGOOD. Not Stated Ilustrador. A complete five volume set of The Handbook of British Birds, with colour plates. A complete five volume set.Being copies of the fifth impression, the first volumes were published in 1938 and these were published in 1948.This handbook is a complete book of reference on British birds for the beginner.Volume one considers from Crows to Firecrests and has thirty two plates.Volume two details from Warbles to Owls and has thirty plates.Volume three is from Hawks to Ducks and has thirty nine plates.Volume four explores Cormorants to Cranes and has thirty three plates.Volume five considers Terns to Game-Birds and has twenty two plates.All the volumes have in-text maps and illustrations.Collated, complete. All are in the publisher's original cloth binding. Externally, very smart with light bumping to the head and tail of the spines. Previous owner inscription to the front free endpaper of all vols except vol ii. Internally, firmly bound with bright and clean pages. Very Good. book.
Cloth. Condición: USED_VERYGOOD. Not Stated Ilustrador. A smart fifth impression complete set of this beautifully illustrated handbook to British birds. Complete in five volumes. Fifth impression. First published in 1938. An impressive and practical handbook to the birds of Britain, with detailed of identification and classification of bird families, commentary on habitat, characteristics, and song. Edited by Harry Forbes Witherby, a noted British ornithologist, author, publisher, and one of the founding members of the magazine, British Birds. With contributions from Francis Charles Robert Jourdain, a notable amateur British ornithologist known for his extensive research into the breeding biology of birds of the Palaeartic region, Norman Frederick Ticehurst, a British ornithologist, and Bernard William Tucker, an English ornithologist and lecturer in zoology at Oxford University. This set includes: Volume one - Crows to Firecrest, 1948. Illustrated with thirty-three plates many of which are in colour, six maps, and many in-text images. Volume two - Warblers to Owls, 1948. Illustrated with thirty plates many of which are in colour, six maps, and many in-text images. Volume three - Hawks to Ducks, 1948. Illustrated with thirty-nine plates many of which are in colour, seven maps, and many in-text images. Volume four - Cormorants to Crane, 1948. Illustrated with thirty-three plates many of which are in colour, eight maps, and many in-text images. Volume five - Terns to Game-Birds, with additions and corrections as well as systematic list and indices, 1947 Illustrated with twenty-two plates many of which are in colour, ten maps, and many in-text images. Collated complete. In the original navy blue cloth binding. Externally, smart with light shelf wear and minor bumping to the extremities. Fading to the spine and the odd mark to the board. Internally, firmly bound. Pages are very bright and clean with light spotting to the first and last few pages. Bookseller's label to the rear pastedown. Each volume includes the front flap panel of the original dust wrapper, cut to fit into the text. Very Good. book.
Publicado por H F. & G. Witherby Ltd, 1943
Librería: Trumpington Fine Books Limited, Gilmilnscroft, Ayrshire, Scotland, Reino Unido
Blue Boards. Condición: USED_VERYGOOD. Estado de la sobrecubierta: Very Good. Second Revised Impression . Type: Z A lovely five volume set all early impresssions being reprints with revisions published in either 1943 or 1944. Uniformly bound in fresh blue cloth bindings with gilt embossed lettering to the spines. Illustrated with numerous colour and b/w full page plates, several maps and line drawings throughout. No inscirptions. The wrappers are all in different pastel colours and are not price clipped. Volume I - Crows to Firecrest ; Light bump to one corner at the head of the spine and a slight bump to the tail of the spine - fresh,clean and tight. Dust wrapper has a few tiny niks to the head of the spine of the wrapper and light rubbing to the head and tail of the spine of the wrapper and over the board corners. Clean and tight. Volume II - Warblers to Owls; There are light bumps to two board corners and to the tail of the front board. A little scattered foxing to the upper fore edges. Clean and tight. There are several short niks to the head and tail of the spine of the wrapper with a little associated creasing and rubbing. Short tear of 1 cm to the tail of the rear panel of the wrapper, now expertly repaired The wrapper has some light rubbing to the edges and corners. No loss. Volume III - Hawks to Ducks. Light bumps to two board cornes and slight foxing to the fore edges and end papers. Clean and tight. Slight creasing to the head and tail of the spine and light rubbing to the corners of the wrapper. One page corner has been neatly creased in two places. Clean and tight. Volume IV - Cormorants to Crane; Light bump to the head of the spine and two corners are a little bumped. Slight bump to the tail of the front board. Several niks to the head of the wrapper with some associated creasing and light rubbing. There is also light rubbing to the cornes of the wrapper with the slightest of loss to the top corner of the rear panel of the wrapper. Very clean and tight. Volume V - Terns to Game-Birds. There is a bump to one board corner and a neat crease to the front end paper. Light scattered foxing to the fore edges. Clean and tight. DUst wrapper has several tiny niks to the head of the spine of the wrapper . A couple of small soil marks to the rear panel of the wrapper and light shelf wear. This is a lovely set with clean, tight and fresh volumes all in well preserved wrappers.
Publicado por London: H.F. & G. Witherby (1952)., 1952
Librería: Bow Windows Bookshop (ABA, ILAB), Lewes, Reino Unido
Condición: UNSPECIFIED. Five volumes, 8vo. 147 plates, most in colour. Cloth, d.w.'s, spines browned and a little rubbed.
Publicado por H.F. & G. Witherby Ltd, London, 1949
Librería: St Marys Books And Prints, Stamford, Reino Unido
Hardback. Condición: UNSPECIFIED. Sixth Impression. Hardback. Sixth Impression. All volumes are uniformly bound in blue cloth although generally in good condition do show a little wear, small closed tear to the top of the spine to volume four. Each volume has a previous owner's bookplate to the front free endpaper. There is a little foxing throughout however the pages are overall clean. Volume I: Crows to Firecrest, 326pp. Vol. II: Warblers to Owls, 352pp. Vol. III: Hawks to Ducks, 387pp. Vol. IV: Cormorants to Crane, 461pp. Volume V: Terns to Gamebirds, pp. 381. A good reference set.nbsp; book.
Publicado por H. F. & G. Witherby Ltd. 1938-1941, London, 1938
Original o primera edición
Cloth. Condición: UNSPECIFIED. Not Stated Ilustrador. First edition. First edition copies of the complete five-volume set of Witherby's handbook of British birds. The first edition of this five-volume set in the publisher's original cloth binding. Ink inscription to the front paste downs of all volumes, dated 1938. An impressive and practical handbook to the birds of Britain, edited by Harry Forbes Witherby, a noted British ornithologist, author, publisher, and one of the founding members of the magazine, British Birds. This work provides details of identification and classification of bird families, with commentary on habitat, characteristics, and song. With contributions from Francis Charles Robert Jourdain, a notable amateur British ornithologist known for his extensive research into the breeding biology of birds of the Palaeartic region, Norman Frederick Ticehurst, a British ornithologist, and Bernard William Tucker, an English ornithologist and lecturer in zoology at Oxford University. This set comprises: Volume I: Crows to Flycatchers (1938). Illustrated with thirty-three plates which are mostly in colour, six maps, and numerous in-text illustrations. Volume II: Warblers to Owls (1938). Illustrated with thirty plates which are mostly in colour, six maps, and numerous in-text illustrations.Volume III: Hawks to Ducks (1939). Illustrated with thirty-nine plates which are mostly in colour, seven maps, and numerous in-text illustrations.Volume IV: Cormorants to Crane (1940). Illustrated with thirty-three plates which are mostly in colour, eight maps, and numerous in-text illustrations.Volume V: Terns to Game-Birds, with additions and corrections as well as systematic list and indices (1941). Illustrated with twenty-two plates which are mostly in colour, ten maps, and numerous in-text illustrations.Collated, complete. In the publisher's original cloth binding. Externally generally smart with light shelf wear to the boards and extremities. Fading to spines. Internally, firmly bound. Pages are bright and clean. Very Good Indeed. book.
Publicado por H F & G Witherby Ltd, 1943
Librería: YattonBookShop PBFA, Bristol, Reino Unido
Miembro de asociación: PBFA
Hardcover. Condición: USED_GOOD. Second Impression. Blue cloth boards with gilt lettering to spine. Boards are slightly scuffed in places, including at spines. Very minor bumping to top of spines on some volumes. Minor bumping to corners. More severe bumping to top corner of back cover of Volume I, though cloth holding. Some stains and light foxing, but mainly to end pages. Pages generally clean and neat. Contains numerous plates, some in colour, and numerous illustrations and diagrams within the text. Volume I has a mark to the FFEP where writing has been removed. When securely packed this item will weigh in the region of 4658g. All our books are photographed so you can see what you are buying. ABE may, however, display a stock image whilst processing ours. (YBP Ref: 019300:1-B1) Size: 8vo - over 73/4" - 93/4" Tall 4658 G. Book.
Publicado por London: H. F. & G. Witherby, 1938
Librería: BookLovers of Bath, Peasedown St. John, BATH, Reino Unido
Original o primera edición
Hardback (No Dust Wrapper.). Condición: UNSPECIFIED. ### IMPORTANT: Weighing 6kg. shipping beyond the shores of my utopian country will be by ParcelForce World Wide, and starts at £15.00 Europe/£30.00 Elsewhere (less the displayed cost) for a 5-7 day service, tracked, duties unpaid. ### First edition (first printing). Hardback. Physically 8¾" x 6¼" (6 kg); Edited by H. F. Witherby; Contains: Charts; Colour plates; Black & white drawings; Maps; A Uniform First Published 5-Volumes Set: Volume I with 33 Plates, Text Figures and Maps (Crows To Flycatchers), 1938; Volume II With 30 Plates, Text Figures And Maps (Warblers To Owls), 1938; Volume III With 39 Plates, Text Figures And Maps (Hawks To Ducks), 1939; Volume IV With 33 Plates, Text Figures And Maps (Cormorants To Crane), 1940; Volume V With 22 Plates, Text Figures And Maps (Terns To Game-Birds) (Additions And Corrections) (Systematic List And Indices), 1941; || The book is on my shelves and will be carefully packed and posted from the pastoral paradise of Peasedown St. John, Bath, by a real bookseller in a real book shop - with my personal guarantee and my beady eye on the Consumer Contracts Regulations. REMEMBER! Buying my copy means the bookshop Jack Russells get their supper! My Book #181930|| Condition: Very Good. Gently, and not uniformly, faded at the spine of all five volumes which are all a little marked on the boards. Previous owners' name to the first blank of each alongside a personal book plate. Pages gently tanned with scattered spotting throughout althought the colour plates are bright and clean throughout. A decent set.
Cloth. Condición: USED_NEARFINE. Estado de la sobrecubierta: Very Good. Various Ilustrador. A lovely set of Witherby's Handbook of British Birds, illustrated with colour plates. A lovely set of Witherby's Handbook of British Birds, with 147 plates across the five volumes, collated and complete. The ninth edition of this pioneering bird guide describes the habitats, voice, breeding, food, distribution, and posturing habits of various bird species found in England. Found in the unclipped dust wrapper. In the publisher's original cloth binding, in the unclipped dustwrapper. Externally, lovely, with just some light bumping to the head and tail of the first and second volumes. The wraps to volumes II and IV have tiny tears to the tail of their spines, whilst the wrap to volume III has two small tears; one at the rear joint, and one to the front board. Internally, firmly bound, with bright and clean pages throughout. Near Fine. book.
Publicado por London: Witherby:-41, First edition,, 1938
Librería: Geoffrey Jackson, Royal Wootton Bassett, WILTS, Reino Unido
Condición: UNSPECIFIED. 5 vols., 8vo, [xl, 326pp] + [xiv, 352pp] + [x, 387pp] + [xiv, 461pp] + [xii, 356pp], 147 plates (numerous coloured), 37 maps, numerous text illus., occasional light scattered spotting, orig. cloth gilt. A VG+ bright and tightly bound set.
Publicado por H. F. & G. Witherby Ltd., London, 1945
Original o primera edición
Cloth. Condición: USED_FINE. None stated Ilustrador. First edition. The complete five volume set of these illustrated works on British birds, in the original unclipped dust wrappers. The third impression.Five volume complete set.Illustrated with vignettes, maps and thirty-three plates to Volume I, thirty to Volume II, thirty-nine to volume III, thirty-three plates to Volume IV, and twenty-two to Volume V. Collated complete.In the publisher's original cloth with the original unclipped dust wrapper.This series of works on British birds was written in collaboration between H. F. Witherby. F. C. R. Jourdain, N. F. Ticehurst and B. W. Tucker. These ornithological works provide a comprehensive guide to British birds, with illustrations to aid in identification. In the publisher's original cloth with the original unclipped dust wrappers. Externally, excellent with minor edge wear and light bumping to the tail of the spine to volumes 'I, II and V'. The wraps are smart with slight sunning to the spines, small closed tears to the extremities, slight marks, two one inch closed tears to the tail of the rear to 'Volume V' and slight rubbing to the front and front joint of 'Volume III' resulting in very minor loss. Internally firmly bound with bright and clean pages. Fine. book.
Cloth. Condición: USED_FINE. Estado de la sobrecubierta: Very Good. None stated Ilustrador. A complete five volume set of this handbook of British birds, all in the original dust wrappers and illustrated throughout. The eighth impression.Five volume complete set.Illustrated with vignettes and thirty three monochrome and full colour plates to 'Volume One', thirty to 'Volume II', thirty nine to 'Volume III', thirty three to 'Volume IV' and twenty two to 'Volume V'. Collated complete.This ornithological study provides a descriptive and comprehensive guide to British birds and was edited by the noted British ornithologist Harry Forbes Witherby. The work covers a wide variety of birds including game birds, ducks, cranes and hawks, providing physical descriptions next to vibrant coloured plates and details on location, physical qualities, eating habits and migration.In the publisher's original cloth with the original clipped dust wrappers. In the publisher's original cloth with the original clipped dust wrappers. Externally lovely with minimal shelf wear and slight bumping to the tails of the spines. Very light spotting to the endpapers. The wraps are excellent, except 'Volume I' which is very smart, with sunning to the spines and minor marks to all. 'Volume I' has the odd small chip and closed tear to the head of the wrap. Internally firmly bound with clean and generally bright pages. Fine. book.
Publicado por H.F & G. Witherby Ltd, London, 1938
Librería: J J Basset Books, bassettbooks, bookfarm.co.uk, Peter Tavy, Reino Unido
Dark Blue Cloth. Condición: UNSPECIFIED. Estado de la sobrecubierta: Very Good (AVERAGE). Numerous Plates , Text Figures and Maps Ilustrador. Fifth Impression 1948. This Is All 5 Volumes of The Set.There is foxing and the jackets are grubby , foxed with worn edges and some parts missing from some of the spines.Please Email for further details Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾". Not Signed or Inscribed. HARDBACK.