Pratley frank (18 resultados)

Hardcover. Condición: Good. Estado de la sobrecubierta: Acceptable. Cage Birds, Published [No date: circa 1953]. Hardcover, 110 pp.; 22 cm; First Edition; illustrated with black-and-white photographic plates, with 8 pp of trade advertisements at the rear. In Good condition with an Acceptable dust jacket. Red cloth boards, black lettering on spine. Mild to moderate shelf and edge wear, some color loss at corner tips and at head and foot of spine. Crack to the binding between half-title and frontispiece, frontispiece beginning to separate; text block otherwise intact. Gift inscription in ink to the front pastedown, dated 1954. Mild to moderate toning throughout, foxing to endpapers. Otherwise unmarked. Illustrated dust jacket, an all-over pattern of cream budgerigars on a bright red ground. A 3 inch diagonal tear across the top edge of the rear panel, the torn section still present, with paper loss at the upper rear corner, several other large tears and chipping along edges, and rubbing to the spine. Moderate toning overall, fading and color loss along edges and spine. Price of 7/6 present, not clipped. Now in an archival quality (removable) Brodart cover. Budgerigars were in roughly every fifth British household by the 1950s. Pratley was Cage Birds' Budgerigar Expert from 1941, a founder member of the London and Southern Counties B.S. and its chairman from 1945 to 1952 and later its president, and twice a judge at the National Exhibition of Cage Birds at Olympia. Fourteen chapters cover housing, appliances, feeding, purchase of stock, breeding systems, preparation for showing, sex-linkage and colour inheritance, common ailments, and constructing a hospital cage. Two Budgerigar Society plates give the breed standard, the Ideal Exhibition Cock and Hen. Eight pages of advertisements at the rear list the 1953 trade: A.C. Hughes leg rings, John E. Haith of Cleethorpes, Spratt's of Bow Road, Cowdrill's aviary timber, and half a dozen champion breeders. Contents: Housing the Budgerigar; Appliances; Feeding; Purchase of Stock; General Management; Breeding Systems; Breeding; Breeding Setbacks; Preparation for Showing; The Elements of Colour Production; The Colour Varieties and Recommended Pairings; Common Ailments; Constructing a Hospital Cage; The Budgerigar as a Pet; Index.…

Paperback. Condición: New.

hardcover. Condición: Fine. Estado de la sobrecubierta: Fine. 110 pp; vg; Always Delivery Confirmation. 35 Years Fast Excellent Service. We Know How To Pack Books.

Condición: New.

Condición: New. In English.

Condición: Good. Third edition. 114 pages. No dust jacket. Blue cloth covered boards. Black and white plates. Pages with some foxing and tanning, particularly to endpapers and textblock edges. Binding remains firm. Boards have mild shelf wear with light rubbing and corner bumping. Some moderate marking and tanning.…

Paperback. Condición: Brand New. 138 pages. 8.50x5.43x0.47 inches. In Stock.

Octavo,110 pp.,text illustrations, chipped dustwrapper.

Paperback. Condición: New.

PAP. Condición: New. New Book. Shipped from UK. THIS BOOK IS PRINTED ON DEMAND. Established seller since 2000.

PAP. Condición: New. New Book. Delivered from our UK warehouse in 4 to 14 business days. THIS BOOK IS PRINTED ON DEMAND. Established seller since 2000.

Paperback / softback. Condición: New. This item is printed on demand. New copy - Usually dispatched within 5-9 working days.

Condición: New. Print on Demand pp. 138 1:B&W 5.5 x 8.5 in or 216 x 140 mm (Demy 8vo) Perfect Bound on Creme w/Gloss Lam.

Condición: New. Print on Demand pp. 138.

Condición: New. PRINT ON DEMAND pp. 138.

Taschenbuch. Condición: Neu. nach der Bestellung gedruckt Neuware - Printed after ordering - This antique book comprises a concise but comprehensive treatise on budgerigar housing, breeding, exhibiting, management, and care, with notes on colour varieties and their reproduction. This is the perfect book for both prospective and existing budgerigar owners, containing all the information needed for successful budgerigar owning. The chapters of this book include: 'Housing a Budgerigar'; 'Appliances - Perches, Seed, Water and Grit Vessels, Seed Hopper, Greenstuff Holders, Nest Boxes'; 'Feeding'; 'Purchase of Stock - Choice of Colours, Source of Supply, Birds to Avoid'; 'General Management'; 'Breeding'; Et cetera. 'All About Budgerigars' has been elected for modern republication due to its educational value, and we are proud to republish it now complete with a new introduction to aviculture.…

Condición: New. Dieser Artikel ist ein Print on Demand Artikel und wird nach Ihrer Bestellung fuer Sie gedruckt. KlappentextThis antique book comprises a concise but comprehensive treatise on budgerigar housing, breeding, exhibiting, management, and care, with notes on colour varieties and their reproduction. This is the perfect book for both prosp.…

Taschenbuch. Condición: Neu. All about Budgerigars - A Concise But Comprehensive Treatise on Housing, Management, Breeding and Exhibiting, with Notes on Colour Varieties and Their | Frank W. Pratley | Taschenbuch | Kartoniert / Broschiert | Englisch | 2011 | Orth Press | EAN 9781447410539 | Verantwortliche Person für die EU: Libri GmbH, Europaallee 1, 36244 Bad Hersfeld, gpsr[at]libri[dot]de | Anbieter: preigu Print on Demand.…