Scott peter markham 1909 1989 (31 resultados)

First edition (per publisher's requisite "first published" statement upon copyright page). 112 pages. Hardcover: H 28.5cm x L 21.75cm. Dust jacket rubbed with bumping along edges; very short tear at top edge of front panel. Brown boards with vibrant gilt stamped spine lettering; spine ends and board corners bumped. Front free endpaper neatly excised. Pages are bright and clean although with light bumping evident at bottom corners. Else a very good- copy in a very good dust jacket. Foreword by H.R.H The Duke of Edinburgh [Prince Philip]. Color and b/w illustrations throughout reproducing 105 paintings and drawings by British artist and conservationist Sir Peter Scott. ISBN 0714820415.…

ALL UK PARCELS SENT TRACKED! ALL OVERSEAS PARCELS SENT AIRMAIL, TRACKED! (S/hand, Paperback, 1986). (1980) 1986 paperback edition. 4to paperback (215 x 280mm). Pp112. Colour and b/w illustrations by author. Slight use but a very good second-hand paperback. An attractive collection of Sir Peter Scott's wildlife paintings accompanied by anecdotes about their origins. .…

ALL UK PARCELS SENT TRACKED! ALL OVERSEAS PARCELS SENT AIRMAIL, TRACKED! (S/hand, Hardcover, 1980). 1980 1st edition. 4to (219 x 287mm). Pp112. Colour & b/w illustrations by author. Blind-stamped bird motif to brown boards, spine titled in gilt. Corners bumped, inscription to fep. Good-plus in dust-wrapper. An attractive collection of Sir Peter Scott's wildlife paintings accompanied by anecdotes about their origins. .…

Condición: new. ALL UK PARCELS SENT TRACKED! ALL OVERSEAS PARCELS SENT AIRMAIL, TRACKED! (S/hand, Paperback, 1965). (1950) 1965 revised edition. 8vo paperback (140 x 216mm). Pp91, 5pp notes. Colour plates & b/w illustrations by Peter Scott. Cover and edges foxed. A solidly intact second-hand paperback. Brief notes on world distribution accompany the coloured plates, which illustrate all known wildfowl, including the different races. "A Key to the Wildfowl of the World, containing black and white drawings only, was first published in the 2nd Annual Report of the Severn Wildfowl Trust, 1948-49. It was reprinted as a separate book in 1950, revised and reprinted again in 1951. This coloured version first published in 1957 amounts to an entirely new publication. Substantial additions have been made to the text and there has been further extensive revision in the light of the most recent taxonomic opinion. Revised and reprinted 1961. Further revision, 1965. This copy is the 1965 revised edition. .…

ALL UK PARCELS SENT TRACKED! ALL OVERSEAS PARCELS SENT AIRMAIL, TRACKED! (S/hand, Hardcover, 1977). (1961) 1977 revised edition. 8vo (142 x 222mm). Pp256. 16 b/w plates, b/w vignette illustrations to chapter headings. Mauve boards, spine titled in gilt. Ex-library copy with associated faults. Working copy only. Scott's autobiography. Oundle, fowling, painting, decoys and punt-gunning, sailing, WW II, Sutton Bridge and Slimbridge, gliding, travelling and collecting wildfowl. . …

ALL UK PARCELS SENT TRACKED! ALL OVERSEAS PARCELS SENT AIRMAIL, TRACKED! (S/hand, Hardcover, 1980). 1980 1st edition. 4to (219 x 287mm). Pp112. Colour & b/w illustrations by author. Blind-stamped bird motif to brown boards, spine titled in gilt. End-paper slightly browned but very good in slightly used dust-wrapper. An attractive collection of Sir Peter Scott's wildlife paintings accompanied by anecdotes about their origins. .…

ALL UK PARCELS SENT TRACKED! ALL OVERSEAS PARCELS SENT AIRMAIL, TRACKED! (S/hand, Hardcover, 1961). (1961) later reprint. 8vo (136 x 219mm). Ppxxii,682. 4 colour & 16 plain plates, illustrations. Library binding, dust-wrapper laminated to boards. Ex school library (Spalding High School), usual associated faults. Working copy in library binding only. Scott's autobiography. Oundle, fowling, painting, decoys and punt-gunning, sailing, W.W.II, Sutton Bridge and Slimbridge, gliding, travelling and collecting wildfowl. .…

Condición: new. ALL UK PARCELS SENT TRACKED! ALL OVERSEAS PARCELS SENT AIRMAIL, TRACKED! (S/hand, Paperback, 1968). (1950) 1968 revised edition. 8vo paperback (140 x 216mm). Pp96. Colour plates & b/w illustrations by Peter Scott. Spine and top edge slightly browned, else very good. Brief notes on world distribution accompany the coloured plates, which illustrate all known wildfowl, including the different races. "A Key to the Wildfowl of the World, containing black and white drawings only, was first published in the 2nd Annual Report of the Severn Wildfowl Trust, 1948-49. It was reprinted as a separate book in 1950, revised and reprinted again in 1951. This coloured version first published in 1957 amounts to an entirely new publication. Substantial additions have been made to the text and there has been further extensive revision in the light of the most recent taxonomic opinion. Revised and reprinted 1961. Further revision, 1966, 1968. Further revision, 1972. Reprinted 1977." This copy is the 1968 revised edition. .…

ALL UK PARCELS SENT TRACKED! ALL OVERSEAS PARCELS SENT AIRMAIL, TRACKED! (S/hand, Hardcover, 1966). (1965) 1966 edition. Pp139. B/w illustrations by Keith Shackleton. Very good in torn dust-wrapper. Nice illustrations by Keith Shackleton. .

Condición: new. ALL UK PARCELS SENT TRACKED! ALL OVERSEAS PARCELS SENT AIRMAIL, TRACKED! (S/hand, Paperback, 1972). (1950) 1972 new edition. 8vo paperback (140 x 216mm). Pp96. Colour plates & b/w illustrations by Peter Scott. Edges slightly soiled else very good. Brief notes on world distribution accompany the coloured plates, which illustrate all known wildfowl, including the different races. "A Key to the Wildfowl of the World, containing black and white drawings only, was first published in the 2nd Annual Report of the Severn Wildfowl Trust, 1948-49. It was reprinted as a separate book in 1950, revised and reprinted again in 1951. This coloured version first published in 1957 amounts to an entirely new publication. Substantial additions have been made to the text and there has been further extensive revision in the light of the most recent taxonomic opinion. Revised and reprinted 1961. Further revision, 1966, 1968. Further revision, 1972. Reprinted 1977." This copy is the 1972 new edition. .…

ALL UK PARCELS SENT TRACKED! ALL OVERSEAS PARCELS SENT AIRMAIL, TRACKED! (S/hand, Hardcover, 1980). 1980 1st edition. 4to (219 x 287mm). Pp112. Colour & b/w illustrations by author. Blind-stamped bird motif to brown boards, spine titled in gilt. Very good in dust-wrapper. An attractive collection of Sir Peter Scott's wildlife paintings accompanied by anecdotes about their origins. .…

ALL UK PARCELS SENT TRACKED! ALL OVERSEAS PARCELS SENT AIRMAIL, TRACKED! (S/hand, Hardcover, 1938). (1938) later reprint. 4to (227 x 291mm). Ppx,120. Colour & b/w by the author. Green cloth, spine and upper board titled in gilt. Various minor faults, stained and rubbed, good only. Lacks dust-wrapper. "At my home, which is a lighthouse, standing upon a sea wall at the mouth of an east coast river, live several hundred wild geese and ducks. Without their co-operation many of the pictures in this book could not have been painted, and many of the chapters would not have been written." Chapters include: The chorus of the geese; Anabel - the story of a wild goose; Brogden - a marsh; Barnacle Bill; Great occasions; Twelve hours afloat; The railway bridge; Broadcasting; A broadcast; The wild geese of Hungary; To Roumania; The Delta and the Black Sea; The return journey; The Lesser Whitefronts; A flare, a gong and a net; More about the Caspian shore; Fabulous birds; The Shelducks; The lighthouse birds; Beware!; The magic spell. .…

ALL UK PARCELS SENT TRACKED! ALL OVERSEAS PARCELS SENT AIRMAIL, TRACKED! (S/hand, Hardcover, 1980). 1980 1st edition. 4to (219 x 287mm). Pp112. Colour & b/w illustrations by author. Blind-stamped bird motif to brown boards, spine titled in gilt. Slight tanning but very good in price-clipped dust-wrapper. Author's signature to half-title. An attractive collection of Sir Peter Scott's wildlife paintings accompanied by anecdotes about their origins. .…

ALL UK PARCELS SENT TRACKED! ALL OVERSEAS PARCELS SENT AIRMAIL, TRACKED! (S/hand, Hardcover, 1951). 1951 1st edition. 8vo (142 x 222mm). Pp254. Colour frontispiece & b/w text illustrations by the author, photograph plates, photograph plates by Paul Queneau, end-paper maps. Gilt decorative cloth. Faded and foxed else good-plus in poor dust-wrapper. A two-month expedition in search of the rare Ross's geese on the Perry River in Canada's North-West Territories. . …

ALL UK PARCELS SENT TRACKED! ALL OVERSEAS PARCELS SENT AIRMAIL, TRACKED! (S/hand, Hardcover, 1961). (1961) later reprint. 8vo (148 x 226mm). Ppxxii,682. 4 colour & 16 plain plates, illustrations, pictorial end-papers. Blue cloth. Owner's name to title-page else good-plus in used dust-wrapper. Scott's autobiography. Oundle, fowling, painting, decoys and punt-gunning, sailing, W.W.II, Sutton Bridge and Slimbridge, gliding, travelling and collecting wildfowl. . …

ALL UK PARCELS SENT TRACKED! ALL OVERSEAS PARCELS SENT AIRMAIL, TRACKED! (S/hand, Hardcover, 1938). (1938) later reprint. 4to (227 x 291mm). Ppx,120. Colour & b/w plates by the author, b/w illustrations. Browning to end-papers, preliminaries and edges but good-plus. Lacks dust-wrapper. "At my home, which is a lighthouse, standing upon a sea wall at the mouth of an east coast river, live several hundred wild geese and ducks. Without their co-operation many of the pictures in this book could not have been painted, and many of the chapters would not have been written." Chapters include: The chorus of the geese; Anabel. The story of a wild goose; Brogden - a marsh; Barnacle Bill; Great occasions; Twelve hours afloat; the railway bridge; Broadcasting; A broadcast; The wild geese of Hungary; To Roumania; The Delta and the Black Sea; The return journey; The Lesser Whitefronts; A flare, a gong and a net; More about the Caspian shore; Fabulous birds; The Shelducks; The lighthouse birds; Beware!; The magic spell. . …

ALL UK PARCELS SENT TRACKED! ALL OVERSEAS PARCELS SENT AIRMAIL, TRACKED! (S/hand, Hardcover, 1951). 1951 1st edition. 8vo (142 x 222mm). Pp254. Colour frontispiece & b/w text illustrations by the author, photograph plates, photograph plates by Paul Queneau, end-paper maps. Green cloth, spine titled in gilt, gilt skein of geese in flight to upper board. Minor faults, slight browning to edges, good-plus in slightly frayed dust-wrapper. D/w price 21s. A two-month expedition in search of the rare Ross's geese on the Perry River in Canada's North-West Territories. .…

ALL UK PARCELS SENT TRACKED! ALL OVERSEAS PARCELS SENT AIRMAIL, TRACKED! (S/hand, Hardcover, 1951). 1951 1st edition. 8vo (142 x 222mm). Pp254. Colour frontispiece & b/w text illustrations by the author, photograph plates, photograph plates by Paul Queneau, end-paper maps. Gilt decorative cloth. Cloth faded but very good in chipped dust-wrapper. A two-month expedition in search of the rare Ross's geese on the Perry River in Canada's North-West Territories. . …

ALL UK PARCELS SENT TRACKED! ALL OVERSEAS PARCELS SENT AIRMAIL, TRACKED! (S/hand, Hardcover, 1961). 1961 1st edition. 8vo (146 x 227mm). Ppxxii,682. 4 colour & 16 b/w plates, b/w illustrations, pictorial end-papers. Blue cloth, spine titled in gilt, author's signature printed in gilt to upper board. Front hinge slightly cracked, slight foxing. some browning and use. Good-plus, lacks dust-wrapper. Scott's autobiography. Oundle, fowling, painting, decoys and punt-gunning, sailing, W.W.II, Sutton Bridge and Slimbridge, gliding, travelling and collecting wildfowl. . …

ALL UK PARCELS SENT TRACKED! ALL OVERSEAS PARCELS SENT AIRMAIL, TRACKED! (S/hand, Hardcover, 1961). 1961 1st edition. 8vo (146 x 227mm). Ppxxii,682. 4 colour & 16 b/w plates, b/w illustrations, pictorial end-papers. Blue cloth, spine titled in gilt, author's signature printed in gilt to upper board. Spine slightly shaken, some browning and use. Rear of rubbed and frayed dust-wrapper reinforced with tape, good copy. Scott's autobiography. Oundle, fowling, painting, decoys and punt-gunning, sailing, W.W.II, Sutton Bridge and Slimbridge, gliding, travelling and collecting wildfowl. . …

ALL UK PARCELS SENT TRACKED! ALL OVERSEAS PARCELS SENT AIRMAIL, TRACKED! (S/hand, Hardcover, 1951). 1951 1st edition. 8vo (142 x 222mm). Pp254. Colour frontispiece & b/w text illustrations by the author, photograph plates, photograph plates by Paul Queneau, end-paper maps. Gilt decorative cloth. Spine slightly faded but very good in slightly used dust-wrapper. A two-month expedition in search of the rare Ross's geese on the Perry River in Canada's North-West Territories. . …

ALL UK PARCELS SENT TRACKED! ALL OVERSEAS PARCELS SENT AIRMAIL, TRACKED! (S/hand, Hardcover, 1961). (1961) 1961 2nd impression. 8vo (150 x 226mm). Ppxxii,682. 4 colour & 16 plain plates, illustrations, pictorial end-papers. Blue cloth, spine titled in gilt. Good-plus in slightly frayed, price-clipped dust-wrapper. Scott's autobiography. Oundle, fowling, painting, decoys and punt-gunning, sailing, W.W.II, Sutton Bridge and Slimbridge, gliding, travelling and collecting wildfowl. . …

Hardcover. Condición: Very Good. FIRST EDITION with rubbed dust jacket - rare and collectable - will send out 1 st class post within 12 hours of receipt of order.

ALL UK PARCELS SENT TRACKED! ALL OVERSEAS PARCELS SENT AIRMAIL, TRACKED! (S/hand, Hardcover, 1961). 1961 1st edition. 8vo (146 x 227mm). Ppxxii,682. 4 colour & 16 b/w plates, b/w illustrations, pictorial end-papers. Blue cloth, spine titled in gilt, author's signature printed in gilt to upper board. Browning to edges otherwise a very good first edition in slightly rubbed dust-wrapper. Scott's autobiography. Oundle, fowling, painting, decoys and punt-gunning, sailing, W.W.II, Sutton Bridge and Slimbridge, gliding, travelling and collecting wildfowl. . …

ALL UK PARCELS SENT TRACKED! ALL OVERSEAS PARCELS SENT AIRMAIL, TRACKED! (S/hand, Hardcover, 1935). (1935) later reprint. Large 4to (228 x 291mm). Ppxiv,138. Colour & plain plates by the author. Blue cloth, gilt titles to upper board and spine. Gift inscription to end-paper, slight browning but good-plus in poor dust-wrapper. Classic East-coast wildfowling with much on punt-gunning. Chapters include: Brown and green; the pilgrimage to Mecca; The Fens; Penelope on flood-water; Grey goose; Hard frost; Birds of the brown land; The aura; The weather; A grove in the forest; Saltings; Full moon; Moon fields; This punt gunning; With the expert; Kazarka; Rough passage; January day; Horizonless white; Duffer's luck; Mallards and greylags; The best day; Reflected frost; The passing of the 'Clanging Battalions'; A net to catch geese; More adventures with the goose net; The story of Egbert; Florence and Percival; Borough Fen; Unfriendly places; No sea-walls; Wild music. .…

ALL UK PARCELS SENT TRACKED! ALL OVERSEAS PARCELS SENT AIRMAIL, TRACKED! (S/hand, Hardcover, 1935). (1935) 1949 reprint. Large 4to (230 x 293mm). Ppxiv,138. Colour & plain plates by the author. Green cloth, upper board and spine titled in gilt. Good in slightly stained & frayed unclipped dust-wrapper. Laid in flyer advertising Peter Scott prints. Classic East-coast wildfowling with much on punt-gunning. Chapters include: Brown and green; the pilgrimage to Mecca; The Fens; Penelope on flood-water; Grey goose; Hard frost; Birds of the brown land; The aura; The weather; A grove in the forest; Saltings; Full moon; Moon fields; This punt gunning; With the expert; Kazarka; Rough passage; January day; Horizonless white; Duffer's luck; Mallards and greylags; The best day; Reflected frost; The passing of the 'Clanging Battalions'; A net to catch geese; More adventures with the goose net; The story of Egbert; Florence and Percival; Borough Fen; Unfriendly places; No sea-walls; Wild music. .…

See his entry in the Oxford DNB. 1p, 4to. In fair condition, lightly aged, with slight spotting to margin. Folded three times. Good signature: 'Peter Scott.' Addressing himself to 'Dear Squirrel', he writes: 'Yes, of course I will try to advise you on the right type of field glasses. I have used Ross 12 by 50 Stepsun for many years and have found it a very good glass for ornithological and also general use. I would strongly recommend it. The 15 x 40 Solaross is a very good instrument in the cheaper price range.' He gives prices for both, and then continues: 'Some of the Japanese binoculars are said to be very good though I have no personal experience. They are comparatively cheap.' He is told that 'the principles used in making "zoom" lenses which have no prisms are now being incorporated in binoculars, and that it makes them lighter - but again no experience'. He ends by dealing with the question of magnification: 'it needs some practice to be able to hold twelves and fifteens steady, but on balance I think the larger image pays, in spite of the smaller field and the wobbles'. See image.…

Hardcover. Condición: Good. First edition on slightly faded blue cloth to spine cover with small nick at spine edge + libris plate to end paper.

Coloured offset-lithograph by the Curwen Press, signed in pencil by the artist (lower right just beneath the image) In pristine condition. A very fine signed print from the one of the greatest bird artists of the 20th century. An exquisite image of a flock of teal coming in to land in the wetlands on a mid-winter's afternoon. Sir Peter Scott was best known in later life for his work as a founding member and chairman of the World Wildlife Fund, but in "the period before and after the war, Peter Scott became undoubtedly the most popular artist in the United Kingdom" (J. Ford, Ackermann 1783-1983, 1983, p.202). The son of the Antarctic explorer Captain Robert Falcon Scott, Sir Peter initially turned to wildlife art as an extension of his early love of wildfowling. He traveled the world, hunting and painting rare birds. He held his first one-man exhibition at Ackermann's in 1933, and from the late 1930s onwards became increasingly concerned with conserving wildfowl rather than hunting them. From 1946, in tandem with a series of highly successful shows at Ackermann's, Sir Peter founded and ran the Wildfowl Trust which has gone on to become a major force in the conservation of endangered duck and geese. From 1935 up until about 1983, Ackermann's published a limited number of colour prints of Sir Peter's work. Many of the original oils are in major private and public collections, and these prints, signed by the artist himself, offer a rare chance to own an image by one of the greatest bird artists of the 20th century.…

Coloured offset-lithograph by the Curwen Press, signed in pencil by the artist (lower right just beneath the image). In pristine condition. A very fine signed print from the one of the greatest bird artists of the 20th century. Sir Peter Scott was best known in later life for his work as a founding member and chairman of the World Wildlife Fund, but in "the period before and after the war, Peter Scott became undoubtedly the most popular artist in the United Kingdom" (J. Ford, Ackermann 1783-1983, 1983, p.202). The son of the Antarctic explorer Captain Robert Falcon Scott, Sir Peter initially turned to wildlife art as an extension of his early love of wildfowling. He traveled the world, hunting and painting rare birds. He held his first one-man exhibition at Ackermann's in 1933, and from the late 1930s onwards became increasingly concerned with conserving wildfowl rather than hunting them. The present image is a print from a painting completed in 1940. By this time Sir Peter had given up hunting completely. From 1946, in tandem with a series of highly successful shows at Ackermann's, Sir Peter founded and ran the Wildfowl Trust which has gone on to become a major force in the conservation of endangered duck and geese. From 1935 up until about 1983, Ackermann's published a limited number of colour prints of Sir Peter's work. Many of the original oils are in major private and public collections, and these prints, signed by the artist himself, offer a rare chance to own an image by one of the greatest bird artists of the 20th century.…