Skead c j (51 resultados)

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Condición: As New. Unread book in perfect condition.

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Cloth - Hard Cover. Condición: Good. Estado de la sobrecubierta: Good. First Edition. 152 pages. Corners and foot of spine a bumped. General light wear. Jacket is now in a clear Brodart protective sleeve. C. G. Davies (ilustrador).

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Condición: New.

Condición: As New. Unread book in perfect condition.

Condición: As New. Unread book in perfect condition.

Condición: As New. Unread book in perfect condition.

HARDCOVER. Condición: Very Good. Estado de la sobrecubierta: Good. 1st edition. 351pp, large octavo, includes 45 rpm record in sleeve affixed to rear pastedown, hc w/jacket, tight binding, clean throughout, clean boards with sharp corners, owner's stamp, jacket is worn and soiled on back with small tears to the edges, mild wear to the corners and to the front. From the library of Dale W. Rice, famed writer/researcher/collector of natural history, and founder of the Dale W. Rice Memorial Library in Seattle, WA.…

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Condición: Good. 1967. 349 pages. Beige pictorial dust jacket over brown cloth. Contains a vinyl record. Record haven't been play tested and only visually graded. But seems in good condition. Pages are lightly tanned and thumbed at the edges, with light foxing. Binding has remained firm. Boards are a little rub worn, slight shelf wear to corners, spine and edges. Corners are a little bumped. Spine ends are mildly crushed. Light tanning to spine and edges. Light wear to unclipped dust jacket with tears, nicks and creases to spine, edge and corners. Light tanning to spine and edges.…

Hardcover. Condición: Very Good. Estado de la sobrecubierta: Very Good. 1st Edition. Small 4to, pp351 with 10 colour plates, 12 b/w plates and 41 b/w line drawings, charts and maps throughout text with colour plates and drawings by John Perry, complete with 45rpm EP vinyl disc of Sunbird call and songs, in near fine condition, in pocket to rear. Hardcover with dust jacket. Pictorial DJ in new protective sleeve in very good condition with a little rubbing to top and bottom edges and a few grubby marks to back cover. Publishers light brown cloth binding with titles in gilt to spine near fine. Inside previous owners bookplate to front pastedown with all pages and plates in lovely clean and bright condition. A very nice copy. John Perry (ilustrador).…

Hardcover. Condición: Good. Estado de la sobrecubierta: New. Bumped corner, soiled dj.

Pp. 351, 10 color plates from painting by John Perry, 12 monochrome plates, 41 line-drawings, 24 distribution maps, 7-inch gramophone record (with bird calls) in pocket at rear. Publisher's original tan cloth, lettered in gilt on the spine, color pictorial dust jacket, sm 4to. A comprehensive monograph on the feeding habits and behavior of the nectar-sucking bird families of South Africa. The gramophone record at the rear has never been removed from its pocket. No ownership marks. A fine copy in a slightly edge-worn near dust jacket.…

Hardcover. Condición: Very Good. 1st Edition. Small 4to, xiv + pp152 with 18 distribution maps, 50 black and white photographic plates, complete with fold out colour frontis plus 18 colour plates by C. G. Davies et al. Hardcover in dust jacket. Unclipped Dust jacket in new protective sleeve in good only condition with small tears along edges, small piece missing from the top edge and generally a little grubby. Publishers green cloth binding with gilt titles to spine and front board in very good condition with a little shelf wear to top & tail of spine. Inside all pages and plates in very good clean and bright condition with the odd mark and a hint of toning. A nice copy. C.G. Davies, D.M. Henry, John Perry, N. Lighton and C.E. Talbot Kelly (ilustrador).…

Hardcover. Condición: Very Good. Estado de la sobrecubierta: Very Good. 1st Edition. *** BOOK and DUST JACKET in very good clean tight and unmarked. condition, orange boards, 350pp. As well as Sunbirds, this work includes Sugarbirds, White Eyes, and the Spotted Creeper. There is a 45rpm EP vinyl disc (seven single) in a pocket at the back which has the calls of about 20 birds.(This vinyl appears to be in good condition, but I cannot verify ) Profusely illustrated with 10 colour plates, 12 b&w photographs and 41 line illustrations. Dust jacket is not price clipped and is cellophane protected. Apart from a discrete owner's name on the flyleaf, the book is unmarked condition. Please note this is a heavy book and will attract extra postage outaside the UK. Size: 250x190mm. John Perry (ilustrador).…

Paperback. Condición: Very Good. Signed by the author C.J Skead. C.J.Skead: Formerly Biologist, Kaffrarian Museum, King William's Town formerly Field Research Officer, Percy Fitzpatrick Institute of African Ornithology, University of Cape Town. Natural History. Volume 10. 1st October 1973. A Small bookplate from the previous owner. Publication of 259 pages. The wraps are a little shelf rubbed. There are minor pen markings within the body of the book, the pages remain complete and the text legible. The binding is excellent. GK. Our orders are shipped using tracked courier delivery services. Signed.…

Condición: As New. Unread book in perfect condition.

Loosely inserted offprint from the 'Annals of the Cape Provincial Museums', entitled 'The use of early historical references in the study of bird and mammal distribution', signed by the author (and editor of this book) Jack Skead. 4to; original green cloth, lettered in gilt on spine and upper cover; pictorial dustwrapper; endpaper maps; pp. xiv + 152, incl. index; colour plates after paintings by C. G. Davies, D. M. Henry and others; habitat photographs; maps. Dustwrapper very slightly rubbed; light discoloration to edges of boards; earlier owner's short tape reinforcing to reverse of frontis. at hinge; trace of foxing. Good to very good condition. A classic monograph on the group, by one of South Africa's leading traditional ornithologists. 'This book is divided into two parts. PART I is "A General Review of the Family" which discusses problems of nomenclature, and sets out the various aspects of the life-histories of the species in an attempt to paint an overall picture of their comparative habits. PART II is "A Detailed Review of the Species" which presents the taxonomic data of concern to the specialist, and which relates the life-histories of the individual species in so far as they are known.'. …

Soft cover. Condición: Very Good. Wraps are rubbed and marked.Internally clean.Excellent binding.The South African Avifauna series No.71.34 pages.[R.K]. Our orders are shipped using tracked courier delivery services.

Hardcover. Condición: Near Fine. Estado de la sobrecubierta: Very Good. 1st Edition. 1967, small quarto, 351pp. 10 colour and 12 black and white plates, record in rear pocket of sunbird calls and songs, slightly discoloured dust wrapper, near fine.

Hardcover. Condición: Very Good. Estado de la sobrecubierta: Very Good. 1st Edition. Book - very good, dust jacket - very good. LACKS the vinyl gramophone record. Weight exceeds standard 1.0 kg rate - extra postage may be required for some overseas destinations.

Hardcover. Dust Jacket Included. pp.vi, 351 with 10 colour plates, b/w. photos., dist. maps and 45rpm record in pocket at rear. Small 4to. Two small labels and signature to front paste down. Some spotting to fore-edges of text block and a little to ends o/w. a fine hardback in thor. vg. dw. The 45rpm record gives characteristic Sunbird calls and songs, made from field recordings, of most of the species covered by the text.…