Publicado por H. F. & G. Witherby Ltd, London, 1948
Librería: Clevedon Community Bookshop Co-operative, Clevedon, Reino Unido
Original o primera edición
Hardcover. Condición: Very Good. 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, GB, 1939
Librería: Richard Sylvanus Williams (Est 1976), WINTERTON, Reino Unido
Original o primera edición
Hardback. Condición: Good. Estado de la sobrecubierta: No DW. 1st Edition. AN EX LIBRARY BOOK WITH TYPICAL LIBRARY MARKINGS. Fairly clean tight but worn book. Just a good reading copy, SPECIAL POSTAGE RATES MAY APPLY Packed weight 1250g.
Publicado por H F & G Witherby, GB, 1965
Librería: Richard Sylvanus Williams (Est 1976), WINTERTON, Reino Unido
Hardback. Condición: Good. Estado de la sobrecubierta: Good DW. Reprint. AN EX LIBRARY BOOK WITH TYPICAL LIBRARY MARKINGS. Fairly clean tight but worn book. Just a good reading copy, SPECIAL POSTAGE RATES MAY APPLY Packed weight 1250g.
Publicado por H F & G Witherby, GB, 1938
Librería: Richard Sylvanus Williams (Est 1976), WINTERTON, Reino Unido
Original o primera edición
Hardback. Condición: Good. Estado de la sobrecubierta: No DW. 1st Edition. AN EX LIBRARY BOOK WITH TYPICAL LIBRARY MARKINGS. Fairly clean tight but worn book. Just a good reading copy, SPECIAL POSTAGE RATES MAY APPLY Packed weight 1250g.
Publicado por H F & G Witherby, GB, 1941
Librería: Richard Sylvanus Williams (Est 1976), WINTERTON, Reino Unido
Original o primera edición
Hardback. Condición: Good. Estado de la sobrecubierta: No DW. 1st Edition. AN EX LIBRARY BOOK WITH TYPICAL LIBRARY MARKINGS. Fairly clean tight but worn book. Just a good reading copy, SPECIAL POSTAGE RATES MAY APPLY Packed weight 1250g.
Publicado por H F & G Witherby, GB, 1938
Librería: Richard Sylvanus Williams (Est 1976), WINTERTON, Reino Unido
Original o primera edición
Hardback. Condición: Good. Estado de la sobrecubierta: No DW. 1st Edition. AN EX LIBRARY BOOK WITH TYPICAL LIBRARY MARKINGS. Fairly clean tight but worn book. Just a good reading copy, SPECIAL POSTAGE RATES MAY APPLY Packed weight 1250g.
Publicado por H F G Witherby Ltd, 1949
Librería: Tacoma Book Center, Tacoma, WA, Estados Unidos de America
Hardcover. Condición: Very Good. 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, GB, 1944
Librería: Richard Sylvanus Williams (Est 1976), WINTERTON, Reino Unido
Hardback. Condición: VG-. Estado de la sobrecubierta: No DW. Book is in very good minus condition with minor but noticeable signs of wear and/or age. Lacks front endpaper. SPECIAL POSTAGE RATES MAY APPLY Packed weight 1200g.
Publicado por H F & G Witherby, GB, 1943
Librería: Richard Sylvanus Williams (Est 1976), WINTERTON, Reino Unido
Hardback. Condición: VG-. Estado de la sobrecubierta: No DW. Book is in very good minus condition with minor but noticeable signs of wear and/or age. Lacks front endpaper. SPECIAL POSTAGE RATES MAY APPLY Packed weight 1200g.
Publicado por H.F. & G. Witherby Ltd, London, 1965
Librería: St Marys Books And Prints, Stamford, Reino Unido
Hard Back. 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. 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, 1958
Librería: HALCYON BOOKS, LONDON, Reino Unido
Hardcover. Condición: Very Good. H.F. & G. Witherby LTD 1958 eighth impression. 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 Legare Street Press, 2023
ISBN 10: 1022683853 ISBN 13: 9781022683853
Librería: Ria Christie Collections, Uxbridge, Reino Unido
Condición: New. In.
Publicado por Legare Street Press, 2023
ISBN 10: 1021096652 ISBN 13: 9781021096654
Librería: Ria Christie Collections, Uxbridge, Reino Unido
Condición: New. In.
Publicado por H.F.& G. Witherby Ltd, London
Librería: Chequamegon Books, Washburn, WI, Estados Unidos de America
Hardcover. Condición: Good+ with no dust jacket. 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 ".
Año de publicación: 2024
Librería: Gyan Books Pvt. Ltd., Delhi, India
Leather Bound. Condición: New. Language: English. This book is available in 5 different Leather color without any extra cost. Explore More Options by Clicking on 'More Images' and Notify Us of Your Choice via Email within 24 hours of placing the order. Presenting an Exquisite Leather-Bound Edition, expertly crafted by the prestigious organization "Rare Biblio" with Original Natural Leather that gracefully adorns the spine and corners. The allure continues with Golden Leaf Printing that adds a touch of elegance, while Hand Embossing on the rounded spine lends an artistic flair. This masterpiece has been meticulously reprinted in 2024, utilizing the invaluable guidance of the original edition published many years ago in 1912. The contents of this book are presented in classic black and white. Its durability is ensured through a meticulous sewing binding technique, enhancing its longevity. Imprinted on top-tier quality paper. A team of professionals has expertly processed each page, delicately preserving its content without alteration. Due to the vintage nature of these books, every page has been manually restored for legibility. However, in certain instances, occasional blurriness, missing segments, or faint black spots might persist. We sincerely hope for your understanding of the challenges we faced with these books. Recognizing their significance for readers seeking insight into our historical treasure, we've diligently restored and reissued them. Our intention is to offer this valuable resource once again. We eagerly await your feedback, hoping that you'll find it appealing and will generously share your thoughts and recommendations. Lang: - English, Pages: : - 264, Print on Demand. If it is a multi-volume set, then it is only a single volume. Product Disclaimer: Kindly be informed that, owing to the inherent nature of leather as a natural material, minor discolorations or textural variations may be perceptible. Explore the FOLIO EDITION (12x19 Inches): Available Upon Request. 264.
Publicado por H F & G Witherby, London, 1938
Librería: Ampersand Books, STROUD, Reino Unido
Original o primera edición
Hardcover. Condición: Very Good. 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: Very Good-. 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: 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: Very good condition. 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: 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. F. & G. Witherby Ltd. 1938-1939, London, 1938
Cloth. Condición: Very Good. Not stated Ilustrador. The scarce annual from the British Birds Magazine from June 1938 to May 1939 with plates. British Birds, An Illustrated Magazine Devoted Chiefly to the Birds on the British List.Volume XXXII June 1938 to May 1939. A scarce annual of this ornithology monthly magazine.Edited by H. F. Witherby.Assisted by British ornithologists F. C. R. Jourdain and Norman. T. Ticehurst.Illustrated with five plates, including a folding map, and various in text illustrations. Collated, complete. In the original publisher's cloth binding. Externally, smart. There is some bumping to the head and tail of the spine and to the extremities. There are some light marks to the boards. Internally, firmly bound. The pages are bright and clean with the odd spot. Very Good. book.
Publicado por H C F Witherby Ltd London 1943 ( I - IV ) & 1944 (V), 1943
Librería: Deightons, Bournemouth, Reino Unido
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.
Publicado por Witherby, London, 1945
Librería: The Berwyn Bookshop, MOLD, Reino Unido
Hardback. Condición: 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.
Publicado por Witherby, High Holborn, London, 1936
Librería: SAVERY BOOKS, Brighton, East Sussex, Reino Unido
Hard Boards. Condición: Very Good. Hardback. 21x14cm. 395 pages with index. Clean & tight book. No inscriptions. NO JACKET. Dispatched Royal Mail First Class with tracking next working day or sooner securely boxed in cardboard.
Publicado por Witherby, High Holborn, London, 1939
Librería: SAVERY BOOKS, Brighton, East Sussex, Reino Unido
Hard Boards. Condición: Very Good. Hardback. 21x14cm. 354 pages with index. Clean & tight. No inscriptions. NO JACKET. Dispatched Royal Mail First Class with tracking next working day or sooner securely boxed in cardboard.
Cloth. Condición: Very Good. 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.
Publicado por Witherby
Librería: WeBuyBooks, Rossendale, LANCS, Reino Unido
Condición: Good. Most items will be dispatched the same or the next working day. Good condition five book set without dust jackets. Ex library copies with usual stamps and stickers. Books one and two are ninth impression, volume three appears to be first impression, with volumes four and five second impressions. Books one and two are in good clean condition, with books three to five worn with minor spine damage in overall acceptable condition. All pages remain clean and unmarked.
Cloth. Condición: Very Good. 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. Vol I, 1920, Volume II, 1924. 1st edition all., 1924
Librería: PROCTOR / THE ANTIQUE MAP & BOOKSHOP, DORCHESTER, Reino Unido
Miembro de asociación: PBFA
8.25 x 5.5 inches. In grey cloth covers with maroon lettering to spines and maroon border to front. Gilt top edge. In very good condition. Spines slightly faded and marked. Vol I front board part faded. Slight browning to endpapers all volumes. Neat inscription to front endpapers all volumes, dated 1928. Else clean and tight copies. 3 volumes; 532, 952. With b/w and colour illustrations and line drawings in text. Comprehensive guide to British Birds from the 1920s.