century london 1983 (35 resultados)

ALL UK PARCELS SENT TRACKED! ALL OVERSEAS PARCELS SENT AIRMAIL, TRACKED! (S/hand, Hardcover, 1983). 1983 1st edition. 4to (199 x 263mm). Pp192. Colour and b/w photographs, b/w illustrations and maps. Green boards, spine titled in gilt. Slight use, good-plus in slightly used dust-wrapper. "In this book, Richard North looks at the landscape, geology, geography, flora and fauna of the wetlands and takes the reader on a guided tour of many of them. From the Somerset Levels to the Norfolk Broads, from the Derwent Ings to North Meadow, Cricklade, he points out the beauty and importance of what is there, discusses the flora and the wildlife that give each its value to conservationists and naturalists and discusses the competing claims which, in many instances, threaten their survival." .

Condición: new. ALL UK PARCELS SENT TRACKED! ALL OVERSEAS PARCELS SENT AIRMAIL, TRACKED! (S/hand, Hardcover, 1983). (1968, 1983) 2nd edition rep. 8vo (175 x 248mm). Ppxvi,143. Colour plates, b/w photographs by the author. Blue boards, spine titled in silver gilt. Very good in used and slightly faded dust-wrapper. Observations on the life of Highland red and roe deer with several chapters on foxes. "This edition, revised and updated by the author, includes many new photographs in colour and black and white, as well as the best from his unique collection of wild life photography". Observations on the life of Highland red and roe deer with several chapters on foxes. Chapters include: November - life in the hills; December - stalking the red deer hinds; January - mating time of the hill fox; February - beginning of the 'hungry time'; March - watching wild life; April - new leaf and fox dens; May - the valiant vixen; June - the calf month; July - month of the youngsters; August - mating time of the roe deer; September - stalking in the tawny hills; October - the month of the roaring. .

Original publisher's paperback, pictorial front- & backcover, thick 8vo: xviij, 430pp., genealogical table, appendices, glossary, chapternotes & references, sources, general bibliography, index. Fine copy.

1st edition, hardback, 188pp, pages browning, text otherwise clean and tight, no inscriptions, Good / Very Good dustwrapper, not price-clipped. ISBN: 0712601341.

Soft cover. Condición: Good. paperback, 8vo, 190pp, page edgs browned, owner's pencilled inscriptions inside front cover, text clean and tight, cover edges rubbed, Good condition. ISBN: 071260071X.

Hard Cover with Dust Jacket. Condición: Near Fine. 1st Edition. Near Fine, Sl Spine Bumps/VG++, Edge-Crumple, 1 Tear. 1st Edition. Aviation intrigue thriller. Author's first novel. Jacket has wraparound art with slight fading on the spine. A full condition report for this book is available on request.

Hardcover. Condición: Fine. Estado de la sobrecubierta: Fine. First Edition. Fine book in fine dust jacket; not price clipped. A survey of public enterprise / nationalised industries.

1st edition. Green cloth boards, gilt lettering to spine under pictorial, priceclipped dustwrapper. 10ins x 8ins, 192pp. Many illustrations (b/w and colour) throughout the book. A guided tour of the wetlands - from the somerset levels to the Norfolk broads. Foreword by David Bellamy. VG / VG.

21.5 x 13.5cms 430pp very good paperback (sunned spine but apparently unread) Eric Newby claims that this is one of the most idiosyncratic endearing funny travel books that he has read. Burnaby trvlled fro St Peterburg to Moscow nad then to Penza Bodrovski Orsk Fort Nal Kasala (near the Aral Sea) and Khiva in Turkistan.

Original publisher's cream paper-covered boards, gilt title spine, pictorial dustjacket, large 8vo: 240pp., very richly illustrated, bibliography, index. Fine copy.,

Hardcover. Dust Jacket Included. F. Hard Cover. Good. First Edition. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. front inner fold of dw creased, else fine.

Hardcover. Condición: VG+. Dust Jacket Included. 2nd Edition. 2nd edition. 25cm deep by 18cm. VG+ h/c in pictorial DJ. 143 pages, 12 colour plates, b/w photos throughout. After 19 years as a professional deer stalker in the Scottish Highlands MacNally became warden on a 14,000 acre estate. His book covers a year of observing Scottish wildlife. Excellent text, illustrations. Revised, enlarged from the 1968 original.

First edition hard back binding in publisher's original Saxe blue paper covered boards, gilt title and author lettering to the spine. 8vo. 8½'' x 5½''. Contains 240 printed pages of text. Fine condition book in Fine condition dust wrapper, not price clipped. Dust wrapper supplied in archive acetate film protection, this preserves and prolongs the life of the paper, it is not adhered to the book or to the dust wrapper. Member of the P.B.F.A. ISBN 0712601562 MODERN FIRST EDITIONS.

Hard Cover. Near Fine. First Edition. Just a tiny wrinkle at the top front panel keeps it from fine. No tears or chipping. Price intact on front flap.

First edition hard back binding in publisher's original black paper covered boards, gilt title and author lettering to the spine. 8vo. 8½'' x 5½''. Contains 222 printed pages of text. A little wear to the spine ends. Very Good condition book in Very Good condition panoramic illustrated dust wrapper with small thumb mark to the front panel, not price clipped. Dust wrapper supplied in archive acetate film protection. Member of the P.B.F.A. ISBN 0712601724 MODERN FIRST EDITIONS.

31.0 x 24.0cms 240pp colour illusts very good hardback & dustwrapper The chapters are: the art of pre-Christian Georgia; architecture; mural painting; illuminated manuscripts & painted icons; sculpture; embossing ivory enamel textiles & ceramics.

8vo (22.5x14.5cm), hardback, prelims + 212pp + b&w plates. Very good condition in good dustwrapper (bumped, light creasing). Bumped, mild wear only. Pictures available on request.

Hard cover dust wrapper, 212pp, b&w plates. Edges lightly worn; a very good copy. Account of the Special Boat Squadron's activities during Word War II in the Mediterranean, Adriatic and Aegean Seas.

H/c. Good/Good. First Great Britain Edition. 8 "x 5 ". P189, black boards, d/j not price clipped, d/j is stained on reverse. Book appears to be got damp at some stage as some pages feel crinkled but are not marked with mould. page edges foxed and some slight foxing to end papers. pages have browned. The only dive bombing squadron formed by himmler's black guards.

First edition thus. Hardcover. Quarto. Illustrated cloth as issued, in an added archival jacket for this copy. Fine. Illustrated in colour and b/w. This heavy book will cost more to send overseas, than any default postage rate noted.

VG PB. Illustrated by Maps. Reprint edition.

First edition hard back laminated covers with small bump to spine. In Nr. Fine condition. Member of the P.B.F.A. SPORT [Cricket].

PB. B&W illustrations Ilustrador. 304pp ISBN 0712601171 "WITH A CHAPTER ON THE GARDEN OF BRITISH WILD FLOWERS." First published in 1870. Owner's name on Front free endpaper. good, wraps (softcover) - Owner's Name.

1st edition softback with stiff wrappers Nice copy octavo xxiv + 423pp., illusts., First published in 1849. Introduction by John Julius Norwich.

[Thriller] SIGNED FIRST EDITION. Octavo (23 x 15cm), pp.222; [2]. SIGNED by the author in blue ink to the title page. Publisher's black cloth, gilt titles to spine. With the pictorial dust-jacket priced at £7.95 to front flap. Interior bright and clean, minor toning to top edge. Light sunning to dust-jacket spine, few signs of handling to jacket extremities. Near fine. A thriller following the story of a traumatised fighter pilot who runs one last ferry flight from Malawi to Israel, but soon discovers he's in for more than he bargained for.

1st edition chipped dust jacket Near Fine octavo xiii + 750pp., b/w pls., maps, index, The First Complete Account of Vietnam at War. First edition of an important book.

1st edition dust jacket Near Fine octavo 212pp., b/w pls., maps, index, Account of the many small-boat raids in the Aegean and the Adriatic. Staple-marks on endpapers o/w nice copy.

reprint dust jacket Very Good octavo 212pp., b/w pls., maps, index, Story of the SBS in the Mediterranean WWII.

1st edition dust jacket Fine octavo xiii + 750pp., b/w pls., maps, index, The First Complete Account of Vietnam at War. First edition of an important book. Nice copy in like price-clipped dust jacket.

1st edition dust jacket Near Fine octavo 212pp., b/w pls., maps, index, Account of the many small-boat raids in the Aegean and the Adriatic.