Librería: Pendleburys - the bookshop in the hills, Llanwrda, Reino Unido Calificación del vendedor: 5 de 5 estrellas
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hardback, octavo, a very good tightly bound copy in an unclipped pictorial dust jacket which has darkened to spine and with a stain to the verso at the foot of the spine, the text is free of markings; colour frontis, b&w plates, xv + 158pp. N° de ref. del artículo 268957
Título: The Badger (New Naturalist Monograph 1)
Editorial: Collins
Año de publicación: 1948
Encuadernación: hardback
Condición: Very Good
Condición de la sobrecubierta: Good
Edición: 1st Edition
Librería: Summerfield Books BA, Penrith, Reino Unido
Hard Back. Condición: Good. 1st. Hardback without D/J.1 colour. photo taken by Author 29 b/w photos. + 12 maps and diagrams. Spine slightly split at front . Nº de ref. del artículo: 1021079013813
Cantidad disponible: 1 disponibles
Librería: Little Stour Books PBFA Member, Canterbury, Reino Unido
First edition hard back bound in publisher's original green buckram cloth covers, oxidised gilt stamped title and author lettering to the spine. 8vo 8'' x 5½''. Contains 158 pp with colour frontispiece, 29 monochrome photographic illustrations, 12 maps and diagrams. In Good condition, no dust wrapper. Member of the P.B.F.A. NEW NATURALIST (Series). Nº de ref. del artículo: 107574
Cantidad disponible: 1 disponibles
Librería: Ariadne Books, PBFA, Eynsham, Witney, OXON, Reino Unido
First published in 1948, this is a second edition from 1962. Hardback. xv, 158pp. Dust jacket in a protective sleeve. This monograph is still a notable contribution to the biology of a noble animal. Illustrated with one colour photograph, 29 black & white photographs and 12 maps and drawings. Book condition: very good. Just a little light shelf wear. Slight spotting and dust soiling to text block edges. Previous owner's name stamped to front free endpaper along with a small, neat signature. Half title page also stamped with same owner's name. Dust jacket condition: very good and unclipped. Some slight chipping at head & tail of spine and to corners. Small closed tear (approx 12mm) at bottom edge of back. A little light staining here and there. Book. Nº de ref. del artículo: 1307863
Cantidad disponible: 1 disponibles
Librería: Coch-y-Bonddu Books Ltd, MACHYNLLETH, Reino Unido
Condición: New. ALL UK PARCELS SENT TRACKED! ALL OVERSEAS PARCELS SENT AIRMAIL, TRACKED! (S/hand, Hardcover, 1948). 1948 1st edition. 8vo (138 x 206mm). Ppxv,158. Colour frontispiece, b/w photographs, maps. Green buckram. Ex-library copy. Lacks dust-wrapper. This is the first of the New Naturalist Monographs, and was perhaps the first detailed account of the life of the badger based on meticulous and exhaustive field research. Earnest Neal "has done, in fact, an honest job of natural history observation and deduction in the best English tradition. In the Editors' belief, 'this Monograph is a notable contribution to the biology of a noble animal which, as a member of the British fauna, has had certainly too little regard and perhaps too little respect'." Chapters include; Author's preface - the main problems, and the manner in which an attempt was made to solve them; General features; Classification and distribution; Getting to know the animals; The food of badgers; General behaviour; Hibernation; The musk glands and their uses; Reproductive cycle and associated habits; Development; The annual cycle of behaviour; Badger sets and life underground; The badger of folk-lore and fable; Photographing the badger. Appendices give notes on the author's fieldwork, data on time of emergence from sets and a note on Allelomorphs. . Nº de ref. del artículo: 8775
Cantidad disponible: 1 disponibles
Librería: Rothwell & Dunworth (ABA, ILAB), Dulverton, Reino Unido
5th edn. 8vo. Original gilt lettered green cloth (VG), dustwrapper (VG in protective cover, price clipped). Pp. xv + 158, illus with coloured and b&w photos, maps and diagrams (no inscriptions). Nº de ref. del artículo: 171687
Cantidad disponible: 1 disponibles
Librería: Revaluation Books, Exeter, Reino Unido
Misc. Supplies. Condición: Brand New. dust jacket only edition edition. 176 pages. In Stock. Nº de ref. del artículo: __0008318123
Cantidad disponible: 2 disponibles
Librería: Little Stour Books PBFA Member, Canterbury, Reino Unido
Third edition hard back bound in publisher's original green buckram cloth covers, gilt stamped title and author lettering to the spine. 8vo 8'' x 5½''. Contains 158 pp with colour frontispiece, 29 monochrome photographic illustrations, 12 maps and diagrams. Fine condition book, in Fine condition dust wrapper, not price clipped 25s. Dust wrapper supplied in archive acetate film protection. Member of the P.B.F.A. NEW NATURALIST (Series). Nº de ref. del artículo: 104398
Cantidad disponible: 1 disponibles
Librería: Coch-y-Bonddu Books Ltd, MACHYNLLETH, Reino Unido
Condición: New. ALL UK PARCELS SENT TRACKED! ALL OVERSEAS PARCELS SENT AIRMAIL, TRACKED! (S/hand, Hardcover, 1948). 1948 1st edition. 8vo (138 x 206mm). Ppxv,158. Colour frontispiece, b/w photographs, maps. Green cloth, gilt titles to spine. Well used working copy. Lacks dust-wrapper. This is the first of the New Naturalist Monographs, and was perhaps the first detailed account of the life of the badger based on meticulous and exhaustive field research. Earnest Neal "has done, in fact, an honest job of natural history observation and deduction in the best English tradition. In the Editors' belief, 'this Monograph is a notable contribution to the biology of a noble animal which, as a member of the British fauna, has had certainly too little regard and perhaps too little respect'." Chapters include; Author's preface - the main problems, and the manner in which an attempt was made to solve them; General features; Classification and distribution; Getting to know the animals; The food of badgers; General behaviour; Hibernation; The musk glands and their uses; Reproductive cycle and associated habits; Development; The annual cycle of behaviour; Badger sets and life underground; The badger of folk-lore and fable; Photographing the badger. Appendices give notes on the author's fieldwork, data on time of emergence from sets and a note on Allelomorphs. . Nº de ref. del artículo: 7368
Cantidad disponible: 1 disponibles
Librería: PEMBERLEY NATURAL HISTORY BOOKS BA, ABA, Iver, Reino Unido
Condición: Good. xv, 158, col frontis, 29 b/w photos, 12 maps + diagrams. . HB. 8vo, orig. green buckram, mottled. Light foxing to endpapers and preliminaries. Owner's name to endpaper. Good in d/w (old tape mark to to top edge of front panel, spine slightly darkened; not price-clipped). 1st edition. Nº de ref. del artículo: S39480
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Librería: Calluna Books, Morpeth, Reino Unido
Hardcover. Condición: Good. Estado de la sobrecubierta: Good. 1st Edition. Book - covers faded but contents very good. Dust wrapper - worn with some tears, chips, very minor loss. Nº de ref. del artículo: 000098
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