Anbieter: Chapter 1, Johannesburg, GAU, Südafrika
Hardcover. Zustand: Good. Zustand des Schutzumschlags: Good. First Edition. The jacket is shelf rubbed with light creasing along the edges and a few small marks on the front. The boards are tidy overall with little edge wear. The binding is secure. Spotting on the page block. There are no ink inscriptions or annotations. Protected in cellophane. Tall and very heavy book, extra postage required unless posted within South Africa. JHK. Our orders are shipped using tracked courier delivery services. Artikel-Nr. i52ir
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Anbieter: The Secret Bookshop, Tararua, Neuseeland
Hardcover. Zustand: Very Good. Zustand des Schutzumschlags: Very Good. Ray Harris Ching (illustrator). 1st Edition. A very good clean copy in a very good jacket. Kiwis: A monograph of the family Apterygidae. With 24 colour plates and 15 black and white drawings by Ray Harris-Ching, plus historical paintings, photographs and maps. This is a definitive work on a family of birds at once so familiar and yet little known. Only on the islands of New Zealand are these ancient and curious birds found, and this book brings together much that has been learned since their earliest sightings to the present time. For postage outside NZ this volume weighs 1.8 kg and can be checked for its postage cost to your location at NZ Post Ratefinder We do not make a profit from postage. Artikel-Nr. 049451
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Anbieter: The Secret Bookshop, Tararua, Neuseeland
Hardcover. Zustand: Very Good. Zustand des Schutzumschlags: Near Fine. Ray Harris Ching (illustrator). 1st Edition. A tiny hint of foxing to one page. Kiwis: A monograph of the family Apterygidae. With 24 colour plates and 15 black and white drawings by Ray Harris-Ching, plus historical paintings, photographs and maps. This is a definitive work on a family of birds at once so familiar and yet little known. Only on the islands of New Zealand are these ancient and curious birds found, and this book brings together much that has been learned since their earliest sightings to the present time. For postage outside NZ this volume weighs 1.8 kg and can be checked for its postage cost to your location at NZ Post Ratefinder We do not make a profit from postage. Artikel-Nr. 053555
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Anbieter: The Secret Bookshop, Tararua, Neuseeland
Hardcover. Zustand: Near Fine. Zustand des Schutzumschlags: Near Fine. Ray Harris Ching (illustrator). 1st Edition. Certainly the best copy we have come across. No faults. Kiwis: A monograph of the family Apterygidae. With 24 colour plates and 15 black and white drawings by Ray Harris-Ching, plus historical paintings, photographs and maps. This is a definitive work on a family of birds at once so familiar and yet little known. Only on the islands of New Zealand are these ancient and curious birds found, and this book brings together much that has been learned since their earliest sightings to the present time. For postage outside NZ this volume weighs 1.8 kg and can be checked for its postage cost to your location at NZ Post Ratefinder We do not make a profit from postage. Artikel-Nr. 051721
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Anbieter: Phoenix Books NZ, Waimate, CANTE, Neuseeland
Hardcover. Zustand: Near Fine. Zustand des Schutzumschlags: Near Fine. 1st Edition. Kiwis A Monograph of the Family Apterygidae by Ray Harris Ching. Publisher: SeTo Publishing, Auckland, 1990, first edition. Near new hardback with jacket, name to ffep, minor marks. 34 x 28cm Only in the islands of New Zealand are these ancient and curious birds - the kiwis - found, and this book brings together much that has been learned since their earliest sightings to the present time. The series of paintings and drawings by Ray Harris-Ching reveal kiwis in original and unexpected ways. The book is founded on a great deal of research and field trips, and describes in detail the way of life, habits and visual characteristics of kiwis as well as offering a history of the bird's discovery, its importance to the Maori and its place as a symbol and object of great affection in the hearts of New Zealanders. 189 pages with 75 colour and black and white illustrations add to this instructive book. Artikel-Nr. ABE-1718659891482
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Anbieter: Arty Bees Books, Wellington, Neuseeland
Cloth. Zustand: Very Good. Zustand des Schutzumschlags: Very Good. Harris-Ching, Ray (illustrator). First Edition. Text by 6 leading authorities on Kiwis with 24 colour plates and 15 b&w drawings by Ray Harris-Ching. Gold cloth boards with embossed front and gilt lettering on spine. Boards are bright and clean. No inscriptions. Contents tight and clean. Dust jacket in good condition. Nice copy. This is a heavy book so please check postage with bookseller. Artikel-Nr. 24275
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Anbieter: Coch-y-Bonddu Books Ltd, MACHYNLLETH, Vereinigtes Königreich
ALL UK PARCELS SENT TRACKED! ALL OVERSEAS PARCELS SENT AIRMAIL, TRACKED! (S/hand, Hardcover, 1990). 1990 1st edition. Large 4to. Pp188,ill. Colour paintings & b/w drawings by R. Harris-Ching, b/w photographs, bibliography. Yellowish cloth. Corners bumped. Good-plus in dust-wrapper. Inscribed by Fuller. This is a detailed and informative monograph on the various speices and subspecies of the kiwi, illustrated with superb paintings and drawings by Ray Harris-Ching. The authors of the text are, J.H. Andrews, William A. Calder, M.A. Fingland, J.N. Jolly, Ruud Kleinpaste, J.A. McLennan, & C. Sinclair Smith. Chapters include; a history of kiwi discovery (Andrews); brown kiwis (McLennan); the South Island Brown kiwi (McLennan); the North Island brown kiwi (McLennan); the great spotted kiwi (McLennan); the little spotted kiwi (Jolly); kiwis in a pine forest habitat (Kleinpaste); the aviculture of the kiwi (Fingland); the kiwi and its egg (Calder); the kiwi in art (Sinclair Smith). * This copy is inscribed by the author to a former owner on the half-title. . Artikel-Nr. 27835
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