Cynthia longfield (27 Ergebnisse)

Leder. Zustand: Gut. 2., Aufl. 17,5 cm 256 S. : Ill. ; Ledereinband? Sprache: Englisch, Zustand: Gut gering gebräunt (Innen); Schnitt oben gering bis leicht angestaubt; Einband (Außen) hat geringe bis leichte Gebrauchsspuren; Schutzumschlag (hat leichte Gebrauchsspuren); * Die Photos sind original von uns erstellt worden, u.a. erkennbar an einem kleinen weißen Stück Papier im oberen Schnitt. Ab und an verwenden Suchmaschinen Verlagsphotos, bei den Portalen selbst, werden aber nur unsere Originalphotos gezeigt.…

8vo. Original pictorial card covers (softback) (near Fine). Pp. 260, illus with b&w photos maps and text figures (no inscriptions).

second edition).Octavo,256 pp.,colour plates, text illustrations, dustwrapper.

hardback. Zustand: Very Good. Zustand des Schutzumschlags: Very Good. 1st Edition. hardback, octavo, a well preserved and tightly bound copy, browning to the pastedowns, the contents clean and unmarked. The dust jacket in very good condition and protected in a non-adhesive archival film sleeve. Illustrated with 53 colour & 16 b&w photographs, 200 maps & diagrams, xii + 260pp. …

Hardcover. Zustand: Near Fine. Zustand des Schutzumschlags: Fine. 1st Edition. xii-260 pp, colour + b/w plates from photographs and text drawings and maps. Contents clean and tight with no inscriptions or marks. Small offset tape marry to upper outer corner of end papers,even browning to part end papers where inner flap of DJ overlaps.DJ not price clipped with no chips or splits, small mark to iinner upper flap corner from tape offset. o.…

Paperback. Zustand: Very Good. No Dust Jacket. First Edition. pp. [xiv], 260, black and white illustrations, 200 maps and diagrams with key to larvae by A. E. Gardner. Original printed card covers very good with slight wear only, corner tips a little bruised, spine very good without creases. Contents clean and tight, no inscriptions, no foxing, very small mark to the first page. A very good to fine copy. This reprint of the 1960 first edition was intended to be "affordable" and so the original colour photographs were reproduced in black and white, but it proved so popular that it sold out within a month - though the print run was just 1500 copies. Scarce. Size: 8vo. Book. …

Collins, London. 1960. First edition in paperback. A Limpback Reprint. The New Naturalist Library. Number 41. Illustrated. Covers worn and creased. A nice clean copy.

Hardcover. Zustand: Near Fine. Zustand des Schutzumschlags: Very Good. Second Edition - Enlarged. pp 255. 12 colour plates within by Cyril Hammond. Green cloth simulated leather binding with black stamped decoration and gilt lettering and gilt vignette, in near fine condition. Dust jacket near fine, front panel features an on lay dragonfly, slightly rubbed, a little los along the top edge and spine, now protected in an archival sleeve. Contents clean and tight, unmarked. A near fine copy in a very good jacket Size: 8vo. Hammond, Cyril (illustrator). Book. …

Hardcover. Zustand: Very Good. Zustand des Schutzumschlags: Very Good. 1st Edition. Book - very good. Dust wrapper - very good, but spine a little tanned & some spotting to rear.

Hardcover. Zustand: Near Fine. Very slightly spotted to the edges with very minor foxing to the front endpaper. Neat ink name. A near fine, tight, clean copy in very near fine dustwrapper which is slightly sunned to the spine with a very small amount of rubbing and slight marking to the rear panel. A very nice copy indeed. This is one of a number of these titles that we currently have in stock, all in excellent condition. Please view our other listings. …

1st edn. 8vo. Original gilt lettered green buckram cloth (light marks on boards and bottom corner of upper board a little bumped - otherwise VG), no dustwrapper. Pp. xix + 266, illus with coloured and b&w plates, maps and text figures (remnant of previous owner's inscription covered with paper sticker on title page).…

Cloth. Zustand: Good. Slightly worn. Second edition. econd edition, enlarged. Illustrated, small octavo, pp 255, a little foxing to the top edge and to the margins of the half-title and opposing page, minor foxing to the fore-edge, the remains of a single figure price can be seen indented on the front endpaper.green cloth just very slightly marked, the dustwrapper is not price-clipped, it is slightly worn and chipped around the edges, the spine is slightly faded and the pictorial inlay on the upper cover is foxed. [This buff dustwrapper appears to be the early one; it is priced at 17/6 .].…

pp. 220, (iv) Notes. Coloured frontispiece, 37 plates, numerous text figures. Dust wrapper, original cloth, some pencil marginalia, a very good copy.

Hardcover. Zustand: Very Good. Dust Jacket Included. First Edition. London, Collins, 1960. Octavo, 260 pages with 200 maps and diagrams plus 32 pages of plates (24 in colour). Cloth lightly stained; edges and endpapers a little foxed; a very good copy with the foxed dustwrapper a little chipped and torn (with a few tape repairs at the rear). Number 41 in the New Naturalist Library.…

Hardcover. Zustand: Very Good. Zustand des Schutzumschlags: Very Good. First Edition. pp. xii, 260, with 53 colour plates by S. Beaufoy, 16 photographs in black and white, 200 maps and diagrams with key to larvae by A. E. Gardner. Original dust jacket very good, not price-clipped, ex. library with tape residue to the base of the spine, clean and bright, now protected in a loose-fitting clear archival sleeve. Green Buckram binding clean and bright, unfaded. Contents clean and tight, with tape residue lines and remains of lib. tickets, clean stamp to the title page, stamps to the imprint page, no fading, no inscriptions or other marks. A very good library copy [Referenced by "Collecting the New Naturalists" - NN41A] Size: 8vo. Book.…

OLwd. mit OUmschl.. Zustand: sehr gut erhalten. London, Collins, 1960. 8°. XII, 260 S. mit 53 Farbtafeln, 16 Fotografien in schwarzweiß, 200 Karten und Diagramme. OLwd. mit OUmschl., sehr gut erhalten. Sprache: eng.

Hardback. Zustand: Fine. Zustand des Schutzumschlags: Very Good Indeed. First edition. Two detailed guide book on dragonflies and spiders intended to be used in the field. The first edition of The Spider's Web was published in 1952, in the original unclipped dust wrapper. The second enlarged edition of The Dragonflies of the British Isles was published in 1949, in the original clipped dust wrapper. The Dragonflies of the British Isles was written by Cynthia Longfield for use in the field. It aims to provide a detailed but concise guide to British dragonflies. The text is accompanied by detailed colour illustrations. This edition is based on information collected in W. J. Lucas's book Britain Dragonflies published in 1900. The first edition of Dragonflies of the British Isles was published in 1937. The Dragonflies of the British Isles includes fifty-eight plates and detailed vignettes. Collated complete. The Spider's Web was written by Theodore H. Savory to trace the evolution of the spider an animal largely misunderstood. This is the study of both the spider and their web.The Spider's Web includes twenty-seven plates, detailed vignettes, and diagrams. Collated Complete. Both of these works form, part of the Wayside and Woodland Series. In the original publisher's cloth. The Spider's Web is in the original unclipped dust wrapper. The Dragonflies of The British Isles is in a clipped dust wrapper. A small closed tear to the dust wrapper of The Spider's Web. Edgewear to the dust wrappers. The boards are bright and clean. Internally firmly bound. The odd spot to the first few pages of The Dragonflies of the British Isles. The pages are bright and clean. Fine. None (illustrator). book.…

Hardcover. Zustand: Near Fine. Near Fine. First Edition. pp. xii, 260, with 53 colour plates by S. Beaufoy, 16 photographs in black and white, 200 maps and diagrams with key to larvae by A. E. Gardner. Original dust jacket near fine, not price-clipped, no fading, clean and bright, now protected in a loose-fitting clear archival sleeve. Green Buckram binding clean and bright, unfaded. Contents clean and tight, fine dust soiling to fore-edges only, no toning to endpapers. A near fine to fine copy. Size: 8vo. Book.…

Hardcover. Zustand: Very Good-. Zustand des Schutzumschlags: Very Good-. First Edition. No signatures. Some adhesive tape stains to endpapers. Moderate spots of foxing to page edges. Moderate foxing to dust wrapper. No tears to dust wrapper. Dust wrapper is price clipped. Dust wrapper protected in archival mylar cover.; xii, 260 pages + plates. Green cloth boards. "They are beautiful and fascinating creatures and can be observed in the field much as a bird-watcher observes birds." - from dust wrapper blurb. A volume in the celebrated New Naturalist Library. "[. . .] we have now come to look forward to new volumes in this series - well written, beautifully produced, and awakening interest in some fresh feature of Britain's countryside" - quoted from a Guardian review of the series.; Series title: New Naturalist No. 41; 8vo.…

Hardcover. Zustand: Fine. Near Fine. First Edition. pp. xii, 260, with 53 colour plates by S. Beaufoy, 16 photographs in black and white, 200 maps and diagrams with key to larvae by A. E. Gardner. Original dust jacket near fine, not price-clipped, no fading, clean and bright, now protected in a loose-fitting clear archival sleeve. Green Buckram binding clean and bright, unfaded. Contents clean and tight, no toning to endpapers. A near fine to fine copy. Size: 8vo. Book.…

Hardcover. Zustand: Fine. Zustand des Schutzumschlags: Fine. First Edition. pp. xii, 260, with 53 colour plates by S. Beaufoy, 16 photographs in black and white, 200 maps and diagrams with key to larvae by A. E. Gardner. Original dust jacket fine, not price-clipped, no fading, clean and bright, now protected in a loose-fitting clear archival sleeve. Green Buckram binding clean and bright, unfaded. Contents clean and tight, no toninfg to endpapers, previous owner's neat stamp signature only , F. M. Carpenter, no inscriptions or other marks An exeptionally bright copy . [Referenced by "Collecting the New Naturalists" - NN41A] [Provenance - Frank Morton Carpenter (September 6, 1902 - January 18, 1994) was an American entomologist and paleontologist. He received his PhD from Harvard University, and was curator of fossil insects at the Harvard Museum of Comparative Zoology for 60 years. Entomologists David Grimaldi and Michael S. Engel consider him "the most influential paleoentomologist of his generation" (Grimaldi and Engel 2005 p. 143) Size: 8vo. Book.…

Cloth. Zustand: Very Good. Zustand des Schutzumschlags: Good. A smart collection of works on the caterpillars, dragonflies, and birds of the British Isles, with illustrations. Four volumes. A collection of beautifully illustrated works exploring the life cycle of insects and birds found in the British Isles. This set includes: The Caterpillars of the British Butterflies Including the Eggs, Chrysalids, and Food-Plants, 1944. Reprint, originally published earlier the same year. Based upon "The Butterflies of the British Isles" by Richard South. Illustrated with three hundred and forty-eight images, sixty-eight of which are in full colour. Some in-text with thirty-two plates. Collated complete. Compiled by William John Stokoe, an English naturalist and writer. Illustrated by John Charles Dollman, an English painter and illustrator. The Dragonflies of the British Isles, 1949. Second edition, enlarged, originally published in 1937. With a descriptive history of all the British species. Illustrated with fifty-eight plates, sixteen of which are in colour. Collated complete. Written by Cynthia Longfield, an Anglo-Irish entomologist and explorer who was the first women confirmed as a member of the Entomological Society. Illustrated by William Frederick Evans, an English entomologist, and C. O. Hammond, a British illustrator. The Birds of the British Isles, Series II and III Series II - The Birds of the British Isles and Their Eggs, 1936. Sixth edition, originally published 1920. Illustrated with one hundred and fifty-nine plates, many of which are in colour. Collated complete. Series III - Migration and Habits With Observations on Rarer Visitants, 1940. Third edition, originally published 1926. Illustrated with one hundred and twenty-seven plates, sixty-eight of which are in colour. Collated complete. Written by Thomas Alfred Coward, an English ornithologist and amateur astronomer. Illustrated by Archibald Thorburn, a Scottish artist who specialised in wildlife watercolours. In the original full cloth binding. Externally, smart with light rubbing and minor shelf wear to the extremities. Original unclipped dust wrappers are also smart with light wear and minor chipping resulting in light loss to the extremities. Sunning to the spine and spotting to the panels. Internally, firmly bound. Pages are very bright and clean. Light spotting and age toning to the endpapers. Contemporary ink inscription to the front endpapers of The Caterpillars of the British Butterflies. Very Good. J. C. Dollman; W. F. Evans; C. O. Hammond; Archibald Thorburn (illustrator). book.…

First edition dust wrapper only 8¾'' x 6¼'', no book. First edition dust wrapper with the last book listed being Number 40 'Bumblebees' not price clipped 42s. Slight tanning down the spine and to the edges of the rear cover, tiny tear to the folded line of the rear flap. Supplied in archive acetate film protection. Member of the P.B.F.A. NEW NATURALIST (Series).…

First edition. 8vo. xii, 260 pp. Publisher's green buckram, gilt lettered to the spine, early US bookseller's ticket to the rear pastedown, dust jacket, not price clipped. 24 colour and 8 black and white plates. Some wear to the head of the jacket spine and upper corners, else very good. New Naturalist series no. 41.…

Size 6.0 x 8.75 inches. In green cloth covers with gilt to spine. With dustwrapper. In very good condition with very good dustwrapper (dw; Spine darkened. Tanning and foxing to rear cover. Not price clipped. In protective cellophane wrapper.). Ends of spine bumped. Tanning to endpapers. Foxing spots to page edges. Else a clean and tight copy. 260pp. With 53 colour & 16 b/w photographs. 200 maps & diagrams. An intensive study by three distinguished naturalists. Britain has 48 species of dragonfly.…

dj. First U.K. Edition. Octavo. 22cm. Publisher's bottle green buckram titled in gilt to spine. Dustjacket. [xii]; 260pp. Very bright and handsome, very slight wear to extremities; internally clean and fresh, illustrated throughout; in an attractive Cliff and Rosemary Ellis dustjacket with some extremely light wear and a touch of toning to the spine and white rear panel. A near fine copy. Number 39 in the highly collectable Collins New Naturalist series, an extended library of natural history books by a number of notable authors, uniformly bound, and rather renowned amongst enthusiasts for their beautiful design and rather luxurious presentation.…

Collins. 1960. 8vo. Publisher's cloth and dustwrapper; very good.First edition. New Naturalist 41. Much sought-after.