Harrison j c illus (4 Ergebnisse)

Zustand: Very Good. 176, 31 col plates. . HB. Vg in d/w (light crease to rear panel of d/w). Owner's book-plate. . [9780600433507].

Zustand: Very Good. 176, 31 col plates. . HB. Vg in d/w. . [9780600433507].

Green hardback cloth cover. Zustand: Good. Limited Edition 80/175. G : in Good condition without dust jacket. Damp staining to boards with internal impact to contents from lower edge. Text block firm. Heraldic book plate on paste-down. 250mm x 190mm (10" x 7"). 202pp. Colour frontispiece and b/w plates. Heavy item - shipping supplement may apply for overseas.…

First Edition. First impression. Large octavo (23cm). Black cloth hardcover; dustjacket; xx,176pp; color frontispiece and 18 unnumbered leaves of plates, most from photographs by the author; two others after color illustrations by J.C. Harrison. Faint foxing to prelims and text block edges, else a very clean copy, complete and unmarked. In the original color-pictorial dustwrapper, priced 12s.6d. on spine panel; lightly rubbed at extremities with faint dustsoil; Very Good or better. A justifiably famous study of the greatest of all European raptors, the Golden eagle of the Scottish Highlands, by the noted ornithologist and photographic pioneer Seton Gordon; written (as were many of his books) in collaboration with his wife Audrey Gordon. Very uncommon in dustwrapper; this is a bright, attractive copy. From the library of noted poet and translator (and amateur ornithologist) Nathaniel Tarn, with his printed bookplate inside front cover.…