j bryan nelson (12 Ergebnisse)

Paperback. Zustand: Very Good. The book has been read, but is in excellent condition. Pages are intact and not marred by notes or highlighting. The spine remains undamaged.

Soft cover. Zustand: Very Good. 314 p. ; (part col.) 25 cm. ; ISSN: 0459-6137 ; LCCN: 63-24447 ; OCLC: 1783015 ; Serial Publication : Periodical ; stiff paper wrappers with color illustration ; ex-lib, stamps, label, date due pocket ; Contents: The social system of the Green Jay i n Columbia [Colombia] / Humberto Alvarez -- Sunbathing in Grebes / Robert W Storer, W Roy Siegfried, and John Kinahan -- Biology of Harris' Hawk in Southern Arizona / William J Mader -- Factors influencing female choice in the Lek mating system of the Ruff / Julia M Shepard -- Breeding biology of Frigatebirds : a comparative review / J Bryan Nelson -- Territorial defense of people by Laughing Gulls / Peter R Jutro -- The development of North American Herons II / William McVaugh, Jr -- Social b ehavior of the Boat-Billed Heron / Douglas W Mock -- Courtship behavior of the Greater Roadrunner / Martha Whitson -- Hand-rearing Hawks and Owls : some comparisons / Frederick and Frances Hamerstrom -- Complex song repertoire of Long-Billed Marsh Wrens / Jared Verner -- The authors and artists briefly noted -- Staff, administration board, research collaborators, field-collaborators, and Arthur A Allen Medalists -- Members of the Laboratory of Ornithology ; illustrators, George Mikisch Sutton , Don R Eckleberry, Albert E Gilbert, William McVaugh Jr, Diane Pierce, Robert Gillmor, Ted Lewin, Michael J Hopiak, John A Ruthven, James E Coe, peter Goll, John Busby, Lawrence B McQueen, William Zimmerman, Tony Angell ; VG. Book.

Hardcover. Zustand: Very Good. Zustand des Schutzumschlags: Very Good. 1st Edition. Book - very good. Dust wrapper - very good. HEAVY (2.86 kg) - extra postage will be required.

Berkhamsted, T. & A.D. Poyser, [1978]. 336 pp. B./w. ills by John Busby. Orig. hardcover, d./j. 8vo.

Hardcover. Zustand: Near Fine. Zustand des Schutzumschlags: Near Fine. 1st Edition. Small 4to, pp680 Pages with 12 specially commissioned colour plates by Andrew Mackay, 159 halftones and 62 maps. Hardcover with dust jacket. DJ in near fine condition, Binding near fine, inside near fine. An excellent copy.

Zustand: Very good.

Oxford, 1978. X,1012 pp. 19 appendixes & 404 figs. Hardcover, d./j. D./j dam., stamp on first free endpaper.

Cloth. Zustand: Very Good Indeed. Zustand des Schutzumschlags: Very Good. Not Stated (illustrator). First edition. The first edition of this illustrated study on the Sulidae family of birds, by pioneering ornithologist Bryan Nelson. The first edition of this work in the publisher's original cloth binding, with the original unclipped dust wrapper. Illustrated with 14 colour plates and 18 black and white plates. Collated complete. J. Bryan Nelson (1932-2015) was a prominent authority on seabirds, publishing numerous books and articles on gannets, cormorants and other species, teaching zoology at the University of Aberdeen, and conducting pioneering ornithological research. In his lifetime, Nelson was "acclaimed as the world's leading expert on the northern gannet". In this volume, he provides a comprehensive study of gannets and boobies. In publisher's original cloth binding, with original unclipped dust wrapper. Externally, cloth is in a very smart condition, though a little faded to the extremities. Internally, firmly bound. Pages are very bright and clean. Dust wrapper is bright but somewhat chipped to the extremities, with some wear to the joints. Very Good Indeed. book.

Hardcover. Zustand: Near Fine. Zustand des Schutzumschlags: Near Fine. 1st Edition. 25.5 x 20 cm. 661 pp. Unclipped jacket has minor rucking around spine top; otherwise Fine. Book is entirely Fine but for small indent to front board edge.

Oxford, Oxford Univerity Press, 1978. X,1012 pp. 404 figs & 32 plts (14 col.). Hardcover with dustjacket. #0197141048. [7890].

orig.cloth. 24pp photoplates. (illustrator). 27x19cm, x,1012,(24)pp, Series: Aberdeen University Studies Series; No. 154. Contents: Sula [bassana] bassana: North Atlantic Gannet; Sula [bassana] capensis: African or Cape Gannet; Sula [bassana] serrator: Australasian Gannet; Sula dactylatra: White, Masked or Blue-faced Booby; Sula leucogaster: Brown Booby; Sule nebouxli: Blue-footed Booby; Sula variegata:Peruvian Booby; Sula sula: Red-footed Booby; Sula abbotti: Abbott's Booby; The Sulids Compared; Appendices. Some minor rubbing. Small tear to dustwrapper. VG., dustwrapper.

Cloth. Zustand: Fine. Zustand des Schutzumschlags: Near Fine. Philips Snow; Donald Watson; Keiith Brockie, et al. (illustrator). First edition. Seven beautifully illustrated volumes of ornithological works published by Poyser, all in their original dust wrappers and most being first editions. The first edition to all volumes except 'Flight Identification', which is a third edition second impression, and 'Puffin' which is a first edition, second impression, and Gulls which is a second edition, second impression.A seven volume set.Illustrated with monochrome figures, and five hundred and forty-four monochrome plates to "Gulls", monochrome plates, and four colour plates to "Greenshanks", thirty-eight monochrome photographic vignettes to "Birds and Forestry", twenty-four monochrome plates to "Puffin", a monochrome frontispiece and many monochrome vignettes to "Man and Wildfowl", thirty-two monochrome plates to "Gannet", and monochrome vignettes and ninety-six monochrome plates to "Flight Identification". Collated, complete.In the publisher's original cloth with the original unclipped dust wrapper to all but 'Gannet', 'Greenshanks', and 'Flight identification', which are clipped.This set features seven volumes of ornithological works by a host of specialists in the field, from Poyser's natural history series. The volumes in this set cover a range of bird species such as gulls, greenshanks and puffins.This set includes "Gulls: A Guide to Identification" by P. J. Grant, "Greenshanks" by Desmond and Maimie Nethersole-Thompson, "Birds and Forestry" by Mark Avery and Roderick Leslie; "The Puffin" by M.P. Harris; "Man and Wildfowl" by Janet Kear, "The Gannet" by Bryan Nelson, "Flight Identification of European Raptors" by R. F. Porter and Ian Willis. In the publisher's original cloth with the original unclipped dust wrapper to all but 'Gannet', 'Greenshanks', and 'Flight identification', which are clipped. Externally excellent with only minor bumping to the extremities to 'flight identification'. Bookplates belonging to 'Jonathan Bulmer' to the odd volume. The wraps are excellent with slight marks and slight sunning to 'The Gannet', and minimal creasing to the extremities. Internally firmly bound with clean and generally bright pages with only slight age toning to the odd volume. Fine. book.