Lockley 1903 2000 (9 Ergebnisse)

ALL UK PARCELS SENT TRACKED! ALL OVERSEAS PARCELS SENT AIRMAIL, TRACKED! (S/hand, Hardcover, 1970). 1970 1st edition. 8vo (131 x 215mm). Pp231. B/w photographs, b/w illustrations by C.F. Tunnicliffe, maps, bibliography. Minor faults else good-plus in slightly used dust-wrapper. This is an excellent, thorough, detailed description of the ecology and biology of the fauna and flora of Wales, with chapters on geology and climate. Chapters include: The shape of Wales - geography and geology, climate, rainfall; Natural history of man in Wales; Wild mammals in Wales today - fox and badger, mustelids, insectivores, bats, rodents, seals; The birds - birds of prey, mountain birds, lowland birds, birds of the coast; Wild flowers - variety of floral types, list of Welsh plants, collecting, recording, lowland plants, upland flowers, Alpine plants, flowers of the coast, freshwater plants, fungi; Other wildlife - amphibia and reptiles, butterflies, migratory lepidoptera, moths, dragonflies, bumble-bees and others, snails and slugs, fishes; Places to visit; Index of Welsh birds, with notes on distribution. . …

Hardcover. Zustand: Very Good. Zustand des Schutzumschlags: Fair. Hbk, xi, 238 pages : frontispiece, illustrations (including maps), plates ; 22 cm. Some light foxing to edges o/w a clean copy in very good condition. The dust-wrapper is torn at rear. [Manx shearwater - Puffins] h2228.

Book Club Edition. Fine cloth copy in an equally fine dust wrapper, now mylar-sleeved. Particularly well-preserved overall; tight, bright, clean and strong. Physical description: 268 p.: ill. ; 23 cm. Continued by The island. Subjects: Lockley, R. M. (Ronald Mathias) - 1903-2000. Naturalists - Wales - Biography. 1 Kg.…

ALL UK PARCELS SENT TRACKED! ALL OVERSEAS PARCELS SENT AIRMAIL, TRACKED! (S/hand, Hardcover, 1954). 1954 1st edition. 8vo (140 x 217mm). Ppvii,149. B/w photograph plates, b/w illustrations by Phillida and John Mead, b/w location maps. Gilt seal motif to blue cloth, spine titled in gilt. Stains to end-papers. Good copy in stained and used dust-wrapper. "Continuing his renowned studies of the individual lives of marine creatures, begun with [the books] Shearwaters, and Puffins, R.M. Lockley has written this study of the breeding of the Atlantic or grey seal .Puzzled by many aspects of its behaviour during many years of casual watching of the seals, the author decided to spend a whole breeding-season with them." Lockley took, as object of his study, a colony inhabiting a small cove beneath cliffs, which was inaccessible except by boat, and even then only just. Here is an account of a year's observations of the undisturbed home life of a Welsh seal colony. .…

First Edition. Near fine cloth copy in a good if somewhat edge-nicked and dust-dulled dust-wrapper, now mylar-sleeved. Spine sun-toned. Remains well-preserved overall. Series; Britain in pictures ; 85. Physical description; 47 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations (some color) ; 23 cm. Subjects; Islands Great Britain. Great Britain Description and travel. Islands British Isles. 1 Kg. …

1st edition. Very good copy in the original gilt-blocked cloth. Slight suggestion only of dust-dulling to the spine bands and panel edges. Remains particularly well-preserved overall; tight, bright, clean and strong. Provenance : From Colwall Library with their bookplate to front pastedown. Physical description: 186 pages, illustrations, 23 cm. Notes: Includes index. Includes bibliographical references (page 177). Subjects: Puffins; Fratercula; Puffins; Alcidae; Puffinus; Birds, Charadriiformes; Zoology. 1 Kg.…

First Edition. Near fine cloth copy in a very good if slightly edge-nicked and dust-dulled dw, now mylar-sleeved. Remains particularly and surprisingly well-preserved overall; tight, bright, clean and strong. Provenance: From the library of B. Kalsbeek with his bookplate to front pastedown.; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 47 pages; Physical description: 47 p. , [8] p. Of plates : ill. (some col. ), maps (1 col. ) ; 24 cm. Subjects: Islands - Great Britain - Description and travel. Series: Britain in pictures / The British people in pictures. 1 Kg. …

hardcover. Zustand: Very Good. Vintage Copy Writing on the first inside page. Tanning to edge of pages Appears unread, may have minor damage from transit/storage. Next day dispatch from the UK (Mon-Fri). Please contact us with any queries.

ALL UK PARCELS SENT TRACKED! ALL OVERSEAS PARCELS SENT AIRMAIL, TRACKED! (S/hand, Hardcover, 1964). 1964 1st edition. Square 8vo (168 x 217mm). Pp152. B/w photographs & illustrations, bibliography. Blue boards, spine titled in gilt. Survival Books No. 1. Very good first edition in slightly used but complete dust-wrapper. "Mr Lockley's research on the rabbit, undertaken as part of the Nature Conservancy's investigation of the myxomatosis plague, was a classic piece of field work. And since it was published in 1964, The Private Life of The Rabbit has become an acknowledged classic". Richard Adams, author of Watership Down, wrote the introduction to the 1976 edition of this book, in which he explains that having roughed the narrative out, he used The Private Life of The Rabbit as his guide to the actual facts of the life of rabbits. Filled with diagrams of warrens, the ranges of rabbit territories, as well as good, relevant photographs, and an informative text, this book remains of great use to anyone who wants to understand more about the humble rabbit. .…