Lockley ronald mathias (27 Ergebnisse)

Zustand: Very Good. Pages intact with possible writing/highlighting. Binding strong with minor wear. Dust jackets/supplements may not be included. Stock photo provided. Product includes identifying sticker. Better World Books: Buy Books. Do Good.

Zustand: Good. Pages intact with minimal writing/highlighting. The binding may be loose and creased. Dust jackets/supplements are not included. Stock photo provided. Product includes identifying sticker. Better World Books: Buy Books. Do Good.

Zustand: Good. Former library copy. Pages intact with minimal writing/highlighting. The binding may be loose and creased. Dust jackets/supplements are not included. Includes library markings. Stock photo provided. Product includes identifying sticker. Better World Books: Buy Books. Do Good.

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. . …

Zustand: Good. Original black boards, gilt lettered spine, dust jacket, illustrated with numerous (full page) photographs in colour and some in b/w, 4to.

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.

Zustand: Good. Original gray boads, dust jacket, numerous (full page) colour and b/w illustrations (including photographs), 4to.

1st edition. Very good cloth copy in a good if somewhat edge-torn (with some loss) and dust-dulled dust-wrapper, now mylar-sleeved. Remains quite well-preserved overall. Physical description; 191 pp. illus. (incl. plans) plates, 20 cm. Subjects; Agriculture Skokholm Island. Wales. Description and travel. 1 Kg.…

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.…

Paperback. Zustand: Good. 176 pages. Text tannedThe island is Skokholm, tiny and remote, off the wild coast of Pembrokeshire. It was there that Ronald Lockley went as a young man, to study the tens of thou sands of wild creatures that lived 'within the compass of one small plot of land surrounded by the sea'.…

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. …

Blue hardback cloth cover. Zustand: Good. Reprint. G: in good condition with rubbed, marked and torn dust jacket in clear protective wrap (tape repairs). Pages toned. Off-setting to endpapers. Inner hinge cracked. 220mm x 160mm (9" x 6"). 152pp. B/W photographic plates.

Hardback in Dust Wrapper. Zustand: Good+. Zustand des Schutzumschlags: Good+. Condition Notes: Matt paper dust wrapper has insignificant edgewear and is a touch faded with fraying at the bottom corners, now wrapped in a removable protective sleeve. A little age-toning to the edges of the text block. The contents complete, clean and tight; First edition (first printing). Hardback. Dust wrapper over blue boards with gilt titles to the spine; Measures 8½" x 6¾" (0.9 kg); pp 175; Index; In the Survival Books series; Number 6 in the series. Includes: Distribution maps; Black & white photographs on individual leaves; Black & white drawings; Diagrams; Maps; Tables; Colour frontispiece; || The book is on the shelf, ready to be appropriately packed, and posted from the pastoral paradise of Peasedown St. John, Bath, by a real bookseller in a real book shop - with my personal guarantee and beady eye on the Consumer Contracts Regulations. REMEMBER! Buying my copy means the book shop Jack Russells get their supper! My Book #197010 ||. …

Hardcover. Zustand: Good. Zustand des Schutzumschlags: Includes dust jacket. First Edition. First edition. Hardback. With dust jacket. First Edition.

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.…

Cloth. Zustand: Very Good. Zustand des Schutzumschlags: Very Good. First Edition. Lockley's evocative account of how he bought Orielton and turned it into what bcame the famous Field Studies Centre. Lots of natural history included. pp332. No foxing. Not price clipped. Unmarked.

Hardcover. Zustand: Good. Zustand des Schutzumschlags: Includes dust jacket. First Edition. First Edition. Pembrokeshire by M. Lockley is an engaging introduction to one of Wales's most beautiful and historic counties, exploring its spectacular coastline, ancient monuments, towns and villages, and rich natural heritage. Combining history, geography and local interest, the book examines the landscapes, traditions and people that have shaped Pembrokeshire through the centuries. Written in an accessible style and illustrated throughout, it offers an informative overview of the region's distinctive character. An excellent addition for readers and collectors of Welsh local history, travel and regional studies. First Edition.…

gebundene Ausgabe, Pp. Zustand: Sehr gut. 159 S. : 4 Bl. Abb. Seiten altersbedingt gebräunt. Einband leicht berieben/angeschmutzt, ansonsten sehr gut erhalten. Sprache: Deutsch Gewicht in Gramm: 390.

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. …

Zustand: Very Good. Former library copy. Pages intact with possible writing/highlighting. Binding strong with minor wear. Dust jackets/supplements may not be included. Includes library markings. Stock photo provided. Product includes identifying sticker. Better World Books: Buy Books. Do Good.

paperback. Zustand: Good. Most items will be dispatched the same or the next working day. A copy that has been read but remains in clean condition. All of the pages are intact and the cover is intact and the spine may show signs of wear. The book may have minor markings which are not specifically mentioned.…

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.

Cloth. Zustand: Very Good. Zustand des Schutzumschlags: Good. Lockley's account of his early work on Skokholm. pp208. Illus. Map. DW worn, now in archival sleeve.

Cloth. Zustand: Very Good. No Jacket. Lockley's farming memoir. pp174. Illus. Pen drawings. Map. Lumsden P (illustrator).

Cloth. Zustand: Very Good. No Jacket. Lockley's farming memoir. pp174. Illus. Pen drawings. Map. Lumsden P (illustrator).

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. .…