marshes denham jordan (9 Ergebnisse)

Hardcover. Zustand: Near Fine. Second edition. Pictorial teal cloth stamped in burgundy. Edited by J.A. Owen. Pages age-toned, edges modestly worn, else near fine.

Hardcover. Zustand: Very Good+. 3rd Edition. 8vo. Blue boards with gilt & red titles. A very good+ copy with clean boards. Mild darkening to spine. No chipping or splitting to boards. Internally very clean and fresh. Tiny pencil inscription to endpaper [almost unnoticeabl]. Original and unsplit endpapers. A lovely copy.

Cloth. Zustand: Good. None (illustrator). A delightful work about the various species of birds that can be found just outside of London. The third edition of this work.In the publisher's original cloth binding.Written by Denham Jordan, who published works under the pseudonym 'A Son of the Marshes', referencing the landscape around his place of birth in Milton Regis, Kent.This whimsical work depicts all the types of birds that can be spotted in the areas just outside of London. In the original cloth binding. Externally, generally smart with rubbing and bumping to the extremities. Spine has been rebacked. The odd mark to the boards. Internally, firmly bound. Pages are bright and clean with the odd spot. Browning to the endpapers. Good. book.

Hardcover. Zustand: Very Good+. New Edition. 8vo. Purple boards with red titles. A very good+ copy with clean boards. Some light edgewear & mild darkening to spine. Internally clean and complete. The most tiny ink name dated 1892 to endpaper. Endpapers original and unsplit. Very clean internally.

Zustand: Very Good. 208, . . HB. 8vo, orig. cloth, gt to spine, slightly rubbed. Vg. Some articles reprinted from the 'Cornhill Magazine', 'Blackwood Magazine, 'The Times', others printed here for the first time. Includes chapters on British reptiles, otters, small deer, and others. Denham Jordan (1836-1920) was a British craftsman, draftsman and nature writer. He published under the pseudonym 'A son of the marshes', a reference to the landscape around his place of birth in Milton Regis, Kent, England.

Cloth. Zustand: Very Good. Not Stated (illustrator). The fourth edition of this uncommon work on the wildlife and natural wonders of the Surrey Hills, by Denham Jordan. The fourth edition of this work in the publisher's original pictorial cloth binding. Loosely inserted is a notecard of information about the author, which is shared in more detail in the ink inscription to the front free end paper. An uncommonly seen work on the wildlife and countryside of the Surrey hills, with notes on rivers and fish, birds and woodlands, and country sports. The author is unnamed, but previous owners have identified him as Denham Jordan, the author of many other natural histories and observations on British wildlife. 2 pages of publisher's advertisements and a 32-page publisher's catalogue to the rear. In the publisher's original pictorial cloth binding. Externally fairly smart, though darkened to the spine, with small faint marks to the boards and light shelf wear to the joints and extremities. Internally, firmly bound. Pages are bright and clean except for offsetting to the paste downs and end papers. Very Good. book.

First Edition. Fine copy in the original gilt-blocked cloth. Bevelled boards. Slightest suggestion only of dust-dulling to the panel edges. Remains particularly well-preserved overall; tight, bright, clean and strong. ; 301 pages; Physical desc. : vi, 301 p. Subject: Natural history -- England -- Surrey. Surrey. 1 Kg.

Zustand: Very Good. 1892 new edn. pp.261. Milton near Sittingbourne, Kent. Size: 8vo.

Zustand: Very Good. b.w. frontis. by Thorburn, pp.261, N.Kent marshes. The scarcest of the author's books and the only one where correct place names are given. Size: 8vo.