mckelvie colin (43 Ergebnisse)

Hardback. 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.

Hardback. 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.

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.

Hardback. 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.

Zustand: Like New. Most items will be dispatched the same or the next working day. An apparently unread copy in perfect condition. Dust cover is intact with no nicks or tears. Spine has no signs of creasing. Pages are clean and not marred by notes or folds of any kind.

Zustand: Good. Leadbetter, Diana (illustrator). Ships from the UK. Used book that is in clean, average condition without any missing pages.

ALL UK PARCELS SENT TRACKED! ALL OVERSEAS PARCELS SENT AIRMAIL, TRACKED! (S/hand, Hardcover, 1985). 1985 1st edition. Small 8vo (145 x 223mm). Ppxx,228. B/w photographs & b/w illustrations by Charles Jardine. Red boards, spine titled in gilt. Slight use, good-plus in used dust-wrapper. A good work on the ecology and conservation of British game-birds, deer and fish. .

ALL UK PARCELS SENT TRACKED! ALL OVERSEAS PARCELS SENT AIRMAIL, TRACKED! (S/hand, Hardcover, 1993). 1993 1st edition. 4to (296 x 214mm). Pp144. Over 80 watercolour paintings by Rodger McPhail. Brown boards, spine titled in gilt. Faint smell of soap. Browning to page ends. Good-plus in used dust-wrapper. "In this account of a country naturalist's experiences, I have ranged widely through notes and memories of the creatures and the places that I have encountered. In this I have not confined myself to the landscape and wildlife of Dumfriesshire, where I live, nor to Ireland, where I was born and grew up, nor to the Highlands of Scotland nor the chalk downlands of Wessex where I have lived and worked, and to which I often return. Instead I have included all these, and more besides." Chapters include: The water-peggie; The leaper; A changeling world; The fringe of the moor; The hunter of the cliffs; Creatures of a day; The ring-tail and the ashen hawk; The falcon's crag; The goat of the air; Birds of the hill, birds of the heath; along the woodland edge; Encounters by the hidden loch; the fish hawk that came back; The mushroom mystery; Prowlers in the half-light; Deer for tomorrow; Ice Age legacies; The watcher and the roe; A river through the year; A year of wings. .

ALL UK PARCELS SENT TRACKED! ALL OVERSEAS PARCELS SENT AIRMAIL, TRACKED! (S/hand, Hardcover, 1993). 1993 1st edition. 4to (296 x 214mm). Pp144. Over 80 watercolour paintings by Rodger McPhail. Brown boards, spine titled in gilt. Slight abrasion to p143, smudged printing ink to title-page. Good-plus in like dust-wrapper. "In this account of a country naturalist's experiences, I have ranged widely through notes and memories of the creatures and the places that I have encountered. In this I have not confined myself to the landscape and wildlife of Dumfriesshire, where I live, nor to Ireland, where I was born and grew up, nor to the Highlands of Scotland nor the chalk downlands of Wessex where I have lived and worked, and to which I often return. Instead I have included all these, and more besides." Chapters include: The water-peggie; The leaper; A changeling world; The fringe of the moor; The hunter of the cliffs; Creatures of a day; The ring-tail and the ashen hawk; The falcon's crag; The goat of the air; Birds of the hill, birds of the heath; along the woodland edge; Encounters by the hidden loch; the fish hawk that came back; The mushroom mystery; Prowlers in the half-light; Deer for tomorrow; Ice Age legacies; The watcher and the roe; A river through the year; A year of wings. .

ALL UK PARCELS SENT TRACKED! ALL OVERSEAS PARCELS SENT AIRMAIL, TRACKED! (S/hand, Hardcover, 1985). 1985 1st edition. Small 8vo (142 x 223mm). Ppxx,228. B/w photographs & b/w illustrations by Charles Jardine. Red boards, spine titled in gilt. Very good in slightly used dust-wrapper. A good work on the ecology and conservation of British game-birds, deer and fish. .

Paperback. Zustand: Used; Very Good. Dispatched, from the UK, within 48 hours of ordering. Though second-hand, the book is still in very good shape. Minimal signs of usage may include very minor creasing on the cover or on the spine.

ALL UK PARCELS SENT TRACKED! ALL OVERSEAS PARCELS SENT AIRMAIL, TRACKED! (S/hand, Hardcover, 1989). 1989 1st edition. 8vo (160 x 240mm). Ppviii,192. Frontispiece map, colour and b/w photographs, bibliography. Green boards, spine titled in gilt. Slightly musty due to long storage, o/w very good in dust-wrapper. "Ireland has innumerable inland waters, ranging in size from the longest river and the biggest lake in the British Isles, to countless little streams and loughs. Most afford fine game fishing for wild brown trout, seatrout and salmon and some are world famous for the superb quality of the sport they have provided for successive generations. Here, on Europe's western fringes, are some of the finest wild game fisheries to be found anywhere. Most are quiet and underfished, havens for the salmon and seatrout enthusiast seeking good sport in the wildness of Ireland's western landscape, or the brown-trout angler fishing amid the lush green meadows of the Irish Midlands and the limestone streams of County Clare. A Game Fisher in Ireland is a blend of description, anecdote, memories and illustrations, giving the visiting game fisher a flavour of a wide selection of Irish fisheries and their distinctive characters." Chapters include: Fish of the far north-west; Northern Ireland; From Leitrim and Sligo westwards; West Sligo and Mayo; The Galway fishery; The wild fisheries of the west; 'Twixt Galway and Limerick; The Midland lakes; The great loughs. .

ALL UK PARCELS SENT TRACKED! ALL OVERSEAS PARCELS SENT AIRMAIL, TRACKED! (S/hand, Hardcover, 1994). 1994 1st edition. 4to (194 x 253mm). Pp176. Sepia illustrations by Esdaile Hudson. Dark green boards, spine titled in gilt. Very good in dust-wrapper. "Richard Jefferies was already established as a unique chronicler of the English country scene when he died at the tragically early age of 38 in 1887. In innumerable essays and a range of books, he established himself as a master of .fine country writing. In this collection. we can appreciate the range. of his work, from the closely observed. depiction of rural deprivation and the harshness of labouring life, to [his] enchanted sense of the joyful and the mystical in the natural world." Readable account of Victorian agriculture and country life. Chapters include:- Meadow thoughts; Nature and books; Just before winter; Summer in Somerset; The water-colley; The makers of summer; The rookery; The acorn-gatherer; An English deerpark; Among the nuts; Field sports in art; The countryside: Sussex. .

ALL UK PARCELS SENT TRACKED! ALL OVERSEAS PARCELS SENT AIRMAIL, TRACKED! (S/hand, Hardcover, 1996). 1996 1st edition. 4to (195 x 252mm). Pp217. B/w photographs and illustrations, annotated bibliography. Brown boards, spine titled in gilt. Book-seller label to end-paper but good plus in spine-faded and clipped dust-wrapper. "A wide-ranging, detailed and practical look at snipe and woodcock .natural history, .patterns of behaviour, .sporting tactics, .choice of guns and cartridges, .training and use of gundogs." Also discusses conservation of snipe and woodcock habitat. .

ALL UK PARCELS SENT TRACKED! ALL OVERSEAS PARCELS SENT AIRMAIL, TRACKED! (S/hand, Hardcover, 1996). 1996 1st edition. 4to (195 x 252mm). Pp217. B/w photographs and illustrations. Brown boards, spine titled in gilt. Corner bumped o/w a fine copy in dust-wrapper. "A wide-ranging, detailed and practical look at snipe and woodcock .natural history, .patterns of behaviour, .sporting tactics, .choice of guns and cartridges, .training and use of gundogs". Also discusses conservation of snipe and woodcock habitat. .

ALL UK PARCELS SENT TRACKED! ALL OVERSEAS PARCELS SENT AIRMAIL, TRACKED! (New, Hardcover, 1996). 1996 1st edition. 4to (195 x 252mm). Pp217. B/w photographs and illustrations. Brown boards, spine titled in gilt. Fine unread copy in dust-wrapper. Snipe and woodcock are wild quarry which require appropriately wild-looking habitat. Colin McKelvie goes into the detail of how and why to provide and maintain such habitat. Chapters include: Guns and gundogs: Guns and cartridges for snipe and woodcock; Gundogs for snipe and woodcock. Snipe: Snipe - natural history, the breeding season and winter habitat management; The jack snipe; Walking snipe up; Snipe driving. Woodcock: Woodcock - natural history and the breeding sason; The woodcock in winter; Flighting woodcock; Driven woodcock shooting; Woodcock - walking up and shooting over bird dogs. A wide ranging and practical book. .

ALL UK PARCELS SENT TRACKED! ALL OVERSEAS PARCELS SENT AIRMAIL, TRACKED! (S/hand, Hardcover, 1996). 1996 1st edition. 4to (195 x 252mm). Pp217. B/w photographs and illustrations, annotated bibliography. Brown boards, spine titled in gilt. Near fine in slightly used/ rubbed dust-wrapper. "A wide-ranging, detailed and practical look at snipe and woodcock .natural history, .patterns of behaviour, .sporting tactics, .choice of guns and cartridges, .training and use of gundogs." Also discusses conservation of snipe and woodcock habitat. .

ALL UK PARCELS SENT TRACKED! ALL OVERSEAS PARCELS SENT AIRMAIL, TRACKED! (S/hand, Hardcover, 1996). 1996 1st edition. 4to (195 x 252mm). Pp217. B/w photographs and illustrations. Brown boards, spine titled in gilt. Publisher's file copy with label to end-paper, file number label to spine else a very good second-hand copy. "A wide-ranging, detailed and practical look at snipe and woodcock .natural history, .patterns of behaviour, .sporting tactics, .choice of guns and cartridges, .training and use of gundogs". Also discusses conservation of snipe and woodcock habitat. .

Hardback in Dust Wrapper. Zustand: Very Good. Zustand des Schutzumschlags: Very Good. Condition Notes: A little wear to the edges of the dust wrapper. The contents complete, clean and tight.; First edition (first printing). Hardback. Dust wrapper over yellow boards with black titles to the spine & upper board; Measures 12" x 8¾" (1.5 kg); pp 192; Index; Includes: Colour photographs; Colour drawings; Diagrams; Cutaways; || 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 #190471 ||.

Zustand: Very good. 1995, Shrewsbury, Swan Hill Press, small 4to, pp160, colour and black and white illustrations, green cloth in dustwrapper.

ALL UK PARCELS SENT TRACKED! ALL OVERSEAS PARCELS SENT AIRMAIL, TRACKED! (S/hand, Hardcover, 1986). 1986 1st edition. Large 4to (215 x 305mm). Pp208. Colour plates, b/w photographs, illustrations. Green boards, spine titled in gilt. End-papers / edges foxed / spotted else good in faded dust-wrapper. A celebration, in words and art, of the natural history of the woodcock and its place in sport. Includes much solid information and advice useful to the practical shooter. Chapters include: Introducing the woodcock; Woodcock roding; Woodcock at the nest; Do woodcock carry their young?; Woodcock migration; The woodcock in winter; "Right and left" - the coveted double; Woodcock - springes, cock-shuts and falcons; Woodcock and gundogs; Short-billed woodcock and other oddities; Woodcock around the world. .

ALL UK PARCELS SENT TRACKED! ALL OVERSEAS PARCELS SENT AIRMAIL, TRACKED! (S/hand, Hardcover, 1986). 1986 1st edition. Large 4to (215 x 305mm). Pp208. Colour plates, b/w photographs, illustrations. Green boards, spine titled in gilt. Gift inscription to front end-paper else good-plus in price-clipped dust-wrapper. A celebration, in words and art, of the natural history of the woodcock and its place in sport. Includes much solid information and advice useful to the practical shooter. Chapters include: Introducing the woodcock; Woodcock roding; Woodcock at the nest; Do woodcock carry their young?; Woodcock migration; The woodcock in winter; "Right and left" - the coveted double; Woodcock - springes, cock-shuts and falcons; Woodcock and gundogs; Short-billed woodcock and other oddities; Woodcock around the world. .

ALL UK PARCELS SENT TRACKED! ALL OVERSEAS PARCELS SENT AIRMAIL, TRACKED! (S/hand, Hardcover, 1986). 1986 1st edition. Large 4to (215 x 305mm). Pp208. Colour plates, b/w photographs, illustrations. Green boards, spine titled in gilt. Slight use else very good in slightly used dust-wrapper. Woodcock-related enclosures. A celebration, in words and art, of the natural history of the woodcock and its place in sport. Includes much solid information and advice useful to the practical shooter. Chapters include: Introducing the woodcock; Woodcock roding; Woodcock at the nest; Do woodcock carry their young?; Woodcock migration; The woodcock in winter; "Right and left" - the coveted double; Woodcock - springes, cock-shuts and falcons; Woodcock and gundogs; Short-billed woodcock and other oddities; Woodcock around the world. .

ALL UK PARCELS SENT TRACKED! ALL OVERSEAS PARCELS SENT AIRMAIL, TRACKED! (S/hand, Hardcover, 1990). (1986) 1990 2nd edition. Large 4to (215 x 305mm). Pp218. Colour plates, b/w photographs, illustrations. Brown boards, spine titled in gilt. Slight use, book-seller's label to fep else very good in like dust-wrapper. Woodcock related articles laid in. A celebration, in words and art, of the natural history of the woodcock and its place in sport. Includes much solid information and advice useful to the practical shooter. Chapters include: Introducing the woodcock; Woodcock roding; Woodcock at the nest; Do woodcock carry their young?; Woodcock migration; The woodcock in winter; "Right and left" - the coveted double; Woodcock - springes, cock-shuts and falcons; Woodcock and gundogs; Short-billed woodcock and other oddities; Woodcock around the world; Woodcock in the 1990s and beyond. .

Cloth. Zustand: Near Fine. Zustand des Schutzumschlags: Very Good. Not Stated (illustrator). A highly illustrated second edition of this uncommon work on the woodcock bird. A smart, second edition of the work, in the publisher's original cloth binding, with the original dust wrapper.The first edition of the work was published in 1986. A comprehensive background of the woodcock, being a prize for the sportsman and a mysterious and elusive bird for the naturalist. McKelvie presents the woodcock bird in this work with many different chapters, including woodcock migration, woodcock in the winter and woodcock around the world. With wonderful photos and illustrations throughout, some of which are in colour. In the publisher's original cloth binding, with the original dust wrapper, which has been price-clipped. Externally, excellent, with minor bumping to the extremities and the occasional light mark. Dust wrapper in very good condition, with light edge wear, causing a small amount of loss to the front upper right corner and to the head of the spine. The odd mark to the wrap. Internally, firmly bound. Pages bright and clean. Near Fine. book.

Cloth. Zustand: Fine. Zustand des Schutzumschlags: Near Fine. Rodger McPhail (illustrator). First edition. A very smart first edition of this brightly illustrated work, signed by the author and illustrator with a hand-drawn image from the illustrator to the front endpaper. First edition. Signed by the author and illustrator to the half-title, with a hand-drawn image from the illustrator to the front endpaper. Illustrated with colour images throughout. A celebration of the wildlife of our hills and farmland, lochs and rivers, woodlands and meadows, across all seasons of the year. With chapters visiting the wild haunts of peregrine falcons, otters, badgers, foxes, hare, deer, wild trout, salmon, and other rarer creatures. Written by Colin McKelvie, an English independent publisher and writer for wildlife and sporting presses. Illustrated by Rodger McPhail, a world-famous British painter, best known for his detailed wildlife paintings of sporting fowl, fish, and dogs. In the original full cloth binding. Externally, excellent. Original unclipped dust wrapper is very smart with minor wear only. Internally, firmly bound. Pages are very bright and clean throughout. Author and illustrator's ink inscriptions to the front endpaper and half-title. Fine. signed by author. book.

Leather bound. Limited edition. SIGNED. 192pp. Quarto [25 cm] 3/4 brown leather with green cloth covered boards, raised bands, gilt stamped titles on the spine and front cover, gilt ruled lines on the spine and covers, and a gilt stamped vignette on the front cover. All edges gilt. Marbled endsheets. Near fine. With original coloured illustrations and new illustrations by Neil McReddie. Signed by Neil McReddie and Colin Laurie McKelvie on the limitation page. Number 148 of 1500. When this was first published this was the first English book on roe.

ALL UK PARCELS SENT TRACKED! ALL OVERSEAS PARCELS SENT AIRMAIL, TRACKED! (S/hand, Hardcover, 1989). 1989 1st edition. Folio (245 x 320mm). Pxiv,120. 24 full page colour plates & over 60 sepia sketches by Richard Robjent. Half green morocco gilt, raised bands, gilt snipe vignettes on both boards, marbled end-papers, top edge gilt, green cloth slip-case. Edition limited to 300 numbered copies, signed by the author and artist. A fine copy in slip-case with just slight marks. This is an out-of-series copy, signed by Robjent and McKelvie, but states "Printer's copy" on the limitation page. It does not include the loose sketch. Edition limited to 300 numbered copies, signed by the author and artist. This is the second title in this collectable series. .

ALL UK PARCELS SENT TRACKED! ALL OVERSEAS PARCELS SENT AIRMAIL, TRACKED! (S/hand, Hardcover, 1988). 1988 1st edition. Folio (245 x 320mm). Pxiv,116. 24 tipped in full page colour plates & over 60 sepia sketches by Robjent. Half brown morocco gilt over tan cloth boards, raised bands, gilt woodcock vignettes on both boards, marbled end-papers, top edge gilt, tan cloth slip-case. Edition limited to 300 numbered copies, signed by the author and artist, with an original sepia drawing by Richard Robjent. A fine copy in matching slip-case. This is an out-of-series copy, signed by Robjent and McKelvie, but states "Printer's copy" on the limitation page. It does not include the loose sketch. Text by Colin McKelvie and illustrations by Richard Robjent. Discusses such things as plumage, display, roding, mating, nesting and migration of the European, Asian and American woodcock. This was the first title of this collectable series. .

Zustand: Buono (Good). Five volumes (317x240 mm). Almost complete set of this series, lacking only the final sixth volume (The Sporting Wildfowl) appeared in 1999.  Respectively copy no. 82, 97, 291, 291, and 291 of 300 signed by the author and the artists and accompanied by a sepia drawing by Rodjent. With 120 tipped-in colour plates, with tissue guards captioned in red, and several sepia illustrations throughout the contents, all by Richard Robjent. Bound in quarter brown, green, purple, blue, and red morocco, raised bands, gilt tooling, original publisher's matching cloth slipcase. Each volume bound by A. G. Harvard Bookbinding Crafts. Book.