mckelvie mcphail (5 Ergebnisse)

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. .

Zustand: Very Good. This book is in very good condition and will be shipped within 24 hours of ordering. The cover may have some limited signs of wear but the pages are clean, intact and the spine remains undamaged. This book has clearly been well maintained and looked after thus far. Money back guarantee if you are not satisfied. See all our books here, order more than 1 book and get discounted shipping. .

Zustand: Good. 1990. First Edition. Unpaginated. Signed by the artist Rodger McPhail. Photographic dust jacket with white lettering over green cloth. B&W illustrations throughout. Clean pages with firm binding. Minimal tanning to endpapers and page edges. Pages have a distinct odour. Mild wear to spine, board edges and corners, with sunning to spine and board edges. Unclipped dust jacket. Mild wear and tear to edges and corners, with tanning to spine and edges. Minor staining and soiling to DJ.

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.