Robert rendall (14 Ergebnisse)

Zustand: Good. 1954. First Edition. 127 pages. No dust jacket. Blue cloth boards with lettering. Pages and binding are presentable with no major defects. Minor issues present such as mild cracking, inscriptions, inserts, light foxing, tanning and thumb marking. Boards have mild shelf wear with light rubbing and corner bumping. Some light marking and sunning. Lettering is clear.…

Zustand: Good. 1954. First Edition. 127 pages. Green jacket over cloth. Pages and binding are presentable with no major defects. Minor issues present such as mild cracking, inscriptions, inserts, light foxing, tanning and thumb marking. Boards have mild shelf wear with light rubbing and corner bumping. Some light marking and tanning. Unclipped jacket has light edge wear with minor tears and chipping. Mild rubbing and marking. Light tanning to spine and edges.…

Hardcover, no dust jacket. Ink underlining throughout. Boards are edge worn and scuffed; faded to spine. 127 pp.

Zustand: Good. Light wear to boards. Content is clean with minor age tone. DJ with some edge wear and creasing.

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.

Zustand: Good. Light wear to boards. Content is clean and bright. Previous owner name to ffep. Good DJ with some edge wear and tears.

Blue Boards. Zustand: Very Good. Zustand des Schutzumschlags: Good. Postage reduced within the UK.

Hardback. Zustand: Very Good. Zustand des Schutzumschlags: Very Good. First Edition. 1951. First edition. 63pp. Robert Rendall (1898-1967) was a Scottish poet, and amateur naturalist who spent most of his life in Kirkwall, Orkney. Orkney Variants is his second collection of poems, and is divided into the following sections: Poems in Dialect, Orkney Variants, Poems in English, and Tailpiece. The book is bound in the original green cloth covered boards with gold titling on the spine. The case of the book is in very good condition with some tape staining near the top of the spine and top edge of up to about 2" of the boards (this has been taken from tape holding an old protective cover for the dustwrapper). The contents are tight and clean with a name on the top edge of the front free endpaper. The unclipped dustwrapper has shelf wear with some light soiling and the spine is faded. There are two scrapes that have caused some small holes near the fore edge of the front of the wrapper. It is in a removable clear plastic fronted protective cover.…

Hardback. Zustand: Very Good. Zustand des Schutzumschlags: Very Good. First Edition. 1957. First edition. 47pp. Robert Rendall (1898-1967) was a Scottish poet, and amateur naturalist who spent most of his life in Kirkwall, Orkney. Shore Poems is his second collection of poems, and is divided into the following sections: Shore Poems, People and Places, and Other Shores. The poems record feelings evoked by the sights and sounds of an Orkney shore, to which are added occasional poems on people and places, and a few pieces of religious verse. The book is bound in the original grey cloth covered boards with gold titling on the spine. The case of the book is in very good condition with some tape staining near the top of the spine and top edge of up to about 2" of the boards (this has been taken from tape holding an old protective cover for the dustwrapper). The contents are tight and clean with a name on the top edge of the front free endpaper. The unclipped dustwrapper has shelf wear with some light soiling and the spine is slightly sunned. The wrapper is in a removable clear plastic fronted protective cover.…

Hardcover. Zustand: Very Good. Zustand des Schutzumschlags: Very Good. 1st Edition. 200p. The first edition in d/w. "A personal record of the Orkney shore in which it is portrayed as having a dominant influence on the Orcadian way of life. A chapter discusses Orkney's tradition in natural science, and 5 appendices describe records of local marine life". The book is clean, tight and unmarked apart from "With the Author's Compliments & kindest regards 29-11-60 on the fep; the protected unpriceclipped d/w is very good, though the spine is darkened. See Scans. …

Hardback. Zustand: Very Good. Zustand des Schutzumschlags: Very Good. First Edition. 1960. First edition. 200pp. Robert Rendall (1898-1967) was a Scottish poet, and amateur naturalist who spent most of his life in Kirkwall, Orkney. This book is a personal record of the Orkney shore, including observations on its marine fauna and biographical notes on early Orkney naturalists. It also presents the shore as having a dominant influence on the way of life in the islands. The book is bound in the original blue cloth covered boards with gold titling on the spine. The case of the book is in very good condition with some spots of tape staining near the top of the spine and top edge of up to about 2" of the front board (this has been taken from tape holding an old protective cover for the dustwrapper). The bottom of the spine is lightly bumped. The contents are tight and clean and the author has flat signed the half-title page. There is a name on the top edge of the front free endpaper. The unclipped dustwrapper has shelf wear with some light soiling and the spine and top 1/2" are slightly faded. The wrapper is in a removable clear plastic fronted protective cover. Signed by Author(s).…

2nd Edition. Near fine cloth copy in a near-fine, very slightly edge-nicked and dust-dulled dust wrapper, now mylar-sleeved. Remains particularly well-preserved overall; tight, bright, clean and strong. Physical description: 200 pages illus. 23 cm. Notes: Bibliography: p. 176-178. Subjects: Marine biology Scotland Orkney History. Seashore biology Scotland Orkney. Seashore ecology Scotland Orkney. Seashore life Orkney. Genre: Bibliography. Illustrated. 1 Kg.…

Hardcover. Zustand: Very Good. Zustand des Schutzumschlags: Good. Green cloth. A smattering of speckles top edge, but internally clean and tight though pages toned. Jacket faded with some foxing with a chip lower spine. A very good, rare copy.

Hardcover. Zustand: Very Good. Dust Jacket Included. 1st Edition. "A personal record of the Orkney shore, including observations on its marine fauna and biographical notes on early Orkney naturalists. It also presents the shore as having a dominant influence on the way of life in the isalnds. The five Appendices preserve records (many of them hitherto unpublished) of Orkney marine life." Orkney Shore, by Robert Rendall. Published by W. R. Mackintosh, The Kirkwall Press, Kirkwall, Orkney, November 1960. First edition. A scarce publication - particularly with its original dustjacket. Worldcat identifies just 13 copies in libraries worldwide of the first edition. A very good teal cloth hardback with very minor bumping. Small area of sunfading to the tail of the spine - around 4mm high. The dustjacket is intact with some wear and nibbles along the top edge. Age toned to spine and fold areas. The jacket is covered with removable plastic. All soundly bound. Light offsetting to endpapers. Previous owner's signature and date to first blank. Text is clean and bright throughout. The edge of the text block is age spotted. A nice example of an uncommon first edition. Text in English. x + 11-200pp. Approximate dimensions: 224mm high x 150mm wide x 27mm deep. Weighs approximately 406g (unpacked). More photos on request.…