seth smith david (36 Ergebnisse)

Zustand: Good. 1936. 224 pages. No dust jacket. Signed by the author. Green cloth with gilt lettering. Flat signed by Author. Pages are clean and bright with a firm binding. Endpapers and page edges are lightly tanned and foxed. Boards are a little rub worn, slight shelf wear to corners, spine and edges. Corners are a little bumped. Spine ends are mildly crushed. Sunning to spine and edges.

Zustand: Fair. 1945. Reprinted. 192 pages. No dust jacket. Signed by the author. Brown cloth. Flat signed by author to title page. Contains black and white photographic plates. Pages and plates are lightly tanned and foxed throughout. Slight cracking to gutters of a few pages. Plates with pencil inscription to both pastedowns. Minor pencil inscription to front free endpaper. Binding is shaky. Boards have mild edge wear with slight rubbing to surfaces. Soft crushing to spine ends with small splits. Mild tanning to spine and edges.

Zustand: Fair. No Edition Remarks. 634 pages. No dust jacket. Green cloth. Black and white photographic and colour illustrated plates throughout. Severe cracking to hinges causing boards to be loose. Pages and plates have light tanning and foxing throughout. Pencil inscription to front free endpaper. Boards have light shelf-wear with corner bumping. Light tanning to spine and edges with crushing to spine ends.

Zustand: Good. 1949. First Printing. 198 pages. Dust jacket over red cloth. Black and white illustrations throughout. Pages and binding are presentable with no major defects. Minor issues present such as mild cracking, inscriptions, inserts, light foxing, tanning and thumb marking. Overall a good condition item. Boards have mild shelf wear with light rubbing and corner bumping. Some light marking and sunning. Unclipped jacket has light edge-wear with minor tears and chipping. Mild rubbing and marking.

Zustand: Good. 1946. Reprinted. 224 pages. Pictorial dust jacket over grey cloth and blue lettering. Contains black and white photographic plates. Binding remains firm. Pages & plates remain bright with minimal tanning. Boards have light edge-wear with slight rubbing to surfaces and spine is presentable with minimal crushing and tanning. Unclipped jacket. Jacket has moderate edge-wear with chips, tears, and creasing.

Zustand: Fair. No Edition Remarks. 634 pages. No dust jacket. Blue cloth boards with gilt lettering. Volume I A-T. Contains black and white and colour illustrations. Clean pages and illustrations with light tanning and mild foxing throughout. More pronounced to free endpapers and pastedowns. Pencil markings to front free endpaper. Ownership plate stuck to front pastedown. Hinges and gutters are moderately cracked with exposed netting. Top textblock edge dyed blue. Binding remains firm. Boards have mild edge wear with slight rubbing to surfaces and bumping to corners. Minor splits to spine ends and corners causing cloth to be frayed. Gilt lettering is bright and clear. Visible wear marks to boards.

Zustand: Good. 1949. First Printing In GB. 198 pages. Pictorial dust jacket over red 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. Overall a good condition item. Boards have mild shelf wear with light rubbing and corner bumping. Some light marking and sunning. Unclipped jacket has light edge-wear with minor tears and chipping. Mild rubbing and marking.

PAP. Zustand: New. New Book. Shipped from UK. Established seller since 2000.

Zustand: Fair. No Edition Remarks. 172 pages. No dust jacket. Pictorial paper covered boards with green cloth to spine. Black and white photographs and colour illustrations throughout. Slight cracking to gutters causing binding to be loose, however pages remain attached. Pages and photographs have light tanning and foxing throughout. Boards have moderate shelf-wear with bumping to corners and rubbing to surfaces. Light tanning to spine and edges with crushing to spine ends. Paper worn away to edges.

Zustand: New. KlappentextrnrnExcerpt from Bulletin of the British Ornithologists Club, Vol. 38: Session 1917 1918The March Meeting was held conjointly with the Annual B. O. U. Dinner and the Members of the Club were delighted to welcome two Lady-memb.

Zustand: Good. No Edition Remarks. 575 pages. Illustrated dust jacket over green cloth boards with lettering. Volume II pages 637-1212. Contains black and white and colour illustrations. 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. Clipped jacket has light edge wear with minor tears and chipping. Mild rubbing and marking.

Zustand: New. KlappentextrnrnExcerpt from The Avicultural Magazine, Vol. 7: Being the Journal of the Avicultural Society, for the Foreign and British Birds in Freedom and CaptivityFlower, Captain stanley S., Director Egyptian Government zoological gar.

Zustand: Fair. No edition remarks. 172 pages. No dust jacket. Paper covered boards with green cloth to spine. Pages are moderately tanned with visible foxing. Heavy cracking to gutters. Boards have light edgewear with corner crushing and mild marking to boards. Mild tanning to board edges and spine, which has mild crushing to ends. Book has forward lean.

HRD. Zustand: New. New Book. Shipped from UK. Established seller since 2000.

Zustand: Good. 1937. 294 pages. Signed by the author. Beige pictorial dust jacket over Yellow pictorial cloth. Flat signed by Author. Includes signed letter from Author. Inscription to front endpaper. Pages are clean and bright with a firm binding. Endpapers and page edges are lightly tanned and foxed. Boards are a little rub worn, slight shelf wear to corners, spine and edges. Corners are a little bumped. Spine ends are mildly crushed. Tanning to spine and edges. The unclipped dust jacket has heavy edge wear, with tears, chips and areas of loss. Tanning to spine and edges.

Gebunden. Zustand: New. KlappentextrnrnExcerpt from Bulletin of the British Ornithologists Club, Vol. 38: Session 1917 1918The March Meeting was held conjointly with the Annual B. O. U. Dinner and the Members of the Club were delighted to welcome two Lady-memb.

Gebunden. Zustand: New. KlappentextrnrnExcerpt from The Avicultural Magazine, Vol. 7: Being the Journal of the Avicultural Society, for the Foreign and British Birds in Freedom and CaptivityFlower, Captain stanley S., Director Egyptian Government zoological gar.

Hardcover. Zustand: Very Good. Zustand des Schutzumschlags: Very Good. A Very Good Two Volume set in green cloth with gilt titles to spine,in very good dust-jackets,volume one contains 692 illustrations,16 of which are in colour,and volume two contains some 481 illustrations and 8 colour plates,nice set with a touch of dust-soiling to top edge,8vo totallling 1212 pp early 1940's.

Zustand: New. KlappentextParakeets: A Handbook To The Imported Species (1903) is a comprehensive guide to the various species of parakeets that were imported into England during the early 20th century. Written by David Seth-Smith, an experienced avicu.

Hardcover. Zustand: Very Good. Zustand des Schutzumschlags: Very Good. Very Good two volume set with dust-jackets,price clipped,profusely illustrated with hundreds of b&w plates and approx 35 cold plates,some light rubbing to outer edges of the wrappers,no previous inscriptions and overall an attractive set of an inval uable guide 8vo 2 vols undated circa 1930's.

Hardcover. Zustand: Good. Cover shows minor wear, tear, edgewear, and rubbing. Pages with minor scattered foxing.

Hardcover. Zustand: Good. Normal like shelf wear.

Qu.-Gr.-8°. Farb. illustr. OHlwdbd. (stark beschabt und fleckig). 31 SS. mit farbigen Vorsätzen, illustr. Titel und 15 ganzseit. Farbillustr. von Walter Trier. Sprache: English, Erste Ausgabe. - Tally-Ho Books No. 12. - Sehr schönes Bilderbuch über Tierfamilien, aber auch Neger, Eskimos und Indianer. - Hatry 266. Lang 44. Neuner-W. Abb. 73. Neuner-W. 183. Phillips 14. Schmitz 135. Seeber-D. 164. Trier-Kat.-Hannover 72. Nicht im Dt.Exilarchiv. - Fliegende Vorsätze fehlen, insgesamt knittrig, erste drei Blätter mit Knicken und einrissen.

Hard Cover. Zustand: VG. Erna Pinner (illustrator). First Edition. 4to. original pictorial boards (slightly rubbed & marked, slight splitting along spine, discreetly tape repaired at ends, some spotting to outer leaves and edges, else clean & neat); pp. 64, with illustrations. A very good copy.

Hardcover. Zustand: Fair. First Edition. 172 pages. Undated. Circa 1930s? Profusely illustrated, primarily in black and white. Some scribbling to contents and boards. Above-average but not excessive wear. Binding intact. Still a pleasing copy.; 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall.

Paperback. Zustand: Very Good. No Jacket. Minor shelf and handling wear, overall a clean solid copy with minimal signs of use. Secure packaging for safe delivery. 1.1.

Single Issue Magazine. Zustand: Good. First Edition. Features: Cover photo entitled Propaganda in Peiping [Beijing]; Report on Peiping - Mao's regime stands squarely with Russia against the West, but its methods, says a visitor to China, remain orientally patient; Propaganda in Peiping; Israel's Port of Hope - Elath [Elat] will contribute much toward national self-sufficiency - if the gulf remains open; The Epic of Jamestown - 350th anniversary recalls the tragic but inspiring beginning of our nation; The Moral Issue That Confronts Labor - Some union leaders have come to resemble industry's 'robber barons'; Reports Cards For the Bosses - Large corporations are adopting systematic rating methods to evaluate their executives; Home Sweet (Homemade) Home - article on those who are building their own homes; A Comic Discourses on Comedy - Bert Lahr; President's Unknown Aides - Two pages of photos of some of the President's behind-the-scenes staffers, including safety man James Rowley, personal secretary Ann C. Whitman, recorder Jack Romagna, pilot Lieut. Col. William G. Draper, head gardener Robert M. Redmond, and six others; Clubs for Little Girls to Grow In; Two pages of fashion photos of ladies' 'Pajamas on the Beach'; Summer patio accessories; Photos from the movie "12 Angry Men"; and more. 80 pages. Many fascinating black and white reproductions of photos. Dozens of lovely illustrated ads, some of which are in color. Unmarked with moderate wear. A sound vintage copy.

Cloth. Zustand: Very Good. Not Stated (illustrator). Three smart volumes of The Avicultural Magazine produced by the The Avicultural Society, with illustrations. Three volumes. Being Third Series Vol XIII and Fourth Series Vols III and IV only. The Avicultural Magazine is a journal of the Avicultural Society whose aims are to study, conserve and maintain viable populations of native and non-native birds in the wild and in captivity. The magazine was the first journal devoted to cage-birds and, along with notes of native birds. Each issue contains a report of the council for the appropriate year, a list of contributors, list of members, rules of the Avicultural Society, and numerous articles. Edited by Reginald Innes Pocock, a British zoologist; Herbrand Arthur Russell, Marquess of Tavistock, an English politician, peer, and noted naturalist; and David Seth-Smith, a British zoologist, wildlife artist, nature broadcaster and author. This set contains: Third Series, Volume XIII: January 1922 to December 1922. Illustrated with two black-and-white plates. Collated complete. Fourth Series, Volume III: January 1925 to December 1925. Illustrated with thirty-five plates, seven of which are in colour. Collated complete. Fourth Series, Volume IV: January 1926 to December 1926. Illustrated with twenty-two plates, nine of which are in colour. Collated complete. In the original full green cloth binding. Externally, smart with light rubbing and minor bumping to the extremities with the odd small mark to the cloth. Internally, firmly bound. Pages are very bright with the odd small spot. Minor age toning to the endpapers. Bookseller's label to the front pastedown. Very Good. book.

First edition, 6 parts bound in 1 vol.; 8vo (25.5 x 16.5 cm); 20 lithographs (19 hand-coloured, 1 chromo-) after Frohawk, Goodchild, Grönvold and W.E. Renaut, photographic vignette to title, 24 in-text illustrations, bookplate to front pastedown, original red card wrappers bound in at rear; later half red morocco, marbled boards, contrasting black morocco lettering-pieces to spine, top-edge gilt, a little offsetting to title and and a few ff. of text, otherwise clean, a very good copy. 'A description of the habits, in life and captivity, of about 131 of the smaller species of the parrot groups. the coloured plates are excellent' (Zimmer). The first edition of this monograph on Parakeets by the British zoologist David Seth-Smith, richly illustrated with 20 colour lithographs (19 hand-coloured, 1 chromolithographed). The plates were first published in the Aviculture Magazine. Seth-Smith (1875-1963) was curator of birds at London Zoo for over 30 years, he also wrote under the pseudonym 'The Zoo Man'. Zimmer 575; Nissen IVB, 860; Casey Wood 563; Trinity College, Hartford 217; Whittell 655; Yale Library 261.

Hardcover. Zustand: Very Good+. Boards with light rubbing to extremities. ; Hutchinson's new nature pockets. Two volumes bound in 1/4 cloth and red matching marbled paper. Profusely illustrated and immensely detailed. Original title page bound-in. Nd. [1940s] ; 12mo 7" - 7½" tall; 1212 pages.