Tunnicliffe david (4 Ergebnisse)

Paperback. Zustand: Very Good. Shipped within 24 hours from our UK warehouse. Clean, undamaged book with no damage to pages and minimal wear to the cover. Spine still tight, in very good condition. Remember if you are not happy, you are covered by our 100% money back guarantee.

Hardcover. Zustand: Very Good. Zustand des Schutzumschlags: Very Good. 1st Edition. A 4 volume set published 1963-1968: 1: Canary Islands & Salvages; 2: Maderia, Desertas, Porto Santo; 3: The Azores; 4 Cape Verde. Overall a nice clean set - VG in dws (minor freying, repaired tears, vols 3&4 price clipped). HEAVY (6.0 kg) - extra postage will be required. DM Reid Henry; PA Clancey; George E Lodge; CF Tunnicliffe; others (illustrator).…

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Cloth. Zustand: Very Good Indeed. Zustand des Schutzumschlags: Very Good. First edition. A smart first edition set of David Bannerman's colourfully illustrated ornithological guide of the Atlantic Islands, with letters and a photograph of the author. Complete in four volumes. Includes two letters from the author to an Ian D. Peanie, dated 7th July 1964 and 20th December 1965, a postcard from the author, as well as a black-and-white photograph of the two together. A brilliant and extensive study on the ornithological culture of the Atlantic Islands. With commentary on migratory birds, as well as the resident birds of the islands, incorporating the observation of many other eminent ornithologists. The study provides an indispensable reference work to both the serious and the amateur naturalist. Volume I, A History of the Birds of the Canary Islands and of the Salvages, 1963. Illustrated with a colour frontispiece, twelve colour plates, four half-tone plates, and two maps. Volume II, A History of the Birds of Madeira, the Desertas, and the Porto Santo Islands, 1965. Illustrated with a colour frontispiece, one folding map, seven colour plates, and two half-tone plates. Volume III, A History of the Birds of the Azores, 1966. Illustrated with a colour frontispiece, six colour plates, thirteen half-tone plates, eight maps, and many in-text wood engravings. Volume IV, History of the Birds of the Cape Verde Islands, 1968. Illustrated with a colour frontispiece, one folding table, nineteen colour plates, and twenty-six half-tone plates. Collated complete. Written by British ornithologists David Armitage Bannerman and his second wife, Winifred Mary Jane Holland. David was appointed the Curator of the British Museum of Natural History, now know as the Natural History Museum, from 1919 to 1952. Illustrated by David Morrison Reid Henry, a British illustrator of birds, George Lodge, Phillip Alexander Clancey, a Scottish ornithologist considered a leading authority on the ornithology of South Africa, and Charles Frederick Tunnicliffe, an English naturalistic painter renowned for his work on birds and British wildlife. In the original blue cloth binding. Externally, very smart with light shelf wear only. Original unclipped dust wrappers are also smart with light shelf wear and the odd small closed tear to the extremities. Sunning to the spine and the odd mark to the board. A 2" closed tear to the front panel of volume one has been repaired with tape. Internally, firmly bound. Pages are very bright and clean with the odd handling mark. Very Good Indeed. D. M. Reid-Henry; George Lodge; P. A. Clancey; C. F. Tunnicliffe (illustrator). book.…