W e wait (16 Ergebnisse)

Zustand: Good. This is an ex-library book and may have the usual library/used-book markings inside.This book has hardback covers. In good all round condition. No dust jacket. Please note the Image in this listing is a stock photo and may not match the covers of the actual item,550grams, ISBN.

Zustand: Poor. This is an ex-library book and may have the usual library/used-book markings inside.This book has hardback covers. Clean from markings. In poor condition, suitable as a reading copy. No dust jacket. Please note the Image in this listing is a stock photo and may not match the covers of the actual item,550grams, ISBN.…

Taschenbuch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it.This work is in the public domain in the United States of America, and possibly other nations. Within the United States, you may freely copy and distribute this work, as no entity (individual or corporate) has a copyright on the body of the work.Scholars believe, and we concur, that this work is important enough to be preserved, reproduced, and made generally available to the public. To ensure a quality reading experience, this work has been proofread and republished using a format that seamlessly blends the original graphical elements with text in an easy-to-read typeface.We appreciate your support of the preservation process, and thank you for being an important part of keeping this knowledge alive and relevant.…

Gebunden. Zustand: New.

Buch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it. This work was reproduced from the original artifact, and remains as true to the original work as possible. Therefore, you will see the original copyright references, library stamps (as most of these works have been housed in our most important libraries around the world), and other notations in the work. This work is in the public domain in the United States of America, and possibly other nations. Within the United States, you may freely copy and distribute this work, as no entity (individual or corporate) has a copyright on the body of the work.As a reproduction of a historical artifact, this work may contain missing or blurred pages, poor pictures, errant marks, etc. Scholars believe, and we concur, that this work is important enough to be preserved, reproduced, and made generally available to the public. We appreciate your support of the preservation process, and thank you for being an important part of keeping this knowledge alive and relevant.…

Hardcover. Zustand: Very Good Plus. Second Edition (revised). 1931. xxxiii, 494pp. Folding map of Ceylon. Significantly revised after the first edition of 1925. Original green cloth with titles in black to spine and upper board. Slight bumping to spine ends & corners of boards. Contents clean with no inscriptions. PLEASE NOTE: This is a heavy book and will cost extra in shipping to non-UK customers.…

second edition).Octavo,404 pp.,folding map. Publisher's cloth, hinges cracked, inscription.

Soft cover. Zustand: Good. No Jacket. 1st Edition. Part one only of four. 16 fine coloured plates by G M Henry with a page of descriptive text by W E Wait. Original wrappers repaired , minor marginal creasing to two plates but generally good to very good.

Hardback (No Dust Wrapper.). Zustand: Good. Gently bruised at the spine ends and corners of the binding, externally a little faded and marked. Sparse age-spotting to the edges of the text block. Previous owners' name and date to the first blank. The contents complete, clean and tight; Hardback. green boards with black titles to the spine & upper board; Measures 10" x 7¾" (2.4 kg); pp (xxxiii) 494; Index; Important: this is a heavier book at 2.4 kg; additional overseas postage may be required. Includes: Indices: English Names, Scientific Names; Errata slip laid in; Fold-out maps (1); Glossary. || The book is on the shelf and ready to post from Bath by a real bookseller, packed properly, despatched promptly and personally guaranteed (in addition to your normal rights). My Book #207466 ||. …

Hardcover. Zustand: Very Good. No Jacket. 1st Edition. Large 8vo, 496 pp, 20 uncoloured plates with captioned tissue guards, folding map. Buff coloured cloth boards, some spotting to the closed edges but overall a much better copy than usual. The second edition was revised but this first edition is the only issue with plates.…

Cloth. Zustand: Very Good. First Edition. First Edition. [v], 496, [+20 plates] pp. Light brown cloth. Minor marks to boards, very slight rubbing to the extremities. Very occasional minor spots but generally internally clean. A large taxonomy of the birds of Ceylon, now Sri Lanka, with a fold-out map at the front and 20 tissue-guarded black & white plates to the rear. The bookplate of O. W. Tancock to front pastedown, and a typewritten letter about the sale of the book within. This is a heavy item and may require additional postage if being shipped outside of Europe. Small 4to.…

Zustand: Used: Very Good. Hardcover very good condition two parts in one.

Hardcover. Zustand: Very Good. No Jacket. 1st Edition. 1927 - 1935 , 64 fine coloured plates from paintings by George M Henry, each plate accompanied by a short text by W E Wait , Bound in a local binding of black cloth, coloured end papers. Some toning to the pages, some damp staining to the rear end papers which slightly touches the margin of the final coloured plate. Title pages to each part bound in. A good copy of this attractive series of bird paintings by George Henry an artist who spent much of his working life in Sri Lanka.…

Hardcover. Zustand: Good. Later faux leather, 4 parts in 1 volume, 1927-1935, in total 64 coloured plates by G.M. Henry with accompanying textleaves, 4to. Rare complete set.; Contents with minor imperfections, inter alia owner's entry on upper pastedown, front cover slightly warped; slightly stained on cut.…

Second edition. 8vo. xxxiv, 494 pp. Publisher's green cloth, black lettered to the spine and upper board, some neat contemporary underlining and marginalia. Folding map of the island. Rebacked preserving much of the original spine, some discolouration and marking to the cloth, else a sound copy.

Colombo, The Colombo Museum, [1914]-1920. Four papers in one. 8vo (23.3 x 14.8 cm). 207 [32; 82; 60; 33] pp.; 4 [0; 2; 1; 1] plates. Contemporary half calf over red cloth boards. Gilt title on the spine. = In the third paper, the author, the British civil servant and ornithologist Walter Ernest Wait (1878-1944), describes the last two papers as "instalment[s] of the rough draft for the handbook on the birds of Ceylon". That work was published in 1925 but does not contain all the data presented here. The first paper is mainly on distribution of bird genera, then (and now) occurring on Ceylon in time and space. All three works are published in Spolia Zeylanica, the Bulletin of the Ceylon Museum, Volume 10, together with several other contributions to the natural history of what is now Sri Lanka. Joints rubbed, otherwise very good. Rare.…