bird lore von c e hare (5 Ergebnisse)

Hardcover. Zustand: Good. Light wear to boards. Content has light toning with ex libris label to pastedown Fair DJ with some loss/repairs heavy toning/foxing.

Hardcover. Zustand: Very Good. No Jacket. 1st Edition. Book - very good, dust jacket - none.

1st edition. 8vo. 191pp. (inter-leaved copy). B/w. illustrations. Rebound in green cloth with gilt lettering to spine. Vintage pictorial green and pale grey d/w., rubbed and chipped. US$15.

Zustand: Very Good. 191, b/w illus. . HB. 8vo, orig. cloth, gilt title to spine and front board. Vg in d/w (minor wear). A fascinating collection of the legends, the proverbial wisdom, and the superstitions that have been associated with birds. A mixture of haunting folk-tales, curious local beliefs and customs, rhymes and verses, and old wives' tales from all over Europe. Includes appendices on the origin of bird names, bird proverbs, and provincial bird names. The majority of the illustrations are reproduced from wood engravings in Yarrell's A History of British Birds (1843).

Zustand: Very Good. First edition hard back binding in publisher's original forest green cloth covered boards, blocked and lettered gilt back. 8vo. 8½'' x 5½''. Contains 191 pp with wood engravings throughout. Light spotting to the end papers. Very Good condition book in Good condition price clipped dust wrapper with spotting to the paper, small tears to the tips and corners, dust wrapper protected. Member of the P.B.F.A. ORNITHOLOGY.