field studies rarer (6 Ergebnisse)

Zustand: New. In.

Zustand: New. In.

Taschenbuch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware.

Hardcover. Zustand: Very Good. Zustand des Schutzumschlags: Very Good. First Edition. pp. ix, [3], 305, [3]. Original dust jacket very good, some wear and rubbing to the spine and spine ends. Green cloth hardback binding very good, unmarked. Contents good and tight, significant foxing/spotting to first and last few page and page edges. Bookplate belonging to Eric Hosking on the front pastedown. [Eric Hosking OBE, Hon FRPS, FBIPP (1909-1991) was widely acknowledged as one of the world's most eminent natural history photographers, "Perhaps the most famous bird photographer ever to have lived" (Gemma Padley). He was pioneering and developed new techniques, especially the use of flash photography and automatic shutter release technology, which enabled him to photograph birds at night and freeze birds in flight for the first time. Famously, when just 28 he lost an eye to a tawny owl while climbing up to a hide in rural Wales, the event which inspired the ingeneous title of his autobiography "An Eye for a Bird", 1970. Over his exceptionally long career he photographed over 1,800 species, and his pictures have appeared in some 1,000 books, including the popular New Naturalist series, of which he was photographic editor. Hosking was not only a photographer of birds but also a highly knowledgeable ornithologist. Size: 8vo. Book.

Cloth. Zustand: Very Good. None (illustrator). First edition. The first edition of this fascinating work on rare British birds by avian expert John Walpole-Bond, in the publisher's original cloth The first edition.In the publisher's original cloth.Written by John Walpole-Bond, a descendant of Prime Minister Walpole, and the son of a former Vicar of Horsham. Birds, and particularly their breeding habits, were throughout his long life his one abiding passion.With chapters on the Dartford Warbler, Pied Flycatcher, Sussex Crossbills, Cirl Buntings in Sussex, Choughs, Ravens, Wood-Lark, The "Woodcock" Owl, Hen-Harriers, The once-common Buzzard, Golden Eagles, the once-common Red Kite, Peregrine Falcons, Hobby, Merlin, Gadwall, and Black Guillemot. In the publisher's original cloth. Externally, smart with light shelf wear to the extremities and some bumping to spine head and tail. The odd mark to the boards. Internally, firmly bound. Pages clean and bright with light scattered spotting to first and last few leaves. Very Good. book.

hardcover. Zustand: Good. Photograph available on request.