handbook swallows martins world von angela turner (7 Ergebnisse)

Zustand: Very Good. Most items will be dispatched the same or the next working day. A copy that has been read, but is in excellent condition. Pages are intact and not marred by notes or highlighting. The spine remains undamaged.

First Edition. 1st edition, 1989. Colour illustrations by Chris Rose. Erratum slip loosely inserted. A very nice clean, bright copy Used - Very Good. VG hardback in VG price-clipped dust jacket.

Hardback. Zustand: Very Good. Zustand des Schutzumschlags: very good. Chris Rose (illustrator). First Edition. First impression. 8vo. Pp viii + 258 including 24 colour plates. Blue cloth boards stamped in gilt on the spine. A clean, unmarked and tightly bound copy in price-clipped dust jacket.

Hardcover. Zustand: Near Fine. Chris Rose (illustrator). 1st Edition. 8vo, viii + pp258 with 24 colour plates by Chris Rose with corresponding distribution maps and loose errata slip. Hardcover in dust jacket. Unclipped pictorial DJ in near fine condition with small bump to tail of spine. Light blue cloth binding with gilt titles to spine in fine condition. Inside all pages and plates in excellent fine and unread condition. A very nice copy of this first review of the Swallow and martin family for nearly a hundred years with chapters on the family's characteristics, classification, distribution, ecology, behaviour, breeding biology and population status.

First edition, 1989. Hardback. 258pp. Dust jacket. Swallows and martins are familiar and popular birds, largely due to their habit of nesting in close association with humans. This handbook provides a detailed account of their biology and their identification. In the plate section each species is depicted in exquisite detail by Chris Rose, and colour maps showing distribution and breeding ranges alongside the plates make for easy reference. This stunning and authoritative book provides an important source of identification as well as reference to the biology and ecology of the 74 species of swallows and martins throughout the world. Book in very good condition. Very slight toning to page edges. A little colour fade to upper edges of boards. Previous owner's name and date to ffep. Dust jacket very good. Unclipped. Minor edge wear. Slightly heavier wear and and a small nick to top edge of spine. A little discolouration to spine and to a horizontal band on rear. Book.

1989, London, Christopher Helm, ppviii + 258, colour illustrations by Chris Rose, blue cloth in dustwrapper. Spine of dustwrapper slightly faded, otherwise very good.

Cloth. Zustand: Very Good Indeed. Chris Rose (illustrator). First edition. A beautifully illustrated first edition of this ornithological study of swallows and martins of the world. First edition. Illustrated throughout with twenty-four colour plates and some black-and white images. Collated complete. An ornithological study of swallows and martins across the world, with information on features, moult, classification, distribution and migration patterns. Written by Angela Turner, a British ornithologist and writer. Illustrated by Chris Rose, a British wildlife artist and member of the Society of Wildlife Artists. In the original blue cloth binding. Externally, very smart with light shelf wear to the extremities. Original unclipped dust wrapper also very smart with light shelf wear. Internally, firmly bound. Pages are very bright and clean throughout. Very Good Indeed. book.