poyser london (273 Ergebnisse)

Hardcover. Zustand: Very Good. Zustand des Schutzumschlags: Very Good. Keith Brockie (illustrator). 1st Edition. First edition. xviii, 356pp, with delightful black and white illustrations, maps, charts etc. Blue cloth-covered boards with gilt lettering on the spine. Brown endpapers. 8vo. Cloth slightly pushed at spine ends, very slight lean, else neat, clean, bright and tight. In its original illustrated glossy dust wrapper, a little bumped on extreme edges, compressed around spine.

Hardcover. Zustand: Fine. Zustand des Schutzumschlags: Very Good. Willis, Ian (illustrator). First Edition. 349 pages. b/w illustrations throughout. Original dust jacket fine, not price-clipped, but protected in clear non-removable archival film. Hard back binding fine. Contents clean and tight, no inscriptions, no foxing. A fine copy. Size: 8vo. Book.

ALL UK PARCELS SENT TRACKED! ALL OVERSEAS PARCELS SENT AIRMAIL, TRACKED! (S/hand, Paperback, 2022). 2022 1st paperback edition. 8vo (161 x 240mm). Pp304. Illustrated with b&w drawings by John Davis. Paperback with flaps. Small ink-spot to top edge but a fine unread copy. A classic Poyser monograph, exploring the natural history of the tawny owl in great detail. .

ALL UK PARCELS SENT TRACKED! ALL OVERSEAS PARCELS SENT AIRMAIL, TRACKED! (New, Hardcover, 2013). 2013 1st edition. Large 8vo (159 x 240mm). Pp256,viii[plates]. Colour photograph plates and illustrations, b/w illustrations from old engravings, bibliography. Blue boards. Fine unread copy in dust-wrapper. A history of hunting and trapping birds in Britain - wildfowling, falconry, bird-trapping, egg-collecting, punt-gunning, duck decoys, game shooting. Chapters include: Uses of wild birds; Fowling methods; Regulations and seasons; Herons, spoonbills and cranes; Wildfowl; gamebirds; Waders; Seabirds; Passerines; Cagebirds and collecting; The plumage trade; Some conclusions. Appendices give: Status of some Grey Heronries in England and Wales; Duck decoys in England and Wales; Introductions and releases of Red-legged Partridges in Britain; Ancient colonies of the Black-headed Gull in England and Wales; Currency, weights and measures; Scientific names of species mentioned in the text. PREVIOUS PRICE £50.00.

Hardcover. Zustand: Very Good. Zustand des Schutzumschlags: Very Good. Grant, P J (illustrator). 2nd Edition. 192pp, 160pp black and white photographic plates. Grey cloth-covered boards. 8vo. Internally neat, clean, bright and tight. Dust jacket spine slightly sun faded, protected by mylar jacket; not adhered, but taped. Extensively revised and reset throughout with a further eight species of gulls occurring on the west coasts of Canada and the USA added.

Hardcover. Zustand: Near Fine. Zustand des Schutzumschlags: Very Good. Robert Gillmor, Leslie Baker, Hilary Burn, D. J. F. Coombs, Crispin Fisher, P. J. Grant, R. A. Richardson, D. A. Thelwell, Donald Watson and Ian Willis (illustrator). First Edition. Loosely inserted in their printed folder are the "Transparent Overlays of Environmental Factors." 374 pages. Colour frontispeice & b/w illustrations throughout. Original dust jacket near fine, yellowed, not price-clipped. Hard back binding fine. Contents clean and tight, no inscriptions, no foxing. A near fine bright copy. Size: 4to. Book.

ALL UK PARCELS SENT TRACKED! ALL OVERSEAS PARCELS SENT AIRMAIL, TRACKED! (S/hand, Hardcover, 1990). 1990 1st edition. 8vo (160 x 240mm). Ppviii,349. B/w photographs and illustrations, maps, bibliography. Red boards, spine titled in gilt. Slight stains to edges, wave to pages from former exposure to damp, smells slightly musty. Working copy in soiled dust-wrapper. Published for The Nature Conservancy Council and The Royal Society for the Protection of Birds. "The various Red Data Books prepared by the IUCN and ICBP have set the standards for recognizing birds close to or at risk of extinction worldwide. This book, by focusing on vulnerable species living in or visiting Britain, sets out to define the British situation and to clearly establish both the importance of British populations and our own responsibilities for contributing to bird conservation." Chapters include: Area of coverage, British avifauna, criteria for selection, species selected and future candidates, contents of species texts; Species texts; Bird habitats in Britain; Threats to bird survival in Britain; Bird conservation in Britain; Future action for birds; Appendices give, population estimates, species list, candidate species. .

Hardcover. Zustand: Fine. Zustand des Schutzumschlags: Very Good. Grant, P. J. (illustrator). Second Edition. 280 pages; b/w illustrations by the author; tables, maps and photos. Dust jacket very good, minimal if any fading to the spine, not price-clipped. Hardback binding fine. Contents clean and tight, unmarked, no inscriptions. A fine copy. Provenance: from the library of John Mitchell with small blue bookplate, featuring a peregrine, to the inside front cover "From the library of John Mitchell, author and naturalist"; Mitchell wrote New Naturalist No. 88 Loch Lomondside. Size: 8vo. Book.

Gillmor, Robert (illustrator). ALL UK PARCELS SENT TRACKED! ALL OVERSEAS PARCELS SENT AIRMAIL, TRACKED! (S/hand, Hardcover, 2005). (1987) 2005 revised edition. 8vo (162 x 240mm). Pp352. B/w illustrations by Robert Gillmor, fifty-page bibliography. Orange-brown cloth, spine titled in gilt. Slight shelf-wear, a couple of small tears to dust-wrapper but a new, unread copy. "After habitat loss, the impact of naturalised exotics is the single most important cause of extinction in native species throughout the world. .Naturalised Birds of the World, which revises and updates Christopher Lever's 1987 book of the same name, describes when, where, how, and by whom the world's various naturalised birds were introduced to places outside their natural ranges, and discusses the economic and ecological impacts each species has had in its naturalised range." PREVIOUS PRICE £50.00.

Hardcover. Zustand: Near Fine. Zustand des Schutzumschlags: Near Fine. First Edition. This is a Near Fine Copy of this Book in Publisher's brown cloth with gilt title lettering to spine in a Near Fine Dust-Jacket,which has NO chips or tears to the outer edges of the wrapper.Price clipped and this copy has one small owner's address ticket to the front endpaper.The book has a firm binding with no hinge weakness.Well illustrated work.Lovely clean copy for the collector with crisp white page edges.Illusdtrated with many drawings and some 32 [pages of photographs in black and white,8vo 336pp First Edition 1st Impression [1978].

. (illustrator). Near Fine/Near Fine: solid, straight, clean, unmarked, lowr corners very slightly bumped, in clean jacket very lightly rubbed (see our photo), apparently unopened. Hardcover in jacket, 26 cm (10.25 in.) tall, xxxiii, 422 pages, colour plate frontispiece. . . .

1st edition, hardback, 8vo, 288pp, illustrated, clean and tight, no inscriptions, Very Good / Very Good dustwrapper. not price-clipped. ISBN: 0856610550.

Hardcover. Zustand: Fine. Zustand des Schutzumschlags: Fine. Robert Gillmor (illustrator). First Edition. pp. 352, colour and b/w photographs. Original dust jacket fine, not price-clipped. Hard back binding fine. Contents clean and tight. A fine bright copy. Size: 8vo. Book.

Hardcover. Zustand: Good +. Zustand des Schutzumschlags: Good.

Hardcover. Zustand: Fine. 1st edition. 10" x 7.5". xvii + 266pp, illustrated throughout in colour and black and white. Fine hardback in fine protected dustwrapper.

1st Ed. 8vo. 305pp. Maps and b/w ills by Priscilla Barrett and the author. Original boards with d/w. White d/w with black text. ISBN 0856611107 US$13.

Zustand: Very Good. 349, 24 b/w photos, line drawings. . HB. Vg in d/w. Owner's name to endpaper. First edition. Focuses on vulnerable species which live in or visit Britain, and sets out to define the British situation in a worldwide context, by establishing the importance of British populations and our own responsibilities for contributing to bird conservation. It identifies 117 species under threat, and includes not only those species which occur in small numbers, but those which, although common in Britain or Europe, have restricted distribution elsewhere. Each species account provides up to date information on current populations, basic ecology, the threats faced and the legal protection and conservation measures in force. There are also general chapters on the state of Britain's habitats, legal matters and conservation action for the future. [9780856610561].

Hardcover. Zustand: Good. Zustand des Schutzumschlags: Good. 476pp, with many illustrations in text and coloured maps. Chestnut cloth-covered boards with gilt lettering on the spine. Brown endpapers. 4to. Cloth gently pushed at corners and spine tips. The first few pages are a little wavy towards the lower edges else internally neat, clean, bright and tight. In its original dust wrapper, bumped along upper edge, a little rubbed along lower extreme edge, compressed around spine.

Hardcover. Zustand: Fine. Zustand des Schutzumschlags: Fine. Ian Jones (illustrator). First Edition. 249 pages. b/w illustrations and plates throughout. Original dust fine, not price-clipped. Hard back binding fine. Contents clean and tight, very very faint dust soiling to the top of the text block only, no inscriptions, no foxing. A fine bright copy. Size: 8vo. Book.

ALL UK PARCELS SENT TRACKED! ALL OVERSEAS PARCELS SENT AIRMAIL, TRACKED! (S/hand, Hardcover, 1990). 1990 1st edition. 8vo (160 x 240mm). Ppviii,349. B/w photographs and illustrations, maps, bibliography. Red boards, spine titled in gilt. Top edge slightly stained. Good-plus in stained dust-wrapper. Published for The Nature Conservancy Council and The Royal Society for the Protection of Birds. "The various Red Data Books prepared by the IUCN and ICBP have set the standards for recognizing birds close to or at risk of extinction worldwide. This book, by focusing on vulnerable species living in or visiting Britain, sets out to define the British situation and to clearly establish both the importance of British populations and our own responsibilities for contributing to bird conservation." Chapters include: Area of coverage, British avifauna, criteria for selection, species selected and future candidates, contents of species texts; Species texts; Bird habitats in Britain; Threats to bird survival in Britain; Bird conservation in Britain; Future action for birds; Appendices give, population estimates, species list, candidate species. .

Hardcover. Zustand: Fine. Zustand des Schutzumschlags: Near Fine. 1st Edition. Dustwrapper, 4to, pp.xviii, 334. Illustrated with colour plates, distribution maps and some drawings. Published in association with Plantlife, and English Nature. The conservation of rare plants. Dustwrapper spine a little sunned but titles etc are perfectly legible. Slight wear to top edge in places. Contents crisp and bright. Fine in near fine wrapper. A heavy book weighing c1500g when suitably parcelled, thus exceeding the default weight of 1000g for the postage quotation, and invoking a request for the extra postage at cost at time of order ( or can be supplied on request ) if to be sent overseas or by UK 1st class post.

Hardcover. Zustand: Fine. Zustand des Schutzumschlags: Fine. Watson, Donald., Brockie, Keith. (illustrator). First Edition. 374 pages. colour frontispeice & b/w illustrations throughout. Original dust jacket fine, not price-clipped. Hard back binding fine. Contents clean and tight, no inscriptions, no foxing. A near fine bright copy.

First Edition. Fine cloth copy in a good if somewhat edge-nicked and dust-dulled dust-wrapper. Remains quite well-preserved overall. Physical description : (297 p.) Subjects : British Trust for Ornibthology. Birds Conservation Great Britain. Ornithology. 1 Kg.

Zustand: Very Good. xxii, 272, 62 col plates. . HB. Vg in d/w (minor marks to rear panel). Previous owner's name and ink ownership stamp to endpaper. First edition. [9780856610837].

Hardcover. Zustand: Fine. Zustand des Schutzumschlags: Near Fine. Quinn, David (illustrator). Second Printing. 520 pages. b/w illustrations throughout. Original dust jacket near fine, not price-clipped. Hard back binding fine. Contents clean and tight, faint dust soiling to top edges, no inscriptions, no foxing. A near fine bright copy. Size: 8vo. Book.

ALL UK PARCELS SENT TRACKED! ALL OVERSEAS PARCELS SENT AIRMAIL, TRACKED! (S/hand, Hardcover, 1990). 1990 1st edition. 8vo (160 x 240mm). Ppviii,349. B/w photographs and illustrations, maps, bibliography. Red boards, spine titled in gilt. Top edge slightly dusty but very good in slightly used dust-wrapper. Published for The Nature Conservancy Council and The Royal Society for the Protection of Birds. "The various Red Data Books prepared by the IUCN and ICBP have set the standards for recognizing birds close to or at risk of extinction worldwide. This book, by focusing on vulnerable species living in or visiting Britain, sets out to define the British situation and to clearly establish both the importance of British populations and our own responsibilities for contributing to bird conservation." Chapters include: Area of coverage, British avifauna, criteria for selection, species selected and future candidates, contents of species texts; Species texts; Bird habitats in Britain; Threats to bird survival in Britain; Bird conservation in Britain; Future action for birds; Appendices give, population estimates, species list, candidate species. .

Zustand: Very Good. 349, 24 b/w photos, line drawings. . HB. Fine in d/w. First edition. Focuses on vulnerable species which live in or visit Britain, and sets out to define the British situation in a worldwide context, by establishing the importance of British populations and our own responsibilities for contributing to bird conservation. It identifies 117 species under threat, and includes not only those species which occur in small numbers, but those which, although common in Britain or Europe, have restricted distribution elsewhere. Each species account provides up to date information on current populations, basic ecology, the threats faced and the legal protection and conservation measures in force. There are also general chapters on the state of Britain's habitats, legal matters and conservation action for the future. [9780856610561].

Hardcover. Zustand: Fine. Zustand des Schutzumschlags: Fine. Sarah Wroot (illustrator). First Edition. This is a Fine Copy of this Book in Publisher's blue cloth with gilt title lettering to spine in a Fine Dust-Jacket,which has NO chips or tears to the outer edges of the wrapper.Not price clipped and this copy has NO previous inscriptions present.The book has a firm binding with no hinge weakness.Well illustrated work.Lovely clean copy for the collector with crisp white page edges.8vo 212pp First Edition [2003].

Zustand: Very Good. xv, 460, 112 col plates, distrib maps. . HB. Vg. First edition. Illustrations by A. Birch, J. Gale, M. Langham and B. Small. [9780856610769].

Zustand: Very Good. 344, 72 line drawings, 80 col photos. . HB. Vg in d/w (spine slightly faded). First edition. [9780713670226].