Isbn: 9780908603091 (7 résultats)

Hardcover. Etat : Fine. Etat de la jaquette : Near Fine. 1st Edition. Flat signed and dated by the authour 20 Oct 1982. Huge book. Extra postage will be required to all places out of Australia. Signed by Author(s).

Hardcover. Etat : Good to Very Good. Etat de la jaquette : Good. First New Zealand Edition. Jacket has moderate general wear, some creasing to front and a 1cm tear at head of spine. Some minor foxing to edges of page-block Internally clean. Binding good. 402pp VERY HEAVY BOOK. ADDITIONAL SHIPPING CHARGE TO NZ. WILL NOT SHIP TO OTHER INTERNATIONAL DESTINATIONS. Size: 275mm x 360mm. Book.…

hardbound. Collection of the paintings of New Zealand birds by renowned British bird artist George Edward Lodge; first commissioned by the NZ Government in the early 1900's (and meant to include a text by James Drummond) but interrupted by WWI, the plates passed into the care of the NZ National Museum, where they remained until the publication of this book; 89 full-page colour plates (plus colour frontispiece plate), accompanied by descriptive text by Charles Fleming, who also provides a detailed introduction; there is also a section on The History of Birds in New Zealand; foreword by Sir Peter Scott, preface by Dr. J.C. Yaldwyn; handsome half blue cloth boards with grey title label and gilt titling to spine; faux leather boards; tiny knock lower corner front board, tiny nick to cloth at rear board, o.w. Very Good tight bright and clean with no marks or flaws in Very Good dustwrapper; comes with the original cardboard mailing box (wherein this copy has been stored since publication) with title label to front. Dustwrapper. 409pp. 4to. Very Good+ tight clean copy in Very Good dustwrapper (in the original box) Very Good+ tight clean copy in Very Good dustwrapper (in the original box). colour plate illustrations (illustrateur).…

Hardcover with dustjacket. Book fine. Minimal wear. Dustjacket has scratch on front. Very good. 409 pp.

Hard Cover. Etat : Near Fine. Near Fine. First Edition. VERY HEAVY. Foreword by Sir Peter Scott. Preface (covering the history of the commissioning and subsequent provenance of the paintings) by Dr J C Yaldwyn. 408 pages, 89 plates in full colour illustrating 155 birds. Prev owner's name has been erased from the upper corner of the tinted front flyleaf leaving a pale patch. Binding: sewn and cased, quarter linen (spine) and imitation leather (boards), blocked in gold on spine, in dust-jacket which is lightly foxed on the blind side. Publisher's prospectus loosely inserted. With original individual mailing carton. The book includes a biography of Lodge, historical introduction and text to accompany each plate by Sir Charles Fleming. The colour plates and accompanying texts give the history of the discovery, bio-geography and evolutionary development of the species illustrated and discusses the impact of man and the problems of conservation today. Size: Folio.…

Hardcover. Etat : Very Good. 409 pages. Book still in publishers cartonIncludes index. Bibliography: p. 387-394.

Small folio,410 pp.,colour plates, fine copy in dustwrapper.