Michael bratby (52 résultats)

Hardcover. Etat : Very Good. Etat de la jaquette : Good. Country Life, London, 1941. Hard cover. Book Condition : Very good, Superb photographs. Page edges spotted & some pages. Previous owners signature inside cover.Book will be sent by UK postal service. Inventory #019716.

Etat : Good. 1941. First Edition. 127 pages. No dust jacket. Blue cloth. Pages and binding are presentable with no major defects. Minor issues present such as mild cracking, inscriptions, inserts, light foxing, tanning and thumb marking. Boards have mild shelf wear with light rubbing and corner bumping. Some light marking and tanning.…

hardback. Etat : Good. No Jacket. hardback, blue cloth lettered gilt, no dust jacket. Cloth lightly soiled and faded to the spine. The binding remains tight, foxing to the pre-lims and lightly to the text, b&w plates and illustrations, 127pp.

hardback. Etat : Good. No Jacket. hardback, medium quarto, blue cloth lettered gilt, lacking dust wrapper, a tightly bound copy but with scattered foxing & thus good only, b&w plates, 127pp.

Soft cover. Etat : Good. Hardback in good condition no jacket. Pages in good clean condition.Some loose pages at the front of the book.

Hardcover. Etat : Good. Most items will be dispatched the same or the next working day. A copy that has been read but remains in clean condition. All of the pages are intact and the cover is intact and the spine may show signs of wear. The book may have minor markings which are not specifically mentioned. Good condition book. First edition. Fading and slight splitting to the spine. Slight gaping to the binding. A good reading copy.…

Hardcover. Etat : Good. Etat de la jaquette : Fair. 1st Edition. Book - good (some foxing throughout), dust jacket - good (tatty, minor loss).

Hardcover. Etat : Very Good. No Jacket. 1st Edition. The Author has been watching various kinds of wildfowl which live either as residents or migrants in the British Isles.He also used to spend winter months looking for geese and ducks.

Etat : Good. Boards have little wear and light toning. Content is clean with light toning and some spotting. DJ is toned with edge wear and a few marks. Price clipped.

First Edition. With colour illustrations by J.C. Harrison. A tidy hardback in tight binding; dust jacket very tatty, with long ragged tears & some loss Used - Good. VG hardback in Poor dust jacket Used - Good. VG hardback in Poor dust jacket.

Etat : Good. First edition (hardback). 8vo (25cm by 19cm), 128pp. Frontispiece and 20 plates. Original blue cloth, dustwrapper. There is some foxing to the endpapers and the edges of the text block; otherwise, the book is in very good condition. The dustwrapper is in good condition (edges chipped). The dustwrapper has now been put in a mylar cover to protect it. …

1st edition, 1941. Foxing throughout. Slight fading to endpapers. Binding tight. Pale blue cloth slightly browned on front board and spine; corners a bit bumped; a little wear to spine head & foot; repaired split in front joint. Used - Good. Good hardback (no dust jacket).

First Edition. 1st edition, in blue cloth with gilt; B&W & line illustrations. Some foxing, quite heavy in places; a little wear at head & foot of spine, with repaired split in cloth Used - Good. Good hardback (no dust jacket) Used - Good. Good hardback (no dust jacket).

Green Cloth. Etat : Very Good. No Dust Jacket. 18pp, 5 plates depicting various wildfowl in colour by J C Harrison, pages clean, green cloth with gilt lettering to upper board, one or two stains. Size: 8 x 11 Inches. J C Harrison (illustrateur). Birds.

First Edition. Near fine copy in the original gilt-blocked pictorial cloth. Slightest suggestion only of dust-dulling to the spine bands and panel edges. Remains particularly well-preserved overall; tight, bright, clean and strong. Physical description; 127, [1] pages frontispiece, illustrations, plates 26 cm. Subjects; Birds Folklore. Birds Migration. Geese. Sailing. Birds. Birds Migration. Geese. Sailing. Birds Migration. Geese. Sailing. Birds Legends and stories. Genres; Folklore. Illustrated. 1 Kg. …

First Edition. Near fine copy in the original gilt-blocked pictorial cloth. Slightest suggestion only of dust-dulling to the spine bands and panel edges. Remains particularly well-preserved overall; tight, bright, clean and strong. Physical description; 127, [1] pages frontispiece, illustrations, plates 26 cm. Subjects; Birds Folklore. Birds Migration. Geese. Sailing. Birds. Birds Migration. Geese. Sailing. Birds Migration. Geese. Sailing. Birds Legends and stories. Genres; Folklore. Illustrated. 1 Kg. …

ALL UK PARCELS SENT TRACKED! ALL OVERSEAS PARCELS SENT AIRMAIL, TRACKED! (S/hand, Hardcover, 1941). 1941 1st edition. 4to (189 x 253mm). Pp127,ill. B/w photographs, illustrations by Peter Scott, pictorial end-papers. Blue cloth, spine and upper board titled in gilt. Good-plus in rubbed dust-wrapper. Chapters include: The wild geese arrive; The marsh in April; Dinghy sailing; Grey geese, blue geese and black geese; The herons; The shelducks; Bill, the green-winged teal; This and that - a talk with Peter Scott; "Tracks in the Snow" - a talk with David Haig-Thomas; George and Ann - the story of a pair of pink-footed geese; Dinghy sailing - a talk with John Winter; Sea-gulls; Dinghy sailing - the International Dinghy Championship. To-morrow in the country; Sea-swallows; Annabelle and Barnacle Bill; The marsh in winter; Birds of the seashore; Pink-footed geese; The padre and the wren. . …

ALL UK PARCELS SENT TRACKED! ALL OVERSEAS PARCELS SENT AIRMAIL, TRACKED! (S/hand, Hardcover, 1951). 1951 1st edition. Oblong 4to (280 x 207mm). Pp18. Colour plates by J.C. Harrison. Green cloth, upper board titled in gilt, spine untitled. Some use but good copy. Lacks dust-wrapper. An interesting guide published for the Severn Wildfowl Trust, before it became the Wildfowl Trust, and only available to members. It's purpose was to "enable visitors to identify the many species of waterfowl from all parts of the world which are in the collection". 46 species are illustrated by J.C. Harrison, with notes on their behaviour in the wild and in post-war collections. .…

1st edition. Small 4to. [128pp.] B/w. illustrations from photographs and drawings. Some occasional foxing, ownership inscription to front pastedown. Original blue cloth. Pictorial b/w. illustrations lettered in blue, rubbed and chipped with minor loss to edges. US$15.

Hardcover. Etat : Very Good. No Dust Jacket. 1941. A lightly used copy, with some minor rubbing and fading along the spine and at the corners, but internally well-presented - some browning and spotting along the outer page edges but internally clean with no notable creases or wear. Why on Amazon do most sellers not describe their actual book? Buy with confidence and support a genuine Independent Bricks & Mortar Real Bookshop. We are Maynard & Bradley CAMBO & PBFA(now lapsed) members here in Leicester City Centre. Size: 200 x 260 mm. 128. Item Type: Book. Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: Under 1 kilo. Category: Animals & Birds; Britain/UK; 1980s; Inventory No: 43823.…

Hardback. Etat : Very Good. Etat de la jaquette : Very Good. First edition. 1st 1941. Very good condition in an almost very good dustwrapper. Adventures With Wild Fowl, and Small-Boat Sailing. Blue cloth, gilt titles. B/w photos. B/w illustrations. Spine and corners slightly bumped. Heavy foxing to textblock and to preliminary pages. Dustwrapper is edge chipped with slight loss and a little browned to spine. Packaged with care and promptly dispatched. Scott, Peter (illustrateur).…

Hardback. Etat : Very Good. No Jacket. First edition. 1st 1951. Very good condition with no wrapper. Oblong format. Green cloth, gilt titles. Colour illustrations. Packaged with care and promptly dispatched. Harrison, J.C. (illustrateur).

1st.ed. A tidy copy in tight binding Used - Very Good. VG hardback (no dustjacket) Used - Very Good. VG hardback (no dustjacket).

Hardcover. Etat : Very Good. Etat de la jaquette : Good. Dust jacket soiled, fore-edge foxing. Binding holding, soft at half title hinge. Text and photos clear and clean. Book.

Hardcover. Etat : Good. First edition on green cloth.

Hardcover. Etat : Very Good. No Jacket. 1st Edition. 234 pages, large 8vo., coloured frontis by Peter Scott + other illus from photographs, publishers blue cloth, without dustjacket.

ALL UK PARCELS SENT TRACKED! ALL OVERSEAS PARCELS SENT AIRMAIL, TRACKED! (S/hand, Hardcover, 1951). 1951 1st edition. Oblong 4to (280 x 207mm). Pp18. Colour plates by J.C. Harrison. Green cloth, upper board titled in gilt, spine untitled. Some foxing and use but good-plus. Lacks dust-wrapper but dust-wrapper illustration neatly cut and pasted on to half-title page. An interesting guide published for the Severn Wildfowl Trust, before it became the Wildfowl Trust, and only available to members. It's purpose was to "enable visitors to identify the many species of waterfowl from all parts of the world which are in the collection". 46 species are illustrated by J.C. Harrison, with notes on their behaviour in the wild and in post-war collections. .…

Hardcover. Etat : Good. First Edition with torn but scarce dust jacket - rare and collectable - will send out 1 st class post.

Hardcover. Etat : Very Good. Etat de la jaquette : Good. Dust jacket soiled, fore-edge foxing. Binding holding, soft at half title hinge. Text and photos clear and clean. Book.

Hard Cover. Etat : Very Good. Etat de la jaquette : Good. First Edition. Dust jacket unclipped in a clear protective sleeve, closed tears, minor loss. 5 coloured plates by J.C.Harrison.pp 18. clean and tight. The text of this book has been written to accompany Mr. J. C. Harrison's plates, which were most kindly given to the Severn Wildfowl Trust by their owner, Mr. Colin McLean. Its purpose is to provide a guide to some of the tame waterfowl at the New Grounds, and to enable visitors to identify them rather more easily than is at present possible with the books at their disposal. The beautiful drawing of a Mandarin drake on the dust jacket was specially drawn by Mr. J. C. Harrison. Size: Obl 4to. J.C.Harrison (illustrateur).…