Edité par Hale, 1971
ISBN 10 : 0709121067 ISBN 13 : 9780709121060
Vendeur : zeebooks, Foley, AL, Etats-Unis
Hardcover. Etat : Good. 2nd. Some edge wear. Price clipped. Slight discoloration at top of 1st few pages.
Edité par Robert Hale, London, 1968
ISBN 10 : 0709106149 ISBN 13 : 9780709106142
Vendeur : Eric James, Lewisporte, NL, Canada
Edition originale
Hard Cover. Etat : Fine. Etat de la jaquette : Very Good -. First Edition. Hardcover with price clipped dust jacket, 288 pages including the drawings by Biro; very gently read, if at all, hardly a trace of shelf or reading wear, very clean and unmarked throughout (pages fresh and white, no foxing); DJ gently bumped along edges, numerous very tiny chips. See also our listing for Ian Wallace's Reflections on Scotland.
Edité par Robert Hale. London. 1970, 1968
ISBN 10 : 0709106149 ISBN 13 : 9780709106142
Vendeur : Coch-y-Bonddu Books Ltd, MACHYNLLETH, Royaume-Uni
Membre d'association : PBFA
ALL UK PARCELS SENT TRACKED! ALL OVERSEAS PARCELS SENT AIRMAIL, TRACKED! (S/hand, Hardcover, 1968). (1968) 1970 reprint. 8vo (143 x 222mm). Pp288. B/w illustrations by B.S. Biro. Teal boards, spine titled in gilt. Dedication to end-paper. Top edge slightly dusty, top corners bumped. Good-plus in rubbed dust-wrapper. John Norman Stuart, 'Johnnie', Buchan was the eldest son of the writer John Buchan, and succeeded to his father's title as the 2nd Baron Tweedsmuir. Johnnie followed a similar career to his father as a colonial civil servant and author, although in less resounding positions (his father was Governor General of Canada) and with smaller book sales. He also contributed to, and appeared as a character in, one or two of his father's later books. Tweedsmuir, as a member of the House of Lords, and his wife Priscilla, an MP in the Commons, were the driving force behind the Protection of Birds Act, 1954, and saw it through parliament between them. After Lord Tweedsmuir's death, the title passed to his younger brother, author and sometime London editor of Reader's Digest, William De l'Aigle Buchan. "Twenty years ago I married and made a home in Scotland after a generation's absence. We settled down in Aberdeenshire, where my wife, and her forbears, had always lived. We spent our first four years in a little castle among the high mountains, and the next sixteen years within sight and sound of the northern sea." Chapters include: Braemar; Upper Deeside; Among the mountains; Beside the river; Potterton; The parish; Familiars; The Great Gale; Trees; The shore; Aberdeen; The journey; London; Protection of Birds Act, 1954. Birds; Animals; Cold winters and wet days; The Parish in pawn: The fame of the Fordyces; Explosive genius; A sword in India. .
Edité par London : Hale, 1953
Vendeur : MW Books, New York, NY, Etats-Unis
2nd edition. Provenance: Bookplate of Alan Thornton. Good copy in the original gilt-blocked cloth. Top of boards sun-toned. Spine bands and panel edges somewhat bumped and rubbed as with age. Remains quite well-preserved overall. Physical description; 320 pp. [34] pp. of plates : map ; 23 cm. Subjects; Tweedsmuir, John Norman Stuart Buchan baron 1911-1996. Canada Description and travel. Elsfield (England). 1 Kg.
Edité par Hale [etc.], 1978
ISBN 10 : 0709124236 ISBN 13 : 9780709124238
Vendeur : Hay-on-Wye Booksellers, Hay-on-Wye, HEREF, Royaume-Uni
Etat : Very Good. Price clipped jacket with light scratches/scuffs/marks/edgewear. Marks on textblock edge. Content is very good.
Edité par Hale [etc.], London, Great Britain, 1978
ISBN 10 : 0709124236 ISBN 13 : 9780709124238
Vendeur : Livres Norrois, Quebec, QC, Canada
Edition originale
Hardcover. Etat : Very Good. Etat de la jaquette : Very Good. 1st Edition. Hard cover, with dust jacket, very good condition. Illustrated. Light cigarette smoke smell. Size: 8vo - over 7 in to 9 in Tall. Book.
Edité par London : Hale, 1953
Vendeur : MW Books Ltd., Galway, Irlande
2nd edition. Provenance: Bookplate of Alan Thornton. Good copy in the original gilt-blocked cloth. Top of boards sun-toned. Spine bands and panel edges somewhat bumped and rubbed as with age. Remains quite well-preserved overall. Physical description; 320 pp. [34] pp. of plates : map ; 23 cm. Subjects; Tweedsmuir, John Norman Stuart Buchan baron 1911-1996. Canada Description and travel. Elsfield (England). 1 Kg.
Edité par Published by Clerke and Cockeran 72 Fleet Street, London First Edition . London 1951., 1951
Vendeur : Little Stour Books PBFA Member, Canterbury, Royaume-Uni
Membre d'association : PBFA
Edition originale
First edition hard back binding in publisher's original light blue cloth covers, silver title and author lettering to the spine, end paper maps. 8vo. 8½'' x 5½''. Contains [vi] 176 printed pages of text with monochrome photographs throughout. Spine slightly sun faded and in Very Good condition, no dust wrapper. Member of the P.B.F.A. CANADA (History & Culture).
Edité par Robert Hale, London, 1968
ISBN 10 : 0709106149 ISBN 13 : 9780709106142
Vendeur : Caffrey Books, Oundle, Royaume-Uni
Edition originale Signé
Hardcover. Etat : Very Good. Etat de la jaquette : Very Good. B S Biro (illustrateur). 1st Edition. Inscribed by Author(s).
Edité par Robert Hale Ltd, London, 1968
ISBN 10 : 0709106149 ISBN 13 : 9780709106142
Vendeur : Book Bungalow, Edinburgh, Royaume-Uni
Signé
Hardcover. Etat : Near Fine. Etat de la jaquette : VG+. B. S. Biro (illustrateur). 3rd Printing. Signed gift dedication to a friend, "Tweedsmuir, November 1969" on fly. Tight clean crisp copy, 3rd ptg 1969. Minor spot or two to boards, DJ tight crisp unclipped shiny, tear free, rubbed and creased at spine top, tiny nicks and rubs to edges and corners. Unfaded. Size: 8vo. Signed by Author.