fauna north west highlands skye de j a harvie brown rev h a macpherson (8 résultats)

Etat : Fair. 1904. No Edition Remarks. 379 pages. No dust jacket. Green cloth with gilt lettering. Rough-cut pages. Black and white photographic and illustrated plates. Light thumb marking, foxing and tanning to pages and plates. More prominent to text block edges, pastedowns and free endpapers. Moderate cracking to gutters causing some looseness to binding but pages remain attached; lighter cracking to hinges. Boards have minor corner bumping and edgewear with mild staining, tanning and scuffing overall. Spine has light tanning with soft crushing to ends. Lettering remains bright and clear. Book has a slight forward lean.

Hardcover. Etat : Good. 1st Edition. 8vo, civ + pp379 plus 16 pages of publishers adverts to rear, complete with 18 b/w plates with descriptive tissue guards (including Frontis), linen backed fold out colour map to rear in near fine condition and many illustration throughout text. Hardcover no DJ. Publishers dark green cloth binding with gilt titles to spine in good condition with some shelf wear to top & tail of spine with small tear to very top, a little bumping to tips and a few marks to boards. Inside previous owners bookplate to front paste down, front hinge starting but binding solid and tight and a few spots of foxing, otherwise all pages and plates with top edge gilt in very good condition.

Hardcover. Etat : Very Good. 1st Edition. 8vo, civ + pp379 plus 16 pages of publishers adverts to rear, complete with 18 b/w plates with descriptive tissue guards (including Frontis), linen backed fold out colour map to rear in near fine condition and many illustration throughout text. Hardcover no DJ. Publishers dark green cloth binding in very good condition with a little shelf wear to top & tail of spine and some small old white marks to boards and spine. Inside all pages and plates with top edge gilt in excellent clean and bright condition. A Lovely copy.

Hardcover. Etat : Very Good. 1st Edition. 8vo, civ + pp379 plus 16 pages of publishers adverts to rear, complete with 18 b/w plates with descriptive tissue guards (including Frontis), linen backed fold out colour map to rear in near fine condition and many illustration throughout text. Hardcover no DJ. Publishers dark green cloth binding with gilt titles to spine in very good condition with a little shelf wear to top & tail of spine and some bumping to tips. Inside previous owners bookplate to front paste down with all pages and plates with top edge gilt in excellent clean and bright condition tightly bound. A very good copy.

hardcover. 1904 First Edition. civ, 378pp, illusts, folding map, original green cloth, t.e.g., a few damp marks to leading edge and bottom corners of boards but nothing offensive, very faint cup ring to front board, bright gilt, Good+. North-West Highlands and Skye. Glacier Books are experienced and professional booksellers. We take pride in offering carefully described books and excellent customer service.

Hardcover. pp.civ, 378 with b/w plates, line drawings and a fold-out map. Library stickers on ffep. and stamps on half-title. Boards slightly rubbed and marked. Overall a vg. copy. 0.0.

Orig. green cloth. Etat : Fine. Illus., maps, pp.378. Tall 8vo Size: Tall 8vo.

Cloth. Etat : Near Fine. Not Stated (illustrateur). First edition. A superior, first edition copy of Harvie-Brown and Macpherson's illustrated study of the fauna found in the Scottish Highlands and Isle of Skye. The first edition. An excellent example, bound in the publisher's original cloth. Written by Scottish naturalists and ornithologists, J. A. Harvie-Brown and H. A. Macpherson, this work explores the fauna of the north-west Scottish highlands and the Isle of Skye. With chapters on the historical and topographical interest of Skye and the surrounding islands, presenting the climate faunal position and mammalia of the region. Illustrated with seventeen plates, an illustrated title page, three maps - one of which is a large linen-backed folding map- and numerous additional vignettes. Collated, complete. With sixteen pages of advertisements to the rear. Bound in the publisher's original cloth. Externally, excellent, with minor bumping to the extremities and the odd small mark. Internally, firmly bound. Pages are bright and clean. A few pages remain unopened. Near Fine. book.