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Exploring England. An Introduction to Nature Craft
Bayne, Charles S "Squirrel" (illus Tunnicliffe) (Collins) London, 1945
2nd impression of First edition, out-of-print hardback in green cloth, Cr. 8vo, 200 pp with index, frontis plate + superb illustrations by C Fine Tunnicliffe, clean boards with lightly sunned edges, no inscriptions, dusty top-edge o/w unmarked contents. VG. [RR 33395] £5.50 ($9.00) |
Letters from Compton Deverell
Bb (illus Watkins-Pitchford) (Eyre & Spottiswoode) London, 1950
1st thus, out-of-print hardback in variant dustjacket [pictorial country landscape artwork by R A Atkinson, quite clean with some edge chafing and light foxing, price-clipped], Medium octavo over 9x6inches, 281pp, frontis & numerous b/w engraved drawings & txt illustrations by Denys Watkins-Pitchford throughout the txt, clean red cloth/gilt with hardly any rubbing, spine lean, colour sketch-map endpapers, top-edge coloured, few faint spots to endpapers o/w textblock bright & unblemished...*see an actual image of this copy on our website or by request . VG/VG. [DD* 23951] £38.64 ($61.00) |
Shooting Man's Bedside Book
Bb (illus Watkins-Pitchford) (Eyre & Spottiswoode) London, 1948
First edition UK, war economy standard, out-of-print hardback in dustjacket [clean bright cartridge-case decorative jacket with negligible wear, spine very slightly sunned, 1 small closed/repaired edge-fold snag, price-clipped], Crown octavo over 7.5x5inches, xx + 479pp plus 5 blank game record pgs, produced on India paper, frontis engraving of the contemplative angler with 26 of Denys Watkins-Pitchford's atmospheric scraperboard drawings plus many txt illustrations, green cloth/gilt with embossed motif on upper board, very clean bright boards with uneven colour mottling, very slight lean, shadowing to endpapers, no inscriptions, slightly dusty top-edge o/w covers & contents clean bright & unblemished...*see an actual image of this copy on our website or by request . VG+/VG+. {contents cover the literature, rough-shooting, deer stalking & wildfowling with many impressive contributors} [DD* 23953] £65.91 ($105.00) |
Countryman's Bedside Book
Bb (illus Watkins-Pitchford) (Eyre & Spottiswoode) London, 1941
First edition UK, out-of-print hardback in clear archive-film protected repro dustjacket [clean smart new facsimile pictorial jacket with Pitchford's scraperboard snowscene of animal tracks through the wood, showing slightly darkened spine with some frayed loss at top/tail of original, flaps trimmed & price-clipped], Medium octavo over 9x6inches, xix + 287pp, 14 full-pg plates including frontis by naturalist, Watkins-Pitchford, 12 headpieces, 10 txt insets & 12 tailpieces ornament the evocative words of a countryman, qtr-bound two-tone beige/tan cloth with only mild shelf-soiling, spotting & very faded inked owner's inscription to ffep, dusty top-edge o/w textblock clean bright & unblemished. VG/VG-. [RR 27545] £40.91 ($65.00) |
Stories of the Wild comprising Lepus The Birds of the Lonely Lake & Sher [First Omnibus edition]
Bb, A Windsor-Richards & Eugenie Fenton (Ernest Benn) London, 1975
First edition UK, out-of-print hardback in dustjacket [colour-bright action-painting of hare in meadow by David Parry, only mild edge-chafing, not price-clipped], sq 8vo, txt illustrations & decorations throughout by Denys Watkins-Pitchford & Joan Kiddell-Monroe, bright red cloth/gilt, small owner's bookplate o/w no inscriptions, covers & contents unblemished, fine book. Fine/VG+. [DD* 23960] £54.09 ($86.00) |
Welsh Birds - Adar Cymru [Viewing Wales Series]
Beer, T. (James Pike) London, 1975
1st printing, pictorial card covers, out-of-print booklet staple-bound, 40pp with index, very light edge rub, small corner crease, illustrations. VG. [RR 13018] £4.00 ($6.00) |
Welsh Birds - Adar Cymru [Viewing Wales Series]
Beer, T. (James Pike) London, 1975
1st printing, pictorial card covers, out-of-print booklet staple-bound, 40pp with index, very light edge rub, small corner crease, illustrations. VG. [DD* 23885] £4.00 ($6.00) |
Schaum's Outline of Theory and Problems of Earth Sciences (including 347 solved problems)
Beiser, Arthur (McGraw-Hill) NY, 1975
1st printing, out-of-print softback in printed card wraps, Demy quarto over 11.5x8.5inches, 129 pp with index & problems, fully illustrated, clean unmarked covers & contents. VG+. ISBN 0070043752 [RR 28903] £14.09 ($22.00) |
Diversity of Green Plants. Second edition [A series of student texts in Contemporary Biology]
Bell Peter & Christopher Woodcock (Edward Arnold) London, 1978
2nd edition, out-of-print softback in glazed decorative covers, 8vo, ix + 374 pp with index, glossary & refs, fully illustrated in b/w, glossy bright unblemished wraps, no inscriptions, some water-marked bottom edges o/w excellent copy. VG+. ISBN 0713123109 [RR 28897] £8.64 ($14.00) |
World of Animals. African Elephant
Bere, Rennie (Arthur Barker) London, 1966
First edition, out-of-print hardback in green cloth/gilt, sq 4to, 96 pp, colour illustrations, ex-library, some page edge-nibbling, tape residues, good reading copy. G+. [RR 33384] £5.05 ($8.00) |
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