Douglas dewar r g wright (8 risultati)

Condizione: New. pp. 327.

Condizione: New. pp. 327.

Condizione: New. pp. 327.

hardcover. Condizione: Used-Very Good. First Edition. Orig. cloth, 231 pp., illus. in color. Some spotting to front cover; spine somewhat sunned.

Condizione: Good only (see notes). 1st. 8vo. 231pp. Lacks front free end paper. Spine quite cocked. Bookplate, gift. inscription, opens wide at half title, corners bumped.

Hardcover. Condizione: Very Good. First Edition. 8vo. 231pp. With Twenty-two full page plates in colour. Orange cloth with gilt lettered front board and spine. Top edge gilt. Spine very sunned with a couple of very faint water spots around the spine foot, with light deterioration of the cloth at the spine and edges. Engraved bookplate of Harry Forbes Witherby to paste-down. Clean throughout and the binding tight and square. Illustrations with their guards present. A very good copy overall. From the library of Harry G. Lumsfeld, biologist and research scientist with Ontario's Ministry of Natural Resources. In 2004 Harry Lumsfeld became a Member of the Order of Canada for his outstanding contribution to wildlife management and conservation.…

Hardcover. Condizione: Good. 1st Edition. 8vo. 231pp. Red buckram boards, fading to both spine and boards, gilt titles. Some minor surface wear. T.E.G. Previous owners bookplate to paste down. Illustrated with 22 colour plates. Overall a Good+ copy.

Cloth. Condizione: Very Good. First edition. The first edition of this beautifully illustrated study of Indian ducks. First edition. In the publisher's original cloth binding. Attractively illustrated with twenty-two colour plates, including the frontispiece, from paintings by R. G. Wright. Collated, complete. A delightful study of the ducks of India, featuring chapters on the distinguishing features of ducks, migration, breeding, shooting and snaring, the economic importance of the ducks of India, and a vast array of information on notable species such as the spotted-bill duck, the red-crested pochard and the mallard. Written primarily by Douglas Dewar, best known as an ornithologist, specialising on Indian birds, a subject on which he published a number of books. In the publisher's original cloth binding. Externally, reasonably smart with slight bumping and rubbing, leading to minor loss of cloth to the extremities, and more significant sunning, especially to the spine and rear board. Boards also furnished with a scattering of light marks. Hinges are minorly delicate but holding. Internally, generally firmly bound, a little weaker between pages 64-65, 80-81, 176-177, and 208-209. Generally bright and clean, with more significant spotting to the first five and last fifteen pages and at points throughout. Very Good. R. G. Wright (illustratore). book. …