Gavin maxwell et al (2 risultati)

Hardcover. Condizione: Acceptable. no dust jacket. No dust jacket. The decorative boards show light shelf wear and minor scuffing to the corners. The faux-leather spine is intact with some darkening to the gilt and silver stamped decorations. The binding is firm. Pages are clean and free of markings or inscriptions, with light toning consistent with age.…

Hardcover. Condizione: Very Good. Condizione sovraccoperta: Very Good. 1st Edition. The set of three vols of Gavin Maxwell's 'Ring of Bright Water' trilogy. All are first editions, first impressions. 'Ring' (pub 1960, 211pp), 'Rocks' (pub 1963, 186pp), 'Raven' (pub 1968, 211pp). All have some edge wear, chipping, short closed tears and creasing to tops and bottoms of jackets and spine, corners rubbed and bruised, some slight spotting to page fore edges, 'Ring' has previous owner's name to second ffep, 'Rocks' and 'Ring' have no inscriptions, all are price clipped, all are internally clean tight and squareish, overall a vg+ set. Fifty years ago Gavin Maxwell (1914-69), a Scottish naturalist, traveller and author, went to live in an abandoned house on a shingle beach on the west coast of Scotland. A haven for wildlife, he named his home Camusfearna and settled there with the otters Mij, Edal and Teko. 'Ring of Bright Water' chronicles Gavin Maxwell's first ten years with the otters and touched the hearts of readers the world over, brilliantly evoking life with these playful animals in this natural paradise. Two further volumes followed bringing the story full circle telling of the difficult last years and the final abandonment of the settlement. Gavin Maxwell is widely credited with saving the otter as a species in the UK and their subsequent conservation and protection. Scarce in these first impressions. Three heavy hardbacks, extra postage will be required. Illustrations by the author, Peter Scott, Michael Ayrton, Robin McEwen, James Millar Watt et al (illustratore).…