marren peter birkhead mike (11 risultati)

Hardcover. Condizione: Used; Good. Dispatched, from the UK, within 48 hours of ordering. This book is in good condition but will show signs of previous ownership. Please expect some creasing to the spine and/or minor damage to the cover. Aged book. Tanned pages and age spots, however, this will not interfere with reading.

Hardcover. Condizione: Used; Very Good. Dispatched, from the UK, within 48 hours of ordering. Though second-hand, the book is still in very good shape. Minimal signs of usage may include very minor creasing on the cover or on the spine.

Condizione: Very Good. 1753695810. 7/28/2025 9:43:30 AM.

1st ed. With B&W & col.illus. A tidy copy in tight binding. Used - Very Good. VG hardback in VG dustjacket Used - Very Good. VG hardback in VG dustjacket.

1st.ed. A tidy copy in tight binding. Used - Very Good. VG hardback in VG dustjacket Used - Very Good. VG hardback in VG dustjacket.

Hardcover. Condizione: Très bon. Ancien livre de bibliothèque avec équipements. Edition 1996. Ammareal reverse jusqu'à 15% du prix net de cet article à des organisations caritatives. ENGLISH DESCRIPTION Book Condition: Used, Very good. Former library book. Edition 1996. Ammareal gives back up to 15% of this item's net price to charity organizations.

Hardcover. Condizione: Very Good. FIRST EDITION with dust jacket - rare and collectable - will send out 1 st class post.

Hard Back. Condizione: Fine. Condizione sovraccoperta: VG+. 1st Edition. 224 pages, brown boards, no inscsp, book fine bar miniscule line crease to bottom coner. -the dustjacket minor creasing top spine, and again miniscule dot coner scuff,barely visible. hence jacket appears as new . P Marren a naturalist and writer on countryside and conservation. M Birkhead series producer of BBC television series Postcards from the Country.holds Doctorate in Zoology.[other titles by him-The Survival Factor/ Brave New Wilderness etc.] This is an evocation of country living.through the memories of those who live and work in the country.a memorable recordr of the true voice of rural Britain.in 8 contrasting parts [Cornish Coast/ South Wales valleys/ the Broads/ Yorkshire Dalse/ the Borders/ Scottish Highlands/ Shetland life/ Weald of Kent] illustrated mono plates and some colour,past and present.

Condizione: Very Good. Dust jacket has light scratches and outer edges have minor scuffs. Book content is in like new condition.

Cloth. Condizione: Near Fine. Condizione sovraccoperta: Very Good. First Edition. Hardcover. Postcards From the Country. Living Memories of the British Countryside. Foreword by Richard Mabey. Slight wear to top corners of D/J. Through personal stories and anecdotes, sometimes humerous and often moving, this book presents a kaleidoscope of country life over the past half century. It tells of close, self-sufficient communities, of strong attachments to the land and its wild inhabitants, of rural customs, stubbornly Maintained, and above all, of a sense of belonging. This book reveals how little rural Britain had changed until the advent of modern agriculture and mass tourism. It is also a reminder of what we are losing in thje seemingly relentless quest for material betterment. Yet, it is also a celebration of British rural life and of the remarkable resilience of our countryside anmd its residents, both human and wild. Illustrated. 224 pp. (We carry a wide selection of titles in The Arts, Theology, History, Politics, Social and Physical Sciences. Academic and Scholarly books and Modern First Editions ,and all types of Educational Reference Literature.).

Hardback in Dust Wrapper. Condizione: Very Good. Condizione sovraccoperta: Good. First edition (first printing). Hardback. Dust wrapper over brown boards with gilt titles to the spine; Measures 9½" x 7¼" (1 kg); pp 224; Index; Preface by Richard Mabey; Contains: Black & white photographs; Colour photographs; || The book is on the shelf, ready to be appropriately packed, and posted from the pastoral paradise of Peasedown St. John, Bath, by a real bookseller in a real book shop - with my personal guarantee and beady eye on the Consumer Contracts Regulations. REMEMBER! Buying my copy means the book shop Jack Russells get their supper! My Book #200751 ||.