r hingston (175 risultati)

Soft cover. Condizione: VG. 11pp extract, illustrated with 2 full-page plates, salvaged from a damaged copy of the Annual Report Of The Board Of Regents Of The Smithsonian Institution For The Year Ended June 30 1925. The author was medical officer and naturalist to the Mount Everest Expedition of 1924. Housed in protective mylar report cover.

Soft cover. Condizione: Acceptable. No Jacket. Edgewear and chipping to wraps.

Pamphlet. Condizione: Very Good. 1st Edition. Vol 76, No 1, July, 1930, pp. 1-24+ 4 Photo PLts, Map, Extracted from Orig vol, begins with title page, trimmed & stapled, thus is like a pamphlet, VG,

Pamphlet. Condizione: Very Good. Ann Rept for 1925, pp. 337-347+ 2 Photo Plts, Extracted from orig vol, begins with title page, trimmed & stapled, thus is like a pamphlet, VG.

Pamphlet. Condizione: Very Good. Nov, 1932, pp. 617-642, Profusely Illus with BW Photos, Extracted from orig vol, thus begins with title page, trimmed & stapled paperback, else VG.

Condizione: Good. 1958. 122 pages. Green pictorial dust jacket over green cloth. Pages are lightly tanned and thumbed at the edges, with light foxing. Binding has remained firm. Boards are a little rub worn, slight shelf wear to corners, spine and edges. Corners are a little bumped. Spine ends are mildly crushed. The unclipped dust jacket has moderate edge wear, tears and chips to edges and spine ends. Light tanning to spine and edges.

Pamphlet. Condizione: Very Good. 1st Edition. Vol 77, No 5, May, 1931, pp. 401-428, Extracted from orig vol, begins with title page, trimmed & stapled, thus is like a pamphlet, VG.

Condizione: New.

Hardcover. Condizione: New. This volume is a record of Natural History relating to animal life. It is a collection of varied observations and experience made during hours of occasional leisure by the author at a station in the Indian plains. They were gathered at intervals as opportunity offered, and have all been gleaned from one small patch of jungle in the secluded district of Fyzabad (UP). The observations relate to the ants, spiders and dung-rolling beetles. The book contains the following chapters: 1. The Manjha; 2. The Indian Black AntGeneral Habits; 3. The Indian Black AntSpecial Habits; 4. The Indian Black AntDirective Sense; 5. The Evolution of Instinct; 6. The Byre-Building AntsHerding of Cattle; 7. The Byre-Building AntsGeneral Habits; 8. Architectural Spiders and their Cocoons; 9. Experiments and Observations on Architectural Spiders; 10. The Dome-Building Spider; 11. The Operation of the Flail; 12. The Dung-Burying Beetles; 13. The Dung-Rolling BeetlesGeneral Habits; 14. The Dung-Rolling BeetlesExperiments; 15. The South-West Monsoon. About the Author Richard William George Hingston, MC, FRGS was an Irish physician, explorer and naturalist who worked in India with the Indian Medical Service as a Major. He wrote several books based on his travels and natural history observations.

Soft cover. Condizione: Good. No Jacket. 1st Edition. (1932) pp. 617- 642, 35 photos. Article contained in complete copy of the November, 1932 "National Geographic" magazine. Hingston was among the first to explore the rainforest canopy for its diverse fauna and flora, using ladders, ropes, etc. to explore the treetops in British Guiana. Covers worn, torn over spine.

Condizione: New. pp.

Pamphlet. Condizione: Very Good. 1st Edition. Vol 65, No 1, Jan 1925, pp. 4-23, Extracted from Orig Issue of Journal, last page in facsimile else VG, 1st ed.

Condizione: New. pp. xi + 300 Figures, Illus., Map.

Hard Bound Volume. Condizione: Fair. First Edition. tears to spine. Moderately foxing to endpapers.

[5]-292 [possibly missing a half-title]; 10 plates (Frontispiece = plate I). Original cloth. Small tears at top of spine. Upper corner of front cover bumped. Xlib: Embossed stamp on title page, pouch inside front cover.

Condizione: New. pp.

PAP. Condizione: New. New Book. Shipped from UK. Established seller since 2000.

Condizione: New. pp.

Condizione: Good. 1958. First Edition. 122 pages. Pictorial dust jacket over paper covered boards. Clean pages with light tanning and foxing throughout. Tightly bound with faint thumb-marking throughout. Tape stain to front endpaper. Boards have light shelf-wear with corner bumping. Mild tanning to spine, which has mild crushing and wear to ends. Book has forward lean. Unclipped jacket has light edgewear with tears and creasing. Light rubbing and marking all over.

Condizione: New. pp. xi + 300.

Softcover. Condizione: Very Good-. Condizione sovraccoperta: No Dust Jacket. Front cover beginning to detach along upper spine edge. Light wear to cover edges. ; Contained in The Book League Monthly, Volume I, Number 6, April 1929.

PAP. Condizione: New. New Book. Shipped from UK. Established seller since 2000.

Condizione: Good. Most items will be dispatched the same or the next working day. A copy that has been read but remains in clean condition. All of the pages are intact and the cover is intact and the spine may show signs of wear. The book may have minor markings which are not specifically mentioned. A good condition book. An ex-library copy with the usual amount of stamps. No dust jacket. Light shelf wear. A clear and tightly bound copy within.

Hardcover. Condizione: New. ISBN:9789390729982.

GD. LOC PSYCHOLOGY.

G, clean HB; no DJ. xv + 296 pp.

Hardcover. Condizione: Very Good. First American edition. 296pp. Illustrated in black and white. Introduction by Bertrand Russell. Ownership stamp and signature of a noted American psychologist on the front fly and another owner name on the upper pastedown. Evidence of label removal on the rear pastedown, two indentations in the edges of the textblock, very good.

Hardcover. Condizione: Good+. First Edition. B&W Engravings and plates; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 434 pages; 1919 Macmillan and Co. HC 1st edition. Soundly bound in original blue cloth with titles in gilt (faded) at spine. Corners bumped and bruised; cloth criped at spine ends. Blind stamp (Presentation Copy) bottom front corner of title page and tisue guard. Illustrated with tissue gaurded angravings and b&w plates on glossy stock. Prior ownership penned to front flyleaf. Scattered light to moderate foxing, most noticably to pages adjacent to the plates. G+.

Hardcover. Condizione: Good. No Jacket. Black & White photographs on glossy paper throughout plus diagrams (illustratore). 1st Edition. 122pp. plus 30 pp. of glossy adverts at the end of the book. Within blue (soiled ) printed covers with the lower front corner knocked with small loss. The text clean and unmarked without inscription. Now an interesting piece of social history.

Condizione: Good. 1928. First Published. 296 pages. No dust jacket. Green cloth with gilt lettering. Minor foxing and tanning to pages. More prominent to text block edges, pastedowns and free endpapers. Light cracking, creasing and staining to gutters; some looseness to binding but pages remain attached. Boards have minor corner bumping and edgewear with mild staining, tanning and scuffing overall. Spine has heavier tanning with soft splitting and crushing to ends. Lettering remains bright and clear. Book has a slight forward lean.