Skaife s (134 risultati)

Hardcover. Condizione: Good. No Jacket. 1st Edition. The cover has brown cloth with goldtone letters and a vignette. The three parts titles are Among the Insects, Among the Birds, and Under the Sea. Numerous, b/w photos and illustrations. In the story, the children are shrunk to be smaller than the insects, birds and sea life. T…

Condizione: Good. 1963. First Edition. 199 pages. Blue pictorial dust jacket over blue pictorial cloth. Pages and binding are presentable with no major defects. Minor issues present such as mild cracking, inscriptions, inserts, light foxing, tanning and thumb marking. Boards have mild shelf wear with light rubbing and corner bum…

Condizione: Good. Second Edition. 250 pages. No dust jacket. Brown cloth boards with lettering. Contains black and white illustrations. Pages and binding are presentable with no major defects. Minor issues present such as mild cracking, inscriptions, inserts, light foxing, tanning and thumb marking. Boards have mild shelf wear w…

Condizione: Fair. No edition remarks. 281 pages. No dust jacket. Blue cloth with gilt lettering. Black and white illustrations throughout. Pages are mildly tanned with minor foxing. Heavy tanning to endpapers. Missing front free endpapers. Heavy cracking to gutters and hinges. Pen drawings to front pastedown and endpapers. Mild…

Condizione: Fair. 1961. First Edition. 178 pages. Illustrated dust jacket over brown cloth boards. Gilt lettering. Contains black and white illustrations and plates. Clean pages, illustrations and plates with light tanning and mild foxing throughout. More pronounced to free endpapers and pastedowns. Pen inscriptions to front pas…

Condizione: Good. 1963. First Edition. 199 pages. No dust jacket. Grey illustrated cloth boards with lettering. Contains black and white illustrations and plates. Clean pages, plates and illustrations with light tanning and mild foxing throughout. More pronounced to free endpapers and pastedowns. Pen markings to front free endpa…

Hardcover. Condizione: Good. 1st Edition. Sydney Harold Skaife was an eminent South African entomologist and naturalist. This is the third of his stories for children. Dr.Tertius gives his grandchildren, Bunty and Bobby, a miniaturisation drug so that they can explore under the sea in a tiny submarine. Illustrated with "photogra…

Hardcover. Condizione: Very Good. No Jacket. Part 3 only. No edition or date stated. Publication of 92 pages. There is bold black lettering on the spine and on the front cover. The boards are in good condition. There is light foxing on the first and last pages. The text is legible. The binding is excellent. GK. Our orders are sh…

Hardcover. Condizione: Very Good. Condizione sovraccoperta: Good. 279 pages (complete). Dust jacket shelf rubbed, a bit torn and marked. Boards shelf rubbed and a bit insect damaged. Insect damage on front and back end pages. However, it is still in a very good condition, tightly bound and intact. Ex-library. Revised edition.Due…

Hardcover. Condizione: Good. No Jacket. First Edition. With an Introduction by Professor F. Clarke. Illustrated throughout by the Author. Heavy book may require extra postage unless posted within South Africa. Undated c1936?? Publication of 281 pages. The boards are are a little shelf rubbed and minor scuffed marks. On the early…

217 x 139 mm; saddle-stitched pictorial wraps; pp. 44; line drawings in text; black-and-white photographic portrait of the author; very light scattered foxing. Good condition. An absolutely fascinating series of radio lectures on ants and termites, by the greatest authority. The talks have such themes as "The Most Pernicious Ant…

Condizione: Good. No Edition Remarks. 387 pages. No dust jacket. This is an ex-Library book. Blue cloth covered boards with gilt. Contains in-text monochromatic illustrations throughout. Library copy, with expected inserts, stamps and inscriptions. Pages remain clear with minimal tanning and foxing. Binding remains firm. Boards…

Hardback. Condizione: Good. Condizione sovraccoperta: Fair. Scientific Book Club edition hardback, 1962, with unclipped jacket. In overall good used condition with minor signs of age, handling and storage - dj rubbed and nicked to edges; blue cloth boards clean but a couple of slight bumps to edges. Internally clean. Binding tig…

Hardcover. Condizione: Good. Condizione sovraccoperta: Good. Corner unclipped, some wear to edges and corners of dustjacket, edges and corners creased and worn, a few small nicks, some light wear to covers and spine, corners a little bumped and worn, top and bottom of spine a little bumped and worn, internally in good condition,…

Hardcover. Condizione: Good. No Jacket. Name of the previous owner scratched out and re-written on the front free end paper page. Three parts bound together (3 Books bound in 1). Heavy book may require extra postage unless posted within South Africa. No edition or date stated. The boards are a little shelf rubbed and the edges a…

Hardcover. Condizione: Fair. No Jacket. Ex-Library. Part 3 only. The boards are shelf worn, with marks on the front board, as well as a black sticker on the bottom of the spine. Binding is secure. Library stamp and ink inscriptions on the front end page. Ink inscription on the back pasted down and a library sleeve. Old cello tap…