ATTENBOROUGH David

New Life Stories. NEAR FINE COPY IN UNCLIPPED DUSTWRAPPER

Collins,, [2011]. 8vo., First Edition, with coloured frontispiece, and very numerous coloured and monochrome photographs and illustrations throughout; blue cloth, gilt back, blue endpapers, a near fine copy in unclipped dustwrapper. With bookplate on front paste-down.

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Katalog: Natural History0

Sonstige Stichworte: modern first editions, modern firsts, natural history, attenborough, david attenborough, broadcasting, bbc

ATTENBOROUGH David

The Trials of Life. A Natural History of Animal Behaviour. Augmented and Enlarged Edition. NEAR FINE COPY OF THE BEST EDITION

Reader's Digest Association in conjunction with Harper Collins and BBC Books,, [1992]. Roy. 4to., Second and Best Edition, with photographic half-title and title-spread, and hundreds of superb colour photographs (many full-page) throughout; original pictorial boards, black cloth back lettered in white, grey endpapers, a near fine copy. Bright copy of the considerably enlarged and extended version of the first edition of 1990.

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Buchzahl: 47140

Katalog: Natural History0

Sonstige Stichworte: modern firsts, natural history, david attenborough, broadcasting, bbc, david attenborough, natural history, attenborough, trials, life

ATTENBOROUGH David

The Tribal Eye. NEAR FINE COPY IN UNCLIPPED DUSTWRAPPER

BBC,, 1976. 8vo., First Edition, with numerous coloured and monochrome photographs throughout; brown cloth, gilt back, a near fine copy in unclipped dustwrapper. Based on the popular BBC TV series. Increasingly scarce in this condition.

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Sonstige Stichworte: modern first editions, modern firsts, attenborough, david attenborough, bbc

ATTENBOROUGH David

The Zoo Quest Expeditions [with] Journeys to the Past. [The 'Zoo Quest' omnibus volumes complete]. THE 'ZOO QUEST' OMNIBUS COMPLETE

Lutterworth Press, Guildford,, [1981]. 2 vols., 8vo., Mixed Impressions, with very numerous coloured and monochrome photographs (many full-page) in the text; original cloth (green/blue respectively), gilt backs, a near fine set in unclipped dustwrapper. The set comprises: Zoo Quest Expeditions (second impression, 1981); Journeys to the Past (first impression, 1981). Bright copies of the original editions of the two 'Zoo Quest' omnibus volumes, collecting slightly abridged versions of the six original ZQ titles: Zoo Quest to Guiana (1956); Zoo Quest for a Dragon (1957); Zoo Quest to Paraguay (1957); Quest in Paradise (1960); Zoo Quest to Madagascar (1961); Quest under Capricorn (1963).

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Buchzahl: 43630

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Sonstige Stichworte: modern first editions, modern firsts, natural history, attenborough, david attenborough, zoo quest

ATTENBOROUGH David

Zoo Quest to Guiana [with] Zoo Quest for a Dragon [with] Zoo Quest in Paraguay [with] Quest in Paradise [with] Zoo Quest to Madagascar [with] Quest under Capricorn. THE 'ZOO QUEST' SERIES COMPLETE IN DUSTWRAPPERS

Lutterworth Press,, [1956-63]. 6 vols., 8vo., First Edition, with coloured frontispieces and very numerous coloured and monochrome plates throughout, neat contemporary inscription on blank preliminary of first volume; original cloth (green/red/green/red/blue/green respectively), gilt backs, a very good, bright, clean set in remarkably bright, clean dustwrapper, the wrappers just a little chipped at extremities. A bright, fresh set in the original colourful wrappers of Attenborough's earliest books, recording his 'Zoo Quest' animal-foraging expeditions in many different territories. Well-illustrated and delightfully written, these early titles display much of the talent and infectious charm that has since made their author a naturalist, broadcaster and presenter of world renown. The series captures well the appeal of his first-ever television series 'Zoo Quest' that ran on the BBC from 1954-1964. It also gave rise, incidentally (in those far-off pre-computer days), to a highly popular board game! The sequence comprises 'Zoo Quest to Guiana' (1956), 'Zoo Quest for a Dragon' (1957), 'Zoo Quest to Paraguay' (1959), 'Quest in Paradise' (1960), 'Zoo Quest to Madagascar' (1961) and 'Quest under Capricorn' (1963). Two omnibus volumes of extracts were published for a new generation of readers in the 1980s. COMPLETE SETS IN THIS CONDITION ARE SELDOM OFFERED FOR SALE.

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Katalog: Natural History0

Sonstige Stichworte: modern first editions, modern firsts, natural history, attenborough, zoo quest, conservation

ATTENBOROUGH David

The Zoo Quest Expeditions. Travels in Guyana, Indonesia and Paraguay. [The first 'Zoo Quest' omnibus]. THE FIRST 'ZOO QUEST' OMNIBUS IN DUSTWRAPPER

Lutterworth Press, Guildford,, [1980]. 8vo., First Edition, with very numerous coloured and monochrome photographs (many full-page) in the text; original green cloth, gilt back, a near fine copy in price-clipped dustwrapper. The first Zoo Quest omnibus, collecting slightly abridged versions of the first three original Zoo Quest volumes 'Zoo Quest to Guiana', 'Zoo Quest for a Dragon' and 'Zoo Quest in Paraguay'.

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Buchzahl: 47938

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Sonstige Stichworte: modern first editions, modern firsts, natural history, attenborough, david attenborough, zoo quest

AVERY Mark

Birds and Forestry. Illustrated by Philip Snow. NEAR FINE COPY IN UNCLIPPED DUSTWRAPPER

Poyser,, [1990]. 8vo., First Edition, with title-vignette, photographs and tables in the text; green cloth, gilt back, green endpapers, a near fine copy in unclipped dustwrapper. With personal bookplate on front free endpaper. SCARCE IN THIS CONDITION.

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Buchzahl: 42520

Katalog: Natural History0

Sonstige Stichworte: natural history, birds, ornithology, forestry, mark avery, roderick leslie, philip snow

BANNERMAN David Armitage

The Birds of West and Equitorial Africa. With a Foreword by Sir Alan Burns. NEAR FINE COPY IN UNCLIPPED DUSTWRAPPERS

Oliver & Boyd,, [1953]. 2 vols., 8vo., First Edition, with 30 fine coloured plates, 24 plates in monochrome and over 430 illustrations in the text; original burgundy cloth, gilt backs, red tops, uncut, fore-edges mildly spotted else a near fine copy in unclipped dustwrapper, one wrapper chipped with minor loss at head and tail of backstrip. Bright, crisp copy of a standard reference. The set comprises Vol. I: Struthionidae to Picidae; Vol. II: Eurylaemidae to Ploceidae. Tate p.200.

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Sonstige Stichworte: natural history, birds, ornithology, africa, west africa, equitorial africa, bannerman, david bannerman, avifaunas

BARING-GOULD Sabine

The Tragedy of the Caesars. A Study of the Characters of the Caesars of the Julian and Claudine Houses. NEAR FINE COPY IN PUBLISHER'S CLOTH

Methuen,, 1892. 2 vols., 8vo., First Edition, with frontispiece (original tissue guard present), and numerous photographs and illustrations (a number full-page) throughout; original red cloth, upper boards elaborately framed and lettered in gilt, gilt backs, navy endpapers, uncut, a near fine copy. With nineteenth-century uniform personal bookplate on front paste-downs, and 16pp publisher's catalogue (dated October 1892) bound in at end of second volume. VERY SCARCE, ESPECIALLY IN THIS CONDITION.

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Buchzahl: 48238

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Sonstige Stichworte: history, rome, caesar, caesars, baring-gould, sabine baring-gould

BARLEY M.W.

Christianity in Britain 300-700. NEAR FINE COPY IN UNCLIPPED DUSTWRAPPER

Leicester University Press, Leicester,, [1968]. 8vo., First Edition, with maps and plans in the text; blue cloth, gilt back, a near fine copy in unclipped dustwrapper.

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Buchzahl: 48740

Katalog: History0

Sonstige Stichworte: history, britain, christianity, barley, hanson

BARNES John A.G.

The Titmice of the British Isles. NEAR FINE COPY IN DUSTWRAPPER

David & Charles, Newton Abbot,, [1975]. 8vo., First Edition, with plates; blue cloth, gilt back, a near fine copy in dustwrapper.

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Buchzahl: 36039

Katalog: Natural History0

Sonstige Stichworte: mstock, natural history, birds, ornithology, titmice, tits, paridae, john barnes

BARNETT, ed. S.A.

A Century of Darwin. [Commemorative Essays.]. Edited by S.A. Barnett. NEAR FINE COPY IN UNCLIPPED DUSTWRAPPER

Heinemann,, [1958]. 8vo., First Edition, with title in red and black, and plates and illustrations in the text; black cloth, gilt back, a near fine copy in unclipped dustwrapper. Collects fifteen notable essays. Contributors include Barnett, de Beer, LeGros Clerk, Crowson, Dobzhansky, Hammond, Heslop-Harrison, MacRae, Michie, Raphael, Romer, Maynard Smith, Thoday, Waddington and Yonge.

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Sonstige Stichworte: natural history, darwin, evolution,

BARNETT Correlli

The Collapse of British Power [with] The Audit of War [with] The Lost Victory [with] The Verdict of Peace. THE PRIDE AND FALL TETRALOGY COMPLETE IN FULL MOROCCO

Eyre Methuen [and] Macmillan,, [1972-2001]. 4 vols., 8vo., First Editions, endpaper maps in first volume, plates in third volume; handsomely bound in full dark red crushed morocco, sides with gilt frame borders, backs with raised bands, second and fourth compartments lettered and ruled in gilt, all other compartments tooled in gilt, gilt tops, hand-made endpapers, ribbon markers, an elegant set ideal as a gift or for presentation. The set comprises: The Collapse of British Power (1972); The Audit of War. The Illusion and Reality of Britain as a Great Nation (1986); The Lost Victory. British Dreams, British Realities 1945-1950 (1995); The Verdict of Peace. Britain between her Yesterday and her Future (2001). COMPLETE SETS ARE VERY SCARCE.

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Buchzahl: 48861

Katalog: History0

Sonstige Stichworte: mstock, history, britain, ww2, wwii, barnett, correlli barnett

BARNETT Correlli

The Collapse of British Power [with] The Audit of War [with] The Lost Victory [with] The Verdict of Peace. THE PRIDE AND FALL TETRALOGY COMPLETE IN UNCLIPPED DUSTWRAPPERS

Eyre Methuen [and] Macmillan,, [1972-2001]. 4 vols., 8vo., First Editions, endpaper maps in first volume, plates in third volume, small contemporary signature on front free endpaper of first volume, several signatures on front free endpaper of third volume; cloth (black/red/black/black respectively), backstrips lettered in gilt (first two volumes) and silver (third and fourth volumes), red endpapers (third and fourth volumes), a very good, bright, clean set in unclipped dustwrapper, wrapper of first volume moderately age-soiled and with tape repairs at backstrip and corners. The set comprises: The Collapse of British Power (1972); The Audit of War. The Illusion and Reality of Britain as a Great Nation (1986); The Lost Victory. British Dreams, British Realities 1945-1950 (1995); The Verdict of Peace. Britain between her Yesterday and her Future (2001). COMPLETE SETS ARE VERY SCARCE, ESPECIALLY IN THIS CONDITION.

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Buchzahl: 49024

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Sonstige Stichworte: history, britain, ww2, wwii, barnett, correlli barnett

BATCHELLER T.B.

Glimpses of Italian Court Life. Happy Days in Italia Adorata. Second Edition. NEAR FINE COPY

Doubleday Page & Co.,, 1906. Roy, 8vo., Second Edition, on laid paper, with title in red and black, portrait frontispiece toned in sepia (original captioned tissue guard present), 61 fine plates toned in sepia (all original captioned tissue guards present), and pictorial endpapers; ribbed green cloth, upper board and backstrip elaborately blocked and lettered in gilt and colours, gilt top, uncut, short reading crease in backstrip else a near fine copy. Published in the same year as the first edition. Scarce in this condition.

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Katalog: History0

Sonstige Stichworte: history, italy, tryphosa batcheller, italian court life, t.b. batcheller, history, glimpses, italian, court, life