Search Results: Biographies & Autobiographies - Naturalists from Loe Books

London: George G. Harrap, 1936. Book. Very Good. Hardcover. First Edition. 8vo. "with 12 colored plates from original Audubon prints"; b/w illustrations by James MacDonald; pp. 342. Original dust jacket with a little wear and rubbing to edges, head/tail of the spine lightly scuffed, toned/faded, not price-clipped, now protected in a clear removable archival sleeve; hardback binding of green cloth very good, contents clean and tight, no inscription, no foxing. A very good copy.

Sussex: Privately Published, 1968. Book. Illus. by Dr. James M. Harrison. Very Good. Hardcover. First Edition. 8vo. pp.160. Original dust jacket very good with light rubbing to edges, underside somewhat foxed and spotted, not price clipped, now protected in a clear removable archival sleeve. Cloth binding with gilt lettering, fine. Contents clean and tight, a little toning to first few pages, no inscriptions. A very good copy..

London: Academic Press, 1988. Book. Illus. by Rees, Darren. Fine. Hardcover. First Edition. 4to. Foreword by Sir Peter Scott; 490 pages; b/w illustrations. Original dust jacket near fine, a little rubbed to the top of the spine, not price-clipped. Hard-back binding, fine. Contents clean and tight, unmarked. A fine copy with a near fine dust jacket..

Northumberland: Bridge Studios, 1989. Book. Illus. by James Alder. Fine. Hardcover. First and Second Editions. 4to. 209 pages, illustrated by James Alder with 12 full-page drawings and over 100 smaller drawings.. Original dust jacket fine with light wear to edges, not price clipped. Hard back binding fine. Contents clean and tight, unmarked, no inscriptions. A fine copy..

London: Collins, 1946. Book. Near Fine. Hardcover. Signed by Author(s). First Edition. 8vo. pp. 256 , b/w photographs, b/w diagrams & maps. Dust jacket near fine, light rubbing to top and bottom of the spine, not price-clipped. Red cloth boards clean and bright. Contents clean and tight, a few spots to endpapers, signed by the author to the title page. A near fine first edition copy signed by the author..

London: The Crowood Press Ltd, 1987. Book. Fine. Hardcover. First Edition. Small 4to. 184 pages; colour and b/w illustrations throughout. Original dust jacket near fine with a little fading to the spine, not price-clipped, now attractively presented in a loose-fitting clear archival sleeve. Hard back binding fine. Contents clean and tight, unmarked, no inscriptions. A near fine copy..

Edinburgh Botanic Garden (Sibbald) Trust, 1986. Book. Good. Paperback. First Edition. 4to. 47 pages; b/w illustrations. Covers very good with light general wear only. Contents good, spotting/marking to fore-edge area of first and last pages, otherwise clean. A good study copy..

London: Longmans, Green & Co., 1895. Book. Good. Hardcover. First Edition. 8vo. Pp. xviii, 328; b/w portrait frontispiece of Joseph Wolf aged 72, 53 further black and white plates (all present and correct); int-text illustrations.. Original blue cloth binding with gilt lettering, good with some general wear, slightly marked. Contents clean and tight, end papers clean, spotting to the first few pages and occasional spotting within the text pages, plates clean. A good copy..

London: Smith Elder and Co, 1891. Book. Very Good. Full Leather. A New Edition. 8vo. pp. ix, 433, b/w portrait frontispiece. Contemporary full polished calf binding with 5 raised bands to the spine, gilt decorated compartments between and red spine label, gilt rulled borders to the boards;all edges marbled to matc marbled end papers. Binding very good with a little general wear and some rubbing to joints and extremities, corners a little bumped and worn. Contents clean and tight, gift inscriptions to the verso of the front free end paper, rear free end paper excised. A very good copy..

Newton Abbot: David & Charles, 1976. Book. Very Good. Hardcover. Third Impression. 4to. signed by the author to the title page, 164 pages, colour & b/w illustrations throughout. Dust jacet a little worn and rubbed, contents good and tight, a few light, old tape stains to the end papers, otherwise unmarked. A very good signed copy..

Edinburgh: Printed for Private Circulation, 1901. Book. Very Good. Hardcover. Limited Edition. 4to [25 x 19 cm]. Privately printed for circulation to friends and family, this copy presented to "Dr MacGillivray" with the author's compliments. Pp. xiv, [2], 203, [1]; monotone frontispiece plate of an eagle with prey, with tissue guard, two further plates of the memorial plate and the monument to Macgillivray. Original dark blue textured cloth with gilt lettering, very good and bright, with light rubbing to extremities, cloth very slightly marked. Contents clean and tight, a little toning to end papers, slight spotting to presentation leaf otherwise more or less unmarked, pages crisp. A very good copy of this scarce tribute. [we have seen a couple of other copies of this work and neither as bright and crisp as this copy.].

London: Gurney & Jackson, 1930. Book. Illus. by Riddell, W. H.. Very Good. Hardcover. First Edition. Royal 8vo (23 x 16 cm). "with many illustrations in the text by the author, coloured and half-tome plates by W. H. Riddell"; pp. xxvii, 257. Original dust jacket very good with a little general wear, somewhat dust marked, light chipping to the head of the spine with old paper repair behind, now protected in a clear removable archival sleeve. Publisher's green cloth binding very good. Contents good and tight, no inscriptions. A very good copy, scarce with the dust jacket..

Oxford: Clarendon Press, 1939. Book. Illus. by Gillmor, Robert. Very Good. Hardcover. First Edition. 8vo. 137 pages, b/w photographic frontispiece, numerous other b/w plus a fold out map to the rear. Original dust jacket good with some careful repairs from the reverse, not price-clipped, now protected in a removable sleeve. Hardback binding near fine. Contents clean and tight, unmarked, no inscriptions , no foxing. A near fine copy in a good jacket..

London: Kegan Paul, Trench, Trubner & Co. Ltd., 1891. Book. Near Fine. Hardcover. First Edition. 8vo. pp. 398. Original green cloth binding with gilt text to the spine, black lined margins, minimal wear, joints firm. Contents clean and tight, original black coated endpapers, inscriptions, several tipped in cut out plates to endpaper and half title, added with care. To the reverse a newspaper cut out by C. M. Yonge on Oceanography at Edinburgh, no foxing. A near fine copy with interesting additions that add to the title..

London: T & A. D. Poyser, 1999. Book. Fine. Hardcover. First Edition. 8vo. 506 pages; b/w illustrations by the author; tables, maps and photos. Dust jacket fine, no fading to the spine, not price-clipped. Hardback binding fine. Contents clean and tight, unmarked, no inscriptions. A fine copy..

Kings Lynn: Langford Press, 2015. Book. Near Fine. Hardcover. First Edition. 4to. pp. xxvi, 572, Colour illustrations throughout. Original laminated board binding, near fine. Contents clean and tight, no inscriptions..

London: Gurney & Jackson, 1928. Book. Illus. by Crawhall, Joseph; Riddell, W. H.. Very Good. Hardcover. First Edition. 8vo. A good copy. Pp. [xix], 353 + 5 pages adverts; fine colour and b/w plates, and in-text illustrations throughout. Original green cloth, titled in gilt on spine; top edge gilt. Binding very good and bright, no fading to the spine, light wear only. Content clean and tight, foxing to the front and rear endpapers, small inscription to the endpaper dated 1928, plates and text clean. A very good copy. .

U.S.A.: University of Texas Press, 2007. Book. Fine. Hardcover. First Edition. 8vo. pp. 296. Original dust jacket near fine with a hint of fading to the front panel edges. Cloth binding with gilt lettering, fine. Contents clean and tight. A very clean tight copy..

St Paul's Cathedral: Printed by Barnard & Westwood Ltd., 1989. Book. Illus. by Scott, Peter. Near Fine. Hardcover. First Edition. 8vo. A significant piece of ephemera. pp 12 . Stapeld booklet from the service of remembrance of Sir Peter Scott. A clean copy, with just a few handling marks. Scarce..

North Wales: Tideline Books, 1983. Book. Illus. by Sir Peter Scott. Fine. Hardcover. First Edition. 8vo. pp. 192 ; b/w illustrations by Peter Scott . Original dust jacket fine. Contents clean and tight, no inscriptions or other marks. A fine book in a fine jacket..