Wild Chorus by Scott, Peter - 1944

Book. Illus. by Illustrated in colored oil paintings and black and white ink drawings. Good +. Hardcover. Signed by Author and Illustrator. 4to - over 9¾ - 12" tall. Inscription to former owner by author with unique illustration, second signature on title page, and some previous seller's markings on inside cover, otherwise clean and solid copy. Green clothbound with gold print, spine has sunned to a darker green. Some brown stains on front and back covers. Normal shelf wear. Rip in binding near bottom of the spine has been repaired..

London: Country Life, 1946. 20 color & 48 black and white plates along with many illustrations, all by Peter Scott. . Cover is much faded with some edge wear and bumped corners. Inside has occasional foxing. Still a reasonable copy, much loved but clean, with great art. 122 pages.. Hard Cover. Good.

Country Life Limited., 1949. Hardcover. Acceptable. 1949. Reprint. 118 pages. No dust jacket. Green cloth. B&W and colour illustrations throughout. Minimal foxing and tanning to endpapers and page edges. Previous owner's large inscription in red pen to front endpaper. Frontispiece partly detached. Some gutter cracking. Moderate wear and bumping to spine, board edges and corners, with splitting to spine ends. Minor sunning to spine, with scuffing, staining and marking to boards.

London: Country Life, 1942.. Used - Good. Good condition. No Dust Jacket

London: Country Life Ltd. Good. Every year a number of birds come into the Lighthouse enclosure, where they find others of their kind living a sheltered life with plenty of food and no dangers. The frequent coming and going of these wild birds has given the Author the opportunity to watch them and write this book. There is a pen inscription inside and the cover is a little worn around the edges

London: Country Life, 1944 Fair Copy in green cloth on boards with gilt titles on cover and on faded spine. Spine worn at head/foot with much fading around cover margins. Previous owner's inscription on FFE. Coloured frontis with attractive colour and b/w plates

Country Life Limited, 1949. Hardcover. Good/Good. 1949. Reprint. 119 pages. Dust jacket over green cloth. Contains black and white and colour illustrated plates. Clean pages with faint tanning and foxing throughout. Tightly bound with faint thumb-marking throughout. Pencil inscription to front endpaper and rear pastedown. Boards have light edgewear with corner crushing and mild marking to boards. Mild tanning to spine, which has mild crushing to ends. Unclipped jacket has moderate edgewear with chips, tears, and creasing. Heavy water staining to front panel. Mild tanning to spine. Moderate rubbing and marking all over.

Country Life Limited, London, 1951 reprint of a 1938 publication, Very Good Hardcover / no dustjacket, 120 pages of text, plus 20 colour and 48 B/W plates, 9" x 11.75", bumped corners, otherwise clean and tight. Peter Markham Scott, (1909 – 1989) was a British ornithologist, conservationist, painter, naval officer, broadcaster and sportsman.

London: Country Life Ltd., 1951. Later printing. Hardcover. Very Good. 9 x 12 in. Cloth boards. Condition is VERY GOOD ; corners and spine ends bumped with light wear, a few small paint spots. Binding tight and text unmarked. Nat. RGR.

Country Life, 1939-01-01. Hardcover. Good. in x in x in. 1939 country like edition with frontisplate loose otherwise good with scarce dust jacket and a tight binding