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Angus and Robertson, 1953. Hardcover. Acceptable. 1953. Reprinted. 332 pages. No dust jacket. Pictorial paper covered boards. Full title: Flying Fox And Drifting Sand - The Adventures Of A Biologist In Australia. Black and white photographic plates throughout. Slight cracking to hinges, with exposed netting, pages remain attached. Pages and plates are lightly tanned throughout. Front free endpaper cut out. Boards have light shelf-wear with corner bumping. Light tanning to spine and edges with crushing to spine ends. Tears to paper to spine edges.

Sydney & London. Angus & Robertson. Hardcover. 1948. 21.5cm, xvi,332p. frontis & 33 plates, 4 maps, brown cloth, very good (S3.4) The author describes two threatening problems, giant fruit-eating bats know as flying foxes and soil drift.

Angus and Robertson , 1948. Reprint . Hardcover. Good/No Jacket. With an introduction by Julian Huxley. Gift inscription written by the previous owner. Complete with all plates. Heavy book may require extra postage unless posted within South Africa. Publication of 332 pages. There is gilt on the spine and on the front cover. Frontispiece. The boards are a touch edge worn and a minor tear on the spine of the book. There is foxing on the block of the book. The text is legible. The binding is excellent. GK. Our orders are shipped using tracked courier delivery services.

London: Chatto & Windus. 1938. Octavo Size [approx 15.5 x 22.8cm]. Very Good condition. School prize binding - leather-bound, raised bands and gilt to spine, gilt crest to face, marbled endpapers and edges. Spine edges and ends lightly rubbed. Presentation plate to front pastedown. Illustrated with Black & White Photographs and Maps. Introduction by Julian Huxley. 341 pages. A lively and convincing picture of the prewar Australian bush. The author looked at flying foxes in Queensland during 1929 to 1931 and then spent time on his return to Australia in 1935 he worked on such problems as wind erosion, termites and rabbit control. He was also a founder of the Australian Conservation Foundation. He was deeply interested in the places and people he met and this is brought out in this very popular account of the Australian bush. Robust, professional packaging and tracking provided for all parcels. . 2nd Impression. Hardback.

Angus and Robertson, 1953. Hardcover. Good. 1953 printing. Solid hardcover No marks inside except owner name on front fly. General light rubbing to cover. Red decorations and titles are still clear. No dust jacket.

London: Chatto and Windus, 1939. Octavo, brown cloth (hardcover), 341 pp. Very Good, with light edgewear.

London: Angus and Robertson Limited, 1953. Pages clean and bright, boards tidy, wear to dust jacket with rubbing, chipping and some closed tears.. Hard. Very Good/Fair. 8vo.

London: Chatto and Windus, 1938. Hardcover. Very Good. London, Chatto and Windus, November 1938 (second impression)/ January 1938. Octavo, [xvi], 342 pages plus 4 maps and 41 pages of plates. Cloth a little marked and rubbed; endpapers, plates and adjacent leaves a little tanned; early ownership signature; a very good copy. Signed by the author and dated November 1969. The introduction is by Julian Huxley.

New York: Robert M.McBride & Co., 1938 Hard cover, 8vo, in tan cloth, titles in blue to spine, in the original pictorial dust jacket, 341pp. Printed by R.& R. Clark, Ltd., Edinburgh. Printed on laid paper, with frontispiece and many other illustrations and maps. Condition: Very Good in a Very Good, un price-clipped d/j. Outer rear joint shows some staining in the gutter; matched by browning along corresponding interior rear hinge--could be from gluing during manufacture? (Not seen on the front joint or hinge.) Text block edges a bit dusty, just a hint of foxing to top outer edge and fore edge of text block. Interior with mild age-toning. D/j with minor crimping, one half-inch closed tear, and a couple of marks to rear portion.** As much a travelogue as a scientific work, this highly readable title helped bring the topic of conservation to the consciousness of the Commonwealth.**Indian-born zoologist, entomologist, and early conservationist Francis Ratcliffe, OBE (1904-1970) was best known for his… Read More