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Oliver & Boyd Ltd, 1958. Hardcover. Good. 1958. First Edition. 270 pages. No dust jacket. Green cloth with photographic black and white plates throughout. Pages and binding are presentable with no major defects. Minor issues present such as mild cracking, inscriptions, inserts, light foxing, tanning and thumb marking. Overall a good condition item. Boards have mild shelf wear with light rubbing and corner bumping. Some light marking and sunning.

UsedGood. 1958 Oliver&Boyd Press Good solid copy, mild to moderate reading/age wear, no DJ if issued, may have some light markings or exowner inscription. We take great pride in accurately describing the condition of our books and media, ship within 48 hours, and offer a 100% money back guarantee. Customers purchasing more than one item from us may be entitled to a shipping discount.

Ediburgh: Oliver and Boyd. VG+/VG+. 1958. 1st. hardcover. 8vo . 270pp . Some soiling toip edge, bit of wear to DJ. Quite a nice copy. .

Edinburgh, 1958. hardcover. Illustrated. 8vo, cloth, d.w. Edinburgh, (1958).<br/><br/>

London: Oliver and Boyd, 1958. 1st Edition . Hardcover. Good/Fair. 6" x 9. 270pp. A guide to birding in Kenya, Africa. The book has some spotting to the edges of the closed pages but is otherwise tidy. There is evidence of previous ownership inside the front board. The dust wrapper is price clipped and has some wear and small tears to the edges. Available for prompt dispatch from the UK. 6"x9".

OLIVER & BOYD LTD, 1958. Hardcover. Good/Good. 1958. First Edition. 270 pages. Illustrated dust jacket over green cloth covered boards with gilt. Pages remain clear with minimal tanning and foxing. Previous owner's inscription to front free end-paper. Some occasional mild cracking to gutters throughout, binding remains reasonably firm. Boards have mild edge-wear with slight rubbing to surfaces. Mild crushing to spine ends. Book has a slight forward lean. Gilt lettering is bright and clear. Clipped jacket has light edge-wear with tears and creasing. Tape marks to reverse of jacket.

London: Oliver and Boyd, 1958. Book. Fine. Hardcover. First Edition. Large 8vo. Dust jacket very good, with slight rubbing to edges only, spine somewhat faded. Hardback binding fine. Contents clean and tight, no inscriptions. A fine copy in a very good dust jacket..

Edinburgh: Oliver and Boyd, 1958. Book. Near Fine. Hardcover. First Edition, First Printing.. First Edition in clean unclipped original dust jacket. Clean dark green cloth boards with unchipped gold lettering on spine. No bumping or fraying. Binding is tight and square, hinges are sound. Pages and edges are clean with clean endpapers - no names, writing or marks. Illustrated with wonderful black and white photographs. Preface by the author. 270 pages with index. Clean dust jacket is not price clipped, unchipped, with slight edgewear and a few short closed edge tears; enclosed in new archival quality removable mylar cover..

Edinburgh: oliver boyd, 1958. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Very Good. xvi 270pp. owner's name on fep. dust wrapper now in plastic

Oliver & Boyd, 1958. Very Good/Good. 8vo. 225 x 145mm, 270 pages. B/w photos. Book condition: Very good, clean green boards, tight binding. Jacket condition: Good, mainly clean, small stain to lower spine, some fade to spine, not creased, small repaired tear to lower edge, not price-clipped. Comments: An interesting study of mainly bird life in Kenya. Chapters describe: Mount Kenya, Shrike, Wild Gardens, Coral Reefs & Coconut Palm, Rainpools & Reeds, Madagascar, Lake Magadi, Grasslands, Thorn-tree Plains and the birds themselves.. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good/Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

Oliver & Boyd,, 1958-01-01. Unknown Binding. Very Good. in x in x in. 1958 First Edition without Jacket on green cloth - collectable - will send out 1 st class post

Hardcover. Edinburgh: Oliver & Boyd, 1958 Cloth. Very Good +/Very Good+. 1st Edition. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. pp xvi, 270, illustrated with plates from photographs. FBR9; 48240 .

London: Oliver and Boyd, 1958 First edition, 1958. 270 pages. Illustrated. Original cloth. A Near Fine copy in a Very Good dust wrapper. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Near Fine/Very Good.

1958. First Edition. Edinburgh/London, Oliver and Boyd, 1958. 16cm x 23cm. XVI, 270 pages. With 32 full-page illustrations. Original Hardcover with original dustjacket in protective Mylar. Minor wear to dustjacket. Otherwise in very good condition. Private gift inscription and a nametag of the previous owner on the front free endpaper. Includes for example the following chapters: In the Shadow of Mount Kenya / The Way of a Shrike / Coral Reefs and Coconut Palms / Madagascar Interlude / Lake Magadi / Grasslands and the Dancing Whydah: Part I - The Dancing Whydah / Part II - Pipits, Plovers and others / Part III - Oxpeckers / Featherhill and the Thorn-Tree Plains / Photographing Birds: The Birds themselves / The Camera and tits Accessories / The After Technique / The Hide and its Technique / Nests and Eggs / Away from the Nest / Electronic Flash / With an Appendix: Index of Birds mentioned in the Text. From childhood, Vernon van Someren was an enthusiastic bird watcher and photographer. In this book,… Read More