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(London, Collins, [New Naturalist Monograph No. 4], 1950). 8vo; original green cloth; no dustwrapper; bookplate of ornithologist Peter Steyn on front pastedown; gift inscription on front free endpaper; the scientific name of the Yellow Wagtail penned on half-title page, and one or two discreet pencilled annotations elsewhere; pp. xiv + 178, incl. appendices, bibliography and index; 8 colour plates of paintings by Edward Bradbury, 4 black-and-white plates, plus line drawings and maps. Some moderate foxing to endpapers and prelims. Good condition. This is New Naturalist Monograph No. 4 and the first devoted to a single bird species. .
The Yellow Wagtail (New Naturalist Monograph) by Smith Stuart - 1950
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Collins, 1950. Hardcover. Acceptable. 1950. First Published. 178 pages. No dust jacket. Green cloth. Black and white photographic plates. Moderate tanning to pages. More prominent to text block edges, pastedowns and free front free endpaper. Binding is slightly loose but pages remain attached. Boards have minor corner bumping and edgewear with noticeable tanning and scuffing overall. Spine has heavier tanning with soft crushing to ends. Book has a slight forward lean.
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The Yellow Wagtail (New Naturalist Monograph 4)
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London, UK: Collins. Green cloth, gilt title. 192pp. 8 col. plates (26 paintings); 11 b/w photos; 4 line drawings; 4 maps. Boards rather faded and spine and corners very slightly bumped. Dust jacket foxed and chipped to spine and corners,; slightly edge worn and creased to top edge. Slight foxing to end papers, o/w contents are clear and clean. . Very Good. Hardcover. 1st Edition. 1950.
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Collins, 1950-01-01. Hardcover. Good. Published 1950. Formerly of the University of Minnesota Museum of Natural History, thus usual library markings. Binding is tight and sturdy, fading to spine. Ships from Dinkytown in Minneapolis, Minnesota.
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Collins, 1950. Hardcover. Very Good/No Jacket. This book looks at the Wagtails Breeding, Territory, Nuptial Display and much more. There are 26 Paintings, 11 black and white photographs 4 line drawings and 4 maps. There is a small book sticker inside the front cover.
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London: Collins, 1950. No marks or inscriptions and no creasing to covers. A very clean very tight copy with bright unmarked lightly sunned boards, dusty top page edges, slight foxing to end papers and no bumping to corners. 178pp. The first bird subject Monograph in the New Naturalist series with 26 colour paintings and 11 black & white photographs plus maps and diagrams.. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good/No Jacket. Illus. by Edward Bradbury. 8.25 x 5.5 inches.
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London: Collins, 1950. Hardcover. Very Good. 8vo.. Dust jacket is not price clipped. It is in a protective plastic cover and is in very good condition. Pages are age tanned but clean. Numerous black and white photographs,maps and diagrams, and colour plates. Binding is tight. Previous owner's signature on fep. A very attractive copy. 1950
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Collins New Naturalist monographs no. 4, 1950. 1st edition. Hard covers, no dust jacket. V.g./No Jacket. xiv, 178 pp.
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Johannesburg, South Africa
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Collins, 1950. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Good/Fair. The jacket is edgeworn and marked.A little foxing.Mild tanning.No inscriptions.Well bound.. Our orders are shipped using tracked courier delivery services.
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The Yellow Wagtail (New Naturalist Monographs No. 4)
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Collins, London, 1950. First Edition. Hardcover (Original Cloth). Good Condition/Good. In this book, the first New Naturalist Monograph on a species of bird, Dr. Stuart Smith, author of How to Study Birds, has concentrated the result of years of observation and research on the Yellow Wagtail. Dr. Smith writes from his own experience of practical field-studies, his continual hobby and spare-time occupation. Most field-workers have their "own" bird, or birds, and Stuart Smith's favourite is Motacilla flava flavissima, the Yellow Wagtail of the British Isles, a subspecies, practically confined to these islands, of a species which is widely distributed in the Old World. The British Yellow Wagtail in particular, and the Yellow Wagtail species in general, have been deserving of study and monography for many years. Dr. Smith's middle chapters, on territory, display and reproduction, are based on many hours of careful observation in the field, and much careful deduction therefrom. His…
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