Search Results: NATURAL HISTORY & FARMING from Fortuna Books

Bielefeld : Delius Klasing Verlag, 2013 Centenary publication by this German agricultural engineering company celebrating its growth and development. Manufacturers of tractors, balers, harvesters etc. 378pp + index, colour photography throughout. Large book so quite heavy, will require extra shipping charges above standard, approx 3.5 kg. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good/No Jacket. Folio - over 12" - 15" tall.

London: Isaac Pitman & Sons, 1937 sun faded spine otherwise tidy copy, name to fep, 224pp + plates, some line illustrations in text, by the Curator of Mammals and Birds at the London Zoo. reprint. Cloth. Very Good/No Jacket. Illus. by Evelyn Simpson. 12mo - over 6? - 7? tall.

London: Longmans Green and co, 1923 Brown cloth with black decorated cover, gilt spine, surface and edges rubbed, spine lean, corners bruised. lacks free end paper, booksellers label to paste down, inscription to verso of frontis. tissue guard present xv+256 pp. illustrated in line, and wash by H A Aschenborn in a series of chapter heads, vignettes and plates. Transl from Afrikaans by B & ED Lewis, intro by Percy FitzPatrick. Tales about the animals of the veldt, from their veiwpoint as well as mans.. assumed first. Decorative Cloth. Very Good/No Jacket. Illus. by H A Aschenborn. 8vo - over 7? - 9? tall.

London: Ward Lock assumed first edition, undated but fep inscribed 1928, advertising endpapers, light foxing or browning to closed edges and sometimes into margins, decorative green cloth, gilt to spine, 384pp + plates in b&w and colour, complete guide to the garden from preparation and drainage to harvest. First Edition. Decorative Boards. Very Good/No Jacket. 8vo - over 7? - 9? tall.

London: Heinemann, 1936 olive cloth, minor rubbing to spine ends, minor foxing to closed edges, first edition, memoires of a dog-lover, 229pp + plates. First Edition. Cloth. Very Good/No Jacket. 8vo - over 7? - 9? tall.

London: Nelson, 1911 (500 gram rate) nd (1911) 276 pages, with port. frontis. publisher's catalogue at rear, 'The Nelson Library of Notable Books' series, rubbed spine ends, slight foxing to eps, top edge gilt, dec cloth with gilt spine, school prize plate to fep ( Leslie Spindle / Augustus Bean / Hastings Methodist Sunday School 1920) pen name to paste down, in publ. cat. some pen numbers, pencil name to half title, internally tidy. Reissue. Decorative Cloth. Good/No Jacket. 16mo - over 5? - 6? tall.

London: Nelson, 1911 (500 gram rate) nd (1911) 276 pages, with port. frontis. publisher's catalogue at rear, 'The Nelson Library of Notable Books' series, rubbed spine ends, slight foxing to eps, top edge gilt, dec cloth with gilt spine. Reissue. Decorative Cloth. Very Good/No Jacket. 16mo - over 5? - 6? tall.

London: Collins & Brown, 1962 unclipped DW light edge and corner wear with short splits to ends of joints, book clean, name to fep, 160pp + b&w and colour photo plates, top edge dust foxed. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good/Very Good. 8vo - over 7? - 9? tall.

London: Jonathan Cape, 1959 unclipped dust jacket faint browning to spine lamination, blue cloth over decorative boards, map endpapers, tidy copy, 440pp illustrated in line, natural history of the Arctic. First Edition. Quarter cloth. Very Good/Very Good. Illus. by Erik Petersen. 8vo - over 7? - 9? tall.

London: Kegan Paul, Trench & Trubner, 1882 maroon cloth blind ruled boards with gilt titled spine, original endpapers, light rubbing to spine surface, front hinge loose but attached well, foxing to prelims and index, xxxiii 263pp rear hinge cracked but tight, first English translation of Aristotle's work on animal biology, light dust soiling throughout to the closed page edges and some margins,. First Edition. Cloth. Very Good/No Jacket. 4to - over 9? - 12" tall.

Blackwell, 1999 ISSN 13266756, pp247-398 (500 grams). First Edition. Soft Cover. Very Good/No Jacket. 4to - over 9? - 12" tall.

London: Dent, 1924 olive green cloth with gilt dec., largish hole rubbed through near head of upper joint, otherwise mild handling wear, corners rubbed and some frayed, GIFT INSCRIPTION from Alf Dent to his brother Hugh ( H E Dent), and the bookplate of Hugh ( H.E.D.), very minor spots of foxing to some page margins and closed edges, vi 249pp + plates, animal stories. association copy. First Edition. Decorative Cloth. Good/No Jacket. Illus. by Warwick Reynolds. 8vo - over 7? - 9? tall.

London: Poultry World unclipped DW, only faults are tape rust to endpapers and DW flaps, stated first edition but undated, probably 1950s, 171pp, illustrated. First Edition. Cloth. Very Good/Very Good. 8vo - over 7? - 9? tall.

London: Frederick Warne, 1932 leatherette binding with gilt and black titling and illustration, unclipped dust jacket, first edition, xxv 238 pages + plates in colour and b&w, ink gift inscription facing half title, pencil name etc to half title, . First Edition. leatherette. Very Good/Very Good. 12mo - over 6? - 7? tall.

Hong Kong: TFH Publications photographic pictorial hard cover, seems to be a facsimile of the 1926 edition, top corner bruised and chipped, name stamp to paste down, water stain closed top edge and just into top margin of pages, 366pp +index and bibliography, line drawings throughout. 'a basic book for students and aquarium enthusiasts'. reprint. Pictorial Cover. Good/No Jacket. 8vo - over 7? - 9? tall.

London: Edward Arnold, 1974 (500 gram rate) , small stain top corner of rear cover and last few pages, sunned spine, 181pp + plates, illustrated. Second Edition. Soft Cover. Good/No Jacket. 8vo - over 7? - 9? tall.

Edinburgh: David Douglas, 1895 (1500 gram rate) red cloth with sunfaded spine and minor flecking to covers, closed top edge gilt, hinges reinforced with archival tape, name to reverse of frontis., 87 plates accompnaied by pages of descrioptive text of Scottish birds. A tidy copy but a little aged.. First Edition. Decorative Cloth. Good/No Jacket. Illus. by B.. 8vo - over 7? - 9? tall.

London: Hamlyn, 1966 white cloth, titled cover and spine, pictorial end papers with bird eggs. DW price clipped but otherwise VG except 2 short tears at the lower panel top edge and a hint of sunning to the spine. 317 pp most with full colour illustrations of the various birds mentioned. A survey of the twenty-seven orders and one hundred and fifty-five families. Fifth Impression. Foreword by Peter Scott, edited H S Zim and illustrated Arthur Singer. The illustrations go to show that a well executed drawing can be clearer and more useful than a photograph. A large and heavy book, excess postage for outside New Zealand quoted on request. . Cloth. Very Good/Very Good. Illus. by Arthur Singer. Folio - over 12" - 15" tall.

Auckland: Auckland University Press and Oxford University Press, 1977 large book, dust jacket has edge wear with some chipping loss, tears and some repaired tears to spine, black and white photos and line drawings within the text including full page, the birds of Kalam area of Papua New Guinea as recorded by a native, . First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good/Good. Illus. by Christopher Healey. 4to - over 9? - 12" tall.

London: Garden Book Club, 1942 (500 gram rate) dust jacket has some wear and edge tears or chips, boards mildy bumped, tidy enough copy, 130pp + plates. First Thus. Cloth. Good/Good. 12mo - over 6? - 7? tall.