PORTRAIT OF A RIVER: THE WILDLIFE OF THE DANUBE by Mountfort Guy - 1962

Hutchinson of London, 1962. Hardcover. Good/Acceptable. 1962. First Edition. 206 pages. Pictorial dust jacket over blue cloth. Black and white photographic 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. Unclipped jacket has heavy edgewear with areas of loss, heavy tears, chips, and creasing. Light tanning to spine and edges. Wear marks and light foxing overall.

Hutchinson, 1962. Hardcover. Good/Acceptable. 1962. First Edition. 207 pages. Illustrated dust jacket over blue cloth covered boards with gilt. Pages remain clear with minimal tanning and foxing. Plates are bright and clear. Binding remains firm. Old price sticker to front free end paper. Boards have mild edge-wear with slight rubbing to surfaces. Cloth has minor damp and dust stains. Mild crushing to spine ends. Book has a slight forward lean. Gilt lettering is bright and clear. Unclipped jacket has moderate edge-wear with chips, tears and creasing.

Roy. 8vo. Pp. 207. Very good in defective dust wrapper. The wildlife of the Danube from the Black Sea to Budapest. Illustrated by Eric Hosking, with a colour frontispiece. Endpaper maps.

London: Hutchinson Universal Book Club, 1962. 1st Edition 1st Printing. Hardcover. Near Fine/Very Good. Penelope Gillespie and Eric Hosking. The Wildlife of the Danube, from the Black Sea to Budapest". First edition and printing. In near fine turquoise cloth boards with gilt pelican to front and red title field with gilt titles to spine. The boards are very tight, flat and clean; very slight wear to spine ends. Unmarked navy and white maps on end papers. Clean cut edges. The text block is very firm, straight and clean, near fine condition, with b/w photos by Eric Hosking and line drawings by Penelope Gillespie. No dedications etc. Inside very good pictorial dust jacket featuring pelicans. The jacket is unmarked; edge-worn with chips and very small tears. Not price clipped. With plastic protective cover over the jacket.

Hutchinson & Co, 1962. Hardcover. Very Good/Good. Eric Hosking. This book is an account of two scientific expeditions by a group of naturalists who explored the lower and middle reaches of the Danube, in Bulgaria and Hungry. The Jacket has a clear protective covering but there is a small tear at the top of the spine.